Pour Some Sugar On Me! @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Kate's turn to choose the challenge and for 2024 she's doing challenges inspired by Def Leppard songs.  So fun!  This first challenge is based on one of their most popular songs (at least that's how I remember it), "Pour Some Sugar on Me", which means she wants to see projects that are sweet.

I went very literal and this is what I did......

....I made a Christmas shaker ornament featuring candy!  And, for bonus points, I actually included the word sweet on my make.  Got a mishmash of all different products on here....some Doodlebug stickers, Recollections shakers bits....and I believe the sweet die is Recollections as well, Christmas die is Honey Bee Stamps....and there was probably a tittle for the i when I cut it but it got lost immediately, and the rest is who-knows old stash.  (:

A little news for those who don't mind reading non-project parts in posts....both my oldest baby and sub-baby as well as myself, have recently gotten puppies.  Yay puppies!!  Theirs is an 8 week old golden retriever....

...who decided to take a nap on my youngest sub-baby's lap.  And ours is a 9 month old Australian Labradoodle....

who is an angel but somehow manages to move every time I snap a photo.  This is honestly the only one I have of her face....well, half her face.  We didn't really plan on getting puppies at the same time, it just worked out that way, which is good because they can be friends.  (:  I had been looking for an older puppy for a few months now (one that was in my budget....some breeders are asking anywhere from $4000 - $16,000 for an older puppy or a trained older puppy)....I just didn't want to do the whole puppy crate-training, house training all over again (even though it was about 15 years since I had done it last).  Miley is definitely crate-trained, and house-trained for the most part....she's had a couple accidents since we got her but that's to be expected.  She's basically crashed today (this being her fourth whole day with us).....and it currently dreaming (as I can tell from the little twitches) right beside my desk.  My cats are still very hesitant around her, Miley has gotten over her hesitation and wants to play, but they aren't having any of it yet.  Pretty sure my oldest cat of the two, Daisy, is laughing at Ollie saying, "See, what it's like?  Someone trying to chase you, always trying to get you to play, eating your food if you leave any in the dish.  How do you like it?"  lol  

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:

613 Avenue Create:  anything goes

Peace on Earth:  inspirational photo

Allsorts:  anything but square

Cut It Up:  this makes me happy - Crafting gifts to give.  (:

Jingle Belles:  something old and something new - The candy sprinkles are new, everything else is old to very old.

Krafty Chicks:  all occasions

ABC Christmas:  A is for anything goes

The Holly & Ivy:  anything Christmas goes

A Place To Start:  anything goes

Dream Valley:  2 or more patterned papers

Make My Monday:  use your patterned paper

Christmas Bingo:  G - red, die cuts, free

Tic Tac Toe:  embellishment, patterned paper, anything but a card

Christmas Craft Creations:  glitter & sparkle

Use Your NBUS! @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Brenda's turn to choose the challenge and she's saying, "Use Your NBUS!" which means she wants to see your never before used schtuff.  I bet we all have some of that!

This is what I did.....

I used a new die to make the door.  Well, the wood textured part of the door, that is.  It is possible that the patterned paper is NBUS too......I did get a few of them at Scrapfest last year.....and they were kinda tucked away so I forgot about them until I found them when I made this card.  Wreath image is from Canva.

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:

Simon Says:  add some texture

613 Avenue Create:  anything goes

Peace On Earth:  inspirational photo

Cut It Up:  new tools

Jingle Belles:  something old...something new + Christmas - wood die is new, cardstock & button are old

My Time to Craft:  something new in your stash - wood die

My Time to Craft Christmas:  berries

Moving Along With the Times:  new craft item - wood die

ABC Christmas:  B is for berries

The Holly & Ivy:  anything Christmas goes

A Place to Start:  anything goes

52 Christmas Card Throwdown:  wreaths

Sentimental You! @ Little Red Wagon

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it's yours truly's turn to choose the challenge and I'm saying, "Sentimental You!" which means I would like to see your project with a sentiment as the focus or a large sentiment.  

Interrupting the post for a minute to say I sure shouldn't have shook my fist at Mother Nature last week.  Coz she was all like, "You want snow?  I'll give you snow!"  So, starting Friday afternoon of last week until early Monday morning, she delivered the snow, with high winds and it was fairly nasty out.  This week thus far has been COLD with temps of -20ºC including the windchill. Oh look, and it's snowing pretty good right now too. Yeah, sorry Ontario.  Clearly my fault.

Back to the challenge post!  This is what I did.....

I used the same cover plate die as I used last week (as it was still out and handy) and used a new die to cut the sentiment (cut multiple times with once being from fun foam for  extra dimension).  Added some bells and enamel dots and done!  Wait.  I just had a realization about something.  I used the cover plate die to cut this from both red and white cardstock.  Then I painstakingly put all the red cardstock little inside pieces into the white die cut (which I do find satisfying).....and then mounted it all on a red cardstock base, which negated the need to add in all the red inside pieces.  D'oh!

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:

613 Avenue Create:  anything goes

Peace on Earth:  anything goes Christmas

Allsorts:  make your own background

Crafty Calendar:  anything goes

Krafty Chicks:  Christmas

Through the Purple Haze:  anything goes

Word Power:  sentiment as focus

ABC Christmas:  A is for anything goes

Ellibelle's:  anything goes

The Holly & Ivy:  anything Christmas goes

A Place to Start:  anything goes

Merry Little Christmas:  anything Christmas goes

Still Snowing! @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Chrissy's turn to choose the challenge and she's saying, "Still Snowing!" which I think she's picked for those of us in the northern hemisphere.....as I highly doubt it's snowing during the summer at her home in New Zealand.  And here in (my area) of Canada, (at the time of writing this) it's not snowing  either.  We've got a light dusting on the ground, just enough so the grass barely peaks through.  We've definitely had it easy so far.  Winter better not come in April! *shaking fist at Mother Nature*

But, even if you don't have snow, you can still craft snow!  And this is what I did.....

I love this image from Faith Skedla of From the Heart Stamps.  It's such a sweet image, and I love that the sentiment is cleverly built in. ❤

If you don't think that crooked twine is bothering me.....well you'd be wrong.  Unfortunately, there's no way for me to reach in the photo to fix it.  So I guess crooked is where it'll stay.

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:

Crafty Calendar:  anything goes

CRAFT:  anything goes

ABC Christmas:  A is for anything Christmas

Crafty Gals:  winter fun

Ellibelle's:  anything goes

The Sisterhood of Crafters:  anything goes

A Place to Start:  anything goes

Christmas [or not] Bingo:  bingo card - B with green, free, digital image, button

613 Avenue Create:  anything goes

Peace On Earth:  anything goes Christmas

What's New? @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Imke's turn to choose the challenge and she's asking, "What's New?" which just means that she wants to see those projects with newness.....could be a new job, new baby, new technique, new crafty item....so many things to choose from!

I used a new background die and made this.....

I find filling in the die cut "empty space" with other colour paper oh so satisfying.  Until I end up losing a piece.  Then it's not so satisfying at all.  (:

I hope everyone had a lovely holiday season and 2024 is off to a great start for you!  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:

CRAFT:  Christmas the Last Stretch - This card used the last of the snowflake charms.

Krafty Chicks:  all occasions 

ABC Christmas: Z is for zebra (stripes)

Ellibelle's:  anything goes

Christmas (or not) Bingo:  bingo card - O with layers, stitching, twine, rectangle, free

A Place to Start:  anything goes

Simon Says:  something new