Ya Gotta Have Christmas in July! @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Brenda's turn to choose the challenge and she's saying, "Ya Gotta Have Christmas in July!", so let's see those winter holiday makes!

This is what I did....

I was doing some tidying and came across this image (from Tim Holtz) already stamped on textured cardstock, from back in the day when I did all my colouring on it, and I thought I'd give that a whirl again.  I think it works well with this stamp.  Used up some scraps for the background - go me!  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:  any holiday

Peace on Earth:  anything Christmas goes

Sweet Stampin':  Christmas in July

Creative Fingers:  anything goes

CRAFT:  Christmas

Craft Rocket:  Christmas in July

Moving Along With the Times:  masculine

Crafty Gals:  Christmas in July

Ellibelle's:  anything goes

Fab 'n' Funky:  Christmas in July

Unicorn Challenge:  Christmas in July

Merry Little Christmas:  anything Christmas goes

A Place to Start:  anything goes

Dream Valley:  anything goes

Neglected Stuff:  paper scraps and pre-stamped image

Addicted to Stamps:  make your mark

Stencil Power! @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Brenda's turn to choose the challenge and she's saying, "Stencil Power!" which means she wants to see a stencil used on your make.

Now, I would like to say, I really tried to actually do a stencilled background for this challenge, really I did.  And....it went the same way it has so many times in the past.....poorly.  So, I went to my old standby....

and used my simple snowflake stencil which is really just a bunch of tiny circles.  But, it is indeed a stencil, so it counts!  Snowman stamp is from Tim Holtz.  Just did a bit of colouring on the scarf and leaves, added some bling, 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.  

Also for:

Simon Says:  anything goes

Krafty Chicks:  all occasions

Addicted to Stamps:  Christmas

Ellibelle's:  anything goes

The Sisterhood of Crafters:  dots and stripes

Stencil Fun: anything with a stencil goes

The Holly & Ivy:  anything Christmas goes

Unicorn Challenge:  dots and stripes

A Place to Start:  anything goes

613 Avenue Create:  anything goes

Peace on Earth:  anything Christmas goes

Crafty Catz:  anything goes

Creative Fingers:  anything goes

Christmas Craft Creations:  stencils

Merry Christmas! @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Chrissy's turn to choose the challenge and she's saying, "Merry Christmas!" which means she wants to see those winter holiday/celebration projects.

This is what I did.....

I found a pre-stamped sheet from back in my colouring on textured paper days and decided to colour up this nutcracker (from Tim Holtz).  It seemed fitting to have my sentiment be Merry Christmas....that way I could be an extra-good DT member.  (:

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:

Sweet Stampin':  Christmas

Retro Rubber:  Christmas - stamp is at least three years old

Fab 'n' Funky:  Christmas

The Sisterhood of Crafters:  Christmas

Dragonfly Dreams:  Christmas

Crafty Catz:  anything goes

A Place to Start:  anything goes

My Time to Craft Christmas:  beginning with the letter s - soldier, stamp, straps

Ellibelle's:  anything goes

The Holy & Ivy:  anything Christmas goes

Falling Leaves @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Kate's turn to choose the challenge and she's going with a very timely, "Falling Leaves" theme, which means she wants to see projects all about fall. Very fitting!

Now, every time I think of summer sliding into autumn this always comes to mind.....

.....bwahahahahaha!  Cracks me up every time. 

Now, I'm afraid that's the only leaf you'll see here today.  Coz, while I did make a very fall card....

.....it just occurred to me that there were no leaves involved.  Buuuuuuuuut, since Kate said it just needed to be a fall themed card, and didn't really specify it needed to include leaves (yes, there's the whole title thing but we're just going to ignore that) I'm gonna just go with it.  *jumps up from computer and scrambles away before any Huh. So This Is a Blog logic doubters show up*

Why not give our challenge a go this week and head on over to Little Red Wagon and link up?  And, while you're there, be sure to check out the wonderful projects the other Girlfriends have created.

Also for:

Back To Basics:  inky backgrounds
Crafty Gals:  anything fall
The Male Room:  the great outdoors
The Sisterhood of Crafters:  fall is in the air
That's Crafty:  forever autumn
Cardz 4 Guyz:  autumn
International Art & Soul:  nature
A Vintage Journey:  back to nature
Cards In Envy:  feels like fall
Crafty Cardmakers:  fall colours
Make My Monday:  fall colours
The Cat's Pajamas:  fall

Ice, Ice, Baby! @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Imke's turn to choose the challenge and she's saying, "Ice, Ice, Baby!" which means she wants to see projects with ice on them. So think skating, ice cream, ice cubes or even.....

....iced coffee!  Blech.  Just because you put ice with it, and whipped cream on the top, does not make it taste good to this potato.  Though I will drink a Timmies Iced Capp from time to time.  But, it only tastes vaguely of coffee so it's not the same.  I do like this iced coffee though.  Tim Holtz brews 'em up quite nice.

Why not give our challenge a go this week and head on over to Little Red Wagon and link up?  And, while you're there, be sure to check out the wonderful projects the other Girlfriends have created.

Also for:

Shopping Our Stash:  get crafty
Pink Gem:  summertime
Crafty Friends:  food/drink
Simon Says:  anything goes
Addicted To Stamps:  make your mark
Double D:  tea or coffee
Cardz 4 Gals:  food/drink
Star Stampz:  summer is here
As You Like It:  ribbons or buttons - I do like ribbon.....but I like buttons more!  Like, look at that little star button...isn't it darling?  Buttons are a cheap way to dress up a card and take it to the next level.  And, they are much easier to get on there than ribbon!  (:

Kraft-Tastic @ Little Red Wagon

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it's my turn to host the challenge and I'm saying, "Kraft-Tastic!" (Not to confused with "crap-tastic", which is a word I've been know to utter from time to time.) I'm sure you've guessed it already....I want to see projects using kraft paper.

This is what I did....

I'm sure everyone recognizes that stamp from Tim Holtz. It's one of the very few physical stamps I own as I'm pretty much a total digi girl.  And, as you can see, I stamped both image and sentiment on kraft paper.  Getting some Christmas cards done here and there to make December easier.

So why not pull out some of your kraft paper and join us for the challenge? Head on over to Little Red Wagon and link up.  And, while you're there, be sure to check out the wonderful projects the other Girlfriends have created.