Surprise, It's Not a Snowman

Hello and welcome to another challenge with Bugaboo Stamps and Catch the Bug. Today's theme is "Make a Splash" so I used this cutie Garden Cat making a little mischief:

Want to play along with Bugaboo this week? Make a card that makes a splash and link it up over at Catch the Bug. You could win lots of Bugaboo images!

One Last Snowman

I'm not ready to give up on the Christmas in July theme of this month but since it is almost the end of the month, I have to face that fact that it is coming to an end. Not that I'm going to stop making Christmas cards...no way! But for the July theme, this is my last snowy/Christmasy card:

Jodie has so many awesome snowman/winter/Christmas images in the new store. You really should go check them out and get started or keep going on your Christmas cards! You won't be sorry!

Etsy Shop Now Open

Okay, I've done it. After months of people telling me I should sell my cards, I've finally taken the leap and opened and Etsy Shop. I've listed a few cards for sale and will add more over the next couple of days.
I'd love to hear your Etsy experiences. Do you have success selling your cards? Do you have any tips or advice? Let me know in the comments section. Thanks!

Christmas in July Blog Hop Winner

Thanks to everyone who hopped along in our blog hop and played along in all of our mini challenges this week. Please go check out the Catch the Bug blog to see if you were a winner. There are too many winners for me to list them all here so I have to send you over there. :)
I do have ONE winner to announce from all the lovely people who left comments on my blog hop card. I used random.org and it chose #56 which is
KLM
Congrats! You win the snowman image I used on my blog hop card. Please email me and I'll send it to you right away.
Thanks again to everyone who played along.

An Easy One for Friday

Okay, you know you're pretty proud of yourself. You've played along all week in the Bugaboo Christmas in July festivities and you've gotten a good start on your Christmas cards this year. You'll be SO glad in November and December when you don't have to hurry to get your cards done and you don't have to crank out 40 or 50 of the same cookie cutter card because you're pressed for time. :) To make things easy on you, since you've played along all week, we have an ANYTHING GOES challenge for today. Anything Christmasy and you're in the running for prizes. How can you NOT play along?
Today I used one of Jodie's cutie kids:

Alright, it's your turn!
Challenges:
Kaboodle Doodles: Embossing
Creative Belli Blog: Christmas in July
Moving Along with the Times:Cute and Cuddly w/punch

Deacon Christmas

You know I love Deacon and you also know I love Christmas and Christmas themed images so what's better than the new images that Jodie is releasing today Ava and Deacon Christmas??! Woo Hoo!

You can get this one for free and if you like him, check out the rest of the set at the store.
I'm entering this in the All Sorts "Anything Goes" challenge.

Keeping the Christmas Theme Going...

It is Christmas in July week at Bugaboo Stamps so you know I had to pull out a Christmas image for my weekly Oldie But Goodie post, right? I love these snowmen so it's probably not much of a surprise to you that I chose one of them for this post:

It just so happens that today's mini challenge is SNOW BUSINESS. Make something featuring snow or snowmen. I hope you've been playing along with our Christmas theme this week so you can get a start or keep chugging along on your Christmas cards for this year. You'll be glad you did and you can win lots of prizes this week just for playing along so it's a win-win! Head over to Catch the Bug for all the details.
Challenges:
Sparkle Creations: Christmas in July
The Crazy Challenge: Christmas in July
Papertake Weekly: Cute
Digi Doodles Shop: Clean and Simple

Sketch Challenge

Are you enjoying the Bugaboo Christmas in July festivities? I know I am! Today's mini challenge is a sketch. Make a Christmas project with the sketch below:


I used one of my favorite snowmen:

I hope you'll play along for your chance to win great prizes. Good luck!
Challenges:
Simply Create: Christmas
CES: Christmas
Secret Crafter: holiday
Paper Sundaes: Christmas

Non-Traditional Christmas Colors

Have you hopped along in our Christmas in July Blog Hop yet? I hope so because you can win lots of prizes and I know you wouldn't want to miss out on prizes! The hop is open all week so you still have time to make your way through it. Start back at the Catch the Bug Blog.
In addition to the hop, there are mini challenges going on all week too for MORE chances to win. Today's mini challenge is to make a card with non-traditional Christmas colors so I chose this Santa and brown:

I hope you'll play along and if you do...GOOD LUCK!
Challenges:
Stamp Something: Christmas in July

Christmas in July Blog Hop

Hooray, it's blog hop time and this time around it's a Christmas in July theme. WOO HOO! Hopefully you found your way here from JULIE's blog. If not, go back to the beginning at the Catch the Bug blog and start there...you don't want to miss out on your chances to win prizes.
Today I used an image from one of my favorite collections at Bugaboo, Snowmen! This one is called Snowman Snowballs and I hope you like him because you can WIN HIM right here. Just by leaving a comment. I'll choose a random winner from everyone who leaves a comment here during the hop and I'll send him to you so you can get started, or keep going, on your Christmas cards.


Your next stop on the hop is MELISSA
Enjoy the hop and GOOD LUCK in the prize drawings!