Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #239 It's A Bugs Life

Welcome to another challenge at Crafty Cardmakers and Lin is hosting today's challenge.

The theme of this weeks challenge is 'It's a Bugs Life'.  As usual, anything you care to enter is fine, a card, scrap layout, mixed media piece,  some home decor as long as it meets the theme.

I originally thought of a fun card using humorous bug images, but while looking through my "stuff"  I  found this gem of a rubber stamp from IndigoBlu. I used Prismacolor markers, a butterfly and a dragonfly punch and finished it off with some half pearls.

Challenges:
1. Moo-Mania #197 - Butterflies
2. Take a Word: Butterflies
3. International Art and Soul: #65 Flowers
4. The Corrosive Challenge: #8 ATG
5. Crafting by Designs: August Anything Goes
6. Stamping Sensations: Things with Wings
7. A Gem of a Challenge:WK16 ATG 
8. Dragonfly Dreams: No Patterned Paper

Bugaboo Christmas in July Friday Challenge - Day 7- 2019 - Colour Challenge

 Bugaboo Christmas in July 2019

Day 7 Friday - Colour Challenge - with the movie 'Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer' as the inspiration movie 

I used an embossing folder for the large white background, a Merry Christmas sentiment , some green and red stickles and Bugaboo's  Deer Duo digital stamp.

Embossing folders: Stampin UP's Square Lattice , Cuttlebug Swiss Dots
Die : Spellbinders Deckled  Rectangles
Punch: oval 

Wow, made it the end of the seven day challenge, tired but so happy to have a few more cards ready for Christmas!

Catch the Bug Challenge Blog

1. Catch the Bug Challenge Blog: Friday Challenge
2. Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge #351 Anything Goes 
3. Crafting by Designs: Get Ready for Christmas
4. Crafty Animals:#28 ATG
5. Polkadoodles:Wk 30 Anything Goes

Bugaboo Christmas in July Thursday Challenge - Day 6- 2019 - Photo

Day 6 Thursday - Photo Inspiration - with the movie 'White Christmas' as the inspiration I chose the colour white as the main theme on my card and a very old black&white Bugaboo sentiment. (hope I am correct as the sentiment image was stored under Bugaboo on my computer, but I have misfiled before LOL!) .

I used an embossing folder for the large white background, a white lace strip placed horizontally and a larger two-layered vertical strip upon which placed some silver snowflakes.


Embossing folders: Stampin UP's Square Lattice , Cuttlebug Swiss Dots
Die : Creative Expressions  Bevelled Glass, Spellbinders Circles
Other: white lace, silver stars, stickles


Catch the Bug Challenge Blog

Challenges;
1. Bugaboo Christmas in July Day 6 - Photo Inspiration
2. Crafting by Designs: Get Ready for Christmas
3. Crafty Creations challenge #395 Anything Goes
4. Crafty Gals Corner challenge #196 Christmas in July
5. Crafty Sentiments Designs: Anything Goes
6. Get Creative challenge #82 Anything Goes

Bugaboo Christmas in July Wednesday Challenge -Day 5- Make it Funny

Day 5 Wednesday- Make it Funny Challenge - with the movie inspiration of Christmas Vacation, Home Alone or A Christmas Story. The movie Christmas Vacation and the tree trimming fiasco was my inspiration!  I love this little elf and he always brings a smile to my face!

I used the wonderful Elf image from Bugaboo titled ' Elf 001', coloured him with Copics, added a die-cut word sentiment and a wee white snowflake.  

 Catch the Bug Challenge Blog

Challenges:
1. Bugaboo-Catch the Bug Challenge-Tuesday Day 5- Make it Funny Challenge 
2. Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge: week 30 Anything Goes
3. Shopping our Stash #400 Anything Christmas Goes
4. A Bit More Time to Craft #96 Anything Goes
5. A Perfect Time to Craft: Open Challenge July #7 -2019 

Bugaboo Christmas in July Tuesday Challenge - Day 4

Day 4 Tuesday- Bingo Challenge - with the movie pick of Elf

I used the wonderful Elf image from Bugaboo titled 'Deacon Candy Cane, coloured him with Copics and designed the card to fit the Bingo Challenge! I chose the vertical line  of Sparkle-Bugaboo Image-Sentiment. I added sparkle to the rim of the hat, the bells on the collar and the bell on the end of the hat. The round flakes of the white part of the round circle are also sparkly. Had a terrible time getting them to show up on the camera pictures.😃

Bugaboo Stamps

Stamp: Bugaboo's Deacon Candy Cane

Catch the Bug Challenge Blog
Challenges:
1, Bugaboo-Catch the Bug Challenge-Tuesday Day4- Bingo Challenge
2. Christmas with the Cuties: Challenge #29 Going Green
3. Cute N Crafty Challenge Blog: #29 Christmas in July
4. CCC Digi Creations Challenge 105 Christmas in July
5. SheepSki Designs #28 Early Christmas/Winter
6. Tales from the Craft Room Challenge #6 - Christmas in July
7.  Crafty Calendar July Challenge (entry #3)
8.  Crafty Catz Challenge #471 Anything Goes with optional Christmas in July (entry #2)

Bugaboo Christmas in July Monday Challenge - Day 3

Bugaboo Christmas in July 2019   

Catch the Bug Challenge Blog

Day 3 Monday Challenge Theme: Anything but a Card   with the movie  Santa Claus is Coming to Town as the inspiration source. As it has the song "Santa Clause is coming to Town'  in the movie I decided to create a project (Gift Bag) based on the words 'He is making a list and checking it twice' as my inspiration.  Bugaboo's Ho,Ho,Ho stamp seemed to be close enough lol!

Stamp: Bugaboo's  AKV Santa HoHoHo (not sure it is still available as I could not find it on the Blog)

Challenges:
1. Bugaboo - Catch the Bug Challenge Day 3 Monday, July 22 Anything But a Card 

2. Christmas Crafts All Year Round- July Challenge-Gifts- No Cards
3. CCC Digi Creations#105 Christmas in July
4. Happy Little Stampers: HLS July Christmas Challenge
5. Merry Little Christmas Blog:MLCCB #12 July Anything Christmas Goes
6. Not Just Cards Challenges Always Any Thing Goes : July
7. Crafty Calendar Challenge: July Challenge Christmas in July

Bugaboo Christmas in July Sunday Challenge 2019

Bugaboo Christmas in July 2019 

Day 2 Sunday  A Sketch Challenge with the movie source Jingle All the Way 
  

I used the wonderful image from Bugaboo titled 'Crabby Cat Christmas' (one of my favourites), coloured him with Copics and gave him a layout as per sketch. The sentiment was taken from an old ticket stamp set from Whimsy stamps.

Bugaboo Stamps
Stamp: Bugaboo's Crabby Cat Christmas

Catch the Bug Challenge Blog
Challenges:
1. Bugaboo -Catch the Bug Challenge: Sunday Day 2  Sketch Challenge
2. Christmas Card Throwdown: Non-Traditional Image
3. Crafty Calendar Challenge: July Naughty or Nice
4. Dig Designs challenge: Christmas in July
5. Crafty Catz #471 ATG option Christmas in July
8. Cut it Up #178 Christmas in July
9. Cute N' Crafty Christmas Challenge:  #15