Friday FREEBIE

You DO NOT WANT to miss 

this Winter Fairy

over at Bugaboo 

especially because it's FREE!!

Go over the the Catch the Bug blog

and see what the other design team members

came up with. 

Don't forget tomorrow there will be 

a new weekly challenge,

winners get FREE DIGIS

entered at:http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/

Oldie but Goodie Time

Love the bright colors of this card.

Has a summer feel which is really sad 

since summer is long gone I'm afraid.

Gotta love Stella.

It was fun to use staples on the corners.

Something I've wanted to do for a long time

just didn't have the right project.

Pop over to the Catch the Bug blog

to see what the other Bugaboo team members

have come up with.

Challenge

I just love this color combination!!

Gotta love the Bugaboo Brats too :)

If you want to see what the other team members

has done go over to Bugaboo's challenge blog at

Catch the Bug blog

and check it out.

Don't forget to grab your weekly FREEBIE

on the Bugaboo site.

Thanks for looking!!!

ANYTHING GOES!!!

I just love these Skelekinz from 

Bugaboo stamps.

Halloween cards are so fun to make.

I have spiders but I must admit,

this one is pretty darn cute!!

For more inspiration go see what the 

other DT members have come 

up with on the

Catch the Bug blog

Ch Ch Challenge

Join Bugaboo for a little 

weekly challenge.

To get all the details go to the

Catch the Bug blog

and see what the other DT has come 

up with then enter for a 

chance to win 

some free Bugaboo

Humor Me Wednesday

In honor of National Appreciation Day

I'm posting this Thank You card.

I actually made these cards for my brother

to send on behalf of my 1 year old niece.

She's celebrating her 2nd Birthday in 2 weeks.

I can't believe it, where has the time gone??

I couldn't love her more if she was my own.

Go check out what the other DT members have

come up with on Bugaboo's 

Catch the Bug blog 

for Humor Me Wednesday.

Don't forget to stop back on Saturday and get 

the details for this weeks challenge.

Challenge me....

Even though I'm not a "cat person"

I do love Bugaboo cats!!

Check out all the details of this weeks

challenge from Bugaboo 

at Catch the Bug blog

Also, go check out what the other

Design Team members did.

I thought that angling the patterned paper

added some fun to this card.

Oldie but Goodie

Well, well, well. it's time for an

Oldie but Goodie

over at Bugaboo's 

Catch the Bug blog

This mini set of skulls is quite versatile,

it can be used for Halloween, or for

masculine cards such as this one.

Had that skull patterned paper in my stash

that seems to match perfectly.

Go check it out,

and don't forget a new challenge 

starts tomorrow.

you can find this mini set HERE

Happy New Place

The flower girl at our wedding

just moved away to finish College.

I'm still in shock!!!

It's my husbands cousins daughter,

she was only 3 when my husband and I 

started dating and now she's gone

away to College......

I can't be this old can I???

Anyway, I wanted to make her a card

to wish her well in her new place.

This image from MFT (My Favorite Things)

seemed like the logical choice.

I just love how this turned out.  

Most of it is paper pieced:)

Thanks for looking 

Thanks a Bunch

Check out the Bugaboo challenge

and give it a go.

Enter to win free Bugaboo images.

What do you have to loose??

CHRISTMAS IN JULY BLOG HOP WITH BUGABOO

HI There!!  Glad you decided to join the fun :)

You should have arrived here from

Min Kwiatkowski's Blog

If not don't fret...

Go to the beginning at Jodie Mackrell's Blog

Below is the start of our weekly challenge which is a Theme Challenge – Show us your Santa, below is a picture to get you in the mood!  For your trouble you could win one of our Daily prizes which is our special Christmas in July  Set and 10, 7 or 4 free images we are also offer many opportunities for you to be our guest, we have discovered that Bugaboo Fans/Followers are some of the best designers out there!

We will be running one Post for all challenges; each day will have an Inlinkz which will open up at 7am for you to enter your projects.  You can work ahead however will not be able to add your project until after 7am on the day of that challenge.

Now how about some inspiration to get your creative juices flowing !

Here's my card...

featuring:  Tropical Santa - surfboard

Enter this challenge and each DT member will select 1 commenter 

to give the above image to....FREE!!

Below is the weekly line up for our Christmas in July.   I have added the "scheduled" dt members in the discussion below the only challenge that is mandatory is the Saturday challenge with Blog hop.  The rest of the week  of course is not mandatory but we would love if you could help us out our followers love all your work and their love is some of the best payment we can get , (oh and free images)

FOR DETAILS GO HERE

Saturday - Photo inspiration (above)

Sunday - sketch 

Monday - Color Challenge

Tuesday - New Release and Christmas Bingo

Wednesday - Humor Me

Thursday - Tag, you're it

Friday - FF image and recipe image

Daily winners – Free Christmas set and our 10-7-4 normal win  

Blog Hop winners – 

 Grand Prize – Christmas  Set ($21 value)– 7 free for 6 months ($125 value) – 4 month Guest designer spot/ Must participate in Hop and all Daily Challenges

2^nd place –Christmas Set -  $75 Gift Certificate, 2 month Guest Designer spot - Must leave a comment at every stop of the hop and participate in at least 3 other of the daily challenges

3^rd place – Christmas Set -  $50 Gift Certificate – 1 month Guest Designer spot- Must leave a comment at every stop of the hop and participate in at least 3 other of the daily challenges

4^th Place – Christmas Set - $25 Gift Certificate –Must leave a comment at every stop of the hop and participate in at least 3 other of the daily challenges

Becky Givan's Blog

The hop continues...

The Bugaboo 

Christmas in July hop continues

with todays color challenge

For all the details go to the 

Catch the Bug blog

and while you're there go for a hop.

Lots of chances to win - DAILY prizes.  

Thanks for looking :)

Bugaboo Challenge

I just LOVE the AKV (a kids view) images from

Bugaboo!!  They are sooooo cute.

Look at this little slugger :)

For complete details go to the 

Catch the Bug blog 

while you're there see what the other

DT members have made

Enter for your chance to win.

If you'd like to see more AKV

images go to the 

Bugaboo Store

Color Inspiration Challenge

Are you ready for a little color challenge

with Bugaboo??

Hop on over to the Catch the Bug blog

and get all the details. 

Above are the colors and above that,

what I did with them. 

also over on the Catch the Bug blog

check out what the other Design Team members 

did with the challenge colors. 

PLUS, don't forget to grab yesterdays

Friday Freebie in the Bugaboo store.

Photo Inspiration Challenge

Go over to the Bugaboo blog at

Catch the Bug

and get all the details on the 

photo challenge challenge

then, enter the challenge to win

some Bugaboo images.

Bug challenge

Check out todays challenge

over at Bugaboo

and if you like Bugaboo's images,

enter for a chance to win

some Bugaboo images.

Every Tuesday and Friday 

they have new releases and

on Friday over at the Bugaboo store,

grab the Friday FREEBIE

every Monday check out Anything but a Card

Wednesday is Humor Me Wednesday

Thursday is Oldie but Goodie 

and every other Sunday

is Stella Sketch Challenge

all over on the Catch the Bug blog

Going to the Chapel

This weeks theme at Bugaboo is 

Going to the Chapel

and with this little

Sunbonnet cutie who wouldn't want to?

For all the details on how to enter 

hop on over to the Catch the Bug blog 

and check out what the rest of the Design Team

came up with.

Humor Me Wednesday with Bugaboo

inside:

"But I'm NOT gonna shine!"

Perhaps you didn't know that 

Bugaboos NEW theme for

Wednesdays is 

"HUMOR ME"

and with the likes of Stella and Gus,

and Margaret, just to name a few,

it won't be hard at all coming up with 

Humorous cards!!

So go over to the Catch the Bug

blog and get all the details then 

enter your creation for a chance to

WIN free Bugaboo

Graduation is Anything Goes

Can you believe School is out, or almost out??

Time sure flies!!!!

So glad it's finally spring.

It's time for Bugaboos infamous 

Anything Goes Challenge

happens the first Saturday of every month

and it's a BIG one.  So get over and enter your

cards/projects and see what the Design Team has

come up with this week.

Go to the 

Catch the Bug blog

for all the details.

Challenge Saturday

JOIN us for Bugaboo's

Photo Inspiration Challenge

For all the details go to

Catch the Bug

also, check out all the 

inspiration created by the 

other Bugaboo Design Team members

Nurses Week

inside:

"Nurses make the worst patients"

I made this for a co-worker who had surgery

Coming from a nurse, there definitely is 

truth to this statement :)

I thought I'd share it for Bugaboo's 

Humor Me Wednesday.

With Nurses Week in mind.

Bugaboo has tons of "nurse" inspired

digital stamps,

from CUTE to SASSY,

MALE to FEMALE.

Go HERE to check them out.

And why not go to the 

Catch the Bug blog to check out the

current challenge.

Challenge

3 strikes and you're out!!!

Join Bugaboo over at

Catch the Bug

for this weeks challenge

I just love Gus, don't you??

Go to the Bugaboo store and check out

all the Gus images!!

and don't forget to grab your weekly

FREEBIE

Oh happy day!!!

So, it's been a while since I've been able to 

lock myself into my craft room and just

go wild!!!

Last week I had a couple "free" days, well....

actually there are a million other things I should have been doing

but it was time to ENJOY THE DAY!!!!

I love sketch challenges they are my favorite!!

I decided to take part in several and this is what

I came up with.

Splitcoast Stampers Clean and Simple

CAS218- Inspired by Quote

“May every sunrise hold more promise, and every sunset hold more peace.” 

Thanks for looking :)

ANYTHING goes challenge with Bugaboo

Time for the monthly

ANYTHING GOES challenge at Bugaboo

This is a very very popular challenge

because literally anything will get you 

entered for a chance to win free

Bugaboo images!!!!

For all the details go to the 

Catch the Bug blog

Challenge with Bugaboo

Though Easter has come and gone

I thought I'd share this Easter Bunny with you

It's from Bugaboo

and there is a whole set of this cutie!!

Go over to the 

Catch the Bug blog to see what 

the other design team members have 

come up with and get the deets on this 

weeks challenge.

Play along for a chance to WIN!!

Oldie But Goodie

Monsters

Check out these Oldies but Goodies

from Bugaboo!!

To see more of what you might

be missing go to 

Catch the Bug,

Bugaboo's blog to see what the other

design team members have to show off

and while you're there 

check out the current challenge

entered at Make it Monday

POPPIES

I JUST LOVE POPPIES :)

MY FAVORITE THINGS HAS A STAMP SET

WITH MATCHING DIE SET.

THEY ALSO HAVE NEW INK PADS

I USED THE RED INK FOR THIS CARD.

NOT TO MENTION THAT AWESOME

BOW DIE THAT THEY HAVE!!!

AND DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON 

THEIR DESIGN TEAM,

WHAT AN AMAZING GROUP OF 

TALENTED LADIES!!

Anything But a Card

My turn for Bugaboo's 

Anything But a Card project

and with Mother's Day fast approaching

I thought this was a really cute idea.

Would be cute to have the kids color it as well.

Color, Cut and attach to a piece of a thin dowel

and stick in your plant or flower pot.

Could even add a personalized sign on a stick too.

I've used this idea before as well.  

Check out the "gift ideas" label on my sidebar for 

similar ideas.

entered at Make it Monday

MFT sketch challenge

Ok, so I'm a HUGE fan of MFT stamps.

I'm also a HUGE fan of sketch challenges

(they're my favorite)

Soooooo, It's only natural that I enter

MFT's weekly sketch challenge.....RIGHT?

So here is the sketch:

I decided to use one of MFT's 

"Who's that Girl?" sets for this challenge

It's actually a Birthday themed set but....

I used Baby themed paper and paper pieced it

this is how it turned out:

I happened to use MFT's Blueprint 1 die for this card

AND I can't say enough about how much I love this

Blueprint idea!!!!  It's amazing....the best thing in card making since....

well, THE best thing in card making :)

All the work is done for you! You even get layout sketches for all the pieces.

And last week MFT actually released Blueprint 2

which is currently in route to my mailbox!!!!

Here is what they look like:

If you want to participate in this challenge go to

the MFT BLOG for all the details.