Happy Birthday

It's Imke's turn to host our challenge at Little Red Wagon this week and she wants to see "Black and White Plus One". Essentially, anything goes as long as your colour scheme sticks to black, white and one other colour.

I recently purchased a generic "Happy Birthday" word die and shadow die so put it to use with some black and white patterned paper, some white cardstock and some pink cardstock. The pink frame is cut using a die from My Favorite Things. 

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to see what colours the other Girlfriends have chosen to go along with black and white. We'd love for you to link up your own creations too! 

Hallowe'en Treat Bags

I'm delighted to be hosting this week's challenge at Little Red Wagon. In keeping with themes inspired by Def Leppard this year, I've chosen "Lady Strange". Essentially, I'm looking for anything unique - such as repurposed items, unusual embellishments, etc.

We had some leftover medical gauze from my son's finger amputation this summer and I thought it would be fun to use some up on some Hallowe'en treat bags. Think mummies! I used a spooky fence border punch for the bottom strip and a Jaded Blossom die cut with haunted house patterned paper for the toppers. All treats went through my own personal quality control and I can vouch for their yumminess - especially the Reese's Cup Thins. 

I'd love for you to join this week's challenge. Head over to Little Red Wagon for more inspiration and to link up your own creation! 

December Calendar Card

Brenda is our fabulous hostess at Little Red Wagon and she's looking for numbers.

I used a NBUS embossing folder that I received in a grab box years ago. However, I knew it would be just perfect for this challenge! I layered some die cut branches (combining dies from Your Next Stamp and a generic brand) as well as a pine cone and berries (both from the same generic brand as some of the branches). I topped off the bunch with some crinkle ribbon. It would have been a fairly quick card to put together if it weren't for trying to remove the branch cuts from the cardstock after running through my die cutter. Turns out it wasn't as simple as I'd planned!

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to see how the rest of the Girlfriends have used numbers on their projects. We'd love to have you join us too! 

Happy Birthday - Stitched Flowers

Janice is hosting at Little Red Wagon this week and she's asking "Sew What?". She'd like to see stitching of any kind on our projects - faux stitching, hand stitching, machine stitching, etc.

I enjoyed the time I spent stitching with embroidery thread on my little My Favorite Things' die cut flowers. It was nice to just sit, listen to music and stitch. I also did some faux stitching with the Mama Elephant Columbus Circle die which took far less time!! I heat embossed the tiny little sentiment which was from Simon Says Stamp's "Wild Flowers" set. The vellum leaves were cut with more My Favorite Things dies. 

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to see all the stitching there! Once you've been inspired, we'd love for you to get out a needle and thread or pen or die cuts to join our "Sew What?" challenge. 

Hello - I miss moo

Chrissy is hosting this week's Little Red Wagon and she wants us to shake things up! In other words, add a shaker to your project!

I used dies and stamps from My Favorite Things to create my shaker card. I seem to be all fingers whenever I make shakers but, things turned out in the end. I think it's cute!

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to see all the shakers created by the rest of the Design Team. We'd love for you to "shake things up" as well!