Congratulations On Your Wedding

Welcome to Oldie But Goodie Thursday, everyone! Today is the day we feature some of the older images from Bugaboo Stamps, and bring them back out into the spotlight, to provide you some awesome creative inspiration.  You can find lots more Oldie But Goodie inspiration over at Catch The Bug, too, so be sure you check them out, too, when you're finished, here.  The DT would love to have you come and visit and leave them some love!

My creation, today, uses the image Make It Snappy - Congratulations, from Bugaboo Stamps, colored with Promarkers.  For my card layout, I've used the sketch at Sketch and Stash. The gold ribbon if from my stash.  I tied it into a cute little bow on one side.  The flowers are punches with two flower punches by Recollections, and layered.  The leaf branches are punched with a punch by Martha Stewart. I used two white papers with gold foil accents, from my stash, for my background.


I am entering this card in the following challenges:


Challenge #105 Sketch at Sketch And Stash
Challenge #49 Share Your 3 Favorite Colors (Black, White and Gold) at Love To Create
Favorite Things (punches) at Natalie and Amy's Challenge Blog
Challenge #5 Spark Your Creativity/Anything Goes and Pin And Tack
Challenge #7 Flowers at The Crafty Bloggers Network
New (Papers) at Crafty Boots
Challenge #144 Anything Goes at MyGrafico
Challenge #82 Fancy Folds at Lexi's Creations
Linky Party #124 at Make It Monday
Challenge #23 Anything Goes at Eurkea Stamps Challenges
Challenge #194 Favorite Color Combo (Black, Gold and White) at Digital Tuesday
Challenge #59 New Stamps at Fairy Tale Challenge

My Rice Krispies Told Me To

Welcome back to my blog, and to another Stella Says Sketch challenge at Catch The Bug, where you can win awesome prizes from Bugaboo Stamps! Wanna win?! Well, then you have to come over and visit us at Catch The Bug, to play along with us! Let's see what you create with our sketch, this time around!

My card today uses the current Stella Says Sketch, and features the image, Morning Margaret - Rice krispies, by Bugaboo Stamps, colored with Promarkers. I went with various shades of green for this card, and a touch of gold.  There are lots and lots of spots, dots and circles on this card, too!  The border is punched with a punch by Fiskars. I used a scrap of green sheer ribbon from my stash, and a gold metallic bow with a gold pearl center. I've used a glaze pen on the eyeglasses on the image, to give that shiny glass effect.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:


Challenge #42 Anything Goes at Here Come The Boys
Use Up your Stash at Whoopsi Daisy
Challenge #45 Anything Goes at Love To Create
Linky Party #119 at Make It Monday
Challenge #142 Anything Goes at MyGrafico
Anything Goes at Totally Stampalcious
Challenge #65 Anything Goes at Bearly Mine Challenges
Humorous at Creative Craft Challenges
Challenge #44 Anything Goes at Tuesday Alchemy
Challenge #33 Sentimental at LEJ Designs
What's Your Favorite (Border Punches) at Simon Says Stamp
Challenge #114 Why So Blue? = No Blues Allowed at Crafts And Me
IIC89 Something Old (papers, punches) at Inky Impressions
Silver And/Or Gold at Card Makin' Mamas

I Love Thanksgiving Turkey!

Hey Hey! it's Oldie But Goodie Thursday at Catch The Bug, where we show off those older, hope you haven't forgotten, images, from Bugaboo Stamps!  Check out Catch The Bug for some fabulous Oldie But Goodie inspiration!

For my card layout, I used the Sketch at Sketch And Stash. The image is JJ Calendar Months - Thanksgiving, by Bugaboo Stamps and colored with Promarkers. Gold Glittered brads and brown sheer ribbon have been used to embellish the card. The sentiment is punched with an oval and scalloped oval circles.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:


Challenge #98 Sketch at Sketch And Stash
Challenge #12 Bling It On at Hot Shot Crafts
Add Some Bling at Paper Crafting Journey
Challenge #177 Use metal (Gold Glittered Brads) at C. R. A. F. T.
Anything Goes at Stamp-N-Doodle
Challenge #56 Add Some Dimension at let's Craft And Create
Challenge #52 All Things Sparkly at Whimsy Inspirations
Challenge #139 Anything Goes at I Love Promarkers
Challenge #98 Girls, Girls, Girls at Penny's Paper Crafty
Challenge #4 Anything Goes at Crafty Bloggers Network
Challenge #4 Anything Goes at Just Keep On Creating
Fall At Great Impressions
Challenge #7 Die Cuts at Oozak

Stella's Telescoping

Time, again, for another card for the 12 Days of Christmas at Catch The Bug. This is a new card style for me and my first attempt at a telescoping card. I'm loving this card style! So much fun to make and not too bad for my first try.

This telescoping card is for Day 10 of the 12 Days of Christmas at Catch The Bug.

Above, you can see the pic of the card before its opened. I apologize for the quality of the photo. I used gold metallic cardstock on a couple of the circles and the glare caused it to turn out green in the photo. I even tried different camera settings and tried taking the pics from a top down angled view and it didn't help much.

I made this card for my friend, for the holidays. He's a martini kinda guy so he'll love it. I used a non traditional color combo of black and gold.

I hope the blogs who have the red and gold challenges won't count me out of the running on this one, due to picture quality. I swear its really gold metallic cardstock!

Anyway, here is a pic of the card once its opened:




I used metallic red and gold cardstocks to make my 3 circles, then used black papers with silver star prints and silver swirls for the next layers. The center layer on each are the images and the sentiment. I used the Cutting system from Creative Memories, to cut all the circles. The circle layers are held together with black and white polka dot brads. The images are from Bugaboo Stamps and are colored with Promarkers. I added glitter and sparkle to the images with a clearstar gelly roll pen. I tried to color the stella martini glass image to reflect that Stella is sitting inside the martini glass.


I am entering this card in the following challenges:


Day 10 (Masculine)of The 12 Days of Christmas at Catch The Bug
Let's Celebrate at Squiggle Stamps
Telescoping Holiday Card at Stamp-n-Doodle
Santa Baby at Catch The Bug
Challenge #102 Christmas in Non Traditional Colors (Black and Gold) at Sassy Studio Designs
Challenge #96 Anything But Christmas (New Year's) at Totally Paper Crafts
Glitter at Frosted Designs
SNSDC32 Tea For Two at Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenge
Photo Inspiration at Crafty Sprouts
Silver (Stars) and Gold (Metallic Cardstock) at Stamp, Scrap And Doodles
Challenge #139 Anything But Christmas (New Year's) at Corrosive
Challenge #151 Send A Smile (New Year's) at The Crafty Pad
Challenge #39 Make It Shine (Glitter) at Mami Doodles
Challenge #19 Shaped Cards at Bunny Zoe's Crafts
Eat, Drink and Be Merry at Totally Stampalicious
Challenge #22 Red and Gold (gold cardstock - sorry the light makes it look green in the pic since it's metallic) at House of Gilli
Tis The Season (For New Year's, Too!) at Creative Card Crew
Challenge #172 Don't Look At The Light at Cupcake Crafts
Sparkle and Shine at Whoopsi Daisy
Challenge #61 Happy Holidays (New Year’s) at Lollipop Crafts
Challenge #7 Sentiment at The Cutie Pie Challenge
Metallics at Stamp-n-Doodle
Die Cuts Or Punches at Craft-Room Challenges
Humorous at Craft Us Crazy

For The Mr & Mrs

Happy Thursday! I hope you're all having a wonderful week so far, and and exceptionally wonderful day!

It's Terrifically Thrilling Thursday, at Shelly's Images and that means it is time for a new challenge!

This week, we have a tic tac toe challenge for you! These are so much fun because there are so many great possibilites for creating your project. There are some very easy to do combinations, so you won't want to miss out in playing along with us! You know you want your own chance to win Our coveted Bronze, Silver and Gold Medal awards. You'll have a chance at being our Top Hat Winner, too! There are coupons and prizes to be won. We even have a fabulous sponsor this week, too! We're being sponsored by the oh so fabulous Judy at Pizzazz Aplenty, who's giving one medal winner a $10 goodie package!

Hurry over and play along at Shelly's Images!

My card for today uses Diamond Ring, which is today's featured image from Shelly's Images! That means this fabulous image is on sale, today only. Hurry over to the Shelly's Images Store to pick up this image for your very own at this special price!

I've colored the Diamond Ring image with Promarkers and added some sparkle with a clearstar gelly roll pen as well as highlights with a gold metallic gel pen. I found this fabulous black paper embossed with metallic gold designs, in my stash, and knew it was perfect for this image. I then layered it with a strip of gold metallic paper printed with tiny gold stars, then added black sheer ribbon with white splatter spots, down the center of the gold metallic strip. (It's difficult to see in the pic because the light reflected on all the metallics and almost blurred out the ribbon to where you can see the lines of adhesive beneath the sheer ribbon - and they look gold! LOL) The black and white patterned strip down the right side is actually for Halloween and is by Martha Stewart. It really goes well with the other papers, I think, and doesn't even look Halloween! (Yay, me, for thinking outside the box! LOL) The black and white printed paper strip is accented with metallic gold flatback pearls from Pizzazz Aplenty. above the image, I embellished with metallic gold branches punched with the branch punch by Martha Stewart, then added a two layer flower. The sentiment is a clear stamp by Studio G.

I absolutely love how this turned out! This has become a favorite image of mine!

I originally created this is an Anniversary card, but it could also be used as a wedding card or even just to say "I Love You."


I am entering this card in the following challenges:


Challenge #9 Pearls (Gold flat back pearls) at Emerald Faerie Garden
Things With Wings at Crafty Boots
Challenge #26 Anything Goes at Creatalicious
Challenge #66 Clean and Simple at Truly Scrumptious
Challenge #28 Anything Goes at Southern Girls
Anything Goes at Sweet Stampin'
Favorite Colors (Black and Gold color combo) at Stamp, Scrap & Doodle
Challenge #129 Photo Inspirations (wedding) at Cupcake Inspirations
Challenge #21 Something That Sparkles (Metallic Cardstock, Gold Flatback Pearls) at Sparkles Forum
Challenge #84 Anything Goes at Critter Challenge
Punches or Cuts (metallic gold branches) at Paper Cupcakes
Challenge #50 Anything Goes at Lollipop Crafts
Challenge #17 Ribbon at heart Song Inspirations
Challenge #28 Anything Goes at Digistamps4Joy
PTT#35 Anything Goes at Party Time Tuesdays
Challenge #32 Any Occasion + Ribbon at Celebrate the Occasion
Challenge #27 Recipe (Ribbon, Designer Paper, Flower) at Paper and Such Online
Challenge #20 3xDP at Bearly Mine Designs
Challenge #54 Flowers at Crafts And Me
Challenge #89 Pop It Up at The Pixie Cottage
IIC#26 Punches or Dies at Inky Impressions
Challenge #33 For The Girls at The Paper Shelter
Pearls and Swirls at Delightful Challenges
Happy Anniversary at Kelley Kid's
Pick 3 (Or more) Recipe (1 flower, Designer paper and Ribbon) at Paper and Such
Challenge #172 Fall Flowers at Rainbow Lady's
Challenge #39 Swirls (embossed gold swirls on black DP) at Do You Stack Up
Challenge #20 Die Cuts or Punches at Paper Crafting Journey
Challenge #39 World Card Making Day (Stamped Sentiment) at Crop Stop
Let's Hear It For Girl Power at Jen's Digi Stamps
Challenge #94 Book Or Movie Title (Movie - My Best Friend's Wedding) at Pixie Dust Studio

For The Newlyweds

It's Marvelous Monday, again, at Shelly's Images. This week, we were supposed to be featuring The Bride and Groom image, and the boots image last week. There was some confusion though, and the bride and groom image was featured last week. I had posted my boots image last week, so this week, I'm posting my Bride and Groom card. Regardless of which image is featured, its always a Marvelous Monday at Shelly's Images! And that means a discounted price on the featured image in Shelly's Store! Hurry over and pick today's sale image, before it's too late!

My project today features this beautiful Bride and Groom image by Shelly's Images. I've colored it with Promarkers and added glitter and sparkle with my clearstar gelly roll pen. I think this image is so pretty and elegant, so I wanted to reflect that in my project. I chose a cream colored paper with metallic gold flourishes, as well as a cream and tan sentiment paper and matched those with metallic gold cardstock. It turned out to be a fabulous combination and turned out so elegant. I love the way this turned out. The sentiment is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes set by Stampin Up, and punched using the oval and scalloped oval punches by Stampin Up. I've mounted the sentiment with foam mounting tape, for dimension.


I am entering this card in the following challenges:


Something With Glitter at Stamp Something
SISC40 Sparkle at Stamp Insanity
Anything Goes at Digistamps4Joy
Challenge #7 Sparkle & Shine at Bunny Zoe's Crafts
Challenge #53 Quick and Easy Does It at Fab 'n' Funky
Challenge #80 Anything Goes at Passion For Promarkers
Challenge #47 Time To Party at Totally Paper Crafts
Challenge #61 Someone Special at Totally Gorjuss
Challenge #10 Punch It Out at Craft Your Days Away
Challenge #17 Anything Goes at Crafty Emma's
Challenge #43 Anything Goes at One Stitch At A Time
Occasion Oasis - Wedding- At Stamping Vacation
Challenge #91 Anything Goes at Digital Tuesday
Elegance at AI Factory
Occasion Oasis (wedding) at Stamping Vacation
Time To Party/Celebrate at Simon Says Stamp
Challenge #50 Celebrate at The Pixie Cottage
"Ring" In The New Year (Gold) at Paper Pretties
Anything Goes at Fairy Knoll
Challenge #55 Happy New Year (Gold) at Pixie Dust Studio
Challenge #39 Anything Goes at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
New Things at Sew Many Cards
Challenge #18 Anything Goes at Aud Sentiments
Elegance at AI Factory
New (Cardstock) at Stamp-n-Doodle
DDCC#94 New Beginnings at Dutch Dare
Challenge #43 New Beginnings at Prairie Fairy
Sparkle, Sparkle, Sparkle at Character Cafe
Challenge #112 New Beginnings at One Stop Craft Challenge
Your Favorite Song (Just You and I by Eddie Rabbit, I think it was) at Sweet Stampin
Anything Goes at Catch The Bug
Challenge #36 Something New (Metallic Gold Cardstock) at Speedy The Cat's Friends
Challenge #22 New Beginnings at Ellephantastic
Challenge #92 Photo Inspiration at Stamptacular Sunday
Challenge #11 New Beginnings (New wedding) at Quirky Crafts
Challenge #1 Brand Spankin' New (wedding) at Pile It On
ASC32 Anything Goes at Aly's Sunday Challenge
Challenge #4 Something New (Newlywed) at Creative Cowgirls
CCH#48 All Things New at The Crazy Challenge
Free And Easy at Whoopsi Daisy
Challenge #2 New Things (wedding) at Sparkles Forum
Lots of Paper (paper with words) at Stamping Vacation

Minutes to Midnight at Shelly's Images

Wow! Can you beleive 2010 is almost behind us?! Where did the year go! Before we know it, we'll be celebrating a New Year! I want to take this time to thank all of my followers for stopping by to visit this year, and for all the wonderful comments!

This week, at Shelly's images, we are celebrating the end of 2010 and welcoming in the New Year, with Shelly's "Minutes to Midnight" image. This is the perfect image for those New Year's Cards and is very versatile. You could make a fun and different anniversary card with it as well. Minutes to Midnight is on sale for a special price, today only, in the Shelly's Images store, and while you're at the shop, browse around and see all of the great images Shelly has to offer!

Of course, I had to do a New Year's card for this fabulous image! I used the sketch at The House That Stamps Built, for my card layout. Both papers are from my stash. I love the cream, green, and metallic gold paper. It seemed perfect for a New year's Celebration! My image is colored with Promakers, with sparkle and glitter added to the image with a clearstar gelly roll pen. I've added two piece of metallic gold cardstock behing the image, for extra shine. The celery green ribbon is from my stash. The sentiment is from Stampin Up's Teeny Tiny Wishes set and is punched using the word window punch and the modern label punch, also by Stampin Up. I've mounted the sentiment with foam mounting tape for dimension. The skittles (also known as Dew Drops) were hand dyed by me with "Bottle" green alcohol inks.

I made this card for my friend Erica, in Florida. We met online in a game a few years ago and have become close friends.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Challenge #80 Anything Goes at Passion For Promarkers
What If Wednesday Sketch D1510 at The House That Stamps Built
Anything Goes at Creative Card Crew
Happy New Year at Delightful Sketches
Challenge #53 Quick and Easy Does It at Fab 'n' Funky
SHC4 Sparkle and Bling at Studio 313 Hotspot
Challenge #50 New Year's Celebrations at Charisma Cardz
AIF061 Anything Goes at AI Factory
SISC39 Holiday Card at Stamp Insanity
Challenge #49 Bling It On At Alota Rubber Stamps
Challenge #30 Anything Goes at Crafty Ann's
Challenge #47 Time To Party at Totally Paper Crafts
Day #295 Ad Inspired (colors) at 365 Cards
Anything Goes at I Did It Creations
Shiny/Foil at The Character Cafe
Challenge #9 Punch or Punches at Pattie's Creations
Challenge #34 Inspired By A Song (Aud Lang Syne)at Sentimental Sundays
Challenge #83 Anything Goes at All Sorts
Celebrations at Sweet Stampin
Challenge #61 Someone Special at Totally Gorjuss
Challenge #10 Punch It Out at Craft Your Days Away
Challenge #17 Anything Goes at Crafty Emma's
Challenge #43 Anything Goes at One Stitch At A Time
ASC31 Anything Goes at Aly's Sunday Challenge
Challenge #102 Anything Goes at The Crafty pad
Anything Goes at Sugar Sweet Paper Treats
Challenge #38 New Beginnings at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Challenge #102 Anything Goes at The Crafty Pad
Challenge #17 Cherish Your Online Friends at Mami Doodles
Challenge #14 Photo Inspiration at Really Reasonable Ribbon
Challenge #7 Sparkle & Shine at Bunny Zoe's Crafts

Christmas Nativity

Today is another new challenge at Ooh La La. Keeping with the theme of Christmas, we are asking you to make and share with us, projects with a Nativity scene, as we remember the true meaning of Christmas.


My card uses digi paper and a gorgeous Nativity image, from the Christmas Presence CD by ooh La LaCreations. You can get this fantastic CD in Ooh La La Creations' shop, here.

I have used gold metallic cord, from my stash, in three strips across my card, to add some elegance and shine. I used my Crop O Dile Big bite to punch a hole into each corner of the image, and used matching gold metallic cord to frame the image. I wanted to keep this card simple, as a focus on this gorgeous nativity scene. My Card fits the sketch at Corrosive.

I am entering the card in the following challenges:

Anything Goes at Creative Card Crew
Digi Day at Stamp Something
Challenge #28 Clean & Simple at Tuesday Throwdown
Challenge #133 Christmas Card at A Spoon Full Of Sugar
Challenge #44 Merry Christmas at Penny's Paper Crafty
Thoughtful Thursday 0037 Starts With N (nativity) at other Lovelies
Challenge #27 Christmas at Easy Craft Projects
Challenge #16 Anything Goes at Mami Doodles
Challenge #110 Anything Goes at Digi's With Attitude
Challenge #82 Last Minute Christmas at All Sorts
Walking In A Winter Wonderland at Catch The Bug
Challenge #21 Christmas/Winter at Ellephantastic
Challenge #94 Christmas Nativity at Corrosive
Challenge #43 Anything Goes at One Stitch At A Time
Challenge #30 Christmas at Pear Tree Designs
Season's Greetings at Keep It Simple
Anything Goes at Sugar Sweet Paper Treats
TD07 Christmas at Tiffany's Doodles
Special Month (Family Holiday) at Stamping Vacation
Challenge #89 Christmas at Stamp With Fun
Clean & Simple at Totally Stampalicious
TSG85 Use Your Stash at There She Goes Clear Stamps
Challenge #11 Winter/Holidays at Iris' Spot
Challenge #18 Anything Goes at Karber Weekly Challenge
Challenge #14 Traditional Christmas Colors at Creative Stamp Friends
Christmas With Red & Green at Paper Cupcakes