Be Krafty! @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Brenda's turn to choose the challenge and she's saying, "Be Krafty!" which means she would like to see kraft paper on our projects.

This is what I did.....

I used to use kraft cardstock a lot.....but for quite some time I haven't found kraft paper I really like.  I really like the top kraft paper (that I embossed) but I'm down to scraps, which is why the card base is a completely different shade of kraft that I'm not very fond of.  Digi is from The Cat's Pajamas, which has closed.  ):  Tag is a digi from LOTV.

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:

Peace On Earth:  anything Christmas goes

Craft Rocket:  animals

Creative Fingers:  anything goes

Tic Tac Toe:  any colour, free, sentiment

Ellibelle's:  anything goes

Allsorts:  animals

CYHTP:  anything goes using an embossing folder

613 Avenue Create:  anything goes

The Holly & Ivy:  anything Christmas goes

A Place to Start:  anything goes

Make My Monday:  snow in August

Double D:  bee happy

Crafty Animals:  anything goes with an animal

Critter Crazy:  anything goes with a featured critter

Christmas [or not] Bingo:  B - Christmas, brown, digital image 

Make It Masculine! @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Chrissy's turn to choose the challenge and she's going with a favourite of mine, "Make It Masculine!".  Now how you make it "masculine" is completely up to your interpretation.  It doesn't necessarily have to be for someone male, or have an image of a boy/man.  Masculine to you might mean bold or dark colours.  It might mean clean lines.  Or maybe you've made a card for a special "he" who loves pink and flowers.  It's all good.  (:

This is what I did....

I love this reindeer from Tiddly Inks.  A lot of the masculine themed cards I make are heavy on the brown.  No exception with this one.  Clean lines, and some vehicle patterned paper, all = masculine in my book.  Not that I have an actual "masculine book", of course.  (-;

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:  here are a few of my favourite things - Tiddly Inks stamps, Prismacolor pencils, fun patterned paper, enamel dots

Peace On Earth:  inspirational Christmas collage

Crafty Calendar:  anything goes

Crafty Catz:  hot colours/anything goes

Creative Fingers:  anything goes

Jingle Belles:  holiday leftovers - cardstock base was in my pile of I-changed-my-mind-and-I'm-gonna-do-a-different-colour-base-instead stack and....the brown patterned paper are two scraps that are juuuuust long enough to extend under the stamped part so it looks like one complete piece....shhh, don't tell anyone (:

Craft Rocket:  animals

Krafty Chicks:  stamps

Crafty Gals Corner:  Christmas

Ellibelle's:  anything goes

Addicted to Stamps:  any occasion

The Holly & Ivy:  anything Christmas goes

A Place to Start:  anything goes

Dream Valley:  Christmas in July

Make My Monday:  colouring mediums - Prismacolor pencils

Crafty Animals:  anything with an animal goes

Critter Crazy:  anything goes with a featured critter

Merry Little Christmas:  anything Christmas goes

12 Months of Christmas:  anything Christmas goes

Christmas [or not] Bingo:  N - masculine, enamel dots, free

Two Steps Behind! @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Kate's turn to choose the challenge and she's continuing through the discography of Def Leppard and she's saying, "Two Steps Behind!" which means she wants to see those step cards or other cards of unique design.

I decided to try a type of card I've never made before and here's the outside....

Really not much going on there.  Here's the inside....

I don't feel like I quite hit the mark with this one.  The "steps" are too wide (or the stamps are too small) and, when it takes as much time as this took to make, I want to love it when I'm done, kwim?  Can't say as I do.  Still, it's another Christmas card for the stash, so it's not all a loss.

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. 

Layers! @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Imke's turn to choose the challenge and she's saying, "Layered!" which means she wants to see those stacked projects.

This is what I did....

Counting from the red and white striped patterned paper up to the enamel dots on the wooden snowflakes, it's seven layers.  I know, I know, if you wanna get real picky about it, none of those enamel dots are over the piece of green patterned paper, so technically, one could argue that it's really only five layers.  But, since this is my blog, I automatically win all arguments, so 😝.

Digi is from Mo's Digital Pencil.   

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:  with or without words - I prefer with words, especially punny ones like this.  I think a card look naked without a sentiment.  (:

CRAFT:  Christmas

Moving Along With the Times:  early Christmas

ABC Christmas:  M is for music - sentiment is a pun on "Dashing through the snow" from Jingle Bells

Simon Says:  anything goes

Addicted to Stamps:  make your mark

Cards 4 Guyz:  anything masculine goes

The Holly & Ivy:  anything Christmas goes

A Place to Start:  anything goes

613 Avenue Create:  for the guys

Peace on Earth:  anything Christmas goes

Crafty Catz:  make it masculine

Creative Fingers:  anything goes

My Time to Craft:  winter

My Time to Craft Christmas:  music - sentiment is a pun on "Dashing through the snow" from Jingle Bells 

Cupcake Inspirations:  anything goes

52 Christmas Card Throwdown:  colour an image

Show Us Your Eggs! @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Chrissy's turn to choose the challenge and she's saying, "Show Us Your Eggs!" which means she wants to see those Easter projects.

Okay, my friends, I have a confession to make.  I broke-ed the rules big time this week.  As you know, Little Red Wagon isn't just a card challenge (even though us Girlfriends usually choose to make a card), other creations are very welcome, including tags, scrapbook layouts, pocket pages, journalling, altered items....so, as I like to say....any papercraft goes.  Papercraft being the operative word here.  Buuuuuut, I didn't actually make any Easter projects.  'Round here Easter is more about the food and chocolate.  (I know chocolate is indeed a food but I think it definitely deserves its own mention).

I didn't want to skip this week's challenge though.  So, I've decided to show what I did make that was Easter related.  And, I did actually make it for this challenge.  And, as you probably have already guessed, it's not a papercraft.  It's.....

an amigurumi (crochet) bunny.  Yeah, so, welcome to my newest obsession hobby - crochet.  More specifically, amigurumi.  More more specifically, amigurumi with blanket yarn.  Because I really needed another hobby that takes sooooooo much time to produce the finished product, where most people don't really appreciate the effort, and you can buy a mass-produced version at a dollar store for almost nothing (especially looking at you, cards, for that last one).  But, I really enjoy the process, so....well.....there.  And really, isn't that what hobbies are mostly about?

So, that's the confession I had to make.  Oh, wait.  Since I'm on the topic of confessions, I have another one.  I feel it's not something a lot of people will generally take part in.  Here goes......this morning I ate leftover birthday (not mine) cake for breakfast.  Yep, I sure did.  And, you know what?  I'm not even sorry!  Hahahahaha!  *runs away laughing to both escape and try to work off some of those cake calories*

*peeks back in*  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:

Critter Crazy Challenge:  anything goes featuring a critter

Animal Antics! @ Little Red Wagon

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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

Dog Days! @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Brenda's turn to choose the challenge and she's saying, "Dog Days!" which means, you guessed it, she wants to see a dog on your project.

This is what I did.....

Had this cutie, from Sassy Cheryl's Stamps, coloured up for a bit now but just couldn't seem to make a card using it.  Seeing as this was the perfect challenge to use her, I made it work this time.  I used letter stickers for the sentiment because my printer apparently went on vacation (without the required notice, of course) and would not print out the Word-generated sentiment I had typed.  Joke's on it though coz I think this was the better choice anyway.  So, ha.

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:

The Male Room:  dots and/or stripes

Craft Rocket:  animals

Ellibelle's:  anything goes

A Place To Start:  anything goes

Aud Sentiments:  not a rectangle card + sentiment

Crafting Happiness:  anything goes

Cutie Pie:  stamps and/or stars

613 Avenue Create:  anything goes

Corrosive:  anything goes

We Love Stamping:  masculine

Allsorts:  all creatures great & small

Crafty Calendar:  anything goes

Simply Clean & Simple! @ Little Red Wagon

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it's yours truly's turn to choose the challenge and I'm saying, "Simply Clean & Simple!" which means, you guessed it, I want to see those cas cards.

First of all, I need to call someone out.  Looking at you here, Mother Nature.  If you notice, MN, I didn't post a Christmas make last week.  It was a birthday make.  So, why then, did you think it would be okay to SNOW on and off all day yesterday with temps of 1ºC, on the SECOND DAY OF MAY?  Huh?  Not nice.

Now that that's outta the way, here's my card.....

As you can see, I've got a lot of white space on there to make it cas.  And, it's just empty space, MN, NOT SNOW.  

Stamp is from The Cat's Pajamas.  I used a precut card for this one, and it has more tooth than the cardstock I normally use for stamps/digis.  I kinda like the rough look of it, so it's working for me.

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:

Ellibelle's:  anything goes

The Crafty Addicts:  anything goes

A Place to Start:  anything goes

Allsorts:  anything goes

Di's Digi Design:  use you scraps

Sweet Stampin':  animals

Crafty Catz:  anything goes

Creative Fingers:  anything goes

Seeing Spots/Stripes! @ Little Red Wagon

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it's my turn to choose the challenge and I'm going with, "Seeing Spots/Stripes!" which just means that I want to see spots or stripes or both on your creations.

This is what I did.....

As you can see, lots of spots and stripes on there.  There's also a reindeer who has been into the bubbly.  Gotta love this play on words.  So much so that I don't know why I haven't used this digi before.  It's from Bugaboo Stamps.  Still very sad that Jodi has closed the shop.  ):  Tag digi is from LOTV.

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:

613 Avenue Create:  anything goes

Corrosive:  anything goes

Peace on Earth:  inspirational picture - I went with the colours and the straight lines.

Sweet Stampin':  anything but a birthday card

Colour Crazy:  anything goes

Creative Fingers:  anything goes

Most Magical Time of Year:  Christmas creations

As You Like It:  traditional or contemporary Christmas - I prefer contemporary because there are so many cute and fun images to use!

ABC Christmas:  U for Unusual - You don't generally see all that many reindeer drinking alcohol.  (: 

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday:  anything goes

The Sisterhood of Crafters:  one for the guys

The Holly & Ivy:  anything Christmas goes

TTCRD:  anything goes

Critter Crazy:  anything with a critter goes

A Place to Start:  circles (dots) & squares

Cardz 4 Guyz:  autumnal colours - I know it's a Christmas card but I consider red, green & brown fall colours.

Fab 'n' Funky:  season's greetings

Make Me Laugh! @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Chrissy's turn to choose the challenge and she's saying, "Make Me Laugh!" which just means that she wants to see those funny projects.

Chrissy's got a great sense of humour, so I knew this would be an easy challenge.  And, while my card certainly isn't lmao funny, I'm hoping it'll a least get a smile....

I thought I'd colour up this fun group of dogs in non-dog colours.  Then all that was left to do was pair it with a fitting computer generated sentiment.  Image is from Pernilla Nilsson.  

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:

International Art & Soul:  red, white & blue

Allsorts:  all sorts of animals

Alphabet Challenge:  G is for giggle

Crafty Catz:  anything goes

Creative Fingers:  anything goes

Aud Sentiments:  anything goes

TTCRD:  anything goes

Critter Crazy:  anything with a critter goes

Get Creative:  red, white & blue

Incy Wincy:  woof

Make It Count! @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Brenda's turn to choose the challenge and she's saying, "Make It Count!" which just means that she would like to see numbers on your project.

This is what I did.....

Yeah, so mine is number instead of numbers.  I had every intention of adding some patterned paper with numbers on it to my card but I just couldn't make it work.  I'm hoping my prominent 2 will make up for the fact that there's just the one number.  I really wish I had the time (and patience!) to have printed my computer-generated sentiment right on the card front instead of a piece of cardstock.  But, seeing as it was late last night that I was making this, I took the easy way out.  Digi is from Mo's Digital Pencil.

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:

Critter Crazy:  anything goes + critter

Crafty Calendar:  anything goes

Inkspiration:  use a digital element - Image is a digi stamp.

Alphabet Challenge:  F is for friendship

Aud Sentiments:  summer + sentiment

Fan 'n' Funky:  summer colours

Simon Says:  clean & simple 

TTCRD:  anything goes

Dream Valley:  add a sentiment

Make My Monday:  any colouring medium - Prismacolor pencils

Use You Stuff:  triangles

613 Avenue Create:  anything goes

Feature Fun Folds @ Little Red Wagon

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the challenge is "Feature Fun Folds!" and when I saw that I immediately groaned and thought to myself, "Who picked this dumb challenge?"  And then I realized it was me.

Bah.  Remind me to never pick this one again.  At least I'm not making the folds having to be too much fun.  All that's need is more than one fold.  The time I had trying to make something DT hosting worthy for this challenge!  I did make one card....but there were a number of things I didn't like about it so I didn't want to use it for this challenge.  (You'll definitely see it in future for a LRW challenge, just not a week I'm hosting.)  Then, after three failed attempts in which I kept scoring the paper wrong, I managed a little treat box.  I when I say little, I mean little.  I decided it was much too inconsequential to be used as a DT post, much less a DT hosting post.  (Though, if I'm running late, and don't get anything made for a challenge and the box will fit it, you know I'm gonna end up posting it.) 

I was fast running out of time, so I decided to stop trying to set THE BEST DT EXAMPLE EVER and just make something that would do, that I wasn't going to retch at when I posted it.  And, this is what that was....

I thought I was being all clever, having the image panel be able to tuck under the sentiment, therefore, having the card lay flat.  As you can see, that just made the left side pop up.  blarg

Here's a shot of the fact that it does indeed have more than one fold.  It has a whole two folds.  *tiny sarcastic yay*

I do love this image though.  That bear does look like he's feeling under the weather.  Not only does he have a hankie, he's wearing his bunny slippers too.  But, no pants.  That's okay though.  Pretty sure bears would have a difficult time finding comfy pants, and no one wants to not be able to just snuggle up all cozy when they're sick.  Bears included.  Digi is from Mo's Digital Pencil and the sentiment is from Create With TLC.

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:

613 Avenue Create:  anything goes

Allsorts:  anything goes

Creative Fingers:  anything goes

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday:  anything goes

Cardz 4 Guyz:  D is for... dots

TTCRD:  anything goes

A Place to Start:  anything goes

Dream Valley:  4 legged friends

Critter Crazy:  anything with a critter goes

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie:  inspirational photo

Save Me From April Showers! @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Doni's (who has come back to the DT - yay!!) turn to choose the challenge and she's saying, "Save Me From April Showers!" which means she would like to see an umbrella on your project.  Perfect for our weather 'round here in midwestern Ontario....and you need a warm coat too!

This is what I did....

....yep, I did something out of the ordinary for me.....I made a one layer card!  I know, I know...teeeeechnicaaaaaally, there is a bit of patterned paper as well as a lil glitter fun foam heart, so it's really not completely one layer.....but I'm gonna call it one layer anyway.  So there.  (:

It's also something different for me because those stamps....they're not digis, they're clear stamps.  I KNOW!  They're from The Cat's Pajamas, and you gotta guess something.  Guess how many times I had to stamp the bear image and the sentiment to get that nice clean, all filled in look.  One time!  I KNOW!  Had it in my Misti and was just going to automatically ink up the stamps for a second go-round when I realized I didn't need to.  I don't know about you, but I find that really rare.  Granted, most of my clear stamps are cheapies, both in price and quality, so maybe one-and-done stamping happens more often than I realize.  I scored a lot of The Cat's Pajamas stamps when they made the switch to digi, I should really get to inking them up....especially when it's this easy.

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:

Allsorts:  something that begins with B - bear (both image & word), black

Simon Says:  anything goes

Crafty Calendar:  anything but square - Hoping rectangle counts.

613 Avenue Create:  April showers

Crafty Catz:  anything goes

Through the Purple Haze:  include an animal

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday:  animals of any kind

Ike's World:  animal

TTCRD:  anything goes

Unicorn Challenge:  include an animal

AAA Cards:  small & few + cas

What Did You Make For Easter @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Chrissy's turn to choose the challenge and she's asking, "What Did You Make For Easter?"  So, let's see those Easter projects!

Admittedly, I generally haven't made Easter projects since my kids became teenagers.  But, when I saw this freebie from Artherapie, I had no trouble making this....

I love this greyscale image, makes for making a quick card, that's for sure.  When I decided to use it I thought I'd have difficulty finding patterned paper to match it with, but it turned out that I had a lot of different options to choose from.  The photo makes it look like it's a bit of a mismatch though.  You'll just have to take my word for it.  (:

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:

Sweet Stampin':  Easter

Alphabet Challenge:  A is for animal antics

As You Like It:  floral or cute - I love to make cute cards!  Cute can go for anyone on any occasion....where floral is generally reserved for women.

Crafty Gals:  Easter

Fab 'n' Funky:  feature a creature

Ellibelle's:  animals of any kind

Use Your Stuff:  spring/Easter

613 Avenue Create:  anything goes

Critter Crazy:  feature a critter

Give a Crafter a Cookie:  inspirational image

TTCRD:  anything goes

Strawberry Fields Forever! @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Kate's turn to choose the challenge and she's continuing with her The Beatles theme and saying, "Strawberry Fields Forever!" which means that she would like to see something with either a fruit or farm theme.  Ei, ei, o!  (:

Have to admit, I wasn't sure where I was going to go with this.  Was about to do something with pears with a "We make the perfect pear" sentiment or the like, but I took a gander through my Farm Animals digi file and I was glad I did.  Coz, I saw a clip art file, remembered a certain slang acronym and not only did I come up with something I actually like....

 ....but it's a perfect birthday card for my youngest sub-baby (which is the term I use for my kids' SOs) for his upcoming birthday.

Honestly, I had every intention of colouring the goats but thought it might look cool in black & white.  And, I don't think I was wrong.  GOAT was cut from fun foam with a Taylored Expressions alpha die.

And, in case some of you aren't familiar with this acronym, GOAT stands for Greatest Of All Time, which is a phrase said sub-baby is known to use.  In fact he bought my daughter very pretty goat earrings for her birthday early on in their relationship.  So, I'm thinking this card is well suited.  (:

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:

Allsorts:  any real animal

Critter Crazy:  feature a critter

Crafty Catz:  lots of layers - counting from the cardstock up to the GOAT, there's 5 layers

My Time to Craft:  3 or more layers - counting from the cardstock up to the GOAT, there's 5 layers

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday:  animals of any kind

Through the Craftroom Door:  anything goes

Unicorn Challenge:  include an animal

Dream Valley:  anything goes

Incy Wincy:  animals

613 Avenue Create:  anything goes

Die Cuts! @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Chrissy's turn to choose the challenge and she's saying, "Die Cuts!" which means that she would like to see die cuts on your creation.  Easy-peasy!

I love die cuts.  I almost always use dies when I make something....generally stitched shape dies.  Gotta love those.  But I do also have a collection of die that aren't just shapes.....well, technically, they are shapes, since everything is a shape.....but I'm thinking you're knowing what I mean.  In fact, I have a number of dies that I've never even used.....I can't seem to pass up a good deal on dies.  So, when I saw this no-name die, I snapped it up.  Like, at least a year ago.  But, I finally used it and made this....

Originally, I was going to make a baby card, but apppppaaaaaarently, I can't see a bear and not use the sentiment Bear Hugs with it.  Yeah, because in looking for this picture to upload it was nestled in amongst a number of other cards of the same....picture files named bear hugs, bear hugs 2, bear hugs again, brown bear hugs, black bear hugs and so on.  But, I'm not going to apologize for my overuse of Bear Hugs as a sentiment....it's pretty general purpose when you think about it.  Could be for a friend, or a special *wink* friend or a kid or a teen, or just for someone who's going through a tough time.  I mean really, who doesn't like a bear hug?  For the record, I'm meaning just a nice, tight (consensual) squeeze, I'm not talking about an actual hug from a bear.  Though, admittedly, if I could have assurances that the bear wasn't going to eat my face off, I'd definitely be up for an actual bear hug from an actual bear.  

Update on my craft area situation....I finally got the piece of furniture I was waiting on....but I had to make two trips to Ikea on consecutive days to get it.  *sigh*  Our closest Ikea is an hour and a half drive...because, for some reason, Ikea feels like they can only have stores in the GTA (Greater Toronto Area) in Ontario.  Like, seriously...excuse me while I rant for a minute.....

So, this is a map of the Ikeas in Ontario....

aside from the store in Ottawa, at the upper right corner, all the outliers are either Pick Up Points (where you can get your Ikea purchases shipped for a fairly steep fee), or Ikea Design Centres (they don't have stock, basically, they help you plan your room so you know what you want to buy when you go to Ikea) all the Ikea stores are in that clump next to Lake Ontario.  Now, while I know I'll never have an Ikea on top of my house, they could certainly put one in Kitchener/Waterloo or London or, somewhere that's not the GTA.  I know, in the grand scheme of things to complain about, it's very minor....but seeing as I went to Ikea on Monday when I got an email alert saying the piece of furniture was in, and when I got there, it was sold out, only to see that it was back in stock on Tuesday, at like, 6:30am and that time, unlike Monday, I was able to buy it through Click & Collect, so I at least knew it would be there when I got there and yesterday it snowed like crazy the whole day, so there I was, creeping my way to Ikea again, on roads that were more snow covered the closer I got to the Ikea....well, I'm just gonna allow myself a little b#$ching.  That's the long version on how to say I got my (probably final) piece of furniture for my craft area all put together last night and I should be all set up by the end of the weekend.  Yay!  I'm hoping to be able to post pictures in my LRW post next Wednesday.  (:

Well, if you made it through all that reading, you deserve to take a little time for yourself!  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.   

P.S.  Alpha dies are from Taylored Expressions.

Also for:

Simon Says:  favourite things - stitched dies, dies, bears, kraft paper

The Male Room:  animals + male

Through the Craftroom Door:  anything goes

A Place to Start:  two by two - Two words, two patterned papers

Cutie Pie: cute + beginning with B - bear, brown 

Use Your Stuff:  masculine

613 Avenue Create:  anything goes

Dragonfly Dreams:  something to make you smile

Critter Crazy:  anything featuring a critter goes

Corrosive:  anything goes

CAS Makes! @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Imke's turn to choose the challenge and she's saying, "CAS Makes!" which just means she wants to see those clean & simple creations.

This is what I did.....

Not exactly thrilled with this photo but it was the best of the bunch.  In hindsight, I should have went with a different background than white, that might have done the trick.  Also, now that I look at it, I wish I would have taken the time to line up the sentiment in Word so I could have printed it directly on the card front.  Oh well.  One thing I'm not regretting is that image.  That cat is the sweetest!  I've had it for years, not sure where it's from because it's from back in the day before I named files with the artist's name.  And, I'll never, ever regret a punny sentiment, of course!

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:

Addicted to CAS:  feline

Allsorts:  anything goes

Crafty Catz:  CAS

As You Like It:  interactive or not - Not.  As cool as I think interactive cards are, I'm usually not down with the extra time it takes to make them.

Through the Craftroom Door:  anything goes

613 Avenue Create:  anything goes

Dragonfly Dreams:  something to make you smile

Corrosive:  anything goes

Cupcake Inspirations:  pets