Little Lamb

Buongiorno from Italy! I'm currently on an extended-family holiday for my niece's wedding in Tuscany tomorrow. Meanwhile, at Little Red Wagon, Jan is hosting and she's asking us to "Emboss It". This can mean heat, pressed or letterpress embossing.

I didn't have as much time as hoped to prepare my card. We flew out last Thursday afternoon and I learned on Tuesday that I needed to give a presentation on Thursday morning before leaving!! Somehow, I managed to pull it off. Thankfully, I'd already packed in the weekend. I used an embossing folder on my card. The sentiment will go inside, keeping the card sweet and simple - and saving precious minutes! The little lamb stamp and scalloped frame dies are from My Favorite Things.

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to see all the ways the Girlfriends have embossed. We'd love for you to join us too!

Ghosts and Goblins

Chrissy is hosting at Little Red Wagon and she's reminding us that "Hallowe'en is coming". Chrissy would like to see our Hallowe'en projects - spooky, cute or sweet!

I created a card with some spooky word art stamped and heat embossed with a sentiment from the no-longer-in-business-and-dearly-missed My Craft Spot. I also used a border die from My Craft Spot on either side of the sentiment panel. The rest was just cutting pieces of cardstock and spooky Hallowe'en patterned paper.

Head over to Little Red Wagon to see the rest of the Girlfriends' creations. As always, we'd love for you to join the fun too!

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!