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Monday, December 26, 2011

And the winner is....

Hey everyone! Hope you all had a lovely day yesterday-I was working today, and it was so busy :( so I just had a lovely turkey and stuffing sandwich.....

So I just want to announce my winner of my TGF giftcard and it's.......
PAM!!!

Don't forget to visit Emilys blog HERE to see who her winner is......

Aideen :) x

Saturday, December 24, 2011

Its our countdown finale-HAPPY CHRISTMAS!!!

First of all, MERRY CHRISTMAS! Whatever way you celebrate, I hope you are having a lovely day :)

Visit Emilys blog HERE to see her great cards-follow us and leave us some comments up until the end of today to be entered into our TGF gift card giveaway-we are each giving away a $10 voucher on our blogs so thats 2 chances to win....

Also dont forget we still have Mary and Geraldine playing along with us and their FAB cards can be seen using the links on the right of my blog! Leave them a lil love too :)

For today, our last day :'( I have something special-The neverending card......
 These cards are by papermania and I used prima north country papers-then on the cover I used bling, crochet flowers by Ger HERE (shop closed just for christmas).....
 You then open the card this way to reveal.....
 This section.......
 Which opens this way to reveal.....
 This section where I will write the message for the recipient.....
That opens like this to reveal....
 This section......
 And it opens like this......
 Taaa Daaa back to the start! How cool is that.....
 This is what the card looks like on display!

Thanks so much for visiting, especially to everyone who has been following along the entire countdown! It was so much fun-I can't believe we are finished.....

A huge thank you to my lovely friend Emily for asking me to join her in the countdown....

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Aideen xxxxx

Friday, December 23, 2011

Emily and Aideens Christmas EVE!!

Yes its Christmas Eve and the 24th day of the countdown-I hope you all have been nice and that santa is coming to visit you all tonight!

Visit Emilys blog HERE to see her great cards-follow us and leave us some comments up until the 25th to be entered into our TGF gift card giveaway-we are each giving away a $10 voucher on our blogs so thats 2 chances to win....

Also dont forget we still have Mary and Geraldine playing along with us and their FAB cards can be seen using the links on the right of my blog! Leave them a lil love too :)

This card has basic grey jovial papers, some embossed core'dinations, tim holtz christmas trees (Thanks Ger!) which I added liquid applique snow to and then the sentiment!

See you tomorrow for the final day.......

Aideen xx

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Emily and Aideens christmas countdown day 23!

Hey everyone and welcome to our 23rd day of the countdown!!!!! The tim has just flown by......

Visit Emilys blog HERE to see her great cards-follow us and leave us some comments up until the 25th to be entered into our TGF gift card giveaway-we are each giving away a $10 voucher on our blogs so thats 2 chances to win....

Also dont forget we still have Mary and Geraldine playing along with us and their FAB cards can be seen using the links on the right of my blog! Leave them a lil love too :)

This card uses bo bunny papers, a mulberry candle & sentiment!

See you tomorrow for christmas eve!!!!!

Aideen xx

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Emily and Aideens Christmas countdown day 22!

Hey everyone and welcome to our 22nd day of the countdown-we are so close to christmas now! Visit Emilys blog HERE to see her great cards-follow us and leave us some comments up until the 25th to be entered into our TGF gift card giveaway-we are each giving away a $10 voucher on our blogs so thats 2 chances to win....

Also dont forget we still have Mary and Geraldine playing along with us and their FAB cards can be seen using the links on the right of my blog! Leave them a lil love too :)

Here is my card for today:
Papers are Bo Bunny and Basic Grey Jovial and the santa and flower are from the one and only HERE

Thanks for popping by,
Aideen x

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Day 21 is here!

Hey everyone and welcome to our 21st day of the countdown-we are so close to christmas now! Visit Emilys blog HERE to see her great cards-follow us and leave us some comments up until the 25th to be entered into our TGF gift card giveaway-we are each giving away a $10 voucher on our blogs so thats 2 chances to win....

Also dont forget we still have Mary and Geraldine playing along with us and their FAB cards can be seen using the links on the right of my blog! Leave them a lil love too :)
Here is my card for today:
Papers are basic grey jovial and prima north country and that FAB angel is from Little Snippets HERE

Thanks for stopping by....

Aideen xx

Monday, December 19, 2011

Day 20 of me and Emilys christmas countdown :)

Hey everyone and welcome to our 20th day of the countdown-we are so close to christmas now! Visit Emilys blog HERE to see her great cards-follow us and leave us some comments up until the 25th to be entered into our TGF gift card giveaway-we are each giving away a $10 voucher on our blogs so thats 2 chances to win....

Also dont forget we still have Mary and Geraldine playing along with us and their FAB cards can be seen using the links on the right of my blog! Leave them a lil love too :)

Here is my card for today
Papers are Bo Bunny and Authentique and the ornament is from Anitas and the lovely satin ribbon is from Little Snippets Here- I just tied it in a bow myself, its really nice to work with :)

Thanks for visiting,
Aideen x

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Day 19 of our christmas countdown :) GIVEAWAY #2!!!

We are on day 19 and I cant believe it! Christmas here we come!!!! Details of giveaway number 2 are below....

Emilys cards are HERE and are amazing so pop over and say hi :)

My card for day 19 is
The Tim Holtz tattered florals were left over from the createwithkate christmas jamboree!

NOW.... for news of our second round of giveaways! There are 2 $10 TGF gift cards available one on my blog and one on Emilys blog and anyone who follows both our blogs and has left us some comments from day 1 up until Sunday 25th will all be entered for a chance to win. I will announce my winner on Monday 26th as will Emily.... so get following and commenting...... 2 great prizes to be won........
Thanks for peeping-keep with us!

Aideen x

Saturday, December 17, 2011

Its day 18 of our countdown!

Can you believe its day 18?! Emilys gorgeous cards can be seen HERE you have to go there next and dont forget we have Geraldine and Mary playing along and you can click on their links on the right of my page to see all of their FAB cards too-leave them a lil love :) x

My day 18 card is-
Papers are again Prima North Country and this lil gal is from The Gretting farm-I used liquid applique on the fluffy parts of her outfit....

Aideen xx

My altered pringle lids christmas decoration!

The lovely Niamh over on cardznscrapz.com is hosting this months challenge and it is to make christmas decorations using pringle lids! Check out my entry:
I used Prima North Country and some lovely Little snippets

This was a fun challenge- I have some close up pics to but they wont rotate for me but I will add them here anyways;



You get the idea :)
Aideen x

My goody grab bag winner!!!!

Thanks so much to everyone who is following along with us and leaving us lovely comments-we really appreciate it!

The winner of my goodie grab bag is......
MARY

Thanks mary-I will send you on your goodies ASAP :)


And for everyone else-our next giveaways are going to be announced Monday-you do not want to miss them!!! 


Thanks,
Aideen xx


Friday, December 16, 2011

Me and Emilys countdown-day 17!

Here we are at day 17-nearly there....

Emilys AWESOME inspiring cards are HERE

And my day 17 card is-
Papers are Bo Bunny and the Tim Holtz rosette is kinda like a wreath :)

Thanks for visiting,

Aideen x

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Its day 16 of our countdown!!

Are you still with us??? :) how are all your christmas preparations going? I think I am nearly ready.....

Myself and Emily are still counting down and looking forward to the big day-Emilys cards can be seen HERE and have the most amazing digi images-I have a LONG wish list going on after all her gorgeous cards!

We also have Mary and Geraldine playing along with us and I have everyones links on the right of my page......

This week is our goodie grab bag giveaways on both our blogs for all our commenters from day 1 to today! so get following and commenting on both our blogs to win some juicy candy :)

Here is my card for today
 Papers are of course-Prima North Country and I just free hand cut the pudding and used card candies as the cherries!

Aideen x

Me and Emilys countdown to christmas day 15

Myself and Emily both have grab bag giveawys going on til Friday! so follow along with us and leave us some comments to be in with your chance....

Check out Emilys creation HERE and my card for today is:

A green card base with basic grey jovial papers and chip piece-very simple but cute!

Aideen x

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Day 14 of me and Emilys christmas countdown :)

Follow along with our blogs and leave us some love before friday for our grab bag giveaways....

Emilys card for today can be seen HERE and my card is

The papers are the christmas Authentique papers and the gorgeous joy stocking is a Little snippet available here

Thanks for peeping,
Aideen x

Monday, December 12, 2011

Can you believe its day number 13?!

Our grab bag giveaways are on all this week so follow  us and leave some love :)

Emilys awesome cards can be seen HERE


This is a simple card using leftovers from my projects on yesterdays post and a mulberry tree and sentiment!

Thanks for looking,
Aideen x

My grab bag giveaway for our Christmas countdown!


All our followers that leave comments or have left comments from day 1 up until this Friday the 16th December will be entered in a draw to win this grab bag!

 It contains Authentique christmas papers , papermania urban  "holly fairy" stamp set & Christmas embellies including a gorgeous little snippet Santa! :)

Thanks for all your support throughout our countdown,
Aideen x

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Day 12!! and details of our giveaway #1

Hello everyone and welcome to day 12-and theres details of our first countdown giveaway below!

Visit Emilys blog HERE to see her card for day 12, here is my card for today:

 I made this at the createwithkate.com christmas jamboree day in Athlone, it was a great day out with the createwithkate team and also the lovely crafting Ireland crew! There was a challenge running that day and you had to use your stamps which we all got in our goodie bags which were packed with lovely things. The stamps I received were these AWESOME baubles-I love them and I used the Authentique christmas papers which I bought at the jamboree....
 I also altered this matching box at the jamboree...

NOW.... for news of our first round of giveaways! There are grab bags available on both my blog and Emilys blog and anyone who follows both our blogs and has left us some comments from day 1 up until friday the 16th will all be enterd for a chance to win. I will announce my winner on friday as will Emily.... so get following and commenting...... 2 great prizes to be won........

Thanks for visiting us,
Aideen x

Saturday, December 10, 2011

Its Day 11 :)

Can you believe we are on day 11 already? Visit Emilys blog HERE for her card!
The papers are prima and the stamped sentiment is by Tim Holtz! This AMAZING vintage colored santa is a Little Snippet AVAILABLE HERE

Aideen x

Friday, December 9, 2011

Day 10 of me and Emilys christmas countdown!!! :)

Here is my card for day 10 of our countdown & you can see Emilys card HERE
Its a stepper card using Prima papers and gorgeous satin ribbon and crochet flower from Little snippets

Thanks for peeping,
Aideen x

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Day 9 of me & Emilys christmas countdown :)

Welcome to day 9: Check out Emilys gorgeous cards HERE

Here is my card for today:

The papermania papers are from last year-and the snowman and ribbon are available from Gers etsy store HERE

Aideen x

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Countdown to christmas day number 8!!!

Yay! Its day number 8 of our countdown-Emilys card can be seen HERE and my card is:
This girl is the first digi I have bought from some odd girl! She is so cute!! I colored her with promarkers, the sentiment is stamped with memento ink and the crochet flower is from Gers little snippets HERE

Thanks for looking,
Aideen xx

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Its Day 7 of the countdown....

Its Day 7 and here is my card:
This is using Basic Grey jovial papers and chipboard pieces!

Hop on over to Emilys blog HERE to see her cards,
Aideen xx

Monday, December 5, 2011

Day number 6 of the countdown!

Its Day 6 already! Visit Emilys blog HERE and here is my card:
I used Emilys coloring tutorial from her blog using coloring pencils! The papers  are a mix of basic grey and bo bunny and I also used some card candy,

Thanks for looking,
Aideen

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Christmas countdown day 5

Welcome to day 5 of the countdown! Make sure to pop over to Emilys blog HERE and see her card for today:

Here is my card:
The papers are by papermania and the gingerbread man and crochet flower are Little snippets

Thanks for looking,
Aideen x

Saturday, December 3, 2011

Day 4 of the countdown.....

Hey everyone and welcome to day 4! Please visit Emilys blog HERE to see her FAB cards too and hopefully get some inspiration from us :) leave us some comments and be entered for our giveaways-remember to follow our blogs....

Here is my card for Day 4:
Papers are Prima North Country and again I used my christmas tree embossing folder on some core'dinations blue based card and added some gold gems....

Thanks for visiting-hope you are enjoying our countdown!
Aideen x

Friday, December 2, 2011

Day 3 of our christmas countdown!

Here is my card for Day 3 of the countdown-visit Emilys blog HERE to see her card & leave us some love for a chance at winning goodies on both blogs (Make sure you are a follower)!!!
Papers are Bo Bunny Father Christmas and the snowman stamp is by Tim Holtz....

Thanks for visiting,
Aideen x

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Day 2 of our christmas countdown :)

Hey everyone and welcome to our day 2 of our countdown! Please visit Emilys blog HERE for her cards-anyone who leaves comments on our blogs will be entered for some candy along the way of our countdown (Just make sure you are a follower)....
Here is my second card-papers are Bo Bunny Father Christmas and I used a free christmas tree embossing folder from a creativity mag last year! I used it on core'dinations paper and added some gems....

Don't forget to leave a comment or leave your link in your comment if you are joining in with our countdown!

Thanks for visiting,
Aideen xx

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Day one of our christmas countdown!!!

Hello everyone & welcome to day 1 of mine and Emilys countdown to Christmas! I would love you to join in or even leave us some commentary love and be in with the chance of winning some goodies along the way of our countdown (Just make sure you are a follower too).....

Here is my first card-
The papers are all prima North Country and the sentiment was from a free set in Novembers creativity magazine stamped with red memento ink!

Thanks for visiting,
Aideen xx

Friday, November 25, 2011

Guess what......

I am joining forces with the lovely Emily for the countdown to christmas, check it out:
Here is the announcement from Emilys blog:

"We are going to be kicking off our countdown December 1st at 12:01 AM ET. Every day until Christmas we will both be posting a new Holiday Card to our blogs to get help everyone excited and inspired for the Holidays!

We hope that you will join us, by stopping by each of our blogs daily and leaving a comment every now and then! We have some great giveaways in the works for those of you who become or already are followers that leave us a some comment love!!! We will share more info on giveaways once the Countdown gets underway!

So, grab a badge , spread the word, and... get ready to get counting down to Christmas! "

I was so happy when Emily invited me to join in on her countdown :) and I hope a few more of our crafty buddies will join in....

Looking forward to December 1st-see you then,
Aideen xxxx

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Some cards....

Here are a few cards I made for a few occassions recently....

I made this birthday card for my dads birthday-he recently bought some sheep! Ger from Little snippets made me these FAB sheep as a special request, Thank you so much again Ger X
 Close up of a Ewe :) Dad loved his card.....
 This card I made for my brother who graduated from GMIT and was awarded student of the year!! I used the houndstooth paper I got from Emily (Thanks Emily!) and the smaller pieces are graphic 45 and Basic Grey. The adorable stamps I used are by Jenny Suchin and I was lucky enough to win this "Owl be seeing you in class" set!
 My boss recently had a baby boy so I made this card using the baby onesie set from TGF.....
And this card I made for Wendy for her birthday-using some of the new urban stamps from papermania!

Thanks for looking,
Aideen x

Happy Thanksgiving with Create With Kate!

First of all-to all my friends and family in USA Happy Thanksgiving!!

The amazing website Create With Kate now has a challenge going on! This time it is red and white, clean and simple projects!

I made a Thank you card in honor of thanksgiving.....

It is definitely clean and simple :) I just used red and white cardstick-weaved and popped up on foam tape. The sentiment is from Hero Arts.....

So pop over and join the fun HERE and there is a goody bag to be won....

Hugs,
Aideen xx

Saturday, November 19, 2011

Pay it forward 2011 for Judy!

Here is my pay it forward gift I made for Judy-I made her an altered canvas using lots of little snippet butterflies, flowers and leaves! AVAILABLE here to buy :)

 I got the J in an siopa bui.....and the papers are basic grey......
 Close up of the AMAZING snippets!!!
These little flowers with Swarovski centres are from some trim I had in my stash!

Thanks for looking,
Aideen x