Stripes Or Dots! @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Imke's turn to choose the challenge and she's saying "Stripes or Dots!" which just means that she wants to see either or both on your project.

This is what I did....

As you can see, I have no shortage of dots on this card!  I've also managed some stripes on the paper pieced gift.  Digi is from The Cat's Pajamas.....and right now they have a 25% off sale until December 25th.

Oh, and one quick tip....I think I've mentioned this before but in case I haven't....when paper piecing something that's being held like this, don't even bother cutting around the hands.  Just print your image again and then paper piece the hands over the gift, it looks a lot more natural.  I'll crop the image to just the hands before I print to save ink and paper.  Just be sure to colour the hands before fussy cutting.  Much easier that way!

Why not give our challenge a go this week and join us?  And, if you'd like more inspiration, be sure to check out what the Girlfriends have made.      

P.S.  I hope those of you who celebrate upcoming holidays are all ready for them.  I remember in past years I'd be scrambling like crazy right about now trying to get everything done before Christmas.  This year has been much better.  Not only am I working less hours, I told my clan that I would no longer be buying Christmas gifts and putting their names on them as From:, they had to buying their own gifts for giving.  I told my youngest (16 years old) that I would chip in on the money end for her, but that was it.  So, that meant less shopping as well as less wrapping, and being all ready (except for making some triple chocolate Nanaimo bars) by the 21st.  It's much better this way!! 

Season's Greeting to you all, and thank you, Dear Readers, for visiting.  Wishing you all a very happy and crafty 2022.

Also for:

As You Like It:  favourite Christmas sentiment - I love me a cute, punny sentiment!

{PIN}spirational:  inspirational photo - I was inspired by the colours

Crafty Gals Corner:  merry & bright

Cardz 4 Guys:  contemporary Christmas

Crafty Sentiments:  anything goes

Through the Craftroom Door:  anything goes

Tuesday Morning Sketches:  anything goes

Cutie Pie Challenge:  cute & cuddly Christmas

My Time to Craft:  Christmas animals

613 Avenue Create:  anything goes

Peace on Earth:  anything Christmas goes

Me On a Monday....Whaaaaaaat?

Yup, I've got an non-Little Red Wagon post!  Turns out I've managed to find a smidge more time this year 'round the holidays so I made something non-challenge related.  Okay, that's a bit misleading.  Usually, if I make something that isn't specifically for a Little Red Wagon challenge I'll hoard it to see if it can be used for an upcoming challenge, and therefore won't post it on my blog.  (I know I'm not the only one who does stuff like that.  (: )  But, I surprised myself and made something that actually impressed me.  And, I don't often impress myself.  Well, I sometimes do, but it's rarely for something one should be impressed about, it's more like about how much food I managed to eat at a buffet restaurant or what new interesting combination of curse words I put together in a situation that calls for swears.

Nope, I managed to impress myself with a crafty make.  And it's not a card.  Well, it is a card, but not just a card.  Anyhoo, I'll get on with the showing of it.  So, here is the outside.....

And here's a short video to show you what happens when it's opened.....

(Shout out to my daughter for helping out with the cinematography....wish I would have told her to record in landscape though....but to be honest, I figured she'd know more about what to do than I would!  (: )

Haha - bam!  It's a $20 bill in yo' face!  What's more is that I figured out the measurements all by myself because I wanted to use my Taylored Expressions lil bag die that I bought aaaggggeeees ago, and definitely have not been using much.  But the real impressive part (and why I'm showering myself with accolades) is that it all worked out on the first go and I didn't have to remeasure or redo or anything, and that, my friend, is nothing short of miraculous here at Huh. So This Is a Blog.  

Sentiment stamp is from The Cat's Pajamas.  Now, as some of you probably already know, The Cat's Pajamas have pivoted and are now strictly digi stamps (yay, digis!!) and cut files but I just gotta say, their clear stamps are top-notch.  Added a lil bit of colour and a little bit of Stickles, and this is all ready to go in my mailbox as a gift to out mail carrier.  Fun fact, I actually was a rural mail carrier back, almost 21 years ago now, and quit the job when my kids were born.  Our current mail carrier is the person I trained for the job, so she's been doing it for 21 years come January 1st!  So, she certainly deserves a little Christmas present.

Welp, that's all I got.  Feels kinda weird not to sign off with my usual, "check out what The Girlfriends have done".  But, hey, if you've haven't seen what they've done this week, do check them out.  They are all very talented, and definitely deserve some love.  (:

Also for:

The Cat's Pajamas:  12 Days of Crafting: Day 6 - gift card holder (I know it's holding money not a gift card specifically....)

Crafty Sentiments:  anything goes

Through the Craftroom Door:  anything goes

A Place To Start:  anything goes

Sweet Stampin':  anything Christmas goes

613 Avenue Create:  anything goes

Dragonfly Dreams:  anything goes

International Art & Soul:  dies and punches

Corrosive:  anything goes

Beyond the Blue:  gift card holders (I know it's holding money not a gift card specifically....)

Creative Fingers:  anything goes

Cut It Up:  holiday gift giving + die cut

Jingle Belles:  Christmas link-up

My Time to Christmas Craft:  anything but a card

Winter Wonderland:  anything Christmas

Moving Along With the Times:  fancy folds

Through the Purple Haze:  anything goes

Do They Know It's Christmas? @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Kate's turn to chose the challenge and she's saying, "Do They Know It's Christmas?" which just means that she wants to see your Christmas/Winter Holiday  makes.  After all, it's only 12 days until Christmas!

This is what I did....

*gasp*  It's not a card. Nope, I made a mantle/shelf decoration!  This is a great way to use up some of those holiday paper scraps.  For each tree, all I did was die cut four triangles, fold them in half and then glue them together.  Then I just added a glitter foam die cut star, a computer generated sentiment and a Thickers ampersand, and it's all there was to it!

Why not give our challenge a go this week and join us?  And, if you'd like more inspiration, be sure to check out what the Girlfriends have made.      

Also for:

The Cat's Pajamas:  12 Days of Crafting - Day 1: Mantle Decor

613 Avenue Create:  anything goes

International Art & Soul:  die cuts & punches

Crafty Calendar:  Christmas

Simon Says:  bling it on

{PIN}spirational:  inspirational photo

Crafty Gals:  merry & bright

Moving Along With the Times:  fancy folds

Through the Craftroom Door:  anything goes

NBUS! @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Brenda's turn to choose the challenge and she's saying, "NBUS!", which reads (at least to me) as "New Bus"....but it's not actually a new bus that she wants to see on your projects...it's Never Before Used Stuff, which is a much broader challenge than having to use a new bus on your project.  [Just as well too, coz if there's a challenge about buses, I'm gonna make my card about pigs.  Don't see the connection between a bus and pigs?  Well, our up-the-road neighbour is a pig farmer, it's not a farrow to finish operation, it's a feeder/finisher farm.  That means they get in piglets at about 40 lbs., and grow them until they are market weight.  Now, these piglets aren't that big yet so guess what they use to deliver them?  Yup, a modified school bus.  There are regulations about how long a school bus can be in use for transferring student to school, for obvious safety reasons.  Usually, when a school bus.....let's say, ages out, of bussing students, it's still in good shape.  If it's lucky (or maybe unlucky depending on what kind of personality one wants to assign to a school bus) it will get modified to transport pigs.  I believe all the seats are removed (which does wreck the visual of all the pigs sitting in the seats while excitedly looking out the windows) and the driver's area is completely closed off, and I think that's the extent of the renovations.  From the outside, it still looks very much like a school bus.  So much so, that the first time I saw it docked at the barns, I was very much muttered, "What the actual f#$k?" when I drove by.  Anyhoo.....that's why if a challenge was ever about buses, I would totally make it about pigs....heck, I might even make it about pigs on a bus.  Only in my creation, they'd definitely be sitting on the seats, and some of them would definitely be wearing hats.  Coz, if you're on a field trip, you wanna be stylish.]

How's that for digression?  One of my more extensive ones, for sure.  No good segue from that.....NO WAIT, there is one!  *ahem*  Speaking of barns, here is my card.....

Ha!  Now, for my NBUS, this is the first time I've used this digi.  It's from Little Scraps of Heaven Designs.  It's also the first time I've used this Primacolur pencil combo for skin tones, which turned out to look lighter in the photos.  I usually colour people as caucasian, so this combo was new for me.  For the most part my Christmas cards are generally non-secular as I don't want assume the recipient's faith.  In this case, I made this specifically for my mil, and I, of course, know her beliefs.  And really, whether you believe in Christianity or not, this story is a part of Christmas celebrations.

On, and just to round out this....all over the place insomnia-induced rambling post....for the longest time, when looking at this digi, I was all like, "Why is Joseph wearing a Zorro mask?"  It wasn't until I got to colouring him that I realized it's his mustache.  D'oh!

Why not give our challenge at go this week and join us?  And, if you'd like more inspiration, be sure to check out what the Girlfriends have made.      

Also for:

Aud Sentiments:  Christmas + sentiment  

Crafty Gals Corner:  merry & bright

Fab 'n' Funky:  Christmas

Crafty Sentiments:  anything goes

The Holly & Ivy:  anything Christmas goes

Through the Craftroom Door:  anything goes

Dream Valley:  Christmas

613 Avenue Create:  anything goes

Dragonfly Dreams:  anything goes

Sweet Stampin':  anything Christmas

Alphabet Challenge:  r is for red

Jingle Belles:  holiday cards

Winter Wonderland:  anything Christmas goes

52 Christmas Card Throwdown:  pick a previous challenge - I've went with 52CCT24-21 from June, Tic Tac Toe, using stitching, patterned paper & nativity

Let It Snow! @ Little Red Wagon

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not only am I late posting, I'm also this week's host, and I'm saying, "Let It Snow!" which means I want to see those snowy creations.  Fitting, really, since we've had an unusual amount of snow this November (though it's raining today so it's almost all gone).

This is what I did....

As you can see, I've made my card all snow!  I added some pop dots in the middle of my scene panel, and glued down the sides, so it looks a little more snow hill-like.  Die is from Your Next Stamp, and the sentiment was computer-generated.

Not the easiest card to get a photo of.  I maybe should have went with a background that wasn't white.  Oh well....I'm gonna pretend the white background is just to add even more snow effect.  (:

Why not give our challenge at go this week and join us?  And, if you'd like more inspiration, be sure to check out what the Girlfriends have made.

Also for:

613 Avenue Create:  anything goes

Dragonfly Dreams:  winter/Christmas

International Art & Soul:  winter

Peace on Earth:  anything Christmas

CAS on Friday:  winter

Crafty Catz:  anything goes

Creative Fingers:  anything goes

Crafty Creations:  anything goes

Creative Moments:  anything goes

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday:  baby, it's cold outside

Fab 'n' Funky:  Christmas

Simon Says:  Christmas

The Sisterhood of Crafters:  something musical - Sentiment is a line from the song Walking in a Winter Wonderland

The Holly & Ivy:  anything Christmas goes

Through the Craftroom Door:  anything goes

Try It On Tuesday:  winter wonderland

Dream Valley:  Christmas