Happy Anniversary

Later this month, my husband and I will celebrate 19 years of marriage. The time sure has flown. I'm sure we'll still feel that way when we're as old as Stella and Gus are. Stella and Gus, by the way, are from Bugaboo Stamps and there are more funny images and sentiments to be found over there so go take a look. I love the sentiment for this one!

In case you can't read it, the sentiment says "I love being married. It's great to find that one special person you can annoy for the rest of your life"
I made this card for five challenges- four of which I've never played along with before so that's kind of fun. I made another recessed window card-have to say I'm really liking that technique!
Create for Fun: black, white and one other color (I chose pink since that was the color of our bridesmaid's dresses.)
Speedy the Cat: buttons and bows
Stamptacular Sunday: Wedding or Anniversary
Sundays with Chrissy: relish to embellish
Pile it On: Quirky

Meet Mary and her Friends

This stamp is part of a set called "Mary and Friends" from Woodware stamps. I bought this set and two others at the convention in April. This is the first time I've used any of them.

Challenges:
Simply Saturday: circles
Crazy 4 Challenges: pleats
Sketch Saturday: sketch
All Sorts: strawberries, cream and chocolate
Corrosive Challenge: use die cuts
Crafty Hos: anything goes

Try Not to Fall Over

From the shock, that is. The shock of me making another Christmas card without snowmen! This cute little bear is from Cuddly Buddly and I tried something totally new for me, the recessed window card and, as the Bah Humbug challenge called for, I used acetate. So really, two new things in one card. I stamped the snowflakes on the acetate with opaque Staz On and colored the image with Copics. I also found a couple of other Christmas challenges this week and I know, for me at least, the idea isn't to combine Christmas challenges because I want to have a lot of Christmas cards at the end of the year. But, this card fit a couple of them so I went ahead and entered this card in those challenges too. Next week, I'm making separate cards for all the Christmas challenges.

Challenges:
Bah Humbug: acetate
Stamp Something: digi image
Fab's Big Christmas Challenge: do something different
Suzie and Vickie's Christmas club: snowflakes

Designed To Delight

It's the first of the month so you know what that means over at Designed to Delight, right? You can go over there right now and grab your freebie for the week. Everyone gets one. Make something with that image by next Thursday at 11:59pm and you'll get another free image emailed to you next Friday morning.

Challenges:
Designed to Delight: use the pot of flowers image
Our Creative Corner sketch: sketch
Color Throwdown: black, bright pink, bright blue and bright green
Raise the Bar: Lazy days of summer (I chose summer colors)

Christmas without a Snowman

**MYSTERY SOLVED! This image is from Paper Cupcakes!***
Remember last week when I promised that any Christmas cards I made this week would be made without snowmen? Well, I'm sticking to that promise....and it's a tough one! I played along with the ABC Christmas challenge which is L for lights this week. I don't know who this image is from so if you recognize it, could you please let me know so I can give proper credit. THANK YOU!

Challenges:
ABC Christmas-L for lights
Crafty Creations: black and white with a bit of red
Secret Crafter: Sketch

Just a Cute Thank You Bear

This super cute bear is from Meljens designs.

You can't tell from this picture (or any of the other pictures I tried to take to show this) but the entire image is covered in Glimmer Mist. Pearl Glimmer Mist to be exact. I picked up my first bottle of this awesome stuff yesterday at Archiver's. I'm bummed that you really can't tell how shimmery it is but it looks cool in person.
Challenges:
Colour Create: baby pink and pastel blue
Charisma Cardz: flowers
Meljens: dry embossing
Just Cute Bears: thank you card (and a bear, of course!)
Eat Sleep Stamp: sketch
Paperplay Challenge: flowers and sparkle

Summer Fun

Doesn't this image from KahWinkE Dink conjur up all kinds of childhood memories of splashing around in your backyard blow up (or hard plastic) pool? I not only remember my own kids doing this but I remember doing it myself as a child, until we got a "real" pool when I was a little bit older. This is all about SUMMER FUN for me so it worked perfectly with a couple of this week's challenges

Challenges:
Papertake Weekly: fun fun fun
Cupcake Craft Challenge: summer delights
TSG: tangerine, baja and grey
Sweet Sketch Wednesday: sketch
Tuesday Taggers: texture
Little Red Wagon : alter an embellie (colored the flower with Copic marker)
Crafty Cardmakers: least and favorite..use your least favorite color (orange) and your favorite color (blue)

Itchy Dog Says "Thank You"

How cute is this little dog in his itchy sweater? Adorable, I know! It is another image from Bugaboo Stamps, this one was a freebie you can get HERE.

Challenges:
Sisterhood of Crafters: blue, white, cream and pearls
Copic Creations: color an animal
Creative Inspirations: Stitching
Cardmaker: sketch by Jeanette

Best Friends

You knew it wouldn't be long until I was showing you the second image I chose from Bugaboo and it's this one..."Best Friends" also from the Bugaboo Brats line.

Challenges:
Just Scraps: touch of yellow
Secret Crafter: buttons and blooms
PPC: chocolate chip, olive and blossom
Sketch Saturday: sketch
Kah Wink E Dink: use six of something
Digi Doodle Shop: buttons

Best Buds

I was very happy to win third place (by Random draw) in the Bugaboo challenge last week! I got to choose two images which, if you've looked at Bugaboo's images, you know is an impossible task. How do you narrow down all that cuteness to just two choices??? :) But, I was up to the task and one of the images I chose was this cutie called "Best Buds" from the Bugaboo Brats line.

Challenges:
Pile it On: Eat your Veggies (I used veggie colors)
Incy Wincy: Card for kids
Little Paper Shop: sketch