With Sympathy

The wonderfully creative Chrissy is hosting this week's Little Red Wagon challenge and she's asking us to "Water Paint It!". 

I smooshed some paint on my blending mat, spritzed it with water and then used some bubble wrap to water paint my background. I also coloured the edge of the card base, The flower was created with a generic die using watercolour paper and some vellum. The die-cut sentiment is from Avery Elle. 

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to see the rest of the water painting! We'd love for you to join the challenge too, 

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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. 

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With Sympathy

Chrissy is hosting our Little Red Wagon challenge this week and she's calling out "Square or Rectangle". You can decide to create something that is either square or rectangular - or add a square or rectangular element to your creation. 

I decided to go square ('cause it's hip to be square). My card is 4.5" x 4.5". However, as I needed three cards and wanted them to be similar but not identical - and because two had to be posted overseas and square cards sometimes need more postage (although I'm not sure why or when, I just know it's happened to me before), I opted to go with rectangle for the other two. 

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to see the rest of the squares and rectangles. We'd love to have you join the challenge this week as well! 

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With Sympathy and Love

It's Brenda's turn to host this week's Little Red Wagon challenge and she wants to see "Fun Feathered Friend". I have to admit that, when I wrote down this week's challenge, I simply wrote "birds". As a result, my card is not a particularly fun one. However, the birds are sent to bring comfort and love to a dear friend.

The birds I used are from Flora & Fauna's Woodgrain Bird stamp set. "With sympathy" was cut with an Avery Elle die set and "and love" is from a Hero Arts stamp set. The birds don't look quite as bright in real life but do have some Wink of Stella on them for a bit of shine.

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to see what the rest of the Girlfriends have created - and then link up your own "Fun Feathered Friends" projects. We're always happy to see your cards, layouts, home decor projects, tags, etc.!

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On the Loss of Your Furry Friend

Another week has flown by. I'm so happy to be back at work as I love my job - but I am exhausted! This is such a busy time of year with all the new first year students doing intakes.

Jan is our hostess at Little Red Wagon this week, and she wants us to "Distress It" - use distress inks or other distress products on your projects. Unfortunately, last month, our department's support dog passed away. Whisper was a wonderful part of our accessibility team and she was such a calming influence on so many. I made this card for Whisper's companion (who is also our Office Administrator).

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to see the rest of the Girlfriends' projects - and then link up your own distressed creation!

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