New Release Day at Bugaboo

It is time for another New Release over at Bugaboo and Jodie has some cuties for you this week. I can't wait for you to see all of the New Critter Sign It Images that are in the Bugaboo Store this morning. The Design Team has done a great job with the examples too and you can catch those over on the Bugaboo Challenge Blog.
For my card today I used the Bear Sign It and colored the image with my Copics. I cut out the opening on the sandwich board and used a piece of Chalkboard paper by DCWV to hand write the sentiment with a Zig Chalk Writer. Then I cut a piece of blue Chalkboard paper to mount the whole thing onto and did some doodling around the border. The papers are from a 6"X6" pad from Authentique.

 And here's a close-up for you.

I hope you head over to the Bugaboo Challenge Blog and check out all the great things going on over there today. Lots of incredible Work to be seen. Have a Great Day everyone.

Saturday Challenge Day at Bugaboo

So for the last Challenge of February over at Bugaboo we would like to see some Pearls and Lace and Hearts. Just one last nod to Valentines maybe. Or Love, or just plain ole pretty. It is up to you. If you head over to the Bugaboo Blog you can check out the great projects the Design Team has to share with you as well as all the rules and prize information.
For my card today I used one of Jodie's new Kidz images, Girl With Heart. I colored the image with my Copics and added a little Stickels to the shoes and headband and the little Heart in her hands. The papers I used are some Digital papers from a kit by the Digi Chick (Dreams Of Spring)

 And here is a close-up for you

I can't wait to see what you all come up with this week. So get out there and have a wonderful weekend.

Friday Freebie at Bugaboo

I'm very happy that it is Friday this week. I have been fighting the chest cold that my husband passed along and it will be nice not to have to go anywhere for a couple of days. The other reason for loving Friday is the Freebie over at Bugaboo. Jodie has a great one again for you today. Head over to the Bugaboo Store and grab one for yourself and then stop by the Bugaboo Challenge Blog and see all the great cards by the Design Team.

For my card today I colored the image with copics and added stickles here and there to make it shine.

 Even the Designer Papers by We Are Memories is shiney.

I hope you all have a great weekend and can get some crafting time in.

Dilly Beans Challenge

Here it is Friday again with another Challenge over at Dilly Beans. Todays Challenge is to add some Stitching to your project. Faux or real, a little or a lot. Wait until you see the great examples by the Design Team. Head over to the Dilly Beans Designers and Friday Challenge Blog and check them out.
For my card today I used one of Megan's latest Designs, #336 Girl and Butterfly.
I have had this piece of paper from Prima for several years now just waiting for the perfect project and this is it. I just love the stitching that is done on it. The two flowers are made by using a SVG die cut from La La Studios. ( sorry the link is not working tonight)

 I colored the image with Copics and then added some Glossy Glaze and Stickels to the eye and butterfly.

I hope you can join us this week for our Stitching Challenge. Everyone has been entering som incredible projects lately and I caan't wait to see what you all do this week.

I hope you all have a great weekend.

Sending Happiness From Pile It On

Well it is time for another Challenge over at Pile It On and this week we have a fun one for you. The theme is Sending Happiness. If you head over to the Pile It On Challenge Blog you can find all the Details and enter to win some free images from our Great Sponsor for the week: Meljen's Designs.

For my card this week I made an Easel Card and used 3 Meljen's Images for it. Birds Little Letter,

Mailed With Love and Stamped With Love. I used some new papers that I picked up the other day by American Crafts and colored the images with my Copics. I added the border to the front image to match the Meljen's image on the inside.

 This is the card standing up. Love the way the brads and buttons match the papers so well.

When you open the card all the way this is how it looks. Stampin' Up ribbon is a perfect match and the little birds cut from the designer paper is too cute.

 I even decorated the back of the card.

I used the Sketch from Sketches By Carly for this and I will also be entering this in the Following Challenges:

Aud Sentiments: Have the word Happy on the front
CMC Copic's Challenge: Lots of Bright Fun Colours
Make It Colorful: Spring Colors Inspiration
Just Us Girls: Color Challenge
Card Makin Mamas: Happy Birthday
http://theseinspiredchallenges.blogspot.com/
Crafty Anns: Bold and Bright
Crafty Catz Weekly: Favorite Things (buttons)
Daring Cardmakers: Post It
Digi Doodle Shop: Anything Goes
Divis By Design: Wings and Things
DYSU Challenge Blog:Layers
Fabulous Friday at Frosted Designs: Brads or Eyelets
Fairy Tale Challenge Blog: Spring
Little Darlings Challenge: Favorite Embellishment
MelJens Designs: Anything Goes
Paper Crafting Journey: Make It Cute
The Alley Way Stamps Challenge: Inspiration Photo
365 Cards: Hang It. Hang at least 3 things from yarn or string or ribbon

I hope you all have a great week and I can't wait to see what you all make this week.

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A New Challenge At Bugaboo

Today at Bugaboo we have a Sketch Challenge for you.

So head on over to the Bugaboo Challenge blog for all the details and to see what the Design Team has to share with you today.
For my card I used Jodie's Birthday Penguin-Cupcake for the image, colored it with Copics and added some Stickles to the bellie and the cupcake frosting. The paper I used is from a new pad I picked up at Hobby Lobby yesterday

A close-up for you.

I can't wait to see what you all create this week and I hope you all have a great week.

A New Challenge At Dilly Beans

It is Friday again and that means it is time for a New Challenge at Dilly Beans. This week the Theme is Layers of Red. The Design Team has some wonderful examples over on the Dilly Beans Designers and Challenge Blog. Run and take a look.
For my card I used one of Megans new images that you can find in the Dilly Beans Store. This one is called Day Of The Dead Frida. I made the background paper using glossy card stock and Distress Inks as well as some Perfect Pearls. I colored the images with Copics and used Glossy Glaze on the eyes and lips. This was really hard to photograph and get the colors right and show the word rub ons that are on the hair.

 These two photos show the rub ons better.

I really hope to see you come join us this week at Dilly Beans for our Layers Of Red Challenge. Have a great weekend everyone.

Friday Freebie at Bugaboo

Can you believe it is Friday again already. Now for some of you it is happy dance time because it is the weekend and for us ole retired folks it is just happy dance time because....i can't remember. LOL At any rate it is Happy Dance Time for us who follow Bugaboo Designs because Jodie has another Freebie for us and the Design Team has a bunch of incredible samples for us to drool over on the Bugaboo Challenge Blog.
For my card today I pulled out some older Basic Grey papers that I have in my stash and some fall flowers and ribbons to highlight this adorable little Sheriff. My grandson would love this.

 I took two flowers apart and put them back together to make this one. Love it.

So run over to the Bugaboo Store and grab a sheriff for yourself and check out the rest of the collection. These are the cutest.

Now get out there and have a great weekend. I hope the weather will be nice for you wherever you are.  

New Release Day At Bugaboo.

Can you believe it is Valentines Day already. Have a happy one everyone.
Today is a New Release day over at Bugaboo and wait till you see the cuties Jodie has for you today. This little guy just made me think Spring. So I got out one of my K and Co. paper packs and some Spring colored card stock and made a happy card for today. I printed the pig onto some pink designer paper and then added Copics to the ears nose and hooves and some Glossy glaze.

 The glossy glaze is still wet in these photos but I was rushing to get this in on time. That is thick stuff.

Run over to the Bugaboo Challenge blog and see what the design team has for you today, you can grab this little sweetie in the Bugaboo Store and then go out and have a wonderful Valentines Day.

Two Challenge Cards for Bugaboo Today

Today over at Bugaboo we are proud to have Kenny K as our Sponsor.

The rules are simple: Create an project inspired by our below photo and post a link to it on Bugaboo Stamps' challenge blog, Catch the Bug, by 2/18/12 at 6:00 AM EST to be entered a random drawing for three digi prize packs - seven (7) (using a Bugaboo image only), four (4), or two (2) using any image! New projects only no backlinking please! In addition to our normal prize pack Kenny K’s is also offering a prize pack!  
So for the Challenge today we have an Inspiration Photo for you all. It will be fun to see how you interpret it. So go get busy and enter soon.

Here is the card I made today using a Kenny K image and the inspiration photo.

The background papers are Basic Grey and I colored the image with Copics.

 Just love the leather boots. Don't forget to run on over to the Bugaboo Blog and see all the great projects by the Design Team.

For the second card today Bugaboo is Sponsoring Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge this week.

The theme for the Challenge (besides the obvious Christmas Card) is to use Angels or Fairies in your creation. And when you finish enter for a chance to win some Bugaboo Images and be happy to know that you are on your way to getting those Christmas cards finished up for next year.

For my card today I used one of Jodie's Bugaboo Images called Wee Ones Fairy-Side Cloud.

I colored the image with Copics, added some Snow Pen to the cloud along with some Stickels and paired that up with some Basic Grey papers.

Look at those rosy little cheeks.

 Now head over to Crafty Hazel's and see what the Design Team has to share with you today.
I really hope to see you join the fun and I really hope you have a great weekend.

A New Challenge And New Images At Dilly Beans

First off there is a new challenge up at Dilly Beans Designers and Challenge Blog and the Design team has come up with some awesome projects as always. You will want to head over to the Blog and check those out for sure. I hope you all will find some time to play along with us this week for our "Love Is In The Air" challenge.
For my card I used Megan's great Girlie Skellies Collage Sheet and  one of the Monster Boys images. So much fun. I colored the Monster Boy with my Copis as well as a couple of Megan's hearts and then for the hearts I covered those in super fine glitter. the tiny hearts on the side are from the Collage sheet and have a good layer of Glossy Glaze on them.

 The piece of polka dot paper is Bo Bunny and I punched out a few of the Dots so you can see the background card stock. I colored that with some red ink and the smooch technique.

 Also this week Megan added some New Images in the Store and I'm so in love with them and I'm sure you will be too.  I had to print this out and color it the minute I saw it. There are Nine new images in all. Run and see them quick.
I used some Graphic 45 papers for this and then for the image I colored it with my Copics and then the background is painted with iridescent water colors. Well I got some of the watercolor on the black outlines of the hair and I did not like the way that looked so I used a Black Gel Pen to trace over all the lines in the hair. Much better.

 Here is a close up for you.

Don't forget to join us at the Challenge Blog for the new Challenge this week and I can't wait to see all the great entries for this week.

A New Freebie at Bugaboo

It is Friday and that means that it is time for a new Freebie at Bugaboo. Todays Image is a cutie and I'm sure everyone will love it. Head over to the Bugaboo Store and grab one for yourself. Once you have that jump over to the Bugaboo Challenge Blog and see all the fantastic projects that the Design Team has to share today.
For my card this morning I colored the image with Copics and used papers from a pad that I picked up at Ross. It is amazing the things you can find out there. I paper pieced the hat.

 The buttons came from a jar that I bought at Tuesday Morning today. I ended up getting 5 different color combos.

Isn't this image adorable? I'd love to see what you all do with it. When you make something let me know in the comment section and I'll come check it out.
 I hope you all have a great day.

A New Release At Bugaboo

Well Jodie, over at Bugaboo, has done it again. She has put together the perfect Card Making Combo.
And if that wasn't enough it is all about Chocolate Chips. Yep. Today's new release at Bugaboo is a Card Kit, 2 designer papers, 2 cute sentiments and an adorable image.You can also buy the pieces individually. You can drop in at the Bugaboo Store and pick yours up now and then don't forget to go by the Bugaboo Challenge Blog to see all the great ideas the Design Team has to share today.
 For my card I colored the image with Copics, and cut the background circles with a Nestie and then embossed the card stock with a new Tim Holtz embossing folder. Some string and a few buttons and I'm good to go. Isn't this a cute card?

 I added a bit of Glossy Glaze to all the chocolate chips.

I found this great sketch for the card today at Love To Create.Today is the first Challenge at Love To Create and guess who is the sponsor for this fun site? Bugaboo. So don't forget to check out the Sketch and give it a whirl. I hope everyone has a great day.

Tween Time at Pile It On.

Okay I totally forgot to do my post for my Blog last night and I have been going all day getting things together for my Brothers visit. What a Dork I am.
So the Challenge this week at Pile It On is for a Tween and our Sponsor is The Stamping Boutique.

This week the Challenge for the Stamping Boutique is Valentines so I combined that with the Tween for Pile It On and came up with this cutie Card that I will send to my grandson. So he isn't a Tween yet but he will be some day.

I used Tracy's image AJ with a Heart Banner for this, colored it with Copics and used Bo Bunny papers. There are a lot of Valentine Challenges out there this week so if you make a Valentine for a Tween you got two right off the bat.

 The Heart shape is cut with a Nestie and then I water colored the background.

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

The Stamping Botique: Valentines 

Raise The Bar Challenge Blog: Sketch
Cardmadfairy's Digi Days Challenge: Hearts
Card Makin Mamas: Valentines
Crafty Anns Challenge Blog:Love is In The Air
Daring Cardmakers: Color Scheme- Pink and red
Delicious Doodles Challenge: All Loved Up
Ditzy Craftymess Challenge: Anything Goes (NEW!)
Fary Tale Challenge Blog: Love Love Love
Polka doodles: Show some Love with Hearts
Mami Doodles: For a Loved One
Sweet and Sassy Digi Challenge: Valentines
Color Me Creative Copics Challenge: Colors Of Love
Di's Digi Designs: Valentines
Hiding In My Craft Room: Pink,Red and White
My Sheri Crafts: Love Is In The Air
One Stop Craft Challenge: For The One I Love
Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Saturdays: Use Die Cut and/or Punches

I hope you all have a great week.

A New Challenge At Bugaboo

Good morning all and welcome to the first Saturday of the month at Bugaboo. That can only mean that the Challenge today is Anything Goes. This is always fun for the Design Team because we get to see so many delightful creations all week long.
So if you Head over to the Bugaboo Challenge Blog you can find all the Details on rules and prizes and see the fantastic Creations by our Delightful Design Team.
For my card today I used Ava and Deacon-Heart. I colored the image with my Copics and for the Heart I used Goosebumps splattered here and there and when that dried I painted it with Watercolors. The background is done with watercolor also.  The papers are Bo Bunny and I used some glue around the edges of the hearts and sprinkled on some Chunky Glitter.

I added some Glossy Accents to the image hearts and bow, a few pearls and fun ribbon to finish it all off. This card will be going to my youngest Daughter and her Husband.

I hope you all have a great weekend.

Dilly Beans Challenge

It has been a month since the Dilly Beans Designer and Challenge Blog has been open and it is so exciting to see all the great artists that are joining us these days. Every week there are more and more. Yipee. So if you know someone else that loves a fun Challenge and some Incredible Images send them over.
So today's Challenge is all about Zombie Love. Does that sound like fun? Head over to the Challenge Blog and see all the great projects by the Design Team and then get busy crafting and join us this week. If you need some fun images go to the Dilly Beans Store and grab some for yourself.
For my card this morning I used Megan's Framed Zombie Cupid and made a really fun Easel Card.
I cut out some Nesties Hearts from Glitter paper and then ran them through the Cuttlebug with an embossing folder.

 The open card.

 And a close up of the image. I used Goosebumps and Distress Ink for the background and colored the image with my Copics. Check out that little tiny rhinestone on her lower eyelash.  I used Glossy Glaze for the eyes and hearts and skull to make them shine.

 I like this close up of the card opened up.

 The inside of the card. This is going to my Daughters  Mother In Law. She is so lucky to live 10 steps from my Grandsons.

Have a wonderful Day everyone and I can't wait to see what you come up with for the Challenge this week.

Friday Freebie at Bugaboo

Good Friday Morning to you. I hope you all had a good week and your looking forward to the weekend as much as I am. I am so excited because my brother is coming for a 10 day visit and will be staying at my house. Also my sister is coming tomorrow to play with some paint and ink and make some background papers. So much fun. I'll take photos. And it is Super Bowl Weekend. Yipee. I will be looking forward to all the commercials but unfortunately I have to be heading out to the airport right about half-time . poooh. Lastly this is my 4 year anniversary of my heart attack and tomorrow is my 4 year anniversary of being nicotine and alcohol free. Heart attacks can be a good thing (if they don't kill you) they make you better.
Now on to why we are really here today. It is Friday Freebie at Bugaboo and Jodie has a cutie for you today. Run over to the Bugaboo blog and check out all the wonderful creations by the Design Team and then head to the Bugaboo Store and grab a Freebie for yourself.
For my card today I used My Minds Eye papers and a wonderful bow made from some of my pull ribbon.  I colored the image with my Copics.

 I added a few rhinestones and tiny pearls to her earrings for a little glitz. the butterflies are SVG cuts by La La Studios.

I hope everyone has a fantastic weekend.