Digi Do! @ Little Red Wagon

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it's my turn to choose the challenge and I'm going with one of my favourites, and an easy-peasy one for me...."Digi Do!" which just means that I want to see a digi stamp on your creations. Tons and tons of options for this one, including lots and lots and loads of freebies out there. So there's no excuse not to join in!

Okay, Blogland, before I get to the card I gotsta tell you a story (because I like to pretend that at least some of you come here for the conversation as well as the creations). The other day I drove from Job Sucks-A^& to Job I Love Why Can't It Be More Than Approx Six Hours A Week, which is about a 35-40 minute drive. (For any UK readers....that's a completely normal commute to.....well, anywhere here in Mid-Western Ontario.) Stopped at Timmies on my way (for any non-Canadian readers, that's Tim Hortons) for a large tea and a lil Timbit snackie. So, by the time I got to JILWCIBMTASHAW, I had to use the facilities fairly urgently. I usually have my phone shoved in my back pocket, and I realized I forgot to drop it in my office like I normally would do. Now, even though my office is just steps from the washroom, I didn't have the time to take it back in there. And, as we all know, leaving your phone in your back pocket in this situation means it's definitely gonna fall out.....if you're lucky it hits the floor, if not.....well, splash.

Normally I'd just set it on the sink, but, of course, in this time of Covid, I don't like to set my phone down on anything so public, so I did what I would imagine most of us women would do in this situation - I shoved it in my bra. As I was taking care of business, I realized I could hear a noise. A ringing noise. I figured it was just a phone from one of the nearby offices......but why did it sound so clear??

Then I suddenly realized what was going on. My boob was making a phone call.

I'll admit to panicking a bit....and fumbling ineffectually for more than a bit. Then I heard a "hello".

I tell you, my friends, there's a completely different level of WTF your brain spirals into when you hear your 19 year old son's voice coming out of your bra. For his sake I didn't tell him who was actually ringing him, I just reminded him that I wouldn't be home for supper. And then I made a metal note to make sure my screen was off the next time I was in this situation. Never know when Rightie might be feeling chatty again.

It would take me a month to try to figure out a segue from that so I'll just say.....here's my card.....

Digi is from Bugaboo Stamps.  They were some of the first stamps I ever owned and I have a large collection of them, not only because they're awesome, but because they offer freebies every Friday.  Ten years of crafting + freebies every Friday = A LOT of fantastic Bugaboo digis.

Decided to leave this sans-sentiment so I could be good for just about anything.  Always nice to have a few of those cards in the stash.

Why don't you 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 fabulous projects the other Girlfriends have created.

Colour Crazy:  anything goes + colouring
Double D:  sunflowers
Artsy Stamper:  fall flowers
Double Trouble:  let's brighten the day
613 Avenue Create:  anything goes
Dragonfly Dreams:  anything goes
Corrosive Challenge:  anything goes
Stella Says Sketch:  sketch
Catch the Bug:  end of summer
Crafty Sentiments:  anything goes
Simon Says:  anything goes

Use A Stencil @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Doni's turn to choose the challenge and she's saying, "Use A Stencil" because she wants to torture me which means that she wants to see those projects that you've used a stencil on.

Okay, can we just talk a moment about my complete lack of Stencil Game? Well actually, my complete and utter lack of ability to use ink for anything other than inking up a stamp. Like no blending, smooshing, spreading, stencilling, brushing, edging or anything else that involves getting ink onto paper without it being transferred there from a stamp. I've tried the Tim Holtz blenders, blender brushes, makeup sponges, direct from the ink pad and it all looks like it's been applied by an emu with a drinking problem. I've pretty much given up trying. Just thought I'd get that out there so you know, that I know, how weak my offering is for this challenge....

Just in case it's not obvious (yeah, it's not), those are supposed to be snowflakes, from a snowflake stencil, behind the elves.  If you look close enough, you can actually see where I managed to ink off the side of the stencil - d'oh!

I decided to try an ever-so-popular-right-now slimline card.  Thought it would work well with this design.  Using this patterned paper for it turned out to be an excellent idea as I could line up the circles with no measuring needed.  It was just luck that this was one of the few pieces of 12x12 Christmas patterned paper I had (from 10 years ago when I first forayed into papercrafting and I bought scrapbook sized paper rather than 6x6 paper pads) that were the colours I was going for.  I should say too, the photo turned the white at top yellow....it's actually the colour near the bottom of the card.  If I get a chance I might take a new photo....no time this a.m. though!

Those cute lil elves are from The Cat's Pajamas and the sentiment is from Digistamp Boutique (closed).  It almost looks like it's a heat embossed sentiment, doesn't it?  Though, if you know me, you'll know it not because it doesn't have telltale flecks of stray embossing powder (despite using an Embossing Buddy).  But, my heat embossing skill definitely does beat out my stencilling attempts, for sure.

Why don't you 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 fabulous projects the other Girlfriends have created.

The Cat's Pajamas:  slimline card
613 Avenue Create:  anything goes
Dragonfly Dreams:  anything goes
Stamping Sensations:  masculine
Corrosive:  anything goes
Crafty Calendar:  anything goes
Crafty Friends:  anything goes
ABC Christmas:  Q is for quiet (coz they're sneakin' in)
Simon Says:  oh so cute
Crafty Sentiments:  anything goes
The Holly & the Ivy:  anything Christmas goes

Goodbye @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Imke's turn to choose the challenge and she's saying, "Goodbye" (but don't worry, she's not going anywhere!) which means she wants to see those projects in a farewell theme....it could be a retirement or moving or graduation or......

....in sympathy. I tend to keep my sympathy cards simple, this one's a little more....more....than usual. Image was a freebie from Artherapie, but I noticed afterward I could have just used patterned paper and could have achieved the same look....though I don't think I have any paper that's this classy & pretty.  Sentiment stamp is from MFT.  And, that little felt bird is from a pack of embellishments that I picked up from Michaels eons ago.  Like, back when I used to buy embellishments because I thought I'd use 'em.  Now I just internally pterodactyl scream at myself if I even look at a pack of embellishments while I think of the clogged drawer in my crafting area that is bulging with packages of pretties I don't really even have any intention of ever using.  Well, unless it's buttons or bling.  But those get stored in a different spot so it's okay to still buy them.  Paper flowers also go in a different spot but it's NOT OKAY to still buy them.  Just making sure I get that out there so myself doesn't try to find a loophole with that.

Why don't you 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 fabulous projects the other Girlfriends have created.

Also for:

Aud Sentiments:  anything goes + sentiment
Through the Purple Haze:  anything goes
Crafty Creations:  anything goes
Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday:  something that begins with B - blooms, bird
Simon Says:  midsummer blues
Arty Divas:  anything goes
613 Avenue Create:  anything goes
Dragonfly Dreams:  anything goes

Happy Days! @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Kate's turn to choose the challenge and she's saying, "Happy Days!" which just means that she would like to see any project that would make someone smile.

Now, I didn't go with my usual for this challenge. I mean, I'm usually all about the lolz so I should have went for a punny sentiment or a card with a funny image but instead I did this.....

....and it's not even a card!  Well, it's kinda like a card, but just the front.  Little bigger than more normal card makes....it's 5 1/2 x 5 1/2.  And, the someone that would smile over this....is me.  (:  See, I made this because this is basically a portrait of my daughter from 11 years ago.  Here's the proof....

She used to looooooooooove toads.  She probably still does though I doubt she'd catch one and spend the day with it like she used to.  When I saw this image from Sherry West Art, I knew I had to have it.  And when I saw the challenge was to make someone smile, I didn't think making something to make me smile would be cheating.  I figure I'll give this to my daughter at some point so, hopefully, it'll make her smile too.  And, for the record, even though she certainly isn't little anymore (5'8" and 15 yo) she still is fierce.  And every kind of awesome.

Why don't you 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 fabulous projects the other Girlfriends have created.

Also for:

Crafty Friends:  summer colours
Dragonfly Dreams:  anything goes
Crafty Creations:  anything goes
Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday:  something that starts with B - blue, blooms, braids, buttons, "be"
Simon Says:  use your favourite tool - My Cuttlebug...gotta cut out my dies!
Watercooler Wednesday:  make it feminine
Crafty Sentiments:  anything goes