White Space! @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Imke's turn to choose the challenge and she's saying "White (or any other colour) Space!" That means she wants to see those clean cards, with lots of uncluttered, unpatterned space. I love cas cards but I seldom make them so I love it when a challenge makes me - yay!

This is what I did.....

I used a veeeerrrrrry old, picked up at a garage sale (from last year.....or maybe even the year before??) Stamping Bella stamp called Ginger Ketto.  I actually wonder if it might be a pre-Tiddly Ink from Christy.  (If anyone knows for sure, please leave me a comment.  (: )  Makes no difference, I adore her no matter what her lineage.

I did some paper piecing for the outfit....but had a bit of a quandary over what to do about her wings....should I glitter them, colour them, paper piece them with a different paper??  Like, it was really a big brain discussion, I wanted them to be noticeable, but to not be the standout feature of the card.  It went on for quite a bit.....until that little part of my brain....the one that sits way in the back, slumped in a chair, barely paying attention to the ruckus that tends to go on finally spoke up and said....

"Hey, Dumbasses.  That's a bow, not wings."

Oh.  Right.  Same colour as the shirt, it is then.

I actually had the image all done and ready to go without thought to how to put it together on a card.  A perusal through my collection of digi sentiments (this one from Create With TLC) gave me a number of options but I couldn't resist this one as it had a built in line for her to perch on.

After all, seeing as she doesn't have wings she needs to stand on something.

Why don't you give our challenge a go this week and head on over to Little Red Wagon and link up?  And, while you're there, be sure to check out the fabulous projects the other Girlfriends have created.

Also for:

AAA Cards:  one image + cas
Retro Rubber:  anything goes
Crafty Sentiments:  for girl
Simon Says:  anything goes
Cards 4 Galz:  pink & black
Stamplorations: cas
QKR Stampede:  anything goes
Crafty Catz:  anything goes
Corrosive Challenge:  anything goes
613 Avenue Create:  anything goes

April Showers! @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Kate's turn to choose the challenge and she's saying, "April Showers!" which means she wants to see those projects about April or spring. I must say, I wiiiiiiish we could have April showers here. We've been getting snow, snow, snow, snow. There was such a hard squall blow through yesterday morning that I couldn't leave the house for 20 minutes. MOTHER NATURE, IT'S APRIL!! Luckily, the snow hasn't been sticking around, so that's something anyway. Remember the three days of nice spring weather we had since spring sprung, my fellow mid-western Ontarians? Good times, good times.

Our frigid weather made me forgo the a typical April showers card and go for something a little more cheerful....

Digi is a freebie from Artherapie. I love her work.  This scene makes me look forward to nicer weather....assuming it will eventually stop snowing.

Why don't you give our challenge a go this week and head on over to Little Red Wagon and link up?  And, while you're there, be sure to check out the fabulous projects the other Girlfriends have created.

Also for:

Crafty Gals:  spring
Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday:  bugs, blossoms and/or butterflies
Allsorts:  flowers and/or showers
Simon Says:  flower power
Sweet Stampin':  bloomin' wonderful
QKR Stampede:  anything goes
Moving Along With the Times:  diamante embellishments
Make My Monday:  spring flowers
613 Avenue Create:  anything goes
Dragonfly Dreams:  add flowers
Shopping Our Stash:  happy spring
Artsy Stamper:  springtime

Mamaaaaaaaa! (Mother's Day Cards) @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Brenda's turn to choose the challenge and she's saying......no, she's singing "Mamaaaaaaaa!" Freddy Mercury style because she wants to see Mother's Day Cards.

Speaking of Mamaaaaaaaaaa.....I used to sing this to my kids from time to time. They didn't call me mama but sometimes when I heard, "Mommy, Mommy, Mommy, Mommy, Mommy, Mommy, Mommy, Mommy, Mommy (repeat 6 million times)" I would, on the occasions where I had had a bit more of that than I could take, break into a rousing chorus of "Mamaaaaa ooh/Didn't mean to make you cry/If I'm not back again this time tomorrow/Carry on, carry on/As if nothing really matters....." I found subjecting them to my (way) less than stellar, albeit enthusiastic, singing was much better on them and me than getting snappy. So, needless to say, I'm loving Brenda's unique title for this challenge.

And, this is what I did.....

I do now wish I had somehow made a Bohemian Rhapsody themed Mother's Day card. That would have been pretty awesome.

Digi is from Pernilla Nilsson.  Lots of sparkle on here, little rhinestones in the centre, bigger rhinestone on the bow, Stickles dotted around too.  I swear, tying that double bow took more time than every other facet of making this card combined.  And that was all because I couldn't remember how to use a Bow Easy and I didn't want to get up and walk exactly four steps to sit down in front of the computer to watch a tutorial.  Laziness at its fineness.

Why don't you give our challenge a go this week and head on over to Little Red Wagon and link up?  And, while you're there, be sure to check out the fabulous projects the other Girlfriends have created.

Also for:

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday:  bugs, blossoms and/or butterflies
Fab 'n' Funky:  spots or dots
Alphabet Challenge:  A is for anything goes
Crafty Catz:  anything goes
If You Give a Crafter a Cookie:  anything goes
Moving Along With the Times:  diamante embellishments
Dragonfly Dreams:  add a flower
Double Trouble:  showers & flowers
Inkspirational:  spring
Creativ Fusion:  spring flowers
Crafty Gals Corner:  spring
Crafty Sentiments:  anything goes
Stinkin' Inkers:  crafter's choice
A Place To Start:  ribbons/bows
Corrosive Challenge:  anything goes

Mix 'Em Up! @ Little Red Wagon

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it's me being late! Yep, with being laid off from my full time job (luckily I still have my two part time jobs) and being home all the time, I forgot what day it was! Fellow Girlfriend, Kate, got the Linky up on the LRW site for me - thanks, Kate!! Anyhoo, the challenge this week is "Mix 'Em Up!" which just means that I want to see projects using more the one companies product. Here, I'll show you what I mean....

I used a digi from A Day For Daisies (now closed :( ) with patterned paper from My Mind's Eye and bling from Kaiser Scrapbook. Really, I could go on too and say that the sentiment is computer generated, white paper is Recollections, cardstock is Bazzil and it's coloured with Prismacolor pencils.  See, it's a super-duper easy challenge. Practically an "anything goes" challenge, I'm thinking.

I thought the sentiment was fitting for our current global state of affairs.  Though, the image, not so much in my case.  If I had that many butterflies close to me I'd run off practically screaming.  To me butterflies are beautiful on paper only.  Irl, I'm sure they have hatched a complex plot to do me harm.  My daughter used to laugh when I said that until she witnessed my walking across the lawn one day dodging those small white ones as they few at my face.  And, don't even get me started on how evil moths are.....

Why don't you give our challenge a go this week and head on over to Little Red Wagon and link up?  And, while you're there, be sure to check out the fabulous projects the other Girlfriends have created.

Also for:

Crafty Gals:  spring
Colour Crazy:  anything goes
Aud Sentiments:  anything goes + sentiment
Crafty Creations:  anything goes
Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday:  blooms, bugs or butterflies
Allsorts:  something old, something new - patterned paper is old, bling is new
Crafty Calendar:  add a butterfly
Sweet Stampin':  things with wings
The Fairy & the Unicorn:  anything fantasy goes
Arty Divas:  anything goes
Crafty Sentiments:  anything goes
Ike's World:  p is for paper piecing
Stinkin' Inkers:  crafter's choice
Tuesday Throwdown:  anything goes
Artsy Stamper:  things with wings
Path of Positivity:  positive/inspirational + style - My style is clean and layered.  (:
Corrosive Challenges:  anything goes
Creations In Pink:  anything mainly pink goes
The Cat's Pajamas:  share hope

Blue! @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Doni's turn to choose the challenge and she's saying, "Blue!" which means, you guessed it, she wants you to use blue on your projects. And, my friends, I do sincerely hope you are all just using blue and not feeling blue.

This is what I did.....

I went with a fairly generic card today.  I really like this street scene from Pernilla Nilsson.  I paper pieced the tree and pop dotted up two of the circles for some dimension.  And, that's pretty much all there is to this one.

Why don't you give our challenge a go this week and head on over to Little Red Wagon and link up?  And, while you're there, be sure to check out the fabulous projects the other Girlfriends have created.