Put A Cork In It @ Little Red Wagon

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Tammy wants us all to shush.....kidding, of course. She wants to see our projects using cork.

Now, I have to admit, even though the challenge itself isn't all that hard, I had a heck of a time with it! Just couldn't seem to make anything work and the cork sheet I had got hacked into this way and that. But I finally prevailed late-ish last night and came up with this.....

There's sumthin I gotta say. You might not remember this....I used to own a Cricut. It was given to me as a gift. And I hated that thing. I actually gave it dirty looks whenever I saw it and I almost never used it. But, I LOVE MY SILHOUETTE!! Sometimes, inside my head, when I'm using it, I'll talk to it like one would talk to a cute little puppy. You know, like, "Oh, look at that! You cut that out perfectly, yes you did. Yes, you did, yes you did. You did exactly what you were supposed to! You're such a good little machine."

Okay, I'm maybe exaggerating a bit there. You know, for comic effect. But I do love my Silhouette.

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

Grow Up

No, my dear readers, I'm not admonishing you on your lack of maturity. (Truth be known, I will never have the right to lecture someone else on how to act their age.) I'm just taking a small portion of the sentiment from my card (which is from Create With Tlc) and using it as a post title.

See......

Now, ain't that the truth.

Digi is from Saturated Canary.

I'm a bit sad. The paper used is from the first 6 x 6 paper pad I ever bought. (When I first started out I bought 12 x 12 sheets only.) Now, I've got only one full sheet of it left and a few scrippy-scraps. Isn't it silly how one can feel nostalgic over a bit of paper?

For:

Saturated Canary:  hair that's different
365 Cards:  Day 141 - Pick Seven - patterned paper, flowers, bling, banner, image, sentiment & twine
Cutie Pie Challenge:  3, 2, 1 - three banner pieces, 2 flowers, 1 image
Catered Crop:  yellow
Come And Get It:  off the edge
Crafts And Me:  lots of layers
Sister Act:  anything goes
Kaboodle Doodles:  anything goes
Love To Scrap:  colour my world
Created With Love:  you lift me up

Make It Punny @ Little Red Wagon

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it's my turn to pick the challenge and I decided on "Make It Punny" which means I want to see puns and/or word plays....hmmmmm....or is that plays on words?? (I'm sure Tammy, our resident English teacher, is cringing right now. ;-) ) Anyhoo, you know what I mean, stuff like "birthday fishes" or "thanks a latte" etc.

Now, I love a good pun or word play. The cornier the better, I usually snicker at them all. So, this is what I did....

So that's the outside, of course. And here's the inside....

I couldn't just stop there. Just not quite punny enough. So I also made an envelope.

I didn't get it on the envelope quite where I wanted it...but it was close enough that I wasn't going to bother doing it again. (Plus I'm kinda hording my black glitter Silhouette pen so do-overs are definitely out. :-) )

I feel kinda braggy saying this but....this is one of my favourite cards. I know you might be looking at it and saying, "meh" but I love it. I don't know whether it's the primary colours....I'm guessing they're appealing to my inner six year old almost as much as the word play is, or the layout (which was very inspired by Mary J, in fact not only was I inspired by the layout of her fabulous cards, it was about five minutes after I saw this card that I stared making my card), or the fact that I liked my colouring job or what.

I sent this card to a lovely blog-friend who just moved into a new home.  And, isn't giving a card to a cardmaker the best?  They always know how much gets put into crafty projects so they are always wonderfully generous with praise and gratitude.  Plus, she was thrilled with the postage stamp on the card, a beaver, which I didn't even really notice.  I guess, since I'm Canadian and I'm used to seeing beavers all the time.....they're often wandering through my backyard, and I have an uncle that has one as a pet (and yes, he does turn some heads when he takes her out for a walk, but I think that has more to do with the pink gem-studded leash than anything else)......I honestly didn't even notice there was a castor canadensis on the stamp.  But I'm glad she liked that too.

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

P.S. I'm totally kidding about the beavers, btw.

Use a Doily @ Little Red Wagon

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Joanne wants to see a doily on our projects. Or should I say Carolyn on Joanne's behalf as Joanne is away on vaycay, the lucky duck. (Hope you're having a wonderful time, Joanne!)

I decided on something slightly different for this challenge....

I did a layout and used a crochet doily.  Luckily my oldest wasn't with us when we did these pics, there's no way we could have jammed another head in there!

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

Pre-Mother's Day: It Should Be a Holiday Too

Yep, it certainly should. Especially for me. And all the other Moms out there who suffer the same situation as me. You know, what I mean right? How many other of you out there spend all day Mother's Day rushing around getting stuff and kids ready to go to the mil's and your own mother's homes....and of course since it's their day too, you have to bring a bunch of food which you've spent considerable time preparing ('cause it can never be that you're taking the same thing to both places so it would be easy) and it's causing you to get a bit snippy, which in turn is causing the kids to get out-of-sorts and now the whole house is grumpy and you start to feel that Mother's Day is waaaaaaaaay stressful and if you could just go back to Mother's Day morning when your kiddies showered you with their wonderful homemade gifts (and the subsequent in-great-detail stories about how they made said gift) and live in that moment for the rest of Mother's Day you would?

Geez, please don't tell me it's just me.

Anyway, that's why I think there should be a Pre-Mother's Day. That way all the Mother's Day activities in my house could happen today and I could actual enjoy "my special day". I've tried to convince my family to celebrate it but seeing as I didn't get the traditional breakfast in bed (which always starts with me pretending to sleep through three kids in my closet saying, "Where's the tray? Do you see it? I don't see it, do you see it?" in loud whispers as they rip apart my closet) I don't think it's going to happen. At least not this year.

But I do have a Mother's Day card. And this post would be perfect if the card was for me from me for Pre-Mother's Day. But, of course it's not.....hmmmmmmm.....

But I do have a card. I made it for me for Pre-Mother's Day. And I'd like to take a moment to wish you all a Happy Pre-Mother's Day too.

It cheeses me off.....I totally meant to stitch around the card before I put it together but I forgot. And, while I've been known to take apart a card and fix what needed fixed, this one had too much stuff glued and pop dotted down to make that happen.  But I did add some faux stitching.  And to tell the truth adding the faux stitching really didn't do much....'cept make me happier.

For:

2 Sisters:  Mother's Day
Crafty Calendar:  blooms & bloosoms
My Sheri:  flower power
Pumpkin Spice:  flowers
Simply Create:  anything goes
365 Cards:  Day 128 - Word Wednesday:  Mother
Divas By Design:  anything goes
Paper-Crafting Journey:  anything goes
Twisted Tuesday:  free for all
Tuesday Throwdown:  My Mother, My Friend
Papertake Weekly:  anything goes
Scrap-Creations:  Mother's Day
Clear It Out:  use 2 or more patterned papers + old stash - patterned papers, pearls
Card Mania:  flower power
My Craft Spot:  for Mom
Love To Scrap:  anything goes
Love To Create:  for a Mom
The Pink Elephant:  Mother's Day theme
The Squirrel & the Fox:  Mother's Day
Corrosive:  Mother's Day
Pile It On:  for a mother

Warm & Cozy

I don't think anyone could ever look as warm and cozy as this little guy.......

Digi is from Meljen's.

For:

Meljen's:  What's the point?
Sweet Sunday Sketch:  sketch
Twisted Tuesday:  anything goes
Love to Scrap:  anything goes
Southern Girls:  you can say that again
Cutie Pie:  lots of layers
Clear It Out:  anything goes + old stash at least 2 patterned papers
Crafty Sentiments:  use a sentiment
Papertake Weekly:  anything goes
365 Cards:  Day 127 - Mix & Match - all sentiment is alpha stickers except the "feel" which is computer generated ('Cause really, Tim Holtz, an entire book of descriptive life word stickers and not one of them is "feel"???)
Divas By Design:  anything goes

All About Mom @ Little Red Wagon

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the challenge is "All About Mom". So let's see those projects you've created for the big day on Sunday.

Now, I pulled a Jayne, (though I was done about 45 minutes earlier than she was) which is why this post is going up a few bit later than usual. (As I'm sure everyone noticed. heh) That also meant I had to take the photo at a different location at a different time so I'm not that pleased with it.   (Edited:  I have since changed the photo.)  Anyhoo, this is what I did.....

First purse card I've ever made and I must say, I do like them. Of course when you just feed paper into your Silhouette and there's no ruler or trimmer involved on my part things always do go better.

Now, is it just me, or do those "M"s look slightly Golden Arch-y?

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

Easel Cards @ UnstampaBelles

Well, it's a new month, and that means a new challenge at UnstampaBelles.  This month the challenge is Easel Cards. Just remember - no stamps (unless they are sentiment stamps with less than four words).

I decided to rely heavily on my Silhouette for this one and I made it do most of the work, including make the easel card. That meant there was actually no cursing involved as I didn't cut, stick or fold anything wrong.

I do find that the bottom panel (where the "congrats!" is) is a little too long but I'm sure I could tweak it for next time.

So, why not head on over to UnstampaBelles and enter the challenge. You have until May 31st to do so and you'll have a chance to win a great prize.

Also for:

Our Creative Corner:  anything goes
Moving Along With the Times:  one for the guys
Paper-Crafting Journey: anything goes
Die Cuttin' Divas:  anything goes
Creative Craft Challenges:  all about animals

Mojo, sometimes you're a really fickle.....

ahem.....witch.

You guys know what I mean, right? Mojo generally decides to take a vacation right when you're up to your armpits in crafting projects you want/need to get done. And I don't know 'bout you, but when my Mojo goes, it's horrible. 'Cause for some reason my Mojo is now tied in with my...well, everything. Meaning, when Mojo disappears, it actually affects my state of being. And suddenly, I'm feeling out of sorts...and then kinda itchy-scritchy....and then heebee jeebeed.....and then it progresses to the point of being uncomfortable in my own skin.

And then my mood becomes affected. And I get growly. And things start to bother me that normally would bother me. (For example: Gritting my teeth until they're just about broken because a giant 10 year old decided to suddenly lay across my lap while I typing this....which in case you haven't guessed, is happening right now.)

So, what am I on about, really. Well, last Sunday, Linda over at Catered Crop, chose my card as one of her Top 3. (Yay!!) That means I get to be a Guest Chef for this go 'round's challenge - embossing. And because of the whole mojo thing, I didn't have a great card to share for the challenge. I have the least objectionable and the only one that actually made it to completion, to show. Which makes me feel grouchy 'cause Linda is a fabulously creative crafter and she deserves, at the very least, good projects from her gdt. But all I've got to offer is this.....

....and really all I can say about is that it has two kinds of embossing on it. Whoop.

But, do pop over to Catered Crop and see what she and her dt have done for the challenge. I know you'll be all kinds of inspired by them.

Use a Pick or Stick @ Little Red Wagon

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it was Jayne's turn to pick and she picked a pick. (But not a peck of pickled peppers.) Okay, you might need a bit more of an explanation for this one......she wants to see either a toothpick or a lollipop stick on your projects.

This is what I did.....

And I completed used up some of my stash for this card. Well, it was my stash of toothpicks, so I guess that doesn't really count.  Did the paper piecing with my Silhouette which made it easy-peasy.

Why not head on over to Little Red Wagon and enter the challenge? And be sure to check out the wonderful projects the other Girlfriends have done.