Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Bugaboo New Release

Welcome to another Tuesday new release day with Bugaboo Stamps! Today, Jodie is releasing a new set of critters called "Sign Its" like this little girl:
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They're great because their signs are empty so you can fill them in with whatever you want to say! Head over to the store to see the rest of them!
Challenges:
Crafty Bloggers Network: Springtime
Creative Mondays: Anything Goes
Make it Monday: Anything Goes
My Grafico: Flowers

Bugaboo Sponsors Shopping our Stash

Today Bugaboo is sponsoring the "Shopping our Stash Challenge" and the challenge this week is to use a sentiment on your card or creation. That's right, if you play along with the Shopping our Stash challenge, you could win up to 7 Bugaboo images of your choice. Today I used one of Jodie's Make it Snappy Images "Merry Christmoose 2":
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I hope you'll play along in the challenge! I'd love to see what you create.
Challenges:
Shopping our Stash: Use a Sentiment
Partytime Tuesdays: Anything Goes
Sassy Cheryl's-Spots and Dots
Crazy Challenge: Anything Goes

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Stella Says Sketch #5

Time for another sketch at the new-ish Bugaboo Sketch Challenge! I hope you've been playing along for your chance to win free Bugaboo Images! Here is today's sketch:


I used one of Jodie's Make it Snappy images-Happy Birthday
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I hope you find this sketch inspiring and that you'll play along in our challenge. I'd love to see what you create!
Challenges:
Card Making Mamas-Birthday
Dilo En Espanol Challenge-Birthday
Aud Sentiments-"Happy" Something
Delightful Challenges: use patterned paper

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Bugaboo Challenge: A Recipe

Today's Bugaboo Challenge is a recipe. Use hearts, pearls and lace. I used one of Jodie's Breast Cancer images:
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I hope you'll play along with our recipe challenge!
Challenges:
Delicious Doodles-Use pink
Guylous-Girly
Inspire Me Fridays-Anything Goes
Patti's Creations: Vintage
Dis Digi Designs: Lace and Pearls

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Bugaboo Sponsors DYSU Challenge

Today Bugaboo is sponsoring the Do You Stack Up Challenge. That's right, play along with DYSU and you could win 7 Bugaboo Images! The challenge this week is to use distressing. I used Jodie's Kidlet image called "Baseball Girl"
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I used some distress ink on the image and used my Tim Holz distressing tool to rough up the edges of the card. There are so many ways you can use distressing on your projects. Pick one..or two and play along!
Challenges:
DYSU: use distressing
Cooking it up with Katie: Your three favorite things (Bugaboo, buttons and pink!)
Penny's Paper Crafty Challenges: Anything Goes

Oldie But Goodie Day

Welcome to another Oldie But Goodie Day at Bugaboo Stamps. Today I used this birthday cake which is always perfect for any birthday card you need to make:
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Head over to the Catch the Bug Blog to see what the rest of the DT wants to show you today.
Challenges:
Crafty Sentiments: 2 designer papers
My Time to Craft: use a cake
Use it Tuesdays: Birthday (use old supplies (paper))

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Bugaboo Sponsors Wicked Wednesday

Today's Wicked Wednesday challenge is being sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps and the challenge is to make an ATC with a St. Patrick's Day theme or an Irish theme. In case you aren't familiar with ATCs, they are Artist Trading Cards and they can be anything you want, the only rule is that they have to be 2.5 inches by 3.5 inches. Today I used an image from the JJ Calendar Months collection:
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Want to play along with the Wicked Wednesday challenge? I hope you will. Make your ATC and link it up at the challenge and you could win fabulous Bugaboo images. And don't NOT play along because it's an ATC challenge. ATCs make great focal points for cards so you can make an ATC now and then use it on a card later!
Challenges:
Wicked Wednesdays ATC: St. Patrick's/Luck of the Irish must be an ATC
Creative Mondays: anything goes
Lollipop: Anything Goes
Make it Monday: Always anything goes

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Bugaboo New Release

Today is Tuesday which you know is NEW RELEASE day at Bugaboo Stamps. Today Jodie is adding to her collection of adorable kid images with this new line of Strawberry Kids:
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Isn't she adorable? Head over to the Bugaboo store to see the rest of the set and if you're looking for more inspiration, check out the Catch the Bug blog to see what the rest of the Bugaboo DT did with this cutie.
Challenges:
Crafty Boots Challenge: Inspired by Food
Creative Mondays: Anything Goes
Lollipop Crafts: Anything Goes

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Bugaboo Sponsors the Stamptacular Challenge

Today Bugaboo Sponsors the Stamptacular Challenge. The challenge this week is to use a charm. I found some adorable little silver charms when I was at Archiver's last week and they fit perfectly with one of Jodie's Circle Sentiment images:
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Do you want to play along? I hope you will-just add a charm to your creation and link it up over at the Catch the Bug Blog and you will be in the running for the prizes!
Challenges:
Stamptacular: Use a charm
Di's Digi Designs: Something to do with snow
Ditzy Crafty mess: Snowman or winter

Saturday, February 18, 2012

Bugaboo Sketch Challenge

Did you play along with last week's photo inspiration challenge? I hope so and I hope you were one of the lucky winners. Today the challenge is a sketch:

I used one of Jodie's Winter Circle Sentiments:
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So what do you think? Do you want to play along for your chance to win Bugaboo images? If so, follow the sketch and link up your creation to the Catch the Bug Blog. I can't wait to see what you create!

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Oldie But Goodie Day

Have you seen this adorable Winter Bird collection from Bugaboo Stamps? The one I used today is called Winter Bird Friends and you can find it HERE
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Head over to the Catch the Bug Blog to see what the rest of the DT wants to show you.
Challenges:
Truly Scrumptious: All Creatures great and small
Sparkles Forum Challenges: Things with Wings
Mema's Crafts: Anything Goes
Crafter's Companion: Anything Goes
Through the Craftroom Door: CAS and use a Sentiment
Craft Us Crazy: Use favorite color or embellishment (PINK!)
Digi Doodle Shop: Anything Goes
Paper Crafting Journey:Make it Cute
Shelly's Images: Anything Goes

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

New Release Day at Bugaboo

Today is new release day at Bugaboo stamps! Today we have this adorable pig:
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Isn't he just the cutest? Go check out the rest of the set at the Bugaboo store!
Challenges:
Make it Monday-Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp and Show-Anything Goes
Stamps R Us-Anything Goes

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Stella Says Sketch #4

Have you been playing along with the Bugaboo "Stella Says Sketch" challenges? If you haven't heard, it's a new challenge over at Bugaboo with a new sketch every other Sunday. Here is today's sketch:

For my card today I used one of Jodie's Birthday Monster images which you can find HERE.

I hope you'll play along with the challenge. You have two weeks to make something and upload your card. You could win fabulous Bugaboo images!
Challenges:
Stella Says Sketch: Sketch
Hotshot Crafts: One for the boys
Crafty Emmas: lots of layers
Send A Smile for Kids: Anything Goes for kids

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Bugaboo Photo Inspiration Challenge

Hi Everyone! It's Saturday so you know what that means, right? Yep, it's another Bugaboo Challenge day and today it's a photo inspiration challenge AND the Bugaboo Challenge is sponsored by Kenny K so I and the rest of the team used this photo and our favorite Kenny K images for our cards today. First, here is your photo:

I used Kenny K's "Brooklyn Babe" image and the flowers from the image to make my card:
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Now it's your turn to play along! Just make something inspired by this photo and link it up at the Catch the Bug blog to be in the running for prizes!
Challenges:
Catch the Bug: Photo Inspiration
ATCs With Attitude: Card or ATC with flowers
Phindy's Place: Circles
Poodle's Parlor: Anything Goes
Our Creative Corner: best friend and use a flower

Friday, February 10, 2012

Freebie Friday at Bugaboo Stamps

Don't you just love Fridays? I know that I say that a lot but there are so many reasons why you should love Friday and one of them is FREEBIE FRIDAY at Bugaboo Stamps. Today, Jodie has a new kid:
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Isn't she adorable? If you like her, head over to the store to pick her up and see the rest of the set. OH and you can always head over to the Catch the Bug blog to see what the rest of the Bugaboo team did with this one.
Challenges:
Colour Create: Light and Dark browns w/white or cream
Craft Us Crazy: Anything Goes
Crafts & Me: use a new image
Scrapbook Sisters: Anything Goes

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Oldie But Goodie Day

Welcome to Oldie But Goodie Day! Yep, it's that time again...time for me and the rest of the Bugaboo DT to show you what we've made with some images you may have forgotten about. Today I used this cocoa cup image which you can get in the store HERE for just one dollar:
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Head over to the Catch the Bug blog to see what the rest of the DT wants to show you. You're bound to find some new favorites.
Challenges:
Little Darlings: Favorite embellishment (buttons!)
Scrapbook Sisters: Anything Goes
Digital Tuesday Challenge: use a digi and pink or red
Papertake Weekly: Anything Goes

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Say Hello to the Cookie Kids

It's new release day at Bugaboo Stamps and today Jodie is introducing some NEW adorable kids. These are the Cookie Kids and the set includes this little cutie:
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Head over to the Store to the Bugaboo Store to see the rest of the set.
Challenges:
Make it Monday: Anything Goes

Monday, February 6, 2012

Snowman Winter

Today Bugaboo is Sponsoring the Forever Friends Challenge. The challenge today is to use BLUE. What better way to use BLUE than for a Christmas card made with a super cute snowman image called Snowman Winter. You can find him at the store by clicking on his name.
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Hopefully you've gotten a start on your Christmas cards. If not, why not get started today with this guy or one of the other MANY adorable Christmas/winter images in the Bugaboo store. You can play along with the Forever Friends challenge while you're making your BLUE Christmas cards and you could win FREE Bugaboo images! What are you waiting for? :)
Challenges:
Forever Friends: Blues
Christmas Inspirations: Anything Goes
Paper Sundaes: Clean and Simple
Challenge Up Your Life: Monochrome
Crafty Cardmakers: Monochrome

Saturday, February 4, 2012

February Anything Goes Challenge

Hey! It's the first Bugaboo Challenge of February and you know what that means, right? Yep, it's our ANYTHING GOES challenge. Easy peasy so there's really no reason to not play along. Go ahead and make whatever you want and link it up at the Catch the Bug Blog to be in the running for prizes. I used one of my favorite Bugaboo Brat images, Desiree
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Now it's your turn. Go make something and join in the challenge this week.
Challenges:
Send a Smile for Kids: Anything Goes
Stamp Scrap & Doodle: Punches or Die Cuts

Stella Says Sketch #3

**Just a reminder that Bugaboo is Sponsoring the Cupcake Craft Challenge and you can play along to win fabulous Bugaboo Images**

How have you been liking the new Stella Says Sketch challenge at Bugaboo? I hope you've been enjoying playing along. We have a new sketch for you this week:
I used another one of Jodie's "Make it Snappy" images:
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I hope you'll play along. As always, you can win fabulous Bugaboo images.
Challenges:
Stella Says Sketch: Sketch
One Stitch at a Time: Use a digi

Friday, February 3, 2012

Freebie Friday!

Yay! It's Friday and I'm very excited about this weekend. First, my youngest child's birthday is tomorrow. He's going to be 14. I can't believe that. How did that happen already? Not sure how it happened but it did so we'll be celebrating tomorrow. I'm also excited about the Super Bowl even though I don't really like either team in the game. Oh well, we always have lot of yummy snacks so I'm looking forward to that. And finally, the reason to be excited for Friday is Jodie's FREEBIE FRIDAY! Today she's giving away this new character from her new GIRLZ line:
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Isn't she GREAT? I mean, I love Jodie's adorable kids but it's nice to have a little bit older/teen image to play with. If you like this one, go pick her up at the Bugaboo Store and while you're there, check out the other two from the set. Have a great weekend!
Challenges:
ATCs & Cards with Attitude: Hearts or Anything Goes
Ditzy Craftymess: Anything Goes
Hotshot Crafts: Flowers

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Oldie But Goodie Day

Welcome to another Oldie But Goodie Day at Bugaboo Stamps. Not only is it OBG day, but today Bugaboo is also sponsoring Craft Us Crazy whose challenge this week is "Anything Goes". (In case you're not familiar with what OBG day is, it's the day when the Bugaboo DT rolls out those older, possibly forgotten images and makes them new and exciting again. :) Okay, maybe we just remind you that they exist, in case you forgot.) Today I used this adorable Mouse image which you can find HERE
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Head over to the Catch the Bug blog to see what the rest of the DT wants to show you today. And don't forget to head over to Craft Us Crazy and link up your creation in their Anything Goes challenge. You could win fabulous Bugaboo prizes.
Challenges:
Craft Us Crazy: Anything Goes
Do You Stack Up: Anything Goes