Bugaboo...Anything Goes

Good morning...it's our November Anything Goes Challenge At Catch the Bug this week! I've used Frame It JJ Coffee; with the cold weather upon us in the Midwest I find myself reaching for a hot drink...I love a Pumpkin Spice Latte!

JJ is colored with pencils and I've paired her with some fun patterned paper from my stash. I kept it simple and embellished with a snippet of ribbon.

Image: Bugaboo "Frame It JJ Coffee" Digital Image
Ink: Printer
Paper: G.P. 110 CS, PTI CS, Pebbles Patterned Paper
Extras: Prismas/Crayolas/Goo Gone, SU! Ribbon, Foam Tape

Please check out the rest of the DT's creations here, along with the challenge details. Also, leave me a comment telling me your go to hot drink!

Challenges entered:

Aud. Sentiments Challenge: #239 Anything Goes, Plus a Sentiment
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: November
Sisterhood of the Crafters: Make it Clean and Simple

Thank you for stopping by!

Angela

Catch the Bug ABC

Good morning! It's Anything But a Card Monday at Catch the Bug. I've decorated a sorbetto container and filled it with candy corn. (I went to buy a pint of Ben and Jerry's after work one night and walked out with 2 pints of Talenti...I recommend it! I need to go back for 2 more pints so I can make enough for all my daughter's roommates at school!)

The supplies:

Bobblehead Ghost (one of Jodie's new Halloween images!) is colored with pencils and accented with glitter and googlie eyes, then die cut and mounted with Spellbinders. I adhered a patterned paper band around the container and adhered the image panel over the top. Here's a close-up of the image:

Image: Bugaboo Bobblehead Ghost Digital Image
Ink: Printer
Paper: G.P. 110 CS, SU! Tangerine Tango CS, Pebbles Patterned Paper
Embellies: Googlie Eyes, Martha Stewart Glitter in "Lemon Drop"
Extras: Prismas/Crayolas/Goo Gone, Spellbinders Nestabilities

Please check out the rest of the DT's creations here, along with Bugaboo's Halloween images here.

Thank you for stopping by!

Angela

Recipe: 3-2-1

Good morning!  We have a fun, new challenge for you at Catch the Bug...it's a recipe!  We would like to see a card with:

* 3 Word Sentiment
* 2 Flowers
* 1 Image

Sounds good, right?!  I started by looking for an image with a 3 word sentiment...when I saw JJ I knew she was the one because I love making baby cards!  I also found a fun sketch and wanted to use pink and pearls...now that's a fun challenge!

JJ is colored with pencils (I love the "pop" of blue with all the pink/brown!) and I've embellished with some punched/layered flowers with pearls and some twill.  I like how this one turned out...I love the patterned paper.

Image/Sentiment: Bugaboo "JJ Pregnancy-Shopping for Two" Digital Image
Ink: Printer
Paper: G.P. 110, PTI Hibiscus Burst and Dark Chocolate, Pebbles Patterned Paper
Embellies: PTI Dark Chocolate Twill, Kaiser Pearls
Extras: Prismas/Crayolas/Goo Gone, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Fiskars "Retro Flower" Punches, Foam Tape

Please check out the rest of the DT's creations here, along with the challenge details.  Play along for the chance to win some awesome Bugaboo images!

Challenges entered:


Creative Moments: Anything Goes/Sketch

In the Pink: Pink and Pearlie

Thank you for stopping by!

Angela

Silver and Blue

Good morning!  It's time for another fun challenge from the Creative Card Crew team...this fortnight our challenge is to use silver and blue.  Aqua counts as blue, doesn't it?!

I like Bugaboo's new sketch (I flipped it), so I went with a Bugaboo image too.  The image is colored with pencils and accented with glitter; I used silver glitter on the snowmans' hats and white glitter on random snowballs.  I made a layered snowflake and added some silver cord and brads for embellishing.

Image: Bugaboo Digi Stamp
Ink: Printer
Paper: PTI Stamper's Select, SU! Night of Navy, Pebbles DP, The Paper Studio Glitter CS
Embellies: Spare Parts Brads, SU! Silver Cord, Martha Stewart Glitter in "Sterling", Barbara Trombley's Art Glitter in "Angel Dust"
Extras: Prismas/Goo Gone, Spellbinders Nestabilities and Snowflake Dies, The Paper Studio Sticky Doos

I am also entering my card in the following challenges:

Do You Stack Up?: Brads
Fab n' Funky: Diecuts/Punches
Glitter n' Sparkle: Anything But a Square or Glitter n' Sparkle
Pile It On: Make It Sparkle
Polka Doodles: Bright Colors and Sparkle
Quirky Crafts: Layer It Up! and Let It Snow!
Stella Says Sketch: Sketch

Please head on over to the Creative Card Crew to check out the rest of the DT's creations and the challenge details.

Thanks for stopping by!

Angela

Ruby's Rainbow: Lace

Good morning!  It's time for another fun challenge at Ruby's Rainbow; the theme for this fortnight is lace.  Real lace, lace diecuts, etc...you choose!

March was my month to pick an image for our monthly challenge on SCS.  Since the wedding season is right around the corner, I went with this fun Changito image.  I love the look of sheer delight on her face!  The image is colored with pencils and accented with glitter.  I distressed the edges of the DP, and added crochet lace, Prima flowers, and a ribbon tab.

Image: Stampendous
Paper: PTI Vintage Cream and Dark Chocolate, SU! Regal Rose, Pebbles DP
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Sakura Black Gel Pen
Embellies: Wright's Crochet Lace, Prima Flowers, SU! Brown Grosgrain Ribbon, Barbara Trombley's Art Glitter in "Angel Dust"
Extras: Crayolas/Prismas/Goo Gone, Spellbinder's Nestabilities, Dimensionals

I hope you will check out the rest of the DT's lacey creations.  You have 2 weeks to play along, so I would love to see what you come up with using lace....

Thanks for stopping by!

Angela

Make it stop!!...TMS#134...Take #2

Here's my 2nd attempt with Kathleen's Tuesday Morning Sketches sketch.  The snow we had yesterday inspired me to do another winter card....  Actually my kids aren't saying "make it stop"!  My son was saying that he hasn't even gotten to go sledding this winter...if I would have known how the winter would be, I wouldn't have bought him a new pair of snowpants.  Crazy weather...you just never know!

Changito is colored with pencils and accented with glitter.  I used vellum for the corner panels and used snowflake diecuts and silver brads for embellishment.

Image: Stampendous
Paper: PTI Stamper's Select, SU! Night of Navy, Pebbles DP, The Paper Studio Vellum
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Embellies: Barbara Trombley's Art Glitter in "Angel Dust", Spare Parts Brads
Extras: Prismas/Crayolas/Goo Gone, Spellbinders Snowflake Dies, Dimensionals

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Fabulous Friday Challenge: Brads or eyelets
Scrap Creations: Critter
The Crazy Challenge: Use a die or punch
There She Goes: Animal Theme
Tuesday Throwdown: Winter Blues

Thanks for stopping by!

Angela

Noah's Baptism Card

Hello! Today I have a card I made for a co-worker; this is for her great nephew's baptism. Her only request was that it have his name on the card. Well, that was pretty simple...I like it that way!

The layout is from a card I previously made using this Verve set, but that card was for a little gal and was made with pink and white. I didn't have a great match for the blue in the DP, so I decided to use dark gray (it looks more black-ish in the photos) to mat the panels. I tell you, I fiddled around with buttons and assorted ribbons, but decided to leave this one a bit more plain. The more I look at it, the more it grows on me; I do like that you can read a lot of the words in the DP, which I love. I am just hoping my co-worker likes it too!

Image: Verve "Practically Perfect"

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper: PTI Stamper's Select and Smokey Shadow, Pebbles DP

Embellies: Alphabet Beads (Hobby Lobby)

Extras: Prismas/Goo Gone, Spellbinder's Nestabilities, The Paper Company Sticky Doos

Tips and Tricks:

I wanted the words in the DP to match up, but didn't want to waste paper. I put the dies onto my DP and measured to make sure they were just right, then held them in place with a bit of painter's tape before running the paper through the Cuttlebug. I had to be careful and get it precise because the narrow scalloped border left no wiggle room. One other thing to mention if you try this trick is to only run the paper through as far the die (then roll backwards), otherwise the paper can wrinkle.... Then you have to press it out with a bone folder.... Don't ask me how I know...I just do!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Angela

C.C. Designs Birgitta

Hello there! I have a fun spring card to share that works for 3 challenges:

1. Monthly image challenge on SCS
2. Jen del Muro's March SFYTT
3. The Corrosive Challenge Blog challenge (3 DP's, 2 ribbons, 1 image)

It's not often that I'm able to combine challenges, so I was pretty excited!

This month our image came from Imke and she included the cute, little sun charm. I decided to make Birgitta's sunflower pink...just for fun! The image is colored with pencils and accented with glitter. I added some felt grass and finished it off with a bit of ribbon, cord, and the charm.

Image: C.C. Designs Swiss Pixie Birgitta
Paper: PTI Dark Chocolate, Pebbles DP
Embellies: SU! Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon, SU! Silver Cord, Doodlebug Glitter, Sun Charm
Extras: Prismas/Crayolas/Goo Gone, MFT Die-namics Grass Die, EK Success 3D Dots

I can't wait to see what image we will be working with next month!

That's all for today; thanks for stopping by!

Angela

Tuesday Morning Sketches

Good morning! It's time for another Tuesday Morning Sketches challenge! Our sponsor this week is Inktegrity. If you'd like to play along, you may choose your own sketch! I choose #30 this week.

Since this is the blog's blogaversary, I was planning to use the word "celebrate" on my card, but it wouldn't fit! I used "for you" instead. For two of the panels I used vellum which is adhered with a tiny dot of clue in the corners; I then used some Swarovski flatbacks to hide the glue. They add a nice touch of sparkle!

Image: Stampendous Calendar Chick

Sentiment: QuicKutz "Basic Phrases" Cookie Cutter Dies

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper: PTI Stamper's Select and Vintage Cream, The Paper Studio Vellum, Pebbles DP

Embellies: Swarovski Flatback Crystals in "Rose", Barbara Trombley's Art Glitter in "Pink Smoothie"

Extras: Prismas/Crayolas/Goo Gone

Check out the blog for the Design Teams' samples; while you are there, check out the new look. I hope you can play along too! There are lots of prizes up for grabs this month!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!

Angela