It's A Penguin Birthday!

Are you all ready for a new challenge at Catch The Bug?! It's everyone's favorite, again - Anything Goes! Whoo Hoo! Wide open with possibilities so we expect lots and lots of fabulous entries! Of course, we have our usual Bugaboo Stamps digi prize packages up for grabs! How's that for motivation to play along? Be sre you link up your creation at Catch The Bug, for your chance to win!

My card today uses the image Birthday Penguin - Gift, from Bugaboo Stamps. I went with a masculine color scheme for a male birthday card.  The image is colored with Promarkers. The black pearls are from my stash, as are the papers.  The sentiment is from the Stampin Up set, Teeny Tiny Wishes, and punched with the word window and modern label Stampin' Up punches.


I am entering this card in the following challenges:


Anything Goes at Lollipop Crafts
Challenge #7 Add Some Dimension (Pearls, Popped Up Image) at Kaboodle Doodles
Anything Goes at Always Crafting
Challenge #24 Use Punches or Dies at Deep Ocean
CHallenge #59 Birthday at Ladybug Crafts Ink
Die Cuts And Punches at Oldie But A Goodie Challenge
Anything Goes at Papertake Weekly
Challenge #44 Special Occasion (Birthday) at Let's Craft and Create
Birthday at Simon Says Stamp
CHallenge #37 Spots And Dots at Whimsy Inspirations
Challenge #53 Anything Goes at Aud Sentiments
Challenge #26 Inspire Us (Bugaboo Stamps) at Craft Us Crazy
Challenge #78 Happy Birthday at Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge #70 Circles at Do You Stack Up
Favorite Embellishment (Pearls) at 4 Crafty Chicks
Challenge #106 Anything Goes at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Lots of Layers at Milk Coffee Challenges
Challenge #1 Animals at Alota Rubber Stamps
DTBST#123 You've Been Framed at Sassy Studio Designs
Challenge #106 Three of Something (Papers) at Mark's Finest Papers
Challenge #90 Anything Goes at 2 Sisters
Challenge #2 Anything Goes at Just Keep On Creating
Challenge #82 Animals at Alota Rubber Stamps

Have You Seen The Tooth Fairy?

Welcome to another Oldie But Goodie Thursday, for Bugaboo Stamps! This is the day of the week where the DT each chooses an older Bugaboo image, and puts them in the spotlight.  I love Oldie But Goodie Thursdays, and I bet you do, too!  This gives you a chance to see some of the older images, and how wonderful they all are!

My card, today, uses the image, Tooth Fairy - Tooth Fairy and is colored with Promarkers. Isn't she a cutie?! And she looks wonderful in pastels! This turned out to be a cute girly card, didn't it?! I used a heart print paper, as well as a gingham, both from my stash. Of course, the party isn't complete, without some polka dots thrown in! I added this pink polka dotted ribbon from my stash, as well as two purple polka dotted buttons. The bottom edge of the gingham paper is punched with a flower border, punched with a border punch by Martha Stewart.  For the card layout, I used the Sketch at Paper Make up Stamps.

This card is for a girl at work, to give to her daughter.  The little one was so excited to have lost her very first tooth! Truly a special occasion, to a child.


I am entering this card in the following challenges:


Linky Party #87 at Make It Monday
Be Inspired (Colors) at There's Magic In The Air
Anything Goes at Always Crafting
Challenge #9 Ribbon at Creative Card Crew
Anything Goes at Creative Craft Challenges
Anything Goes at The Poodles Parlour
Challenge #103 Clean and Simple at Phindy's Place
Challenge #129 Congratulations (losing first tooth) at Totally Gorjuss
Challenge #44 Just For Children at Craft your Days Away
Challenge #115 Mint, Pink and White at Sketchy Colors (I added purple buttons, too - hope that's ok!)
Challenge #143 Mother's Day or Girlie (Girlie) at Incy Wincy
Challenge #108 Lots of Texture (ribbon and buttons) at Craft Your Passion
Challenge #7 Add Some Dimension (Pearls, Popped Up Image) at Kaboodle Doodles
Anything Goes at Papertake Weekly
Challenge #44 Special Occasion (Losing Very First Tooth) at Let's Craft and Create
Challenge #82 Favorite Color Combo (Pink and Green) at Crafts And Me
Challenge #26 Inspire Us (Bugaboo Stamps) at Craft Us Crazy
Challenge #106 Anything Goes at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Favorite Embellishment (buttons) at 4 Crafty Chicks
Challenge #153 Buttons at C.R.A.F.T
CHallenge #203 Memories at Rainbow Lady's
Challenge #43 Get Your Girly On at Southern Girls Challenge
DTBST#123 You've Been Framed at Sassy Studio Designs
Lots of Layers at Milk Coffee Challenges
Challenge #23 Ribbon or Twine at Bunny Zoe's Crafts
Challenge #47 Feminine + Ribbon at Really Reasonable Ribbon

Let It All Hang Out

Whoo Hoo! Are you ready to Let It All Hang Out, with Craft Your Passion?! The DT had the opportunity to work with some fabulous images by our sponsor, KennyK, this week, and we're all letting it all hang out, in one way or another!

We want you all to come over and join is in this week's challenge, "Let It All Hang Out." There are so many fun ways to incorporate this theme into your creations! You could use an image, that has something hanging out. Or hang a charm on your card or project. Even something hanging over the edge of your card! (Like in my card, above). Be creative, play along with us at Craft Your Passion this week, and show us how YOU "Let It All Hang Out!" You could win some awesome digi's from KennyK!

For my card today, I used this sexy Maggie Mayhem Digi, from KennyK. She is definitly letting it all hang out! I love KennyK's sexy sassy images! They are fabulous, and so much fun to create with! I've colored this sexy little vixen with Promarkers. I'm trying to perfect the coloring of Black hair, to get a look that I really like, and I'm pretty happy with this one. I used a dark grey and a fine line 0.3 Letraset marker, for her hair. I wanted to give it a special look, since her hair is blowing in the wind. Not sure I managed to get the effect I want, but I like how it turned out. Ive used a combination of two fabulous papers... The purple and white animal print, and the purple embossed crocodile patterned paper. (It has checks on it if you enlarge the pic) I love love love these two together! Of course, I had to add some lace to this sexy sassy lady. The lace, ribbon and rhinestones are all from my stash. I added glitter and sparkle to the image with a clearstar gelly roll pen. The wings are hanging over the edge of the card just slightly. The rhinestones and irridescent wings are from Pizzazz Aplenty. I beleive my card this week definitely "Lets It All Hang Out!" The image is mounted with foam mounting tape for Dimension and Pop Up effect.


I am entering this card in the following challenges:


Challenge #53 Anything Goes at Penny's Paper-Crafty
Challenge #117 The Letter S (Sexy) at Creative Belli Blog
Challenge #28 No Sentiment at Aud Sentiments
Mono Moments at The Crafty Purple Frog
Anything Goes at Mygrafico
Challenge #10 Sassy & Sparkly at Do It With Digi's
Challenge #20 Recipe: 1 image, 2 Papers, 3 Different embellishments at Card Makin Mamas
Challenge #26 Spots And/or Stripes at Mami Doodles
Goin' Digital at Stamps R us
Challenge #40 Spot And/Or Stripes at Lexi's Creations
Challenge #152 Anything Goes at A Spoonfull of Sugar
Colors at Clear It Out
Sparkle and Shine at Simon Says Stamp
Challenge #53 Anything Goes at Penny's Paper-Crafty
Challenge #57 Anything Goes at Truly Scrumptious
Challenge #18 Teens/Kids (kids) at Whimsie Doodles
Challenge #2 One For The Girls at Divas By Designs
Challenge #59 Embossing at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Challenge #83 Anything Goes at Crafty Catz
Challenge #41 Frames at Sarah Hurley
Mono Moments (Purples) at The Crafty Purple Frog
Challenge #10 Sassy & Sparkly at Do It With Digi's
Challenge #37 Embellish It (Ribbon, Lace, Rhinestones, Wings) at Crafty Emma's
Challenge #7 Sparkle at Little Claire's Designs
Challenge #14 So Girly at KB Cute Monday
Challenge #12 Lace at Bunny Zoe's Crafts
Challenge #63 Bling It On at One Stitch At A Time
Challenge #56 Anything Goes at I Did It Creations
Challenge #24 Anything Goes at Really Reasonable Ribbon
Challenge #40 Bling It On at Lollipop Crafts
Challenge #28 Anything Goes at Woodware USA
Challenge #64 Make It Sparkle at Karen's Doodles
Challenge #68 1,2,3 Recipe ( 1 image, 2 papers, 3 colors – Purple, white & Black) at The Crazy Challenge
Challenge #59 Check It Out (Checks are on the crocodile embossed paper)at Alota Rubber Stamps

I'm a Guest Designer! Let's Celebrate!

Today, I have some fun news! I was asked to be a Guest Designer for one challenge at Digistamps4Joy...And today is the day! Whoo Hooo! I was so excited at the chance to be a guest designer. Their challenge theme today is Celebrate. I got to use this adorable freckle faced couple. Aren't they adorable?! Reminds me so much of young love, so I just had to use it to make a wedding card. Hurry over to Digistamps4Joy and join us in the "celebrate" challenge! We'd love to see what you create!

My card layout uses the Sketch at Hanna and Friends. The image is colored with Promarkers. The sheer blue ribbon and lovely flowered papers are from my stash. I used a white flower by Recollections, layerd on top of branches of leaves punched with a Martha Stewart punch. The butterfly embellishment was purchased back in March at the scrapbook expo in Columbus. The sentiment is by Sentiments 4 You and is punched with the oval and scalloped oval punches by Stampin Up. The image and sentiment are mounted with foam mounting tape for 3D effect and dimension.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:


Challenge #92 Sketch from Kiki at Hanna and Friends
Challenge #56 Anything Goes at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Challenge #78 Anything Goes at AI Factory
Challenge #8 Wedding at Stampin' For The Weekend
Challenge #89 Anything Goes at Paper Cutz
Challenge #37 Royal Wedding at Easy Craft Projects
Challenge #17 Anything Goes at Crafts 4 Eternity
Challenge #5 Winged Things (Butterfly embellishment) at The Stamping Boutique
Royal at Creative Belli Blog
Challenge #80 Congratulations at Crafty Catz
Week 17 April Showers Bring May Flowers at Charisma Cardz
Challenge #7 Flowers at Craft Us Crazy
Challenge #9 Bling at Paper Crafting Journey
Challenge #8 Punches or Diecuts at Little Miss Muffet
Something With Wings (Butterfly Embellishment) at Stamp Something
FF#77 Things With Wings (Butterfly Embellishment) at If The Shoe Fits
Challenge #51 April Showers Bring May Flowers at Prairie Fairy
April Showers Bring Forth May Flowers at Crafty Calendar
Challenge #53 Use A Die or Punch at Wags 'n Whiskers
For A Loved One at Card Makin Mamas
May Day at Stamping With The Dragon
Challenge #78 1,2, 3 Recipe (1 butterfly,2 Patterned Papers, 3 branches of leaves) at Totally Gorjuss
May Flowers and Pastel Colors at Catch The Bug
Challenge #47 Free For All at Pear Tree Designs
Anything Goes at Scrappy Frogs
Challenge #109 Photo Inspiration (Colors) at Cupcake Inspirations
Challenge #25 Let's Get Girly at Mami Doodles
Challenge #6 Flowers at Dream Valley Challenges
Challenge #91 Anything Goes at Pollycraft
Challenge #92 I Do at Incy Wincy
Challenge #109 Lace or Ribbon at Stamp With Fun
Challenge #32 May Flowers at Daisy Doodles
Challenge #88 Wedding at Die Cut Dreams
Challenge #44 Friend (Wedding) at Paper Playtime
TSG105 3D Flower Fun at There She Goes Clear Stamps
Bugs and Plants (Flower, Leaves and Butterfly) at Netty G's
DDH5 Bling (Butterly with gem) at Digi Design House
Occasion Oasis: Wedding at Stamping Vacation
Annimal Applause: Any Creature Associated With A Coccoon (Butterfly Embellishment) at Stamping Vacation
Challenge #10 Anything Goes at Sparkles Forum
Challenge #32 Open at Top Tip Tuesday
Challenge #153 Open at Flutterby Wednesday
Anything Goes at Papertake Weekly
Something Old (ribbon) Something New ( Patterned Papers) at Try It On Tuesday
Challenge #5 Ribbon or Trim at Clear It Out
Challenge #81 Butterflies at Claudia & Company
Challenge #64 Song Title (Young Love) at I Love Promarkers
Challenge #60 Make Mine Double (punch, 2 people, green) Green at Cooking It Up With Katie
Anything Goes at The Emerald Faerie Garden
HSC4 Case A Cake (photo #2 colorful and bright) at Studio 313 Hotspot

Anything Goes for The End of The Term

Iris' Spot has a fun new challenge for you, today! Anything Goes! Whoo Hoo! I know everyone loves this kind of challenge! You can make anything you want! Anything at all! How cool is that?! We can't wait to see what you come up with for this one! The challenge at Iris' Spot is being sponsored by the oh so cool Stef Hughes of Glitterbabe's Digis! Hurry over to Iris' Spot and play along for your chance to win a fabulous digi prize!

Wow! Time has flown by and its already the end of my term for the DT at Iris' Spot. I've had so much fun working with this spunky little lady! I'm sad to be posting my last DT card, but I know she'll be bringing in another fabulous DT for the new term and I wish her all the best with her new DT.

For my card today, I've used this adorable fairy image from Glitterbabe's Digis. This little cutie is cut out using nestabilities, colored with Promarkers, and glitter added for sparkle and shine. She is matted on a gold metallic cardstock printed with gold metallic stars and cut out with nesties. After all, what is a fairy without sparkle and glitter?! Both DP are from my stash. The pink paper has a quilted look, with faux stitching. I used pink mulberry paper flowers I found on clearance at meijer. The sprigs of leaves are punched with a punch by Martha Stewart. I added some pink rhinestone swirls/flourishes that I bought at the Scrapbook Expo last month. The sentiment is from Sentiments 4 You and is punched with the oval and scalloped oval punches by Stampin Up, then mounted with foam mounting tape, for dimension.


I am entering this card in the following challenges:


Anything Goes at MyGrafico
Challenge #24 Wings at Beary Scrap
Challenge #25 Photo Inspiration (Colors) at My Partner In Crafting Crime
Challenge #43 Shine With Lots of Sparkle at Fresh Brewed Designs
Challenge #80 Clean and Simple at Claudia & Company
Challenge #31 Pink and Sweet at Crafts And Me
PWC#150 Pink, Green and Neutral at Paper Pretties
Challenge #2 Glitter at My Mum's Craft Shop
Challenge #55 Glitter and Glitz at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Challenge #26 Anything Goes at Aud Sentiments
Challenge #79 Children's Cards at Crafty Catz
Challenge #58 Show Me A Pink Flowery Lady at Cooking It Up With Katie
Challenge #99 Flowers at C.R.A.F.T
Challenge #77 Flowers In Bloom at AI Factory
Challenge #8 Fairies, Pixies and Elves at Do It With Digi's
Challenge #51 April Showers Bring May Flowers at Prairie Fairy
April Showers Bring Forth May Flowers at Crafty Calendar
Challenge #19 Spring Colors at Card Makin Mamas
Challenge #22 Anything Goes at Delicious Doodles
Challenge #77 Bling It On at Totally Gorjuss
Challenge #32 Spring Colors at Crafty Emma's
Challenge #107 Pretty Punches at Digital Tuesday
Challenge #46 Colorful at Pear Tree Designs
Challenge #52 Let's Get Punchy at Sentimental Sunday
Recipe Challenge (1 Image, 2 printed Papers and 3 embellishments – Flowers, swirls, leaves) at I Did It Creations
Challenge #44 Digi Monday - Friend - at Paper Playtime
Fairies at Whoopsi Daisy
Challenge #108 Pile It On! (5 layers counting white card base) at Stamptacular Sunday
Challenge #58 Digi Day at Creative Inspirations
Use A Punch At Card Cupids
Challenge #10 Anything Goes at Sparkles Forum
Layers and Stitching (Faux stitching on Pink DP) at House of Gilli
Challenge #4 Bold and Bright at Bows and Berries

I'll Have Some Pearls With My Carrots

Good Morning Bloggers!! And what a Marvelous Monday it is! Today is another Featured image at Shelly's Images. Whoo Hoo!


Today, Shelly's Images is thinking about Spring and the garden, featuring the new Carrot Patch image.

This fabulous image can be yours, today only, at a special price, in Shelly's Store. Check out the other wonderful images, too, while you're there!

For my card layout, I used the fabulous sketch at One Crazy Stamper. Not sure why I mixed in some scraps of vintage paper on this card, but it seemed to be just right to me. I love the colors together. And you all know how much I love polka dots in any size! I found this cool ribbon trim at Michael's a long time ago, in the dollar bin and just never had used it. I thought it was about time to put it to use. I used pearls to add to the centers of the flowers. The image, of course is by Shelly's Images and colored with Promarkers. Pearls were also used to embellish the bottom left corner of the image. I added this cute silver and white glittery butterfly as a finishing touch. All items used to create this card are from my stash.


I am entering this card in the following challenges:


Sketch at One Crazy Stamper
Trio Tastic (3 Panels of Green and white paper) at Papertake Weekly
Green at Creative Card Crew
Challenge #39 Spots and Dots at Fresh Brewed Designs
Challenge #20 Two Tone at Creatalicious
Challenge #50 Dots at Meljen's Designs
Challenge #61 Sketch or Green at The Pixie Cottage
Challenge #35 Spring Has Sprung at The Creative Cottage
SDC26 Animals, Insects (butterfly) or Birds at Stampotiue
Green at Whimsie Doodles
Challenge #27 Spring Flowers (flower ribbon/trim) at Scrapbook Sisters
HSC2: Channeling Your Inner Movie Star (colors) at HotSpot
Challenge #66 Go Green at Pixie Dust Studio
Challenge #51 Anything Goes at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Challenge #72 Things With Wings (Butterfly) at AI Factory
Going Green at The Crafty Purple Frog
I See Dots at Guylou's Inimitability
Challenge #6 Up In The Air at Paper Crafting Journey
Challenge #1 Anything Goes at Amber's Crafts
Challenge #18 Spring at Crafty Calendar
Challenge #83 Anything Goes at Paper Cutz
Challenge #47 Welcome Spring at I Did It Creations
Challenge #22 Celebrate Spring at Mami Doodles
Challenge #50 Spring at Wags 'n Whiskers
Challenge #17 Go Green at Pattie's Creations
Challenge #47 Hot Stuff/Warm Colors/Sunshine at Phindy's Place
Bring On Spring at Stamping With The Dragon
Challenge #48 Spring Florals at Bee Crafty
challenge #29 Green at Daisy Doodles
Challenge #113 The Letter C (Carrots) at Creative Belli Blog
Spring at Card Cupids
Anything Goes at MyGrafico
Challenge #12 Pearls and Rhinestones at Pile It On
ASC38 Happy Spring at Aly's Sunday Challenge
Challenge #113 Use A Digi at The Crafty Pad
Challenge #57 Photo Inspiration (color-green) at Critter Challenge
Challenge #103 Spring at Stamp With Fun
Challenge #21 Spring at Creative Stamp Friends
Spring at Stamps R Us
Challenge #31 Butterflies at Lollipop Crafts
Challenge #6 Flower Power at Digi's By Phooka
Challenge #1 Happiness Is Spring at Happy Craftin Critters
Challenge #5 Brads, Gems or Pearls at Little Miss Muffet
Challenge #9 Spring at Stamp and Create

OMG!!! Kenny K Is Having A DT Call!!!!

Anyone who knows me knows that Kenny K is one of my most favorite Digi companies! His images are so "me" in style! When I found out Kenny K is having a DT call, my first thought was, "OMG, I have to apply!" But then I got to thinking about how many people would be applying and figured I wouldn't really have a chance. So I thought about it and tossed the idea around in my head...

Around, and around, and around...

I tossed the idea around so much, that I felt like I was tossing a salad!

You know what they say though, we're our own worst critics! And mama always said, "You will never know, if you don't try." And mama was right. I have to try, or I'll always wonder, "What if I had..."

So, here I am Kenny K!


My first example is one of my new favorites. This is my first attempt at doing an altered clock. My friend, Dan, loves Mystical, Magical and Fantasy themed items, so I wanted to give him something different, this year for Christmas. The image is from Rick St Dennis. I apologize that the image in the photo isn't super clear to show off the coloring, but It took me several attempts to get a decent picture of it. All the sparkle on the image, plus the glare on the glass made it difficult to get a perfect photo of the clock.






This next one is one of the most favorite cards I have ever made. My first attempt at a side step card! This one was so much fun to make, and plus I love Halloween! I even incorporated acetate into this card, to be different. I made another of these that I love, also, but I don't want to bore anyone with posting two types of the same card. The images on the card are from Stamping Dragon Designs.





And, since this post is for the Kenny K DT call, and Christmas is fast approaching, it's only fitting that I show you my Christmas cards for this year. Sometimes I think simple is the way to go. Some images and papers go so great together, that you just don't need or want to add a lot of "extras." I love Kenny K's new Santa image and found this awesome glittered cardstock that I knew would look great with Santa. The layout, I felt, was perfect for Santa and the papers, so all I really needed was a little extra "bling" from the silver Christmas tree trim.





Now, the waiting begins. I'm crossing my fingers that I'll get to be one of Kenny K's Krafty Girlz!

Thank you, Kenny K, for the opportunity to apply!

Rick St Dennis Is In The House!

It's challenge time, again, at Stamping With The Dragon. and we have a special sponsor, with a special prize, this time!

We're being sponsored by none other than Rick St Dennis, and he's giving the winner an awesome prize! There will only be ONE LUCKY WINNER for this week's challenge. That winner will receive a Once in a Lifetime Digital Sheet of the 3 dragons images used by the Design Team, as well as several other images that fit the theme.





For those of you not familiar with Rick St Dennis, here is his bio:

Now a much collected pen and ink artist brings his art to DIGI-Stamps!
Designer of over 100 theatrical productions, Rick St Dennis is also the author of 4 books on decorative painting and contributor to at least a dozen national magazines on crafts and art. He has taught design at the college level as well as seminars and classes across the USA and Canada. He is one of a handful of designers to have designed TWO productions of AIDA, Verdi's massive Egyptian opera spectacle. Currently living in the quiet beach community of Seal Beach, California he writes restaurant reviews and theater reviews between assignments for web designs, logos and creating art for local shows. Rick has appeared on such TV shows as Home Matters with Susan Powell, Aileen's Crafts and others. He was Crafts editor for Country Folk Art Magazine and sells his artwork nationally through galleries and shows. Among numerous awards he has won a presidential commendation in 1976 for his contributions to the bicentennial year including the design of the west coast premier of William Grant Still's opera BAYOU LEGEND. His drawings and paintings are in the collections of Diana Ross, Sandy Duncan, Sammy Davis Jr. and Jacqueline Onnasis amongst others.


Our challenge theme is fantasy. Rick St Dennis gave the DT three awesome dragon images to work with, for our fantasy theme. I was soooo excited, too, because I've always loved fantasy themed things, so this was right up my alley!

For my DT project, I decided to try something new, and alter a clock. This is my first attempt, so I was a little nervous about it, but I'm very happy with how it turned out.


My friend, Dan, loves fantasy themed things as much, if not more, than I do. So I thought this clock would make a perfect Christmas gift for him!






I used this awesome dragon image called, "Late Knight Snack," by Rick St Dennis, and colored him with my Promarkers. Glitter and sparkle were adding to the image with a Clearstar Gelly Roll pen. The blue DP is embossed with silver stars and seems to fit perfect with the image and theme. The silver numbers are cut out and then matted on green cardstock.

This was such a fun project to make, and I love how it turned out!

I am entering this christmas gift in the following challenges:

Challenge #110 Handmade Christmas Gifts at The Secret Crafter
Gearing Up For Christmas at Catch The Bug (Bugaboo)
C4C64 Circles at Crazy 4 Challenges
Challenge #30 Circles at Speedy The Cat's Friends
Challenge #86 A Time For Giving at Stamptacular Sunday
Evergreen at Keep It Simple
Challenge #19 Wait "Time" at Scrappekammeret
Jungle Jungle at By The Cute And Girly
TD06 Anything But A Card At Tiffany's Doodles
Challenge #41 Food (Dragon is Holding a sandwhich) at Critter Challenge
Challenge #71 Feeling Blue at Pollycraft
Cut It Out at Papertake Weekly
Decoration at Tuesday Taggers
Challenge #118 Shapes at Everybody Art
Challenge #42 Anything Goes at I Love Promarkers
Tip Top #11 Layer Upon Layer at Tip Top Tuesday
Challenge #131 Anything Goes at A Spoon Full of Sugar
Challenge #50 Go With The Flow at Fab N Funky
Challenge #97 Old & New (Old paper, New digi) at Passion For Promarkers
Challenge #24 Clean & Simple at Paper Pretties
Hump Day Inspiration #24 Anything Goes at Inktegrity
Challenge #78 Christmas Gift at C.R.A.F.T
Challenge #4 Anything Goes at Hodge Podge Shop
Challenge #30 Anything With Wings at I Did It Creations
E is for Embossing (embossed stars on DP) at Alphabet Challenge
Challenge #115 Gift Items at Mami Doodles
Challenge #41 Wrap It Up at Wags 'n Whiskers
Challenge #47 Stars at Paper Play
Challenge Yourself-Try Something New (altered clock) at Stamp Insanity
Challenge #28 Photo Inpsiration (colors) at Crafty Ann's

Little Angel Bear

It's time for another challenge at Stamping With the Dragon. We are sponsored by the wonderful Beary Dust stamps! If you haven't checked out Beary Dust, you really need to! She has soo many cute images!

This time,the challenge is to use a recipe: Use a transparency on your card, and three buttons. (As you can see from my card above, I went a little wild with the buttons and used too many! LOL) These buttons are recycled from an old shirt, when I did my cleaning spree on the closets and throwing out old clothes. I apologize for the quality of the photo. I tried several times to take a better one but they all came out with that shiny glare from the transparency on the front of the card. I hope you'll be able to see the card well enough.

This cute image is Angel Bear, from Beary Dust Stamps. I used the sketch at Crafty Sentiments for the layout of the card. The image was colored with my Promarkers. The bear's wings and halo were glittered to add sparkle. I decided to go with all shades of green for my color scheme. The background paper is striped (hard to see in the pic--Again, I apologize about that). I used a scalloped border punch by Martha Stewart to punch the border on the cardstock behind the image. The sentiment, "Cherish" is from Stampin Up, punched in white with the oval punch from Stampin Up, then matted on a green scalloped oval from Stampin Up! (Reminding us to celebrate life and cherish each day that we live to enjoy) I used transparency as the overlay for the card. The transparency was embossed with the Cuttlebug using the Divine Swirls folder. I finished the card by adding the buttons on top of the overlay, down the left side of the image. My Cuttlebug is one of my favorite things...I love all the cool things you can do with it.

Now, it's your turn to play along with us in this challenge! Let your imagination run wild and let's see your creative ways to use transparency on a project. Then, take a pic of it and upload it to the challenge post, here, at Stamping With The Dragon. You may use stamps from any company on your card, so there are no image restrictions. You have till July 15th to play with us. Make sure you do! You don't want to miss the great prize of Digi images of your choice, from Beary Dust Stamps.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Challenge #25 Sketch at Crafty Sentiments
Something With Wings at Whimsical Ink Sorority
Challenge #10 Die Cuts at Speedy The Cat's
Challenge #13 Free For All at Wee Memories
Challenge #1 It's Up To You at Ellephantastic
Challenge #26 My Favorite Things at Pile It On
Challenge #6 Mostly Monochromatic at Sundays With Crissy
Scallops & Embellishments at Cowgirl Up!
Challenge #7 Animals at Pear Tree Designs
July Pick 3: (Transparency, Border punch, Glitter) at Stamping Vacation
Circles (Buttons) & Squares (background paper)at Crafty Angels
Week #17 Let's Make An Impression at The Shabby Tea Room
Challenge #5 Emboss It at Beary Scrap
To Die For at Creative Card Crew
Challenge #98 Angelic at My Time To Craft
Up In The Air at Crazy Challenge
Challenge #1 Anything Goes At 2 Sisters
Challenge #15 Circles Galore (buttons) at Meljen's Designs
Challenge #112 Open at Flutter By Wednesdays
Challenge #101 Sparkling at Stamp With Sarah Kay
Challenge #15 Texture at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Challenge #3 Cute at Craftalicious
Celebrations at Shelly's Images
Challenge #43 Green With Envy at AI Factory
Challenge #57 Monochromatic at Treehouse Stamps
DDCC81 Flower (Phot0) Inspiration (I used the color green from the photo) at Diedrich Dare
Week #27 Photo Inspiration (colors) at Prairie Fairy
Monochrome at The Town Scrapper
Animals at Paper Make Up Stamps