Animal Antics! @ Little Red Wagon

This week at

it's my turn to choose the challenge and I'm going with "Animal Antics!" which means that I would like to see an animal on your make.  Any animal will do!

This is what I did....

Digi is from Drawn By Krista.  I went with a much more traditional sentiment on the inside than a couple of week ago and it just says, "is coming to town".

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:  anything goes

613 Avenue Create:  pearls

Dragonfly Dreams:  circles

Peace On Earth:  anything Christmas goes + inspirational photo

Alphabet Challenge:  Z is or zoology 

Crafty Gals:  anything goes

Addicted To Stamps:  any occasion

Cardz 4 Guyz:  dogs or puppies

The Holly & Ivy:  anything Christmas goes

Unicorn Challenge:  for the boys/men

A Place to Start:  it's hip to be square (🎸I like my bands in business suits, I watch them on tv...🎸)

Christmas With the Cuties:  2 or more papers + cute

Classic Design Challenge:  4-legged friends

Merry Little Christmas:  anything Christmas goes

Christmas Craft Creations:  designer paper

Make It Stitched! @ Little Red Wagon

 This week at

it's Brenda's turn to choose the challenge and she's saying, "Make It Stitched!" which just means she would like to see stitching on your creation.

Lately, for some reason, I've been making card for younger kids.  Not sure why, I don't have any young kids to give cards too.  Well, that's not exactly true, I do have a number of under 10 great nieces & nephews.  Thing is, no one on that side of the family is really interested in cards.  But, that hasn't stopped me from making card for.....well.....to sit in my baskets of made cards.  I did see that my local scrapbook shop is gathering cards to donate to our armed forces, so I'm definitely going to get some of my cards together for that.  I might get all my cards to fit in one basket then!

Anyhoo, this is what I made.....

As you can see, I have two stitched square die cuts on there.  I absolutely love the stitched shape dies.  An easy way to add some oomph to a clean & layered card.  Digi is from Drawn By Krista (who I believe used to be Drawn With Character).  She's got a lot of amazing images.  This one caught my eye so I decided to buy it, even though, as I said before, I didn't actually need it.  After I added the sentiment to the image in Word, got it printed out, coloured it up, and was just about to put on the card, I realized that the critter looks more like a dragon than a dinosaur.  And then I might have said, "Well, f@#k."  But, when I went back and looked, I saw that the image is called Happy Birthday Dino, so I decided it was a dinosaur after all.

I'm impressed that the picture I took this evening, in artificial lighting, turned out as good as it did.  I was going to take a photo this morning but our new kitten was asleep on my lap when I thought to do it, and I wasn't gonna wake him up.  We adopted him from a local rescue, and he's just the sweetest.  Here's a picture of him....

Of course I'm totally biased, but isn't his half 'stache just the cutest thing?  He's estimated to be about four months old, so not a kitten kitten, but not a cat either.  My daughter and I take turn stealing him away from each other.  (:

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

Addicted to Stamps:  birthdays

Fab 'n' Funky:  birthdays

Simon Says:  anything goes

Through the Craftroom Door: anything goes

Use Your Stuff:  birthdays

Watercooler Wednesdays:  anything goes