A heads up...

Do you find Sunday to be a quiet day in Crafty Land?

Well there may be a solution for you at Catch The Bug from tomorrow onwards...

One of our favourite Bugaboo ladies will have a new fortnightly challenge for you so make sure you pop on over tomorrow to see what Stella has lined up for you...

Kaapow!!!

Get ready for this week's Tuesday New Release at Bugaboo and time for some non Christmassy images to appear once again. This is the AKV Ninja! Great for masculine cards.

I cut the card blank and all the circle layers using my grand nesties. So good to be able to cut large, neat circles. There are 7 new ninja images available so head on over to the shop to check them out.

Entering the card into the Make It Monday ~ Anything Goes challenge

Happy Christmas Eve everyone!

Just because the year is dwindling to an end, doesn't mean the fun stops over at Bugaboo and Catch The Bug! We still have a challenge for you this week...

Red, Pink and Blue and a touch of Glitter or Fun Flock!

 so it's a bit of an anti-Christmas card from me and time to make something else.

I used bashful blue and real red ink to create an argyle background with a Papertrey stamp. Then I used the colour theme for the image - Pink, Red and Blue. The image is Birthday Penguin Cake from Bugaboo. I used glitter on the image (which hasn't shown up well but there's a lot more glitter than I ever use!) and made the ice cream pop with some pink flowersoft.

If you want to join in with us for this week's challenge, visit Catch The Bug now for all the detials.



Day 12

It's the last day of the 12 Days of Christmas over at Catch The Bug. Today we have the Drummers Drumming and so the challenge is to be inspired by a

CHRISTMAS SONG

I have chosen Frosty the Snowman.

I have used the Polka Scarf Snowman image fro Bugaboo. The snowflake background ( I love how there's a twinkly snowflake on each of the lattice crosses) was stamped using a Papertrey background stamp set - Twinkling as did the sentiment.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Addicted To Stamps ~ Snowflakes     Christmas Card Challenges ~ Doodling

One Stitch At A Time ~ Use a Digi     Craft Your Days Away ~ Snowmen

Crafty Calendar ~ Cold and Frosty     CES ~ Traditional Christmas

Less Is More ~ Let It Snow     My Sheri ~ Let It Snow

Guest Designer at Stamp With Fun

I am so pleased to finally be able to reveal to you that I am going to be the guest designer through December at Stamp With Fun!!!

My first challenge with them is

GIFT WRAPPING

So I have made this small sizzix carry all box.

I cut it out on cream cardstock and stamped it with a light green, dark green and brown ink pad using Papertrey Ink's Grunge stamp set too create the camouflage effect. I then made a tag using one of the AKV Army digital images from Bugaboo.

I'm also entering this box into the following challenges:

One Stitch at a Time ~ Use a Digi     Challenge Up Your Life ~ Packaging

Corrosive ~ Anything But Christmas

WINNER!

So who has won a free copy of the My Memories Digital Scrapbooking Softwear???

Well the lucky person is:

JENNI

Well done Jenny. Please get in touch with my so we can sort out the prize for you.

Today's challenge to go with the 11th Day of Christmas over at Catch The Bug is

PLAID

Now this had me stumped for ages so decided to do a google search and when I typed it in, gingham came up. I was happier then!

This is my very first nugget tim! Used a stocking santa digital image from Bugaboo. The nuggets are covered in avery labels that have been stamped with Papertrey's gingham background stamp and Limitless Labels stamp sets. They have been alternated in the tin

Santa Baby

SANTA BABY

hurry down the chimney tonight...

Yep, that is our theme this week at Catch The Bug, the Bugaboo challenge blog. We would like to see your take on Santa/Santa Baby.

And yes, I have made another sizzix box. Well, in fact, this was the first one I made using nugets but have been waiting to share it). I stamped the labels with the gingham background stamp from Papertrey so that the would match with the backing panels on the box. I love how the sentiments have fitted with the spaces left by the image and the gingham. 

The Bugaboo digi I used is Santa Sack.

Day 10

Well we are nearing the end of Bugaboo's 12 days of Christmas over at Catch The Bug. Yesterday's challenge was to create a feminie project so today is the day to go all masculine for the Lords who were Leaping.

Yesterday I used an AKV Girl from the Christmas bunch, and so today I have used a boy!

So what hapens when you put my masculine and feminine projects together? You get a great gift set for a brother and sister - well that was the plan anyway!

Today is also your last chance to put your name down for my draw to win some free digital scrapbooking softwear. You can find a review, examples (although there are more over my blog) and all the details on a discount and then just comment on the post HERE and you may be the lucky winner announced tomorrow.

Day 9

Welcome to Day 9 of Bugaboo's 12 Days of Christmas festivities. Today we have 9 Ladies Dancing and so would like to challenge you to create a feminine Christmas card.

I have made a little jar of sweets with a girly theme. I wonder if you can work out what tomorrow will bring yet?

Make sure you check out all the details of the challenge over at Catch The Bug as all the details regarding the prizes (and there's a lot of them) are available there.

Day 8

It's day 8 and time to get thos Maid's a Milking. So for today's challenge, we at Catch The Bug have set you the Christmassy challenge of:

Milk and Cookies  

I have used the Stocking Santa Milk and Cookies for my card. In a rush and have to go so sorry for no extra details today...

Day 7

On the 7th Day Of Christmas, My true love gave to me...

Seven Swans a Swimming

And so today at Catch The Bug, we have a photo inspiration challenge for you. The design team have lots of wonderful designs too so make sure you pop on over for a visit. So here's the photo to inspire you:

I chose to use the red sash as my inspiration and used the Wrapped Up JJ from Bugaboo.

There is also still time to take part in my My Memories giveaway too and you could win some didgital scrapbooking softwear. Click on the banner at the top of my blog to see all the details (well, all you have to do really is leave a comment on this POST.

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

Celebrate The Occasion ~ Christmas No Green     Papertake Weekly ~ Anything Goes

Paper Minutes ~ Countdown to Christmas   Passion For Promarkers ~ Mega Christmas

More Layouts using My Memories

Here are some more layouts made suing the My Memories Digital Scrapbooking softwear. This time I have used the Great Outdoors digi pack to scrap some of my Cub Camp photos. I've obviously blanked out their faces, they don't all have grey heads!!! Remember I have a GIVEAWAY HERE where you can win a free copy of the My Memories Digital Scrapbooking softwear for you to try to. Just coment on THIS POST!

I'm entering them into the Make It Monday challenge this week.

12 Days Of Christmas

So it's day 4 of the '12 Days of Christmas' Challenges over with Bugaboo.

Today is '4 Calling Birds' and so we'd love for you to join in with our challenge by creating a project with a bird on it.

I've made a Shaker box using a sizzix die just as I did with Day 1.

It has some nesties as a base and lid and is filled with some covered hershey nuggets.

This little guy is so cute, he is called  Little Penguin Winter.

Make sure you ead on over to CATCH THE BUG to see what other inspiration is there and to get all the details.

12 Days Of Christmas

Are you enjoying the 12 Days of Christmas with Bugaboo so far?

Day 3 is of course '3 French Hens' and so for today's challenge we'd like to see you use an animal on your card. I've used a AKV Reindeer image.

To get all the info with regards to these special challenges, take a look over at CATCH THE BUG where you can find out about the prizes and all the answers you may need.

12 Days Of Christmas

Today starts a very exciting time in Bugaboo land. We are celebrating the 12 Days of Christmas in style!!! There will be a different challenge set each day and daily prizes up for grabs (and a host more too). All the details can be found over at the Catch The Bug Blog...

So day 1 is 'A Partridge in a Pear Tree'. The challenge is to include a TREE on your project.

I have made a little shaker box using a sizzix die and used nesties to create a lid and a base for it.

I then stamped some stickers with a co-ordinating ink pad and stamp set to cover up some Hershey Nugget chocolates to fill it.

Sea Breeze

Today I wanted to show you some more pages made using the MY MEMORIES digital scrapbooking softwear. I wanted to highlight how quick and easy it is to make up some pages so set myself a time limit of 15 minutes to make 3 pages and these are the result:

The fact that you can choose a basic layout for the pictures is brilliant, you simply drag and drop the pictures into place. Then choose a background paper, add a few embellishments and voila...

All the pages were made using the same digi pack too - Sea Breeze.

If you are at all inspired, then check out my giveawy by clicking HERE or by clicking on the banner at the top of my blog. You'll be taken to a page where you can write a comment and be in with a chance of winning the softwear and a code to get $10 worth of digi kits of your choice. Yep, all you have to do is comment on the post to be in with a chance of winning!

These layouts are entered into the following challenges:

Creative Craft ~ Anything Goes     Make It Monday ~ Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations ~ Anything But a Card     Lollipop ~ B is for... (boats, bow, blue, bunting)

Allsorts ~ Pennants/Bunting (on the 3rd Page)

Baby

Here's a personalised Christening card I was asked to make. Used bashful blue as the colour scheme and kept it quite clean and simple with lots of white.

The name was cut out with a sizzlets set which Ipurchased years ago but had only use it once! The images is from Bugaboo and is called A Kid's View (AKV) Baby Blocks. The bottom half of the back panel is stamped with a papertrey background stamp.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Make It Monday ~ Anything Goes     365 Cards ~ Keep It Simple

Drunken Stampers ~ Monochromatic

Silver, Black and Bling

Yep, that's the challenge we have set for you this week at Catch The Bug, the Bugaboo digi affiliated blog.

SILVER, BLACK AND BLING

This card is so not me - a Christmas card without traditional Christmas colours or bright colours!

Now I'm not really a 'bling' person so went out and bought some sticky gems. Can you see them on the card? No? That's because I can't find them...

So I had to improvise. I used mirri card for that reflective blingy quality, some glitter on the image and attached a sparkly silver bow beneath the image. Hope that is enough sparkle and bling to qualify.

For all the details about the challenge and the prizes, make sure you head on over to CATCH THE BUG right now. While there, make sure you have a look at the rest of our DT work and some projects from some special guests.

Don't forget, there's still a chance to join in with my giveaway to win some digital scrapbooking softwear from My Memories, simply by clicking on this post HERE and leaving a comment (no complicated rules, trick, just one comment and you could win!)

Also entering this card into the following challenges:

Make It Monday ~ Anything Goes     Card Mad Fairy ~ Digi & Winter Wonderland

Crafty Catz ~ Snowmen     Fun With Shapes ~ Cold as Ice

Fairy Tale ~ Christmas     Pattie's Creation ~ Digi & Christmas

Phindy's Place ~ Sprinkling of Snow     Poodle's Parlour ~ Christmas

Simply Create Too ~ Christmas     Stampin With The Dragon ~ Anything Christmas

Rugby Mad

The challenge over at Lili Of The Valley is Anything Goes. A perfect chance to share with you a couple of projects I made for my little Cousin. He's rugby mad so when I won a LOTV voucher and saw this, I knew I had to have it!

I created the backing papers with Night of Navy and Bashful Blue ink and a Papertrey Grunge Me stamp set.

The Sizzix shaker box is filled with some Hershey nuggets and covered with the same paper so that it all ties in.