The Luck of The Irish

Good Morning, bloggers! Hope you are all having a wonderful morning! Can you believe its almost March, already?! Whoo Hoo Spring is just around the corner, now! I can't wait! Do You Feel Lucky?! (Remember that song - I feel Lucky? Definitely the inspiration for this card!)

Speaking of excitement, we have a new Stella Says Sketch challenge for you, starting today, at Catch The Bug! Remember, you have two weeks to play along with us,so be sure you come over and check out our sketch so you can get your crafting mojo on and join us!  As always, there are fabulous digi prize packs up for grabs, from Bugaboo Stamps.

I have this fun St. Patrick's Day card for you, to ignite that create spark! Want more creative inspiration?! Check out Catch The Bug to see creative genius from the rest of the team! It's well worth checking out!

For my St Patty's day card, today, I have used the current sketch for our latest Stella Says Sketch challenge.  I used two brand new images for this card.  My card features the images, Ava St Patrick's Day Sitter, and clover, from Bugaboo Stamps, colored with Promarkers. The green and white shamrock paper is from my stash.  I bought this new green and while polka dot paper because it just seemed to match so perfectly and added a touch of fun! I printed and colored Ava, and all the shamrocks, then fussy cut them.  The shamrocks and Ava are all attached using foam mounting tape, to allow them to pop for added dimension and 3D effect.  Ava is sittin on the larger shamrock, like a good little girl.  The sentiment is computer generated and punched with oval and scalloped oval punches.

I'm definitely out of my comfort zone this one, because I always make the standard sized card, unless it would be a fancy fold card.  For this one, I went with the tall, thinner oblong card.  A definite first for me! I'm pleasantly surprised, though, with how it turned out!

This card is designed to be masculine and is for a very good friend, who truly appreciates a handmade card. I think he's going to love it! Of course, just because its masculine, doesn't men we don't need some bling, right? I added three shiny green pearls, to add that extra touch.  The large shamrocks, as well as the shamrocks on Ava's clothing have had sparkle and glitter added, with a clearstar gelly roll pen.


I am entering this card in the following challenges:



Pop It Up at Incy Wincy
Out of Your Comfort Zone (Oblong Card) at Crafty Boots
Challenge #150 All That Glitters at Craft Your Passion
Challenge #159 Anything But A Square at Kaboodle Doodles
Challenge #84 Monochromatic at Lexi's Creations
Challenge #53 All That Glitters at Love To Create
Challenge #76 Anything Goes at Paper Make Up Stamps
Challenge #145 Anything Goes at MyGrafico
Challenge 378 Anything Goes at Daisy Doodles
Challenge #27 Inspired By A Song (I Feel Lucky) at Eureka Stamps
For Or With A Child at MelonHeadz
Something For A Man at The Craft Room
Challenge #45 Letter B (Bling) at Deep Ocean
Challenge #135 Monochromatic at Tuesday Throwdown
Anything Goes at Stamp-N-Doodle
IIC98 Favorite Color Combo (Green and White) at Inky Impressions
Challenge #100 Celebrations (St Patrick's Day) at The Paper Shelter
Challenge #115 Anything Goes at Penny's Paper Crafty
Challenge #35 Anything Goes at at Lia Stampz
Make It Cute at Milk Coffee Challenges

Valentine Bling

Happy Valentine's Day!  Today is Oldie But Goodie Thursday at Catch The Bug! We're bringing some of the older images, from Bugaboo Stamps back into the spotlight, to spark your creativity and interest.  OF course, it's valentine's day, so I just had to make a valentines card for you. Hope you like it!

My card, today, features the image, Sign It - Rose, from Bugaboo Stamps, colored with Promarkers. For my card layout, I used  the sketch at Seems A Little Sketchy.  The papers are all from my stash, as is the gemstone bling flourishes. I used a heart shaped punch to punch out two hearts, and inside each heart, I added 3 shiny sparkly epoxy hearts.  Very girly, don't you think?


I am entering this card in the following challenges:


Challenge #32 Sketch at Seems A Little Sketchy
Challenge #100 Romantic Movie Title (Valentine's Day)  at Alota Rubber Stamps
Challenge #40 Love at Emerald Faeries
Challenge #8 Anything Goes at Crafty Bloggers Network
Challenge #83 Valentine/Love at Lexi's Creations
Challenge #13 Hopelessly Devoted To You at Songbird Challenge Blog
Challenge #37 Valentine's Cards at The Cutie Pie Challenge
Valentine's at MelonHeadz
Red and White at Clear It Out
Challenge #3 Hugs and Kisses at Creative Craft Challenges
Let Me Call You Sweetheart at Top Tip Tuesday
Challenge #119 Favorite Color Combo (Pink and Red) at Crafts And Me
Challenge #60 Romance Is In The Air at Digistamps4Joy
Challenge #9 Hugs and Hearts at Sparkle and Glitter With Rick
Love at Paper Crafting Journey
Challenge #52 Bling It On at Southern Girls Challenge
Valentines at Milk Coffee Challenges
Love Is In The Air at Stamping With The Dragon
Challenge #110 Be My Valentine at Crafts 4 Eternity
I'm In The Mood For Love at Cardmakin Mamas
Challenge #60 Valentine's Day at Pattie's Creations
Challenge #170 Love at Totally Gorjuss
Challenge #103 Valentines at My Sheri Crafts
Challenge #146 Love at Mark's Finest Papers
Valentines And/Or Love at Di's Digi Designs
Challenge #130 Hearts at 2 Sisters
Challenge #193 Valentines at Allsorts
Love and Marriage at Crafty Calender
Challenge #215 Love Is In The Air at One Stop Crafts
Hearts/Valentines at A Gem Of A Challenge
Challenge #010 at Mayzy Art
Challenge #6 Valentines at Pumpkin Spice
Challenge #202 From The Heart at Stamptacular Sunday
Challenge #150 Anything Goes at One Stitch At A Time
Challenge #197 Photo Inspiration (Hearts/Valentines) at Cupcake Inspirations
Inspired By: Valentine's Day at Creative Inspirations Paint
Love Is In The Air at Come And Get It Challenges
Challenge #50 Valentines at Dream Valley Challenges
Challenge #141 Love Is In The Air at Sentimental Sundays
Challenge #37 Love at The Squirrel and The Fox
Girly at Eclectic Ellapu
Love at One Crazy Stamper
Royal Digi Challenge #16 Anything Goes at The Scrapbooking Queen
Have A heart at Great Impressions
VSC#8 Love at V's Sweet Ideas
Challenge #6 Something Old (Bling), Something New (Polka Dotted Ribbon) at Natalie and Amy's Challenge Blog
RCC77 Love Is In The Air (With Ribbon) at The Ribbon Carousel
Challenge #6 Anything Goes at Pin And Tack
Love Is In The Air at Moving Along With The Times
PWC#245 Red, Pink and White at Paper Pretties
Challenge #155 One For The Girls at I Love Promarkers
IIC97 Ribbon or Twine at Inky Impressions
Challenge #209 Love and Hearts at Crafty Creations
Love and Romance at Divas By Design
Challenge #99 be My Valentine at The Paper Shelter
Challenge #114 Favorite Color Combo (Pink, red and white) at Penny's Paper Crafty
CYDI #29 Love In In The Air at Can You Digi It
Challenge #50 My Hearts All Aflutter at Tuesday Alchemy
Challenge #10 All The Things I Love at Sparkle and Glitter With Rick
CHallenge #97 Love at Wags N Whiskers
CMC#14 Is This Love That I'm Feeling at Card Maniac

Birthday Wishes For You

Here we are, again, with another Stella Says Sketch challenge at Catch The Bug. Are you ready to play along? We have an awesome new sketch for you to play with. so come over and join us! As always, there are fun digi prize packs up for grabs, as prizes, from Bugaboo Stamps! Surely that's enough motivation, isn't it?! Check out the sketch and more inspiration, at Catch The Bug!

My card, today, features the image, Make It Snappy - Roses, from Bugaboo Stamps, colored with Promarkers.  I used punches by Martha Stewart, for my punches border.  The background paper is cream with metallic silver embossed designs.  The stripe and the cream and blue flowered DP is new, from The Robin's Nest. My sentiment is punched with the word window and modern label punches from Stampin' Up.


I am entering this card in the following challenges:


Challenge #010 Anything Goes at Mayzy Art
Spring Is Coming at Stamp and Create
Challenge #11 Anything Goes With Favorite Colors (Blue and Cream) at Oozak
Challenge #6 Something Old (punches), Something New (Striped paper) at Natalie and Amy's Challenge Blog
Challenge #6 Anything Goes at Pin And Tack
Challenge #138 For A Birthday at The Crazy Challenge
Challenge #8 Anything Goes at Crafty Bloggers Network
Challenge #51 Let's Celebrate at Love To Create
Challenge #144 Anything Goes at My Grafico
Challenge #25 Pretty Party Time at Platypus Creek
Challenge #27 Embossing (Embossed Meteallic Silver designs) at Artistic Inspirations
Anything Goes at Crafty Sentiments
Challenge #72 Anything Goes at Bearly Mine Designs
Challenge #145 Just For You My Friend at City Crafter
Anything Goes at Papertake Weekly
Challenge #49 Anything Goes at Tuesday Alchemy
Challenge #39 Anything Goes at LEJ Designs
Challenge #63 Happy Birthday at Let's Craft and Create
Challenge #55 Fancy Edges at Whimsy Inspirations
Challenge #119 Favorite Color Comb (Blue and Cream) at Crafts And Me
Challenge #154 Happy Birthday at I Love Promarkers
Winged Things (Dragonfly) at Divas By Design
Only Girls Allowed at Moving Along With The Times


Challenge #150 Anything Goes at One Stitch At A Time
Girly at Eclectic Ellapu
Royal Digi Challenge #16 Anything Goes at The Scrapbooking Queen
Challenge #11 Anything Goes With Favorite Colors (Blue and Cream) at Oozak
Challenge #6 Something Old (Punches), Something New (Striped Paper) at Natalie and Amy's Challenge Blog
Challenge #6 Anything Goes at Pin And Tack
Challenge #1 Anything Goes at The Crafting Cafe

Feel The Love

Howdy everyone! Today is the day for a new challenge at Catch The Bug! Are you ready?! Today's theme is certainly very appropriate for this time of year.  Valentine's Day is just around the corner, so what better theme than that?!  Our theme for this week is Affairs of the Heart.  Technically, it doesn;t have to be Valentine's Day themed, as long as we see lots of hearts! Sounds easy enough doesn't it? Okay, good, now get busy creating so you can link up with us! You could win digi image prize packs from Bugaboo Stamps!

Need more Affairs of the Heart inspiration?! Check out the fabulous creations at Catch The Bug!

My card layout uses the sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches, and features the image, SMonkey Love - Standing Heart, from Bugaboo Stamps. The image is colored with Promarkers.  I used two nesting flower punches, to create the frame for the sock monkey image.  The paper is new and the glittered ribbon and black pearls are from my stash.  The sentiment is by Sentiments 4 You and is punched with circle punches.


I am entering this card in the following challenges:


Challenge #184 Sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches
Love Is In The Air at Stamping With The Dragon
Challenge #9 Hugs And Hearts at Sparkle And Glitter With Rick Valentine's at Milk Coffee Challenge
Challenge #103 Valentines at My Sheri Crafts
Valentines or Love at Di's Digi Designs
Love and Marriage at Crafty Calender
Challenge #010 Anything Goes at Mayzy Art
Anything Goes at Creative Inspirations Paint
Challenge #50 Valentines at Dream Valley
Challenge #140 New (New Love) at Sentimental Sundays
Love You or Valentines at Ribbon Girls
Ribbon or Lace at Whoopsi Daisy
Challenge $5 Anything Goes With Love at 613 Avenue Create
Love at One Crazy Stamper
Challenge #13 Love at The Crafter's Cafe
Roses Are Red (Card) at By The Cute And Girly
Have A Heart at Great Impressions
VSC#8 Love at V's Sweet Ideas
Challenge #11 Anything Goes With Favorite Colors (Black, White and Red) at Oozak
Challenge #6 Something Old (pearls), Something New (newsprint paper) at Natalie and Amy's Challenge Blog
RCC77 Love Is In The Air at The Ribbon Carousel
Challenge #6 Anything Goes at Pin And Tack
Challenge #100 Romantic Movie Title (Imagine Me And You) at Alota Rubber Stamps
Challenge #40 Love at Emerald Faeries
Challenge #193 Photo Inspiration (Hearts, red and white) at TSG Clear Stamps
Love Is In The Air at Incy Wincy
TPE#185 Photo Inspiration (Hearts, Love, Red, White) at The Pink Elephant
Challenge #3 All My Love at Cards For Men
Challenge #8 Anything Goes at Crafty Bloggers Network
Challenge #74 Red, Black and White at Paper Make Up Stamps
Challenge #83 Valentine/Love at Lexi's Creations
Challenge #51 Let's Celebrate at Love To Create
Challenge #144 Anything Goes at My Grafico
Challenge #77 Feel The Love - Masculine at Daisy's Doodles
Challenge #48 Valentine Cards at Tammy's Scrappin Corner
Challenge #25 Sweet Hearts at Eureka Stamps
Challenge #13 Hopelessly Devoted To You at Songbird Challenge Blog
Challenge #37 Valentine's Cards at The Cutie Pie Challenge
Valentine's at MelonHeadz
PTT#106 Love and Romance at Party Time Tuesdays
Anything Goes at Crafty Sentiments
Challenge #72 Anything Goes at Bearly Mine Designs
Challenge #98 Valentine's With Ribbon at Celebrate The Occasion
Challenge #196 Hearts at Digital Tuesday
Red and White at Clear It Out
Challenge #3 Hugs and Kisses at Creative Craft Challenges
Anything Goes at Papertake Weekly
Let Me Call You Sweetheart at Top Tip Tuesday
Challenge #34 I Love You at Go Fish Challenge
Challenge #49 Anything Goes at Tuesday Alchemy
Challenge #39 Anything Goes at LEJ Designs
Challenge #43 Photo Inspiration (Love) at Pinspirational Challenges
Love Is In The Air at Stamp-n-Doodle
PWC244 Valentines at Paper Pretties
Have A heart at Simon Says Stamp
Challenge #119 Favorite Color Combo (Black, Red and White) at Crafts And Me
Adult Valentines at Aud Sentiments
IIC96 Love at Inky Impressions
Challenge #208 Black and White +1 (Red) at Crafty Creations
PSC65 The Color or Love at Perfect Sentiments
Challenge #60 Romance Is In The Air at Digistamps4Joy
Only Girls Allowed at Moving Along With The Times
Challenge #38 Anything Goes with Ribbon at Crafty Ribbons
Love at Paper Crafting Journey
Challenge #164 Anything Goes at Hanna and Friends
Challenge #163 have A Heart at Sassy Studio Designs
Valentines at Milk Coffee Challenges
Love Is In The Air at Stamping With The Dragon
Challenge #110 Be My Valentine at Crafts 4 Eternity
I'm In The Mood For Love at Cardmakin Mamas
Challenge #60 Valentine's Day at Pattie's Creations
Challenge #170 Love at Totally Gorjuss
Challenge #103 Valentines at My Sheri Crafts
Challenge #146 Love at Mark's Finest Papers
Challenge #130 Hearts at 2 Sisters
Challenge #215 Love Is In The Air at One Stop Crafts
Hearts/Valentines at A Gem Of A Challenge
Challenge #6 Valentines at Pumpkin Spice
Royal Digi Challenge #16 Anything Goes at The Scrapbooking Queen

An ABC Love

Are you feeling the love? Well, you will, today, with this ABC I have to show you! Because, today is ABC Monday at Bugaboo Stamps!  This is where we show you Anything But A Card!  Today, I am featuring this cute water globe I made!  Want to see more ABC inspiration? Check out Catch The Bug and see what else there is to look at!

To make this water globe, I used the image Valentine Jar, from Bugaboo Stamps, colored with Promarkers. The image was printed twice, cut into dome shapes and placed inside the water globe.  Then fill with glitter and water. Super easy! (Yes I realize I got a little water on the image because I didn't have a small enough funnel to put the water in with so I tried to do it by letting a  tiny stream drip into the hole!)  That's okay, the recipient will still love it!
This water globe is inspired by the Movie, P.S. I Love You.

I am entering this water globe in the following challenges:


Challenge #144 Anything Goes at MyGrafico
PTT#105 Anything Goes at Party Time Tuesdays
Challenge #71 Hearts Galore at Bearly Mine Challenges
Challenge #49 Anything Goes at Tuesday Alchemy
Challenge #42 Photo Inspiration (Hearts, colors) at PINspirational Challenges
Red and White at Delightful Challenges
Challenge #62 CAS Love at let's Craft and Create
Anything Goes at Simon Says Stamp
Challenge #153 Love Is All Around at I Love Promarkers
Challenge #207 Anything But A Card at Crafty Creations
Challenge #112 One For The Girls at Penny's Paper Crafty
Hearts at The Sisterhood of Crafters
Challenge #59 Anything Goes at Digistamps4Joy
Challenge #34 Valentine's at Lia Stampz
For A Girl at Paper Crafting Journey
Challenge #162 Love Is In The Air at Sassy Studio Designs
Valentines at Milk Coffee Challenges
Challenge #21 Anything But A Card or Layout at Digitally Sweet Challenge
Challenge #109 Romance (Colors) at Crafts 4 Eternity
Love Is In The Air at Stamping With The Dragon
Red, Red, Red and More Red at Delicious Doodles
Challenge #60 Altered or Recycled at Pattie's Creations
Challenge #9 Hugs And Hearts at Sparkle And Glitter With Rick
Challenge #103 Valentines at My Sheri Crafts
Valentines or Love at Di's Digi Designs
Challenge #129 White Red and Pink at 2 Sisters Challenge Blog
Let's Get Cute at Allsorts
Love and Marriage at Crafty Calender
Challenge #214 Anything Goes at One Stop Crafts
Love Is All Around at Sweet Stampin
Challenge #010 Anything Goes at Mayzy Art
CHallenge #149 Not Square at One Stitch At A Time
Anything Goes at Creative Inspirations Paint
Have A Heart at I Did It Creations
Challenge #50 Valentines at Dream Valley
Challenge #36 Something New (Waterglobe) at The Squirrel and The Fox
Challenge $5 Anything Goes With Love at 613 Avenue Create
Love at One Crazy Stamper
Roses Are Red (Altered Item) at By The Cute And Girly
Have A Heart at Great Impressions
VSC#8 Love at V's Sweet Ideas
Challenge #6 Something Old (Image), Something New (Water globe) at Natalie and Amy's Challenge Blog
Challenge #6 Anything Goes at Pin And Tack
Challenge #100 Romantic Movie Title (P.S. I Love You) at Alota Rubber Stamps
Challenge #40 Love at Emerald Faeries
Royal Digi Challenge #16 Anything Goes at The Scrapbooking Queen