BUGABOO NEW RELEASE TUESDAY -- US AND CANADIAN PUPS

Hello blogging friends!  Happy Monday!  (I can say that now that it's almost over!)  I hope your week has gotten off to a good start, and continues in a positive direction.  Today I want to share my card for the New Release at Bugaboo:

This is the US version of this image; there is also a Canadian version available.  I decided to make a shaped card out of this patriotic little guy, because I didn't think I had any papers that I wanted to use.  I really like how this turned out, as having the image this large (great advantage of using digi stamps!) made it easier to color.  I do have to add though, that I colored over this image several times, until I got the look I wanted.  All the coloring was done with alcohol markers, and I added some sparkle to the stars with Star Dust Stickles

CHALLENGES:

 Love to Craft #35:  ATG (2/5)

Craft Rocket #60:  Summer is Coming

Color it, Create it, Show it off:  ATG (2/5)

Creative Moments #170:  ATG (1/3)

613 Avenue Create #222:  ATG (2/8)

Crafts Galore Encore #64:  ATG (2/3)

A Gem of a Challenge Week #11:  ATG (1/2)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #107:  ATG (2/3)

Word Art Wednesday #390 - #391:  ATG (2/5)

Digi Design:  Add Glitter/glitter glue/Liquid Pearls (2/3)

Tuesday Throwdown #433:  Shaped Cards

Crafting by Designs:  ATG (2/3)

Polkadoodles Week #23:  ATG (1/2)

Digi Choosday Week #24:  ATG

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #1923:  ATG

Cute Card Thursday #585: ATG

Crafting from the Heart #245:  ATG

The Outlawz Festive Fridays:  ATG

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!  Please be sure to stop over to the Catch the Bug blog to see what the other designers have made to inspire you with this new release!  

Take care, and God Bless!

~Marie~

GUEST DESIGNER FOR TWISTED THURSDAY AT THE OUTLAWZ!

Howdy blogging friends!  Happy Thursday!  We all know what that means...tomorrow is FRIDAY!  WOOT WOOT!!  And fortunately for myself and my coworkers, it's the start of our summer hours.  We are lucky enough to get to go home 2 hours early every other Friday.  :)

But anyhow, I'm not here to talk about work, I'm here to share with you what I made as the Guest Designer for Twisted Thursday for this month:

The theme is ATG or the optional twist of BERRIES.  The sponsor of this challenge is The Paper Nest Dolls.

  

I chose to use Strawberry Emma for my card, and I colored her in greens with little pops of red.  The patterned papers come from the Ooh La La 6x6 pad from My Mind's Eye.  I kept the layout of the card simple and let Emma shine.  The sentiment comes from WPlus9's That is All set.

CHALLENGES:

Cute Card Thursday #585:  ATG

Crafting by Designs:  ATG

Sweet Stampin':  ATG (2/3)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #107:  ATG

Word Art Wednesday #390 - #391:  ATG

CHN Patterned Paper:  ATG using patterned paper

Love to Craft #35:  ATG (1/5)

Craft Rocket #60:  Summer is Coming

Color It, Create It, Show It Off:  ATG (1/5)

613 Avenue Create #222:  ATG

Crafts Galore:  ATG

Path of Positivity #70:  Encouragement

That's all for this evening.  Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today, and stop by The Outlawz Twisted Thursday challenge and join in on the fun!  

Take care and God Bless!

~Marie~

CCAYR JUNE 2019 --- GARLAND/LEAVES/CHRISTMAS FLOWERS

Howdy bloggers!  It's Saturday, and the weather here in PA is SO NICE!  Hubby and I spent some time walking around Gettysburg, and stopping at yard sales.  He *LOVES* yard sales!  LOL!  

Anyhow, Deanne and the team at the Christmas Crafts All Year Round blog want to see some garland, leaves, and/or Christmas flowers.  This should be a fun one!  Here is what I made:

I found this image in my *HUGE* pile of printed images and thought this was perfect for the challenge.  This comes from MelJens Designs.  I love her images, I wish she was still making them!  Anyway, I used a Zig pen in Pure Green to go over the branches, which turned out perfect, and colored the stars and JOY with alcohol markers.  I went over those with clear Wink of Stella also.  I wanted the image panel to be the star of the show, so I just backed it with a dark red big scalloped rectangle from Spellbinders, and embossed the card base with a folder from Momenta (I think?).  I did have some difficulty trying to emboss the card base, which is 110lb.  The left edge wouldn't emboss for me, so I covered it with a ribbon.

CHALLENGES:

Merry Little Christmas #11:  ATG (1/5) 

Gem of a challenge Week #10:  ATG (2/2)

Creative Fingers #165:  ATG (2/3)

Crimbo Crackers #185:  ATG

The  Holly and Ivy #50:  ATG (3/3)

Simon Says Wednesday:  ATG

Polkadoodles Week #22:  ATG (2/2)

Digi Choosday Week #22:  ATG (2/2)

Christmas at Sweet Stampin':  ATG  (2/2)

Winter Wonderland:  Anything but a Square card

Crafting by Designs:  Get ready for Christmas

Cute N' Crafty Christmas #14:  ATG Christmas

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!  Make sure you take the time to stop by the CCAYR blog to see what my team mates have made to inspire you, and to join in on the fun!

Take care, and God Bless!

~Marie~

BUGABOO SATURDAY CHALLENGE JUNE 1, 2019 --- ANYTHING GOES!!

Howdy all!  I'm back again to share another card for the Catch the Bug blog.  Today we are having an Anything Goes challenge, so we want to see whatever you feel like creating and sharing with us!  Here is what I have made:

This guy hasn't been added to the new store yet, but in my files he is listed as RDBrainrain.  I have had this image colored for a LONG TIME sitting on my desk.  I would have used him sooner than this, but I really dislike the spots and stripes I had added to his umbrella when I colored him up.  The white gel pen turned yellow from the green underneath.  I have tried to "doctor it up", even using a white out pen, but it is what it is now.  The image was colored with alcohol markers, and I added some Waterfall Stickles to the rain.  The image panel was inked around the edge with Tumbled Glass Oxide ink.  All the patterned paper comes from the Doodlebug Hello Sunshine 6x6 pad.  I love this paper pad!  I decided not to add a sentiment on the outside; instead using one of the sentiments from the paper pad on the inside:

I think this could totally be used for an encouragement card!

CHALLENGES:

Simon Says Wednesday:  ATG

Creative Fingers #165:  ATG (3/3)

CHN Patterned Paper:  ATG using patterned paper

Sweet Stampin':  ATG

Penny's Paper Crafty #432:  ATG

Di's Digi Challenge:  Add glitter/glitter glue/liquid pearls

Word Art Wednesday #388 - #389:  ATG

Love to Craft #35:  ATG

Thanks for stopping by today, and make sure you come on over to Catch the Bug and participate in the ATG challenge...you know there's a chance to win some of Jodie's fabulous images if you do!

Take care, and God Bless!

~Marie~

BUGABOO FREEBIE FRIDAY---CP PLATTER

Hello fellow bloggers and crafters, and Happy Friday!  We have really been having some wild weather here in PA, but it hasn't been as bad as it has been in the mid-western states.  Prayers go out to all those who are suffering the effects of these crazy storms. 

 Last night, the hubby and I had to take the long way home due to a power line being down on the road just up from our house.  Fire police wouldn't let us through, but we had to get home and let the poor dog out!  Thankfully, the long way around wasn't blocked at all, although there were some nice sized branch pieces lying about.  Well, anyway, how about looking at another Christmas card for my stash?

My card features this week's Bugaboo Freebie Friday image, Chef Pierre Platter.  I was wracking my brain on how I could use this guy, as I couldn't find any patterned paper that I thought was suitable.  The only food-related paper I have is Christmas-themed, so that's the direction I took.  And I can always use another Christmas card for this year, right?  I took the liberty of turning Chef Pierre to the right instead of the left, because I thought he would look strange facing away from the cookies.  He's colored in the usual way, using alcohol markers, and the sentiment comes from the Sweet Christmas stamp set from The Paper Company.  The delicious-looking patterned papers I chose come from the Sugar Plums 6x6 Recollections paper pad, and the card is 5.5" square. 

CHALLENGES:

12 Months of Christmas Link Up #53:  ATG or optional creature feature

Merry Little Christmas #10:  ATG

CHN Patterned Paper:  ATG using patterned paper

Creative Moments #169:  ATG

613 Avenue Create #221:  ATG

Gem of a Challenge #10:  ATG

Creative Fingers #165:  ATG

Crimbo Crackers #185:  ATG

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #106:  ATG

The Holly and Ivy #50:  ATG Christmas

Simon Says Wednesday:  ATG

Polkadoodles Week #22:  ATG

Digi Choosday Week #22:  ATG

Cute N' Crafty Christmas #14:  ATG Christmas

Thank you very much for stopping by, and take some time to stop over at Catch the Bug to see what the other DT members have created for your inspiration...you won't be disappointed!

Take care, and God Bless!

~Marie~

Bugaboo Oldie But Goodie -- Poppi Xmas Tree

Hello again, fellow bloggers!  I'm back today to share with you this card that I made for Oldie But Goodie day at Catch the Bug:

My card features Poppi Xmas Tree.  Poppi is my all-time favorite Bugaboo character!  He is just so cute, and he's easy to color, which makes it nice.  LOL  I colored Poppi with alcohol markers, and added some sparkle with gel pens and Stickles.  The patterned paper comes from the Merry MME 6x6 paper pad.

CHALLENGES:

Christmas at Sweet Stampin':  ATG 

12 Months of Christmas Link Up #53:  Feature a Creature

Merry Little Christmas #10:  ATG

CHN Patterned Paper:  ATG using patterned paper

Love to Craft #34:  ATG (5/5)

Classic Design Design Team #4:  ATG

Creative Moments #169:  ATG

613 Avenue Create #221:  ATG (4/8)

Crafty Creations #391:  ATG

Holly and Ivy #50:  ATG

Winter Wonderland:  Anything but a square card

Thanks for stopping by today, and please stop by Catch the Bug to see what the other DT members have made!

Take care , and God Bless!

~Marie~

BUGABOO HUMOR ME WEDNESDAY -- WORLD TURTLE DAY!

Hello fellow crafters!  I hope you are doing well, and that this week is being good to you!  Things have been a bit hectic in my household the past couple of weeks.  The place where I work bought all new (smaller) desks for us to work on, and were selling off the old desks.  I managed to buy one of these desks, which is 6 feet long, and my hubby and I have been working on replacing my old craft desk with the new one.  It's been a slow process between regular life and such, and my hubby needing to get his garden planted.  The desk is in place now, I just need to get everything back into the room.  So, I apologize for the delay in my post for Bugaboo Humor Me Wednesday.  Here is my card:

Ain't this turtle adorable?  I think I say that about all Bugaboo images, but it's TRUE!!  This image is called Turtles - Rain, and it is so sweet.  I colored the image using alcohol markers.  I chose some colorful patterned papers from Doodlebug and Lawn Fawn to go with the image and my coloring.  The sentiment is from Honey Bee Stamps, and the inside says, "Take the time to celebrate the little things."  I thought it went well with this turtle enjoying himself in the rain.

CHALLENGES:  

CHN Patterned Paper:  ATG using patterned paper

Love To Craft #34:  ATG (4/5)

Classic Design Design Team #4:  ATG

Creative Moments #169:  ATG (1/3)

613 Avenue Create #221:  ATG (3/8)

Gem of a Challenge Week #9:  ATG

Crafty Creations #391:  ATG

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #106:  ATG

Crafting by Designs:  ATG

Polkadoodles Week #9:  ATG

Digi Choosday Week #21:  ATG 

Crafty Sentiments:  ATG

Die Cuttin Divas #421:  Turtles

The Outlawz Festive Fridays:  ATG

The Outlawz Twisted Thursday:  ATG

That seems to be all for tonight, folks.  Thanks for stopping by, and make sure you also stop by Catch the Bug to see what the other DT members have created.

Take care, and God Bless!

~Marie~

BUGABOO SATURDAY CHALLENGE -- SCHOOL'S OUT/TEACHER APPRECIATION

Welcome crafty friends!  It's Saturday, so we have a new challenge for you over at Catch the Bug:  School's Out/Teacher Appreciation.  Here is the card I have made for the challenge:

Teachers really do deserve so much of our appreciation, don't they?  They do lots to shape our future in the form of educating our children.  And these days, sadly, it seems that they do so at great risk, and for little money.  With this in mind, I created this simple "thank you" card using the Thank You Tulip Block image.  I asked my work friends what colors to use for the flowers, and they suggested orange and yellow.  The rest of the card is all in yellow, with the base layer coming from an ombre paper pad, the patterned paper from a K and Co. pad, and the yellow square under the image from my huge stash of Recollections card stock.  The image itself was colored with alcohol markers.

CHALLENGES:

CHN Patterned Paper:  ATG using patterned paper

Love to Craft #34:  ATG (3/5)

Color It, Create It, Show It Off:  ATG (3/3)

Classic Design Design Team #4:  ATG

Creative Moments #168:  ATG (2/3)

613 Avenue Create #221:  ATG or optional make a shaker card (2/8)

Crafty Creations #390:  ATG (2/2)

Creative Fingers #163:  ATG

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #105:  ATG (2/3)

Word Art Wednesday #386 - #387:  ATG

The Sisterhood of Crafters:  Flowers

Crafting by Designs:  ATG (2/3)

Crafty Gals Corner #191:  May Flowers

The Paper Shelter #382:  Color It! (2/2)

Digi Choosday Week 19:  ATG (2/2)

Crafty Sentiments:  ATG (2/3)

Papercraft Challenges #36:  For Women and Girls

Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope you enjoy your weekend, and find some time to stop by the Catch the Bug blog and join in the challenge fun!

~Marie~

BUGABOO HUMOR ME WEDNESDAY -- EAT WHAT YOU WANT DAY, AND HOSTESS CUPCAKE DAY

Well hello, crafty friends!  How are you doing?  I hope all is going well in your parts of the world.  Did you know that today is Eat What You Want Day, AND Hostess Cupcake Day?  I think I have found myself another holiday to embrace, how about all of you?  ;)  Here is the card I have made for this grand day:

I know, you almost need sunglasses for this card, it's so bright!  I have a friend at work whose favorite color is orange.  Her car is orange, her kitchen is painted orange, and she has orange dishes.  That might not be all of the orange in her life, but it is all I know of ATM!  LOL!  I hope she will like her birthday card...it is pretty simple, but I did try to add some special touches.  This image is called Cupcake Word Block.  The icing and the polka dots on the wrapper have clear Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen on them, and the orange square is made from a textured card stock.  To break it up some, I added that white ribbon across the middle, and tied a knot around it.  It was secured with some Aleene's Tacky glue.

CHALLENGES:

Crafting by Designs:  ATG
Fab 'n' Funky #439:  ATG
Simon Says Wednesday:  For a Special Lady
The Paper Shelter #382:  Color It
Sweet Stampin':  Spaced Out or ATG
Polkadoodles Week #18:  ATG
Digi Choosday Week #19:  ATG
Crafty Sentiments Designs:  ATG
Papercraft #36:  For Women and Girls
Love to Craft #34:  ATG
Color It, Create It, Show It Off:  ATG (2/3)
Classic Design Design Team #4:  ATG
Creative Moments #168:  ATG
613 Avenue Create #221:  ATG or option to create a shaker card
Crafty Creations #390:  ATG
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #105:  ATG
Word Art Wednesday #386- #387:  ATG
The Outlawz Monday Greetings:  ATG
The Outlawz Festive Fridays:  Birthday

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  Please stop by the Catch The Bug blog to see what my fellow DT members have made for this week's Humor Me Wednesday inspiration.

Take care, and God Bless!

~Marie~

CHRISTMAS CRAFTS ALL YEAR ROUND -- ORNAMENTS AND BUGABOO HUMOR ME WEDNESDAY - BIRD DAY

Hello, crafty friends!  I hope all is well with you.  Things here are going just fine.  I'd like to share with you the card I have made for the current CCAYR challenge:  ORNAMENTS, which also happens to work for the Humor Me Wednesday post at Bugaboo.  May 4th is Bird Day.  Who knew?

My card features the adorable Bugaboo image, Ornaments Penguin.  I LOVE HIM!  Honestly, I really haven't found a Bugaboo image I don't like.  :)  I had this guy all colored up to match that patterned paper from the 6x6 Winter Whimsy pad from Love Nicole.  I added some white puffy paint to the brim and pompom of his hat for some fun texture.  The snowflake die going across the top doesn't have a name, but I did get it from Hobby Lobby.  I added a white layer underneath the card stock layer so it would stand out more from the patterned paper.  Each snowflake center has a rounded gem in the middle.  The die cut sentiment comes from Tim Holtz, and I added some clear Spectrum Noir sparkle pen to the top 3rd layer of each word.  There is also a bit of White Blizzard Nuvo drops on the penguin and the snow in the image.

CHALLENGES:

12 Months of Christmas Link Up #53:  ATG or optional Creature Feature

Merry Little Christmas #10:  ATG

CHN Patterned Paper:  ATG using patterned paper

Love to Craft #34:  ATG

Mix It Up #25:  ATG or optional mixed media

Color It, Create It, Show It Off:  ATG

Classic Design Design Team #4:  ATG

Gem of a Challenge Week #8:  ATG

Crimbo Crackers#183:  ATG

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #104:  ATG (3/3)

Polkadoodles Week #17:  ATG (2/2)

Digi Choosday Week #18:  ATG

Penny's Paper Crafty #428:  ATG

Winter Wonderland:  Cute Christmas

The Outlawz Festive Fridays:  Christmas

Thanks so much for stopping by again.  I hope you have enjoyed your visit, and please be sure to visit us over at the CCAYR blog, and the Catch the Bug blog for more inspiration!

Take care, and God Bless!  :)

~Marie~