Just Married - Cash Gift Idea

I'm so pleased to be hosting at Little Red Wagon again this week. I'm continuing to use Billy Joel as inspiration this year and, this week, I'm using the song "For the Longest Time". I'm asking crafters to create something nostalgic or representing memories, etc.

I had a couple of weddings to attend this summer where the bride and groom requested cash for their honeymoon fund. Instead of just adding some bills to an envelope, a friend gave me this wonderful idea for presenting the money a bit more creatively. I purchased a little VW Beetle and attached the cash and some flowers. Our multi-coloured Canadian bills make for a fabulous look!

And a little aside here... I was delighted when a student booked to meet with me on Monday and showed up in a Billy Joel t-shirt. I shared a bit about my challenge inspiration this year and they let me know that they LOVE Billy Joel, with a variety of t-shirts, posters, etc. That made me smile. 

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to see what the rest of the Girlfriends have created. And then crank up For the Longest Time and see what you're inspired to make! 

NOTE: Although this is an actual photo of the car I put together, I did ask AI to create a better background. I took the original photo on the table and the lighting didn't look the greatest. Anyway, the project looks the same but the background does not! 

XOXO Hello

It's our fabulous Brenda's turn to host at Little Red Wagon and she wants to see stamps! You can use stamped images or postage stamps. You choose! In fact, you don't have to choose if you'd like to use both.

I used some Postage Stamp stamps from My Craft Spot (no longer in business). The dies used to create the "hello" speech bubble as well as the rickrack are from My Craft Spot too. I also used some generic postage stamp dies for the mat and the little postage stamp. The little girl and flower are actually part of the patterned paper. How fun! 

Head on over to Little Red Wagon to see how the rest of the Girlfriends used stamps on their projects. It would be lovely if you joined us too! 

Hot to Trot

Janice is hosting our challenge at Little Red Wagon and she's selected the theme "Hayloft". Janice is highlighting Canadian music this year and Hayloft is a song by Canadian band Mother Mother. Janice is using the song title to encourage us to create anything related to a farm. 

I used a frame from Your Next Stamp and stamps and dies from My Favorite Things to create my Hot to Trot card. The background is an image from Canva.

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to see the rest of the farm-related projects. We'd love you to join us as well! 

Sprinkled with Happiness

The wonderful Chrissy is hosting at Little Red Wagon this week and she wants to see "anything times three". You can either use three of something on your creation or make three of whatever it is you are making. 

I used three cupcake stamps on my birthday card. The cupcake stamps and sentiment are from My Favorite Things' All the Cupcakes. I added some somewhat uncooperative sprinkles to the cupcakes too. No die cuts this time. The mats and papers were just cut with a paper trimmer. 

Head over to Little Red Wagon to see the rest of the "anything times three" creations! We'd love for you to join the fun too!

The Earth Laughs in Flowers

Our wonderful Imke is hosting this week's challenge at Little Red Wagon. She continues her way through the alphabet and has arrived at the letter Q - Q for Quote!

I knew the quote I wanted to use and I was going to cut out some sunflowers. However, I ended up asking AI to generate the quote with some sunflowers and then coloured them in. I had a much-needed relaxing time colouring. Life has been very good. Just busy and it was good to take some time for myself.

How will you interpret Q is for Quote? For more inspiration, head to Little Red Wagon to see what the rest of the Girlfriends have made. We would love for you to link a project too! 

Here's the black and white image, for anybody who is interested. I imported it into Canva and resized it there.