An Oldie-But-Goodie from Bugaboo Stamps - grab a cup!

Hi, everyone!

Thursday's are Oldie But Goodie Days at Catch the Bug Blog! 

I have always loved the Coffee Time images from Bugaboo Stamps, so I grabbed this one, colored it up and put together this card for you today!

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Material List

Sizzix Sizzlits

Stickles Glitter Glue

Doily 

Boutique Brad

Spellbinders Dies - Inverted Circles, Circles

Paper from stash

You can check out all the great images that Jodie has to offer, at the Bugaboo Store here.

Thanks for stopping by today! Make sure to check out the other OBG creations over at Catch the Bug, and visit the Design Team....you can click on their blog links located in the left side bar of my blog for great Bugaboo eye candy! <<===========

Please feel free to browse my blog, I'd love to be your inspiration for your next project! :0) If you're not already a follower, and like what I create, please consider following me! :0) ====>>

Happy Crafting!

This card has been entered into the following challenges:

Divas by Design - Lots of Layers

Whimsy Stamps - Anything Goes

Bugaboo's Birthday Blog Hop Continues

Hi, everyone!

Catch the Bug Challenge Blog is currently celebrating the Bugaboo Stamps Birthday! 

That's right.....it's a party, complete with prizes and fun because.....

Bugaboo Stamps is celebrating it's second year! 

That's right!! Bugaboo Stamps is turning TWO! Wow! I can't believe it's been two years, already, and to celebrate, the Design Team is holding a 

Blog Hop Birthday Bash 

& Week Long Celebration!

Check out these great prizes up for grabs this week!

• Grand Prize - One randomly selected entrant that has 1) completed the blog hop and 2) participated in the "regular" challenge and mini challenges will receive one free set per month for all of 2012.
• Second Place Prize - One randomly selected entrant that has participated in each of the mini challenges will get to be a Bugaboo Guest Design for February, March & April PLUS the New Release Set for the week.
• 01/14/2012 Challenge - We'll be offering our usual seven, four, and two digi prize packs.
• 01/15/2012 Stella Says Sketch Challenge - We'll be offering our usual seven, four and two digi prize packs.
• 01/14/2012 Blog Hop - Each DT member will randomly select a winner from among the people that commented on  their  blog hop post to win  the image they used for their card/project for the hop.
• One WINNER for EACH Mini-Challenge will get the New Release set for the week.
• You have until Saturday, January 21, 7am ET to enter your projects for a chance to win!

We're in the middle of our celebration week, but there is still time for you to enter your projects for all of the days of the week!

You should have arrived here from Cely's blog, but if you didn't please go back to the beginning of the hop at Catch the Bug, so you don't miss out on any of the fun!

To join in the sketch challenge this week, we'd love to see your birthday celebration cards!

I hope you'll help us celebrate by joining in the fun! We'll have a new mini-challenge each day this week, and every day's challenge comes with a chance to WIN!

I know you didn't come by to read my chatter, so without further ado, here's today's mini-challenge:

Sketch Challenge

We want to see to your projects that follow this sketch!

Here's my card for this one! I wanted to do something a little "different" for a birthday image, so I used the Roly Poly Chef - Spoon image, and made it a birthday theme with my DCWV Sweet Stack papers and the sentiment. :0)

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Now that you've been inspired ( I hope!), why not head over to the Bugaboo Stamps store and pick up this cutie for yourself?

While you're there, don't miss the Daily Deal that Jodie has posted, and be sure to check back every day for a new "doesn't get any better than this!" price on some super sweet Bugaboo images!

I'd love to see you enter in the challenge over at Catch the Bug, too!  The challenge blog is also where you can find out all the lastest "dish" on what challenges are happening and what other challenge sites that Bugaboo is sponsoring (more chances to win some free Bugaboo!). It's also where you can check out all the other fantastic DT projects, including the OBG (Oldie But Goodie) stuff, the ABC (Anything But a Card) items, and the Tuesday New Releases......plus so much more!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Your next stop along our

Birthday Blog Hop 

is  Kendra's blog!

Happy Crafting!

....and remember, if you should get lost along your way of hopping, you can always go back to 

Catch the Bug for a complete list of links! :0)

This card has been entered into the following challenges:

Lexi's Creations - Anything Goes

Crafty Cardmakers - No Floral Embellishments

Card Crafter's Circle - Happy Birthday

In a hurry?

I know I have been so swamped lately, that I have not had time to make anything! So, a quick tip (in case you're not already familiar with this idea) for when you have to make a card "right now" for something: use a pre-colored digi! Andy Bauer, artist at The Digi Street, has some great digistamps, and he offers them as black & whites, and as a pre-colored image! Well, today I needed a thank you card, and had not a single one in my box! So, I used one of his freebies (last weeks, but he has a new one posted this week, so check it out!) to put together this card.

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I liked the colors Andy had chosen for this, so I used my PSE to create the bg paper. I printed it, and then the large version of the pre-colored paper. For the big sundae, I colored over the image with similar colors of gel pens. I added some Stickles to the cherry, cut it out and applied it to the card with some pop dots. I hand wrote the sentiment, and attached it to the card with ribbon.The bottom border was run through my Cuttlebug and I used a punch for the scallops. This card took me approximately 10 minutes to make - quick and easy! 

So, be sure to jump over to Andy's blog and store! He has a ton of awesome stuff to help you out of a crunch, too! :0)

Happy weekend, and happy crafting, everyone!