It's A Boy!

I'm back, again, with a new Stella Says Sketch challenge for you!  I know you MUST be familiar with Stella! But, did you know she has her very own challenge, every other Sunday, at Catch The Bug?!  Well, if you didn't, you do now!  Come over and check out the newest Stella Says Sketch challenge at Catch The Bug and play along! You could be the winner of a digi  prize package from Bugaboo Stamps!

Today, I have for you, a baby announcement.  This is absolutely one of a set of 12.  I made this set of  announcements for a family friend and his girlfriend, who are expecting their first child. I figured it would be a nice gift to give them, with whatever else I decide to buy them.

I've used the image Giraffe Heart 2, from Bugaboo Stamps, colored with Promarkers. The baby themed papers are from Hobby Lobby.  I used green hand dyed dew drop pearls from my stash,  for my embellishments. The sentiment is punched with oval and scalloped oval circles.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Royal Digi Challenge #9: Masculine at The Scrabooking Queen

TSG160 Circles at There She Goes Clear Stamps
One For The Boys at Paper Cupcakes
Challenge #8 For The Boys at Platypus Creek Digitals Challenge
3-2-1 (3 dew drop pearls, 2 papers, 1 image) at Papertake Weekly
Critters at Tuesday Throwdown
For The Boys at Delightful Challenges
Challenge #47 Anything Goes at Let's Craft and Create
Challenge #61 Clean and Simple at My Mum's Craft Shop
Celebrations at Inky Impressions
Challenge #68 Anything Goes at The Paper Shelter
Anything Goes At Stamping With The Dragon
Challenge #35 Anything Goes at Creatalicious

Of Course I Hung My Stockings

I'm breaking Stella out for my Day 4 Card for The 12 Days of Christmas at Catch The Bug. The theme for day 4 is to add a bird to your project. I admit,I had to get creative with this one!

My card uses the Sketch at Skipping Stones Designs for the layout. I used this fun Christmas image of the oh so wonderful Stella and matching sentiment, from Bugaboo Stamps. She is colored with Promarkers. I went with non traditional colors this time. I found these fun papers in my stash and new they'd make a great card! Stella looks wonderful in purples and blues, doesn't she? The purple and white trim and the metal snowflake brad are also from my stash. I used a Martha Stewart punch to punch out these pretty doves then embossed them with the Snowflakes Cuttlebug folder. Once embossed, I inked them with blue pearlescent ink. (Told you I had to get creative to be able to add a bird to my project!) The sentiment is punched with oval and scalloped oval punches. I attached the image, the birds and the sentiment with foam mounting tape for dimension


I am entering this card in the following challenges:


Sketch at Skipping Stones Designs
Day 4 (Bird) of The 12 Days of Christmas at Catch The Bug
Challenge #57 Christmas at Bee-Crafty
The Queen's Royal Digi Challenge #3 Christmas and Winter Wonderland at The Scrapbooking Queen
Challenge #28 Christmas With Sparkle at Creatalicious
Holiday/Winter at The Stamping Boutique
Christmas at Bizzy Becs
Challenge #120 Christmas Fun at Pollycraft
Challenge #39 Make It Shine (Glitter) at Mami Doodles
GL30 Christmas and Winter at Gingerloft
Challenge #95 Let It Snow (Snowflakes blue DP and on brad) at Totally Paper Crafts
Challenge #29 Christmas at Fairy Tale challenge
Challenge #86 Christmas at Raise The Bar
Holiday Card at Stamp, Scrap & Doodle
Challenge #84 Your Favorite Embellishments (Brads) at Speedy The Cat's Friends
Challenge #68 Punches or Dies at 2 Sisters
Challenge #14 Non Traditional Christmas Colors at Emerald Faerie Garden
Challenge #49 Bling It On (Brad) at Pile It On
Challenge #150 Punch It (At Least 3 Punched Shapes) at The Crafty Pad
Challenge #123 Non Traditional Christmas Colors at Incy Wincy
TSG133 Photo Inspiration (Lots of Purple) at There She Goes Clear Stamps
Snowflakes (On blue DP and on brad) at Whoopsi Daisy
Snow (Snowflakes on brad) at Totally Stampalicious
Anything Goes at Papertake Weekly
Tis The Season at Creative Card Crew
Challenge #77 Celebrate The Season at Tuesday Throwdown
Challenge #45 Holiday Greetings at Party Time Tuesday
Challenge #42 Christmas No Green at Celebrate the Occasion
Christmas Photomontage (Stockings) at Simon Says Stamp
Challenge #68 Merry Christmas at Penny's Paper Crafty
Challenge #99 Last Minute Cards at The Pixie Cottage
Challenge #132 Winter and Christmas at Creative Belli Blog
Challenge #67 Beat The Winter Blues at Prairie Fairy
Challenge #102 Christmas in Non Traditional Colors at Sassy Studio Designs
Challenge #127 Last Minute Christmas at Moving Along With The Times
Challenge #25 Un-Traditional Christmas at Bearly Mine Designs
Christmas at Paper Crafting Journey

It's Halloween Weekend!

It's Halloween weekend! Whoo hoo! I absolutely love Halloween. It is one of my most favorite seasons. I always loved dressing up in a costume and giving candy out to the kids. Unfortunately, we now live where we don't get any kids for trick or treat.

Here's a cute tag for you, today in yummy Halloween colors. The witch is cut with the Cricut, and the digi Frankenstein is by Bugaboo Stamps. I colored him with Bic Markers, instead of the Promarkers, because I wanted him to look creepier, with the more intense colors. The corners, bat and fence, were all done with punches. And don't you just love the Halloween ribbon? The sparkle is added using a clear star gelly roll pen.

I am entering this tag in the following challenges:

Challenge #87 Halloween at Corrosive
Challenge #36 All Celebrations
Challenge #23 Halloween at Pear Tree Designs
Challenge #82 Photo Inspiration at Cupcake Inspirations
Challenge #114 Sweet Treats (Candy Corn) at Cupcake Crafts
Purple, Green & Black at Totally Stampalicious
Challenge #8 Halloween at Iris' Spot
Let's Punch It At Creative Card Crew
Challenge #127 Let's Get Punchy at A Spoon Full of Sugar
Challenge #62 Make It Spooky at A Crafty Little Place
Challenge #72 Halloween at My Grafico
Punch 'Em at Simon Says Stamp
Challenge #41 Black, Purple & Orange at Penny's Paper-Crafty
G is For Glitter at The ABC Challenge
Challenge #46 Keep It Clean & Simple at Fab 'n' Funky
Ghouls, Ghosts & Goblins at The Wildflower Patch
Challenge #91 Halloween or Autumn at Crafty Creations
Anything Goes at Inktegrity
Week #43 A Haunting We Will Go at Paper Play
DDCC #89 Halloween at Dutch Dare
Challenge #45 Food Or Drink (Candy Corn on Frankenstein Image) at Alota Rubber Stamps
Challenge #1 Anything Goes at The Crafty Purple Frog
Challenge #46 Happy Halloween at Pixie Dust Studio
Challenge #80 Trick Or Treat at Shirley's Two Girls
Challenge #31 Anything Goes at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Challenge #56 Halloween at Crafty Catz
Challenge #73 Things That Go Bump In The Night at The Treehouse
Challenge #54 Halloween at AI Factory
SISC33 It's A Spookalicious Halloween at Stamp Insanity
Challenge #15 Halloween at Sarah Hurly Challenges
Challenge #24 Autumn or Fall at Easy Craft Projects
Anything Halloween at Tellen's Place
On The 11th Day of Halloween at Simply Betty Stamps
Challenge #54 Ooo Spooky at Totally Gorjuss
Chapter 37 Halloween at Oh! Alice
Challenge #13 Anything But A Card at Mami Doodles
Challenge #104 Anything Goes at One Stop Crafts
Name That Card (smile) at Stamping Vacation
Challenge #8 Colors of The Season at Some Odd Girl

Let's Go Back To School

I finally found some time to do a little bit of crafting. Since it's Back To School time,I figured I'd make a card in honor of school days. This card reminds me of a teacher I used to have in 8th grade, Mrs Estoye. I swear the woman was an imposter and locked the real teacher in the closet. I couldn't wait for that school year to be over! (I'm sure we all remember a teacher like that)

For this card, I used the Sketches at Papertake Weekly, Sweet Stop and Sunday Sketch & Stamp, and Crafty Ho's. The image is from the Stella line of digi stamps, from Bugaboo, and is colored with Promarkers. (I just love Jodi's images!) Stella may not be lovely to most of us, but I'm sure she is, in some way, to her husband Gus. After all, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, right?

The background paper is all scraps from my stash. The border is punched using a border punch from Martha Stewart. I tore these buttons off some old clothes I threw away. The ribbon is new, from the dollar bin at Target. It's hard to see in the pic, but I used a clearstar jelly roll pen to her glasses to make them shine.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

P is for Punches at Alphabet Challenge
Challenge #43 Die Cuts (punched border) at If The Shoe Fits
Challenge #44 Back To School at Stampin For The Weekend
Back To School at Catch The Bug Challenge Blog
August Challenge (Blue & Green) at Whoopsi Daisy
Challenge #39 Fave Stamp Or Image at Sweet Stampin
Challenge #26 Pack A Punch at One Stitch At A Time
Challenge #17 Open House at Just Scraps
Challenge #40 Recycled Element (buttons) at Creative Inspirations
Challenge #34 Sketch at Sunday Sketch & Stamp
Challenge #16 Ribbon or Lace at Sentimental Sundays
Sketch at Crafty Ho's
SSS69 Sketch at Sweet Stop
Sketch #46 At Papertake Weekly
Challenge #72 Use Your Scraps at Digital Tuesday
Back To School at Kah Wink E Dink
CCCB Week #18 Isn't She Lovely at City Crafter
B is For Blue at ABC Challenge
back To School With Primary Colors at Delightful Challenges
Challenge #45 Back To School at Whimsie Doodles
Challenge #21 Anything Goes at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Challenge #9 Anything Goes at Aud Sentiments

Happy Birthday 2 One Cool Cat

Another Card from me! This cool cat is from Bugaboo Stamps.

Spots and stripes make a cute combination on this card. I love how the background papers fit together, and the sketch is awesome. I used the sketch from Sunday Sketch and Stamp. This would make a great Birthday Card for a teenage boy!

The background papers and ribbon are my my stash. I pop dotted the sentiment, to add dimension.

I colored this cool cat in with my Promarkers. I made his glasses sparkle by coloring the lenses with a clearstar gelly roll pen.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Challenge #31 Maggie's Sketch at Sunday Sketch & Stamp
Challenge #24 Birthday at Crafty Sentiments
Challenge #5 Ribbon at Hidden Treasures
Day 120: Shades of Green at 365 Cards
Day 122: Shades of Blue at 365 Cards
Challenge #31 Ribbon at Quirky Crafts
Challenge #64 Birthday at Stamp For Fun
Make It In An Hour at Crazy Challenge
Challenge #110 Animals at Spoon Full Of Sugar
CCCB Week 11: Shades of Green
Challenge #97 Birthday
Challenge #5 Anything Goes Birthday at Party Time Tuesdays
Challenge #21 Stripes at I love ProMarkers
Week #58 Use A Number at Passion for Promarkers
Challenge #7 Birthdays at Crafts And Me
Challenge #101 Sparkling at Stampavie And More
Challenge #14 Circles And Dots at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Anything Goes With A Celebration at Shelly's Images
Week #26 Card For A Child Or Teenager at Paper Play
Challenge #3 Cute at Craftalicious
Week #26 Anything Goes at Prairie Fairy
Challenge #74 Summer Birthdays at Rose D's
Lots of paper Challenge: Dots at Stamping Vacation