For the Boys!

Well, seeing as Father's Day is fast approaching, what better theme for this week's Bugaboo challenge at Catch The Bug than:

IT'S A MAN'S WORLD

I have seen these shapes around for a while and so have had a go. Again, I felt the need to play with the measurements to make them easier! Have stuck to 1 inch and half inch increments to make this card blank:

The image is from the A KIDS VIEW SUPERHERO range. I love this character and have used him quite a bit! The green panels were stamped with a little star using distress ink. The 'My Hero' sentiment was also using a PTI ink set (the Star Prints one) and is actually 2 different stamps. The border on the bottom was punched using a Martha Stewart border punch.

Of course, with it being a Bugaboo Digi Images blog, we'd love for you to use one but it's not essential. If you are new to digis or want to try before you buy or simply looking to expand your Bugaboo collection, remember that there is a freebie available every Friday. Head on over to the shop now to pick up this week's one. And make sure you visit the challenge blog at CATCH THE BUG for all the details and more inspiration from the Design Team.

Also entering this card into the following challenges:

A Day For Daisies ~ A new technique with Digis

(I tried a new card blank fold)

Bloggers Challenge ~ It's Manly Baby!

Crafty Catz ~ Fancy Fold

Fashionista Friday ~ For Men

Glitter Geeks ~ Men/Fathers Day

Inspire Me Fridays ~ Anything Goes

Mami Doodles ~ For a Boy/Man

Poodle Parlour ~ Anything Goes

Wags n Whiskers ~ Masculine

Stampin For The Weekend ~ Lemon and Lime

Craft Us Crazy ~ Masculine

Crafty Sentimets ~ Fathers Day

Do You Stack Up? ~ Use a Star (shield and stamped)

Dutch Dare ~ For the Boys

Shelly's Images ~ Masculine

Southern Girls ~ Anything Goes

Stampin Bs ~ Use a Border Punch

New Concept

Bugaboo introduces a new concept to their range today. As if having the digital images wasn't enough, now you can get CARD KITS!!! They come with black and white digital images, borders, coloured borders and images, backing papers, sentiments...

Today sees a Chameleon and a Teddy Graduation kit released. Head on over to the SHOP to see more info.

I chose to work with the Chameleon set as in work, I often take children to a reptile centre which breeds them. I love them! The females are quite aggresive!!! Do you know why they change colour? No it's not for camoflage. They're natural green is their camouflage. The reason they change colour is in fact to express their mood! The colour change is so quick. I've witnessed it a few times now and it always suprises me.

Anyhow, back to the card. I wanted to show the versatility of the kits by showing that you can combine them with other crafty style. Instead of using a backing paper from the kit, I stamped the lower portion with Real Red and Pacific Point ink from SU by using a PTI Stamp set.

Get girly...

with PEARLS & LACE?

As that is the theme for this week at Catch The Bug. Now I'm sooooo not used to making girly cards. I'm not into lace and pearls at all so this was indeed a challenge for me. I didn't have any lace so had to think outside the box and used a Martha Stewart punch to create a faux lace border.

The image is one of the recently released A Kid's View Babies.

Of course, with it being a Bugaboo Digi Images blog, we'd love for you to use one but it's not essential. If you are new to digis or want to try before you buy or simply looking to expand your Bugaboo collection, remember that there is a freebie available every Friday. Head on over to the shop now to pick up this week's one. 

This card is also entered into the following challenges:

Paper Cutz - Pink, Black and White

Joyful Stamper - Anything Goes

Guylou - Monochromatic (Pink)

Stamp Something - Something Punched (lace effect border)

Art Impressions - Monochromatic

Meljens Designs - Pink and Pearls

My Mum's Craft Shop - Punch It

Clowning Around

Now who doesn't like something for free? Well if you didn't already know (if not, where have you been?), each Friday is FRIDAY FREEBIE day at Bugaboo. Just head on over to the shop and got to the Freebies section. Today there's this great clown image up for grabs:

Remember to check out the rest of the release in the Shop too.

I'm entering this card into the AI Factory challenge which is to use 'Something New'. The image is brand new.

Some Odd Girl

I entered a card at Some Odd Girl last week and I WON!!! I got three awesome digital images as a prize and must say I love the characters. I haven't had time to make a card but have coloured in this Super Tobie image and wanted to share it with you. I love how he is hiding his Superhero Costume under what looks like his school uniform.

Anything Goes

As is usual for the first Saturday of the month at Catch the Bug, it's an Anything Goes challenge. Of course, with it being a Bugaboo Digi Images blog, we'd love for you to use one but it's not essential. If you are new to digis or want to try before you buy or simply looking to expand your Bugaboo collection, remember that there is a freebie available every Friday. Head on over to the shop now to pick up this week's one.

For my card, I have used this great Summery Cocktail image. It reminds me of the ones we would have of an evening when I was rock climbing out in Kalymnos, Greece last year.

So there are prizes up for grabs so come on over and join the fun. Head to Catch The Bug to see the rest of the proects from the DT and see all the details.

I'm also entering it into Crafty Catz's Challenge which is 'Lots of Circles' and the following ones too:

Prairie Fairy - Summer Fun

Inspire Me Fridays - Anything Goes

Stamp Something - Use a Digi

Do You Stack Up? - Orange

Paper Play - Summer Citrus

Shelly's Images - Seeing Spots

Stamp Insanity - Anything Goes

Penny's Paper - Summer

Special Sponsor

This week at Bugaboo, we have a special sponsor for our weekly challenge - FLOWERSOFT!!!

That's right, not only do we have our usual prizes up for grabs but also some tubs of it too. Make sure you head on over to CATCH THE BUG for all the details and to see what the other DT Members did with their Flowersoft as there's some great ideas - it's not just for flowers!!!

So what is out theme? BRIGHT COLOURS!

But it would be great if you could to crack out the flowersoft too if you have some. Would love to see more creative ideas on how to use it as I am not a flowers type of person.

So here's my effort:

I have used the image 'Sneaky One' from the Har Repotter range. I layered it with one of the accessories too - the cauldron. I used the Flowersoft as the potion in the cauldron.

The background was stamped and inked with a Papertrey Ink Stamp set. Are you getting fed up of these starry backgrounds yet? I'm determined to get my money's worth with this set. I used a star punch to make the star embellishment too. I think the swirl adds to the whole magical feel of the card.

Here's a close up of the flowersoft potion - see I told you it wasn't just for flowers...

This card is also entered into the following challenges:

Joyful Stamper - Anything Goes

Charisma Cardz - Boy Oh Boy

Digi Doodle - Anything Goes

Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes

Some Odd Girl - Make a Scene (layered the images to create more of a scene)

Crafting for All Seasons - Anything Goes

Digi Stamps 4 Joy - Men/Boys
Truly Scrumptious - Anything Goes

Another Tee Pee Card

Here's another tee pee card I made, this time with a new JJ image that is being released TODAY at Bugaboo.

I have used SU papers which I've had for a while and some black and Pumpkin Pie cardstock for the base. The sentiment is a PTI one.

Here's a pic from a slightly different angle to show the 3D'ness of it (is that even a word???)

Also entering this card into the following challenges:

Fairy Fun Fridays - More Than 1 Fold

Happileigh Scrappin Challenge - More Than 1 Fold

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Ooh La La - Fancy Folds

Stamps R Us - Goin' Digital

2 Sisters - Use a Digi

Card Cupid - Bright and Bold

Dream Valley - Dig out old to use with new

(Old Paper, Brand New Image)

A couple of cards

Just having a play with a few older images from Bugaboo today. The first is a gate fold card made using the AKV Men Fishing image. It's been a while since I had a go at a Cards For Men challenge and so wanted to make a special card for a Special Someone who loves fishing.

The paper is SU

And the sentiment is simply typed on the computer and mounted.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Sugar Creek Hollow - Masculine

2 Sisters - Use a Digi

Card Mad Fairy - For the Boys

Fairy Fun Fridays - More Than 1 Fold

When I saw that One Stop Craft Challenge had a Fairy Tale challenge, I knew it was time to get out the Bugaboo Alice in Wonderland images. I decided upon the Playing Card

As Crafty Catz are having an Anything Goes challenge, I'm entering it into that too.

Graduations and Celebrations

Graduations is our theme this week at Catch The Bug with Bugaboo. But if you don't have a graduation coming up, then you are also able to create any celebration card you want!

I used the Teacher teddy from the Occupation Bears set to create this. The background was created using distress inks and a PTI Stamp Set. I thought the Numbered Star matched the theme well.

So there are prizes up for grabs so come on over and join the fun. Head to Catch The Bug to see the rest of the proects from the DT and see all the details. I'm also entering this card into the Just Some Lines challenge as they have a Graduation theme running right now.

Spots and Stripes

This week, the challenge at Catch The Bug is:

SPOTS AND STRIPES

Here is my JJ card:

All in Old Olive. The striped paper is from SU and the dots were stamped in OO Ink with a PTI stamp Set.

So there are prizes up for grabs so come on over and join the fun. Head to Catch The Bug to see the rest of the proects from the DT and see all the details.

Anything Goes with Bugaboo

So this week is 'Anything Goes' at Bugaboo. Visit our Challenge Blog - Catch The Bug for all the detials regarding prizes and to see the rest of the DT's work.

I know this is an old style of card which has been around for a while but this is my first attempt. I have to admit, I really liked making it and like the final result too. You may see many more of these types...

The image is from the A Kid's View Wedding set from Bugaboo.

I made this with a colleague in mind. A young couple getting married next Saturday. I wanted it to be sophisticated but also have a young, fun feel. I hope I managed to capture that.

Super New Release

It's a super relesase for 2 reasons. Firstly, it's the first new release at the NEW BUGABOO Shop and secondly, it's a Superhero release. You may have seen me use a similar image a few times as there was a freebie given out a long time ago with this superhero but now there's an entire set released. I'd always used red, white and blue but decided to try a different colour combo thhis time. So here he is in green:

The background was created by sponging distress ink over the card face and then stamping some PTI stars using the same ink. The sentiment is made up from 2 stamps from the same star set. I love this background and ended up making a few of them so expect to see it again...

Make sure you check out this post HERE to see how you could win Bugaboo images to celebrate the new shop launch.

Also entering it into a few challenges:

Bunny Zoe Crafts ~ One for the Boys

The Crazy Challenge ~ Cards for Men

Craft Your Passion ~ Anything Goes

Make It Monday ~ Anything Goes

Time to Celebrate

If you checked out my blog or any of the Bugaboo Design Team's ones yesterday, you will already know the big news - the SHOP HAS HAD A REVAMP!!!

Jodie has spend hours upon hours on it and I know it hasn't always been easy for her so I have made her this card to let her know it was all worth it. It's now time for her (and us) to celebrate all the hard work.

I have used Dottie as my image here and I think she looks ready to 'celebrate'. The card and paper is SU and in Tempting Turquoise (a fave of mine),

For all the details on the new shop and how to win LOTS of prizes, check out yesterdays post HERE.

I'm going to enter this card into the following challenges too:

The Corrosive Challenge ~ Turquoise and Pink

(not sure if it shows up her due to the camera flash, but she is drinking pink champagne)

Creative Inspirations ~ Use a Digi

Paper Sundaes ~ Favourite Hair Colour Combos

(well Dottie HAS to be blonde - I use Promarkers in Lemon, Tulip Yellow and Gold to create this blonde look)

Crafty Hos ~ Strong Women

(well I certainly wouldn't want to mess with Dottie)

MASSIVE NEWS

THE NEW BUGABOO STORE IS HERE!

Yep that's right. As you may have noticed, things have been very quiet on the new release front at Bugaboo during April. That's because a lot of work has been going on behind the scenes. There is a NEW store now open! How exciting is that...

Jodi has worked so hard to get the new store up and running. She has worked many late nights to get this done and She Did it!!! We now present the new and improved new Bugaboo Store! Before you run to check it out we have some important info to share with you!

The link to the new store link is http://bugaboostamps.3dcartstores.com/ !

Please note this will change back to the Bugaboo address in a few days we will alert you when this happens and remind you to change your links. We apologize for this minor inconvenience but trust me with the new store it is worth it!

First off for the month of May everything is 50 % off! So now is a great time to stock up. With the grand re-opening of the store we are offering up some wonderful prize packages for our loyal followers! You could be the winner of a $10 Gift Certificate, a $20 Gift Certificate, or you could be the lucky winner who gets 7 free images every month for the rest of 2011! That means you could be one of the lucky 8 winners!

To add to the excitement Jodie had just told me that every order placed in May will have their name placed in the pot for a chance to win one of five $20 gift certificates that she will be giving away at the end of the month!

How can you win you ask?? Simply make sure you are a follower, create a post with the Bugaboo info above and then add your name to the inlinkz below. You can grab the code from in linkz and your followers can also add their name from your blog but tell them to follow the rules check out the blog! This will stay up until May 7th at 7am!

You can add our inlinkz to your blog so that anyone can sign up and help us spread the word, please click on link below and they will give you the code you need to add to your post. Very easy! get the InLinkz code Don't forget, add a post and sign up below it is that easy!!!

Help us spread the word that Bugaboo has a new store and a new look. After posting the news on your blog please add your name for a chance to win come great prizes!