Happy Birthday, Little One

Our wonderful Brenda is hosting over at Little Red Wagon this week and she's encouraging us to "Use That Stuff". Essentially, go through your stash of crafting supplies (your Little Red Wagon of goodies!) and put it to good use. 

I pulled out some patterned paper and dies that I have not used for ages (if at all) to create my card. The initial part of the sentiment (happy birthday, little) is computer generated and the "one" was made using a variety of dies from different companies. I got this idea from an Etsy store and added my own twist.

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to see how the rest of the Girlfriends "used their stuff". Then pull out your own goodies to join us in this week's challenge! 

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Wishing You Everything Wonderful

This week, our wonderful Janice is hosting at Little Red Wagon. She's asking us to "Make it Sew" and is encouraging us to use sewing/stitching on our creations, whether those creations be cards, tags, altered items, journals, scrapbooks, or anything else paper related!

I used some faux stitching and some cross stitching to make a card. All dies and stamps are from My Favorite Things. 

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to see what the rest of the Girlfriends have created. We'd love for you to join us to "Make it Sew" as well! 

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Hap-PEA Birthday

The talented Chrissy is hosting our newest Little Red Wagon challenge and she's chosen the theme "A Birthday for Anyone". We always have a need for birthday cards, tags, gifts and scrapbook pages and this is the perfect time to create something for a special somebody or for anyone by adding to our stashes.

I opted to make a set of cards as one can never have too many birthday cards on hand. I went looking for a digistamp as I've been wanting to try them out more. However, I wasn't too keen on the prices so decided I would make my own! I headed to Canva (which I also used last week) and designed a digital image to colour. I added the sentiment in Canva and got the idea for the coloured PEA and exclamation points from a card I'd originally seen when looking for digistamps. I then used the image I made to inspire the design paper I created for the background. Now, I've got a set of four (which may be quickly depleted as I keep learning of more birthdays this month!).

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to see the rest of the birthday projects. We'd love for you to join in this week's challenge too! 

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Easter Bunny Treats

It's Imke's turn to host at Little Red Wagon this week and she's continuing to work through the alphabet. This week, she's at C for which she's chosen circles. Use circles on your projects!

Easter is hands-down my favourite holiday and I'm starting to get quite excited for next weekend! I made some little bunny treat holders using a generic die. The cut in the middle of each bunny is a circle and the chocolate treats held by each bunny are circles too. I designed the Easter-themed paper in Canva and, should you be interested, you can download a PNG FILE to use. 

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to see the way the rest of the Girlfriends used circles on their projects. We'd love to have you join in the fun as well. And remember, your projects can be cards, tags, altered items, home décor or Easter bunny treats!!  

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Sympathy Card Set

Happy April! We've had quite the weather here over the past few days. My city (and surrounding towns) were hit quite hard with an ice storm over the weekend. In fact, we're currently under a state of emergency. Things are slowly getting cleared up. Fortunately, our power has been restored but there are still some places with no power. We had a few branches down but no damage, unlike many others in the city. I had an appointment on Monday so had to go out and it was upsetting to see the damage to some cars and homes. No deaths and I haven't heard of any injuries either - so that's a huge blessing. "Stuff" can be replaced. 

In keeping with my Elton John-inspired challenge themes at Little Red Wagon this year, I've chosen "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" this week. Essentially, I'm looking for blue in your projects! I made a set of sympathy cards so I'd have some on hand when needed. The background mat is cut from blue vellum. 

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to see the rest of the Design Team's fabulous creations! I'd love to see your "blues" project too! 

Here are a couple of photos of our back yard/garden from the weekend's ice storm. The first I took from under the gazebo and the second is from our veggie garden, looking to the back. 

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