Time for the Annual Christmas In July Blog Hop with Bugaboo Stamps!

Hi, everyone! 

At Catch the Bug, we are celebrating

CHRISTMAS IN JULY

all week long, starting today!

We're kicking it off with a blog hop!

 You should have arrived here from Imke's blog. 

She is our July Biggest Fan, and we invited her to join us in the hop! If you didn't arrive from there, please go back to Catch the Bug Blog to start at the beginning: 

We don't want you to miss out on all the fun and prizes! :)

For todays hop, the design team for Bugaboo Stamps has put together some creations for you based on a theme:

We'd love for you to join the fun, simply 

SHOW US YOUR SANTA!

Here's my guy.....er....gal! (Who says Santa has to be a dude, right?! lol!)

 :)

I kept her CAS.....and most importantly, to me.....mailable in an A2 envelope with one stamp! lol! I'm so cheap, I know! lol!

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For my card, I've used the Dottie - Christmas Shop. She is colored in PSE. I loved the color that Ms. Min chose for the this years Christmas in July theme, and used those for my card! My "Joy" sentiment is a retired Sizzlit die. Papers are from Paper Studio. My curved edge is fussy cut.

Be sure to leave a comment below, as I will be choosing a random commenter to win this image after our Christmas in July celebrations have ended! 

Thanks for stopping by today!

Your next stop on the blog hop is Cynthia's blog!

Have fun hopping! I hope to see you again this week for more Christmas in July fun!

Oh, one more thing! 

I need to tell you about all the great prizes that are up for grabs!! 

(See Catch the Bug Blog for all the details)!

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PRIZES:

Grand Prize - Participates in Hop & all Challenges
Free Bugaboo Christmas Set
4 month Guest Designer Term

2nd Place - Participates in Hop & all Challenges
Free Bugaboo Christmas Set
3 month Guest Designer Term

3rd Place - Participates in Hop & all Challenges
Free Bugaboo Christmas Set
2 month Guest Designer Term

Daily Challenge Winner - Freebie New Christmas Image

Blog Hop Winners - Each designer picks one winner from those that comment and winner gets image designer used, or other image if winner has image used

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Thanks so much for stopping by today! 

Happy Hopping!

 In case you haven't already heard....

in addition to this great hop, Jodie celebrates Christmas in July by offering up a SUPER SALE at the Bugaboo Stamps Store....

All Bugaboo Stamps are marked down 50%

for the ENTIRE month of July!

Challenges Entered

Completely Christmas - Anything Goes
Jingle Belles - Old Stash Holiday Card
Simply Create Too - Christmas in July
Sister Act - Anything Goes
Stamping Boutique - Fussy Cutting

An Oldie but Goodie, A Sketch and A Reminder about the Freebie Friday at Bugaboo!

Hi, everyone! It's an Oldie But Goodie Day at Catch the Bug Blog today. This is the image that is a freebie thisweek at Bugaboo Stamps, so it's not too old! He's a perfect little image to start working on your Christmas cards, if you haven't already! It's never too early to start those, I think!

You can pick up this image in the store for free, but only for a limited time!

Here is my card using the freebie for this week:

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I've used some craps from my stash - a bunch of thin strips I had laying in a box. I am loving this flashback to the "old school" quilt background sketches, and you'll certainly see more of it from me! It's such a great way to  use up scrap strips of older papers!

I'm happy to share all the dimensions with you, so you can create your own, I'd love it if you'd link back to me for credit if you should use the sketch, too, but it certainly isn't required! :)

Here it is:

These dimensions are for a 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" (A2 size) card.

So, you've seen what I've done with the

freebie, now it's your turn......so go pick it up at the Bugaboo Stamps Store, and get to it......it's only available free for this week! ;0)

And in case you haven't already heard....

ALL BUGABOO IMAGES ARE 50% OFF 

DURING JULY!!!

So hurry over to check out 

your favorites today!

After you stop in at the store, take a peek at the Catch the Bug post for today to check out the rest of the Design Team goodies! 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 individual 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 card has been entered into the following challenges:
CCEE Stampers - Old School Color Blocking
Crimbo Crackers - Anything Goes
PCJ - Punches and/or Die Cuts
Shelly's Images - Christmas in July

Tickle the Funny Bone with a funny Christmas Card

Hi, everyone!

It's the mid-way mark for the week, and we are just over the half-way point for the

Catch the Bug Blog

Christmas in July Celebration

with Bugaboo Stamps!

We have another chance for you to win some prizes 

by entering today's challenge:

HUMOR ME - CREATE A FUNNY CHRISTMAS CARD

I love to rub it in to my family in friends about the warm weather we experience here, in South Carolina. They are all in Michigan, and in December, their weather is bitter cold! This year, I am sending out some Christmas cards with the Tropical Santa Surfboard image, just to poke the stick at them, again! Haha!

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I used some great Echo Park papers, Paradise Beach. I added a Memory Box die cut, from glitter paper, for my border, and I cut the crab with my Silhouette Portrait. The little googlie eyes really gave him some character!

Now it's your turn to make us laugh! 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!

And because we're celebrating Christmas in July,

we are also drawing a winner DAILY, from the Catch the Bug Blog, that will win this years Christmas in July Digi Stamp Set (see Catch the Bug Blog for all the details)!

And in case you haven't already heard....

ALL BUGABOO IMAGES ARE 50% OFF 

DURING JULY!!!

So hurry over to check out 

your favorites today!

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!

This card has been entered into the following challenges:

Anything Goes Challenge - Anything Goes

Cuttin' & Stampin Challenge - Christmas in July

LEJ Designs - Anything Goes

Loves Rubber Stamps - Christmas in July

Tuesday Throwdown - Anything Goes

Bugaboo's Christmas in July New Release & BINGO Challenge

Over at Catch the Bug today we are continuing our 

Christmas In July Celebration! 

We are hosting our 

 B-I-N-G-O Card Challenge

today, and featuring the New Release images! Please be sure to visit my fellow teamies because we are all featuring a different image from the new release set! So much eye candy to see today!! 

Without further ado , here is this weeks Catch the Bug 

Christmas in July

Bingo Card:

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

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

I chose to use the middle horizontal squares of requirements for my card this week (Bling, Red & Green, Plaid). I pulled my image into my Silhouette Studio Software to create the layers for my image. I used some old Sizzlit corner dies, and a couple of stashed poinsettia dimensional stickers I had, which have some pretty glitter on them that is hard to see in my photo. I added the pretty little gift charm by adhering a pop dot to the back of it.

 This super image, and the rest of the New Release Set,  is now available 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!

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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!

And in case you haven't already heard....

ALL BUGABOO IMAGES ARE 50% OFF 

DURING JULY!!!

So hurry over to check out 

your favorites today!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

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

This card has been entered into the following challenges:

Anything Goes Challenge - Anything Goes

Cuttin' & Stampin Challenge - Christmas in July

LEJ Designs - Anything Goes

Loves Rubber Stamps - Christmas in July

Tuesday Throwdown - Anything Goes