All Tied Up! @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Brenda's turn to choose the challenge and she's saying, "All Tied Up!" which means she wants to see ribbon or twine on your project.

This is what I did....

After I made this and took a good look at it, I realized that the balloons are way out of portion for the size of the bear.  I mean, we could have an Up situation here.  Then I remembered that it's not very often bears wear hats, so I could stop worry about how realistic my card is.

Digi is from Scraps and Designs.

Why not give our challenge a go this week and join us?  And, if you'd like more inspiration, be sure to check out what the Girlfriends have made.

Also for:

Simon Says:  anything goes

Fab 'n' Funky:  one for the boys/men

Crafty Animals:  anything with an animal goes

Die Cut Divas:  critters

Cardz 4 Guyz:  S is for string

Unicorn Challenge:  boys/men

A Cut Above:  anything goes with a die cut

A Place to Start:  anything goes

Dream Valley:  any celebration

Neglected Stuff:  happy birthday stamp and balloon dies

Can You Handle the Pressure:  anything goes with an embossing folder

Love Those Pretty Papers:  anything goes using patterned paper

613 Avenue Create:  any occasion

Creative Fingers:  anything goes

My Time to Craft:  celebrate someone special - This card is for my son.

Addicted to Stamps:  any occasion

AAA Birthday:  masculine

It's a Fake! @ Little Red Wagon

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it's my turn to choose the challenge and I'm saying, "It's a Fake!" which mean I want to see some kind of faux on your project.

This is what I did....

It's got faux stitching, as well as strategically cut and placed patterned paper pretending to be a background die and those embellishments in the corner aren't enamel dots...it's red mirror paper cut in small circles and stacked for dimension.  Sentiment is clipart.  Easy peasy!

Why not give our challenge a go this week and join us?  And, if you'd like more inspiration, be sure to check out what the Girlfriends have made.

Also for:

613 Avenue Create:  any occasion

Peace on Earth:  anything Christmas goes

Craft Catz:  add a sentiment

Creative Fingers:  anything goes

Krafty Chicks:  Christmas

ABC Christmas:  F is for focal sentiment

Ellibelle's:  anything goes

The Holly & Ivy:  anything Christmas goes

Merry Little Christmas:  anything Christmas goes

A Place to Start:  anything goes

Start Those Easter Projects! @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Chrissy's turn to choose the challenge and she wants to see those Easter projects.  Now, haven't done much papercrafting for Easter since my kiddos were little, so I took this opportunity to make this....

I bought this set from The Cat's Pajamas right before it closed ( ): ) because I've always loved it but never bought it because I also haven't really done any Halloween papercrafting since my kids were....well, kids.  So, I didn't feel I would ever use it.  Turns out I did use it - ha!  Maybe if I display this card prominently I'll feel guilty enough to not eat too much chocolate bunny at Easter time.  Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha - I already know it'll fail.

Why not give our challenge a go this week and join us?  And, if you'd like more inspiration, be sure to check out what the Girlfriends have made.

Also for:

613 Avenue Create:  anything goes

Crafty Catz:  add a sentiment

Creative Fingers:  anything goes

Simply Clean & Simple:  clean & simple

Ellibelle's:  anything goes

Crafty Animals:  anything with an animal goes

Critter Crazy:  anything goes featured critter

Allsorts:  cas

Inkspirational:  clean & simple

AAA Cards:  anything cas goes

B Is For Birthday! @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Imke's turn to choose the challenge and she's taking us through the alphabet and saying, "B Is For Birthday!" which means she'd like to see those birthday makes.

This is what I did.....

A fairly standard birthday card using one of my most favourite colours combos - pink & gray.  Digi is from Graciellie Design.  Sentiment is a cheapie I picked up yeeeeeeears ago at a scrapbook store.  Of course I stamped it crookedly, but seeing as I didn't realize that until after I embossed and die cut it, I just went with it.  I'm finding that with my newish 50ist attitude, I really don't get too bothered about....well....a whole lot of things anymore.  Up until I was about 49 and 9 months, stuff like that would have annoyed the paaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaants off me.  Like, I would NEVER use a crooked sentiment on a card.  I would have done the whole process over until it was right.  Now *insert shoulder shrug*.  It's done wonders for my stress level, let me tell you.  Hmmmm....now I'm wondering if I didn't die cut it wonky and the stamping is fine.  No change to my reaction with that knowledge though.  Still shoulder shrugging.  (:

Why not give our challenge a go this week and join us?  And, if you'd like more inspiration, be sure to check out what the Girlfriends have made.

Also for:

613 Avenue Create:  anything goes

As You Like It:  masculine or feminine - I like making both but I prefer feminine because it's more acceptable to use pink.  

Crafty Catz:  for the girls

Creative Fingers:  anything goes

Crafty Gals:  pink...paper & flowers

Ellibelle's:  anything goes

The Sisterhood of Crafters:  pink

Beautiful Blooms:  anything floral goes

A Cut Above:  anything goes

A Place to Start:  anything goes

Sweet Stampin':  special women - This is a birthday card for my daughter.

Simon Says:  it's a stitch it up