Another Year Has Come To Pass....

It's Humor Me Wednesday and we are continuing our birthday week celebration, in honor of Bugaboo Stamps 4th birthday! I hope you've participated in our blog hop and are playing along in our daily challenges! There are tons of prizes up for grabs - you don't want to miss out on your chance at those!

Today's daily birthday challenge is to create Humorous Birthday card.  Doesn't matter if its for a guy or a girl - Just create a birthday card and make it funny! Easy right?! Well, then what are you waiting for? Come play along with us!

I created a masculine birthday card for you, today, and of course, it's funny! Gotta have that humor for some of those birthdays, don't we? My card uses the image, Frame It - Gus - Another Year Has Come To Pass, from Bugaboo Stamps, colored with Promarkers. I went with some fun animal print papers, from my stash. The image has had glitter added to the balloons and to Gus's glasses. The pearls, which are a funky, unusual color, are new items to me and just seem to match the card perfectly! My sentiment is by Sentiments 4 You and is punched with oval and scalloped oval punches

I am entering this birthday card in the following challenges:


Challenge #37 Anything Goes at Challenges 4 Everybody
Challenge #1 New (Pearls) at Creative Craft Challenges
Challenge #69 Birthday at Deep Ocean
Challenge #219 Pearls at Totally Gorjuss
Challenge #125 Use A Digi at My Sheri Crafts
Challenge #111 For The Boys at A Gem Of A Challenge
Challenge #55 Buttons, Bows or Bling at Pumpkin Spice
Challenge #196 Use A Digi at One Stitch At A Time
Challenge #73 Boys/Men at Dream Valley Challenges
Challenge #190 More Than 3 Layers at Sentimental Sundays
Challenge #55 Anything Goes or Winter Blues at 613 Avenue Create
Challenge #175 Anything Goes at Make It Monday
One For Men at Digi Sketch Challenge
Challenge #69 Birthday at Deep Ocean
TTCRD Jan 21-27th at Through The Craft Room Door
Challenge #86  Masculine at let's Craft and Create
Let's Have A Laugh at Simon Says Stamp
Challenge #203 For The Boys at I Love Promarkers
Challenge #142 Digi Image + Sentiment at The Paper Shelter
Challenge #61 January Blues at The Cutie Pie Challenge

Dare To Be Different

Well hello there!

Welcome back to my blog!  Are you ready to hear all about what's in store for you, today?! Today, I'm here to tell you about  ABC Monday - That's Anything But A Card, at Catch The Bug! You really need to go check out the fabulous ABC ideas the rest of the team has come up with! Hurry! What are you waiting on?!

For my ABC on this fine Monday, I've created this cute zebra ATC. (Artist Trading Card)  These are so much fun to collect and trade with other ATC fans.  If you've nevfer gotten into ATC,s you really should try them! it is amazing how mch you can squeeze into one little ATC! Give it a try!

For my project, today, I have used the image, zebra, from Bugaboo Stamps, colored with Promarkers.  The background is an animal print card base, from my stash. I used pink and black zebra print washi tape, paired with two little white flowers that hae black polka dots and black pearl centers. The bottom left corner is embellished with pink and black zebra print gems.   A truly zebra-rific cration, don;t you think?!


I am entering this ATC in the following challenges


Challenge #11 Flowers at Top Tip Tuesday
Challenge #80 Ink Technique (Coloring) at Let's Craft and Create
October Linky Party at DL Art
Anything Goes at Crafty Sentiments
Challenge #65 Scrap Pieces, Odds and Ends at Use It Tuesday
Anything Goes at The Sisterhood of Crafters
Spots and Dots (On Flowers) at Milk Coffee Challenges
Challenge #165 Anything Goes at 2 Sisters Challenge Blog
Challenge #141 Humor at Pile It On
Challenge #31 Anything Goes at Challenges 4 Everybody
Challenge #110 Clean and Simple at Paper Make Up Stamps
Challenge #162 Anything Goes at Make It Monday
Challenge #63 Anything Goes at Artistic Inspirations
Spots And Dots at Whoopsi Daisy

OMG! Super Exciting News - I Made It!

OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!

I have some super exciting news to share!  I've been having to sit on my hands and tape my mouth shut, too, in order to keep it secret until it was time to reveal it! Believe me, you have NO IDEA how hard it has been to keep this new to myself! *giggles* Ohhhh But the day has finally come that I can share it.........
     
       Are you ready..................

               I'm super excited and thrilled to bits to announce........

           I Made The Lacy Sunshine Design Team!

Oh my gosh, I am so darn excited! I'm still pinching myself, because it's so hard to believe! But, yes, yes, it's really true....

              I'm A Sunshine Girl!  Whoo Hoo! Yay!

I know it's hard to believe! I'm still pinching myself, thinking it's a dream and I'm going to wake up! But so far, I haven't woken up, so it must not be a dream, after all! I think all I've done is given myself bruises from pinching myself! LOL! I am so thrilled and honored to be working with such a talented group of ladies and I can't thank them, enough, for giving me this amazing opportunity!

Anyway, now that I've bounced around and announced my news from the rooftops, its time to show you my first project for Lacy Sunshine.

Our challenge at Lacy Sunshine this fortnight is to use Fall Colors.  Very appropriate for this time of year, don't you think? Also a very easy theme for you to play along with us, so get out your crafting supplies and create some fall colored goodness! Remember, you have two weeks to play along with us for your chance to win awesome prizes! There will be two random winners - One will win 5 images, one will win three images. There will also be a top  3, who will each win one image.  Lots of prizes to be had, so don't miss out! What are you waiting for?! Come play with us! Hurry!

Here is my fall colors card for our current challenge, and first project, ever, for the Lacy Sunshine DT! I'm using the image Eleanor Bookworm, from Lacy Sunshine. All papers used on this card are scraps from my stash.  What a fun mix of plain, polka dots and stripes! I love how well the papers go together! I've colored the image with Promarkers. My card layout uses the sketch at Feeling Sketchy. Three animal print gemstones were used to embellish the right side of the image, with an added handmade polka dot bow in the top right corner. The bottom left has a funky orange and black animal print button, threaded with brown metallic baker's twine and tied in a handmade bow. Don't you just love how I incorporated the animals prints into the card, for added fun?!


I am entering this Fall Colors card into the following challenges:

Challenge #71 Sketch at Feeling Sketchy
October Linky Party at DL Art
Royal Digi Challenge #28 at The Scrapbooking Queen
Thankful/Autumn at One Crazy Stamper
A Coat of Colors at Mema's Crafts
A Button And A Bow at Great Impressions Stamps
Anything Goes at Oozak
RCC86 Fall (with Ribbon and Twine) at The Ribbon Carousel
Sparkle (Gemstones) at Emerald Faeries
Buttons and Bows at Just For Fun Challenge Blog
Challenge #54 Fall at House Of Gilli
Anything Goes at Jellypark Friends
Anything Goes at Crafty Bloggers Network
Challenge #83 Inspired By A Song Title (School Days) at Tammy's Scrappin Corner
Challenge #60 Anything Goes at Eureka Stamps
Anything Goes at Crafty Sentiments
Challenge #101 Out With The Girls at Anything Goes Challenge
Challenge #65 Scrap Pieces, Odds and Ends at Use It Tuesday
TTCRD Oct 8 at Through The Craft Room Door
Challenge #80 Ink Technique (Coloring) at Let's Craft and Create
Challenge #189 Brown and Orange Color Combo
Three Or More Layers at Divas By Design
Anthing Goes at The Sisterhood of Crafters
Challenge #17 Shades of Autumn at Rhedd and Rosies Challenge
Challenge #27 Autumn at Creative Moments
Anything Goes With Ribbon at Crafting By Designs
Challenge #228 Fall at C.R.A.F.T
R#145 CAS at Crafts 4 Eternity
Spots and Dots (On Flowers) at Milk Coffee Challenges
Challenge #77 Ribbon at Pattie's Creations
Sing A Song, Sing Outloud (School Days) at Southern Girls Challenge
Challenge #57 Golden Brown at Delicious Doodles
Challenge #101 3, 2, 1 Recipe (3 papers. 2 types of embelli - ribbon and gemstones, 1 image) at A Gem of A Challenge Challenge #67 Buttons at Dream Valley
Challenge #31 Anything Goes at Challenges 4 Everybody
Fall or Halloween at Stamp And Create
Challenge #4 Spots And Stripes at The Stamping Chef
Challenge #165 Anything Goes at 2 Sisters Challenge Blog
Challenge #185 Dress Me Up (Schoolgirl) at Corrosive Challenge
Challenge #54 Add Some Orange at Glitter N Sparkle Challenge

Enjoy Indian Summer

Happy Saturday! It's challenge time, again, at Catch The Bug! Are you ready to hear what kind of fun we have for you, today?! This week's challenge theme is Indian Summer. We want to see your end of summer (Indian Summer) projects.  Get our your crafting stash and create something to celebrate the end of summer so you can link up and play along! Remember, there are prizes up for grabs from Bugaboo Stamps, so you don't want to miss out on your chance to win!

Today, I have this altered drink cup to show you, using the image summer dog dingy, from Bugaboo Stamps, colored with Promarkers.  This cup was a gift for an adorable little girl, so I printed her name on the computer and punched it with oval and scalloped oval punches, to put on the front of the cup.  The animal print papers are all from my stash. Nothing fancy on this cup - Just clean, simple and cute!

I am entering this altered drink cup into the following challenges:

PYC#3 Anything Goes at Parade Your Crafts

The Queen's Royal Digi Challenge #27 at The Scrapbooking Queen

Challenge #21 Anything Goes with Die Cuts or Punches at Oozak

Altered Art at The Crafting Cafe

All ABout Kids at Jellypark Friends
Challenge #180 Use A Digi at One Stitch At A Time
Family Pets at Eclectic Ellapu
Challenge #36 Anything Goes at 613 Avenue Create
Challenge #15 Anything Goes at Hobbycutz
RCS#52 Anything Else at Red Carpet Studio
Challenge #63 Anything Goes at Addicted To Stamps
D.L Art Thankful Thursday September Linky Challenge
Challenge #25 Birthday at Creative Moments
Last Days of Summer at Crafty Bloggers Network
Challenge #98 Anything But A Card at Lexi's Creations
MIM#157 Anything Goes at Make It Monday
DDC#79 Anything Goes at Digi Darla's Challenges
Anything Goes at Crafty Sentiments
Child's Play at Papertake Weekly
Challenge #164 Anything Goes at Tuesday Throwdown
TTCRD Sept 10 Anything Goes at Through The Craftroom Door
Challenge #185 Three Different Shapes (Die cut dog, Rectangle, Oval) at I Love Promarkers
Challenge #144 Anything Goes at Penny's Paper Crafty
Devine Digis at The Sisterhood of Crafters
Challenge #215 Perfect Pets at Passion For Promakers
Challenge #60 For A Child at Crafting For All Seasons
Challenge #1 Anything Goes at 4 Krafty Girls

The Little Prince Is Here For Freebie Friday

Hey Hey Hey! Welcome to Freebie Friday at Bugaboo Stamps! Meet Little Prince 1! He's the freebie friday image today! Isn't he adorable?! Be sure you get him for your very own, for free, before he goes to the store!

Also, check out the other fabulous creations from the Design Team at Catch The Bug. Their work is just fabulous! Such a talented group of peeps!

My card today uses the Lil Prince 1 image from Bugaboo Stamps, colored with Promarkers. I've used the sketch at Sketches By Carly, for my card layout. These fun papers are from a new paper stack I got from Santa. Don't you just love the pink zebra striped paper?! I've always had a thing for animal prints - Especially the zebra prints, in various colors. I added bling and sparkle to my creation with these fun adhesive gems. I also added tiny shimmer gems to the Lil Prince's crown. The image is mounted with foam mounting tape for dimension.



I am entering this card in the following Challenges:


Sketch #47 at Sketches By Carly
Challenge #32 Something New (image, papers) at Fairy Tale Challenge
Challenge #1 Frames at Stamping With The Dragon
Challenge #67 Anything Goes at Crafty Emma's
Challenge #140 Ring In The New (image, papers) Year at Corrosive
Challenge #174 Something New (image, papers) at Cupcake Craft Challenges
GL31 Anything Goes at Gingerloft
Challenge #142 Photo Inspiration (Colors) at Cupcake Inspirations
Challenge #56 Anything Goes at Lexi's Creations
Challenge #24 Anything Goes at House of Gilli
Challenge #29 Purple, Green, Pink and White at Creatalicious
Challenge #16 Lots of White at Deep Ocean
Challenge #74 A, B, or C (Boy) at Alota Rubber Stamps
Bling Me at Some Odd Girl
Challenge #56 Let's Think Hot at Crafty Ann's
Challenge #35 Show us Your Sparkle at Southern Girls
Challenge #109 Put Your Heart Into It at Pixie Dust Studio

Have A Wild Christmas!

I'm playing in the Christmas In July week challenges at Catch The Bug and have my first card to show you.

Monday's challenge at Catch The Bug is to make a Christmas card using non traditional colors.

I definitely went non traditional on this one! LOL I chose a fun leopard print paper from my stash.! My card uses MMSC113 Sketch at Priscilla's Styles
I wanted to add some sexiness to it, so I added a strip of black lace, then embellished with three button,s also from my stash. The sentiment is mounted with foam mounting tape for dimension. I added glitter and sparkle to the image in spots, with my clearstar gelly roll pen. The image is colored with Promarkers.


I am entering this wild card in the following challenges:

MMSC113 Sketch at Priscilla's Styles
Christmas in July Monday at Catch The Bug
July Recipe (1 image, 2 papers, 3 embellishments: buttons) at One Crazy Stamper
Challenge #103 Black and White +1 (Shades of brown) at Incy Wincy
Challenge #76 Christmas in July at The Crazy Challenge
Sparkle and Shine at Whoopsi Daisy
Anything Goes at House of Gilli
Challenge #5 Christmas in July at Paper Creations Ink
Week 112 Free and Easy at All Sorts
Challenge #45 Christmas at Crafty Emma's
Challenge #48 Christmas In July at 2 Sisters
Challenge #64 Christmas In July at Creative Inspirations
GL22 Make it Sparkle at Gingerloft
Challenge #130 Christmas In July at The Crafty Pad
Challenge #16 Elegance and Lace at Sparkles Forum
Challenge #28 Cool It at Really Reasonable Ribbon
Challenge #56 Get Wild at Fresh Brewed Designs
Challenge #23 Christmas in July at Digistamps4Joy
Anything Goes at Clear It Out
Challenge #63 Circles (buttons) at Alota Rubber Stamps
Challenge #45 Coloring at Sarah Hurley
Christmas in July at Delightful Sketches
Challenge #75 Christmas In July at I Love Promarkers
Challenge #122 Christmas in July at Creative Belli Blog
Layer It Up at AI Factory
Challenge #30 Closet Inspiration (Lace) at The Beary Scrap

Let It All Hang Out

Whoo Hoo! Are you ready to Let It All Hang Out, with Craft Your Passion?! The DT had the opportunity to work with some fabulous images by our sponsor, KennyK, this week, and we're all letting it all hang out, in one way or another!

We want you all to come over and join is in this week's challenge, "Let It All Hang Out." There are so many fun ways to incorporate this theme into your creations! You could use an image, that has something hanging out. Or hang a charm on your card or project. Even something hanging over the edge of your card! (Like in my card, above). Be creative, play along with us at Craft Your Passion this week, and show us how YOU "Let It All Hang Out!" You could win some awesome digi's from KennyK!

For my card today, I used this sexy Maggie Mayhem Digi, from KennyK. She is definitly letting it all hang out! I love KennyK's sexy sassy images! They are fabulous, and so much fun to create with! I've colored this sexy little vixen with Promarkers. I'm trying to perfect the coloring of Black hair, to get a look that I really like, and I'm pretty happy with this one. I used a dark grey and a fine line 0.3 Letraset marker, for her hair. I wanted to give it a special look, since her hair is blowing in the wind. Not sure I managed to get the effect I want, but I like how it turned out. Ive used a combination of two fabulous papers... The purple and white animal print, and the purple embossed crocodile patterned paper. (It has checks on it if you enlarge the pic) I love love love these two together! Of course, I had to add some lace to this sexy sassy lady. The lace, ribbon and rhinestones are all from my stash. I added glitter and sparkle to the image with a clearstar gelly roll pen. The wings are hanging over the edge of the card just slightly. The rhinestones and irridescent wings are from Pizzazz Aplenty. I beleive my card this week definitely "Lets It All Hang Out!" The image is mounted with foam mounting tape for Dimension and Pop Up effect.


I am entering this card in the following challenges:


Challenge #53 Anything Goes at Penny's Paper-Crafty
Challenge #117 The Letter S (Sexy) at Creative Belli Blog
Challenge #28 No Sentiment at Aud Sentiments
Mono Moments at The Crafty Purple Frog
Anything Goes at Mygrafico
Challenge #10 Sassy & Sparkly at Do It With Digi's
Challenge #20 Recipe: 1 image, 2 Papers, 3 Different embellishments at Card Makin Mamas
Challenge #26 Spots And/or Stripes at Mami Doodles
Goin' Digital at Stamps R us
Challenge #40 Spot And/Or Stripes at Lexi's Creations
Challenge #152 Anything Goes at A Spoonfull of Sugar
Colors at Clear It Out
Sparkle and Shine at Simon Says Stamp
Challenge #53 Anything Goes at Penny's Paper-Crafty
Challenge #57 Anything Goes at Truly Scrumptious
Challenge #18 Teens/Kids (kids) at Whimsie Doodles
Challenge #2 One For The Girls at Divas By Designs
Challenge #59 Embossing at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Challenge #83 Anything Goes at Crafty Catz
Challenge #41 Frames at Sarah Hurley
Mono Moments (Purples) at The Crafty Purple Frog
Challenge #10 Sassy & Sparkly at Do It With Digi's
Challenge #37 Embellish It (Ribbon, Lace, Rhinestones, Wings) at Crafty Emma's
Challenge #7 Sparkle at Little Claire's Designs
Challenge #14 So Girly at KB Cute Monday
Challenge #12 Lace at Bunny Zoe's Crafts
Challenge #63 Bling It On at One Stitch At A Time
Challenge #56 Anything Goes at I Did It Creations
Challenge #24 Anything Goes at Really Reasonable Ribbon
Challenge #40 Bling It On at Lollipop Crafts
Challenge #28 Anything Goes at Woodware USA
Challenge #64 Make It Sparkle at Karen's Doodles
Challenge #68 1,2,3 Recipe ( 1 image, 2 papers, 3 colors – Purple, white & Black) at The Crazy Challenge
Challenge #59 Check It Out (Checks are on the crocodile embossed paper)at Alota Rubber Stamps

Rockband Tween Is Too Hot To handle!

Whooo Hooo! The Digi's With Attitude! challenge blog is back, with a new DT and a new challenge! We are kicking things off with a your choice challenge! This means Anything Goes! We know how you all love this kind of challenge, so it is the perfect way to celebrate the new DT and a new challenge!

You're definitely going to want to stop by Digi's With Attitude! and play along with us this week. Show us your project using your favorite image and have your chance to win a $10 Gift certificate to the Digi's With Attitude! store. There will be one winner for every 25 entries! How's that for a fabulous prize?! You'll also have a chance at Honorable Mention. Honorable Mention winners get a chance at Card of the Month! Whoo Hoo!

I am so so excited to have been chosen to be a part of this team, and to show you my first card for Digi's With Attitude!

I chose the Digi's With Attitude! image, Rockband Tween. I've colored her with Promarkers and went with a purple, black and white color combo. This funky card uses the sketches at The Pink Elephant, Stamp With Fun and Sketch and Stash. I chose a fabulous purple and white animal print paper and paired it with a gorgeous purple paper, embossed with crocodile pattern. The purple ribbon across the crocodile paper is actually lavendar with black stripes along the edge, though you can't see it real well in the pic. I found this in the dollar bin at Joann's! Whooo Hoo, can you say Bargain?! This fabulous sentiment, Too Hot To Handle, is from Digi's With Attitude! sentiment set 1 and is pop dotted for dimension. The flower is from Recollections. I colored it with my Promarkers, in Orchid, to give it the color I wanted, then added glitter and sparkle using a clearstar gelly roll pen. I used the pen, also to add glitter and sparkle to the image. I found this fabulous black ruffled trim at Hobby Lobby and thought it was perfect for this card, so I had to have it! The beaded purple and silver stick pin in the flower is handmade by me. I used old beads from a broken necklace, for the pin.

I had such a blast making this card and love how it turned out! I hope you love it as much as I do!

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

TPE96 Challenge #96 Sketch at The Pink Elephant
Challenge #6 Photo Inspiration (Flowers) at Jay Gee's Nook
Challenge #58 Sketch at Sketch and Stash
Challenge #87 Sparkle and Shine at Incy Wincy
Challenge #104 Sketch at Stamp With Fun
Challenge #42 Digi Monday at Paper Playtime
Challenge #60 Sweet Teens at The Crazy Challenge
Playlist Remix (#8 Girls Just Want To Have Fun) at Scrap It With A Song
Let's Glitter and Glitz It at Whoopsi Daisy
Challenge #36 Ribbon, But No Bows Or Knots at Lexi's Creations
Monochrome at Catch The Bug
Flowers and Lace (Black Ruffled Trim) at Scrappy Frogs
PIO#13 Cutie Patootie at Pile It On
Challenge #42 Florals at Tuesday Throwdown
Challenge #59 Emboss It at I Love Promarkers
Challenge #20 Two Tone at Creatalicious
Flowers at Delightful Sketches
Challenge #55 Sparkle, Shine and Shimmer at Cooking It Up With Katie
PWC147 Bring On The Bling at Paper Pretties
Challenge #3 April Flowers at Amber's Crafts and Stuff
Challenge #13 Bling and Sparkles at Charisma Cardz
Challenge #37 Inspired By An Elvis Song (Hard Headed Woman) at Crafty Ann's
Challenge #44 Bling (glitter, beads) at Paper Romance
April Digi Day at Stamp Something
Bling (beads, Stickpin, glitter) at Frosted Designs
April Showers Bring May Flowers at Crafty Calendar
Embalming... Errr, Embossing at Tellen's Place
Challenge #51 Ribbons and Pearls Top of stick pin is a pearl that I colored with Promarkers) at Wags 'n Whiskers
Challenge #18 Embellish It at Card Makin Mamas
Humour/Make Us Smile at Phindy's Place
From The Home (Old Beads From Broken Necklace) at Stamping With The Dragon
Challenge #40 Do It Yourself at Simply Create
Embellish It: Glitter at Stamping Vacation
Flowers at One Crazy Stamper

Happy Birthday, Hippie Chick!

Yet another card, from me, today.  This one is funky andwas made especially for a 16th birthday.  The image is called Blossom Hippie Chick, by Lacy Sunshine, colored with Promarkers. I used papers with peace signs and a funky pink and white zebra print. The fun colorful ribbon is full of peace signs.  I embellished with some peace sign stickers from my stash.

For my card, I used the sketch at Feeling Sketchy


I am entering this card in the following challenges:


Challenge #63 Sketch at Feeling Sketchy

Anything Goes at The Scrapbooking Queen

Bright Colors at House Of Gilli

Challenge $94 All Tied Up at Paper Make up Stamps

Challenge #63 Sketch at Feeling Sketchy

Challenge #11 Anything Goes at Lacy Sunshine

Challenge #146 Anything Goes at Make It Monday

Challenge #35 Anything Goes at Platypus Creek

Girl Power at Crafty Sentiments

Challenge #25 Happy Birthday at A And T Challenge Blog

Anything Goes at Simon Says Stamp

Challenge #228 Fashion Is My Passion at Crafty Creations

Challenge #70 Happy Birthday at Fairytale Challenge

Anything Goes at Stamping With The Dragon

Challenge #133 Girl Power at Penny's Paper Crafty

Challegne #55 Make It Girly at Crafting For All Seasons

Challenge #50 Anything Goes With Ribbon at Crafty Ribbons

Challenge #9 Anything With H (Hippie Chick) at Hobby Cutz

Challenge #113 Happy Birthday at My Sheri Crafts