Rumble in your tummy?

It's Saturday, which means a new challenge over at Catch the Bug today! 

This week's theme is

Food

It's November, the time when we are normally thinking of comfort foods to ward off the chills, and mentally making our shopping list and to-do list for the upcoming feast. I took a different route for my card, though. I needed to add a birthday card to my stash of cards, so I made one with cupcakes and cakes in mind!

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This is my first time inking up this great Chef Pierre - Cake image. I colored him in PSE, then used my Spellbinders A2 Curved Borders dies to cut the edge of the image layer. I have to say, this is definitely not one of my favorite cards, of late. I thought I was being clever by adding some shadowing behind him and the sentiment, but I've decided it just isn't working for me the way I had intended, so that is probably the last time I will do that (the way I did it, that is. I have 'other' shading techniques that I think I like better). Anyhow. I used some busy papers, and hindsight is 20/20.....I should have added some bold solids to break them up more because I'm not liking how busy this card turned out, either; thus, the hand-drawn dash along the edge of the image layer. Hmmmm.....should I have posted this?! lol! Geez....

Well, I have shared with you my not-so-great card for todays theme challenge, now..... let's see your creation this week! Whip up your project and head on over to Catch the Bug: to play along, enter it into the Mr. Linky located at the bottom of the challenge post!

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

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!

Happy Crafting!

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An Oldie But Goodie

Hi, everyone!

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

Today I am using one of my chef images,  Chef Pierre - Test.

I put him on this jar of home-made Smoked Turkey and Wild Rice Soup that I took to a friend.

Admittedly, it is not my best "finish" work - I had a bear of a time putting the image to the band around the jar, and I was rushing (imagine that! Me impatient?! Bah!). It was a well-received thought, though, and that was what mattered, right?! 

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I would love to offer you the recipe for this, but I am the kind of cook that just "tosses it in" the pot, especially with soups! I can say, this has mushrooms, wild rice, some corn and delicious smoked turkey that I pulled off a leftover turkey carcass from a previous dinner after making my stock for the soup. It smelled like smoked turkey heaven in my house for two days! Mmmmm......

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! <<===========

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This has been entered into the following challenges:

Divas by Design - Anything Goes

IIC #99 - Splash of Red

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Stampavie - Tag It!

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

A New Release from Bugaboo!

It's Tuesday.......time for a Bugaboo Stamps New Release! This week, Jodie is releasing a set of images that I LOVE!! Okay.....who am I kidding, right?! I love them ALL! lol! These, though, are so crazy cute! I have always adored Jodie's Chef Pierre images, but the new Roly Poly Chef......he just may bump skinny Chef Pierre to the back burner! lol! Which do you prefer??

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I kept this card really simple - I wasn't feeling very inspired this past week. Had been running all kinds of errands and trying to clean my craft stuff. When I get into organizing/cleaning mode, crafty mode seems to go into hiding. 

I picked out a paper from the DCWV Sweet Stack, that I've had "forever", to use as a card base. I colored my chef in PSE, printed and used my Nesties to cut the ovals. I added an old standby gingham ribbon and bow, and a sentiment, and a tiny bit of gold Stickles to finish him off. Not too bad for a quick card, I say! :0) 

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!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Happy Crafting!

This card has been entered into the following challenges:
Make It Monday - Anything Goes
Paper Creations Ink - Something Old, Something New
OSAAT - Anything Goes

Perfecto! Card and a Free SVG

Happy Tuesday!
I hope your Labor Day was a restful one....I know mine was! lol! It's been rain, rain, rain......and more rain here, so my family spent the weekend doing some much needed home organizing, and some catching up on some tv programs that we DVR! :0)
This morning was an early one for me, so I put together this challenge card. It is for the Bugaboo Stamps, Catch the Challenge Bug Blog "Anything Goes", and it also meets the criteria for the Stamping Dragon Designs Challenge Blog for "Occupations". I used a card sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches, Sketch #110  for some inspiration.

This card uses my Utensils SVG

These SVG files are no longer available for free.

Please visit my SVG's for Sale Page located at the top of this blog.

My image is from the Chef collection over at Bugaboo Stamps. The blue background and red plaid papers are printed from AmberInk iPaper patterns. I used SU Real Red card stock for my bottom layer of the chef. Both layers for the image, and the scalloped oval, were cut from my Nesties. The Fork Knife Spoon embellishes are cut on mirrored card stock, but I could not capture light reflecting in them, no matter what angle I tried! :0( I made an svg to cut them on my Cricut with SCAL. You can pick up the file for your use, below). The sentiment was punched with an SU Tag punch.

Sketch by Tuesday Morning Sketches

Happy Crafting!  :)

Mash-em-up-challenge Card for Bugaboo

What?! What do I mean by "Mash-em-up-Challenge Card"?! Well....that's my way of killing two birds with one stone......get it? "Two Birds"......like on my card?! lol! I am killing it over here! lol! ;0)
Anyhow, Bugaboo Stamps has a challenge blog, Catch the Bug Challenge Blog, and they also have a group on Paper Craft Planet (PCP), and Crafters Digital Art Center (CDAC) where they host challenges and give away awesome freebies! So, I combined the challenges on one card (hence, "mash-em-up-challenge" title of this post), to enter into all three challenges (I'm feeling very efficient today! lol!)
Here's my card

This card uses my Tag, Scalloped Pocket SVG

These SVG files are no longer available for free.

Please visit my SVG's for Sale Page located at the top of this blog.

This is the card, closed. It is a slider/pocket card. The image is paper-pieced with some patterned papers that I printed (found some goodies online......fabric shop "samples" work great for printing digital subtle patterns!).  The challenge at Catch the Bug this week is to  "use warm colors and paper piecing".

The challenge at PCP and CDAC, which is the Wacky Wednesday Challenge #17, is to use a technique, Paper Piercing and Faux Stitching. Here's a photo of the tag pulled out of the pocket.

I used a Kitchen Chicken image for my front paper-pieced image, and the chef image is from the Chef Pierre collection of images that Jodie created a while back. I just love the Chef Pierre images, and I have them all, but this is probably the one I use most. :0) I recently obtained the Kitchen Chickens, and I must say, I am loving this! I now have the rest of the images from this collection on my wish list (which is never-ending, I might add!! LOL!)  :0)

My papers are from a K&Company stack called Halloween and Fall. I love this stack of papers!

I paper pierced around some edges, adding some white gel pen for my faux stitches.

The scalloped ribbon tag is an svg that I created, and it will be posted tomorrow as a freebie, so come back to pick it up then! :0)

Thanks for stopping by, and be sure to head over to the challenges to enter your creation, too!

Happy Crafting!

2nd Post Today - Red, White & Blue Challenge Card

Hi, again, everyone! Been busy today in the craft room! This is a card I put together using a Bugaboo Stamps image, and to qualify for all the great Red, White & Blue challenges going on for the July 4th holiday! Bugaboo is hosting one, so be sure to check out there blog, and the others listed below, to enter your card!

For all of my papers, I used pieces from scrap paper stah box. It's pretty full, and needs some serious down-sizing! For the base of this card, I did some diamond embossing on my Scor-Pal. I used a Nestie die (Lotus Border Petites) for the border strip, and added a few rhinestones. The image was colored in PSE, except the skin, which I colored in with markers. I cut the image, sentiment and layers using my Nesties, Reverse Circles.

Thanks for stopping by to check out my card!

Here's the links for challenges:

Catch the Bug Challenge Blog - Red, White & Blue w.Ribbons

Bugaboo PCP Challenge #8 - Wet or Dry Embossing

Bugaboo CDAC Challenge - Wet or Dry Embossing

Tuesday Throwdown #55 - Red,White & Blue

Use It Tuesday - Red, White & Blue (must use your stash)

Diecut Dreams Challenge Blog - Red, White & Blue

Paper Playtime - #49 Use a Digi, plus Red, White & Blue

Scrapbookaholic - Red, White & Blue

Amber's Crafts & Stuff - Red, White & Blue