GDT @ Christmas [or not] Bingo Challenge

I'm doing a GDT spot at Christmas [or not] Bingo Challenge!   Here's the bingo card....

I went with O and I used the whole column.  (:  This is what I did....

So, I've got CAS ✓, no stamping ✓, free ✓, distressing tool ✓ and gems ✓.  And that's about that.  (:

If you would like to join in the challenge, or see what fabulous makes the DT has created, just click on over.

Also for:

Creative Fingers:  anything goes

CRAFT:  Christmas

Krafty Chicks:  anything goes

ABC Christmas:  U is for uncluttered

Simon Says:  anything goes

Tic Tac Toe:  leaves, free, die cuts

Birthdays! @ Dragonfly Dreams

I was given the opportunity to be a Guest Designer at

and I accepted, of course!  This month the challenge is "Birthdays!" and I think we all know someone who has one of those.  With my GDT make, I decided to answer a very important crafting question which is.....Is there such a thing as too much foil?

And the money shot.....

Well, my opinion on the matter is that there's no such thing as too much foil!  Although, I will say that getting a worthy photo of a foiled creation is pretty much impossible.  I will also say that I was surprised, and quite impressed, with the fact that the stripes on the candles actually showed with the foiling....I never even thought that'd be an option.  I intended this to be an inlaid die card.....but I messed that up.  I thought it would be cool to slightly offset the white backing cardstock die cut and then slightly offset the black backing cardstock die cut.  Yeah, it would be cool...if I wasn't trying to fit the die cut back into the original spot!  D'oh!  Add to that the fact that I forgot to keep track of the cut outs under the H, A and P and was too lazy to search my incredible messy desk.  I remembered I had bought some foil cardstock and decided to use it behind the sentiment instead.  Then I decided that it needed a little somethin' more and went with adding the 'to you'.  And then I decided the plain black 'to you' didn't look right so I foiled it too - ha!  And that, my friends, is how you make a totally total foiled card.  (:

Thanks so much to Dragonfly Dreams for inviting me to join them!  If you would like to join the challenge, you can head to their blog.  While you're there, be sure to check out the fabulous makes from the DT.

My Time to Craft:  use die cuts

Simon Says:  anything goes

Crafty Calendar:  anything goes

Crafty Chicks:  anything goes

Seize the Birthday:  anything goes birthday

Love/Valentine's Day! @ Cut It Up (GDT)

 I was lucky enough to be offered a GDT spot at

Yay!  So happy to be joining them for the next two weeks where the challenge is "Love/Valentine's Day".  So, you just need to make a card that's all about lurrrrrrrrrrve, and include a die cut/cutting machine cut file on your project.  

My craft space is still in an uproar from the minor renovations we made to our office/rec room.  I've got access to some of my stuff, but a lot of it is still packed away in our basement.  I'm having quite a time figuring out storage for over my desk.  The cubbies I bought are much to deep and encroach way too far over my workspace.  I bought a very long floating shelf but have been cautioned against using it by my youngest and her boyfriend who bought the same shelf, only smaller, and they don't like it at all.  They said the hanging materials are shoddy, and I should return mine.  Now, I miiiiight consider giving it a go anyway, but I know full well I'd be pilling that shelf FULL, and if its attachment to the wall is shaky....well, I figure I'd walk in to the room sometime and find the shelf had smashed onto the desk, breaking a lot of my crafty supplies, and tearing out a good portion of the wall.  And then I'd definitely just cry.  Add to that the fact that the other piece of storage furniture isn't available until March.....well, it's made me have to get a little more creative than usual.  But, if I didn't have to make sure I was only using crafty supplies I could access, then I might not have made this......

Admittedly, I did have to go spelunking to find that hearts embossing folder, but other than that, I was able to use things that were actually with my craft space.  Bear die is a nonamer from either Ebay or Amazon....have to admit, it was a lot smaller than I expected.  I didn't go back and look at the listing though because I prefer to think that it wasn't my fault for not knowing it was pretty tiny.  (:  Letter dies are Taylored Expressions and the heart die.....I believe is a very old MFT die.  Well, it's in a package with other MFT dies anyway.  

Why not join us over at Cut It Up?  It would be great if you shared in the luuuuuuurve.  (:

Cardz 4 Guyz:  love cards

Cupcake Inspirations:  Valentine's hearts

Use You Stuff:  hearts/love

613 Avenue Create:  my whimsical Valentine

International Art & Soul:  love/hearts

Crafty Catz:  anything goes

Creative Fingers:  anything goes

Aud Sentiments:  love sentiment

Craft Rocket:  sparkle/bling

Moving Along With the Times:  love/anniversary/wedding

Crafty Gals Corner:  add a heart

Double D:  hearts

Simon Says:  emboss it

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday:  hearts or flowers

Tic Tac Toe: red, heart, sentiment 

GDT @ 613 Avenue Create!

Hey, look!  It's me with a very rare non-Wednesday, non-Little Red Wagon post!  I was invited to be a Guest Design Team member for the August challenge over at.....

And, I happily accepted!

The challenge there is always Anything Goes with an optional twist.  This month the optional twist is a number of lovely fall palettes.  I chose this one....

Aren't those colours awesome!  Now I didn't go with a fall card, I decided to do this instead.....

Okay, my blue is way more like black but let's just pretend that's a computer screen issue and not a JanR-just-couldn't-colour-the-suit-blue issue.  Image is from Tiddly Inks.  This is totally my go-to image for wedding cards.  It's so lovely, and not hard to colour at all.  (Which is definitely something I look for in stamps!)

With the challenge being Anything Goes, you have no excuse not to join in!  Or, pop on over to 613 Avenue Create and check out the Palette photo for inspiration...and don't forget to check out the fabulous projects the DT made too!

Also for:

Colour Crazy:  anything goes

Aud Sentiments:  anything goes + sentiment

Crafty Creations:  anything goes

Creative Moments:  anything goes

Simon Says:  anything goes

Crafty Sentiments:  anything goes

Through the Craftroom Door:  anything goes

Colouring In Scrapland:  stripes

Stamping Sensations:  any celebration

Corrosive:  anything goes

Allsorts:  anything goes