Pocket full of Posies - Bugaboo

Oh geez, am I running behind, but I have

a good reason.  We had been out of town for my son's

                       wedding, now I have to get cracking of getting some

                                                  of my projects done.

It was time for the Bugaboo Crafty Challenge on the

15th of February so here is my project.

I chose this cute image from Bugaboo called

Flower Pocket.  I colored the flowers using my Copic markers

and they are much more vibrant in person.  I cut the image

out using one of my Gina Marie dies, then cut a mat

layer with my Cricut Explore.

Yellow and purple are one of my favorite color combinations, so I

just went with plain colored paper and embossed each side.

I will put a sentiment on it when I decide how I would use it, I thought it would make a great get well card or thinking of you.

So that is it for my card.

And for all those wondering the wedding was awesome. 

I have never seen a couple so happy and so very much in love, it just lit 

up the whole room.

Head on over to the Crafting Circle and join in the fun.

Sunflowers by Bugaboo

Hi, sorry kind of running behind a week or so with

my monthly Bugaboo Crafty Challenge card

over at the Crafting Circle. 

I chose this simple Sunflower image from Bugaboo digis 

to use for this months card. 

I watercolored the image using my Distress Oxide inks and kept it

simple.  Found some paper in one of my K&Company stacks that

picked up the colors in the image perfectly.

I used a Gina Marie die to cut the scalloped frame to go around

the image.

Thanks for stopping by have a great week.

Snowman Couple

Hi, it is that time of the month again (oh no not that time lol)

for the Bugaboo Crafty Challenge over at the 

Crafting Circle.

Each month starting on the 15th we have a challenge that is 

sponsored by Bugaboo where you just need to color up a

Bugaboo image and enter it in the challenge. 

Don't have any Bugaboo images, no problem Bugaboo offers

                         a freebie every Friday and if you look around I am 

                                sure you will find some images you like. 

So for my card this month I chose to use this adorable little

Snowman Couple.

 Aren't they just the cutest?  Well there is a reason I chose this image

beside their cuteness is, recently my son got engaged and I thought this

would make the perfect Christmas card to send them for their

1st Christmas as an engaged couple. 

I struggled so much on how I wanted to do this card, first I was going to

put them in a snowglobe and make a shaker card, but decided not too

because I didn't want them to be covered with things.

I was trying to keep it rather simple.   I randomly stamped on white paper

with a couple of snowflake stamps from the October 

Unity Kit of the Month and also some Hero Arts stamps

then I heat embossed them with white glossy

embossing powder.  

I colored the snow couple using my Copic markers and accented with some

glitter pens on the ornaments.  Her hat I added white fluff to

the band and the ball on the top, a couple details that are hard

to see in the picture.  Then I cut the image out using a

Gina Marie die that actually embosses the edges.

I then created a label in Cricut Design Space and wrote

out the Merry Christmas using my Explore and a black

Pilot Precision V5 pen.  Then fit right in your Explore

and I love the fine line they write with.

I pop dotted both the image and the label to give it some dimension.

Well thanks so much for taking the time to stop by and visit my

blog.  Head on over the Bugaboo Crafty Challenge and join in

the fun. 

Snowman Christmas

Hi, it's time again for the next Bugaboo Crafty Challenge

over at the Crafting Circle.

This month I chose to work with this cute snowman from

Bugaboo images who is the sponsor of this challenge. 

I printed him out on kraft paper and then colored him with my Prisma Pencils.

I cut an oval from the red paper using the GinaMarie die inside/out oval. 

I embossed it with snowflake embossing  folder the place it over the 

snowman so it was like a window.

I cut the label using a Spellbinder die then stamped the Merry Christmas

with a Stampin Up stamp and ran some snowflake ribbon through the

holes on the ends of the die cut.

I was sent some pencils sharpeners from MAPED to test out, although

most and geared towards school I wanted to see how they worked with

Prismas because they can be difficult to sharpen.  I am happy to report

the one I used with the eraser attached worked great with the pencils.

Be sure can check out all the cool products they have HERE.

My 6 year-old granddaughter was sitting here on my desk,

yes I said ON my desk (her favorite place to be) when I clicked over to

the MAPED website to get the link and oh boy she went wild

when she saw all the stuff.  She saw these pens

and said "Oh Nana can we order these on-line" I had to

laugh at such a different world now these kids live in.
You can order it HERE

So head on over to the CraftingCircle and color up some Bugaboo

images and join in the fun.  You will have till November 14th to join in.

And remember Bugaboo has a Friday Freebie every week. 

A Start on my Christmas Cards

Well it is that time of year to start trying to figure out what

I will do for my Christmas cards.  I usually try and pick one

style and then make that is bulk (I send out about 40 cards) and

then always have some odds and ends that I have made.

So when it was time to do my Bugaboo image for this month's

challenge at the Bugaboo Crafty Challenge I decided to go

with a Christmas image, Winter Circle 

In fact, I made 2 cards using this image.

For this one, I went with more traditional Christmas colors.

The second one using the same image I went with Wintery colors.

I really like this image and it is fairly easy and quick to color.

On both cards I used a scallop die to cut the matting, I wanted it to be

a little bigger mat than usual. 

And that's it, fast cards.  This might just turn out to be my

mass produced card.

Thanks for stopping by and be sure and check out the 

Bugaboo Crafty Challenge at the Crafting Circle.

The challenge runs from the 15th of the month till the 14th of the next month. 

Purse-nally Wish Shoe........................

..................a Happy Birthday!

Ha ha ha, I love this pun or play on words.

This card was made for the Bugaboo Crafty Challenge this month over at the Crafting Circle.  This challenge runs from the 15th of each month through

the 14th on the following month.   You must use a Bugaboo image on your

creation, but that is ok cause Jodie offers a Friday Freebie each week. 

So there is my card using this saying.  I choose this image called "Heels &Accessories" because I

knew I had a stamp with that saying on it and thought it would be perfect.

Well, wouldn't you know I could NOT find that dang stamp when I 

was making this card and I just saw it last week.  😧

Anywho, I colored the image using my Zig Clean Color markers with highlights from some glitter gel pens.  The saying I ended up using my Cricut Explore 

to write the saying with Pilot V5 Precision pens.  They work great in the Explore and I love the fine line they write with.

Hard to see in the picture but the black background is embossed

with a chevron pattern.  

So head on over to the Crafting Circle and join in the 

Bugaboo Crafty Challenge. 

Spring Boot - Bugaboo

Well, it's that time again, time for the Bugaboo Crafty Challenge

over at the Crafting Circle. 

Each month starting on the 15th there is a challenge to

use any Bugaboo image on your project.  You have a

whole month to join in the fun and maybe win 

some Bugaboo images.  There are also Freebies every

Friday over at Bugaboo.

This month I chose to use the image called 

Spring Boot which was one of the freebies a few weeks ago. 

I colored it used my new Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors.

I absolutely love these paints, they move so well so you can

paint lightly or darken your colors.
You will be seeing a lot more projects from me using these fabulous
watercolors.
So come on over and join in the fun at the
Bugaboo Crafty Challenge.

Oh Happy Day - BBQ

Hi, I have a cute summer themed card to share with you

today.  This month at the Crafty Awesomeness Challenge out sponsor

is Bugaboo Stamps.  Jodie has a whole new website set up for you

to make your shopping experience easier.

For this month I chose to use some of Bugaboos cute older

stamps.

This is actually 2 separate images that I merged together and printed on 

kraft cardstock.  I colored them using my Polychromos and I think a 

couple Prisma Pencils to get the correct colors.  Are they just the cutest?

The clouds and sun are Gina Marie dies that you can get here at the

Scrapbook Outlet.  She also revamped her website, must be something 

in the air, ha ha ha.

And that is it, a pretty simple card, I'll be back to share another card 

using a BBQ image, this one I call Hamburger Boy.

Monster Love!

Well Hello, it is that time again, time for another

Bugaboo Crafty Challenge over at the 

Crafting Circle blog.

It is a fun challenge, starts the 15th of each month and runs all

month long.  You can make anything you would like as long as you

use a Bugaboo image, the images are so cute that is easy to do.

Plus Jodie has a Freebie every Friday.

The image I chose to use is call "Love Monsters" and it is

just too cute. 

As soon as I saw it I knew I wanted to color it in bright colors using only

primary and secondary colors.  Felt like I was going back to school, ha ha ha.

I colored him using my Copic markers and layered him on a bunch of matching colored paper that was embossed with a variety of patterns. 

The card matches the sketch this week over at 

Tuesday Morning Sketches, with the addition of a couple

small elements. 

I added a corner die cut from My Little Paper World, this was an afterthought to cover up a small tear that happen in the corner of my picture after

I colored him(don't ya just hate when that happens?).  I had used washi tape

to tape the Gina Marie die so it would cut exactly where I wanted it, well when

I lifted it up it torn the paper.   I added a Spellbinder die cut in orange

so I would have some where to stamp the sentiment using a Unity Stamp from the.........So Glad you were Born set.

A little funny story about this image, I had it colored and laying on 

my desk when my 2 1/2+ year old great grandson came in and saw it.  He

picked it up and got all excited and tried to take off with it "OH NO".

So I knew right then and there what I was going to use this for,

his birthday card. Perfect!!!

So that is my card for today, be sure and head on over

to the Bugaboo Crafty Challenge and join in, you have till

April 14th to post your project. 

Challenges entered:

Tuesday Morning Sketches - sketch - ends 3/19
Creative Moments - anything goes/twist blue - ends 3/21
Inspiration Destination - anything goes - ends 3/28
Fab n Funky - Children - ends 3/21

Let Your Dreams Bloom - Bugaboo

Hi, this month at the Bugaboo Crafting Circle challenge

we got to work with a "mystery" image and you can image

how thrilled I was to find that it was flowers!  I love coloring

flowers and making cards with them.

The mystery image was Flower Doodles from

Bugaboo. 

This time I printed the image on vellum, then I colored on the backside

using my PrismaPenicls.  After it was colored I layered the vellum on

a very pale yellow piece of paper.

I  cut the ribbon banner using a Gina Marie die and then stamped it with in fact a                   Unity stamp. Pretty simple but I love the way it turned out.

This is a pretty new challenge over at the Crafting Circle, in fact, this month 

is just the second challenge.  It runs every month from the 15th 

through the 14th of the next month.  

You need to use a Bugaboo image but not to worry Jodie offers

a freebie every Friday, plus her prices are very reasonable on her

other images.

Thanks for stopping by, look forward to seeing what you come up with.

Same Image 2 Ways - Bugaboo

Hello, have you heard there is a NEW challenge

in Blogland.  

Yippie, it is called 

BUGABOO CRAFTY CHALLENGE it will

be a month long challenge starting on the 15th of every month.

How cool is that to have all these Bugaboo creations in one place

to look at each month.  I am so honored to be on the Design Team.

So for my project this week I am made two cards with the same image

colored each a bit different way, using the same media and colors.

The image I used is Floral Trio Frame and printed on Canson Mixed Media paper.

The first one I with a watercolor smooching kind of look.

Using my Distress Inks - Peacock Feather - Mustard Seed and Worn Lipstick

I smooched each color on my craft sheets and sprayed lightly with water, then I laid my printed imaged directly on the sprayed ink and moved it around a bit.

After it dried I mounted it onto a piece of black card stock.

I took a piece of Recollections Pink pearl card stock and loaded it

into my Explore and using a Pilot Precision V5 black pen it wrote

the sentiment.  I love the elegant look of this writing.

I embossed some lines along the edge using my MS Score Board, then mounted the panel with the Bugaboo image and that was it.

This one is pretty similar in layout it is just a 4 by 8 card that fits into

a business size #10 envelope.  Here I used the same Distress Inks colors as above but I colored using an Aqua brush.  I was more precise and painted within the

lines, then added a light watercolor wash to the background.

I cut out the Happy Birthday Wishes using a die I got in my April Stamp of Approval box, it is by Cas-ual Fridays.  

So there is my two version of the same digital image, which one do

you like better?  I'd love to hear.

Well head on over to Bugaboo and pick out some images and join

in the fun on this new monthly challenge.  Also check out the Friday Freebie 

at Bugaboo.