Use your stuff

 At Use your stuff they want anything Christmas.

I had a gift bag that came apart over the Christmas giving, so turned the main picture from it into a card.

The reindeers are glittered and it was too pretty to waste.

Happy Christmas and New Year to Tammy and the girls. (I used to be on the DT for UYS.)

Li'l red wagon

 Christmas Eve, and I'm all set for the big day tomorrow. To fill in some time until my daughter arrives, I decided to cover a notebook that I bought for $2.

I used a paper I had here. 

I painted the chipboard pennant blue, then when it was dry, I stamped it with a clock stamp that I've had for 40 years (part of my teaching days). 

The lace doily is an old one I cut in half.

The 2 safety pins have been around here for ages.

The number 8 fell off another project.

The angel pendant is new and adds a vintage touch.

I only worked on the front cover as things on the back cover make it too lumpy.

I'm entering my project on Li'l red wagon where they want angels.

Lasting Memories wants shapes.

At Lasting memories there is another challenge. 

We are asked to choose between triangles, circles, hexagons or hearts.

In this layout of my sister's 3 grandkids, I have used lots of hearts.

I hadn't seen them for a while, and they had grown so much! 

I used Fancy Pants papers on here as the bright colours suited the layout theme.

AAA birthday and Inspiration Station

 Keeping with the vellum idea I noticed a challenge for embossing at AAA birthday

I had this card partly made already as I'm using up smaller pink pieces of paper on cards. This one features zippers. I used a strip of striped ribbon across the bottom then a rectangle of embossed vellum behind the sentiment. I used 4 heart shaped enamel dots from Heidi Swapp at the corners.

My next card is for Inspiration Station where they ask us to be inspired by this picture.

I thought of snowman plus coffee.

The snowman himself was on IDEALOGY papers so I used him as it is. My background was based around the coffee idea. Brown with white spots then a frilly (frothy) top and a few sprinkles (ie bling).

Li'l red wagon

My next card is for Li'l red wagon. 

I needed a sympathy card this morning so used some vellum I had on my desk to make this card.

I had 2 small sections so put them with a space in between. My sentiment is cut as a trapezium just for something different (it contrasts to the squares on the background).

I added rows of lace top and bottom while keeping it all neutral.

Lasting memories

 At Lasting Memories they want us to create a layout using black and white photos and monochromatic as well.

I've been sorting through old photos and have thought out of the box for this challenge. The statues were actually taken as coloured photos but as they are white, they appear to be a black and white (with a kind of silvery tinge.

I used that silver idea and made it my monochromatic colour.The circular tags that make up the title are silver edged so worked perfectly.

Sketch 'n' scrap and 613 Avenue CReate.

 At Sketch 'n' scrap they have this card sketch.

I've made and sold all the Christmas cards I'm going to for this year so now I'm back to general cards.

In this case it can be a Bon Voyage or maybe for someone leaving home. I featured a tag I made previously which says Pack up and go.

I've used shades of pink and a tiny bit of turquoise. Perfect for a girl/woman. 

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At 613 Avenue Creates there is anything goes but with an optional twist of "Up in the sky".

I found a card that says

The sun is up

The sky is blue

It's beautiful and so are you.

I've used it on this card with just a couple of circular shapes. It will be a good birthday card for a Baby Boomer friend as the words are from the song "Dear Prudence".

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To use up the pink paper I have also made these 2 cards.