Little Red Wagon #781 - White Lightening (anything weather)

 

Kate has a new challenge for us over at Little Red Wagon Challenge. She is continuing her Def Leppard-inspired challenges with the song White Lightening.  With this, she is asking for weather inspired challenges.

For this card, I went to my geli plate backgrounds and chose something with a wintery look.  I was able to use a NBUS stamp set from My Favorite Things.  I'm so happy to finally use this cute.  He was colored with Prismacolor pencils.  The snow was my favorite Stampendous chunky embossing powder and die cut snowflakes which were again from MFT.

I do hope you will be able to to join us this week.  Be sure to stop in and check out what the Girlfriends have created and then link up your creations over at Little Red Wagon!

Thanks for dropping by.  Hope your week is going very well!

Aloha, 

Brenda

AYLI #295 - Favorite Critter

 

It's time for another As You Like It Challenge. This fortnight our challenge theme is to share your favorite critter.  For a chance to win our prize or top-3 spot, your project needs to show your favorite and you need to tell us why you've made it your choice. That way, we can all appreciate why it's your favourite.

This week our sponsor is:

Lawn Fawn

I like all kinds of critters, give me critters over people any day. I really love this cute little Halloween mouse from Di's Digistamps because he is so cute and not scary at all. He will be perfect for one of my very small neighbors.

We would love for you to head back to the AYLI blog to link up your creation.  While you are there, check out the prize that's up for grabs and take a look at the gorgeous creations the DT made for you to see!  

I hope you are all doing well!

Aloha,

Brenda

Little Red Wagon Challenge #780 - Sweet Treats

 

Welcome to a new Little Red Wagon Challenge.  Depending on where in the world you live, today or tomorrow, it may be Halloween.  I am hostess today and I tried to pick a topic that could be Halloween or not; Sweet Treats.  For this challenge I would love to see you include sweets on your project.  Any kind of sweets will do candy, cupcakes, brownies, cookies, and remember any type of paper craft will be embraced, it doesn't have to be a card.  

                                                          

I created a card for one of my little neighbors, cute, but not too scary.  I used dies from Frantic Stamper (Cupcake and Halloween Toppers #1) and scraps of digital paper from Erin Bradley.

I'm looking forward to seeing what kind of goodies you share with us this week.  Be sure to stop by and check out the sweets from the Girlfriends, I'm sure they will be delicious!

Thanks for stopping!  I so appreciate your visits.

Aloha,

Brenda

Oh Christmas Tree

 

 

I have two more Christmas cards for my stash.  I used another set from The Cat's Pajamas October release called Oh Christmas Tree.  There is really so much you can do with this set.  You can see Jennifer's take here.

 

 

The sentiment and the greenery were printed and then cut using a Silhouette Cameo.  I wanted to use the kraft card blank which was dry embossed with an embossing folder.  The images were a little to stark for the warm kraft base, so I grunged them all up with a bit of ink and layered them along with a few sequins on to the base.  I popped up a few of the element to add a little texture and there you have another card done.

 

 

The second card was created in the same manor.  It went together very quickly using leftovers.. I just love all the fun elements in this digistamp/svg.

 

 

Here is the digital stamp/svg set I used today, but be sure to take a look at all the other fun sets from this release here -

 

 

Thanks for taking a look!

Aloha,

Brenda

CRAFT Challenge #738 - Anything Goes

It's time for another CRAFT Challenge!  We would love for you to join us this week in an anything goes challenge.  

Our Sponsor this week is -

I loved creating this little tag using an image provided by our wonderful sponsor.  The image can be found in their store, here.

We would love to have you join us over at the CRAFT Challenge blog.  This challenge goes for 2 weeks, so you'll have plenty of time to link up.

I appreciate your visit and pray life is treating you well.

Aloha,
Brenda

Skating Gnomes

 

 

This month's new release from The Cat's Pajamas has definitely inspired me to work on that Christmas card list and these little Skating Gnomes absolutely stole my heart.  I'm sharing 2 similar but different cards with you today.

 

 

For both cards I started with a watercolor paper and did some smooshing in colors that give an loose, icy feeling.  I cut the bases from colored cardstock and a bit of glittery paper to add some sparkle.  The gnomes and sentiments were printed and cut with a Silhouette and then colored with Copic markers.   Once the first Gnome was positioned on his background, a few sequins were placed as well as some Stickles added to the sentiment.

 

 

This second card was inspired by the Aurora Borealis which many people had a rare opportunity to see recently.  My son even got a picture in Iowa!  The card was made in the same manor, but this time I used several colors of ink for the smooching, drying the paper between applications.  It was finished off with some embossing powder and a few gems.  These were so much fun to make!

 

 

Here is the October release digi I used today -

 

Thanks so much for checking in!

Aloha,

Brenda

Little Red Wagon #779 - Emboss It

Yay!  It's Wednesday again and we have a new challenge for you over at Little Red Wagon.  Janice is our hostess and she has a fab challenge for you, Emboss It.  For this challenge, you can use heat embossing, an embossing folder or you could even use a scoring tool and stencils or a score board to create dry embossing.create embossed.

As you can see, I used embossing folders to add texture and interest to a portfolio and the tags I've put in it.  

We sure hope you'll join us the week.Just head back over to the Little Red Wagon and link up you creations.  We love seeing scrapbook pages, ATCs, bookmarks, journals, all kinds of paper crafts are welcome!  Be sure to stop by and see what the Girlfriends have created.

Here is a peek at the front -

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Hope your week is going well.

Aloha,

Brenda