Nuts about you

Our lovely Brenda is hosting this week's Little Red Wagon challenge and she wants to "See Through It". Brenda is looking for anything transparent - such as vellum, plastic, transparencies, etc. 

At Eastertime, I was delighted to see a little paper gift box at Shani's Paperesse blog, Shani sent me the link to Shein where she'd purchased the box die and I was able to purchase one for myself! I was thrilled with the way the die cut and it assembled nicely too. I used some dies from My Craft Spot (no longer in business) for the window, doily and tags. The window is backed with transparency to contain the pistachios. The sentiment and paper are computer-generated in Canva. I tied on the triple-layered tag with some jute, also from My Craft Spot. 

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to look through (get it?!) the projects created by the rest of the Girlfriends. Then, see it through to create something to link up as well! 

Hello Friend

It's Jan's turn to host at Little Red Wagon this week and she's named her challenge, "... and always shall be your friend". I'm not sure if Jan is a Star Trek fan or not (think of Spock's dying words), but I do know that she IS a wonderful person and a good friend. This week's challenge is all about friendship and, as long as your project is for a friend, in memory of a friend, in celebration of a friend or anything else to do with friendship, we'd love to have you join in.

I've always been blessed with wonderful friends, many of whom have stood the test of time. I made this card for one of them. I inked a back panel and splattered it with water before embossing it with an old Cuttlebug folder. The "FRIEND" letters were cut three times with a My Favorite Things die and the "hello" is from a ne'er-before-used stamp and die set from Gemini that I received in a grab bag. I finished everything off with three clear beads. 

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to see the rest of the Girlfriends' projects. Then, think of ways to celebrate friendship and link up a project of your own! 

Sunflower Card

Our creative Chrissy is hosting this week's Little Red Wagon challenge and she's looking for flowers. Whether your project has hand-created flowers or store bought flowers, we'd love to have you join our Linky lineup! 

I recently purchased a sunflower die set for just under $2 CDN. They cut beautifully! I was inspired by the layout used by Donna in last week's Little Red Wagon challenge so used it for my sunflowers. I cut several layers for each of the three flowers and added a bit of orange ink to the yellow. The mat and oval are both cut from My Favorite Things dies and I embossed the back mat with a distressed brick folder from Tim Holtz. The hello is also from MFT (I believe). 

Now it's time for you to head over to Little Red Wagon . Check out the DT flower projects and then link up one of your own! 

6 Months Later

Imke is our fabulous Little Red Wagon host this week. She continues her way through the alphabet, this time landing at the Letter D - for die cuts! Imke would like to see us use die cuts on our projects.

Six months ago Friday, I met a man who had reached out to me on "Match". We messaged back and forth for a few days and then met face-to-face for the first time on November 16. I knew right away it was a match! Friday marks six months since we met and I made this card for him.

I used some postage stamp dies for the frames. I've had these dies for ages and cannot remember where I got them - or even if I've used them before. The sentiment/word art was created in Canva. I then added some die cut speech bubbles with die cut hearts - all cut from My Favorite Things dies.

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to see the rest of the die cutting inspiration. We'd love for you to join the fun too! 

My thoughts and prayers

I'm happy to be hosting this week's challenge at Little Red Wagon. This year, I'm working through Elton John songs to find my inspiration and, this week, it's "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road". I'm looking for yellow on your projects!

My favourite flower is the daffodil so I knew right away that I'd be using a daffodil on whatever I made. I used a die that came free in a papercrafting magazine years ago (although I'm afraid I'm not sure what magazine that was). I used patterned paper for the bloom and frame (Pretty Pink Posh), with some distress inking done on the bloom for a little bit of added pop. The stem was created with white cardstock inked blended with distress ink. I embossed the background and then added a sentiment (Avery Elle) on a banner die cut (My Craft Spot, retired). 

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to see how the rest of the Girlfriends have added yellow to their creations. We'd love to have you join us too! You can use yellow to make a card, tag, scrapbook layout, altered item, etc.