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. ❤️

Valentine's Day Wrapping Paper

Jan is hosting our challenge at Little Red Wagon this week and she's calling out a "Red Alert!'. No need for alarm though. She's simply looking for a bit (or a lot) of the colour red on our projects. 

With Valentine's Day on Friday, I decided to create some personalized wrapping paper. I used a one stamp (hugs) from Simon Says Stamp, a variety of stamps from My Craft Spot (no longer in business), and some Ciao Bella letter stamps to spell "Keith". I have a Valentine! I met Keith last year and we hit it off right away. ❤️

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to see how the rest of the Girlfriends have used red on their projects - and then get out your red paper, inks, pencils, markers, embellishments or anything else you have to create a project of your own. 

And this photo simply because I absolutely love it when I see other crafters' "outtakes" due to animals who are quite curious to know what's going on. Skimble got up close and personal to the gift! As the present didn't smell like fish, he left soon after this picture was taken.

Bee Happy Memorydex/Rolodex Card

Imke has chosen a fabulous challenge for us this week - Anything Goes!! If you can make it with paper, you can enter it in our weekly challenge at Little Red Wagon!

I decided to make a card for my Memorydex/Rolodex. I don't think I've added anything new for quite some time - perhaps even over a year! I decided to make myself a little reminder to "bee" happy during the work day. Things are really slow which can be frustrating for me as I like to keep very busy (like a bee!). I've always liked the little critters from Your Next Stamp which is where the little bee is from. I know I'll smile when I see him. 

Please head to Little Red Wagon to see what the rest of the Girlfriends have done for our "Anything Goes" challenge. You're more than welcome to link a project too! 

Wish You Were Here

It's my first time hosting at Little Red Wagon this year and, just like years past, I'm being inspired by music. This year, I'm using Elton John song titles to name my challenges and I'm starting with one of my favourite songs of his, Can You Feel the Love Tonight. 

I created my card using a variety of stamps and dies from My Favorite Things as well as some circle dies from Simon Says Stamp. After stamping the sentiment in red ink, I sprinkled it with some glitter embossing powder which I've had for ages and only used once. I never thought to use it with coloured ink - until now. I like the way it turned out and will keep this in mind moving forward. 

I would be delighted if you'd join this week's Little Red Wagon challenge by linking up your project(s). For more inspiration, head to the blog to check out the Girlfriends' wonderful creations! 

Cat in Window Card

Brenda is hosting at Little Red Wagon this week and she's got a fun challenge for us - Peek-a-boo! Essentially, she's looking for us to include a window on our paper creations. This could be a literal window (like I used with a stamp as seen below) or a cut out in your paper creation that acts as a window. You choose!

I used a NBUS set that came in a card magazine back in ... 2016!!! Brenda has a knack for challenges that make me think of supplies I have on hand but have never used. I stamped and coloured before cutting things out with my Brother Scan 'n Cut. I think it's the first time I've ever cut things along the stamp line and without a border of any kind. I'd actually stamped, coloured and cut shutters and a window box but preferred the simplicity of the window and cat alone. I did colour inside the "house" and added some faint white lines for a wee bit of contrast. I then used a "Fancy Thanks" die which I layered on my brick-embossed and inked background. I'd mucked about with colours and inking with the "Fancy Thanks" die cut but finally decided I preferred the straight off white, even though it's difficult to see in the photo. 

Head on over to Little Red Wagon to see the rest of the "Peek-a-boo" projects - and then link up one of your own!