Joy, Love, Peace

It's Christmas!! At least, it's Christmas in July over at Little Red Wagon. Imke is hosting and she's looking for some festive creations. And, in the spirit of diversity and inclusion, we'd love for you to join us with the winter holiday creation of your own faith/culture. 

We celebrate Christmas at my house so I went with a Christmas card. I used a die from My Favorite Things and some cute stamps from Lawn Fawn. I like how this came together and am happy to have a second card to add to this year's Christmas card creations!

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to see the rest of the Christmas in July projects! 

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Happy Purr-thday

It's time for me to host again over at Little Red Wagon and I'm still singing Def Leppard songs! This time, it's "Two Steps Behind" and I'm looking for any sort of step card (or a card/project with a unique design).

I created a step card which is something I have not done in years. Unfortunately, there was an ink mishap up in the top left which resulted in a bend to the cardstock when trying to remove and ended up with a strategically placed circle with heart. The card doesn't open so I added some more patterned paper and a white panel to write a note.

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to see the rest of the step/unique projects created by the Girlfriends. I'd love for you to join in as well! 

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Christmas Tree Card

Brenda is hosting this week's Little Red Wagon challenge and she wants us to raid our scrap bins! Essentially, look through your scraps and get creative!

I used a variety of blue/green scraps to create my rustic Christmas card. With the exception of the card base itself, all papers used are from my scrap caddy - including the paper used for the frame. I inked all the cuts and then added a layered star, pearls and jute bow. I was going to add a sentiment but preferred the look of the card without. I'll add something inside when I decide where this card will go. 

I'm excited to see how the rest of the Girlfriends used their scraps this week. You can check them out too by heading over to Little Red Wagon. We'd love for you to join us as well! 

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When I Kneaded You

Happy Wednesday! It's a very wet and rainy day here as we get the remnants of Beryl. 

This week, Janice is hosting our challenge at Little Red Wagon and she wants us to showcase things we love. You could create a project about something you love or use a technique or product that you love. There's lots of interpretation here!

I combined two things I especially love on my card - cats and puns! I used some paper from a cat pack I purchased years (decades!) ago along with stamps from My Favorite Things. The dies are generic. 

A couple of years ago during Cosette's healthier days

I actually made this card for our vet clinic. Last week, we had to say goodbye to our sweet little Cosette. She turned 20 in May so lived an especially long life for a cat. She came to us as a stray when we was about five months old or so, having shown up at a student's country home. My daughter and I had seen Les Miserables the week before we got Cosette so named her after the heroine of the story. Cosette's health wasn't the greatest for the past few years but something must have happened through the night on Wednesday as I woke Thursday to her not being able to stand, let alone walk. I'm so thankful for the gift that she was to her family. She's missed.

I'm sure you all have something in your lives that you love so I do hope you'll join this week's Little Red Wagon challenge! 

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Be Still

It's July! Chrissy is starting off the month at Little Red Wagon with a "Light Up the Sky" (make a night sky) challenge. 

I tore and inked up a page from an old dictionary and then created a blue and black mat for my card, spritzing some water droplets. I also used a My Favorite Things stencil to add stars. The stamps are from Flora and Fauna and I used my NBUS Dymo to create the sentiment strips. 

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to see the rest of the night sky projects - and then link up one of your own! 

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