My TGF journal

I havent blogged my journal pages in a while so here they are-

 Week 8: The power of one word with peace Anya....

 Week 9: Using magazine heads on different bodies-I used Miss Anya bodies....

Week 10: Tearing....

Week 11: Bloom and grow.....

Week 12: Watercolor-I did mine as backgrounds.....

Week 13: Lucky numbers....

week 13: lucky numbers page 2

Week 14: Tonal-sorry I was not able to turn this pic!

Thanks for looking,
Aideen xx

Halloween decoration :)

Here is a halloween decoration I made using leftovers from my configurations project I made during the summer more details HERE

Here is my configurations and here is what I had leftover-

 I had the lid and 3 small boxes left so I used these for my halloween project...here I have painted the lid orange....

 Then I used crackle medium and black paint so the orange showed thru....

 I just painted the little boxes orange....

 For the  acetate lid window I stamped it up with Tim Holtz stamps....

 I used Tim Holtz Hobgoblin tissue tape to join the little boxes together.....

 And here is the finished piece!

 There is a Tim Holtz vial and label and some gravestones (Thanks to Emily!!!)...

 More gravestones and piles of skulls and a battery candle that I also covered with tissue tape....

 of course some little snippet bats AVAILABLE HERE

The red "blood" is alcohol ink and the little coffin I also got from the lovely Emily :)x

I am entering this into the cardznscrapz halloween competition!

Thanks for looking,
Aideen x

Alysons giveaway and pay it forward for Maggie (Little snippet DT)!! :) x

My crafty pal Alyson is having a giveaway check it out HERE

For my pay it forward gift for Maggie I made an altered lantern:

 I bought this plain pink lantern in pennys reduced to €1.....

 I used lots of prima paper flowers and also these canvas flowers and of course little snippet butterflies AVAILABLE HERE

I know Maggie likes hot pink and nice bright colors so thats why I chose these colors...

 Close up of this FAB yellow butterfly-Ger can make these in any color you need....

 I love the prima canvas flowers too....

Thanks for visiting again!!!

Monday Funday sketch and Friday spy day :)

Heres some cards for a few TGF challenges :) first up is the monday funday sketch challenge HERE and heres my card:

 And for Friday Spy Day we are to CASE a card by papercrafty creations HERE! And here is my card...

Thanks for looking,

Aideen x

My G45 photo cubes for Laura Denisons challenge!

I recently joined Lauras ning site HERE and she hosted a great challenge to make photo cubes following her instructions-all of which are available on the site, I didn't win but just want to share what I made! There were 2 categories you could enter into the Graphic 45 and non-Graphic 45, I of course had to go for the G45 as I LOVE their new an ABC primer papers-so I made these photo cubes:

 I used my sons school photos and some wooden school themed embellies...

Close up of one of the photo sections-I used the 4+1 to show Oisins age at the time of the photo. There is still lots of room for more pics as the years go on!

Thanks for looking,

Aideen xx

It's my blogaversary :) x

I can't believe it is my first blogaversary! I just realised.... I have been one year paper crafting today...

I will have a giveaway on this post to celebrate so leave a comment here and make sure you are a follower-I will post the prize and more details soon...

Thanks so much everyone who follows along with me here-I always appreciate your comments :)

Aideen x

My halloween Midi album......

Here is my midi album for halloween-it is 8x8 so I am calling it a midi album :) I am entering this into the cardznscrapz.com halloween challenge and the BTCG anything goes birthday challenge HERE

 I got all the papers from my friend Emily CLICK HERE FOR HER BLOG

 I binded it with matching fibers and ribbons that I had and I painted all of the page edges with black paint...

 The pocket on the cover is a bag and I made a big tag to fit inside...

 Here are the first two pages-the stamps I used are all from Emily too-we are always swapping and sharing goodies :)...

 The FAB bat is a little snippet-gorgeous and PERFECT for any halloween project-I have another project coming up using these guys! I will post it soon-They are available HERE

 I have a journalling spot on every second page....

 Love this bug border strip....

 My FAVE page is this skeleton one....

 Back cover....

 And a little snippet bag was perfect for a little halloween goodie bag....

Thanks for visiting....

Aideen xx

Some TGF challenges :)

Here are some cards for a few TGF challenges-

The first card is for the TGF Monday Funday challenge of black, white and one other color HERE

I used black and white papers and stamped my sentiment in black ink on white paper! I colored birthday Anya 1 in my grey markers and I used blue seam binding and brad for my other color...

The next challenge is the Retro Fresh challenge "Animals"HERE and here are my cards....

 First up are the girls cuddling their toy animals-papers are prima sweet fairy....

And then the boys-I know the birthday guy is exempt from the challenge because hes newer but WS Hugh is an oldie but a goodie and their are little porcupines on the prima papers in the background...

Thanks,
Aideen x

Pay it forward 2011-my gift I gave to Ger

So I am still working away on my pay it forward gifts :) and I still have one space if you would like to join in the fun HERE

Today I am sharing what I made for the lovely Ger...

I altered this mini sewing box I bought in An Siopa Bui by painting it and then using Prima sparking spring papers and flowers to decorate along with other various trims and embellies-a shabby chic look :)

 It is an actual working box which is so cute...

I made two micro albums to fit the top compartments and left the bottom one empty for Ger to put in whatever bits and bobs she wants...

The two micro albums-they are only small but can be used for small pics and journalling...

Thanks for looking!!
Aideen x

The GBCE

Hey everyone!

So I was missing last week due to the fact that I attended the Great Big Craft Extravaganza in Athlone with my sister Aghna. We had a great time at the GBCE where we took a class hosted by the lovely Eve of the crafty queens!! The class was a mini album class using Graphic 45 Magic of Oz papers-LOVE these papers :)

I am still finishing off the tags etc for the inner pages of my album but here is a photo of the front covers so far....

The kit for the class was amazing and JAM packed full of goodies for our albums, thanks so much again to Eve!

We also had a great time visiting the crafty goodies stands where I got some lovely new inks and gorjuss products at the Siopa Bui stand.... Stamps at the waltzing mouse stand... Papers and embellies at crafty queens and some GORGE Tim Holtz and Prima at the Create with Kate stand where Aghna won their giveaway for the day!!! Create with Kate are just in the process of setting up their website HERE so follow along.....

It was so nice to meet Nicole and Timi of crafting Ireland in person at their stand where I entered their layout competition with these 2 cards

 This one is Prima Moulin papers and of course a LITTLE SNIPPET

And this one is made with papers I got from my friend emily-I think they might be a DCWV halloween stack and again a FAB LITTLE SNIPPET BAT

It was such a great day and I cannot WAIT to go again next year,
Aideen xx