Shake It Up! @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Chrissy's turn to choose the challenge and she's saying, "Shake It Up!" which means she would like to see a project with a shaker element.

This is what I did....

I made a shaker tree ornament. 

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:

Tic Tac Toe:  multiples, die cuts, sparkle/shine

613 Avenue Create:  anything goes

Peace On Earth:  inspirational image + Christmas

As You Like It:  to layer or not - To layer!!  I love to use different patterned papers on my projects and I love the dimension you get with layering.

Moving Along With the Times:  not a card

Ellibelle's:  anything goes

Shopping Our Stash:  don't really need another one - I confess that I have way too many 6x6 pads of patterned paper....but it's all so pretty!!

Unicorn Challenge: circles

A Cut Above:  anything goes + die cuts

A Place to Start:  anything goes

Merry Little Christmas:  anything goes

Aud Sentiments:  holidays + sentiment

Christmas [or not] Bingo:  N - free, layers, gemstones, no stamping

Shapely! @ Little Red Wagon

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it's my turn to choose the challenge and I'm saying, "Shapely!" which means I want to see those makes that aren't square or rectangle.

This is what I did....

I made a Christmas tree ornament in the shape of a pennant.  And it's a shaker too!  Which, you would think I was active shaking when I took the photo given how blurry the bottom of it looks.  I think my phone was having a hard time focusing on the glitter die cut and that's why it's so fuzzy.

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

Dragonfly Dreams:  use a die

Peace on Earth:  anything Christmas goes

Creative Fingers:  anything goes

Cut It Up:  starts with a B - the word be, bling

My Time to Craft:  everything dies

Krafty Chicks:  all occasions

Tic Tac Toe:  gem, patterned paper, die cuts

Crafty Gals:  anything goes

Ellibelle's: anything goes

Merry Little Christmas:  anything Christmas goes

A Place to Start:  anything goes

Double Trouble:  something, anything, everything

Foolin'! @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Kate's turn to choose the challenge and she's saying, "Foolin'!" which means she wants to see a project that is funny or punny.  

This is what I did....

Nothing really funny about that.  But here's the inside...

I don't know if everyone is familiar with the "that's what she said" line of joking but, thanks to my daughter, it's become something of an art at our house.  (For those who might not know this joke, "That's What She Said" is an expression used in response to statements that may sound sexual in nature when taken out of context.)  We run the gambit with this joke.  It goes from the set-yourself-up style - making a statement and then immediately saying "that's what she said" which is considered the lowest form of the joke; to the from-out-of-left-field - saying "that's what she said" after a sentence that nobody ever even dreamed about thinking or saying "that's what she said" but it makes perfect sense.  That one generally gets lots of laughs....my sub-baby Matt is an expert at those, both because he's very clever and because it's usually very unexpected as he's always very polite and soft-spoken.  There's other versions of the joke, like the-driveby - not being part of the conversation but throwing it in there on your way through and silent-acknowledgement - when you're in a situation or in company of people where saying "that's what she said" would be extremely impolite, so it's achieved by a knowing look or mouthing the words, if able.  

So, now that you know the history of the joke, hopefully you'll find this at least mildly funny.  Or, you might not be as immature as me and my clan and roll your eyes.  Either way, know that when my daughter gets this for Christmas, she will definitely laugh.  And, probably roll her eyes too.  (:

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 Christmas goes

Creative Fingers:  anything goes

Art Impressions:  shaker card

Krafty Chicks:  anything goes

Through the Purple Haze:  anything goes

Ellibelle's:  anything goes

The Sisterhood of Crafters:  dots and stripes

The Holly & Ivy:  anything Christmas goes

A Place to Start:  anything goes

Aud Sentiments:  use glitter, bling and green + sentiment

Dream Valley:  add some sparkle

Christmas [or not] Bingo:  B - frame, free, shaker

Incy Wincy:  humourous

Merry Little Christmas:  anything Christmas goes

{PIN}spirational:  inspirational photo

Simon Says:  add a sentiment

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

Star Struck! @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Doni's turn to choose the challenge and she's saying, "Star Struck!" which just means that she would like to see stars (or a star) on your project.

Before we get to my make, I need to take a moment to apologize to fellow Girlfriend, Kate.  I'm very sorry, Kate.  I take full responsibility for my actions.  I should have known better.  I really, really, really, really, really shouldn't have posted a card last week that said, "Let It Snow".  Due to my carelessness with die cuts, the temperature in Ontario, which was around 27º-28ºC last week (unheard of for April in Ontario), has plummeted to hovering around the freezing mark, and it's been snowing on and off since yesterday.  Kate (and all other Ontarians), I hope you can forgive me.

Now, after that heartfelt apology, did I do something this week to encourage warm weather to come back?  Nope, I didn't.  In fact I so didn't that I've actually made another Christmas creation.  But.....

....at least this one doesn't even hint at snow.  I made a tree ornament!  Got some funky corrugated cardboard from some packaging and used it for the base.  Twine is upcycled too, it was used to attach at tag to a pair of pants my daughter had bought.  Second week in a row for a shaker....that's what happens when you don't clean your desk between projects....you just decide to use what's already out - ha!

So, 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

Creative Inspirations:  anything goes

The Holly & Ivy:  anything Christmas goes

Use Your Stuff:  layers

613 Avenue Create:  anything goes

Peace on Earth:  anything Christmas goes

Corrosive:  anything goes

Allsorts:  anything goes

Crafty Calendar:  die cuts

Creative Fingers:  anything goes

My Time to Craft Christmas:  Christmas quote