My All Star

Tuesday July 10, 2012

First off a BIG Happy Birthday to my dear brother.. It's the big 60 today.. welcome to the 60's you're catching up to me.. LOL Hope you have a wonderful day.

Today is new release day at Catch the bug and we have AKV Baseball catcher. I've had this acrylic baseball for some time and now I get to use it.. I also use the banner paper from Echo Park and just cut it apart.

challenges:
incy wincy - summertime
cardmadfairy #37 - summertime
paper crafting journey - summer
make it monday #97-atg
recipe: akv baseball catch/ctb, ep papers, bazzill, su choco chip, mft alphabet, copics, star punch, making memories acrylic, bakers twine

Chocolate helps with the back pain

Monday July 9, 2012

Happy Monday and new start for challenges.. this week Catch the bug is sponsoring the challenge at Make it Monday.. theme is ANYTHING GOES..

I love playing at MIM and leaving comments for a blogger who has entered a card or two or three.. You get to see other blogs, styles, techniques. It's really fun.. Just enter your card and make sure you leave a comment on a card that is posted. More comments more chances to win along with the card /commenter..

challenges:
sentimental sunday #110 - bingo (lace/flowers/die cut)
southern girls #48 - pearls
quirky crafts #14 - make us laugh
dilly beans design - fabric and fiber
one stop crafting #190 - summer flowers recipe: bazille, my minds eye, scraps, jj chocolate/ctb, baker twine, lace w/decopodge over it, quick quote chalk ink, pizzaz a plenty half pearls, copics, tim holtz die, su punch

Surfs Up

Monday July 9, 2012

Happy summer days from Washington State.. It's new release day at Paper Pretties and we have this beach bum SURF.. the theme for this week is BEACH DAYS.. This set is Surf and his sentiment - there are other sentiments but I chose this one.. We also have SHADE and sentiment.. If you check out the Paper Pretties site you can see the images and sentiments.

I love the ocean and thought of this guy out there catch'n a wave.. I needed a surf board so I cut one out and love the dcwv paper that I used.. kind of a graffiti type board..

challenges:
one stitch at a time #121 - summer
pile it on #28 -it's a shore thing
the crafty pad #178 - at the seaside
cardmadfairy #37 - summertime
paper crafting journey - summer

recipe: surf/pp, dcwv, scraps, bazzill, copics, corner rounder, mft die

Road to a friend's house is never long

Saturday July 7, 2012

It's Unscripted Sketches #166 challenge for this week.. Plus visit our blog and follow us as we have our Christmas in July.. Visit the design teams homes and get to know them. Plus fun games and prizes.. Check it out.

Well this is what I came up with for this weeks sketch.. I have really been eager to use this stamp set and thought this was perfect time. I love these colors I am a jewel color type person. It's a fun stamp set from Taylored Expressions..

challenges:
papertake weekly atg - (3-d, glitter, glossy accents -optional)
sassy cheryls #122 - atg
whimsey stamps #46 - atg
joyful stamper #66 - atg
make it monday #96 open
card making mamas #49-use rubber stamps

recipe: taylored expression/ easy cottage, bazzill, bg indie bloom, ranger, memento, spellbinder, copics, embossing folder.

Happy Birthday Quwin

Saturday July 7, 2012

Saturday at Catch the bug is ATG (anything goes) ..I love ATG challenges. This is the card I made for my great grandson Quwin for his 4th birthday. He loves trucks and thought this monster truck digi would be perfect for him.. Of course he looked at it and tossed it down to open his presents.. What did I expect from a four year old?.. just what he did..lol

challenges:
dutch dare #172 for a child
whimsy stamps #46 - atg
pennys paper #83 - red white and blue
diva by design #42 - red white and blue
paper play #27 - happy birthday
papertake weekly atg - (3-d/glitter/glossy accent opt)
perfect sentiment #39 - red white and blue w/sentiment

recipe: monster truck /ctg, dcwv, chip board, glitter, copics, words?, spellbinder, ranger

Gardening Nut

Friday July 6, 2012

Summer has finally arrived in the Pacific NW.. Washington state is seeing summer and that means the gardens will finally get to growing. This GARDEN NUT by Catch the bug is this Friday's Free digi image.
My garden consist of garlic. I have about 5 varieties that I plant. I plant in WA. state in the fall usually around Oct/Nov at the latest and harvest in Aug or abouts.. I love garlic.

I hope you get a chance to pick up this GARDEN NUT and sentiment.. woohoo ..

challenges:
cute card thursday -#224 gardeners world
tuesday throwdown #104 summertime
oldie but a goodie -summer holidays
whimsey stamps #46 atg

recipe: garden nut/sentiment -ctb, bazzill, cosmo cricket, mm brad, te chip board, black scraps, mft die, copics, ranger ink.

Happy Birthday

Tuesday July 3, 2012

Happy birthday or any happy day - clown.. New release at Catch the bug ... this would make that cute boy card depending on the coloring you could even make a girl card.. I chose to use a boy theme and made my boy flower.. I always like making these flowers for boy cards as they are a nice embellishment with out the fluffy of a regular flower..

challenges:
the pink elephant #155 - photo inspiration
make it monday #96 - open
crafty card makers #71 - create your own flowers
kaboodle doodles #126 - boys life
de creative zebra #21 - birthday card
the cutie pie #21 - one for the boys

recipe: pebbles fresh good papers, scraps, very vanilla base, embossing folders, viva pearl pen, bg brad, spellbinder die, circle punch su, copics