Hi... Catch the bug / Bugaboo Free Friday

Friday April 29, 2016

 

Bugaboo / Catch the bug Free Friday

 

4 SQUARE FLORAL

 

 
It's Friday and the end of the month... Where did APRIL GO!!!!!..????? I am loving the spring flowers and the warmer weather and this card spoke to me as I was creating it. I hope you find time to grab this awesome image before its ran out of it's freebe status.. I hope you head over to the store and look at some of the other images.. I hope my card also inspires you.  Thanks for coming by.

Challenges:
Word art Wednesday #228-229 - anything goes
Creative moments #92 - anything goes
Cre8tive hands #5 - anything goes
Creative knockout #139 - lots of layers
Southern girls #133 - texture
Creative fingers #108 - anything goes
QKR stampede #189 - April showers bring May flowers
PDE linky party #121 - anything goes
Chocolate, coffee #108 - circles and squares

recipe: 4 sq. floral/bugaboo, recollection base, su designer paper, embossing folder, ribbon, copics, corner chomper

My cat owns my heart.. Aud Sentiments #154 - animal and sentiment

Thursday April 28 - May 10, 2016

 

Welcome to another challenge at Aud Sentiments.. #154

Animal and sentiment

 

Our sponsor for this card is Imagine That using the image Ice cream girl

 

This is the card I made using the image Ice cream girl... she is so cute letting her cat taste her ice cream.. I used some birds for the background as it's an outdoors looking card. I used my template for the clouds and die cut using stampin up die. The sentiment is from Cottage stamper which I thought went perfect for the theme and image. I hope you play along and remember to add a sentiment to your card so we can see it.. Have fun.

 

Challenges:
Fresh brewed - anything goes
Simon Wednesday - anything goes
A bit more time to craft #18 - anything goes
PDE linky party #120 - anything goes
Come and get it - glitter and or bling
Eureka stamps #190 - add bling

recipe: image that image, cottage stamper sentiment, stampin up die, stampin up punch, doodlebug acrylic dots, stickles, copics, my cloud template, recollection base, designer paper

Get well - Why do you think it's called ICU - Catch the bug - OBG

Thursday April 28, 2016

Well if you have been following Catch the bug you know today - Thursday is OBG... Oldie But Goodie

 You also would know that Stella is my favorite lady.. She is so funny and so witty.. I chose to use the image called Stella Nursing - ICU   .. This card would for sure cheer up someone who is in the hospital.. but be careful they could pop a stitch..

Challenges:
Glitter n sparkle #185 - anything goes
Robyn's fetish #313 - anything goes
My time to craft #320 - get well soon
Craft your passion #309 - anything goes
Tuesday throwdown #291 - anything goes
Simon Wednesday - anything goes
Crafty gals corner #69 - anything goes
Word art Wednesday #228-229 - anything goes

recipe: image/bugaboo, bazzill, authenitque, ribbon, simon says get well, copics

A time to share - Inspiration Destination #83

Wednesday April 27, 2016

It's Challenge #83 at Inspiration Destination.. Where it's always Anything Goes

Sponsor for this card is All Dressed Up

 I am using this darling image called A time to share.. I think they are so cute and I wanted to use some fun colors. I colored them first then went looking for a designer paper to use. (( usually find papers first then color).. boy was I lucky.. I found this right away. I always seem to go to my basic grey first and there it was.. Truthfully I could of found it and many more within the color range in my large stash of papers. I am not a hoarder but oh my I have so many paper pads in so many sizes.. Enough about me.. This card is so cute and I am loving coloring the blackish hair.. I always go with the browns and tried the blonds but I am not liking my choice of copics.. so I need to find a good blend of copics to get the blond.
I hope you play at ID where it's always ATG

Challenges:
Suzy bee's bloomin #17 - anything goes/twist for lady/girl
Crazy 4 challenges #333 - flowers
Glitter n sparkle #185 - anything goes
Dragonfly journeys #54 - earn your stripes
Robyn's fetish #313 - anything goes
Craft your passion #309 - anything goes
Make my Monday - April showers bring May flowers
Die cutting divas # 263 - April symbols - flowers/diamonds
Tuesday throwdown #291 - anything goes
Clear it out - nature / greenery
Penny's paper-crafty # 275  - sewing /real or faux
Simon Wednesday - anything goes
Crafty gals corner #69 - anything goes
Word art Wednesday #228-229 - anything goes
PDE linky part #120 - anything goes
Brown sugar #195 - anything goes

recipe: image All dressed up/a time to share, recollection base, bg plumeria dp, your next stamp banner stitch die, ms leaf punches, su flower punch, sequins, copics

Happy Mother's Day - Inspiration Destination #83

Wednesday April 27, 2016

Welcome to a new challenge at Inspiration Destination # 83.. Always Anything Goes

Our sponsor for this card is Robyns Fetish

With Mother's day just around the corner I figured it would be a great time to make a card. My mother has been gone 8 years and I miss her so much.. I think she would love this card.. She'd love any card I made. I remember after she passed and I was going through her things she had a box of cards and letters I wrote to her dating way back, even before I got into making cards. Warms my heart. Any how this is the card I made using Robyns Fetish image Spring girl. I cut her out because I wanted to use this Designer paper (?)  with the XO's on it.. I added some pearl swirls. Bright fun card.

I hope you play along at Inspiration Destination.. it's always ATG.

Challenges:
Just us girls #340 - photo inspiration
Sweet stampin - pink and girly
Suzy bee's bloomin #17 - anything goes/twist for lady/girl
Crazy 4 challenges #333 - flowers
Glitter n sparkle #185 - anything goes
Robyn's fetish #313 - anything goes
Craft your passion #309 - anything goes
Make my Monday - April showers bring May flowers
Clear it out - nature / greenery
Simon Wednesday - anything goes
The paper shelter #246 - pearls
Crafty gals corner #69 - anything goes
Word art Wednesday #228-229 - anything goes
PDE linky part #120 - anything goes
Brown sugar #195 - anything goes

recipe: image /robyns fetish spring girl, recollection base, dp?, pti sentiment, string of pearls, copics

Wishing you happiness - Inspiration Destination # 82

Wednesday April 20, 2016

Welcome to another challenge at Inspiration Destination #82 - where it's ALWAYS ANYTHING GOES

Our sponsor for this card is The East Wind

This is the card I made using the image called Flower Goddess.. I wanted to give the card an Asian feel and I used an Asian coin that I got from Monika Reeck in Germany.. She is at Creative with Monika  I have been waiting for the right card to use it and this is the card.. I added some cool yarns I have to the coin. This is the first time I have colored a black/gray looking hair and I do love the look. I really am not one for low cleavage so I made it look like she has a sheer top under her awesome dress.  I added some white gel dots to the center of the flowers on her dress so they looked like flowers vs. globs.. I hope you find time to play along at Inspiration Destination.. It's ATG always.

Challenges:
Brown sugar #194 - anything goes
Crafty catz #320 - monochrome
PDE linky party #119 - anything goes
613 Ave. create #172 - anything goes/ opt. recycle
Come and get it #114 - things with wings
The ribbon girl - anything goes
Lil patch of crafty friends #32 - anything goes
Craft your passion #308 - anything goes
Crafting from the heart #108 - anything goes
Make my Monday - butterflies
Simon Monday - butterfly beauty
Melonheadz friends - lets get girly
Love the scrap #76 - anything goes
Crafty sentiments - anything goes
Tuesday throwdown # 290 - monochromatic
Penny's paper-crafty #274 - anything goes
Simon Wednesday - make it girlie

recipe: image/the east wind, recollection base, ss designer paper, qq scrap dp, Asian coin, yarn, white gel pen, copics

Happy Birthday - Inspiration Destination #82

Wednesday April 20, 2016

Welcome to Inspiration Destination #82 challenge where it's ALWAY ANYTHING GOES

Our sponsor for this card is Bugaboo Stamps

I needed a bright happy card to brighten this very gray-windy-rainy day in Washington state so I used the image called Bug day bird 1... there are a set of four and all so precious.  I colored her with some bright colors and used some scraps of designer paper from quick quote. I don't know if you can tell but there are numbers all over it. you can see the 16 and 20 in the lower section.  I added two die cut balloons and added the happy birthday to them.  Was a fun card to make.  I hope you find time to play along and remember it's always ANYTHING GOES.. so come over and play.

Challenges:
Creative fingers #107 - anything goes
Scrapping4fun # 63 - birds
613 Ave. create #172 - anything goes/ opt. recycle
Come and get it #114 - things with wings
Lil patch of crafty friends #32 - anything goes
Craft your passion #308 - anything goes
Crafting from the heart #108 - anything goes
Cards in envy - another year older birthday
Love the scrap #76 - anything goes
Crafty sentiments - anything goes
Penny's paper-crafty #274 - anything goes
Fab n funky # 301 - winged things

recipe: image/bugaboo, recollection base, scrap qq dp, scrap su red, mft die, ss die, pti sentiment, floss, copics, wink of stella

Don't start your day with the broken piece of yesterday - Catch the bug ABC

Monday April 18, 2016

It's Monday so at Catch the bug it's ABC - Anything But a Card

I have been making Journal Inspiration pages for my 2016 Journal.. I love seeing the inspiration quotes that I have collected and to see the fun image and just bring a piece of mind and smile.
I hope you enjoy seeing my journal pages. I will be making more in the future and sharing them on my blog. This journal page image is
Kidz girl ball dog  I colored it with copics then adhered it to the orange card stock to hide the bleed of the copics and to give it added color. I laminated the whole piece and punched the holes. The quote was added by typing it above the image.

Challenges:
As you like it - non card project /why favorite (craft journal page are a favorite to make and having inspirational messages that I can see for that whole month and get the message seed planted in my head. Making me a better person)
Not just cards #31 - anything goes
Word art Wednesday #226-227 - anything goes
Creative fingers #107 - anything goes
Brown sugar #194 - anything goes
PDE linky party #119 - anything goes
My time to craft - people and their pets
613 Ave. create #172 - anything goes/opt. recycle
Robyn's fetish #312 - anything but a card
Lil patch of crafty friends #32 - anything goes
Craft your passion #308 - anything goes
Crafting from the heart #108 - anything goes

recipe: image/bugaboo, club scrap orange, copics, quote, laminated xyron, hole punch

One touch of nature - Midway Creative with Stamps #1 - butterflies

Friday April 15, 2016

 Creative with Stamps  #1  MIDWAY REMINDER..

BUTTERFLY CHALLENGE.. DIG OUT THOSE STAMPS/ DIGI'S.. AND CREATE YOUR CARD.. Have fun

Since we are a month long blog challenge.. It's time for a mid month reminder.. So since the theme is still butterflies. duh.... I dug out more butterfly stamps. I love butterflies and have quite a few.. I did another watercolor background for this card.. I must admit the other side of the watercolor paper was my first choice and since I don't like to waste watercolor paper and I never wanted anyone to ever  ever see what I first did.. LOL.it's now taped down to the coral card stock.. it will never be seen. I am obviously loving this one better.

I used recollection base, watercolor paper, kuretake gansi paint, black embossing powder for butterflies and sentiment, stampscape large butterfly, stampin up butterfly and sentiment

Challenges:

Come and get it - bright colors

Robyn's fetish #311 - add a sentiment

Crafting from the heart #107 - anything goes

Crafty boots - use a sentiment

Crafty sentiments - anything goes

Digi choosday wk. 15 - emboss it

Creative inspiration #249 - your favorite things (water colors and butterflies

Penny's paper-crafty #273 - anything goes

Word art Wednesday #226-227 - anything goes

Creative fingers #107 - anything goes

Brown sugar #194 - anything goes

PDE linky party #119 - anything goes

Happy little stamper - April - things with wings

Love the scrap #76 - anything goes

 

 

 

 

 

 



Happy Birthday - Aud Sentiments #153 - anything goes/sentiment

Thursday April 14 - 26 2016

Welcome to a new challenge at Aud Sentiments #153 - Anything goes  plus a sentiment..

My Artistic Adventure

This is the fun birthday card I made using the print out from My Artistic Adventure.. I do love coloring my images but now and then it's a nice relief to see the colors already on the image. I like the pink, brown and cream colors. I used a glittered background cardstock.. I really don't think you can see the fun shine that is there.. but it's there. I had this "happy" from a win on another blog challenge and it went perfect with this color scheme so I used it and added the birthday below. I don't know who the birthday is by .. but boy I use it a lot.. I love the font. 

I layered the pink onto a brown su card stock and then layered this onto a base of recollection.. I love the weight of the card stock from Michaels.  I hope you find time to play along at Aud Sentiments... It's ANYTHING GOES AND ADD A SENTIMENT

Challenges:
Craft your passion #307 - anything goes
Stamps and fun #276 - Happy birthday
Crafty boots - use a sentiment
Crafty sentiments - anything goes
Creative card crew #110 - die cut
Word art Wednesday #226-227 - anything goes

you fill my day with Sunshine - Inspiration Destination #81

Wednesday April 13, 2016

Welcome to Inspiration Destination #81 challenge where it's ALWAYS ANYTHING GOES

Our sponsor for this card is A day for daisies

I love the look of the images from A day for daisies.. This image is called Mary Mary.  I colored her up and since it took up a lot of the card from I decided to use the negative space to made a frame so you are looking in at the image. I raised the designer paper on foam dots to give it some depth.

I used as Simon says sentiment and die. I layered the sunshine and colored it with sunshine color copic pen.  This card says it's spring time..

I hope you head over to ID and play along where it's always ATG.

Challenges:
QKR stampede #186 - spring has sprung
Simply papercraft #27 - anything goes
Crazy 4 challenges # 331 - spring
Come and get it - bright colors
The ribbon girl - anything goes
Cupcake inspirations #335 - patterns
Robyn's fetish #311 - add a sentiment
Craft your passion #307 - anything goes
Crafting from the heart #107 - anything goes
Simon Monday - April showers bring May flowers
Crafty boots - use a sentiment
Tuesday throwdown #289 - use die cuts
Creative card crew #110 - die cut
Creative inspiration #249 - your favorite things (my cloud template, dies, copics, paper)
Penny's paper-crafty #273 - anything goes
Fab 'n' funky #300 - girly and pretty
Word art Wednesday #226-227 - anything goes

recipe: image/a day for daisies, recollection base, dp?, copics, my cloud template, su punch, ss sentiment and die, bling for the . on the I in sunshine, glossy accents water drops

Loving every minute - Inspiration Destination #81 Dr. D

Wednesday April 13, 2016

Welcome to Inspiration Destination #81 - where it's ALWAYS ANYTHING GOES

Our sponsor for this card is Dr. Digi's

I am always laughing when I work with Dr. D images. They are just so cute and fun to create a card with. This guy is A Dunderton abroad.. I had to make him look like a traveler with the wild Hawaiian shirt. I used some dies from Tech. Tuesday and did the camera, heart and suitcase. The sentiment is also from Tech. Tues.  I had an old out dated local map so just tore it out of the book and used some Ranger distress ink to age it up.  I hope you find time to play along this week and join us at Inspiration Destination. Always anything goes.

Challenges:
Brown sugar #193 - anything goes
Jo's scrap shack #133 - anything goes
PDE linky party #118 - anything goes
613 Avenue create #171 - anything goes / opt. masculine
The ribbon girl - anything goes
Robyn's fetish #311 - add a sentiment
Craft your passion #307 - anything goes
Crafting from the heart #107 - anything goes
Crafty boots - use a sentiment
Crafty sentiments - anything goes
Tuesday throwdown #289 - use die cuts
Creative card crew #110 - die cut
Creative inspiration #249 - your favorite things (dies, using a real city map as background, copics)
Inky impressions - all about the boys
Penny's paper-crafty #273 - anything goes
Word art Wednesday #226-227 - anything goes
Creative moments - anything goes / opt. make it funny

recipe: image/dr. d, recollection base, city map, ranger ink, scraps, wink of stella, su punch, tech tues sentiment and die, copics, my cloud template

Birdhouse card...

Saturday April 9, 2016

Every now and then I sell a card or two down at our little local store.. I live in a town of about 250 people so you know it's a little tiny store which is also our post office.. Anyhow I made a card using this image which I made probably 10 years ago. I decided to sell it at the store and never took a photo of it because it's so old, before layering/copics.. well this guy that bought it wanted to get a few more so I made more. This is one of the cards.. each set has a different colored card stock layer. All of the houses are colored the same. I decided to take just this photo vs. all the others.  I hope it's what he is looking for. If not I guess I will have more to sell down at the store.. LOL

The card base is recollections, the red is just a piece of scrap card stock, colored with copics.. it's done. I love this stamp it's The cottage stamper..

Challenges:
Penny's paper-crafty #272 - anything goes
Word art Wednesday #224-225 - anything goes
4 Crafty chicks #293 - scenic
Sassy studio #328 - anything goes
Brown sugar #193 - anything goes
QKR stampede #186 - spring has sprung
Jo's scrap shack #133 - anything goes
PDE linky party #118 - anything goes
Simply papercraft #27 - anything goes
Suzy bee's bloomin - #125 - anything goes
Crazy 4 challenges # 331 - spring

You can / You will - Explore the possibilities / Catch the bug Free Friday

Friday April 8, 2016

It's Friday and so it's a free Friday.. I know there are a few changes over at Catch the bug with Jodie being on vacation.. so keep and eye over there for some little things that are going on while she is away.. Check out the Bugaboo store for those favorite images..

Catch the bug

This is AKV baseball girl.. I really wanted this to be an encouragement card.. So I used the Bugaboo free image and the sentiment are from Tech. Tues. I know kids can be scared and I like the inspiration the sentiment gives. It's spring so it's baseball season and that makes the perfect card. My little great grandson who is almost 8 is starting baseball for the first time.. This will be fun watching him. 

Challenges:
Scrapping4fun #62 - anything goes
A bit more time to craft #17 - anything goes
CCC digi #46 - anything goes
Lil patch of crafty friends #3 - anything goes
Craft your passion #306 - anything goes
Crafting from the heart #106 - anything goes
Penny's paper-crafty #272 - anything goes
Crafting by design - you are beautiful
Sassy studio #328 - anything goes
Brown sugar #193 - anything goes
QKR stampede #186 - spring has sprung
Jo's scrap shack #133 - anything goes
PDE linky party #118 - anything goes
Simply papercraft #27 - anything goes

recipe:  image/bugaboo, sentiments tech. tues., echo park dp, recollection base, copics, my cloud template

Inspiration Destination #80 Poppy Elf

Wednesday April 6, 2016

Welcome to another challenge at Inspiration Destination #80  where it's ALWAYS ANYTHING GOES

Our sponsor is Aurora Wings

I am using the image Poppy Elf.. I really wanted to keep this card simple as the image spoke volumes. I used Stampin up designer paper. I love the poppy flowers and I added some light green strips in her hair. It sure looks better in person vs. computer. At least on my computer. I do love the look and I wanted to keep a sentiment off of it since it could be used for different occasions. I hope you find time to play along this week and remember it's anything goes. You could be a winner.. woo hoo.

Challenges:
Creative fingers #106 - anything goes
Brown sugar #192 - anything goes
PDE linky party #117 - anything goes
Chocolate, coffee and cards # 106 - spring is in the air
Scrapping4fun #62 - anything goes
Jades sparkling butterflies #16 - anything goes
A bit more time to craft #17 - anything goes
CCC digi #46 - anything goes
Crafting when we can #116 - based on song (in the poppy fields)
Lil patch of crafty friends #3 - anything goes
Craft your passion #306 - anything goes
Crafting from the heart #106 - anything goes
Cards in envy - flowers and or fantasy
Clear it out - add a flower
Penny's paper-crafty #272 - anything goes
Crafting by design - you are beautiful

recipe: image/aurora wings, recollection base, stampin up dp, copics