Any holiday!

Happy Saturday!

I don't know about you all, but

I am so relieved that it is the weekend...lol

After my day yesterday, yep...I am 

so relieved that the weekend is here.

What happened yesterday, you may ask?

Well, my friends, I spent the

day in my daughter's Kindergarten class....all day.

I love being able to participate in the

class with my daughter and her classmates...

But holey cannoli!! What a bunch! 

In total, 21 kids.....celebrating 

Dr.Seuss's birthday.

Which, technically, is next week, 

but it is Winter Break for our schools in 

our province, so no school.

21 kids celebrating, with treats...cupcakes.

yowza!

lol

Anyways, I survived. 

And I have the utmost respect for teachers 

who do this for a living...

I was exhausted!! lol.

Enough griping. onwards.

A new challenge is happening over

on the Hiding In My Craft Room.

This week, HIMCR #240 is:

Any Holiday!

And this week's sponsor is:

Di's Digital

The giveaway is $12 voucher to Di's Digi Stamps.

Here is what I came up with.

I used my new Tim Holtz

Crazy Cats stamps (swoon!!!)

I used my Derwent Watercolor Pencils on my kitty, 

who was stamped with Ranger Archival Ink.

I also used the Crazy Birds accessories and sentiments 

to complete my kitty.

The patterned papers are from Jillibean Soup, 

an older collection.

Now, I know what some of you may be thinking...

birthdays are not a holiday..

Well, in our household, they kinda are..

ask my daughter! lol

We have always celebrated the birthdays like

a holidays---it is a tradition in our house.

(plus, I asked our fearless leader, Laurie, 

and she gave me the Okay! lol)

So, that is it for me for now...

Be sure to link up your challenges so we 

can have a  looksy!

Until next time, 

Be safe. Get craft!

Black, white and red

Happy First Saturday of a New Year!

New day, new year, 

New challenge over on the 

Hiding In My Craft Room blog!

This week, it is:

HIMCR #232 Black & White + 1

And our sponsor this week is the ever

delightful Digital Delights!

Digital Delights by Louby Loo is your one stop shop 
for all your digital stamps, paper piecing 
and digital products which are instantly downloadable.
They also have a wide range of digital papers 
and cut files for all your crafting projects. 
Their low prices reflect our belief that crafting
 should not only be fun but affordable too!!

The giveaway is
  $5 gift certificate!

The Design team were given some images to choose

from, and I choose a cute little fella!

Then, it was deciding which colors to use.

And what medium.

oye--decisions, decisions!

I decided on watercolors--a personal favorite.

With the advice of my trusty sidekick, 

it was decided that I should use red as my other color.

So, without further adieu, 

here is my project for this week:

As you can see. I cheated a bit.

I added a tad of green.
(shhhh! don't say anytthing....!) ;)

What I love about watercolors is that I can control

the intensity of the color.

So, red can be bright, or soft, or even pink.

I used my Derwent watercolor pencils--adore them!

Papers are from Studio Calico Seven Paper-Amelia line.

The red cardstock is from Core-dinations, which
was also embossed with a WRMK embossing folder.

The loopy paper tape is from Basic Grey.

The wood button/nickel is from Jillibean Soup.

I added a bit of Stickle glitter glue to the flowers and buttons.

And there you have it folks!

I hope you can play along!

You have until next Friday to link up your projects!

Until next time, mes amies, 

Be safe. Get crafty.