Happy 2nd Birthday Bugaboo!!!!

To celebrate Bugaboo's 2nd Birthday we're having a Blog Hop!!!!

I am so excited to be a part of the Bugaboo 2nd Birthday Blog Hop with Bugaboo Stamps!  Hopefully you arrived from Min Kwiatkowsk's Blog. 

                               

Min Kwiatkowski

You can find the entire blog hop line up and start the blog hop on the Catch the Bug Blog HERE.  Bugaboo has put together a week long celebration you will not want to miss out on!

 Supplies:

Stamps:  Another Drink Stella

Paper:  Basic Black, White Embossed, Kraft Cardstock

Accessories:  Scallop Trim Border and Corner Punches, Black Ribbon

I made this card using the Stella Peeker, Another Drink stamp.  You can find this digi stamp HERE.   Well Stella was so excited that Bugaboo was turning TWO.....that she went out and had One Too Many DRINKS.  Stella and I wish BUGABOO a very Happy 2nd Birthday!!!!

The next stop on the HOP is the super talented Amy Ely's Blog!  Make sure you leave comments at each stop because EACH DT member will be giving away the image they used for the hop and of course there are many more to  be earned along the way!!  This HOP is full of prizes!!!!


Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card!


 

Amy Ely

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Get Well and a Color Challenge Card

This week we have a color challenge at Totally Stampalicious.  The colors are Pink, Yellow and Orange.  I used Melon Mambo, Crushed Curry, and a Pumpkin Orange for my shades.  The base of this card is Soft Suede.  The image is the super fun Nurse Margaret.  She's from the Totally Stampalicious Bugaboo Line.

Check out the Totally Stampalicious Blog to see some more great Pink, Yellow and Orange inspiration!


I'm also including this card in the following challenges:

Bugaboo Stamps:  Anything Goes

Stampin with the Dragon:  Occupations

Cute Card Thursday:  Use at Least One Punch

Sweet Stampin' Challenge:  Anything but Birthday

Jellypark Friends:  Get Punchy

 


Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card today!

My Groovy Bookmark Card and Tutorial

Supplies
Stamps:
Paper:  Stampers Select White CS (Papertrey Ink), Peach Parfait, Pear Pizzazz, Beach Babe DP, Vellum
Ink: Memento Black
Accessories:  Prismacolor Pencils, Mineral Spirits, Blending Stump, Three For You flower punch, scallop edge punch, ticket corner punch, small hole punch, gold ribbon, SU Pearls.

This week's Challenge at Totally Stampalicious is to make a BOOKMARK!  For my bookmark I used the super cool Hippie Dottie Stamp set from the Totally Stampalcious Bugaboo Line.

I used Papertrey Ink Stampers Select White Cardstock for the base and image on this.  I LOVE this paper!  It's a great weight (110 lb) for a card base and it works perfectly for stamping and coloring images!  This is the first time I've tried this paper and I'm so happy with the results!

I struggled a bit with how to attach the bookmark to the card.  I wanted something that would hold the bookmark in place and not cover it up at the same time.  I came up with this idea to create a pocket out of vellum.  It's super easy to do.

Here's a quick tutorial on the pocket.

Step 1:  Make a Square that measures roughly the same as the width of your bookmark.  My bookmark is just under 2 inches so I used a 2 inch square.

Step 2:  Cut the square in half on the diagonal.  I just lined up two points from the square on my paper trimmer and cut.  (Be sure to hold the paper down on both sides of the paper or else it will move and you won't get a straight cut)

Here's what your square will look like

Step 3:  Tape your two triangles together to make a pocket.  For this step I checked the width of the pocket against the width of my bookmark to be sure there was a wide enough opening.  My finished pocket measures 2 7//8 inches wide by 2 inches tall.

Step 3:  Run Tape along all the outside edges and position on your card.

Step 4:  Decorate.

I'm also including this card in the following challenges:

Tiddly Inks Challenge:  Bookmarks
Pixie Dust Studio Challenge:  Tag Time

I had a lot of fun making this bookmark card set!  We have more great bookmark inspiration on the Totally Stampalicious Blog.  I hope you get a chance to play along in our bookmark challenge this week!

Thanks for checking out my card and tutorial!

Christmas in July Anything Goes

Today's challenge at Bugaboo Stamps Catch the Bug Challenge Blog is Anything Goes.  I decided to end the week with the same color combo that I started the week with - certainly celery, chocolate chip, and whisper white.  The image I used is one of my all time favorites - Christmas JJ.  She's looking fabulous and festive in her reindeer costume isn't she?

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card!  I'll be back on Monday with a new challenge for Totally Stampalicious!  Have a FAB*U*LOUS Weekend!

Christmas in July Snow

I made this adorable card for today's Challenge at Bugaboo Stamps Christmas in July Challenge.  Today's challenge theme is snow.  I knew Eggbert Winter would be perfect for this "snow" theme.  For the layout I used this week's Sweet Sketch Wednesday Sketch 111.  I love the Navy, White and Silver color combo for Christmas and I think it went perfectly with the snow theme!  The sentiment stamp is from Amuse Art Stamps.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card!  I'll be back tomorrow with my card for the Anything Goes challenge at Bugaboo.

Sketch Challenge at Bugaboo

 

Just a quick post today to share the card I made for today's challenge at Catch the Bug Challenge Blog.  Each day this week is a new Christmas challenge and today's challenge is a sketch challenge.  Here's the sketch:

I used the Bugaboo Winter Birds - Snowman digi stamp for the image.  Isn't it just adorable?
Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card!

Bugaboo Christmas in July - Free Digi Day!

Supplies:

Stamps:  Ruby Free Digi, Unknown Christmas Sentiment Stamp

Paper:  Real Red, Certainly Celery, Whisper White, Heidi Grace Designs DP

Ink:  Barely Banana, Blush Blossom, Real Red, Certainly Celery, Garden Green, Basic Black

Accessories:  Scallop Edge Punch, Modern Label Punch, Snowflakes, Gel Pen

Today I'm sharing a card I made for today's challenge at Catch the Bug Challenge Blog.  Each day this week is a new Christmas challenge and today's challenge is to use the Ruby FREE digital image they provided on your project.

This is the first time I've used a Fixatif on my digital image.  I bought some Krylon Workable Fixatif and followed the directions on the bottle to set the image.  I let it dry for an hour and then colored it using my Stampin Up markers.  I'm really happy with how this turned out.  The only down side is the dry time.  My other option is to buy some Copic Markers (or other non-water based markers) but then what would I do with all my Stampin' Up markers?

This card measures 6.5"  x 3.25".  I was inspired to try this size when I read Emily Leiphart's Blog post today (HERE).  I don't know if I've ever done a 6.5" x 3.25" card but I really like it!  I also think this is the perfect size card to use if you're giving a gift of money or a check.  Now I just need to find an envelope that this will fit into.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card!  I'd love to know what kind of markers you use and how they work with digi stamps!

I'm also entering this card in the following challenges:

Craft us Crazy - Christmas in July 

Digistamps 4 Joy ~ Christmas

Fairy Knoll ~ Christmas in July     

Simon Says Stamp ~ Anything Goes 

Simply Create ~ Christmas Time   

 Stamp Something ~ Christmas in July

Stampin With The Dragon ~ Christmas in July  

Buttons and Bows Scarlette

 

Supplies

Stamps:  Present Scarlette, So Many Scallops

Paper:  Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip & Certainly Celery DP

Ink:  Chocolate Chip, Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink, Blush Blossom, Crumb Cake

Accessories:  Paper Piercing Tool, Scallop Circle Punch, 1 1/4 inch Circle Punch, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Close to Cocoa Ribbon, SU Twine, Buttons

It's Monday and time for this week's Totally Stampalicious Challenge.  This is a super easy one - we just want you to use Buttons and Bows on your project (at least one of each).  Being the overachiever that I am - LOL, I have 4 buttons (those are clear buttons under Scarlette) and two bows on my card.  I used the Present Scarlette rubber stamp from Totally Stampalicious for the image.

I'm also including this card in the following challenges:

Catch the Bug Challenge Blog - Non - Traditional Christmas Colors

Craft us Crazy - Christmas in July 

Fairy Knoll ~ Christmas in July     

Meljens - Buttons and Bows

Simply Create ~ Christmas Time   

 Stamp Something ~ Christmas in July

Stampin With The Dragon ~ Christmas in July    

Digistamps 4 Joy ~ Christmas     

Want some more Buttons and Bows inspiration?  Head on over to the Totally Stampalicious Blog to see what the rest of the design team has created!

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card!  I hope you can join us for this week's Buttons and Bows Challenge!

Last but not least I want to thank everyone that stopped by and left comments on my Bugaboo Christmas in July Blog Hop post!  I will be selecting a winner for the turtles winter digi - on Saturday, July 23 from all the comments.  If you haven't commented and want a chance to win the free digi from Bugaboo - you can find the blog hop post HERE.  To find out all the challenges and prizes for the Bugaboo Christmas in July click HERE.

Bugaboo Stamps Christmas in July Blog Hop

I am so excited to be a part of the Christmas in July Blog Hop with Bugaboo Stamps!  Hopefully you arrived from  Lola Cordova's Blog.  You can find the entire blog hop line up on the Catch the Bug Blog HERE.  Bugaboo has put together a week long celebration you will not want to miss out on!

I made this card using the Bugaboo Turtles Winter stamp.  You can find this digi stamp HERE.   It's impossible to make this turtle look anything but adorable!  The sequins silver snowflake embelishments really pop out IRL.  I added some stickles to the image to give it a little bling!

Supplies:
Stamps:  Turtles Winter, Sentiment from unknown Christmas Stamp Set.
Paper:  Bashful Blue, Real Red, Certainly Celery, Whisper White, Me & My Bright Ideas DP
Ink:  Certainly Celery, Real Red, Wild Wasabi
Accessories:  Modern Label, Word Window,  and Eyelet Border Punches; Colluzzle, Sequins Silver Snowflakes, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Stickles, Large Rhinestones, Rhinestone Brads.










Here's a close up of the image:

Now you need to head on over to Lori Padeberg's Blog!  Make sure you leave comments at each stop because EACH DT member will be giving away the image they used for the hop and of course there are many more to  be earned along the way!!  This HOP is full of prizes!!!!

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card!

New Truck Gus 1-2-3

This week's Totally Stampalicious Challenge is a recipe challenge.  Here's the recipe:


1 - Ribbon
2 - Different Patterns of paper
3 - Embellishments (bling, brads, whatever)

I used the Totally Stampalicious New Truck Gus stamp set for the image and the sentiment.   As you can see my ribbon is minimal but it is there.  The two patterned papers are from my scrap pile.  I used 3 yellow brads for my embelishments.  It's getting late so that's it for today.  Thanks for stopping by and checking out my 1,2,3 Challenge Card!

Birthday Boy with BLING

Paper:  Cherry Cobbler, Tangerine Tango, Baja Breeze Designer Paper, Not Quite Navy, Whisper White, Kraft

Ink:  Cherry Cobbler, Tangerine Tango, Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy

Accessories:  Large Star Punch, Small Star Punch, Mat Pack, Polka Dot Embossing Folder, Stickles, Star Brads, Word Window Punch

Happy Saturday my stamping friends!  Today I'm sharing an adorable Birthday Boy card.  I NEVER have enough cards for boys!  I think this little cupcake kid is perfect for those adorable boys in my life.  My Nephews are going to just LOVE him!

This week's challenge at Totally Stampalicious is BLING.  I added a lot of bling (stickles) to this but still kept it appropriate for a boy.

The image is available in clear rubber from Totally Stampalicious HERE and in digital from Bugaboo HERE.

The layout is from this week's sketch challenge at SCS and the fabulous color combo is from this week's Colour Q Challenge cQc #72.  I really loved working with these colors!!!

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card!

Wishing for a Bubble Bath

This week's Totally Stampalicious Challenge is a color challenge - Pink & Red.  I used this week's Card Patterns Sketch 99 for the layout.  This was actually a really quick card to put together.  The image is Scarlette Bubble Bath.

This card was inspired by my sweet daughter Emily.  She will be taking bubble baths for the next 3 weeks because she fractured her left wrist (she fell at the Bounce House).  Her cast is hot pink so it really fits with this week's color challenge.  When she found out that she would have to take baths instead of showers she was not at all happy.  Once she got in the tub full of bubbles she decided maybe this bath thing wasn't so bad.  We're going to be doing some extra pampering at our house over the next couple of weeks!

Supplies
Stamps:  Scarlette Bubble Bath (Bugaboo & Totally Stampalicious) , Big Bold Birthday (SU)
Paper:  Pretty in Pink, Real Red, Pretty in Pink DP
Ink:  Pretty in Pink, Crumb Cake, Blush Blossom, Real Red, Black Staz-On
Accessories:  Pearls, Word Window Punch, Eyelet Border Punch, Large Circle Punch, Large Scallop Circle Punch, SU Pretty in Pink Ribbon, Gel Pen, Stickles

Card Patterns Sketch #99

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card!

Recycled Let it Snow Stella

This is my entry for this week's Totally Stampalicious Recycle It Challenge!  This challenge is perfect for me.  I am passionate about recycling.  We recycle as much as possible at my house. 

I'm super excited to share this project with you!  For my recycled material I used clear plastic packaging (left over from a Cuttlebug folder).  I ran it through the Cuttlebug with the SU Snowflake embossing folder - I found a tutorial for this on Tim Holtz 12 Tags of Christmas - HERE.

The stamp I used is a digital Stella from Bugaboo she can be found digitally Here. She is also available in clear rubber from Totally Stampalicious Here.  I printed the image out on SU Shimmery White paper to add a little extra sparkle to it.  I used the red brads to secure the plastic panel to the image panel.

I split up the sentiment in GIMP and continued it on the inside of the card.  The inside reads:

Supplies:

Stamps:  Stella November Calendar Month

Paper:  Real Red, Basic Black, Shimmery White

Ink:  Real Red, Basic Black, Going Grey

Accessories:  Plastic Packaging, Real Red Brads, Sheer Black Ribbon, 

Scallop Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch, SU Snowflake embossing folder.

Thanks for checking out my Recycled Winter Stella Project.  You can play along with this week's Totally Stampalicious Recycle Challenge Here.

(ETA) This also qualifies for this week's Stampin B's Challenge to use a ribbon with no bow or tie so I'm playing along with my friends at Stampin' B's too this week!  You can play along Here.  

Thanks for checking out my card!

Just Fake It - Ruby

It's a busy day here so I'll make this post quick.  I'm so excited this is my last day of work before my Christmas vacation!  I'm going to be off work until January 3rd.


This fun card is for this week's Totally Stampalicious Challenge - It's All Faux Fun.  The challenge is to make some faux brads, stitching, flowers, metal, etc.  I made faux brads using circle punches and stickles!  The stamp set is  Attitude Ruby also from Totally Stampalicious.   I initially tried doing faux stitching but it wasn't pretty.  I need more practice at that technique.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card!