Falling for You

It's our wonderful Brenda's turn to host at Little Red Wagon and she's looking for slimline creations this week.

I pulled out a variety of products from My Craft Spot (no longer in business). The sentiment, all dies, and twine are from My Craft Spot. The cardstock is from Stampin' Up. I've had all these products for a decade or two!

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to check out the rest of the slimline projects - and then link up one of your own! 

Always Time for Tea

Our fabulous Jan is hosting this week's Little Red Wagon challenge and she continues to follow a Star Trek theme. This week, picture Picard requesting, Tea, Earl Grey, hot". Earl Grey is my favourite tea although I only drink decaf. Otherwise I find myself vacuuming at 2AM! I decided to go with an Earl Grey tea theme although the Earl Grey is in my head as the tea on my card could be anything, really, and most likely English Breakfast tea. The challenge is open to any hot drinks - so tea, coffee, lattes, hot chocolate, cider, etc. 

Years ago, I purchased a UK crafting magazine with a Wallace and Gromit stamp set. I've only used the set once but knew this challenge would be the perfect excuse to pull it out again. I stamped and coloured Gromit and then attempted an ode to the almighty tea bag with my frame and hanging tag. The sentiment tag is from another free set-with-purchase from a UK magazine. 

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to see how the rest of the Girlfriends interpreted the challenge. Then pour yourself a cuppa and create something to link! 

Fancy Fold Card

The wonderfully creative Chrissy is hosting this week's challenge at Little Red Wagon and she's looking for fancy folds. Whatever you're making with paper this week, just be sure it includes a fancy fold.

I made a pyramid card and used some brads and twine to hold it together. The little tag and heart were cut with dies from My Craft Spot (no longer in business). The card itself is assembled from a 4x8 piece of cardstock (with two 3.75x3.75 papers adhered on top) and a 4x4 piece of cardstock with another 3.75x3.75 piece of paper on top of that. The paper is probably about 15-20 years old - with most of the paper pack still intact! 

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to see the rest of the Fancy Folds. We'd love for you to join the challenge too! 

Happy Birthday Masculine Cards

The lovely Imke is hosting our newest Little Red Wagon challenge. As she continues to work through the alphabet, it's all about G this week. G is for Gentlemen! Imke is looking for masculine projects of all kinds.

I made two cards with some patterned paper that I have had in my scrap caddy for ages. In addition to using dies, I also used an embossing folder of gears and cogs. I used three little silver balls on each card to finish things off. 

Head over to Little Red Wagon to see the rest of the G is for Gentlemen projects. We'd love for you to link up one of your own as well! 

Tinfoil Lids

I'm hosting this week's challenge at Little Red Wagon and, still using Elton John as inspiration this year, I've chosen the theme based on "Circle of Life". In the context of the challenge, this can be interpreted as needing to use at least one circle on your creation.

I made a card for my youngest which reads, "Tinfoil lids are notoriously difficult to read". This is often quoted at our house whenever we find something expired in our fridge. The quote is from an old Catherine Tate Show sketch. In fact, there are a few Catherine Tate quips that reduce us to laughter here. This is not actually my original card as the paper went down before I'd lined it up. As I was using my advanced tape glider, I was out of luck when trying to get the paper apart. Anyway, I printed off a second copy of the image and sentiment (done in Canva) and simply stuck it to some polka dot (tiny circles!!) paper. I'm actually happy with the simplicity despite the initial aggravation. 

Here's a video of the sketch:

The wedding I mentioned last week (of the international student couple) was absolutely beautiful! We spent over five hours decorating the hall and it was quite the transformation. Here are a few photos. 

Please head to Little Red Wagon to see the rest of the Girlfriends' projects and link up one of your own as well!