Little Red Wagon Challenge #274 ~ Winter Blues

Good Wednesday morning (again)!  It seems like the only time I am posting is Wednesdays.  I will try to change that.

But, in the meantime, it is time for a new challenge at Little Red Wagon.  Our hostess this week is Tracy and her challenge is WINTER BLUES ~ use mostly blue on your card or project.  What a better time than Winter to use the cool colour of blue.

Lately I had made a few mostly blue cards so I decided to take this one in a different direction.  I looked up the colour teal to see if it was blue or green.  Here's the result I got:

 "Teal is a low-saturated colour, a greenish-to dark medium, similar to medium green and dark cyan.  It can be created by mixing green with blue into  white base, or deepened as need with a little bit of black or gray colour" (Wikipedia)

So, since that was pretty inconclusive and most answers were it is both, I chose to use it as teal BLUE and made my card with shades of teal.

Inside:

RECIPE:

Copic Xpress It Card Stock

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Image ~ High Hopes "Making Friends"

Copic Markers

Card Stock ~ Recollections, Bazzill

Patterned Paper ~ Echo Park Winter Park

Sentiments ~ CARDZ TV "Good Friends"

~ Michaels $1.50 Bin

Snowflake Punch ~ Martha Stewart

Gems ~ Kaisercraft Island Lagoon

Wink of Stella Clear

Stickles ~ Diamond

A close up of the snowman:

Copics Used:  B00,BG10, BG11, BG13, BG15, BG18, BG72, BG75, BG78, E23, E25, R35, R37, R39, W00, W1, W3, W5, W7, YR02, YR04, YR07, YR24

Thanks for stopping by. Visit us at Little Red Wagon, see what the other girlfriends have made for this challenge and link up your WINTER BLUES. And, until next time, keep crafting!!!

{{{{{HUGS}}}}}, Heather

Little Red Wagon Challenge #273 ~ SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

Hello there.  Wow, the weeks are just flying by.  I can not believe we are into the third week of January already.  That also means Winter and the cold are going fast for those of you that don't like it ~ I myself, enjoy the Winter but don't necessarily want to prolong it either.  Okay, enough chit chat.  Let's get down to the reason you are all here.

 It is Wednesday again and time for the weekly challenge at Little Red Wagon.  Our hostess for this week is Jan and she wants us to be SHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! ~ use no words, no letters and no text at all on your project.  Sounds easy, right?  If you are used to putting some kind of sentiment on your cards, it is not as easy as it sounds.  I had to really think about it.

I decided to use one of the larger stamps I had purchased a while ago (like years truthfully), coloured it up with my Copics and made it the focal point of my note card.  And I even left the inside blank leaving lots of space to write a true, old fashioned note and send it by snail mail.  Now just to figure out whom to send it to.

RECIPE:

Copic Xpress It Card Stock

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Image ~ Rubber Stampede

Copic Markers

Card Stock ~ Recollections

Patterned Paper ~ From my scraps

Spellbinders ~ Nestabilities Romantic Rectangles

Oval Cutter ~ Creative Memories

Corner Punch ~ Creative Memories

Tim Holtz Tea Dye Distress Ink

Wink of Stella Clear

Ribbon ~ "Use It Up" Inventory

A close up of the hydrangea:

Copics Used:  BG10, G21, G24, G29, BV00, BV01, BV02, BV04, BV08, YR24

There are two Facebook pages you need to like: Little Red Wagon for our weekly challenge updates and keeping up with our girlfriends and Princess Paper Projects, where I share all of the creative things in my life, not on my personal page so you may be missing them.  Sometimes there are contests and I always want to see what you are working on.  

Thanks for dropping in today.  Come by and check out what all the other girlfriends have done and  link up your SHHH!!! project this week at Little Red Wagon.  Looking forward to seeing them all.

Have a Wonderful Wednesday.

{{{{{HUGS}}}}}, Heather

P.S.  I would like to enter this card into the following challenge:
Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Wonderful Wednesday ~ Always Anything Goes
Inky Chicks Challenge #45 ~ Anything Goes

Through the Craft Room Door ~ Anything Goes
Crafting From the Heart Challenge #43 ~ Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion #245 ~ Always Anything Goes

Little Red Wagon Challenge #272 ~ Frosty!

Good Wednesday morning.  It is time once again for another new challenge at Little Red Wagon.  I don't know what the weather is like where you are, but here in Southern Ontario it has been unbelievably cold, you could almost call it FROSTY.  And that is the theme Joanne has picked for this week's challenge.  Show us a snow themed project.

Here's mine:

RECIPE:

Copic Xpress It Card Stock

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Image and Sentiment ~ Kraftin Kimmie "Icy Fairy"

Copic Markers

Card Stock ~ Recollections

Patterned Paper ~ BoBunny Altitude

Memory Box Frostyville Corner die

Punch ~ Martha Stewart

Your Next Stamp Snowflake Glittered Skittles

Glossy Accents

DecoArt Snowtex

Glitter ~ Recollections

Wink of Stella Clear

Creative Memories Precious Elements ~ Silver

A close up of the icy fairy:

Copics Used:  Skin ~ E000, E01, E02, E11, R20; Hair ~ E25, E29, E31; Clothes ~ BG11, BG13, BG15, BG18, V04, V06, V09; Skates ~ W3, W5, W7

Come on over and link up your FROSTY projects at Little Red Wagon.  I like Winter so I can not wait to see what you will create.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Stay warm and keep on crafting.

{{{{{HUGS}}}}}, Heather

PDE Linky Party Blue and White ~ Happy Snowman

Good Morning, my friends.  Welcome to another challenge at PDE Linky Party.  Since I only post for this DT once a month, I want you to know that there are weekly challenges that you should be visiting and playing along with all of the time.  :)  Our theme this week is BLUE AND WHITE ~ great for this cold Winter we are having and just fun colours together in general.

So, technically, I threw a little bit of purple on my card too along with white and the many shades of blue but purple uses blue as a base to make, right???  LOL!!!  I am rather obsessed with the movie Frozen, partly because it is an awesome movie and partly because my 2 1/2 year old grandson loves Olaf.  He can say Olaf now but he prefers to call him "Happy Snowman".  Yesterday while we were Skyping he wanted to sing about him too.  This is the line he quotes from Happy Summer song:

Winter's a good time to stay in and cuddle,

But put me in Summer and I'll be a.....happy snowman.

Here is my happy snowman;

Inside:

RECIPE:

Copic Xpress It Card Stock

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Image ~ High Hopes Large Stackable Stanley

Copic Markers

Card Stock ~ Recollections

Patterned Paper ~ BoBunny Altitude

Sentiments ~ High Hopes

~ Pointer Gifts and Crafts

Versamark Ink

Stampendous White Embossing Powder

CTMH Moonstruck Ink

Snowflake Punches ~ Martha Stewart, Marvy

Your Next Stamp Glitter Gumdrops ~ Baby Blue

Googly eyes ~ Creatology

Stickles ~ Silver

Brad, Ribbons ~ "Use It Up" Inventory

A close up of the snowman:

Copics Used:  B93, B95, B97, V05, V06, V09, W00, W1, W3, 0, YR02, YR04, YR07

Thanks for joining me here today.  Come play with us at PDE Linky Party and show us what you can create with blue and white.

{{{{{HUGS}}}}}, Heather

Little Red Wagon Challenge #271 ~ Sparkle and Shine

Good Morning.  I hope you are having a good day so far.  It is extremely cold where I am so I am trying to stay warm.  Too bad work is getting in the way as it is forcing me to leave my nice, warm house :)

Today is Wednesday and that means a new challenge at Little Red Wagon.  I am the hostess this week and my challenge for you is to "SPARKLE AND SHINE" ~ you can interpret that any way you want.  This is the last of my "inherited" challenges from a former DT member and I chose to take it literally using a number of mediums on my card ~ glitter paper, stickles, Wink of Stella clear pen and lots of bling ~ resulting in a card that truly sparkles and shines.

RECIPE:

Copic Xpress It Card Stock

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Image ~ Your Next Stamp Darlin' Divas "Mariah"

Copic Markers

Card Stock ~ Recollections

Glitter Paper and Patterned Paper ~ From my scraps

Sentiment ~ Michaels $1.50 Bin

Stampendous Silver Embossing Powder

Spellbinders ~ Nestabilities Romantic Rectangles

Acrylic Flowers ~ Michael's $1.50 Bin

Glossy Accents

Stickles ~ Silver

Wink of Stella Clear Pen

A close up of the image:

Copics Used:  Skin ~ E000, E01, E11, E13, R20; Hair ~ E25, E29, E33, E50; Clothes ~ BG70, BG72, BG75, BG78, RV10, RV11, RV13, RV14

A couple of things ~ first, I would like to welcome two new girlfriends to our team, Collette and Susie.  Be sure you visit their blogs, see their take on the challenge and leave them some love.  Second, Little Red Wagon has started a Facebook page.  Come like us HERE and post your creations for our challenges too.

  

Glad you could come by once again today.  Join us this week at Little Red Wagon for your chance to SPARKLE AND SHINE.  I look forward to visiting and seeing your creations.  

{{{{{HUGS}}}}}, Heather

First Challenge at Bimini Moose

Good morning.  Well, today marks the first challenge ever for a new design team that I am on.  It is called Bimini Moose.  So what is Bimini Moose, you ask?  It is a blog and bi weekly challenge dedicated to project life pocket scrap booking.

I have not done much of this style of scrap booking but decided a while ago that I would use a Project Life binder that is 6" x 8" for my grandchildren.  I bought 2 in a blue colour and 2 in a dark pink colour.  Here is the blue one:

 I bought a variety pack of pages ~ some are the whole sheet, some are 4 pockets of 3" x 4", others are one 4" x 6" either on top or bottom with two 3" x 4", and some are just two 4" x 6" pockets.

From there, I started organizing my pictures and card stock to use.  I have about 10 pages done in my grandson's book (He is 2 1/2 now).  I do enjoy this style of scrap booking but not sure if it goes any faster for me.  I believe I may be over thinking it.  "JUST DO IT" should be my new motto to get these pages done.  Here is one of my fave pages in his book:

I am glad I am on this new team and am going to be challenged to get some pages done.  The details you need to know for the challenges:

BI-WEEKLY EVERY TUESDAY 

BEGINNING TODAY, JAN. 6, 2015

ALWAYS "ANYTHING GOES"

OCCASIONALLY THERE WILL BE AN

OPTIONAL TWIST

We would love for you to become a follower of Bimini Moose and also to like our Facebook page HERE whether you are a beginner at this type of scrap booking or whether you have been doing it forever.  We want to see your layouts in our challenges and on our Facebook page. 

Thanks for dropping by.  Keep checking back as I am going to be posting more than last year, I promise!

{{{{{HUGS}}}}}, Heather