It's a Lucky Day at Catch the Bug!

It's Saturday, which means a new challenge over at Catch the Bug today! This week's theme is definitely appropriate for the season! 

It's all about

Luck!

We want to see you whip up a goodie 

that has anything to do with Luck!

I was going to create something with one of my favorite cowboy images, and use some horseshoes to convey the "luck", but I decided to really stretch my cut-file-making skills for todays card. I have been drooling over the latest Elizabeth Crafts die release, and really want the Lots of Pops die! I love that it's so versatile; you can keep some of the pop-ups folded down should you not need them. Well, the cost for this die is not currently part of my budget plan (plus, I pormised hubby I'd try to NOT buy craft stuff this year....ugh! So tough!). I can maneuver my cutting program software quite well (right now, I use Silhouette Studio Designer Edition), so I went to work to create something similar to the die, but as a cutting file. I am quite happy with the way it turned out! It was a lot of fun to jazz up the inside of my card (not something I normally do)! I kept the outside of my card CAS, as you can see. :)
(If you'd like to purchase the file, available in Studio format for Silhouette machines only, please visit the "Cutting Files for Sale" Tab at the top of my blog for info).

My card features the adorable Bugaboo Stamps critter, Edward Elephant! I used the 

Edward Elephant - St. Patrick's Day image on the inside of my card. The outside of my card, pictured first, has a sentiment on it that I created in my PSE program. A bit of embossing with a folder, a Martha Stewart punch and a strip of scrap paper is all it took for this part of the card.

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Now, here is the inside of my card! I have several pics for you, hoping to convey the dimension of the little scene I made. My Silhouette machine is a dream for printing and cutting my images! 

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I made the mistake of glueing the insert into the card base after putting some of the embellishes on it, which made it VERY crooked! So, I had to trim my card edges down to clean it up. It was intended to be a 5" square, but now it's a 4-3/4" square. lol!

Here are some additional photos, at different angles.

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Here is a closer look at my image. I just love that little chick in the pot! :)

So, let's see your card this week! Whip up your project and hop on over to enter it into the Mr. Linky!

By entering, you could win up to TEN Bugaboo images!

Head on over to Catch the Bug to play along!

Please check out the rest of the Design Team goodies while you're there! These peeps are filled with talent, full of good tips and ideas......and loaded with eye-candy-inspiring ideas! I am so honored to be part of the group!

Pick up this cute Bugaboo image, and others, over at the Bugaboo Stamps Store, and make sure you also jump over to the Catch the Bug Challenge Blog: it's 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 so much for stopping by today!

If you enjoyed your visit, please consider following me ======>>

Card Recipe

Image: Bugaboo Stamps - Edward Elephant - St. Patrick's Day 

Silhouette Cutting File: By Me! :)

Paper: From Stash and Scrap Box

Punches: Martha Stewart, Ek Success - Mini Banners

Dies: Impression Obsession - Grass Border, Spellbinders - Small Circles

Misc: Pop Dots

Challenges Entered 

Silhouette Challenges - Create Your Own Scene Card

Craft for the Craic - Something Green

Cut It Up! - Green for Spring or St. Patty's Day

Digi Haven - Three Shades of Green

Get Inky - Green/St. Patty's Day

Pattie's Creations - Green for St Patty's Day

Anything Goes, So How About Something 'Wild'?!

Hi, everyone! Happy Saturday!

I love Saturday blogging - there are always so many great challenges and creations in blogland on the weekends, and today is no exception; in fact, today is a new challenge day at Catch the Bug Blog, featuring all kinds of sweet Bugaboo Stamps images! Since it's the first Saturday of the month at Catch the Bug, it's an

Anything Goes

theme for our challenge this week!

Make sure you hop on by to check out all the wonderful DT eye-candy, and we hope you join us for the fun!

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This card features several of the images from the Mini Set Critter Blocks from Bugaboo Stamps. This card shows three of the seven images in the set; the other images included are a cat, bear, bunny and dog image. All are so adorable!

I colored these images in PSE, like I normally do my digi images, and then used my Silhouette Print and Cut feature to cut them out. I grabbed a bunch of small scraps from an old CTMH paper pack, Expeditions. I had previously used it to create a scrapbook layout, and I have several pieces left that worked out well for layering for this card. I cut a Cheery Lynn Tropical Flourish with the rusty color from the pack as my embellish for the cute critters. I also added some Glossy Accents to part of the image frames for a bit of dimension and gloss. 

I did some digital work on the inside of my card. Here's a photo of that:

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Now it's your turn to pick a favorite image, or try something new from Bugaboo Stamps, whip up your project and head on over to enter it into the Mr. Linky!

By entering your project, you could win up to TEN Bugaboo images!

Head on over to Catch the Bug to play along!

Pick up this cute Bugaboo set of images, and others, over at the Bugaboo Stamps Store, and make sure you also jump over to the Catch the Bug Challenge Blog: it's 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 so much for stopping by today!

If you enjoyed your visit, please consider following me ======>>

Challenges Entered 
ACN - WIld Thing
Card Makin' Mamas - Stack it Up (3 layers or more)
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
Digitally Sweet - Anything Goes
Simply Create Too - Shop Your Stash
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes

BINGO Card Challenge at Catch the Bug!

It's Saturday, which means a new challenge over at Catch the Bug today! We are hosting our monthly B-I-N-G-O Card Challenge! 

Without further ado , here is this weeks Catch the Bug 

Bingo Card:

Isn't this BINGO Card the coolest?! So many choices!

You may choose three squares: horizontal, vertical, or diagonal!

I chose to the middle column of requirements for my card this week (Bugaboo Image, Flower, Circle). 

My card features the Bugaboo Stamps,  Critter Balloons - Elephant image!

 It, and the other great Critter Balloons images, are available in the Bugaboo Stamps Store! Hop on over and check them out! There are Critters for everyone! Hehe! So cute!

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Supplies Used

Stampin' Up Card Stock

AC Card Stock

CTMH Pearls

Ribbon Flower with Pearl

1/4" Circle Punch

1" Circle Punch

1-3/8" Circle Punch

So, let's see your card this week! Pick your BINGO daubs (you can go horizontal, vertical or diagonal), whip up your project and head on over to enter it into the Mr. Linky!

By entering your project, you could win up to TEN Bugaboo images!

Head on over to Catch the Bug to play along!

Please check out the rest of the Design Team goodies while you're there! These peeps are filled with talent, full of good tips and ideas......and loaded with eye-candy-inspiring ideas! I am so honored to be part of the group!

<=====Their blog links can all be found in my left sidebar! :0)

Pick up this cute Bugaboo image, and others, over at the Bugaboo Stamps Store, and make sure you also jump over to the Catch the Bug Challenge Blog: it's 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 so much for stopping by today!

If you enjoyed your visit, please consider following me ======>>

A New Challenge at Catch the Bug (it's a "must see"!!

It's Saturday, which means a new challenge over at Catch the Bug today! This week's theme was so much FUN for me! I really dove into this one - had the creative juices flowing, and the mental image of the final piece all in my head before I even started pulling out the papers!

This week's theme is a

THEME CHALLENGE - MOVIES!

We want to see something you whip up that is inspired by a favorite (or any, really) movie! 

My inspiration for this scrapbook double layout is the movie  

 We Bought a Zoo

It stars Matt Damon (he is so YUM!), and when we first decided to watch it, I really though it would be too "kiddie" for my taste. But.....I was very pleasantly surprised, and totally loved it! It's a great family movie based on a wonderful act of integrity. If you haven't seen it, grab the kids and watch it together - it's so good!

My layout features three images (Monkey, Giraffe, Elephant) from the Bugaboo Stamps Mini Set - Critter Blocks, and the Lion Love image. I colored them in using PSE, and a copy of the 

CTMH (Close To My Heart) color chart so I could match the colors to the papers I was using.

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This is an image of both 12x12 pages, side-by-side. I normally do not create scrapbook pages without first having my photos, but......and please bear with me while I ramble........ I had this idea in my head for a layout for well over two years! Yes, I said TWO YEARS! LOL!

You see, my hubby, son and I LOVE to go to the zoo. we visit every zoo in every city that we stop in. 

A couple years back, I had actually put out an ISO (In Search Of) ad on a forum, looking for the CTMH (Close To My Heart) papers that I've used here, as I never had the opportunity to purchase them before they were retired. Someone graciously agreed to sell me hers, and I had been hoarding them for the right moment. 

Well.......having recently seen this movie, and recently moving to Greenville, SC, where there is a small zoo that we have on our schedule of things to do "soon", I knew it was time to tear into the package! :0) I knew Jodie's adorable Critters and Lions would work perfectly for my page layout! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did creating it! :0) Below are additional, closer images of each page and a list of the many materials I used to create these.

Supplies Used

CTMH Expedition Paper Pack Level 2

eClips & eCal Software*

Chipboard

Eyelets

Hemp Twine

Ribbon Tape

Cheery Lynn Tropical Flourish Die

Spellbinders Classic Circles Nestabilities

Scor-Pal

Pop-Dots

*PLEASE NOTE: 

It is noted in the Bugaboo Stamps Terms of Use that creating die-cuts without express permission is not allowed. ALL MY PAPER PIECED DIE-CUTS WERE CREATED WITH PERMISSION! 

Here is a photo of the left page:

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Scrapping Tip: See the beige rectangle? Those are 1/4" scored lines - a great way to create some texture on your page and create a place to do some journaling without having to draw in dark lines for keeping your journaling straight! :0)

Here's my right page:

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Looking closer at the enlarged image you can see some hemp twine on the spotted photo mat. This mat is sized to hold a 5x7, tucked underneath the twine, or a 4x6 photo. Even with a 5x7 picture there, the leopard paper will show 1/4" on each side of the photo. 

The skewed striped paper is on pop-dots, and is not glued down in the top right corner. This will allow me to place the 5x7 photo beneath the skewed photo mat when I am ready. :0) The skewed photo, as well as the largest leopard square on the right page, will hold up to a 4" square photo, and still leave a 1/4" frame around the picture. The three smaller mats will allow for the 1/4" frame of designer paper if I use a 3-1/4" photo, or smaller.

So, that's it for me this week! Thanks a ton for stopping in! I hope you enjoy my scrapbook layout!

I had so much fun creating it, and I think I just may be working on some more......SOON! lol!

Now, let's see your movie-inspired project this week! Whip up your project and head on over to the 

Catch the Bug Blog to enter it into the Mr. Linky!

By entering your project, you could win up to TEN Bugaboo images!

Please check out the rest of the Design Team goodies while you're there! These peeps are filled with talent, full of good tips and ideas......and loaded with eye-candy-inspiring ideas! I am so honored to be part of the group!

<=====Their blog links can all be found in my left sidebar! :0)

Pick up this cute Bugaboo image, and others, over at the Bugaboo Stamps Store, and make sure you also jump over to the Catch the Bug Challenge Blog: it's 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 so much for stopping by today!

If you enjoyed your visit, please consider following me ======>

This has been entered into the following challenges:
Inspire Me Fridays - Anything Goes
Pattie's Creations - Embossing
DRS Designs - It's A Jungle Out There
My Heart Pieces - Lots of Layers!
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes
Shelly's Images - Anything Goes