Anything Goes at Catch the Bug

Hi, everyone! Happy Saturday!

 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 the image Lady Bug Butterfly from Bugaboo Stamps. I saw this great idea for the card layout at Snippets, and decided to try it for this card. I love the idea for CAS cards; it adds such a great visual interest.

I started by coloring the image in PSE (surprised?! No....I know you're not! haha). I added the sentiment, also in PSE, and then printed it out on a 3-1/2 x 5 card. I used some of my old, neglected Paper Shapers scissors and cut across the bottom of my card. I added some black doodling with my Zig journaling pen, then layered the polka-dot dp beneath the two pieces, creating a negative from my cut. I trimmed the edges of the now-adhered pieces back down to a 3-1/2 x 5 size, then I did some additional layers before adding it all to my card base, which is an A2 size.

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 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!

One more thing before I wrap this up....be on the lookout for the upcoming Bugaboo Christmas in July Week Long Celebration! This is always a favorite, with lots of FREE images given away for participating in our challenges that week! I'll have more details on that as the date draws nearer.

 

Also, I am now assisting the DT Coordinator with some of the more routine things at Catch the Bug Blog to fill in some time for our wonderful Ms. Min, who is expecting Baby #1, and is happily preparing for the arrival! I'm helping out with some posting duties, and I'm also helping out by choosing a Bugaboo Stamps Fan of the Month! So......if you're a fan of Bugaboo Stamps (and who isn't, right?!), make sure you're posting your Bugaboo cards on your blog because I'm poking around Blog-land looking for YOU! :)

Happy Crafting!

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Challenges Entered
4 Krafty Girlz - Anything Goes
Crafty Little Fairies - Spots & Stripes

Quick and easy, clean and simple....with a touch of BINGO!

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 diagonal requirements from top right to bottom left for my card this week

 Flower, Die/Punch and Player's Choice - my choice is a Bugaboo Image (of course!). 

My card features the Bugaboo Stamps Mini Set - Flowers images.I used two of the images included with this set. 

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I kept this clean and simple. It was inspired (heavily!) by Jamie's card at Alice's (lLittle) Wonderland.

I cut my sentiment out with my Studio software using Print to Cut technique, and it is adhered with pop dots to give just a bit of dimension. While Jamie left her card as a one-layer, I didn't like the way mine looked when I tried to overlap the sentiment over my flowers: it cut off too much of my image for my taste (though I LOVE hers!), so......there you have it! Super quick and easy today! :)

 There are more super in the Bugaboo Stamps Store! 

Hop on over and check them out! Don't forget to look at all the New Images this Month, and the Sale Section! There's always something great happening at Bugaboo Stamps!

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!

Please be sure to 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!

I'd love for you to leave me a comment so I know you were here, and if you don't already, please consider following me ======>>

One more thing before I wrap this up....be on the lookout for the upcoming Bugaboo Christmas in July Week Long Celebration! This is always a favorite, with lots of FREE images given away for participating in our challenges that week! I'll have more details on that as the date draws nearer.

Also, I am now assisting the DT Coordinator with some of the more routine things at Catch the Bug Blog to fill in some time for our wonderful Ms. Min, who is expecting Baby #1, and is happily preparing for the arrival! I'm helping out with some posting duties, and I'm also helping out by choosing a Bugaboo Stamps Fan of the Month! So......if you're a fan of Bugaboo Stamps (and who isn't, right?!), make sure you're posting your Bugaboo cards on your blog because I'm poking around Blog-land looking for YOU! :)

Happy Crafting!

Challenges Entered

A Creative Need - Signs of Spring

Chocolate, Coffee & Cards - Spring

Craftitude - AG, or Easter or Spring

Paper Crafting Challenge - No Designer Paper

Polkadoodles - Springtime

Simon Says - CAS

A Bit of Digital Fun Today

Happy Easter Weekend!

I am dealing with grey skies and rain today, so decided to sit down and do some digital "playing around" in my PSE to avoid the outdoors.

First, I scanned in my stamped images from an old Stampin' Up set, Brushstroke Hummingbird. This set is from back in the day when I was a demo for SU. I love it. It is so pretty.......very "doodle-y"! :)

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I colored all my lines, and I had sized three different digital stamps of the flower vine to create the cluster on my card. I had to rotate the images a bit to fit them into place where I wanted to. If you enlarge the image to look closer, you should be able to see the two different green tones on the stems and leaves. That was a bit of trickiness to achieve, but I'm glad I was patient with myself 

 I really like the way it looks. I added a typed sentiment, and few tiny rhinestones on the bottom, and a strip of a pattern I printed up.

That's it from me today. I hope you'll come back to visit again tomorrow, when I post my weekly Saturday Challenge card for Catch the Bug Blog !

Happy Crafting!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I truly appreciate it, and would love it if you would leave me a comment so I know you came to visit!

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Challenges Entered

A Creative Need - Signs of Spring

CCC - Spring

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes

Stampin With the Dragon - Spring Time

It's New Release Day at Bugaboo Stamps

It's Tuesday.......time for a Bugaboo Stamps New Release! Jodie's been hard at work on some great images, and this April Word Art image is just one of them! 

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I kept this CAS, and I let the image do the talking.  

I typed up the sentiment in PSE, as well as colored my image in PSE. I used my old-school scallop scissors to cut the top of my printed image, did some doodling on it, and used pop dots on both pieces, with a pretty polka-dot dp beneath them, for dimension. I added some Glossy Accents on the rain drops, and I added some Cloud9 Design Acrylic Rain Drops.

Pick up this, and the other new release images, 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!

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Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Challenges Entered
Incy Wincy - CAS
Love to Scrap - Anything Goes
Robyn's Fetish - Must Have a Hat
The Crazy Challenge - Spring is Here