What's Red All Over? @ Little Red Wagon

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it's my turn to choose the challenge and I'm asking "What's Red All Over?" (besides our little wagon, of course) which just means that I want to see projects that have a lot of red.

Remember that joke...."what's black & white and read all over?" Okay, so it doesn't work so well in its printed form. I used to love that joke when I was a kid. That and the "knock knock, aren't you glad I didn't say banana" one. Yep, I was into high brow humour even back then.

But we're not talking about jokes here. (Bonus points go to anyone who uttered....no, even thought....of some sort of "but you are/your cards/your blog is a joke". You've got to take these types of opportunities when they're offered, my friends.) We're talking about this week's challenge. And this is what I did for it....

Lots of red on there.  I've even got some newspaper-type paper just to tie in with the joke.  Digi was a past freebie from A Day For Daisies.

Why not 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 wonderful projects the other Girlfriends have created.

Also for:

Merry Monday:  gifts
As You Like It:  people or animals - Animals!  Much easier to colour and I find you can be more creative with them.
The Sisterhood of Crafters:  I see spots
The Holly & the Ivy:  anything Christmas goes
ABC Christmas:  V is for vibrant
Christmas at Sweet Stampin':  anything Christmas goes
Fab 'n' Funky:  Christmas
Shopping Our Stash:  that's sketchy - Using this past sketch from Paper Play sketches

Rawr! - Fab Friday @ Tiddly Inks

Welp, we're well into fall now.....and it's the third Friday of the month so time for Fab Friday with Tiddly Inks.

Have you seen the new digis Christy has released?  They are so fantabulous!  Everything from flowers to Halloween to Christmas.  Now, if I could just find some time to get my craft on I'd be a happy potato!

Luckily I did manage to carve (ha, carve....a Halloween word for sure!) out some time to make this....

I used an image from Pum'kin Juice.  What a steal this is....you get a whole whack of stamps for just $2.00!  I just love these Halloween felines.....you can go either cutesy cute or a lil spooky like I did here.  Either way, they're all perfect (or should I say purrfect) for October 31-ness.

Do make sure you go check out the other fabulous Fabby Friday makes the rest of the DT has come up with. You can see 'em all right here.

Also for:

Crafty Gals:  use Halloween colours
The Crazy Challenge:  Halloween
Crafty Calendar:  Halloween
Cards In Envy:  let's play dress up
Crafty Cardmakers:  spooky
Love To Scrap:  frightfully fun
As You Like It:  people or animals? - I prefer animals because you can have such fun with them....and they're usually easier to colour!
Aud Sentiments:  Halloween + sentiment
Cardz 4 Guyz:  Halloween
Deep Ocean:  Halloween
That's Crafty:  get your spook on
Cupcake Inspirations:  monsters

Shape Up @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Brenda's turn to choose the challenge and she's got a fun one for us. She's saying "Shape Up"....now she's not telling us to behave or exercise....she wants to see cards that aren't rectangles or squares. See, told you it was fun!

I love challenges like this because I love shaped cards. My issue is that shaped cards usually take a bit of effort and I find I can sometimes get lazy with my cardmaking. So, this forces me to do something different - yay!

This is what I did.....

I guess I really shouldn't give the impression that I was being all kinds of ambitious making this as I used a template from Art Made With Heart.  But I, like, traced it and cut it all out and everything, so I had to expend some effort at least.

Why not 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 wonderful projects the other Girlfriends have created.

Also for:

International Art & Soul:  not square or rectangle
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge:  shaped card
Inky Chicks:  anything but square
Fab 'n' Funky:  paper piecing

Leftovers! @ Little Red Wagon

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it's my turn to choose the challenge and, seeing as we celebrated Thanksgiving on Monday here in Canada, I'm going with "Leftovers!" (even though I'm sick of the in-the-fridge kind already). There's two different tactics you can use to be eligible to enter....

1.  Had you made a card for a different occasion or holiday that you never got a chance to post?  Something that's now off season?  Well, now's the time to show it!  (Just to be clear.....while you made it in the past it has to be a previously not-posted creation.  No backlinking, please.)

2.  Got some scraps or leftovers from a different project?  Use 'em to make something new!  Just be sure to mention what it is in your post.

This is what I did.....

It's an Easter card - ha!  Yep, I made this back in the spring but never got the opportunity to post it.  And, see those circles of patterned paper?  Well, they aren't actually full circles.  I used some scraps of paper and cut what I could outta them, then hid their halfness behind the other paper.  Leftovers galore!  Digi is from Melonheadz Illustrating.

Why not 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 wonderful projects the other Girlfriends have created.

It's Black & White @ Little Red Wagon

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I've got hosting duties and the challenge is, "It's Black & White" which means, you guessed it, I want to see project using only black & white. (I'll allow skin tones, but you'll get extra points if you keep it all black & white.)

This is what I did....

I used an image from the Bear Set digi from Kinda Cute by Patricia Alvarez, a (fairly) new artist to the scene.  I've been playing with her freebies for a bit now (you can see samples of them here and here....and if you want to score freebies of your own you can subscribe to the newsletter), so I was very happy when Patricia picked me as one of her Design Team Members.  Do go and check out her work....always nice to support new artists, right?

And when you've done that...Why not 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 wonderful projects the other Girlfriends have created.

Also for:

Make My Monday:  animal antics
The Crazy Challenge:  add an animal
Just Us Girls:  word dies - The sentiment is letter dies, I hope that counts!
The Sisterhood of Crafters:  use your dies
Moving Along With the Times:  geometric shapes

Spookaboo! @ Tiddly Inks

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it's all about Halloween! Christy has just released some fabulous Halloween themed digis so you don't have any excuse not to join in.

This is what I did.....

I used the brand new Mini Wryn Zombie.  Isn't she a scream?  So totally perfect for Halloween.

So, why not grab a Tiddly Inks image (brand new or otherwise), and join us for the challenge?  And be sure to  check out the fabulousness the DT has come up with.

Also for:

Pile It On:  fantasy
Cute Card:  trick or treat
Starz Stampz:  lots of layers
Crea Chicky's:  Halloween
Stinkin' Inkers:  monster mash