Catch the Bug Day 3

 

Day 3 of the Catch the Bug annual Christmas challenge is ABC (Anything But a Card) day. I decided to make a Gift Card Holder.  I used Bugaboo's  'Three Square Tree' image and their  'Nobby Knees Christmas Joy'. I think both images are delightful. The middle of the holder displays a large snowflake and a slot to insert the gift card. 

Challenges

1 . Lil Patch of Crafty Friends: Challenge #147

2. Catch the Bug Challenge #3 Anything but a card

3. Allsorts Challenge Wk 602 Got to be Christmas

4. The 12 Months of Christmas #72 with optional twist ATG

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #265 Create a Tag

 

                               

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #265 is to create a tag. I made the tag and then created a holder from a see-through business envelope. (see 'Window Envelope Tag Tutorial' by My Porch Prints). A fun project and something a little different (for me).
                                              

Challenges

1. All Fun Challenges:#17ATG

2. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends C143

3. The Corrosive Challenge #10-2020 ATG

4. Crafty Friends Challenge #146Use More than One Die 

5.  Creative Fingers Challenge:#194ATG

6. Polkadoodles Craft Challenge: #41 ATG

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #257 Butterflies

Monica is hosting today's challenge and the theme is Butterflies!  As usual, anything you enter is fine, a card, a scrap layout, a mixed medium piece,  some home decor,  as long as it meets the Butterfly theme.

I made this album to give to my older sister for her April birthday, however, a nasty little thing called a coronavirus decided to explore our planet and cancel our get together. So, we agreed to celebrate when things return to some normalcy. The waterfall pages contain sentiments and pictures of the two of us through the decades.

                   
Challenges:
1. Creative Fusion Arts & Crafts: ATG
2. Creative Fingers Challenge Blog:CHG #186
3. Crafter's Castle May Challenge #29
4. Southern Girls Challenge - Team Lou May Anything Goes
5. Allsorts Challenge Blog: Week 571/2
6. Crafty Catz Challenge 506 Anything Goes Optional Outdoors
7. Aud Sentiments:#251 Anything Goes plus Sentiment
8. Not Just Cards: May Challenge

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #255 Green Album

Angela is hosting today's challenge with the theme 'Anything But A Card', therefore. anything you enter is fine, a scrap layout, mixed medium piece, or some home decor, as long as it is not a card.

I made this waterfall album for a dear friend and fellow crafter as a gift. The waterfall pages contain 'sayings', not pictures, some humorous, some not.  Had some trouble with the paper as I ran out of it and had to use my printer to print out enough to finish the project. Thanks be, my copier was up to the job and the colours remained true. Was pulling my hair out at time lol! 

A Top Three pick at Crafty Friends Challenge #133

Challenges:

1. Angie's Digital Stamps CH.41

2. Dragonfly  Dreams: Add a Flower

3. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends C#130

4. The Corrosive Challenge:#4-2020- Anything Goes

5. Allsorts Challenge week 568- Flowers and/or Showers

6. Crafter's Castle April's Challenge #28

7. Crafty Friends Challenge #133 Anything Goes Top Three Pick

8. Cut it Up Challenge #198 Our Beautiful Earth

9. Simply Create Too Challenge 159 Anything but a Card

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge # 248 Anything Goes

                       

   Welcome to 2020's first Challenge at Crafty Cardmakers and the challenge is Anything Goes. As usual, anything you care to enter is fine, a card, scrap layout, mixed media piece or some home decor.

 Our wonderful leader Lin is hosting the challenge.

 I choose to make a mini-album as a gift to a wonderful friend! I followed the You Tube instructions of My Sister Scrapper's 'Graphic 45 Waterfall Folio ' tutorial'. An oldie but a goldie.

Challenges:

1. Brown Sugar Challenge Blog: January CHG Anything Goes

2. Creative Fingers Challenge Blog: Challenge #177 Anything Goes

3. Southern Girls Challenge: Happy New Year from Team Trace

4. A Gem of a Challenge #1 Anything Goes
5. The Corrosive Challenge Blog:#1 2020 Anything Goes
6. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends: Challenge 122

Catch the Bug Holiday Critter Chaos Day Three 2019

Bugaboo's  Holiday Critter Chaos continues over at the Catch the Bug Challenge Blog. Day Three challenge is to create a project that is anything but a card.  I decided to create a Gift Card Holder and used a Bugaboo image titled 'Reindeer Blocks'. I added three punched out snowflakes and a ribbon for closure. The image can be found here.

I decorated the inside with a die-cut snowflake and a 'To From' stamp. There is a die-cut (hidden from your view)on the portion that holds the gift card.  It reads 'Let it Snow'.

Honours- Place to Start Rising Star badge

Challenges:

1. Catch the Bug Challenge  Day3 Anything But a Card
2. A Place to Start: December Challenge  won a Place to Start honours badge
3. Colouring IN Scrapland December Challenge
4. Artsystamper Digitals Challenge - Wrapping and or tags (hope this qualifies -the gift is enclosed by the Card Holder)
5. Merry Little Christmas: MLCC #17
6. Love to Craft Challenge Blog: #41 December Anythig Goes
7. Craftyhazelnuts's Christmas CHG 468
8. C.R.A.F.T Challenge #538 - Christmas Present
9. Crafty Animals: Challenge #33

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #244 Halloween

   

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #244 Halloween

Welcome to another challenge at Crafty Cardmakers. Kim is hosting today's challenge # 244
and the theme is 'Halloween'.

As usual, anything you care to enter is fine, a card, scrap layout, mixed media piece, some home decor, as long as it follows the Halloween theme.

I used a wooden plague my late husband had made many years ago and painted it black.

The scene was created by cutting out a square piece of cardstock from the Recollections 'blackbird' collection (titled 'glowing orange'). I then adhered the spooky tree (Memory Box 'Grand Willow Tree'), the two paper bats (handmade) , the 2 black zigzaggy border trims ('Spooky Fence' by Cottage Cutz), then to finish it off the round 'moon'   created by cutting out the Spider Fang circle and the 31 from a page of Halloween images I found in my stash. I added half pearls just because.

Happy Halloween everyone!

Top Three Placement at Polkadoodles Chg  WK43

Challenges:
1. My Time to Craft: #408 Halloween or Cats
2. Crafty Calendar Oct. Challenge: Autumn Colours/Halloween
3. Crafters Castle October Challenge #22
4. Gem of ACraft Challenge: Wk21 ATG
5. Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge: WK43 ATG
6. Polkadoodles Craft Challenges: WK43 ATG Top Three Pick
7. Creative Fingers Challenge #173 ATG
8. Brown Sugar Challenge #294 - October 2019

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

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #236 Anything but a Card

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #236 Anything but a Card. Angela is hosting today's challenge and anything you care to enter is fine as long as it meets the no card theme.




As you can see I chose to make a calendar-notepad holder. I wanted to make one back in January but could not find the calendar anywhere. I happened to be in a Dollar Tree the other day and right before me was one lone 2019 mini calendar, so of course, I bought it. I had to remove some months from the calendar but that's OK. (it now reads June lol!) Just a fun thing to make and I quite like it.

Card Details:
 I used Stampin' Up card stock, some designer paper, a mini calendar and a sticky note pad. The larger embellishment flowers were made from a jar of flower petals I found hidden in my stash. I punched some petals to which I added rhinestone centers and adhered them to the larger flower petals.  I added three more of the small punched petals for added interest and adhered them to die cut leaves I had glued to the background.

                        Do come, join the fun and share your creations with us!   

Challenges
1. Creative Fingers: CHG #166
2. Simply Create Too Challenge#150AG/OPT Twist Lots of Flowers

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #223 Anything but a Card

Welcome to a new Challenge at Crafty Cardmakers! Angela is hosting the challenge and the theme (and one of my favourites) is  'Anything But A Card'. Therefore, with this challenge anything you enter is fine, scrap layout, mixed media piece, or some home decor, as long as it is not a card!

I chose to make a little notepad holder. I have a  creative friend who gave me a couple of  notepad holders a while back and I quite loved them.  She came for a visit in October (we live in different cities)  and showed me how she had made hers. I  decided to make one myself to give as a small Christmas gift to another friend. and this is the one I made.    

The notepad  I purchased at the Dollar Store, the solid cardstock is Stampin' Up's and the designer paper is from a paper pack I bought at Michaels. I used Spellbinders scalloped circle dies for the closure and punched out a small 1/2 circle to finish it off.   Two magnets hold the notepad together.

Challenges: 
1. A Gem of a Challenge#232 Anything Goes
2. Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge  WK 47Anything Goes
3. Polkadoodles Crafting Challenge WK47 Anything Goes
4. Crafters Castle Challenge #11 Anything Goes
5. The Outlaws Festive Friday's CHG Nov.23rd FF112318 Anything Goes
6. Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge#225 Anything Goes

Bugaboo's Christmas in July Day 3 - Make a Gift or Gift Holder

Today is day 3 of Bugaboo's  -Catch the Bug annual Christmas in July challenge. The theme for day 3 is "Make a Gift or Gift Holder' . I used a sturdy paper bag from Lenscrafter's , covered their name with   golden zig zag fancy paper, and decorated the bag with a left over handmade bow from last Christmas. I coloured a Bugaboo image titled  'Sonbonnet Christmas Stuff'  with Prismacolor markers , attached it to a  used tag that had a gold sparkled surface,  and tied it to the Christmas bow.  Thinking maybe it did not appear to reflect the 'Baby it's cold Outside' theme, I attached three snowflakes to the front and several on the backside of the tag. Hope this works.

Challenges:
1.Catch the Bug-Christmas in July  Day 3 Make a Gift or Gift Holder.
2. 613 Avenue Create: Challenge#211 Anything Goes/optional twist  create your own designer paper. (did not use the optional twist)
3. Angie's Digital Stamps CH. #22 AG/No Twist
4. International Art & Soul #38 Christmas Traditions (gift giving)
5. The Corrosive Challenge:#7 July 'Anything Goes'
6. The Crafter's Challenge:#7 Anything Goes with an Option of Christmas in July
7. Winter Wonderland: Christmas Gifts (or something to hold a gift): 
8. The Holly and the Ivy Christmas Challenge: #32 Anything Goes

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #200 Anything But a Card 2017

Version #1

Version #2

Box B4 Decorating

                            Christmas Box

Crafty CardMakers Challenge #200 - Anything but a Card

Angela is hosting our challenge this fortnight and the challenge theme is 'Anything but a Card'.

As usual anything you enter is fine, a scrap layout,  a mixed media piece, some home decor, as long as it is Not A Card.

I need small boxes to hold some candy and a gift card to hand out at this years Christmas exhange with extended family.

Won a Top pick at Emerald City Crafts

Won a Top Three Pick at Jo's Scrap Shack

Challenges:

1.  Crafting with Friends Challenge #54 Anything Goes

2. Welcome to Crafty Friends: Challenge #70 Christmas

3.  Creative Fingers Challenge: #140

4. Emerald City Crafts: Challenge #5 Won a Top 3 pick

5. Jo's Scrap Shack: #214Anything Goes Won a Top Three Pick

6. Simply Papercraft:Challenge #52 Anything Goes

7. As You Like It: Christmas or Non Christmas & Why  need decorated small boxes to hold small gifts for a Christmas exchange

Bugaboo Christmas Gift Tag

Day Three at the Catch the Bug 'Holiday Chaos' challenge and today is Anything but a Card Day with the theme 'Create a Gift Tag and include  red and white stripes'. I used the adorable  BugElf Peeper image from Bugaboo Stamps and coloured him with prismacolor Markers (Copics for the flesh tones). My crafting buddy gave me the red and white paper   The tag was hand made and decorated with a Spellbinders  scalloped circle die,a die cut poinsettia with a brown brad center and the adorable elf peeking out. Hope to see you tomorrow for Day4 and A New Release image.

Challenges
1. addicted to stamps:  #137 Christmas
2. Angie's Digital Stamps Challenge #4 Anything Goes with optional twist of Christmas
3. Come and Get it Challenge:Christmas
4. Country View Challenge:  December 2016 Christmas
5. Crafting Musketeers: #44 Anything Goes
6. Crafts Galore Encore challenge Blog: Merry Christmas

Tutorial - Post-It Note Holder

Tutorial Wednesday at Bugaboo's Catch the Bug Challenge blog and it is my turn to give one, so here goes.    I was given this lovely post it note holder from a dear friend who for no reason, just because she wanted to, gave it to me. I treasure it  and  I thought what a nice thing to give someone a just because gift so I decided to make one . I thought it would not be fair to copy her design (which I love) and went  with a  similar version of my own.  The main thing to remember is the insert must be THIN! The following are my specks.  

Inspiration by  J. Batty

       

                           Post-It- Note Holder
   Supplies/Tools

• photo frame holder
• paper cutter
• cardstock
• designer Paper
• die
• image    
• double sided tape 
• colouring tools
• posit-it/sticky note pad

      Instructions            

•  obtain one  photo frame holder 6" x 4"- There are many to choose, this was my choice.

1.  Cut a 6" x 4" piece of cardstock and a 5 3/4" x 3 3/4"  piece of designer paper 
   

      2.  Cut a 2 3/4' x 2 3/4 frame for the image from
            cardstock: 

                     I used a Spellbinders die cut  called

                     'Fleur de Lis Square' ,or use any die

                      of your choice with similar dimensions 

    3. Inner image   2" x 2"   

        I used Beautiful Blocks  -   Life   a Bugaboo image  

       You can use digital or rubber/clear stamps

•  colouring  -  Prismacolor markers Spring Green, Leaf green and Chartreuse

  

   4.  adhere:  designer paper to the 6" x 4" cardstock,

        image to the die cut border, all to the designer  paper        

                          

    5. Insert into the frame holder

   6. Adhere post-it note pad to outside of the frame holder

                                           You are Done!

Challenges:
1. Artistic Inspiration: #168 ATG
2. Crafting from the Heart: #138:Always ATG
3. Craft Your Passions:#340 ATG
4. Love to Scrap: #90 ATG
5. Love to Craft: #4November ATG
6. The Paper Nest Dolls:Challenge 11 ATG
7. Brown Sugar Challenge: #226 ATG

Gift Box

Challenge # 178  at Crafty Cardmakers - Anything but a Card. Please stop by to see all the fabulous creations  by my talented teamies and join in the fun with your own creations! My choice was  the following :

Gift Box and Money/Card Holder

Do you need something small to hold a gift certificate or money?,   I made this for a granddaughter to hold her gift , which is money, but wanted something special to hold it in.  Something to make the money more personal, and let her know some thought went into the gift. I love how it turned out! You can throw some treats into the box for an added touch. Every item I used was from my stash . I used Spellbinders  circle and  scalloped dies and  I think the paper was Stampin' Up.

Won #2 in Top Three at C.R.A.F.T
Won Outlaws Paper A La Mode
Won Top Three at Artnymiran

Challenges
1. Artbymiran Challenges:#72 Anything Goes ( No digitals stamps used - Santa is a dimensional    ornament and the deer is a stamp)
2. Jo's Scrap Shack: #166 Cut it up
3. Simply Papercraft: #41 Anything Goes
4 Christmas at Sweet Stampin: Anything (Christmas) Goes
5. Polkadoodles Week 46 Anything Goes
6. Outlawz: Paper A La Mode
7. C.R.A.F.T Challenge: #391 24th of November - Not a Card
8. Crafty Ribbons: #177 (must have ribbon)