A Pocket of Flowers For Mother's Day

Thankfully, it's almost Friday! Whoo Hoo! One day left to go, in the week!! Aren't you glad?! Need a little pick me up to make t through the rest of the week? Well then, how about seeing some Oldie But Goodie creations, today, at Catch The Bug, to help you make it to Friday?! I bet they'll surely motivate you to plan a crafty weekend! Want to see? Come check out the inspiration at Catch The Bug!

I know it's late, but I have one more Mother's Day card to show you.  Another easel card, too. My card uses the image,  flower pocket 7, from Bugaboo Stamps, colored with Promarkers. I used sheer pinka nd gold ribbon, tied in a handmade bow, to decorate the pocket and add that little extra touch. Pink gemstones were used to embellish the image. The sentiment is hand stamped and is punched with oval and scalloped oval punches.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:


May Anything Goes at Crafting By Designs
Challenge #91 Mother's Day at Pattie's Creations
Challenge #128 Ribbon and Bling at Wags N Whiskers
Sunshine and Showers at Crafty Calendar
Challenge #81 Anything Goes at Dream Valley Challenges
Challenge #69 Mother's Day at The Squirrel and the Fox
Challenge #41 Anything Goes at Challenges 4 Everybody
RCC#91 Party Time at The Ribbon Carousel
Challenge #71 Two Or More Die Cuts at Whimsy Stamps
Challenge #22 Anything Goes at Scrapper's Delights
Special Lady at Milk Coffee Challenges
Anything Goes at Digi Sketch Challenge

Beauty Is The Best....

Hihi! I'm back, again, with a new project and a new challenge to tell you about! It's a nice relaxing Sunday, so how about getting out your crafting goodies and creating a fun project to link up with us? We have a new Stella Says Sketch challenge up, today, at Catch The Bug. Sketches are wonderful to help you think outside the box and avoid making the same ole layout on your cards every time.  You have two weeks to play along, too, so why not put your thinking caps on and start creating! There are prizes from Bugaboo Stamps up for grabs, so don;t miss out on your chance to win! Come on over and link up with us!

I used our current Stella Says Sketch as my card layout, of course.  My card uses the image, Beauty,
from Bugaboo Stamps, colored with Promarkers. I used some paper that has a watgercolor type effect, because I think watercolors are just so beautiful.  The card has three new metallic green gemstones and is finished off with a tiny pink ribbon bow with a pearl center, from my stash.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:


Challenge #68 More Than Two Colors at Fairy Tale Challenge
Challenge #126 Anything Goes at Paper Make Up Stamps
Anything Goes at Papertake Weekly
CHallenge #163 Old (Bow) and New (Green Gemstones) at Penny's Paper Crafty
February Monthly Challenge - Anything Goes at Crafting By Designs
Challenge #75 Anything Goes at Crafty Ribbons
Anything Goes at Craft-Dee Bowz

Ready, Set, Shop

Good Morning! Did you all know it's Oldie But Goodie Thursday at Catch The Bug?! We love Oldie But Goodie Thursdays - The perfect chance to show off the older images that Bugaboo Stamps has to offer and remind us all, again, how fun and versatile they are! You can check out all the Oldie But Goodie creations from the talented design team at Catch The Bug! Go see all the  creative genius at work!

My card celebrates all the shopping we're doing, this season, to prepare for Christmas! I've used  the image JJ Shopping - Ready Set Shop, from Bugaboo Stamps, colored with Promarkers. All papers are from my stash! I used a handmade ribbon bow and tiny blue pearls, to embellish.


Challenges:

Hangin Around Halloween

Hi all! I'm here with a new card to show you, today!  This time, another Halloween card. I've used pumpin paper from my stash.  Green and white baker's twine was used to be the hanging strips of web, for the spiders.  The spiders are die cuts, with googly eyes added. I used Corn Candy Washi Tape, by Doodlebug, (Sold in the Simon Says Stamp Store). A black and white gingham handmade bow was added as the finishing touch.


I am entering this card in the following challenges


Use Something (Doodlebug Washi Tape) From the Simon Says Stamp Store at Simon Says Stamp
Challenge #26 Anything Goes/Frame It at Creative Moments
Dies And Punches at Oldie But A Goodie Challenge
Challenge #75 Photo Inspiration (Colors) at PINspirational
Diecuts or Punched Shapes at Just Inspirational Challenges
Fall Colors at Great Impressions Stamps
VSC #15 Washi Tape at V's Sweet Ideas
Challenge #22 Fall at Oozak
Anything Goes With A Handmade Bow at Craft-Dee BowZ
Challenge #19 Use Ribbon at Creative Craft Challenges
Challenge #62 Anything Goes With Ribbon at Crafty Ribbons
Anything Goes at 4 Krafty Girlz
Anything Goes at Creative Inspirations Paint
Anything Goes at Send A Smile For Kids
Challenge #182 Anything Goes at One Stitch At A Time
Challenge #29 Anything Goes at Challenges 4 Everybody
Photo Inspiration (Colors) at Incy Wincy
MIM#159 Anything Goes at Make It Monday
Challenge #99 Autumn Colors at Lexi's Creations
Challenge #13 Happy Fall Y'All at The Paper Nest Dolls
Ribbons and Bows at Whoopsi Daisy

Hap-Bee Birthday

We're back today, with Oldies But Goodies from Bugaboo Stamps. I LOVE Oldie But Goodie Thursdays because its so much fun to revisit those older Bugaboo Stamps images! Talk about a great way to motivate and inspire! Come check out all the Oldie But Goodie projects, today, at Catch The Bug!

Today's card uses the image and sentiment set Bees - Birthday, from Bugaboo Stamps, colored with Promarkers. All papers are from my stash. The sentiment is punched with oval and scalloped oval punches. Black pearls and a black ribbon bow were used to embellish.



I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Inspired By: Ribbon and Bling at Creative Inspirations Paint
Challenge #29 Anything Goes at Avenue 613 Create
Animals at Crafty Boots
Challenge #98 Color It at Paper Make Up Stamps
MIM#150 Anything Goes at Make It Monday
Challenge #37 Things With Wings at Platypus Creek Digitals Challenge
CMC#25 Pearls or Gems at Card Mania
Layer It Up at Digi Sketch Challenge
Challenge #45 Happy Birthday at Emerald Faeries
Challenge #172 Happy Birthday at Craft Your Passion
Bling It On at Crafty Sentiments
Challenge #96 Anything Goes at Bearly Mine Designs
Challenge #56 Blue at Deep Ocean Challenges
Challenge #41 Dominate Color of Blue at Creative Card Crew
Challenge #106 Spooled Item at Top Tip Tuesday
Challenge #63 Cute, Cute, Cute at LEJ Designs
IIC#118 Birthdays at Inky Impressions
Challenge #137 Bling It On at Penny's Paper Crafty
Challenge #74 Animal Antics at Southern Girls Challenge

Wine Takes The B@#$% Right Out Of Me

Well, well, it's Thursday, again, and that means it's Oldie But Goodie Thursday at Bugaboo Stamps. We know you love to see some of the older Bugaboo images brought to life in color, so that's just what we're doing, today, over at Catch The Bug! Come over and check out the other Oldie But Goodie creations from the DT! You'll be glad you did!

My Oldie But Goodie card, today, uses the image and sentiment set, Stella - Wine, from Bugaboo Stamps, colored with Promarkers. Ive used papers from my stash.  The green polka dotted ruffled ribbon is from Stampin Up.  I used a gold metallic bow from my stash. The silver and blue metal discs are also from my stash.  Lots of stash used on this one!

Hope you like it!


Challenge #23 Anything Goes at The Scrapbooking Queen
Challenge #16 Anything Goes With A Sentiment at Oozak
Challenge #146 Anything Goes at Make It Monday
Challenge #53 Bright Colors at House of Gilli
Challenge #248 Not For Flowers at Cupcake Craft Challenge
Challenge #94 All Tied Up at Paper Make Up Stamps
Challenge #35 Anything Goes at Platypus Creek
Anything Goes at Stamping With The Dragon
Challenge #231 For A Friend at One Stop Craft Challenge
Challenge #46 Use Something Metal (Metal Discs) at The Squirrel And The Fox
PTT#126 Anything Goes at Party Time Tuesdays
Anything Goes at Simon Says Stamp
Challenge #50 Anything Goes With Ribbon at Crafty Ribbons
Challenge #9 Anything With H (Houndstooth) at Hobby Cutz

You're 50?!?!?! Someone's Growing Old!

Well, well, you are back, again, aren't you?! Awesome! I'm so glad to see you visiting me, again! Did you drop by to hear all about our new Bingo challenge at Catch The Bug? It's always a fun one and so easy to play along! Won't you come over and play with us? Remember, as always, there are digi prize packs from Bugaboo Stamps to be won!  Want more details and a chance to view our bingo board for this round? If you do, then come over to Catch The Bug for more details on our current challenge!

I have another birthday card to show you, today. This time, we have a male card.  Male cards can be so hard to do, sometimes, but I think this one turned out really cute.  What guy wouldn't love to get this?!  My card features the image and sentiment Gus Birthday - Optional, from Bugaboo Stamps, colored with Promarkers. A mix of patterns was used - Plaid, Chevron and polka dots. (Yes, guys can have polka dots - At least on cards!) Several punches were used on the sentiments.  The buttons are recycled from an old shirt that was thrown away.  They're threaded with green and white Baker's Twine.  A tiny little bow was added, tied from thin white ribbon. The happy birthday is by Sentiments 4 You.

My Bingo for this challenge is: Starts With G (Gus), Die Cut/Punch and Twine.


I am entering this card in the following challenges:


CMM69 Punches at Card Makin' Mamas
Challenge #17 Anything Goes (With optional theme - For The Boys) at Mayzy Art
Celebrations at Great Inpressions
RCC81 Celebrations (Birthday With Twine) at The Ribbon Carousel
Challenge #8 For The Boys at Paper Creator's Crafts
Challenge #9 Anything Goes at Pin And Tack
TPE199 Masculine Birthday at The Pink Elephant
Challenge #242 Lots of Layers at Cupcake Crafts
Day #134 Overlapped at 365 Cards
Celebrations at Crafty Boots
Linky Party #140 at Make It Monday
For The Boys at Digi Sketch Challenge
Challenge #10 Just Checking at Creative Craft Challenges
Bingo (Buttons, Dimension - sentiments elevated with foam tape), Patterned Paper) at Delightful Challenges
Challenge #70 Die Cuts at Let's Craft And Create
Challenge #59 Anything Goes at Whimsy Inspirations
Challenge #133 Use A Digi at Crafts And Me
Challenge #168 Simply Does It at I Love Promarkers
ICC 108 Anything Goes At Inky Impressions
Challenge #222 Keep It Simple at Crafty Creations
Challenge #112 Anything Goes at The Paper Shelter
Challenge #174 My Sentiments Exactly at Corrosive Challenge
Inspired By A Song (Happy Birthday) at Oldie But A Goodie Challenge
Challenge #52 Must Have Buttons at Here Come The Boys
Challenge #207 True Blue at Allsorts
Challenge #144  1 (image), 2 (ovals), 3 (items overlapping the image) at 2 Sisters
Challenge #229 Anything Goes at One Stop Crafts
Challenge #164 Use A Digi at One Stitch At A Time
Inspired By: Anything Goes at Creative Inspirations Paint
Anything Goes at Eclectic Ellapu
Challenge #20 Anything Goes at 613 Avenue Create
Challenge #107 Childhood at Alota Rubber Stamps
Going Spotty Dotty at Southern Girls Challenge
Challenge #104 Anything Goes at Wags 'n Whiskers
Challenge #43 Ribbons at Emerald Faeries
Favorite Color Combo (Green And Blue) at House Of Gilli

Happy Birthday to Ewe Ewe Ewe

Are you ready to hear what Stella has to say, today?  Stella Says its time for a new sketch challenge over at Catch The Bug! Whoo Hoo! Who doesn't love both Stella and sketches?! Hurry over and play with us! You're going to want to be in the running to win those awesome digi prize packs from Bugaboo Stamps. Come over to Catch The Bug for all the details and the latest sketch!

My card, today, features the image Circle Sentiments - Birthday Ewe, by Bugaboo Stamps, colored with Promarkers. I used a circle punch to punch the image, matted with a scalloped circle, using a die.  The pink polka dot ruffled ribbon is from Stampin Up. The papers are from a new paper pad gifted to me from my great friend, Erin Stephenson! (Thank you, Erin!) The black polka dot bow is from my stash.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:


Challenge #85 Animal Friends at Paper Make Up Stamps
Challenge #36 Animal Catwalk at Eureka Stamps
Challenge #42 Clean And Simple at The Cutie Pie Challenge
Make Us Laugh or Smile at Jellypark Challenges
Challenge #42 Furry Friends at The Squirrel and The Fox
Challenge #207 Birthdays at Digital Tuesday
Challenge #50 Favorite Color Combo (Pink, Black and White) at Deep Ocean
Make It Girly at Oldie But A Goodie Challenge
Anything Goes at Simon Says Stamp
Challenge #58 Pretty In Pink at Whimsy Inspirations
Challenge #79 Happy Birthday at Aud Sentiments
Challenge #219 Pink +1 (Black) at Crafty Creations
Challenge #124 Anything Goes at Penny's Paper Crafty
Free For All at The Sisterhood of Crafters
Challenge #195 Animals at Passion For Promarkers
Challenge #44 Anything With Ribbon at Crafty Ribbons
Use A Sentiment at Paper Crafting Journey
Challenge #66 Very Special Occasion at Fairy Tale Challenge
Time For Ribbon at Card Makin' Mamas
Use A Die (Scalloped Circle)at Stamp And Create
Black and White +1 (Pink) at One Crazy Stamper
Birthday Fun For Kids at Send A Smile 4 Kids
Inspired By: Anything Goes at Creative Inspirations Paint
Anything Goes at Eclectic Ellapu

Let's Have A Ball For Christmas!

Good Morning. Bloggers!

I have a fun project for you, today, and even have a tutorial for you, too! Yay! How about this cute customized Christmas ornament and instructions how to make it?! I thought this would be the perfect project for this week's tutorial, since we're wrapping up the tail end of our Christmas in July challenge!

My Christmas ornament has a cute digi inside! I  fussy cut the image, Jingle Bells, By Shelly's Images, colored with Promarkers, and accented with a clearstar gelly roll pen to add glitter and sparkle to the bells and the bow.  I used Red Ribbon from my stash to embellish the ornament hanger.

I think it turned out really cute! This is my first time making one of these, so its a new technique for me! Don't you just love it?! I'd love to hear what you think!  Oh, and if you do love it, and want to find out how to make your own, check out my tutorial on how to make this ornament!  You can find it, HERE, at the Shelly's Images Blog!

Remember, you only have till Wednesday afternoon to enter our Christmas In July challenge at Shelly's Images, but there will be a new challenge starting Thursday!

Come visit us at Shelly's Images!


I am entering this ornament in the following challenges:


Christmas In July at Stamp-N-Doodle
Challenge #94 Anything Goes at Crafts And Me
Challenge #127 Gold, Silver, or Bronze (Ornament cap, hanger and the glitter are silver) at I Love Promarkers
Challenge #148 Christmas In July at The Creative Belli Blog
Anything Goes at The Poodles Parlour
Challenge #84 Try A New Technique at Wags N Whiskers
Challenge #196 Bright And Cheerful at The Secret Crafter
Christmas In July at Sweet Stampin
Challenge #124 Use A Digi at One Stitch At A Time
PIO#31 Cute A Can Be at Pile It On
Anything But A Card at Come And Get It Challenges
Christmas In July at Whoopsi Daisy
O For Open It Up (Bow-Outside of Ornmanet, Digi-Inside of Ornament) at ABC Christmas Challenge
Challenge #26 Ho Ho Ho Christmas at Crafter's Companion Monthly
Challenge #36 Christmas In July at Creatalicious
Challenge #70 Christmas In July at Lexi's Creations
Anything But A Card at Incy Wincy
Challenge #126 Anything Goes at Critter Challenge
MIM#100 Anything Goes at Make It Monday
Challenge #12 Traditional Christmas at Platypus Creek Digitals
Challenge #21 Anything Goes at Tammy's Scrappin' Corner
PTT#79 Anything Goes at Party Time Tuesdays
Challenge #16 Anything Goes at Jackson's Digital Expressions
Challenge #44 Anything Goes at The Stamping Boutique
Christmas With Something Red Red Ribbon) Or Green at Clear It Out
Challenge #82 Focus On The Ribbon at Top Tip Tuesday

My First Lacy Sunshine Card!

Hello everyone! I'm here, today, to show you my first card using  a Lacy Sunshine digi stamp! Whoo Hoo! Love these stamps! So cute!

Today, I'm using  the digi stamp called Gemma Gumdrop, which is the freebie for participating in this week's challenge.  She is colored with Promarkers.

My card layout uses the sketch at Feeling Sketchy. All papers are from my stash.  Flowers are layers and are by Prima and Recollections. I used the branch punch, from Martha Stewart to punch the greenery.  The blue were used to add sparkle and shine.  I used blue sheer ribbon, tied in a bow, to finish her off.

This is my first time trying shading on the hair, in ages.  What do you think?

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

For The Girls at Send A Smile 4 Kids

Anything Goes at The Scrapbooking Queen

Make It Sparkle (Gemstones) at Great Impressions Stamps

Challenge #10 Make It Sparkle (Gemstones) at Paper Creator's Crafts

Show Us Those 3-D Effects at Whoopsi Daisy

Bright Colors at House Of Gilli

Challenge #168 In The Garden at Craft Your Passion

Challenge #12 Bright And Breezy at Crafty Bloggers Network

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 #153 Glitz and Glimmer at Tuesday Throwdown

Challenge #70 Summertime Fun at Pattie's Creations

Challenge #231 For A Friend at One Stop Craft Challenges

Challenge #177 Summertime at The Corrosive Challenge

Challenge #45 Summertime Fun at Eureka Stamps

Summer at Melonheadz

Challenge #59 The Sun Has Got His Hat On (Summer) at LEJ Designs

Challenge #63 Photo Inspiration (Summer) at PINspirational Challenges

Challenge #52 All About Summer at Creatalicious

Anything Goes at Simon Says Stamp

Challenge #228 Fashion Is My Passion at Crafty Creations

Day 177: Beautiful at 365 Cards

Anything Goes at Stamping With The Dragon

Challenge #83 Summer at Aud Sentiments

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

Summer Fun at Milk Coffee Challenges