A Color Challenge

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

This week's theme is a

Color Challenge

These are such beautiful colors! I could really see creating something fun for fall with this palette, but I didn't do that..........I went with a frog image, instead! So, un-seasonal, I know, but he's such a cutie, and I hadn't inked him up, yet, so......here he is. This is the Frog Hi image. You can find it in the Bugaboo Stamps Store, along with a ton of other great images! 

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I didn't use much of the purple, only on his little toad 'freckles', and a tad of it on the very top of my gradient background that I created using the orange, red and a touch of the purple tones. I added some glossy accents on the eyelids, tongue, fly and his 'freckles'. It gave him a bit more interest. I doodled in the little fly trail using my Zig pen. The main image layer is on pop dots.

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!

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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Freebie Friday

It's Friday.......time for a Bugaboo Stamps Freebie! 

This image is one of the Beach Frogs. This one is called Beach Frog - Beach Toys, and can be picked up in the store, along with the other fun Beach Frogs!

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Pick up this, as freebie for a limited time only, 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!

This card has been entered into the following challenges:

A Creative Romance - CAS

Alphabet Challenge - One Word Sentiment

Aud Sentiment - Any Sentiment

Card Crafters Circle - For the Boys

Crafts-Too Challenge You - Summer Days

Creative Corner Challenge - Childs Play

Stampin' For the Weekend - Colours of Summer

Toadally Cute Scrapbook Layout

Hi, everyone!

I hope your weekend has been a good one! The temps cooled down here, and hubby is now sleeping days for his two-week midnight stint at work (ugh!). Combine that with the rain, and it has made for a great crafty day for me!

I've been working on another scrapbook layout for my niece's book for the past few days. I recently won a gift certificate to Designs on Cloud 9, so I picked up this super-duper cute Rain Frogs SVG File from there, and have included two of the frogs in that set on my layout.

It's a short drive to the closest JoAnn store here, and they recently had a paper sale; of course, I had to go! lol! Not that I needed any paper, but..........I needed paper! lol! Having already purchased the svg frogs, you can imagine my excitement when I came across this cute paper there! :) I was like a kid in a candy store, raiding those racks like crazy! lol!

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Here are some closer views of the paper-pieced cuties, the water lilly flowers (made from my own svg), and the title (also made from my own svg). 

I added the sweet little dragonflies, which were a pack of really old photo corners I had in my stash,  I peeled the dragonflies off the corner pieces they were attached to, and glued them to my page. I did some dry embossing to the title letters and to the water. Most of the edges of the frogs and the flowers were inked before they were pieced together. 

Thanks so much for hopping by today! I hope you enjoy what you see here!

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This project has been entered into the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Anything But a Card Challenge - Spring or Alice in Wonderland

Catered Crop - Flower Power

Ecletic Eliapu - Whimsy and/or Funny

Glitter n Sparkle - Animals

Great Impressions - Going Green

Scrappy Frogs - Green

Heads Up! A new release and challenge at Paper Pretties!

Hi, everyone!

It's Monday, so it's time for a New Release of Digi Stamps at Paper Pretties, and their new challenge for this week! Be sure to enter for your chance to win some Paper Pretties Digis!

The Paper Pretties Challenge Theme this week is to create a card inspired by 

EMBOSSING!

We want to see you use dry or wet embossing on your creations!

I used dry embossing on my card base!

Here's my card for the challenge:

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"Heads Up!" Image by Paper Pretties

Material List

K&Co Designer Paper

Flower Blooms Embossing Folder

Stampin' Up Card Stock

Nesties - Scalloped Square, Classic Square

Memory Box Die - Flutter Vine

Flower Embellish

Martha Stewart Punch -Water Lilly

This is just one of the two new digi releases that ARTish has in store for you today!

You can head on over to the Paper Pretties Store to pick up this, and the other new release, and then head on over to the challenge blog to enter your card! 

You don't have to use one of the new images on your card, but it does have to follow the theme to qualify for the prize: You could win three Paper Pretties Digis of your choice!

Make sure to check out the rest of the wonderful design team members of Paper Pretties, and

don't forget to stop by the store to pick up one of the new releases! The DT blog links are located in myleft sidebar for you!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Ciao for now!! :0)

This card has been entered into the following challenges:

Dream Valley - Anything But A Square

OSAAT - Anything Goes

Pile It On - Kick Back and Relax

Scrapper's Delights - Summer Fun

That Craft Place - Anything Goes

Random Sunday

Hi all!
Thanks for stopping by for my Random Sunday! This is going to be my posting day that has no specific theme, or challenge. I may still include themes and challenge cards on Sundays, but Sundays are going to be reserved for "whatever" I feel like! We have to allow ourselves some flexibility, don't you agree? :)
This card is something I made using my friend, Cely's great digi-stamp. (You can visit her at Creating in Carolina, she gives away some awesome svg's that she creates, and she's incredibly talented!) I just love this little frog!
I actually had created a "Buggy" digi-paper a week ago (You can find it here), so I used it for my frog background for this card. A few other scraps, punches, and some brads and ribbon......voila! He's ready to hang out in the sun, which is where I'm headed in just a few minutes! :) Enjoy your day!!

Happy Crafting!