Sympathy Card Set

Happy April! We've had quite the weather here over the past few days. My city (and surrounding towns) were hit quite hard with an ice storm over the weekend. In fact, we're currently under a state of emergency. Things are slowly getting cleared up. Fortunately, our power has been restored but there are still some places with no power. We had a few branches down but no damage, unlike many others in the city. I had an appointment on Monday so had to go out and it was upsetting to see the damage to some cars and homes. No deaths and I haven't heard of any injuries either - so that's a huge blessing. "Stuff" can be replaced. 

In keeping with my Elton John-inspired challenge themes at Little Red Wagon this year, I've chosen "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" this week. Essentially, I'm looking for blue in your projects! I made a set of sympathy cards so I'd have some on hand when needed. The background mat is cut from blue vellum. 

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to see the rest of the Design Team's fabulous creations! I'd love to see your "blues" project too! 

Here are a couple of photos of our back yard/garden from the weekend's ice storm. The first I took from under the gazebo and the second is from our veggie garden, looking to the back. 

Amazing Mum

Our wonderful Brenda is hosting at Little Red Wagon and she's all tied up. It's not that she's too busy for us. It's that she's wanting us to use ribbon, thread or twine on our projects for this week's challenge.

I've got a busy couple of months ahead so decided that I would use this challenge to prepare a Mother's Day card for my amazing mum while I've got some time on my hands. I used a Simon Says Stamp stencil for the MUM and a generic sentiment with matching die for the sentiment. The crinkle ribbon and twine are from My Craft Spot (no longer in business). I also added a little button on the bow and three little "pearls" below the sentiment. 

Please head over to Little Red Wagon for inspiration from the rest of the Design Team - and then pull out your ribbon, twine and/or thread to join this week's challenge. 

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!