I Turtley Love You

Hello Friends! How are we halfway through June already?! 

The fabulous Shani is our hostess at Little Red Wagon this week and she's saying "The Power of Love". Now, I have to admit that I've been singing this all week (and perhaps Shani is too!). My husband's favourite movie was Back to the Future (the trilogy, in fact) and, if you don't know this movie, "The Power of Love" by Huey Lewis is a big part of it. The song always makes me think of Ralph and that's a good thing. In fact, tomorrow marks six years from his passing and the kids (all in their 20s!) and I will be gathering and spending the day together. I think I'll blast The Power of Love.

I've always loved a good pun so decided to put one to use on my card. The sentiment is from an old stamp set and the little turtle is one of my favourite stamps. He's tiny but sweet!! He's from Your Next Stamp's Aquarium Antics set. The rest of the card was made with scraps. Well, one scrap piece of patterned paper with several different dies used to cut the border and hearts. I liked the leftovers from the paper die so used them as little banners. 

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to see the rest of the Girlfriends' creations - and then use the Power of Love to create something of your own to link up! 

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Have a Crabulous Day

It's hot this week at Little Red Wagon! Doni is our wonderful hostess and she's looking for warm colours (e.g., red, orange, yellow).

Last week, I created a beach scene and wanted to use this little crab and sentiment but it just didn't seem to fit the background. I looked ahead at other challenges and thought of a way to use my fun crab and sentiment for this week's "It's Hot!" challenge. I had fun smooshing red, orange and yellow ink to create my background and then simply cut a little window for my crab, added the sentiment and put everything together. 

We'd love for you to visit Little Red Wagon to see the rest of the Hot projects created by the Girlfriends - and then get out your warm colours to join in!

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Two less fish in the sea

It seems that Doni is thinking "Something fishy is going on" over at Little Red Wagon. If you head over to the blog, you'll see all sorts of fish from the DT (and participants) this week as Doni is looking for fish on our projects. 

I'll be heading to a bridal shower this weekend and needed to make a card for that so decided to do something fun combining the challenge with my need for a card. The card is quite a simple one. I designed the background (heart, hooks and sentiment) in Silhouette, printed and then cut it out with a wonky frame, cut a mat just a bit larger to sit behind and then used a couple of fish from Your Next Stamp's Aquarium Antics to finish things off, colouring and then popping them on the front. 

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to see the aquatic life there - and then link up your own fishy project!

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It's O"fish"al

It's Chrissy's turn to host this week's challenge at Little Red Wagon and she wants us "under the sea". Any and all creations with a sea/water/aquatic theme fit the bill.

I created a card for my middle's birthday last weekend using an underwater theme. The sentiment inside reads, "You're another year older". I can't believe he's 24 already! The stamps and background die are all from Your Next Stamp. 

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to see what the rest of the Girlfriends have created and be inspired to make and link up your own "under the sea" projects! 

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Happy Fishy Wishes

This week's Little Red Challenge is all about COUS - cards of unusual size. We're huge Princess Bride fans here so I especially like the name of this challenge (as Princess Bride has creatures called ROUS - rodents of unusual size). Basically, Jan, this week's hostess, is looking for any size or shape out of the ordinary.

I didn't stray too far from the norm, but I switched up my usual A2 rectangle by using chevron dies, inlaying the small one to create an acetate window. When I first started crafting, I embossed everything and it was so fun to pull out one of my original folders as I created my card! I also used the Aquarium Antics stamp and die sets from Your Next Stamp for all the little critters.

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to see what the rest of the team has created - and to link up your own COUS!

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Your Next Stamp April Release Blog Hop

Welcome to the Your Next Stamp April Release Blog Hop!! I'm so excited to be taking part with the YNS team this month. There are so many fabulous new products - something (and then some) for everyone!! I am in LOVE with the NEW Aquarium Antics stamps and dies, as well as the fabulous NEW Fish Bowl Shaker die set. I don't typically make many shaker cards, but this die set made it all so easy for me!

The fish, fishfood and sentiment are all from the NEW Aquarium Antics set and I used the Fish Bowl Shaker die set for the Fish Bowl, gravel bottom and seaweed.

I added some of the NEW Enchanted Forest Gumdrops to the top of my fish bowl for a bit of extra fun.

I made some tags with the NEW Cool Tag Four die set. There are four different sizes of the tag and I used the largest and second smallest for my tags. I also used the NEW Aquarium Antics stamps and dies again. This time, the little fish bowl was created with a stamp and die. And the turtle on the smaller tag... I just LOVE him!! The "Hug Time" sentiment is from the NEW Insanely Happy stamp set.

For those of you who can't wait to get shopping, don't forget to enter this month's code for 20% off your entire purchase! You can use the code up until April 6.

Please look below for the blog hop line up. There's a $25 Your Next Stamp gift certificate up for grabs. The more comments you leave before April 4 at midnight, the greater your odds of winning. Please leave a comment for me below and then hop away! Winner will be announced on the Your Next Stamp blog on April 6.

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