Get Eggcited For Easter

Good Morning! Can you beleive I have FINALLY found the time to do a non-DT project! My first one, in awhile!  I decided to make an Easter card for a great friend, who always appreciates a handmade card.  Do you think this card is masculine enough?!

I did the entire card with Copic Markers - A rarity for me! I have several that I have been collecting  (more like hoarding!) over the last year, but I rarely use them and I'm, quite honestly, afraid of them! LOL! I'm so used to using the Promarkers and I find the Copics quite intimidating. A friend showed me how to do skin with Copics last summer, but I must admit - I havent tried it since then - An you can certainly tell I havent had any practice in ages.  Guess I'm going to have to go see her, again, this summer, and do more coloring so I can finally master it - Or at least semi-master it, once and for all! Being This is only a second attempt and this first attempt was months ago, I suppose this isn't too bad.

Oh, and what I am even more afraid of than skin, is doing hair with Copcis! Hair is so out of my comfort zone that is scares me to death! I thought, well, since skin and especially hair, are both way out of my comfort zone, this is the perfect time to do a project for the "Out Of Your Comfort Zone" challenge in the Simply Betty Stamps Fans Facebook Group! So, I  certainly plan to enter this card in that challenge! Oh sure, I know I have a snowball chance in you know where of winning - But it's worth a shot and it's fun to come out of your comfort zone now and then, isn't it?!

My card uses the image and sentiment set, Excited Corrine, from Simply Betty Stamps. For my card layout, I used the sketch at Friday Sketch Challenge.  All papers are from my stash. I used pieces of the patterned paper, to do the parts that overlap onto the sides of the image.

I am entering this card in the following challenge:

Challenge #91 Sketch at Friday Sketch Challenge
Out Of Your Comfort Zone Challenge at Simply B Stamps Fan Group on Facebook
Challenge #12 Lots of Layers at Digi Choosday
Anything Goes at Simon Says Stamp
Challenge #128 Anything Goes With a Sentiment at Aud Sentiments
Challenge #219 Boys and Girls at Penny's Paper Crafty
Anything Goes at Kraftin Kimmie's Wonderful Wednesday
Challenge #26 Anything Goes at Inspiration Destination
Easter at Double Click Connections
Challenge #273 Easter at Kraftin Kimmie Stamps
4CC #239 Humor at 4 Crafty Chicks
Challenge #218 Easter at Hanna and Friends
Challenge #366 Easter at Cute Card Thursday
Spring Has Sprung at Creative Corner Challenges
R#219 Easter at Crafts4Eternity
Challenge #44 Easter at Aloha Friday Challenges
Challenge #82 Anything Goes at Simply Create Too
Challenge #99 Anything Goes at Sister Act Card Challenge
Challenge #132 Add A Sentiment at QKR Stampede
Challenge #153 Easter Wishes at My Sheri Crafts
Spring Is Here at Di's Digi Designs Challenge
Easter at Sweet Stampin Challenge
HIMCR #193 Any Holiday at Hiding In My Craft Room
Challenge #62 Easter/Spring at Pile It On
Challenge #221 Hop Into Spring at Corrosive Challenge
Challenge #257 Easter Cards at Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog
Challenge #130 Easter at Glitter N Sparkle Challenge 
Challenge #117 Anything Goes at 613 Avenue Create
Easter/Spring at That Craft Place
TPE292 Anything Goes at The Pink Elephant
Easter at Crafty Boots Challenge
Challenge #25 Anything Goes at Craft Your Passion
Challenge #134 More Spring at Eureka Stamps
Spring at Melonheadz Friends Challenge
Add A Sentiment at Whoopsi Daisy
Challenge #16 Anything Goes at Not Just For Cards Challenge
Challenge #215 Hippity Hop at Sweetstamps Challenge Blog
Spring Is In The Air at Cards In Envy
Is It Spring Yet at Stamp and Create
Two + Things You Are Hoarding (Copics, Patterned Paper) at Clear It Out
Challenge #137 Photo Inspiration (Colors) at PINspirational Challenges
TTCRD 3/31 - 4/6 at Through The Craftroom Door
Easter at Scrap Creations
Challenge #114 Many Colors at Fairy Tale Challenge
Challenge #221 Hop Into Spring at Corrosive Challenge

Color Me A Big Egg For Easter

Happy Thursday! It's time for more Oldie But Goodie creations, at Catch The Bug! Dont you just love revisiting some of our old favorites?! We do! I think you will, too, if you come over and see the creative inspiration we are offering up today.  Come over to Catch The Bug and get inspired!

I have a cute Easter easel card to show you, this time. My card uses the image, EC Big Egg, from Bugaboo Stamps, colored with Promarkers. My ribbon has adorable easter eggs printed on it. I used a resin rabbit button in the center of the bottom panel, to hold the card up in its easel format. Two gemstone flowers were added to the left of the image, as well as a resin chickie button to the right of the image.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Easter at Eclectic Ellapu
Spring Time at Stamping With The Dragon
Challenge #194 Easter at Hanna and Friends
Easter at Milk Coffee Challenges
Happy Easter at Jellypark
Easter at Di's Digi Designs
Challenge #117 Spring Is In The Air at A Gem Of A Challenge
Challenge #8 Easter or Pastel Colors at Open Minded Crafting
Challenge #80 Fancy Folds at Addicted To Stamps
Easter at Melonheadz Friends

Lay Me Some Eggs, Rabbit!

Today is Oldie But Goodie Thursday at Catch The Bug! The oh so talented design team is featuring some of the older images from Bugaboo Stamps and bringing them back into the spotlight! It's so wonderful to be reminded of those great older images that we sometimes forget about, isn't it?! Want to see more Oldie But Goodie inspiration? Then come check out the fabulous talent of the design team at Catch The Bug!

Since Easter is just around the corner, I've been on a roll with Easter cards lately and today is no exception. My card uses the image, Rabbit Eggs, from Bugaboo Stamps, colored with Promarkers. I used some fun glittered patterned paper in an Easter print.  The sentiment is punched with the word window punch by Stampin Up. I used liquid pearls to make pearl accents, combined with yellow gemstones. The card is finished off with a handmade ribbon bow.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Challenge #206 Easter at Robyn's Fetish
Challenge #79 Easter at Dream Valley Challenges
CHallenge #67 All Creatures Great and Small at The Squirrel and the Fox
Easter at Eclectic Ellapu
Challenge #66 Spring (Easter) at 613 Avenue Create
RCS#67 Hop at Red Carpet Studio
Challenge #13 Easter at Crafting From The Heart
Easter at Sweet Stampin
Challenge #66 Ducks or Bunnies at Pumpkin Spice Challenge Blog
Challenge #7 Animal Antics at Open-Minded Crafting
Challenge #126 CAS at Wags N Whiskers
Hop Into Spring at Get Inky
Challenge #15 Anything Goes at Crafty Girls Challenges
Challenge #91 Punches and Dies at Let's Craft and Create
PWC305 Punches at Paper Pretties
Easter at Crafty Boots
Challenge #135 Anything Goes at Paper Makeup Stamps
Challenge #113 Easter at Lexi's Creations
Challenge #110 Anything Goes For Kids at Love To Create
Challenge #64 Easter at Card Mania
Challenge #84 Ribbons and Bows at Eureka Stamps
Time For Spring at Melonheadz Friends
Challenge #65 Easter Animal at Artistic Inspirations
Easter Creation at Make My Monday
Easter at Crafty Sentiments
Challenge #59 Spring at Creative Card Crew
Spring Has Sprung at Papertake Weekly
Cute at Top Tip Tuesday
Challenge #102 Photo Inspiration at PINspirational Challenges
TTCRD April 8-14 Anything Goes at Through The Craft Room Door
2TC73 Make Me Laugh, You Foolish Jester
Challenge #242 So Sentimental at Passion For Promarkers
Challenge #194 Easter at Hanna and Friends
Easter at Milk Coffee Challenges
Challenge #316 Easter at Cute Card Thursday
Anything Goes With A Handmade Bow at Craft Dee Bowz

Bunnies, Jellybeans and Chicks, Oh My!

Whoo Hoo! Bugaboo Stamps is on the move, again! This time, zipping on over to sponser a challenge at Love To Create! Their theme this week is so fitting - Bunnies, Jellybeans and Chicks, Oh My! Just perfect with Easter fast approaching! We'd love to have you come over to Love To Create and play along! You could win a prize pack of images from Bugaboo Stamps!

Need some inspiration and motivation? Here's my card to inspire you:




What are you waiting for, now? Come on over to Love To Create and play along! We'd love to have you!

My card features the image, POLKAB side sit, from Bugaboo Stamps. I went with three papers, which are scraps from my stash. The lavender and purple have such fun swirls. I thought it would be perfect. Flowers are by Prima and Recollections. A folded lace doily makes a nice background for the bunny to rest against. I used pearls for the flower centers and purple gems to highligh the doily. The white ribbon is a scrap from my scrap drawer. Greenery punches with the Martha Stewart branch punch.


I am entering this card in the following challenges:



Challenge #7 Spring at Creative Card Crew
Easter Wishes at Oldie But A Goodie Challenge
Challenge #73 Easter or Animals at Top Tip Tuesday
IIC#52 Flower Power at Inky Impressions
Easter at Delightful Challenges
PWC199 Bling at Paper Pretties
Anything Goes at Simon Says Stamp
Challenge #110 Bead It at I Love Promarkers
Challenge #77 Use Lace (Lace Doily) at Truly Scrumptious
Challenge #51 Easter at Aud Sentiments
Challenge #114 Cuddly Critters at The Pixie Cottage
Celebrating Easter at The Sisterhood of Crafters
Challenge #76 Easter at Penny's Paper-Crafty
Challenge #57 Easter at The Paper Shelter
Challenge #77 Easter at Scrapbook Sisters
Challenge #140 3 Shapes at The Creative Belli Blog
Challenge #37 Anything Goes at The Crafty Purple Frog
Challenge #142 Cute and Cuddly at Moving Along With The Times
CHallenge #83 Easter at 4 Crafty Chicks
Challenge #13 Easter at Paper Play Challenges
Flowers at Milk Coffee Challenges
Challenge #75 Spring Fling at Prairie Fairy
Challenge #65 Three Of A Kind (Row of Three Flowers) at Crafts 4 Eternity
Challenge #38 Anything Goes at Fairy Tale Challenge
Challenge #30 Going Dotty at The Poodles Parlour
Challenge #4 Anything Goes at Tammy's Scrappin CornerEaster at Card Makin' Mamas
Challenge #99 Ribbon at Phindy's Place
Easter at Raise The Bar
Challenge #6 Anything Goes at Stampin' For The Weekend
Challenge #110 Easter at Totally Papercrafts
Challenge #30 Say It With Flowers at Wags 'n Whiskers
Challenge #125 Swirly Whirly (on both purple/lavender papers) at Totally Gorjuss
Challenge #48 Photo Inspiration (Spring) at Allsorts
Challenge #42 Easter at Craft Your Days Away
Challenge #176 Easter at One Stop Crafts
Spring or Easter at Sweet Stampin
Spring at Stamp and Create
Challenge #154 Photo Inspiration (Bunnies, Easter) at Cupcake Inspirations
Challenge #164 It's Egg-tastic at The Crafty Pad
Inspired By: Easter at Creative Inspirations Paint
Spring at Come And Get It
Challenge #14 Easter at The Squirrel and The Fox
Royal Digi Challenge #7 Bunnies or Easter at The Scrapbooking Queen
April Showers Bring May Flowers at Paper Pretties
Spring at Stamping With The Dragon
Linky Party #83 at Make It Monday
Challenge #14 Easter at Lia Stampz

Let's Think About Bunnies In Pink

Guess what?! Bugaboo Stamps is sponsoring the Cutie Pie Challenge this week! That means a digi prize package from Bugaboo Stamps is up for grabs! How awesome is that?! The theme is think pink with bunnies. Come play along for your chance to win goodies from Bugaboo Stamps!

Need Inspiration?! Check This out:






My project features the image,
Mini Set - Bunny Bocks by Bugaboo Stamps. The images are colored with Promarkers. I wanted to do spring colors, so I went with pink and mint green. Such a yummy color combo!


Now, surely you're inspired! Go link up your creation for your chance to win!


I am entering this card in the following hallenges:


Spring/Easter at Joanna Sheen
Just The Two Of Us (Pink and White) at Mema's Crafts
Royal Digi Challenge #6 Use A Bit of Green at The Scrapbooking Queen
Challenge #8 Feathers and Fur at Chocolate, Coffee and Cards
Pastels at Di's Digi Designs
Spring Clean at Crafty Calendar
Spring Cleaning at Just Some Lines
Photo Inspiration at Truly Madly Crafty
Colors of Spring at House Of Gilli
Challenge #19 Spring Colors at Little Darlings
Bit 'O Green at Simon Says Stamp
Challenge #108 Anything Goes at I Love Promarkers
Challenge #23 Easter at Craft Us Crazy
Challenge #112 Perfect Pastels at The Pixie Cottage
Challenge #63 Favorite Color (Pink) at Do You Stack Up
Challenge #5 Pretty Pastels at Paper Crafting Journey
Challenge #97 Spring Has Sprung at Phindy's Place
Challenge #123 Spring at Totally Gorjuss
Challenge #81 Pastel Easter at My Sheri Crafts
Spring Cleaning (Paper And Cardstock) at Just Some Lines
Challenge #19 Spring or Easter at Little Claire's Designs
Challenge #152 Photo Inspiration (Colors/Spring) at Cupcake Inspirations
Challenge #28 Easter at Dream Valley Challenges
Challenge #21 Spring at Crafter's Companion Monthly
TSG148 Easter and Animals at There She Goes Clear Stamps
Easter Blessings at Paper Pretties
CCH #111 Go Green at The Crazy Challenge
Easter at Crafty Boots
Challenge #111 How Cute Is That at Kaboodle Doodles
Challenge #61 Easter at Lexi's Creations
Linky Party #81 at Make It Monday
Challenge #124 Easter and Spring at MyGrafico
Challenge #4 Anything Goes at Always Crafting

I Played With Honeycomb Because I Carrot For You!

I'm finally getting a chance to sit down and play with some of the new goodies I bought at the Scrapbook Expo in Columbus on March 25th.

If you haven't ever seen the new image sets and honeycomb paper from Inky Antics, you really need to check it out! They are awesome!

Remember those honeycomb bells and other decoration you can buy for weddings?! Well now, you can make your own with the new honeycomb paper! Whoo Hoo!

My card today uses HoneyPop Easter set from Inky Antics, and the new honeycomb paper in orange and green.




Here, above, is the front of my card. I made this card for a male friend, but it would also make a great card for a child. I went with green, for my Easter card. The DP is from my stash. I distressed the edges of the DP with distress ink and a sponge applicator. The green cardstock panel is dry. embossed with a leaf pattern. I've used antique brass brads and a fancy metal spiral paperclip to embellish the corners of the embossed panel. The layout uses the sketch at Simon Says Stamp. The sentiment and rabbits are from the Inky Antics set. I punched it out using oval and scalloped oval punches by Stampin Up. Then, sponged around it in green ink and attached it to the card using foam mounting tape. The rabbit on the outside is also mounted with foam mouthing tape.

Here is the inside of my card:



Don't you just love how that cute little carrot pops right out at you as you open it? The bunny on the inside is from the Inky Antics set. I added sponging with green ink on the inside, and stamped some grass.

All images are highlighted with a tea green Promarker, with a touch of gray added to the ears.

I hope you enjoy this cute card as much I enjoyed making it!

I am entering this card in the following challenge:


Challenge #41 Cook It Up (Carrot inside) at Fresh Brewed Designs
Challenge #112 Bunnies at Crafty Creations
Challenge #80 Easter at Fun With Shapes and More
Challenge #5 Easter or Spring at Craft Us Crazy
Challenge #85 Easter at Paper Cutz
Challenge #40 Do It Yourself ( i cut out and pieced that carrot! LOL) at Simply Create
Anything Goes at Catch The Bug
Challenge #37 Inspired By An Elvis Song (Hound Dog because "You Ain't Ever Caught A Rabbit") at Crafty Ann's
DCC330 Designer’s Choice Challenge at Repeat Impression
Punch It Out at Whimsie Doodles
Challenge #12 Die Cuts at Inky Impressions
Challenge #56 April Fool's (Funny) at Alota Rubber Stamps
Challenge #60 One For The Boys at Totally Papercrafts
Humour/Make Us Smile at Phindy's Place
Animal Applause: Any Animal That Appears To Have Arms at Stamping Vacation
Challenge #4 Spring Celebrations at Little Claire Designs
Challenge #56 Something 3D at One Stitch At A Time
ASC39 Hippity Hoppity Bunnies at Aly's Sunday Challenge
Challenge #49 Anything Goes at I Did It Creations
TPE 97 Easter At The Pink Elephant
Challenge #136 Comedy Rocks at Cupcake Inspirations
Challenge #7 Embossing (Leaf pattern on green panel) at Cards For Men
Anything Goes at MyGrafico
Anything Goes at Papertake Weekly
Challenge #43 Spring at Tuesday Throwdown
Challenge #136 Easter at Everybody Art
Challenge #146 Tons of Texture at Spoon Full Of Sugar
Challenge #12 Easter - No Digis at Let's Ink It Up
Its Easter! at Sugar Sweet Paper Treats
Challenge #49 Easter at Bee Crafty

Happy Easter To Ewe

Hello everyone! Are you ready for another Stella Says Sketch challenge?! It's that time, again! Whoo Hoo! Be sure to come over and play with us for your chance to win awesome prizes from Bugaboo Stamps. TO check out our sketch and link up with us, check out Catch The Bug.

My card, today, uses the current Stella Says Sketch. I've used  the image and matching sentiment,  Happy Easter To Ewe, from Bugaboo Stamps. I went with pastels, for the Easter holiday.  The ribbon is from my stash, as are the pearls. The papers are new, from Hobby Lobby.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:


Anything Goes at Creative Inspirations Paint
Challenge #46 Lovely Easter at Creatalicious Challenges
Challenge #156 Use A Digi at One Stitch At A Time
Challenge #203 Photo Inspiration (Easter) at Cupcake Inspirations
Challenge #140 Easter at The Squirrel And The Fox
Use A Digi at Whoopsi Daisy
Challenge #103 Springtime at Alota Rubber Stamps
CIC#71 Anything Goes at Clearly I Stamp
Challenge #51 Anything Goes With Ribbon at House of Gilli
Challenge #9 Spring or Pastels at Crafty Bloggers Network
Challenge #80 Easter at Daisy Doodles
Challenge #40 Cute Easter at The Cutie Pie Challenge
Easter or Spring at Melonheadz Friends
Whimsy or Funny at Eclectic Ellapu
Easter at Oldie But A Goodie Challenge
Challenge #63 Celebrating Easter at Digistamps4Joy
Fur Or Feathers at Stamp and Create
Easter Eggstravaganza at The Crafty Calender
Anything Goes at Mema's Crafts
Challenge #7 Anything Goes at No Matter Which Challenge
Anything Goes with Spring at Oozak
RCC#78 Spring Is In The Air at The Ribbon Carousel
Challenge #7 Spark Your Creativity/Anything Goes at Pin and Tack
Ribbon or Lace at Paper Crafting Journey