I'm So Sorry @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Chrissy's turn to choose the challenge and she's saying, "I'm So Sorry" which means she wants to see those sympathy cards.

This is what I did....

I usually do sympathy cards in white and gray or similarly muted tones but fellow Girlfriend, Imke, once commented that she likes to make sympathy cards more colourful so I thought I'd give that a try, and imho, she's right, using colours on a sympathy cards absolutely works.

Flower digi is from Beccy's Place and the sentiment is from MFT.

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

Allsorts:  from the garden

Crafty Catz:  anything goes

Creative Fingers:  anything goes

Ellibelle's Garden Party:  anything from a garden goes

Fab 'n' Funky:  summer flowers

Unicorn Challenge:  flowers

Beautiful Blossoms:  anything with florals as the focus goes

Triple B:  blooms

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie:  in the garden

A Place to Start:  anything goes

Cupcake Inspirations:  anything goes

Happy Earth Day! @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Brenda's turn to choose the challenge and she's saying, "Happy Earth Day!" and would like to celebrate by seeing your projects with reused or recycled items.

This is what I did.....

I always keep those store-bought cards that I like or find interesting that are given to me for Christmas.  So, this is what the original card looked like.....

As you can see, I ripped out it's insides and then mounted it on some patterned paper. I did keep what I didn't use....pretty sure I'll be using those elements at some point.  Added a sentiment from My Favorite Things and heat embossed with white embossing powder and that was 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:

Craft Rocket:  layer it up

613 Avenue Create:  anything goes

Peace on Earth:  anything Christmas goes

Crafty Catz:  anything goes

Creative Fingers:  anything goes

CRAFT:  anything goes

A Place to Start:  anything goes

Sad Songs (Say So Much) @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Kate's last Elton John themed challenge and she's going with "Sad Songs (Say So Much)" which means she would like to see those sympathy cards.

It's always nice to have sympathy cards ready in the stash, I think.  I'm not a fan of making them specifically, iykwim.  I also like to keep them mail-friendly.  So, this is what I did....

Hard to tell from the photo, but I added a couple of embossed lines at the top because, well, I thought it needed something up there.  As you can see, the plant hangs over the edge....I might end up trimming it....or pruning, I guess (: .....before it's sent.  But, for now, I left it.  Die is a no-namer, stamp is from My Favorite Things (still can't believe they closed).

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:

Ellibelle's:  anything goes

A Cut Above:  anything goes with a die cut

A Place to Start:  anything goes

Just Add Ink:  dies

Creative Fingers:  anything goes

With Sympathy @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Imke's turn to choose the challenge and she's saying, "With Sympathy".  Always nice to have those types of cards in the stash so you don't have to make one when it's needed.

This is what I did.....

For me, when it comes to sympathy cards, I always think less is more.  And, it's gotta be easy to mail.  I let a piece of patterned paper do the heavy lifting on this one.  Added a stamped sentiment from My Favourite Things, a couple of flat embellies and left it at 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.   

613 Avenue Create:  anything goes

AAA Cards:  sympathy + cas

Krafty Chicks:  anything goes

A Place to Start:  anything goes

Dream Valley:  anything goes

{PIN}spirational:  stitching

Allsorts:  getting sentimental

Inkspirational:  cas + animal

Triple B:  birds, butterflies, blooms

Simon Says:  stamp it