Happy Birthday to YOUUUU!

Our wonderful Brenda is hosting over at Little Red Wagon this week and she wants to see a “card plus”, with plus referring to an envelope. She has given us the choice to either make our own envelope or decorate one that we already have.

I chose to decorate a premade envelope using the same little images I stamped on my card. The images and sentiment are from a My Favorite Things set. The wonky dies are a generic set introduced to me by my talented friend, Shani. I embossed the back mat with an ancient Cuttlebug folder.

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to see the envelopes made and/or decorated by the rest of the Girlfriends. We would love for you to join our challenge as well!

Long-Distance Hug

Jan is hosting at Little Red Wagon this week and she is looking for “One Thing”. Essentially, choose an element and use just one of it! Or maybe your project  has only one element. Or a scrapbook page devoted to one item. So many possibilities!

Typically, when I decide to use an embellishment on a card, I include more than one. However, this time my card contains only one element - a little wooden heart received years ago from My Favorite Things. I also embossed one frame using a little folder that I have had for probably 15+  years and I am not really sure if I have ever even used it before. I am finding that I am discovering all sorts of treasures as I unpack following our move.

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to see how the Girlfriends interpreted the challenge. As always, we would love for you to join us as well.  

Silent Night

Chrissy is hosting a Little Red Wagon this week and she is challenging us to create four “Christmas in July“.

I made this card with a generic die. I am embossed the navy cardstock with a snowflake folder and then added some stars with a gold pen. I also heat embossed the sentiment (Sweet n Sassy) with gold powder.

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to see the rest of the Christmas projects! We would love for you to join in as well.

Hello Card

Our wonderful Imke is hosting this week's Little Red Wagon challenge and she's continuing her way through the alphabet for inspiration. This week, she's at P and is saying that "P is for Pink". She'd like to see pink on our projects. 

I used some leftover pink patterned paper along with some generic dies for the circle and flowers to create my card. The lattice border was cut with a Fiskars punch and the corners were also cut with a punch. The "hello" was cut with a Reverse Confetti die. 

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to see how the rest of the Girlfriends have used pink on their projects. Then create something pink to join the challenge!

I Will Always Love You

I'm hosting at Little Red Wagon again this week, continuing this year's inspiration from Billy Joel. This week, it's Piano Man and I'm asking crafters to create something inspired by music. 

I was inspired by Whitney Houston's I Will Always Love You. I used a number of older supplies for my card - several punches (Fiskars, Stampin' Up and Martha Stewart), paper and vellum that haven't seen the light of day for ages, and a NBUS stamp from My Favorite Things. The sentiment is heat embossed. 

I'd love for you to join this week's challenge as well! Head over to Little Red Wagon to see what the Girlfriends have created and then pull out your record player (or iTunes playlist) and make a music-inspired project to link up!