L is for Leftovers! @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Imke's turn to choose the challenge and she's continuing to take us through the alphabet with this week being, "L is for Leftovers!" which means she wants to see those projects using leftover bits and bobs.

This is what I did....

I found this snowguy (a favourite from Close To My Heart) in my discard bin so I coloured him up and die cut the tag.  Snowman's paper pieced hat was from a scrap of paper.  (One of the benefits of clear stamps over digis is that you can use the tiniest pieces of paper for paper piecing.)  The Let It Snow tag was also from a scrap.

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:

As You Like It:  cute or elegant? - I prefer cute because I find it more versatile than elegant.

CRAFT:  Christmas

Addicted to Stamps:  make your mark

Peace on Earth:  anything Christmas goes

613 Avenue Create:  anything goes

Creative Fingers:  anything goes

The Sisterhood of Crafters:  stitching

Fab 'n' Funky:  dies or punches

Crafty Catz:  anything goes

Simon Says:  anything goes

Just the Way You Are @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Kate's turn to choose the challenge and she's continuing with Billy Joel songs with this week being, "Just the Way You Are" meaning she would like to see those projects celebrating someone.  Pretty easy that one - you could do almost any occasion - wedding, new baby, anniversary, friendship, Valentine's Day, graduation, congratulations etc. etc. etc. Or you could do what I did....

....and go with a birthday card.  This card is for my middlest and I even got the word celebrate on there to be an Extra Good DT Member.  (:  Image is from Binary Bazar on Etsy.  I made the sentiment in Canva but got the inspiration from a stamp set I picked up at ScrapFest last year....but it wasn't the right size for the right sized balloon.  That's one of the things I love about digis/computer generated sentiments - they're the right size every time.  (Except when you print them out at the wrong size.  Which is what I did on the first printing of the bear.  But I can't fault the digi for that.  (: ) 

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:

As You Like It:  Cute or elegant?  - I prefer cute.  I find cute cards more fun and can be used for more occasion than elegant cards.

Fab 'n' Funky:  dies

The Sisterhood of Crafters:  stitching

Crafty Catz:  anything goes

Creative Fingers:  anything goes

Crafty Animals:  anything goes with an animal

Crafty Critters:  anything goes with a featured critter

A Cut Above:  anything goes with a die cut

A Place to Start:  anything goes

613 Avenue Create:  anything goes

Seeing Red! @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Brenda's turn to choose the challenge and she's "Seeing Red!"....she's not mad at us, she just wants to see red on our projects.

This is what I did.....

I went with a Christmas card using a digi from Melonheadz Illustrating.  I very briefly thought of doing a Valentine's Day card but I have a number of love-themed cards in my stash so I decided to get a jump on my Christmas makes instead.  Word die is from Paper Smooches.  I cut it out of fun foam which I find always cuts beautifully and adds that bit of dimension without the need to glue layers of paper together.  I had originally cut the words out of red glitter fun foam but they seemed to get lost with all the other red, so green it was.  

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

Creative Fingers:  anything goes

Cut It Up:  This makes me happy + die cuts - Melonheadz digis, using fun foam with word dies, snowflake patterned paper

As You Like It:  favourite die - Since I mostly use digis, word dies are my favourite because you can easily add the sentiment without having to print it with the digi.

ABC Christmas:  C is for crimson

Christmas Cards All Year 'Round:  C is for cheer

Die Cut Divas:  red + die cuts

Pick 3 Challenge:  trees, square, layers

A Cut Above:  anything goes with a die cut

A Place to Start:  anything goes

Make My Monday:  use two dies

Picturing Love @ Little Red Wagon

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it's my turn to choose the challenge and I'm taking inspiration from Girlfriend Kate's challenge themes and I'm also doing music this year.....I'm going with some of my favourite songs from Canadian artists.  In the some of the past few years I have had an overall theme to my challenge picks....though they may not have been obvious as I didn't highlight that fact.  Last year was Star Trek (which the aforementioned Kate picked up on fairly quickly), 2023 was using the same word twice (Happy, Happy Birthday, Craft With Kraft and the one I kinda cheated on Simply Clean & Simple), 2022 was alliteration (Make Masculine Makes, Glitz, Glitter, Gleam & Glow).

2026 is all about some awesome songs from some awesome Canadian singers/bands.  I thought I might give a little info about each song/artist....who knows, maybe you'll find a new song to love.  (:  

"Picturing Love" is a 2016 song from the band July Talk.  From Toronto, this alternative rock band is known for its unique sound and explosive live performances.  Lead singer, Peter Dreimanis's, cover of CCR's "Bad Moon Rising", has been used in a number of TV shows, films and video games including The Walking Dead, Green Room, and Teen Wolf.  The band's first three studio albums won the Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year.  Personally, I love their sound.  While "Picturing Love" is not my favourite song of theirs (that would be "Guns + Ammunition" but I obviously wasn't going to make that a challenge) it is a close second....which is where the song peaked on the Canadian Rock Chart in 2016.

I've linked to their music videos above but I thought I'd give a.....well.....very mild warning.    “Picturing Love” is about human relationships, sexuality, and how they are influenced by addiction to screens and pornography.  Imho, I would consider the music video tame, but I understand that Canadian media is  more....let's say open.....than American media.  So, that's your warning.  If you do watch the video, and you're not familiar with the band, I would bet actual money that you will not expect that voice to come out of that face.  Just sayin'.

Anyhoo, back to the challenge.  I want to see those projects about love.  Anniversary, Valentine's Day, friendship, something or someone you love or you could go with the same thing I did....

a wedding card.  At the beginning of January, I posted a card and mentioned that I had originally started with different patterned papers.  This was that card.  I added the die cut and a whole new card was born.  (:

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

Crafty Catz:  anything goes

Creative Fingers:  anything goes

A Place to Start:  anything goes

Fab 'n' Funky:  love is all around

The Sisterhood of Crafters:  spots & dots

A Cut Above:  anything goes with die cuts

Aud Sentiments:  wedding & dies + sentiment 

Simon Says:  add a heart