Luggage Tag

Jan is hosting this week's Little Red Wagon challenge and she's on quality control looking for fakes! Her "It's a fake!" challenge is looking for anything faux - faux stitching, ribbon, wood, etc.

I went to NYC for a long weekend last week and made a luggage tag for the new luggage I got for Christmas. One side has all my personal information and the other side is more decorative, as you can see. There is faux stitching on the mat as well as on the little suitcase. The stamps are all from a freebie set that came with a magazine a few years ago and the tab is cut from a generic die. The faux-stitched mat is from My Favorite Things and the flowers are cut using dies from Your Next Stamp (no longer in business). 

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to check out all the other fakes!! Then fake your way into joining our challenge! 

Happy Easter

Chrissy is our wonderful hostess at Little Red Wagon this week and she's excited for us to get started on our Easter projects. As Easter is my favourite holiday, I was more than happy to join in the fun!

I recently purchased some generic Easter bunny dies. They cut well with the exception of the ears which might have been because I decided to use felt. And, for whatever reason, and despite multiple attempts, I could not get the bunnies in focus when trying to take their photo. I like the look of the felt though and I'm glad I found it when rummaging through my stash looking for tiny pompoms which it seems I don't actually have. The original plan was paper bunnies with little pompom tails. The sentiment is from Reverse Confetti (no longer in business). 

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to see the rest of the Easter projects - and then start your Easter creating and link up what you've made! 

Birthday Balloons

The wonderful Imke is hosting our Little Red Wagon this week. This year, she's going through the alphabet and she's now on the letter B. B is for Birthday! Feel free to create any birthday-themed project.

I made a card using some balloon stencils from My Favorite Things and a stamp from My Craft Spot (no longer in business). I finished things off with some little sequins.

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to see the rest of the birthday creations for inspiration. We'd love to have you link up a project (or two!) as well! 

Happy Mail

Where has the month gone?! I can't believe we'll be into March by week's end. This month has been full of snow for us. It just keeps coming and coming and coming! 

I'm delighted to be hosting this week's Little Red Wagon challenge. This year, I've chosen Elton John as inspiration for my challenge picks and, this week, it's Tiny Dancer. I'm looking for tiny/small images, themes, embellishments, etc. 

For my card, I've got a tiny envelope embossed with a Tiny Hearts embossing folder. On the envelope, there's a tiny mouse holding a tiny envelope with an even tinier stamp. I used a border punch with tiny hearts and there's even a teensy-tiny button embellishment on the border. 

The envelope opens to reveal a tiny notecard. There are little layered hearts which I attached as a pull tab for the notelet. 

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to see the rest of the tiny creations, critters and embellishments used by the Design Team. I'd love for you to join the fun as well! 

I took this photo last week as I was walking home from an appointment downtown. The snowbanks are taller than some houses! 

Have an Extreme Birthday

Brenda is hosting our Little Red Wagon challenge this week and she's looking for your "Winter Blues" - the paper crafting kind! This makes for the perfect opportunity for you to pull out your blue papers, pens, markers, etc. and put together something that contains the colour blue. 

My youngest nephew had a birthday yesterday and this is the card I made for him. The last time I saw him, he had just been skiing and I was told that his "just one more run" turned in to five more runs! with the exception of the circle die (Simon Says Stamp) used for the window and the improvised snow "mogul", all products used are from My Favorite Things. 

Please pull out your blues and join this week's challenge at Little Red Wagon! There's more inspiration from the DT on the LRW blog. 

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PS If you are feeling the winter blues, try some exposure to the sun, eating healthy, getting exercise and making sure you get enough sleep each night. And if those winter blues are significantly impacting your life, please connect with your health care professional. You're important and deserve to be happy. ❤️