Artist With The Blues

Well, well, here I am again - This time, to tell you about a new challenge, starting today, at Open Minded Crafting. How about a challenge about work? Your job, hubby's job, a friend's job - Or anyone else.  We want to see your projects featuring someone at work, or using an office related product on your project - Either will work for this fun challenge.

As always, this is a biweekly challenge, so you have an entire two weeks to create and link up with us, for your chance to win. We always have lots of great prizes you can win and this time is no exception! Join us, this time, for your chance to win a prize from one of these amazingly generous sponsors:

Aurora Wings

Digital Delights

Faery Ink

Scrapper's Delights

Sentimental Susan

Now that the details of the challenge are out of the way, let me tell you about my card.

My project uses the (new to me)  image, Crafty Honey Painter, from Scrapper's Delights. I went with a monochromatic color scheme this time, and used lots of spots and dots.  This was such a fun project to do, but I definitely felt a bit dotty after completing it! LOL! I kept it simple, with no embellishments, for that reason. All papers used are from my stash.

This card reminds me so much of my school days, because I always looked forward to going back to school, for the art classes! I guess I always loved to be creative and play with paper! LOL

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Color Challenge (Blue and White) at Clear It Out
Challenge #85 Something Sweet at Deep Ocean Challenges
Anything Goes at Top Tip Tuesday
Challenge #210 Anything Goes at Tuesday Throwdown
Challenge #122 Photo Inspiration at PINspirational Challenges
TTCRD August 26 - September 1 Anything Goes at Through The Craft Room Door
Challenge #50 Anything Goes at Fan-Tastic Tuesday
Layer It at Delightful Challenges
Challenge #96 Anything Goes at let's Craft and Create
Anything Goes at Simon Says Stamp
IIC#174 Anything Goes at Inky Impressions
Challenge #270 Dig Deep (Paper) at Crafty Creations
Challenge #171 Back To School (Art Class) at The Paper Shelter
Challenge #84 Monochromatic at Crafting For All Seasons
Challenge #99 Circles at Digistamps4joy
Challenge #50 Anything Goes at Creative Moments
Challenge #44 Anything Goes at The Stamping Chef
Challenge #30 Anything Goes - New Beginnings at Scrapper's Delights
Challenge #244 It's All Ab out The Love at Sassy Studio Designs
Back To School at Milk Coffee Challenges
Challenge #25 Anything Goes at Crafty Girls Challenges
Challenge #336 Anything Goes at Cute Card Thursday
Challenge #99 Clean and Simple at Fairytale Challenge
Challenge R#191 Tic Tac Toe (Something old - paper, Blue, Something New - Image) at Crafts 4 Eternity
CHallenge #136 Back To School/For A Teacher at Wags N Whiskers
Challenge #31 School at Aloha Friday Challenges
Challenge #13 Anything Goes at Art By Miran
Challenge #69 Show us Something New (Digi) at Simply Create Too
Challenge #72 Anything Goes at Sister Act Card Challenge
Anything Goes at Crafty Calender
Anything Goes For Kids at Send a Smile For Kids
Challenge #81 School at Pumpkin Spice Challenge Blog

It's The Bumpkins!

Hello, and welcome to Freebie Friday at Bugaboo Stamps.  Are you ready to see this week's Freebie image? Check out the Bumpkins! Aren't they cuties?! And they're all yours, this week only, for free, starting today! Hurry over to the store and get yours, while you can!

Oh, and of course, you have to have some creative inspiration for your viewing pleasure, so be sure to check out Catch The Bug to see all the wonderful work from the DT, using this week's freebie image!

My card, today, uses this week's freebie Friday image, from Bugaboo Stamps, colored with Promarkers. For the card layout, I chose the sketch at Sketches By Carly.  Punches were used to make the photo corners and to shape the sentiment.  I used black pearls to embellish the corner of the image. All papers are from my stash.


I am entering this card in the following challenges:


Challenge #63 Sketch at Sketches By Carly
Include A Sentiment at Whoopsi Daisy
Challenge #2 Anything Goes at Avadares Challenge Blog
Challenge #87 Anything Goes at Lollipop Crafts
Challenge #39 Add A Sentiment at House of Gilli Challenge #160 Photo Inspiration (Colors) at Incy Wincy
CCH#127 Anything Goes at The Crazy Challenge Linky Party #103 Anything Goes at Make It Monday
Challenge #24 Anything Goes at Tammy's Scrappin' Corner
Clean and Simple at Totally Stampalicious
Challenge #006 Silly at Mayzy Art
Challenge #84 To Die For at The Crafty Pad
Challenge #121 Use A Digi at I Did It Creations
Challenge #52 Anything Goes at Craft Your Days Away
Challenge #19 Strut Your Stuff at Jackson's Digital Expressions
Loaded With Layers at Stamp-n-Doodle
Challenge #52 Stamp it at Let's Craft and Create
Challenge #122 Pearls at Digi Doodle Shop's Best

Happ-Bee Birthday

Are you ready for a new challenge at Catch The Bug?! Well, it's time for another "Stella Says Sketch" challenge!  Gotta love Stella and her sketches!  (By the way, in case you haven't checked, lately, there are some NEW Stella images in the store!)  Anyway, back to the challenge info! You can win one of four digi prize packs from Bugaboo Stamps just for playing along!  Hurry over to Catch The Bug to link up and win.  Check out the awesome creations from the team, too, while you're there!

Also, I wanted to let you know that Bugaboo Stamps is sponsoring Card Cupids this week!  The theme is animals, and it must be a card for a child.  Hurry over there and play along, too, for another chance to win an awesome prize from Bugaboo Stamps!

My card uses the image Bees - Flower from Bugaboo Stamps, and colored with Promarkers.  I used a clear glaze pen to add shine to the wings.  The papers are all from my stash, as are the gemstone flourishes.  The sentiment is by Sentiments 4 You and is punched with oval and scalloped oval punches.  I made a penant/bunting pieces to attach on one side if the image.  This was made with my new penant punch maker by Ephinany Crafts.  The Epoxy shapes for these are perfect for making your own embellishments!


I am entering this card in the following challenges:


GL41 Circles, Circles and More Circles
Anything Goes at Bunny Zoe's Crafts
Anything Goes at Crafty Boots
Anything Goes at Kaboodle Doodles
Challenge #37 Animal Kingdom at Bearly-Mine Challenges
Challenge #26 Swirls at Deep Ocean
Birthday at Craft-Room
PWC208 Summer (July 4th) at Paper Pretties
Anything Goes at Simon Says Stamp
Challenge #55 Sentiment at Aud Sentiments
Challenge #172 Circles at Crafty Creations
Challenge #86 Anything Goes at Scrapbook Sisters
Challenge #37 Anything Goes at Divas By Design
Challenge #80 Anything Goes at Penny's Paper-Crafty
PSC34 Anything Goes With A Sentiment at Perfect Sentiments
Challenge #151 Photo Inspiration at Passion For Promarkers
Challenge #28 Many Layers at Crafting For All Seasons Get Outside at Stamp-N-Doodle
Challenge #119 I Love Promarkers
Challenge #55 Anything With A Sentiment at Aud Sentiments
Anything Goes For Kids at Paper Crafting Journey
Challenge #36 Rainbows, Clouds or Wings at Little Miss Muffet Challenges Challenge #22 Double Delight (Two Papers) at Paper Play Challenges
Punches at Frosted Designs
Challenge #64 Swirls and Flourishes
Challenge #47 Photo Inspiration at A Gem Of A Challenge

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

Giraffes Go Non-Traditional

We have a new challenge for you, this week at Shelly's Images. Our theme is "Seeing Spots." Come over and get spotty with us, for your chance to win!

Ohhhh and we definitely have the perfect challenge for our featured image today! Today, we are featuring Giraffe. Remember, this featured image is available, today only, for a special price, in the store, Here.

My project uses the awesome image, Giraffe from Shelly's Images. I went with non traditional colors. After all, who says giraffes have to be traditional?! I've used two different orange spotted papers, paired with black and white stripes. (I think he dreamed he was a zebra for a moment!) The image is colored with Promarkers and attached with foam mounting tape, for dimension. I punched sprigs of black leaves with a punch by Martha Stewart and nestled them under flowers layered in orange and black. The dew drops at the top and flower center are teardrop shaped dewdrop pearls. My card layout uses the sketch at Seems A Little Sketchy.


I am entering this funky non traditional giraffe in the following challenges:


Challenge #7 Sketch at Seems A Little Sketchy
Challenge #80 Anything Goes at 2 Sisters
GL34 It's A Zoo at Gingerloft
CCH #108 Anything Goes at The Crazy Challenge
Challenge #83 Let's Punch It (Circle) at Sew Many Cards
Linky Party #78 at Make It Monday
Challenge #122 Flowers at MyGrafico
All Critters Great And Small at Paper Cupcakes
Challenge #2 Anything Goes at Always Crafting
Anything Goes at Simon Says Stamp
Challenge #143 Another Dimension at Corrosive Challenge
Challenge #110 Anything Goes at The Pixie Cottage
Challenge #4 Anything Goes at paper Crafting Journey
Challenge #18 Pearls at Little Darlings
Challenge #78 Black Jack (2: Flowers x2 = 4 points, 8: Punched leaves x 2 = 16 for a total of 21) at Alota Rubber Stamps

Come Play In The Duck Pond

Yay! It's Monday! We have a new featured image for you, today, at Shelly's Images! Just look at this gorgeous image, called "Duck Pond," from Shelly's Images! Perfect for a male card. I used this one for a quick Father's Day card. The image is so easy to color. I had a blast creating with it!

Hop on over and check out the wonderful creations by the design team.


Remember, "Duck Pond" is available for a special price, today only, in the Shelly's Images Store. Hurry over and pick it up for yourself, while its at the special price!


Today, I've created a simple masculine card. The image is colored with Promarkers. I've used the sketch at Dude Time Doodles, for my card layout. Both designer papers are from my stash. I've used these cool skeleton leaves, from Pizzazz Aplenty, behind the two corners of the image. I made faux flower soft and used it to add texture to some of the feathers on the duck, as well as the cattails and some of the grass. (Check out the tutorial on making your own flower soft tomorrow at Shelly's Images, for Tutorial Tuesday!) The sentiment is from Sentiments 4 You and is punched with oval and scalloped oval punches by Stampin Up. I attached the sentiment with foam mounting tape, for dimension.



I'm entering this card in the following challenges:


Sketch at Dude Time Doodles
Challenge #41 Inspired By A Song (The River) at Lollipop Crafts
Week #22 Summer Citrus Splash at Paper Play
Challenge #29 Card For A Male at Aud Sentiments
Challenge #21 Special Man at Craft your Days Away
Father's Day/For A Male at Simon Says Stamp
Challenge #54 Here Comes Summer at Penny's Paper-Crafty
Take A Dip at Whimsie Doodles
Challenge #38 Man's World at Scrapbook Sisters
Challenge #16 Glad for Dad at The Paper Shelter
Manly at Some Odd Girl
Things of Beauty at The Crafty Purple Frog
Challenge #11 It's All About The Boys at Do It With Digi's
Challenge #11 Anything Goes at Paper Crafting Journey
Card For A Man Or Boy at Fussy and Fancy
Challenge #39 For Dad at Easy Craft Projects
Challenge #28 Texture at Delicious Doodles
Challenge #45 It's All About You, Dad at Simply Create
Challenge # Father's Day at Here Come The Boys
Challenge #42 Summer at Sarah Hurley
June Digi Day at Stamp Something
Challenge #134 Texture at One stop Crafts
Anything Goes at Catch The Bug
What's On Your Desk at Stamp, Scrap, & Doodle
Challenge #119 Summer Colors at Corrosive
Challenge #61 Father's Day or Card For Dad at Creative Inspirations
Challenge #54 Summer Fun at Prairie Fairy
Masculine at Magical Monday
Challenge #30 Masculine Cards at Woodware USA
Challenge #7 Masculine at Bows and Berries

What A Guy! My Hero!

Hey, Hey Hey! It's Monday! Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!

Are you ready for a new challenge at Craft Your Passion?!

This week, our theme is, "What A Guy!" Awww don't grumble and groan! I know making masculine cards isn't everyone's favorite theme, but we need to show some love to the guys and boys in our lives too!

Our sponsor this week is Bonni, of Dude Time Doodles (Bonibleaux Designs). Bonni supplies us with some fun male images to work with, and is offering one lucky winner some digi's from her shop! She has some fabulous new releases out! You Don't want to miss out on your chance to win!

Come on over to Craft Your Passion?! and play along in our, "What A Guy" challenge!


My card today, was so fun to create, because it reminds me of my husband and how he hates spiders. (I know the bug in the image isn't a spider, but it still fits with my story) Years ago, I had ordered a bunch of stamping supplies online, around Halloween. When the box came, the company had sprinkled in a bunch of those black plastic spider rings. Hubby was gone to work. Purely innocently, and not even thinking about it, I dumped the plastic spider rings in the trash can. I didn't realize at the time, that one of the spider rings had landed on the edge of a white paper plate in the trash can. Well, later that day, hubby came home and went to throw something away, and seen the spider in the trash can, and went berserk. Next thing I know, he's yelling and beating on the trash can! I run in there, and there he is screaming battle crys and beating the crap out of the trash can, screaming, "Die Die Die!" I'm sorry to say it was quite hysterical at first, and I couldn't help but laugh! It took me ten minutes to calm him down and get it through to him that the spider was plastic! LOL

So, now you can see why this image cracks me up and reminds me of hubby!

I went with two different patterned papers for my card... Stripes and Polkda dots, both papers from my stash. I used ribbon, also from my stash, across the corner pieces of DP, and trimemd it with a punched edge, from a Martha Stewart punch. The image is by Dude Time Doodles and is colored with Promarkers. I used buttons off of an old shirt to embellish the opposite corners.


I am entering this card in the following challenges:


Challenge #57 Anything Goes at Truly Scrumptious
No! No! No Embossing at Stamping Vacation
Anything Goes at Creative Card Crew
Challenge #112 Texture at Digital Tuesday
Challenge #50 Stripes at Tuesday Throwdown
Challenge #19 Boys! Boys! Boys! at Digistamps4Joy
Colors at Clear It Out
Week 101: 2's (2 Ribbones, 2 DP, 2 Triangles) For Second Anniversary at Passion For Promarkers
Challenge #112 Texture at Digital Tuesday
Challenge #118 Tool Shed (Forgotten Martha Stewart Vine Punch) at The Creative Belli Blog
HSC4 Case A Cake (photo #2 Colorful and Bright) at Studio 313 Hotspot
Challenge #7 Favorite Color Combos (Blue and Green) at My Mum's Craft Shop
Challenge #15 Anything Goes at The Paper Shelter
Challenge #9 Blue, Buttons and Bling at Stampin' For The Weekend
Anything Goes at Mygrafico
Challenge #104 Alter/Recycle at C.R.A.F.T
Challenge #60 Anything Goes at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Challenge #21 Boy Oh Boy at Charisma Cardz
Challenge #11 All About The Boys at Do It With Digi's
Challenge #55 Circles (Polkda Dot DP, Buttons) at Sew Many Challenges
Challenge #21 Use Your Scraps at Card Makin Mama's
PCJ Challenge #11 Anything Goes at Paper Crafting Journey
Bright Colors at Catch The Bug
Challenge #21 Special Man at Craft your Days Away
Challenge #41 Anything Goes at 2 Sisters
Challenge #113 Bugs or Boys (I have both!) at Stamptacular Sunday
Challenge #113 Photo Inspiration (Colors) at Cupcake Inspirations
Ribbon or Fibers at Card Cupids
Challenge #8 Photo Inspiration (Colors) at Jay Gee's Nook
There's Your Trouble at Scrap It With A Song
Pets R Us (Not sure what kind of bug that is, in the image) at Stamps R Us
Challenge #41 Male Card or Father's Day at Lexi's Creations
Challenge #41 Inspired By A Song (Hero) at Lollipop Crafts
Challenge #29 Forgotten embellishements (buttons) at Woodware USA
Challenge #15 Anything Goes at KB Cute Monday