S.W.A.L.K.

Now I've always seen it as S.W.A.K. I actually had to pop back over the the Teddy Bo site to see if the "L" was loving or little. (It's loving, btw.)



Makes for a pretty darn cute digi either way.

For:

Teddy Bo: anything goes
Allsorts: one or more hearts
Craft Your Days Away: distressing
Stamp, Scrap & Doodle: anything goes
Sweet Stampin': animals
Crafty Ribbons: love is red & black
Shelly's Images: text me
Paper and Such: non-traditional colours
The Stamping Boutique: Valentine's
Top Tip Tuesday: Valentine's
Tuesday Throwdown: use hearts
Use It Tuesdays: all about love - My hoarded supply is the hearts. They came from a fabric fat quarter I bought close to a year ago.
Craft Your Passion: beary sweet
Daisy Doodles: hearts
Lollipop Crafts: anything goes
Catered Crop: print
Dream Valley: animals
The Crafty Pad: Valentine
Anything Goes: to the one I love
City Crafter: envelope
Die Cutting Divas: anything goes
Crafty Sentiments: punches or dies
Ladybugs Crafts: he loves me, he loves me not
The Spotted Chick: kraft paper
The Kraft Journal: so romantic

Winter Wonderland @ Little Red Wagon

This week at



Joanne challenged us to make a card with a Winter theme. I don't know how the weather has been where you live but here in SW Ontario, we've had it pretty darn easy this winter (so far).

Still, I felt that this card was in order.



(Digi sign was a freebie from Shelly's Images. The words were added in...well...Word.)

Embellished with loads of Liquid Applique and Diamond Dust glitter, you'd almost think it's gonna melt into a big puddle all over.

So, why not grab your mukluks and trudge on over to Little Red Wagon to enter the "Winter Wonderland" challenge? And be sure to check out what the other Girlfriends created.

And remember this little tip about winter (which was also what I was considering putting on the sign), "Never catch snowflakes on your tongue until all the birds have flown south for the winter."

Sage advice, my friends, sage advice.

And Baby Makes 3

Though not here. No baby and we're already 5 and planning on staying at that number. But my oldest son's teacher, who is now on maternity leave, had her first baby just recently so I made this for her.



Digi is from Lori Boyd.

I'm really hoping y'all think that looks like a pretty rose coloured flower made out of a gorgeous piece of trim at the top of the card there and not a pink pot scrubber with a brad stuck in it.

For:

Sentimental Sundays: sentiment + die cuts (made with nesties)
Cupcake Inspirations: photo inspiration
Totally Papercrafts: make you own flowers - Top flowers is handmade, bottom ones are not (obviously ;-) )
Do You Stack Up?: patterned paper
Bling It On: new beginnings
By the Cute and Girly: new beginnings
Scrap-Creations: die cuts
Crafty Sentiments: anything goes
Ooh-La-La: new beginnings

Halfway Inspiration @ UnstampaBelles

Well we're a little more than midway through the month so there's still lots of time to enter the "Anything Goes" challenge at UnstampaBelles. So any kind of papercraft goes......just don't use any stamps.

Here's what I made:



(Yes, I do actually make cards that aren't just for boys turning 9.)

This one was pretty simple, just some cardstock, stickers and some paper doll- type cut outs. Also, if you look close you'll see that I used my bone folder to make random lines in the card base.....so it looks like quite the hockey game was going on (which is what actually will be going on for the aforemetioned boy's birthday).

So, why don't you shove those stamps aside for just one card and and enter the "Anything Goes" challenge at UnstampaBelles. You have until February 3rd to do so and you'll have the chance to win a great prize package from Merry Made Store.

And if you need some more inspiration, head over to the challenge site and check out all the great projects the other dt members have come up with.

Also for:

Charisma Cardz: clean & simple
Lexi's Creations: anything goes

2 Different Ribbons @ Little Red Wagon

This week at



the challenge is to use at least two different ribbons on your project.

I've been meaning to try this technique for awhile. This is a great way to use up your ribbon scraps....unless you're like me and don't seem to have any scraps in the colour you need and then you end up having to cut pieces off larger pieces of ribbon and you just know that when you go to use that ribbon on another card that it's going to be a-l-m-o-s-t long enough and it will end up being exactly the amount you used on this card too short.



Yeah, it's not the most fabulous looking Valentine ever but the technique is still cool.

So, why not gather up your ribbons and head on over to Little Red Wagon to enter the challenge this week? And be sure to check out what the other Girlfriends created.

I know their cards will definitely be fabulous.