Falling Leaves ~ Little Red Wagon Challenge #465

Hello. Welcome to another Wednesday and a new challenge at Little Red Wagon.  Kate is our hostess this week and her theme is FALLING LEAVES which is just her way of saying that she wants to see Fall/Autumn projects.

If you've come to visit my blog in the last few weeks you will have seen Fall/Autumn projects for the last three challenges.  And I know I have mentioned that it is my favourite season so this challenge was a fantastic one for myself.

I used a stamp set from Lawn Fawn called Jump for Joy and coloured some of the images with my Copics and fussy cut them out.  Patterned paper is Simple Stories Pumpkin Spice and Lawn Fawn Rainbow.  Brown card stock is cut with Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangle dies.  Banner is Your Next Stamp and sentiment is stamped with Kraftin' Kimmie Marvelous Mocha ink.  I kept the dimension to a minimum as this card is to be sent in the mail.

Guess what?  It's your turn.  Head on over to Little Red Wagon, check out the inspiration from the girlfriends and link up a Fall themed project of your own.  As always, I can't wait to see what you create.

Thanks for dropping by.  Have a great day!!

Tag You're It! ~ Little Red Wagon Challenge #464

Good morning!!!  It's a lovely Fall day today and I am off work and starting to pack up our trailer for the season.  Fall is my favourite of the seasons but it is a bittersweet time as well when we have to pack up the seasonal home and leave it for 7 months.  Anyhow, enough about my life.

I am sure you dropped in for the new challenge at Little Red Wagon this week.  Brenda is our hostess and her challenge is TAG YOU'RE IT!  She wants to see you make tags ~ tags for any occasion or use.  I hope to make up some goodies to give away for Thanksgiving (Canadian Thanksgiving is in three weeks) and decided these tags would be great to put on them.  I used a premade tag from Recollections in kraft. Stamp set is Grateful Pumpkins by Kraftin' Kimmie and stamped with Kraftin' Kimmie Pumpkin Patch, Mossy Meadow and Marvelous Mocha Hybrid Inks.  A few leaves were coloured with my Wink of Stella to add a subtle bit of sparkle. Edges were inked with Marvelous Mocha.  Ribbon, twin and leaf buttons were in my stash.

As always, it's your turn.  Head on over to Little Red Wagon, check out all of the inspirations and link up a tag of your own.  It's going to be great to see all of your projects  as I love tags.

Thanks for coming by.  Enjoy the rest of your day!

Bling It On ~ Little Red Wagon Challenge #463

Hey there.  Jan is our hostess this week at Little Red Wagon and the challenge is BLING IT ON.  From BACK TO BASICS (last week) to BLING IT ON (this week) ~ one extreme to the other.  She wants to see bling, glitter, sequins, etc. on your project.

Here's my take.  Stamp is a retired High Hopes called Laura's Pumpkin Patch coloured with Copic markers.  Paper is Simple Stories Pumpkin Spice.  Spooky Cute Sparkly Gumdrops from Your Next Stamp add some sparkle and bling.  Pumpkin button is from my stash.  I outlined the words Pumpkin Patch with my Wink of Stella for more sparkle.  So, in real life, this card is much more sparkly than the picture shows.

Your turn,  Check out Little Red Wagon and the projects from the other girlfriends.  Link up a sparkly project of your own.  :)

Have a great day!!!

Especially for You! ~ Gaining Confidence in Your Ability

Good day!  I have a card to share today that was made for my first card swap ever with a group of stampers on Facebook.  The group is Stamp Anniething Stampers and we were given an exclusive digital stamp to use for the swap if we wanted or we could also use any Stamp Anniething stamp. 

For some unknown reason I could not get the digi to print at all so I used a clear stamp called Holly ~ Especially for You.  I coloured her with Autumn colours and used paper and enamel dots from Simple Stories Pumpkin Spice collection.  I added a few goodies and off she went to the recipient.

 And here is the picture of the card and goodies posted by the recipient and what she had to say:

Thank you so much for the beautiful card and goodies I received today! The card is so pretty and I will treasure it always!

I think it was a hit.  So, one of the points of this post is that we are our own worst critics.  You will never know the agonizing that was behind this card.  Was it good enough?  Will she like it?  Is the colouring okay? Etc.  And, truthfully, this was my second attempt because I, not anyone else, didn't think the first one was good enough to send.  Next time someone compliments one of your projects just say a big THANK YOU and believe them.  And please never be afraid to share whether on a blog, a Facebook page or any social media sharing platform.  It will help you gain confidence I am sure.  I know it did for me.

Thanks for dropping by.  Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Back to Basics ~ Little Red Wagon Challenge #462

Hey there.  Today starts a new challenge at Little Red Wagon and I am the hostess this week.  My challenge is BACK TO BASICS ~ I want to see clean and simple or one layer projects.  And remember, it doesn't have to be a card, any paper crafting project will qualify.

You would never know it by the hot and humid weather we are still having but Autumn/Fall is coming and it is my favourite time of year.  My project reflects that.  It uses a stamp set that I love (sorry, it is a retired rubber set) from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps called Hey There, Pumpkin! coloured with Copic markers.  I backed it on an orange card stock and scored the edges for a little dimension.  And I couldn't resist a small enamel dot added to the sentiment.  It's still a CAS card, right?

Now it's your turn.  Head on over to the Little Red Wagon  blog and check out the inspiration from the other girlfriends.  Then link up a BACK TO BASICS project of your own.  I am looking forward to seeing all that you will create and visiting and commenting on your blogs.

Have a wonderful Wednesday.