Some Photographs of Brandon Creek.

Here are some photos I took of Brandon Creek at an outdoor Mass some weeks ago. This is out the harbour mouth, next stop America!



This was taken looking straight down from where I was sitting. I love the sound and watching water moving, even on stormy days. I think if I did not live by the sea, I would have to have a babbling brook at the bottom of my garden.




This was taken "up stream" from the pier, it is a little stream (at the moment) that feeds into the sea. I know my photos are not the best but I just love water.

Well what a surprise!

What, 2 posts in one day!

Today is my sisters birthday, she celebrates the 30th anniversary of her 21st birthday (Hope she never sees this blog, or she may never again speak to me.) and this is the card I sent to her. I knew she would either love it or hate it, luckily she loved it!

The backing paper and 3 "green" labels are MME Asparagus papers, love them. The bottom tag is ordinary cream card stock. The image is a Mo Manning digi-image, I just love that image, the expression says it all. I coloured the image using Pro-markers. Then finished the card off using little pink gems. The labels are Spellbinders Nestabilities Fancy tags.

I got the idea of using the tags as backing, like this, from this blog "A Path of Paper"

Hope you like,

Mami Doodles Challenge #4

I am so lapse at writing that my blog is falling well behind, what would you say to me catching up some tomorrow, June 11th. Yeah, I agree, not much lol.

I am on here tonight just to enter Mami Doodles Challenge #4 hope I make it, last time I said that, I was a week early but today I don't have that leeway.

I used pearlescent card, not sure what you call the colour but to me it is a very pale grey. The backing paper is embossed with "Fleur De Ly's" Cuttlebug embossing folder. I cut the frame with nestabilities label 4 from the same pale grey pearlescent card. The image is coloured with Pro-markers.

Hope you like,

Mami Doodles Challenge #3

I am delighted to be able to enter Mami Doodles Challenge #3 but I hope I am in time for this challenge. :)





Card size 5"x7"



I layered a plain blue sheet of Pink Petticoat digi backing paper on a white pre-scored card stock purchased from Easons some time ago. Then across the middle I layered some pre-printed vellum. For the bottom I tore some card that I had in my "left-overs drawer" and layered it on. The image is from Papermania - Retail Therapy, I stamped it in black and coloured with Pro-markers. I layered that on Core'dinations whitewash which was cut with a Spellbinders Oval nestability die, I embossed it with my cuttlebug then sanded it down to bring out the core colour of the paper. I finished it off with some ribbon and three gems and then on top I put a sparkled butterfly.



Hope you like.

A few Photos.

Here are a few photos I took a few weeks back. The evening was hazy but lovely and calm.

The first photo is just of a roof but I love the shape of the slates.

The second is of a lobster pot thrown in on top of a hedge.

The third a wave has just come in and washed over the stones.

The forth some lichen on a rock, love the colour combo in this photo.

The fifth is of a sea pond, I use this as my computer wall paper, there is a stone in there and it looks like a smiley face. :)

A little about me.

Hi all,

Just so you can get to know me a little better, here are 5 points about me and my life.

1. I was born in the latter half of the last century.


2. I am Irish born and bred but have lived in England and Australia for a time.


3. I now live in West Kerry, which I love, but do find a little isolating sometimes as it takes an hour driving to get anywhere.


4. I am married for almost 15 years to a wonderful man.


5. We have one son, adopted 4 yrs ago.

Along with card crafting I also like taking photographs, not great ones but some good ones. Over the next few posts I will let you see some of the photos and more of my cards.

Hope you like,

Mami Doodles Challenge #2

Hi all,

Card size, A5.

The main image is a Mami Doodles digi image, very appropriate, don't you think. lol It is coloured with pro markers. I then "glossed" the Lady bird with glossy accents.

The backing papers are from Cosmo Cricket. The bow is make from recycled ribbon I received with a gift some time ago, just like most crafters, nothing goes to waste! The flower are two layered prima flowers with a gem in the centre.


This is my first time entering an challenge via my blog. For a long time I have put off entering challenges because I did not have a blog and I did not have a blog because I did not know if I could blog often enough to make it interesting. I think it is a bit like the ever famous question "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?" lol

Hope you like,