HAPPY BIRTHDAY JODIE!!

Today is Jodie's birthday. If you don't know who Jodie is, you've been living under a rock! Jodie is the owner and artist behind Bugaboo Stamps. Why don't you take a moment to hop over to the Bugaboo blog HERE and wish Jodie a Happy Birthday? I'm sure she'd love to hear from you.
Here is an all time favorite birthday card I made with one of Jodie's FABULOUS images:

Jodie-Hopefully you hopped here from Joy's blog and you've been enjoying your birthday wishes. I just want to add to what I'm sure everyone else has said and that is that you are an AMAZING artist and person. Your generosity and kindness are felt by everyone on the DT as well as all of your fans and followers. I really do hope you have an AWESOME day because you deserve it! Now Jodie, hop over to Melissa's blog for more birthday wishes. :) And for the rest of you reading this, head over to the Bugaboo blog and wish Jodie a VERY happy birthday. Thank you!

Black Friday Challenge

Black Friday. The busiest shopping day of the year. Do you participate? Did you find a lot of great deals? I hope so. If you found a couple of extra special crafting items in all your shopping yesterday, I hope you'll put them to use in the new Catch the Bug Challenge this week. Since the challenge is Black Friday, you can make something featuring the color black and/or a shopping theme. I used this Stella image:

Hop over to the Catch the Bug Blog for all the details and to upload your super fab card creation. I can't wait to see what you make.

Freebie Friday!

I think this is everyone's favorite Friday of the year. Most people are off of work (I'm not, but that's okay!) it's the start of the Christmas shopping season (I started two weeks ago!) and it is THE BEST Freebie Friday EVAH at Bugaboo. Have I said that before? I may have but just when I think Jodie can't possibly have any more cuteness or awesomeness in store for us, I am surprised. Check out this adorable FREEBIE Snowman:

Nope, it's not a card, it's a bag. Here's a side view:

And just in case you can't see him clearly, here's a closeup of the super cute snowman:

Now, head over to the Bugaboo Store and get this guy...he is your freebie for the week. BUT you'll want to pick up the rest of the set because they are all ADORABLE and it's still 50% off of everything for a couple more days so don't wait too long!
Challenges:
Digital Tuesday Challenge-let it snow and a digi
Pollycraft-blue
ABC Challenge-I for ice and snow (max four combos)
Bah Humbug-blue

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope you are enjoying your day with friends and family or, if you don't celebrate Thanksgiving, I hope you're having a nice day anyway with plenty of time for crafting. Not to rush you, but maybe it's time to start looking forward to the next holiday and make some Christmas cards! You can start with this adorable Christmas Boy:

Head over to the Catch the Bug Blog to see what the rest of the Bugaboo Design Team wants to show you on this Thanksgiving Oldie But Goodie Day. Remember, you have till the end of the month to save 50% on all your purchases from the Bugaboo store.
Challenges:
Crafty Creations Challenge-christmas
Speedy the Cat-have a circle on your card
Cards for Men-christmas card
Cardmaker-christmas card-red green white 1 stamp 1 punch
Papertake Weekly Challenge-die cuts punches or nesties

New Release Day at Bugaboo

I know it's Thanksgiving week, but Christmas IS just around the corner so if you haven't already, maybe it's time to get started on your Christmas cards. Just in time for you, Jodie is releasing these adorable Christmas Cupcakes at the Bugaboo Store:

I used this one to make a gift card holder. I printed the image at about 2" and colored it with Copics. Then I made a pocket with my Cricut and glued it to the cardstock that was cut at 4.25x5.5 and matted with coordinating paper. I made a little tag for the inside and tied ribbon through the hole. The gift card will be added to the pull out tag with removable glue dots.
Go check out the rest of the set and get them while everything is still half off in November!
Challenges:
Crafty Cardmakers-containers and or fancy envelopes
Spoon Full of Sugar-anything goes

ABC Monday...

I'm not much for ABCs. You know, the "anything but a card"? I tend to get stuck in a cardmaking rut and rarely branch out to other paper creations. It is, however, my turn over at Catch the Bug to do an ABC. Well, I dusted off the old Cricut, plugged in the "Tags Bags Boxes and More" cart and made these fun holiday tags with one of my favorite Bugaboo images:

I used my favorite Bo Bunny dotted papers and colored the image with Copics and stamped the "to/from" with an old SU! stamp. If you have the TBB&M cart and want to make this tag, it's the beveled tag and I cut it at 4".
OH! By the way, these would be perfect for this week's Catch the Bug Challenge...making a Christmas craft. So, why not make some and join in the challenge? You can win 7, 4 or 2 Bugaboo images of your choice. What are you waiting for??
Challenges:
One Stop Craft Challenge-snow people
Digi Doodles Challenge-anything goes

Catch the Bug Challenge

Challenge time again at Catch the Bug! This week the challenge is to make a Christmas Craft..an ATC, a gift bag, a gift tag...whatever you think of when you think "Christmas Crafts" I used this Poppi image and made a post it note holder:

And this is what it looks like open:

Okay, so head over to the CTB Blog for all the details and to post YOUR awesome creation. I can't wait to see what you make.
Challenges:
Secret crafter-handmade christmas
Our Creative Corner-holiday three d project
Crafty Creations Challenge-beautiful insides
ABC Christmas Challenge-x for xmas
Simple doodles-buttons
just us girls-dark red white black and yellow
Paper Play Challenges-let it snow
Crafty Calendar (monthly)-winter/snowflakes

Oldie But Goodie Time Again!

WOW Thursday rolls around quickly, doesn't it? You know what Thursday means, right? Yep, Oldie but Goodie Day at Bugaboo Stamps. That time of the week when the Bugaboo DT shows you some old, possibly forgotten but FABULOUS Bugaboo images. Since we're so close to Thanksgiving, I wanted to remind you about the Thanksgiving Bobbleheads, including this adorable bobblehead turkey:

Head over to the Catch the Bug Blog to see what the rest of the DT has rolled out today. And then pop over to the Bugaboo store and get some of these bobbleheads and make some Thankgsiving cards for your friends and family!

You Can Never Have Too Many...

Thank you cards! And thanks to the Monday Cardmaker Cardswaps challenge this week, I've made one. You should join Cardswaps and play along in the challenges. It's a very nice group of ladies, I think you'll like it there.

Challenges:
Spoon Full of Sugar-distressing
Our Creative Corner-gold brown rust and blue
All sorts-sketch
Cardmaker-thank you card
Crafty Hos-use fall colors

Challenge Time Again

Wow! Everyone seemed to love last week's challenge of Anything Goes at Bugaboo last week. The response was amazing and we had a record number of entries. I hope you will all like this week's theme equally as well. Did you know that today is World Kindness Day? To celebrate, we're using that as the theme for our challenge this week. You can make a thank you card, a friendship card, anything that says Kindness to you. And it's also a sketch challenge with a sketch designed by the one and only Scrappy! Check out all the details and enter your fabulous creation over at the Catch the Bug Blog. I chose one of Jodie's Sewing Bears and made a Thank You card:

I really hope you'll join in our challenge. I can't wait to see your creations!