August's Anything Goes

Welcome to August's

ANYTHING GOES 

challenge at Bugaboo. I made this scalloped circle card for the birth of a new baby. The sentiment is in Welsh and reads, congratulations on the birth of your Great Grandson. I used the Giraffe Heart 2 digi as my main image.

head on over to Catch The Bug to see the other DT work and for all the prize details and to enter your projects.

I'm entering it into the following challenges too:

Make It Monday - Anything Goes    Card Crafter's Circle - Shaped Card

ATCs & Cards With Attitude - Anything Goes

Inspire Me Fridays - Anything Goes   Pattie's Creations - Animals

Poodles Parlour - Anything Goes   Totally Papercrafts - Monochrome (yellow)

Stamping With The Dragon - Summer Colours (Yellow)

Christmas In July Hop

Hello all!

If you have got here from

BONNIE

then you are currently on your way through Bugaboo's Christmas in July Blog Hop!

If not, and you just stumbled upon my blog, then head over to CATCH THE BUG to get started.

Our challenge this week is

CHRISTMAS IS FOR KIDS

I used this A Kid's View Reindeer for my card. I think the cute kiddy style is just perfect (and quick and easy to colour in when you have loads of cards to make for the season). 

Make sure you visit Catch The Bug to see all the details as there are LOADS of prizes up for grabs during our WEEK LONG Christmas In July celebrations.

So where are you heading next? Well you are off to:

SAMMIBUG

Enjoy the rest of your trip!

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

Make It Monday - Anything Goes   Jellypark - Christmas in July

Card Crafters Circle - Christmas in July   Poodle Parlour - Use a Digi   

Send A Smile - Christmas In July    2 Sisters - Christmas in July

Burnt to a crisp...

The theme for this week's Bugaboo challenge is

Holiday/Seasonal

in honour of the 4th of July.

I chose to use this BBQ AKV image and a Red, White and Blue colour scheme to boot. Make sure you head on over to CATCH THE BUG to see the prize packages and to have a peek at all the other DT projects.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Make It Monday - Anything Goes   Card Makin Mamas - Red, White and Blue

Craft Punked - Independance Day   Our Craft Lounge - Photo Inspiration

Stella Says SKETCH

It's time for another STELLA SAYS SKETCH today!

If you want to join in the fun of this challenge, take a look over at CATCH THE BUG right now

50 and Fabulous

Who better to celebrate a 50th Birthday than Fanny from Bugaboo! This is a great image for this occasion and comes from the Fanny Calendar Months range so there's plenty to choose from. 

I'm entering it into the following challenges:

Make It Monday - Anything Goes     Paper Shelter - Anything Goes

Inky Impressions - Celebration     Sisterhood of Craft - Circles

ABaC

I'm back with another Anything But A Card Monday for you with Bugaboo. 

This time I have created a picture montage for a friend with a range of JJ images. I probably should have left the class out as I took the picture to stop the glare.

I'm entering this framed artwork into the following challenges:

Make It Monday - Anything Goes   Squigglefly - Make Me Laugh

Bunny Zoe - Anything Goes     Dream Valley - Humour

One Stitch At A Time - Use a Digi

Surf's Up!

Stella is back today with another sketch challenge for you. 

Here is my interpretation of it:

I used the Guy - Surf image for my card. All the background papers are stamped with Papertrey Ink stamp sets and Wild Wasabi ink from SU.

Now head on over to Catch The Bug to see all the details and to see the rest of the DTs efforts too.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Make It Monday - Anything Goes    Crafty Creations - Circles (background stamp)

I Love Promarkers - Use a Digi     Fab N Funky - Celebrations

Di's Digi Designs - Male     Secret Crafter - Anything Goes

Little Claire - Male     Poodle Parlour - Male

Anything Goes when it comes to Stella

It's the first Saturday of the month which means it's ANYTHING GOES challenge day at Catch The Bug, the blog dedicated to all that is Bugaboo images. I used Stella Calendar Months - January for this card.

Make sure you visit Catch The Bug for all the other DT work and for info on the new prize package that is up for grabs...

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Make It Monday - Anything Goes    Crafty Creations - Circles

I Love Promarkers - Use a Digi     Fab N Funky - Celebrations

Circle Easel

Today's Challenge over at Catch The Bug, the challenge blog dedicated to Bugaboo images, is a colour one, MEXICO PINK:

I am certainly trying to get my money's worth from my Grand Nesties and so wanted to try a circle Easel using the scalloped ones. I love how it turned out and really enjoyed making this card.

I personalised it with an old Sizzix Set I have had for years and barely sees the light. I 3D foamed every other letter to make it fit!

The backgrounds were stamped using Melon Mambo ink from SU to match the cardstock, using a few Papertrey Ink stamp sets. The image is Birthday Penguin Cake by Bugaboo.

I then used my Papertrey Ink Number Dies to make the 18 and propped them up to create the stopper.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Crafty Ribbons - Easel Card     Joyful Stamper - Anything Goes

Poodle Parlour - Monochromatic     Charisma Cardz - No Flowers

Make It Monday - Anything Goes     Shelly's Images - Use a Number

THIS CARD WON SILVER MEDAL AT SHELLY'S IMAGES!

Time Delay

Some of you may have seen this card on the Catch The Bug blog yesterday as part of the Oldie But Goodie Thursday feature. In fact, I was supposed to post it too but totally messed up my days and times (yep, it's been one of those weeks!!!). So better late than never!

I used my Grand Nesties to create the card base and layers. The image is Bugaboo's Guy- Surf. 

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Make It Monday - Anything Goes     Charisma Cardz - No Flowers

Little Miss Muffet - Anything Goes     Paper Play - Summer

SJ Crafts - For a Boy (plus something from stash - had my Pumpkin Pie paper for ages)

Southern Girls - Die Cuts (for layers and Card itself)

Chocolate Coffee & Cards - For The boys     Crafty Catz - For A Man

Stampin With The Dragon - Male Birthday

Chocolate...

Am having a go right now at making the most of my circle and circle scalloped Grand Nesties as they were quite a purchase and now need to pay for themselves! Here I have used Mildred from Bugaboo. I'm entering it into Make It Monday's challenge this week.

Mini Milk with A Woof

It's my turn for the Anything But a Card today with Bugaboo.

I have made this Puppy Love Balloon mini milk carton using the SU Die. I also used a stampin up Stampin Wheel to do the paw background. It was done with soft suede ink on soft suede card to give it that subtle look.

If you want to see more Bugaboo inspiration, visit Catch The Bug now!

I'm entering this carton into the Make It Monday challenge today too.

Stella Says Sketch...

And so here we are again, at Catch The Bug, with our demanding Stella with another sketch for us to use:

Here is my take on the sketch. As you can see, I flipped it onto it's side so that I could use this Rocket image from the AKV Astronaut range.

Used some Papertrey stamps for the starry panel and for the main star shape too.

One Stitch At A Time ~ Anything Goes

Gingerloft ~ Black White and Red

Oldie But Goodie

As it's Thursday, the Bugaboo Design Team are going to show some of the previous released images some love for Oldie But Goodie day! I haven't inked up a Superhero in ages so thought it was about time!

If you are looking for more inspiration, make sure you check out the Catch The Bug blog for the rest of the DT work.

Crafty Creations ~ Yellow plus 1 other (blue for me)    Make It Monday ~ Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiment ~ Use a Digi     Everybody Art ~ For a Man

Incy Wincy ~ Digis Only     Crafty Boots ~ No Girls

Flowery Inspiration

How's this for inspiration? Does the picture get your creative juices flowing? If so, then this week is the perfect chance to join in with the Bugaboo challenge over at CATCH THE BUG!

I thought this daffodils in a watering can image was perfect for this challenge. The right style and the right colours.

I'm entering it into the following challenges:

Make It Monday ~ Anything Goes     Fairy Fun Friday's ~ Anything Goes

Join Bugaboo for Anything Goes

Yep, it's the customary ANYTHING GOES challenge with Bugaboo this week as it's the first Saturday of the month. Such an easy challenge to enter. I have used this Lil Dude image with a Grunge Me background thanks to the Papertrey Ink stamp set.

Remember that to win the first prize, you must use a Bugaboo image. If you don't have one, then head on over to the SHOP now to pick up this week's freebie and get going. All the details for the challenge can be found over at CATCH THE BUG.

Make It Monday ~ Anything Goes     Clearly Inspired ~ Go Green

Prairie Fairy ~ Anything Goes     Just Keep on Creating ~ Anything Goes

Mini Milk Carton

I can't believe Easter is nearly here. This year is flying by! Here I have used my Stampin Up Mini Milk Carton die to make a Creme Egg holder (I do love them although not had as many this year as I usually do!)

A creme egg is a perfect fit. I've used a Bugaboo rabbit digi for the front. It's called Funny Bunny Egg Tower

I'm entering this box into the following challenges:

Make It Monday ~ Anything Goes     Come And Get It ~ Spring

Gingerloft ~ Anything But A Card     Panpastel ~ Easter

Paper Sundaes ~ Easter     Cupcake Inspiration ~ Photo Inspiration

Craft Your Days Away ~ Easter     Card Crafter's Circle ~ Easter

Crafty Catz ~ Use a digi     Patties' Creation ~ Anything Goes

You ROCK!!!!

I love these new guys from Bugaboo. Here's one ready to rock out in style. I used the Grunge Me stamp set from Papertrey ink to create the background. The sentiment was also from that set. What a perfect match for this image.

I'm entering this card into Make It Monday's challenge this week.

Feeling Woolen

This week is a colour theme at Catch The Bug. Woolen hues are the choice of the week.

I chose to use Lil Dude here. I created the splattered background using a Papertrey Ink Grunge stamp set.

Remember, you don't have to use a BUGABOO image to join in but we'd love to see you use them and see what yopu create. Head on over to Catch The Bug to see all the DT inspiration and to check out the challenge details and prizes.

I'm also entering this into the following challenges:

Poodle Parlour ~ Anything Goes     Make It Monday ~ Anything Goes

A bit of a laugh...

We are asking you to get in touch with your humorous side this week at Bugaboo. The theme for this week's challenge at Catch The Bug is HUMOUR!

I love the Cow Humour images - they always bring a smile to my face so knew I wanted to use one. I chose the Mad Cow! Make sure you head on over to Catch The Bug to get all the detials and the info on the prizes available...

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

Make It Monday ~ Anything Goes     Card Makin Mamas ~ Green

Raise The Bar ~ Green     Digi Doodle ~ Animals

Do You Stack Up ~ Green