Little Red Wagon Challenge #289 ~ Make An Impression

Welcome back for another fun challenge at Little Red Wagon.  Last week life got in the way and I was unable to get my weekly Wednesday post done.  Did you miss it?  I sure did and am glad I am back on schedule.  This week our hostess is Carolyn and she wants us to "MAKE AN IMPRESSION" ~ use dry embossing on a project.  Not too hard, right?  Pull out those embossing folders or stencils and embossing tools that have been sitting there and put them to good use.

I chose to make something other than a card to show off my embossing.  This bookmark will be a quick gift when I just need to grab something small. And since I, and so many of my friends, love to read I am sure it will find a good home soon. The quote is from one of the all time favourite Dr. Seuss books too.

RECIPE:

Card Stock ~ Recollections

Patterned Paper ~ Echo Park Here and Now

Stamp ~ Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps "Bookworm Trinkets"

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Cuttlebug Divine Swirls Embossing Folder

Creative Memories Circle Cutting System

Creative Memories Decorative Corner Punch

Tim Holtz Tea Dye Distress Ink

Floss ~ We R Memory Keepers

Flowers, Bling ~ Dollar Store

Charm ~ "Use It Up" Inventory

Glad you stopped by today.  Join us this week at Little Red Wagon and link up your projects using dry embossing.

Until next time, keep crafting.

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

Guest Designer for "Craft Your Passion" Challenge #261

 Good Morning.  I have some news to share and it is that I have been chosen as a guest designer at Craft Your Passion Challenges for the month of May. Thank you for this honor.

The challenges at Craft Your Passion are always "Anything Goes" and this week our sponsor is Crafty Sentiments.  The prize is 3 digis of your choice. I have coloured up their image called "LOLA RELAXING" and paired it with bright colours for a cute little girl birthday card.

RECIPE:

Copic Xpress It Blending Card Stock

Memento Tuxedo black Ink

Image ~ Crafty Sentiments Lola Relaxing

Copic Markers

Card Stock ~ Recollections

Patterned Paper ~ Doodlebug Springtime

Spellbinders Nestabilities Petite Scalloped Circles (LG)

Your Next Stamp Fishtail/Banner Die Set

Cuttlebug Embossing Folders ~ Baby's Breath

~ Swiss Dots

Border Punch ~ EK Success

Sentiments ~ Pointer Scrapbooking

Twine~ Queen and Co.

Sequins ~ Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Sparkles

Tim Holtz Tea Dye Distress Ink

Glossy Accents

A close up of Lola:

Copics Used:  0, B000, B00, BG10, BG11,BG13, BG15, E00, E01, E11, E13, E25, E31, E33, E35, E40, E42, E43, E44, E49, E55, E59, G82, G85, R20, RV13, RV14, RV19

Thanks for dropping in today.  It has been a while since I last posted but I think I am finally back into the swing of things after my vacation.  Please join the regular design team and I for the "ANYTHING GOES" challenge this week and link it up at Craft Your Passion. 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge:

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Wonderful Wednesday  ~ Anything Goes

(I also used the sketch for the month of May).

{{{{{HUGS}}}}}, Heather 

Little Red Wagon Challenge #287 ~ "B" lieve It!!

Hello there.  It is Wednesday and while you are looking at my card for this week's challenge at Little Red Wagon I am either a) still sleeping as it is a 2 hour time difference or b) playing with my grandchildren.  I will be back "in person" in a few days but for now am super glad I can preschedule posts.  Our hostess for this week's challenge is Janice and she wants us to "B"LIEVE IT! ~ use things that start with the letter "B" (and, in her words, one thing is fine).

And, myself, being the overachiever that you all know I try to be (cough!cough) have used many items on this card beginning with the letter B ~ boy, beach, blues, brown, a button and some bling.  This would be the first time I have sponged my own background using a combination of Tim Holtz Distress Inks.  And since I liked the result I may try this again sometime too.

RECIPE:

Copic Xpress It Card Stock

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Image ~ Whimsy Stamps Seaside Dreamin'

Copic Markers

Card Stock ~ Recollections

Patterned Paper ~ from my scraps

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Salty Ocean

~ Peacock Feathers

~ Vintage Photo

Whimsy Stamps Ticket Die

Sentiment ~ Whimsy Treasured Moments Tickets Stamp Set

Bling ~ Kaisercraft Island Lagoon

Button, Twines ~ "Use It Up" Inventory

A close up of the image:

Copics Used:  B39, B41, B45, B93, B95, B97, BG10, BG11, BG13, BG15, E000, E00, E11, E13, E31, E33, E34, E35, E37, E39, E40, E42, E43, E44, E47, E49, E50, E51, E55, R20

Thanks for dropping in. Check out all the inspiration from the other girlfriends at Little Red Wagon and link up your project using things beginning with "B".  See you next week.

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

Mixed Media Canvases

Good Morning.  It is the weekend and I am off!! Whoo hoo!!!  It is exciting for a couple of reasons ~ I work retail so only get one weekend off a month and it is one more sleep until I head for beautiful British Columbia to visit my family.  So looking forward to that and some good quality grand baby snuggles (I hope ~ it has been a while since they have seen me!)

I hinted that I have been working with other mediums lately besides just paper crafting.  I have two mixed media canvases to share that are both very different in style.  I enjoyed both and look forward to making some more.

This first 12" x 12" ecru canvas was made with scrapbook paper and Mod Podge along with a wood element that I painted and distressed.  Lots of flowers and pearls are the finishing touches to this one.  It is a very pretty canvas and is my style even if it is outside the box a bit.

The second 8" x 8" canvas is using more "art" supplies ~ heavy duty gesso, stencils and lots of paint.  It also incorporates a scrub brush (covered in pink paint), bubble wrap and a plastic shot glass.  Lots of fun and messiness involved.

I think I may incorporate both styles into my next one using the paint and stencil and adding the bits and bobs such as the flowers.  Who knows?  The sky is the limit with creativity.  So glad I took the chance and gave it a try.

What new thing will you try today???

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

Little Red Wagon Challenge #286 ~ Spots, Dots, Blots!

Hey there and yep, it is that time of the week again, Wednesday and a new challenge at Little Red Wagon.  This week our hostess is Joanne and she is seeing SPOTS, DOTS AND BLOTS! She wants to see some kind of spots or dots or blots on your project.

For those of you that are tracking with me, it is 4 more sleeps until I see my son, daughter-in-law and two amazing grandchildren.  I am pretty stoked if I do say so myself....LOL!!!

Okay, on to the subject at hand.  I have been having fun trying out different media on both canvas and paper in the last while.  This card I used a stencil, Goosebump texture spray and Tim Holtz mini distress inks to create my "blots".  It was both fun and messy at the same time.  Anyone who knows me well knows that messy and I don't get along but I am getting better at it.  After all, cleaning up works too!  First you inked up one colour of a splat (I did the red first), and then used a make up sponge without moving the stencil to cover over the ink with the Goosebump spray.  This created a resist and I moved the stencil around repeating it with all 4 colours.  I then sprayed the Goosebump spray and inked with black to create the background.  I did wipe over each colour with a damp cloth to take out any residue black that may have stuck to make the colours more vibrant and the white spots whiter instead of grey.

RECIPE:

Stencil ~ The Crafter's Workshop Mini Splats

Goosebumps Clear Texture Spray ~ Imagine Crafts

Tim Holtz Distress Inks

~ Black Soot

~ Fired Brick

~ Salty Ocean

~ Mowed Lawn

~ Mustard Seed

Card Stock ~ Recollections

Patterned Paper ~ Echo Park A Perfect Summer

Twine ~ We R Memory Keepers

Brads ~ Recollections

Sentiments ~ Whimsy Stamps Birthday Greetings

~ Pointer Scrapbooking

~ High Hopes

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Thanks for dropping in today.  Come by later this week to see some of the other mixed media projects I have done.  I believe I am getting hooked.  Don't forget to drop in at Little Red Wagon to see what the other girlfriends have for you in the way of SPOTS, DOTS AND BLOTS and then link up one of your own.

Until next time, keep crafting.

{{{{{HUGS}}}}}, Heather 

Little Red Wagon Challenge #285 ~ Travelogue

Good morning, crafty peeps!  Welcome to another Wednesday and a new challenge at Little Red Wagon.  It is my turn to hostess this week's challenge on the blog and my theme is TRAVELOGUE ~ make something inspired by a different country.  It could be from somewhere you would like to visit one day, somewhere you have been and want to go back to, the country of your ancestry~ endless possibilities on what inspires you.

I coloured up this Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps cutie with her shopping bags standing in front of the Eiffel Tower.  I paired her with some pastel papers, an Eiffel Tower charm and a big bow and she is all ready to take me to France where I can use my limited knowledge of French.  (On a side note, 11 more sleeps until I am going travelling, just in my own country but I get to visit with my son and his family and am so excited! Maybe I should have used the mountains as my inspiration for this project although that is not another country. But I digress....)

RECIPE:

Copic Xpress It Card Stock

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Image and Sentiment ~ Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Michele

Copic Markers

Card Stock ~ Recollections

Patterned Paper ~ Simple Stories Enchanted

Spellbinders Nestabilities Petite Scalloped Circles (LG)

Creative Memories Circles

Your Next Stamp Fishtail/Banner Die Set

Tim Holtz Tea Dye Distress Ink

Glossy Accents

Wink of Stella Clear

Sakura Gelly Roll Pink Sparkle

Ribbon ~ Dollar Store

Flowers ~ "Use It Up" Inventory

Enamel Dots ~ Simple Stories Enchanted

Eiffel Tower charm ~ Two Scrapbook Friends

A close up of Michele:

Copics Used:  B0000, B00, B01, B93, B95, B97, C3, C5, C7, E000, E00, E11, E13, E25, E29, E31, E33, E35, E37, R20, R81, R83, R85, W00, W1, W3, YG61, YG63, YG67

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Wonderful Wednesday ~ Anything Goes (and I followed the sketch of the month)

Thanks for coming by today.  Please join me this week at Little Red Wagon for our TRAVELOGUE inspiration and link up your creation.  While you are there, don't forget to check out what the other girlfriends have created as well.  I am looking forward to visiting each and every one of you.

Until next time, keep crafting.

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

Little Red Wagon Challenge #284 ~ Spring is in the Air!!!

Good Morning!  Just typing "SPRING IS IN THE AIR!" brings a smile to my face.  I like Winter.  I like Fall.  Summer is just okay as I don't really enjoy the heat.  But Spring.....yes, Spring....is the best time of the year.  Animals come out of hibernation.  Birds return.  And flowers and trees are budding and blooming.  Which also brings about allergies but that's a whole different post...hee!!hee!!

"SPRING IS IN THE AIR!" at Little Red Wagon this week with our hostess Collette wanting to see a floral theme on your project.  So dig out your floral papers, your floral die cuts, your floral stamps and show us what you can do with them.

I used a stamp/die set I had in my stash and had not used before.  It was tricky getting the hang of it at first (you'd have thunk this was my first time cutting out dies if you saw my first attempt) but I like how the flowers are layered over the leaves.  I used coloured card stock for the background of the flowers as white was just too stark.

RECIPE:

Card Stock ~ Recollections

Patterned Paper ~ Simple Stories Enchanted

Dies ~ Spellbinders Shapabilities Flower Stamp/Die Set

~ Spellbinders Shapabilities Foliage

~ Spellbinders Nestabilities Floral Ovals

~ Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Ovals (LG)

Inks ~ Studio G

~ Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

 ~ Tim Holtz Mowed Lawn Distress Ink

Sentiment ~ CARDZ TV Think Spring

Simple Stories Enchanted Enamel Dots

Ribbon ~ Celebrate It

So let's welcome Spring in style this week.  Join us at Little Red Wagon, check out what the other girlfriends have created and link up your project.  Have a wonderful Wednesday.

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

Little Red Wagon Challenge #283 ~ Call the Vet

Hello again! It is Wednesday and a new challenge begins at Little Red Wagon.  This week our hostess is Susie and her theme is "CALL THE VET" ~ she wants us to use animals on our projects.  I combined cute kids with mine to get double bang for my buck.

The inside ~ left blank so I could add the sentiment when I knew 

who I was sending this card to~

RECIPE:

Copic Xpress It Card Stock

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Image and Sentiment ~ The Greeting Farm AO Buddies

Copic Markers

Card Stock ~ Recollections

Patterned Paper ~ Kaisercraft Blast Off

Tim Holtz Tea Dye Distress Ink

Twine ~ We R Memory Keepers

Button, Metal Bone ~ "Use It Up" Inventory

Sakura Clear Gel Pen

Wink of Stella Clear

A close up of the little buddy and his dog:

Copics Used:  B93, B95, B97, E000, E00, E11, E13, E21, E25, E29, E41, E42, E43, E44, E47, R20, R35, R37, R39, YG05, YG17, YG67, YR23, YR24

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Wonderful Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

Your Next Stamp Sketch and Color Challenge #10 ~ I used the following sketch

Thanks for coming by today.  Have a great day and keep crafting.

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