Upcycle/Recycle @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Brenda's turn to choose the challenge and, seeing as it's Learn About Compost Day, she's going with an upcycle/recycle theme. Gotta love when you can be a friend to the environment (even if it's on just a small scale!).

This is what I did.....

Hmmmmm.....not thrilled with that photo but it's a dark, drab day here (again....and again, and again, and again, and again, and again - our weather has been absolutely atrocious) so I'm not able to retake. But, I think you get the idea.

About this card.....first off, that's not a digi.  It's a clear stamp from Dreamerland Crafts.  I adore these stamps, I drool over them every year at ScrapFest but, sadly, I generally refrain from buying them as I find them a tad pricey, especially when compared to digis ($12.95 for a single stamp).  I couldn't resist this one though as it totally reminds me of my oldest (who I've called Fuzzy Bear, from time to time, since he was a wee bear) as he loves eggs and it's his go-to meal if he's making his own supper and for weekend breakfasts....and often lunches.  So, really, I couldn't not buy it.

Secondly....the upcycled/recycled element.  Do you see it?  Check out Chef Bear's hat.  It's actually the baby wipe I used to clean off the stamp when I was done stamping.  Just stamped the hat on a clean spot and cut it out.  So, paper piecing without the paper.....(on the hat anyways, there's obviously also paper pieced paper on the card as well).  And, I saved a bit of something that was destined for the garage.  Hooray for my amazing efforts to help the environment!  (Probably the fact the we recycle, compost etc. does more than my tiny scrap saved but they do say every little bit counts!  (: )

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 fantastic projects the other Girlfriends have created.

Also for:

Fab 'n' Funky:  recycling
Simon Says:  anything goes
Alphabet Challenge:  E for embossing folder
As You Like It:  His or Hers? - I enjoy making "his" cards as you can get away with keeping them pretty clean....and I find I'm drawn to masculine images more than feminine ones.
Here's A Place To Start:  favourite technique - Paper piecing!
Dream Valley:  only boys allowed
Pile It On:  food
Crafty Catz:  anything goes
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge:  male
Crafty Friends:  anything goes

Flower Frenzy @ Little Red Wagon

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it's my turn to choose the challenge and I'm saying "Flower Frenzy!" which means that I want to see a flower or flowers on your project. And, I'm not a much of a stickler....if you've just got one little itsy bitsy, barely seen flower on your make, hey, that all fine and good with me.

This is what I did....

Digi is from Bugaboo Stamps. I just realized.....I've been on a bit of a Bugaboo kick lately......of my last six LRW posts, five have used Bugaboo images. That's a-okay though, Bugaboo is awesome...and it's also some of the very first digis I owned. As a matter of fact, I just did a search of my files and I've got almost.....wait for it......400 Bugaboo digis! Well, they do offer freebies every Friday, and I've been crafting since 2010, and very diligent about snagging those freebies, so that's....*loud gasp*....wait a minute.....that means I must have missed some! Crap!! Especially when you add to that the fact that I've won some and bought some....well, drat, I guess I wasn't as diligent as I thought. Though, maybe, they haven't been offering the Friday Freebie as long as nine years. Yeah, I'm going to go with that. Better thinking that than thinking I missed out!

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 fantastic projects the other Girlfriends have created.

Also for:

Catch the Bug:  bingo - sentiment, stitching, sparkle (The sparkle is hard to see, there is Stickles on all the dots...it's just being camera shy!)
Addicted To Stamps:  flowers
Use Your Stuff:  for the moms
Incy Wincy:  embellishments - Stickles, button & twine
Stinkin' Inkers:  all tied up
Crafty Sentiments:  anything goes
Simply Create:  anything goes
Crafty Catz:  buttons or flowers
CAS on Friday:  use polka dots
Simon Says:  mood board

Happy Bird Day! @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Doni's turn to choose the challenge and she's saying, "Happy Bird Day!" which means that she would like to see birthday cards featuring birds.

This is what I did....

Digi is from Bugaboo Stamps and the sentiment is from Create With Tlc.  And, yeah, that's about all I've got to say about 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 fantastic projects the other Girlfriends have created.

Also for:

Addicted To Stamps:  anything goes
Crafty Gals Corner:  May flowers
Simon Says:  stitching
The Sisterhood of Crafters:  flowers
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge:  birthdays
Seize the Birthday:  anything birthday
Dream Valley:  only girls allowed
Shopping Our Stash:  May flowers

Sketch It! @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Imke's turn to choose the challenge and she's got a sketch for us - yay!

This is what it looks like....

And this is what I did with it....

Now, as you can see, I didn't quite get the one shape right on there but I can EXPLAIN.  I do have a die that'll cut that particular shape.  I hadn't used it yet (I was originally going to say it was brand new but, in truth, it wasn't, wasn't even close to being new, probably, like, at least a year old - yikes) so all the shapes were still attached to one another.  I tried the high-tech technique I usually use to get them apart - bending them back and forth until the attachment-thingies break but this die was having none of that and I started bending the dies instead.  Next I tried my dollar store pair of snips to cut them apart but they were too thick to fit between the dies....so strike two.  I was then going to ask my oldest if he had anything to get them apart but just as I went to do that he started doing his weekly housecleaning chore.....and it wasn't 9:00pm on Sunday night for once (!!!!).  No way I was going to interrupt that!  So, I had to just go with a standard rectangle.  I'm thinking Imke will forgive me.  (:

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 fantastic projects the other Girlfriends have created.

Also for:

Catch the Bug:  anything goes
Fab 'n' Funky:  anything goes
The Male Room:  add an age (Does a year count??)
Watercooler Wednesday:  occasions
Crafty Cardmakers:  3-2-1 - 3 patterned papers, 2 stars, 1 mouse
Sweet Stampin':  anything goes...or space if you want to count the 2 little stars (:
The Library Challenge:  All Creatures Great and Small

Let's Get Dotty! @ Tiddly Inks

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we're getting dotty! All you need is some spots and dots, and a Tiddly Inks image and you're in!

This is what I did....

I went with an extra from the Fun Animals Set.  You get a whole whack of images with this set for the bargain price of $4.00.  I also went with a photo that makes it look as if my card is going to topple forward off the screen.  So, watch out.  ;-)

Why not grab a Tiddly Inks image, and join us for the challenge?  And be sure to  check out the fabulousness the DT has come up with.

Simon Says:  happy birthday

Black & White Buddies @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Kate's turn to choose the challenge and she's saying, "Black & White Buddies" which means she wants to see those black & white critters. So think penguins, zebras, Dalmatians, pandas or even....

Holstein cows.  (Harumf.  That photo could definitely be brighter.)  I kept with the black & white theme for the papers too.  Digi is from Bugaboo Stamps.

When I went to my blog to do the copy/paste thing for the beginning of this post it made me kinda sad.  Once upon a time, we're talking about years ago now, I used to post way more often than once a week for LRW.  I really miss that.  *sigh*  Maybe, someday, I'll have time to devote to crafting again.  Priorities, right?  Unfortunately hobbies always need to take a backseat to "real life".  Though, in my case, it's more like my hobby didn't even make it into the car and I left it at home, with its nose pressed up against the window, oh so sad, looking kinda like this.....

*snicker*  Welp, if I can't post often I might as well make sure my posts are full of good quality, highbrow content for all my Dear Readers.  You're welcome.  (:

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 fantastic projects the other Girlfriends have created.

Also for:

Make My Monday:  wings
The Library Challenge:  All Creatures Great and Small inspirational photo
Crafty Catz:  anything goes