Happy Easter

The wonderful Imke is hosting this week's Little Red Wagon challenge. Last year, Imke started working her way through the alphabet for her challenge themes and she's continuing to do so this year. This week, it's "K is for Keep It Simple". Personally, I think "K is for Kate" would have been an awesome theme but alas, it's not to be. 

Seriously though, Keep It Simple turned out to be a blessing as the past few weeks have been incredibly busy. Keeping things simple meant I could still spend time in my craft room for just a bit without ignoring other things. 

I decided to do some ink blending using an old Simon Says Stamp egg stencil. The sentiment is one from Reverse Confetti (no longer in business). 

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to see what the rest of the Girlfriends have created. We'd love for you to "Keep It Simple" and link up a project of your own too! 

Be a Dreamer and a Doer

It's my first time hosting a Little Red Wagon challenge in 2026! This year, I'm being inspired by the works of Billy Joel as I make up challenges for our paper-crafting projects. I've chosen "River of Dreams" for this week and I'm looking for anything to do with dreams, nighttime, etc.

I use Happy Planners both at work and at home. I'd be lost without my planners! I use a calendar and reminder app on my phone as well, and a digital calendar for my work appointments, but love using paper planners to keep myself as organized as I can be. For our "River of Dreams" challenge this week, I did a Happy Planner layout using a few different stickers on the theme of dreaming. By the time you're reading this, there will be writing all over the layout!!

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to see how the rest of the Girlfriends have interpreted the challenge. I'd love to have you join in as well! 

Enjoy Your New Home

Happy New Year and welcome to the first Little Red Wagon challenge of 2026. Brenda is starting this off with a "Happy New..." (choose your own ending) challenge. Whether you decide to go with the new year, a new baby, new car, new job, etc., you're good to join us!

As my mum recently moved into a new home, I made this card for her. The image is from a free online Crayola colouring page. I did some editing in Canva to remove the clouds and added my own sentiment. I used a generic wonky die set for the mats and a die from My Craft Spot (out of business) for the little spiral. I finished things off by punching out three little hearts. 

Please head to Little Red Wagon to see the rest of the "Happy New..." creations. As always, we would love for you to join us too! 

Hello (Tree card set)

Happy New Year's Eve!! How is it the final day of 2025?! 

Janice is hosting our last Little Red Wagon challenge of the year and she's asking us to "Use the Force". Essentially, she's looking for force/pressure as part of the creating process. Think of die cutting, embossing, crimping, etc. If you've used force/pressure, then we'd like to see what you've made!

I used a generic tree die to create a little set of cards to have on hand. I figured these could work for a variety of purposes with the "hello" sentiment. The sentiment was a freebie with a cardmaking magazine years ago. 

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to see the rest of the ways the Girlfriends used force on their creations. 

Happy New Year to each one of you! May 2026 be healthy and happy for you all! 

Noel

The wonderfully talented Chrissy is our hostess at Little Red Wagon this week and her challenge theme for us is "Christmas Cards". And, because it's Christmas, Chrissy has let us all know that any sort of paper project will work - as long as it has something to do with Christmas!

I made a card using a generic nativity ornament die that I purchased earlier this year. I had to use two shims for all the detailing to cut but it was worth it. I'm happy with the finished cut. And I used a generic word die for the sentiment. The papers are from a pack I purchased long ago. I inked the edges and also added a bit of sparkle to the star and infant Christ child's halo. The sparkle looks better in person. 

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to see the rest of the Christmas creations. We would love for you to join the challenge too!