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

Bugaboo Book Mark

Have you seen this weeks

Freebie over at Bugaboo?

I just love these "nut" images

the store has many to choose from

they even have a crafting nut :)

Go check them out!!

Tutorial

I'm going to show you how to make an ornament for

your Christmas Tree using Bugaboo images

First choose your paper and wood 

then trace the wood on the paper and cut it out

(I bought wood circles at Michaels and had my husband drill a hole in them)

Then glue your paper to the wood on both sides

Then sponge the edges to disguise any flaws

Next choose your Bugaboo image, color it and cut it out

Finally glue the image to the wood and add any embellishments

Add your ribbon and your finished ;)

Go to the Catch the Bug blog to see what the other

Design Team members have come up with.

Bugaboo's ABaC

I saw these little mini kleenex boxes at 

Michaels and thought

how great Stella would look on them.

Just a fun little gift to give someone who 

is not feeling well.  

Very easy to make really,

just cover the sides with Cardstock all

decorated to your liking.

Could put it in a nice basket with some

chicken noodle soup and crackers,

maybe some cough drops and vicks.

Sure to put a smile on that sickies face :P

Halloween challenge

Time for another Bugaboo challenge

get all the deets at

Catch the Bug challenge blog

This cute little candy dispenser

was a gift for my son last Halloween.

I saved it with intentions to do something

crafy.  When Jodie released this skelekinz...

it was like she knew exactly what I needed.

I have seen these little dispensers at Michaels too

in case anyone is interested.

So put your thinking caps on and come up with

a 3D Halloween project and enter for a chance to win.

ABaC

My turn for the 

Anything But a card project over at Bugaboo.

Stumbled across this little 

"laundry basket" at Walgreens and 

immediately thought of this JJ image from 

Bugaboo.

Anything But a card ABaC Monday at Bugaboo

Made this little cupcake pick for a 

co-workers Birthday party.

So easy to make.

Just punched the circle and scallop out 

and sandwiched a toothpick in between them.

She loved it :)

Anything But a card ABaC Monday at Bugaboo

I made this to give to my nieces Mom

when my niece is born in October.

Love these little girls - they were

freebies a while back 

but now they're available in the shop.

I took dowels and wrapped them with

green florist tape and then put

the scallop circles on the tops with the digital

images on top of them.  Super EASY!

Tag....you're it!!

Get a jump start on your Christmas

wrapping by making some gift tags now.

You can make custom tags to match your

wrapping paper.

So jump over to the store and check out the 

tags Jodie has released for us.

Remember...tomorrow kicks off

the Christmas in July

Blog Hop. 

A fun filled week of challenges and 

prizes.  You don't want to miss it!!!

Chicken Soup

FREEBIE FRIDAY at

Bugaboo!!

Go check out the new set,

Kitchen Chicken

Saw this image and the first thing that

came to mind was "chicken soup"

Would be cute in a basket with some

chicken soup, cough drops, vicks, etc.

for a sick friend.

Tomorrow.....new challenge at

Catch the Bug

New Release at Bugaboo

More of my favorite....

STELLA

Go check out the New Release at

Bugaboo!

Oh, how I love Stella!!

Go check out the newest challenge at

Catch the Bug challenge blog too.

Enter for a chance to win.

Anything but a card

My turn over on the Catch the Bug Blog with an

Anything but a card Monday

This little guy is part of the AKV set

over at Bugaboo.

I ran the "rock" grey paper through my cuttlebug

and then scuffed it up with some sand

paper then sponged some black ink on it

to make it resemble a rock.

I just love the AKV's

BUGABOO BIRTHDAY BLOG HOP BASH!!

ARE YOU READY FOR A BLOG HOP?

YOU SHOULD HAVE ARRIVED HERE

FROM JAMI'S BLOG

IF YOU DIDN'T THEN PLEASE START

THE HOP AT THE BUGABOO BLOG HERE

IN CELEBRATION OF BUGABOO'S 1ST BIRTHDAY WE HAVE A WHOLE

WEEK OF FUN PLANNED AND HUGE PRIZES!!

EACH DT MEMBER WILL CHOOSE A PERSON FROM THEIR COMMENTS
TO WIN THE DIGI THEY USED IN THEIR CARD.  
SO THE IMAGE BELOW IS UP FOR GRABS FOR THE CHOSEN COMMENT
WHO WILL IT BE?  YOU?  DON'T FORGET TO COMMENT ON THIS POST

INCLUDING A DAILY WINNER OF THE JANUARY DIGI SET, 1 FREE SET PER MONTH FOR 1 YEAR FOR THE PERSON WHO DOES THE BLOG HOP AND PARTICIPATES IN ALL THE CHALLENGES, 75% OFF ONE ORDER, AND MORE!

IN ADDITION TO THIS WEEKS CHALLENGE....BIRTHDAY THEME

WE HAVE A DIFFERENT CHALLENGE EVERYDAY THIS WEEK

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SUNDAY.

FOR COMPLETE DETAILS GO TO THE CATCH THE BUG BLOG

THE DESIGN TEAM HAS COOKED UP SOME AMAZING BIRTHDAY PARTY

PROJECT IDEAS THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS!

THEY ARE OVER AT THE CATCH THE BUG BLOG

HERE IS MINE:

WINE GLASS JEWLERY MADE WITH SHRINKY DINK PAPER.  SO EASY AND

FUN TO MAKE.  (REMEMBER IF WRITING ON YOURS YOU MUST WRITE THE LETTERS  BACKWARDS)

SCARLETTE IS SHOWN HERE BUT STELLA ALSO MAKES GREAT CHARMS!

HERE IS A LIST OF THE DAILY CHALLENGES

(FOR MORE INFO CHECK OUT THE CATCH THE BUG BLOG)

MONDAY - BLUE & WHITE

TUESDAY - BLING (NEW RELEASE DAY)

WEDNESDAY - SKETCH

         

THURSDAY - BIRTHDAY

FRIDAY - ANYTHING GOES (NEW RELEASE DAY)

NEXT STOP IN THE HOP IS............CAMMY WALL'S BLOG

!!! GOOD LUCK !!!

IN CELEBRATION OF THE BIRTHDAY BASH

JODIE IS OFFERING 60% OFF FOR THE ENTIRE WEEK!!!

All blog hop contests are currently

closed at this time.

thanks:)

Christmas Ending

The front of the gift card holder

The inside .....

The back - sign the white space.  Gift card gets tucked in the pocket.

Now that Christmas is over, it's time to start sending out some Thank You cards!  Here is one I made last week.  With one of the cute little "elf brats" from Bugaboo.  I just love this paper and the soft colors.

ABaC Monday

It's anything but a card day at

Bugaboo

I made this for a friend who quilts (and stamps).

The little silver charm is a spool of thread.

I found the sentiment online.

The "question of the day" at Bugaboo

is "what is your favorite cardstock color"

Go see what the awesome Design Team said.

Remember tomorrow at Bugaboo

is new release day.

You DON'T want to miss this.

Anything but a card

Mondays are

"Anything but a card"

at Bugaboo

This is a picture of my son Alex.

He played soccer for the YMCA this last spring.

I have used the image on several of his

friends Birthday cards.

Happy Birthday Grandma

I made this set of cards for my Grandma's Birthday gift. I just love these little fairies. So sweet. I got the paper at the $1 store. I think there were 5 sheets and it was all coordinated.... gotta love that. The images are Lilybean from Pollycraft. One of my favorite digi companies. I colored them with Prisma pencils and gamsol. I'm thinking about buying some Copics, I've heard good things about them. What do you think? Worth the money? Leave me a comment and let me know your thoughts :-) Entered in the Cute Daisy May challenge.

Happy printing!

Coffee Anyone?

I made this for a girl I work with - for her Birthday. She loves coffee and when I saw this card I thought it was perfect!!! I got the template here. Could be used for coffee, tea or cocoa. I got the little packets of instant coffee at Target on clearance. They are "Starbucks" I guess you can buy them there too. Then I took a can of Maxwell House International Coffee. I covered it with paper and decorated with Hero Arts stamps. I decorated the Stampin Up box and filled it with coffee, caramel and rum candy. It was fun to make and she loved it.

GRADUATION CARD - GIFT BOX

Looks like a graduation cap at first glance. But... it's actually a gift box just perfect for a gift of money or a gift card. I loved the look of the top of the cap but I wanted to make it a bit more 3D - so I added a box to the bottom. The little piece that says celebrate flips up and the box opens . I got the tassels at Michaels and the Superior High School Spartans paper at the local scrapbook store. Perfect to hold the check for my little cousins graduation gift. The "Class of 2009" was cut with my cricut.