You Can Stand Under My Umbrella...ella..ella

This week, the Prairie Fairy challenge is to make a card based on a song. Can you guess what song I thought of when I saw this new Deacon image from Bugaboo stamps?

Yep, you guessed it, "Umbrella".
Challenges:
Prairie Fairy Fridays-inspired by a song
Midnight Madness Sketch-sketch

Birthday Boy

How cute are the images from the A Kids' View Line of images from Bugaboo Stamps? They are just adorable, like this Birthday Boy:

If you haven't seen this guy before, or the other images in the AKV line, you've really got to go check them out at the Bugaboo Store. You're definitely going to want them!
Challenges:
Cards for Men-1 image, 2 dp and 3 embellies
Spoon Full of Sugar-birthday wishes
Sketch and Stash-sketch (papers, ribbon and buttons from stash)
Crafty Ann's-birthday card
Easy Craft Projects-male theme

Fairies and Flowers

I've said before that I'm not a big fan of fairies but this adorable Ava Fairy image from the new Ava and Deacon collection at Bugaboo Stamps has definitely changed my mind. Can you get any cuter than this?

Challenges:
Tuesday Throwdown-3d pop ups etc (image is pop dotted)
Crafty Creations Challenge-at the bottom of the garden (fairy)
Lexi's Creations-flowers
Cute Card Thursday-sketch
Digi Doodles Challenge-spots and dots
Pixie Dust Challenge-summer colors or elements
Stamp Something-something with flowers
Crazy 4 Challenges-use flowers
Really Reasonable Ribbon-spring theme and ribbon
Simply create challenges-flowers

Bugaboo Challenge Time!

Welcome to another fun challenge at Catch the Bug, the challenge blog of Bugaboo Stamps. Today it's a two-part challenge. First, you need to use this sketch:

But wait! The challenge doesn't stop there. In addition to using this sketch, you also need to incorporate the color green in your creation.

Head over to the Catch the Bug Blog to see what the rest of the DT put together for this challenge and to get entered to win. You could win 7,4 or2 Bugaboo images of your choice!

When Will the Snow Stop?

Okay, we woke up today to about two inches of snow. I know that's not a lot compared to what some of you have been getting but SERIOUSLY! Enough with the snow already. I love snow prior to Christmas. Anything after Christmas is just an annoyance. :)
Of course, the only GOOD thing about snow is snowmen and since it's snowy where I am, I'm allowed to show you another snowman card I made:

Challenges:
Sparkle Creations Christmas Card-light blue dark blue silver white christmas
City Crafter-no bows lace flowers or buttons
Crafty Hos-photo inspiration-snow ski
Digital Tuesday Challenge-punches and digi image (that dark blue strip on the left has been border punched and the digi image is from Bugaboo)
Papertake Weekly Challenge-sketch
Those of you who read my blog know that the City Crafter challenge was particularly CHALLENGING for me because I use buttons on just about everything. What can I say, I'm addicted. But, I did manage to make this card without any buttons. :)

Clyde

Did you see the new Clyde collection at Bugaboo stamps? It's Jodie's first dragon collection and it's adorable. The set includes this super cute Clyde with his get well wishes:

Challenges:
Simply create challenges-bold and bright
ABC Challenge-o for ovals
Tuesday Morning Sketches-sketch

Oldie but Goodie Day

Doesn't it seem like Thursday comes around quickly every week? Good thing because I'd hate for you to be pining away waiting for Thursday to get here so you could see the week's Oldie But Goody selections from the Bugaboo DT. Today I used this adorable teddy bear image:

Head over to the Catch the Bug Blog to see what the rest of the DT wants to show you this week. Then head to the Bugaboo store to pick up your new favorites.

Challenges:

Partytime Tuesday-Anything Goes

A Beary Merry Christmas

Did you think I forgot about my quest to keep going on my Christmas cards? I has been awhile since I posted one, but don't worry, I'm still working on them and you'll see them in the coming weeks. Here is one I made just the other day with the help of the challenges listed below:

Challenges:
Winter Wonderland-any christmas card
Speedy the Cat-black white and one other color
Little Red Wagon-animals
Lollipop Crafts-black white and one other color
East Sleep Stamp-sketch
Our Creative Corner-stamp words repeatedly
Crazy 4 Challenges-use die cuts

New Release Day at Bugaboo

Tuesdays are always New Release day at Bugaboo Stamps. Today, Jodie is releasing some new additions to the Ava and Deacon line of stamps, including this adorable Ava with a Shamrock:

Head over to the Catch the Bug Blog to see what the rest of the Bugaboo DT did with this image and then head to the store to see the rest of the new Avas and Deacons. You won't be disappointed.
Challenges:
Stampin' Sisters in Christ - Green
IDIC/Robyns Fetish - Anything Goes
Card Cupids - Ribbons &/or Buttons
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes
Digi Doodle Shop - Anything Goes
Shelly's Images - Terrically Thrilling Thursday - Anything Goes

More Itchy Dog

Did you pick up the Itchy Dog Freebie on Friday at the Bugaboo Store? I hope so. And while you were there, did you check out the rest of the set? If not, you missed seeing this adorable guy:

You can still pick up the Itchy Dog Freebie, and of course you can find this guy in the store.
Challenges:
Paper Sundaes-masculine colors
Midnight Madness Sketch-sketch

Can't Get Enough Bobbleheads!

Bugaboo Stamps has a whole lotta bobblehead critters. You could spend days making cards with all the bobbleheads and you might want to start with this adorable bear:

Head over to the Bugaboo Store and check out all the adorable bobbles there are to choose from!
Challenges:
Teddy Stampers-pink brown white and bear
CES-spots and stripes
Crafty Creations Challenge-thank you
Sketch Saturday-sketch

Caught a Bug?

Happy Bugaboo Challenge Day! Today the challenge is to make a Get Well card. I chose to use this adorable bug in a jar image:

Head over to the Catch the Bug blog to get all the details and see what the rest of the DT did today. I hope you enter the challenge, you could win 7,4 or 2 images of your choice from the Bugaboo store.

Challenges:

All Sorts: Inspired by Nature

Itchy Dog

OH MY GOSH! I can't believe I forgot to post this guy. He's one of my all-time favorite Bugaboo characters and he's FREE today. Yep...it's Itchy Dog.

If you like this guy, head over to the Bugaboo store and pick him up for yourself..and check out the rest of the set while you're there.

Challenges:

Digi Doodles Challenge-anything goes
Raise the Bar-inspired by kids cartoon character-Underdog!

Oldie but Goodie Day

You know one of the best things about Thursday is? Yes, it's connected to Friday so it's almost the weekend. But the VERY BEST thing about Thursdays is that it's Oldie but Goody Day at Bugaboo Stamps and Catch the Bug. This is the day when the members of the Bugaboo DT pull out some older images, dust them off and show them to you, just in case you forgot about them. Today, I used an image from the Umbrellas collection:

Head over to the Catch the Bug blog to see what the rest of the DT wants to show you. Then head over to the Bugaboo Store and pick up all of your favorites.

Challenges:

Paper Sundaes-flowers lace distress pink-choose two
Stampin Royalty-markers
Digital Tuesday Challenge-use die cuts and digi image

Happy Valentine's Day

My husband doesn't read my blog so I think it's safe to show you the Valentine's Day card I made for him. :)

There are so many Love/Valentine/Heart themed challenges and here are just a few:

Stamp Scrap and Doodle-love
Crafty Calendar (monthly)-love
Lollipop Crafts-fave coloring medium
Cards for Men-1 image, 2dp 3 embellies-man
Sketch and Stash-sketch
Pixie Dust Challenge-valentine
Stampin Royalty-hearts
Crafty Cardmakers-hearts
Digital Tuesday Challenge-valentines theme
Crafty Ann's-love
Stampin for the Weekend-valentines theme
Stamp Something-valentines theme
Winter Wonderland-valentines theme

Clyde is HERE!

For those of you who have been waiting for Clyde to be available...HE'S HERE. The techincal difficulties have been resolved and you can pick up Clyde at the Bugaboo Store HERE.

Bugaboo Challenge Time!

It's time for another Bugaboo Challenge. This time the challenge is to use a different fold. I chose to make a tri-fold card which actually, could almost be used as a gift card holder. I got that idea when I was using this cocoa cup. I turned it into a coffee cup and got the idea to put a Starbuck's gift card inside and send it to a coffee loving friend.

Check out all the examples and the rest of the DT's examples at the Catch the Bug Blog. I hope you'll join in the challenge...you can win 7, 4 or 2 images of your choice from the Bugaboo Store.

I'm entering this in these challenges:

Simply create challenges-bold and bright
Crazy 4 Challenges-hearts

Freebie Friday

***SORRY TO REPORT THAT DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES, THE FREEBIE IS NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. JODIE IS WORKING TO GET IT TO YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE***
You asked for it, you got it. Yep, Jodie is releasing these ADORBALE dragon images today. How cute are they??? This guy is called Clyde and he's FREE today. Yep, that's right..FREE. If you like him, check out the Bugaboo store to see the rest of the set.

I'm entering Clyde in these challenges:
There She Goes Challenge-3 pattern paper/2 buttons/1 sparkly
Sketch Saturday-sketch

A Warm Winter Bird

Thursday again! Oldie but Goodie Day at Bugaboo Stamps. Today I used another image from the Winter Bird collection:

Isn't he cute, all snuggled up on his tree branch? Check out the Catch the Bug Blog to see what the rest of the Bugaboo DT wants to show you today. You might find something that you missed or forgot that you needed!

Cardmaker Crop

When I first got into cardmaking, I looked around the web and found a great group of ladies over at Cardmaker Cardswap. They were my first online friends and I've learned, and continue to learn, so much from all of them. I was fortunate to meet several of them in person last year at a craft show which was really fun. Several times a year we have an online "crop" over at Cardmaker and one is going on right now. Challenges, games and the chances to win prizes. I would encourage you to check it out.

Yesterday I was fortunate enough to play along with all three challenges and here is what I did:

For Terrie's all yellow challenge, I made this card:

I combined Terrie's challenge with the sketch from Card Patterns.

For Lora's recipe challenge, I made this card:

I used the sketch from Create 4 Fun.

And finally, for Ashley's sketch challenge, I made this:

I combined this challenge with Lexi's Creation challenge which is to use bears.

Happily Ever After

Today is New Release day at Bugaboo Stamps. Today's New Release focuses on the February digi set which includes this adorable Prince Charming and Cinderella:

Head over to the Bugaboo Store to pick up your February digi set!

Challenges:
Crafty Calendar (monthly)-love
All sorts-love
Crafty Hos-love
The Crazy Challenge-love
Paper Sundaes-two or more images
Kaboodle Doodles-ribbon
Spoon Full of Sugar-love
Tuesday Throwdown-buttons

It's Challenge Time Again

Happy Saturday everyone! It's time for another challenge at Catch the Bug...this time, it's ANYTHING GOES so make whatever you want and link it up at the Catch the Bug Blog and you could win 7, 4 or 2 Bugaboo images of your choice!
I used one of my favorite Garden Cats:

Go see what the rest of the Bugaboo DT made for this challenge and then get to work creating your own entry! I can't wait to see what you make!

It's Freebie Friday

Hooray for Friday! This is going to be a great weekend. Today is my youngest son Brendan's 13th birthday. I can't believe it. Time really does go by so quickly. Anyway, he's busy tonight with friends so we're celebrating tomorrow after his football game. Guess what he wants to do...go bowling and eat at Taco Bell. Yes, he's THAT easy to please. :) It is going to be a junk food filled weekend since we're having Oreo Ice Cream cake for his birthday, tomorrow night DH and I are going to a trivia night with friends which always means food and then Sunday is the Super Bowl which, at our house, means a lot of junk food. Time to start the new diet on Monday!
Besides all the fun for the weekend coming up, today is still the awesome and spectacular FREEBIE FRIDAY at Bugaboo Stamps. Today Jodie is releasing her Wizard of Oz inspired images including this adorable lion:

Head over to the Bugaboo Store and pick him up for yourself. You can also see a super cute Tin Man there and at the Catch the Bug Blog.
Have a great weekend everyone!

Oldie but Goodie Day

Hooray for Thursday! It's Oldie but Goodie day at Bugaboo Stamps where you can see examples of past images that you may have missed or just plain forgotten about. Today I used this adorable Winter Bird image:

How cute is this...the little bird making his snowman. Awww.
Check out the Catch the Bug Blog to see what the rest of the Bugaboo DT wants to show you today.
Challenges:
Stamp Something-winter somethings
Sparkle Creations Christmas Card-transparancy or any christmas

Baby It's Cold Outside...

You know that song? My 14 year old daughter likes that song and just randomly sings it around the house. There is plenty of reason to sing it nowadays...it's about 3 degrees outside and with the windchill it feels like somewhere below zero. Not my kind of weather other than it gives me an excuse to show you my snowmen cards. :)

Challenges:
Bah Humbug-use old stash (paper is all from stash)
Stamp Something-winter somethings
Sparkle Creations Christmas Card-transparancy or any christmas
Pollycraft-baby it's cold outside
ABC Christmas Challenge-C for clean and simple and sketch

The Farmer in the Dell...

Did you know that Bugaboo Stamps has a whole line...actually several lines...of Bobblehead images. Recently, Jodie released Bobblehead Farm which includes many animals and this adorable little farmer:

Challenges:
Little Red Wagon-kraft
ABC Challenge-N for Nesties
Crafty Hos-no designer paper

More Ava and Deacon

Have you seen the new line of images from Bugaboo Stamps called "Ava and Deacon"? They are adorable, like every other Bugaboo image. Here's a new one of Ava:

Challenges:
Cute Card Thursday-sketch
Papertake Weekly Challenge-anything goes optional flowers
And here is a new one of Deacon

Challenges:
East Sleep Stamp-sketch
Moving Along with the times-spring theme