Halloween Treats @ Little Red Wagon

BOO!  Did I scare you?


This week at



the challenge is Halloween Treats. So, we want to see your Halloween projects. How fitting is that? 

This is what I did......

Hmmmm.....I got thinking after that there's really no "treats" on this card.  Whoopsies.

Digi was a freebie from Bugaboo Stamps.

So, why not put down that mini-chocolate bar (I know you've dipped into them. Why is it that the mini ones seem tastier than the full-sized version??) and head over to Little Red Wagon and enter the challenge? And be sure to check out the fabulous projects the other Girlfriends have done.

Colour Combo @ LIttle Red Wagon

This week at



Regan has chosen a colour combo for us. She wants to see creations using rust, kraft, brown and olive.

Such yummy fall colours but I decided to go a different route.....

My olive could have stood to be a little more olivey but sometimes that's just how it goes. :-)  It's hard to tell from the picture but I fussy cut some addition party hats so hats 1, 3 & 5 are popped up.  What I really wanted to do was pop up the almost-olive hat but I was using up some scraps and there were no green hats to be found.

So, why not head over to Little Red Wagon and enter the challenge? And be sure to check out the fabulous projects the other Girlfriends have done.

Halfway Inspiration @ UnstampaBelles

Well, we're halfway through the month again so it's time for a bit of inspiration from yours truly for October's challenge at UnstampaBelles.   This month the challenge is "Recycling" so we want to see projects with repurposed or upcycled items.  Just remember - no stamps (unless they are sentiment stamps with less than four words).

I've created one of my favourite cards - a shaker card!  And, unlike every shaker card before this one, it didn't leak!  And, putting it together was not a chore, everything cut and went together perfectly.  I know, I was shocked!  I almost thought I was in some weird Fringe-type alternate universe where the CN Tower was purple (I was going to reference the copper Statue of Liberty but since I'm Canadian and all......) and I could actually cut and measure things properly.

Anyhoo, here it is......

Recycled items are: the back of the shaker which is some scrappy packaging, that misted, crimped panel is from a cereal box and those buttons were gifted to me and I know they must have been cut off an old outfit. There, much better than my last card for this challenge (which had only a couple of paperclips on it as the recycled items).

So, why don't you shove those stamps aside for just one card and enter the "Recycling" challenge at UnstampaBelles. You have until October 31st to do so and you'll have a chance to win a great prize.

Can't wait to see what you create!

Also for:

Fussy and Fancy:  anything goes
Challenge Up Your Life:  autumn/Halloween
Critter Challenge:  Happy Fall
Kaboodle Doodles:  anything fall
Tammy's Scrappin' Corner:  anything goes
Use It Tuesday:  all about fall + horded supplies - All patterned paper is a year old
Scrap-Creations:  leaves
Anything Challenge:  make your own embellishments
Fab 'n' Funky:  orange & black + a colour of your choice (brown)

Pretty Much Halloweened Out

Yep, I am.  I've made a ridiculous amount of Halloween cards this year.  In truth, I've made more than I actually need.  And, I don't even like Halloween.  But, Linda at Catered Crop picked my card as one of her Winning Recipes last week (thanks so much Linda!) so I got the chance to be a Guest Chef for her challenge this week, which is "circles".  Then, after starting and rejecting a number of ideas, I saw this Halloween shape at the Silhouette store and I knew I just had to make one more Halloween card.

Just once I'd like to make a circle card that didn't roll away when I tried to take a picture of it.

I wish I could've moved the sentiment to the left a bit but I found out that once you stick those Doodlebug stickers down there's no way they're going lift back up without wrecking.  (Which is much better than the alternative, having stickers fall off your card once they're on there.  I once sat down at my craft desk and noticed a card I had finished the day before was now saying, "Yo ' he Be" which would definitely be the title of my rap song if I ever decided to record one.)

Also for:

Shopping Our Stash:  trick or treat
Crafting for All Seasons:  spooky
Divas By Design:  something spooky
Papertake Weekly:  fright night......boo!
Pile It On:  shaped cards
My Sheri Crafts:  Halloween
Aud Sentiments:  Halloween

Use a Bow @ Little Red Wagon

This week at



we want to see a bow on your project. Big or little, one or 7, ribbon or tulle or twine, we don't care as long as it's a bow.

This is what I did.....

Digi is a freebie from MelonHeadz Illustrating.

So, why not head over to Little Red Wagon and enter the challenge? And be sure to check out the fabulous projects the other Girlfriends have done.

A Post Two Days in a Row (that's not for a dt obligation)?!?!

I know!  Back in the day of being a SAHM this was known to happen from time to time but not as of late.  But, Christy (from Tiddly Inks) put a P.S. at the end of one of her blog posts which has prompted me to post this card.  (It's also got me wiggling in my seat, with my hands clamped over my mouth in an effort not to scream, "pick me!".)

Anyhoo, here's my card, digi is from Tiddly Inks, obviously.

For:

Tiddly Inks: fall
Eclectic Ellapu:  anything goes
Dilly Beans:  spooky girls
Ribbon Carousel:  Halloween
Stamptacular Sunday:  boo-tacular
Crafting For All Seasons:  costume/dress up
Card Makin' Mamas:  Halloween
Clear It Out:  anything goes + orange, purple or black
That Craft Place:  Halloween
Dream Valley:  Halloween

Wild ghosts escape from dreams.....

I found the perfect sentiment to go with this card.

I love it when that happens.

Digi is from Mo's Digital Pencil.

For:

Mo's Digital Challenge:  "B" is for.....(boy, brown, bed)
The Pink Elephant:  inspiration photo
Catered Crop:  Halloween screams
Sentimental Sundays:  anything goes
Clear It Out:  anything goes + orange, purple or black
2 Sisters:  anything goes
Deep Ocean:  anything goes
Scrap-Creations:  pumpkins
Papelitos Stamps:  anything goes
Cards For Men:  orange & black
Incy Wincy:  anything goes
Crafts and Me:  anything goes
Divas By Design:  anything goes
Aud Sentiments:  Halloween
Simply Create:  pumpkins
Stampin' For the Weekend:  spooky
Card Makin' Mamas:  Halloween or spooky
Crafty Calendar:  all things spooky
Craftymess:  anything goes
My Sheri:  Halloween

Fallin' For You @ Little Red Wagon

This week at



the challenge is "Fallin' For You" which means we want to see your autumn/fall projects.

Here in Canada we celebrated Thanksgiving on Monday or what I sometimes refer to as "Omg-Why-Did-I-Eat-So-Much-Food Day. So, I've got a Thanksgiving card to show.....

Digi is a freebie from MelonHeadz Illustrating.

So, why not head over to Little Red Wagon and enter the challenge? And be sure to check out the fabulous projects the other Girlfriends have done.

Happy Thanksgiving!

World Cardmaking Day got by without me posting (though I did work on some cards to celebrate).  I couldn't let Thanksgiving get by too. So, Happy Thanksgiving to all my Canadian peeps....and to my American friends (as well as my blog-buddies from other countries) mmmmmmmm.....turkey......mmmmmmmm.....pumpkin cake (Yes, that's right, cake. It's way yummier than pie.)......mmmmmmmmm.....squash casserole.....and you only have to wait, what? Another month and a half or so for your big turkey feast? Hungry yet? *snicker*

(If it makes you feel better, my tummy is still complaining about all the food I stuffed into it.)

Anyhoo, here's my card.....

Digi is from Tiddly Inks.

For:

Tiddly Inks:  fall
Card Crafters Circle:  autumn colours
Card Makin' Mamas:  fall
4 Crafty Chicks:  Thanksgiving
Do You Stack Up?:  warm colours
Milk Coffee:  welcome fall
Divas By Design:  texture
365 Cards:  Day 220 - Missed Opportunity...which is.....Day 176 - It's a Textural Thing  (dry embossing, pompom trim and Stickles)

Autumn Colours Blog Hop with Two Scrapbook Friends

Welcome to the Autumn Colours Blog Hop with Two Scrapbook Friends!  You should have arrived here from Christa's blog.  Wasn't her project fabulous? Oh yeah, it was flaming awesome!

Now, I decided to go with something a bit different. It's still a card, mind you....I didn't go way out there or anything. What I did was a Thanksgiving card, but I didn't use traditional fall colours. (And yes, I do know that this is an "Autumn Colours" blog hop. Honestly, I don't know how I missed the word "colours" every time I read about the hop. I just went ahead and made a Thanksgiving card thinking I was going to be sooo clever, seeing as I was creating a bit outside the box and all. I didn't realize until last night that I was going to be flaunting the actual name of the blog hop.  *sigh*)

Anyhoo, my idea was to show you that you don't specifically need autumn papers/colours to create a Thanksgiving or fall themed project. After all, there's still a lot of green around here in Septmember and October (and pretty much all year round last year).

I got me some Jillibean Soup on there and some alpha stickers. ('Course I had to take the ease and convenience of alpha stickers and make them much more complicated by cutting pop dots in half and then sticking them on the back of the stickers to give them some dimension.) A couple of buttons, a bit of floss and a super cute digi from Birdie Brown and there you have it.

The rest of the deets for the blog hop are below. Thanks for stopping by today and make sure you hippity-hoppity your way over to Amanda's blog. I know she'll have something wonderful to share.


Don't forget - in order to be entered to win a prize:


1. Leave a comment on all the blogs as you go and then go back to the Two Scrapbook Friends blog and leave a final comment there by October 8th at midnight..

2. To have a second chance to win, keep track of the HIGHLIGHTED WORDS from each blog and email the phrase to 2friends@execulink.com. Put "Blog Contest" in your subject line.

3. Check back at the Two Scrapbook Friends blog on October 10th to see if you are the winner. (Winners will not be contacted personally.)


Be sure to stop by each on the following blogs, leave a comment and keep track of the secret word!

Two Scrapbook Friends

Carolyn

Ann

Christa

Jan

Amanda

Lynn

Sharlene

Jayne

Shelby

Joanne
Two Scrapbook Friends

Button Bonanza @ Little Red Wagon

So it was my turn to pick the challenge this week at Little Red Wagon and I decided to go with a challenge that featured my go-to embellishment - buttons! I love me some buttons. And I want to see not one, not two but at least three buttons on your project.

Or, you could go a little bit crazy overboard and decide that you want to set a good example, seeing as you decided to call the challenge "Button Bonanza" and all, and make a card with.....

.....22 buttons.

Meh. I'm not that thrilled with this. It doesn't look as good as it did in my head. (Isn't that often the way?) And, is it just me, or does that bat trim not look like the worst unibrow ever?

I'm betting you can do better than this so why not head over to Little Red Wagon and enter the "Button Bonanza" challenge? And be sure to check out the fabulous projects the other Girlfriends have done.