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. 

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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! 

Amputation sympathy card

Imke's hosting our newest Little Red Wagon challenge and she's chosen the theme "sympathy". I did something a little bit different.

A few weeks ago, my son had a pretty nasty accident at work. His little finger was mostly amputated although stitched back together. Unfortunately, the finger is useless given that the circular saw he was using totally ate up the joint cartilage and also cut tendons and a nerves. Jack will have the finger amputated (with a bit of a stump!) on Thursday. Because our family has a bit of an odd sense of humour, Jack asked for a farewell party for his finger which we'll have tonight (Wednesday). He's asked for poutine and cheesecake. Yum!

I created the image in Canva using a pre-created hand with the little finger sticking out. If I had to make the card again, I think I would cut the image and sentiment separately and back them each with the red. That said, I REALLY hope I never have to make any such card again!!

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to see the sympathy projects created by the rest of the Girlfriends - and then link up one of your own! 

Have a Blast!

I'm hosting at Little Red Wagon this week and this time, the theme is once again inspired by a Def Leppard song (my 2024 challenge list inspiration). The song is Rocket - and I'm looking for anything with space (or even the sky).

I made this tiny gift bag (and it really is tiny, holding a gift card without height room for much more although about half an inch deep) using products from Your Next Stamp. The bag is a die cut and I used the Blast Off stamp set for the rocket and sentiment. The background panel is cut from a generic die although the size wasn't quite right so I ran the panel through my die cutter with the same die on it's side to get the panel dimensions I needed. I had lots of fun colouring the background with various distress inks (black, purple and blue), smooshing the ink onto the panel using some repurposed bubble wrap. I then added some white gel pen "stars" and finally added three die cut stars to finish things off. 

I'd be thrilled if you joined in this week's challenge too! You can find the link up over at Little Red Wagon - and there is inspiration from the rest of the Girlfriends there too! 

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Brenda is asking us to "Put it in neutral" this week at Little Red Wagon. Simply put, she'd like to see neutral colours, tones and shades taking centre stage on our projects.

I used off-white and black cardstock to make my card. No stamping, just die cuts. Simple and neutral! 

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to see how the rest of the Girlfriends put things in neutral. We'd love for you to join in the challenge too!