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 

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge # 217 All Creatures Great and Small

Welcome back to Crafty Cardmakers Challenges! Today's challenge is  #217 All Creatures Great and Small, all animals, and insects in the kingdom are acceptable. The creature you choose must be the focal point of the creation.  Marg is hosting challenge #217.

Looking forward to seeing all your wonderful creations!

Image: The Stamping Bazaar's digital stamp  'Josie in a Hat'.
Colour Medium: Prismacolor Markers
Flower: Recollections Flowers from Michaels
 Die Cuts: the leaves and  border

Challenges:
1. Bugaboo -Anything Goes Challenge:
2. Crafty Friends: #91 Animal/Birds
3. 2 Crafty Critters Sept. Challenge
4. Crafty Animals Challenge 18 ATG
5. QKR Stampede Challenge #311 ATG
6. Show us your Pussycats #33 Furrything Goes
7. Kitty Bee Designs#126 ATG/optional animals

Catch the Bug Stella Says Sketch Challenge April 15th, 2018

                 Catch the Bug Challenge Blog - 'Stella Says Sketch' April 15th, 2018  SSS608.



 It is time again for Bugaboo's   Catch the Bug  sketch challenge, see above sketch. I chose an image   titled 'COOL CAT', but it is an older stamp and no longer available. I love it so much and it fits  the child this card will go to so I just had to use it. But  Bugaboo's stamps have so many other wonderful stamps,  take a look here! 

 I used a pin-wheel die for the embellishment.

Challenges entered:
1. Colour Crazy Craft Challenge Week 15 Anything Goes
2. Crafting with Friends: Challenge #65 Anything Goes
3. Crafty Cratz:Challenge 412 Anything Goes optional fav. colour combo's. I do love blue and brown
4. QKR Stampede #291 Anything Goes
5. Daring Cardmakers: Animal Antics

Catch the Bug Challenge 'Stella Says Sketch' March 18,2018

Stella Say Sketch time at the Catch the Bug Challenge blog and I have chosen this wonderful kitty as my image. She is just a darling! She can be found here at the Bugaboo Digi Stamp site and is titled Chibi Kitty.

Card details: paper pack Bazzill Basics patterned paper, Stampin' Up whisper white & soft suede paper, vellum  punched out butterflies- Martha Stewart,  image coloured  with Prismacolor markers,  sentiment unknown.
     

Challenges Entered:
1. 2 Crafty Critter Crazies CHG #12 Sponsored by Limited Runs
2. Classic Design Team Open Challenge Blog March 1st 2018 #23
3. Crafty Animals Challenge: 12 Anything Goes
4. C.R.A.F.T Challenge 459 - March 15 -  Animals
5. Crafty Creations: #362 Anything Goes
6. Sunny Days Crafting:Challenge #11 K is for Kitten
7. Creative Moments Challenge 138 Anything Goes with optional twist Feminine  

Catch the Bug Challenge Anything Goes March 3, 2018

I have the honour of being asked to be a Guest Designer for the months of March and April 2018 at   Catch the Bug Challenge Blog. It is a wonderful opportunity for me to use some of my favourite Bugaboo stamps and happy I am! This is my first card  and it is for the  March 3rd Saturday Challenge  'Anything Goes' .

Card Details
Image: Bugaboo's  Cat Love (BUGCATLOVE)
Dies: Large Flower  & Leaves - Memory Box 'Fabulous Phlox'
Punch: Small Flower and large Flower Center - Marvy

A Top Five Placement at QKR Stampede

Challenges:

1. Color Crazy Chg: Week 9 ATG

2. Crafting with Friends #62 ATG

3. Crafty Catz; #406 ATG

4. Aud Sentiments #198 ATG  plus sentiment

5. Morgan;s Art World:142 ATG

6. QKR Stampede:#285 ATG  Top 5 Placement

7. Polkadoodles:Week 9 ATG

8. 4 Crafty Chicks #392 just add a Sentiment

Outlawz Progressive Challenge September 2017 - Cat

    Outlawz Progressive Freebie Challenge - September 2017

The image for September is this wonderful cat by Anne Fenton  from Annes Digital Art and is appropriately  titled 'Cat"
                                  
The cat, pot and flowers were coloured with Prismacolor Markers, and the card was decorated  with various die cuts. The banners were hand cut and dry embossed . The sentiment is from Stampin' Up.

Challenges
1. The Outlawz Progressive Challenge - September 2017
2. Inspirational Challenge: #144 Word Play  Hello.
3. Sweet Stampin: Cute and Cuddly
4. Crafting with Friends: Challenge 51
5. Creative Fingers: Challenge #137
6. Emerald City  Challenge #3 (Monthly Challenge)
7. QKR Stampede: #262 Anything Goes (twist - embossing optional- I dry embossed the banners)
8. Simply Papercraft: #50 Anything Goes
9. Catch the Bug: Sketch Challenge

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #187 - Pearls and/or Gems

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #187 - Pearls and/or Gems
Josephine is hosting the challenge and the theme is Pearls and/or Gems. We would like to see lots and lots of pearly pearls or blingy gems, or both.

As usual anything you care to enter is fine, a card, scrap layout, mixed media piece, some home decor, as long as it has some luscious pearls or sparkling gems.

Card details

Stamp cat and meow clear stamps by?? Have lost the info on the purchase  which was many years ago.

Colour: Prismacolor Markers

Embossing folder - Stampin' Up

Other: ribbon, Pearls, and rhinestones,  Crystal Drops stickers.

Challenges:
1. 2 Crafty Critter Crazies: Challenge #1
2. A Bit More Time to Craft #42 Anything Goes
3. Crafts Galore Encore Challenge: No April Fools Here
4. Crafty Animals: April Anything Goes
5. Crafty Circle Awesomeness Challenge  April 2017: Anything Goes
6. Creatalicious Challenge: #113 Anything Goes with option 'birthday'

7. Love to Craft#9 April Anything Goes

Yikes Cat Card

Yikes Cat Card:   rubber stamp by Magenta, sentiment from Memory Box 'Classic Uppercase Alphabet' die set, Stampin' up cardstock ;  designer paper from stash. I used a sketch from Paper Craft Crew for the layout.

It is always fun to use a rubber stamp.   I have been in love with this one for a long time. So pleased to have finally  got around to using it.

Challenges:
1. Always Fun Challenge: #1 Anything Goes
2. Artistic Inspirations #176 Anything Goes
3. Crafting from the Heart #154 Anything goes
4. Dream Valley Challenge:#153 Our 4 legged friends
5. The Paper Nest Dolls #04 April
6. Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge: 1715 Anything Goes
7. Crafting When We Can #141 - Animals
8. Stamping Sensations: April Anything goes

Bug Kitty Block - Valentine

Here I am with another 2017 Valentine and I am  again using a Bugaboo Stamp image, this one  titled BugKittyBlocks.. I made the heart with the paw print dimensional by printing the image twice and colouring , then cutting the heart out and using pop ups placing it over the fully coloured image. I coloured the kitty with Copics and the heart and  background with Prisma Color Markers. The heart banner is from La - La Land.  It is hard to tell by the photo but I used a new embossing folder called Hexagons Dynamic which is available from Stampin' Up.This one will go to a step great grandchild. 

Challenges 

1. Through the Purple Haze: #118 Valentine/Love

2.  Pile it On: #126 Hearts on Fire

3.  Crazy 4 Challenges: C4C371

4. Digi Design Challenges: All About Love

5.  Crafting with Friends: Challenge 36

6.  Dragons Lair Designs; February Challenge
7. Catch the Bug Sat Challenge ; February Anything Goes

Cat Love Valentine:

I love this cat duo, just too cute and they can be found at  Bugaboo Stamps under the title 'BugCatLove'.

Card Details:
 Stamp: Bugaboo digital
 Sentiment: alphabet die cut from Tattered lace
 Paper carstock: Stampin' Up
 Designer paper: paper stack
 Ribbon: Michaels
 Colour Medium: prismacolor Markers
 Card design: sketch by Mojo Monday

Won Top Picks at 4 Crafty Chicks

Challenges
1.Mojo Monday: Sketch Challenge  #483
2. Catch the Bug February  Anything Goes challenge
3. 4 Crafty Chicks: #337 Love
4. Cards 4Galz: #40 Love is in the air
5. Craft Rocket Challenge: #32 it's a Love Thing
6. Crafty Girls Creations: #33 
7. Little Miss Muffet Challenge: #156 Anything Goes
8. Sasayaki Glitter Challenge: February -  Red
9. Star Stampz: Lots of red Challenge

Bugaboo Crabby Cat and Bingo

Holiday Chaos day seven and the challenge today is a 'BINGO' challenge! I used the row with glitter/bling, snowflakes and non traditional colours. The snowflakes are on the embossed background.

I used a Bugaboo stamp called  Crabby Cat Christmas and a new(to me) die  from Shapeabilities titled  'Gold Corner Sets One'.  The background was embossed with a Christmas embossing folder and the sentiment is from Whimsy stamps. I punched out  the dark brown frames with Spellbinders Circle and Scalloped dies and placed them off center . The elf was coloured with Prismacolor Markers and the skin tone with copics. I added a bit of sparkle and the card was done.

Hope you take the time to join in the fun at 'Catch the Bug'

Challenges:
1. 4 Crafty Chicks: #328 No Patterned Paper 
2. Sasayaki Glitter Challenge December - Christmas 
3. Inspiration Destination: Anything Goes #115
4. Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps: Wonderful Wednesday

Stella Says Sketch - Punky Kidz Sitter Oct. 30th, 2016

Time for Bugaboo's 'Catch the Bug'  sketch challenge, and a wonderful sketch it is. My interpretation of the sketch is this  simple card made  easy by the wonderful image.   I coloured her with Prismacolor Markers. 

Stamp: Bugaboo's Punky Kidz Sitter ( digital)
Sentiment: Stampin' Up's  
Paper: Stampin' Up
Embossing Folder: Stampin' Up 'Fancy Fan'
Dies: Spellbinder's  Deckled Rectangles, Joanna Sheen Signature Dies - ivy corner (for the lone leaf)
Punch: Stampin' UP Modern Label Punch      
Other: green half pearls, two green brads, Prisma Color markers

Won a Top Three Pick from Brown Sugar Challenge

Challenges:
1. Crafty Friends Challenge #43 Anything Goes
2. MFP Stamp Shop Challenge #44
3. Outlawz Paper ala Mode - Anything Goes
4. Send a Smile for Kidz: Celebrations Cards
5. The Pencil Case:  Week 31 Anything Goes
6. Alphabet Challenge: R for Recipe - I used sentiment,digi stamp & embossing
7. Brown Sugar Challenge: #222 -  Birthday
8. Doing Life Monthly Challenge #4 ATG

Enjoy Your Day - Every Day

A simple and for me, a plain card I made for the May 2016 Outlawz progressive challenge and their Wednesday Sketch Challenge.    Love the image by  Ppinkydollsart. her name is Fifi and she does look sad but hope she enjoys her day anyway :O)! The papers are all from  Stampin' Up. I used a stamp called Splatter Pattern I bought at Michaels many years ago for the 'River Rock' background paper. The image was coloured  with Copics. A fun and fast card.

Challenges:
1.Outlawz  May 2016 Progressive Challenge 
2. Outlawz Wednesday Sketch  Challenge 
3. Lacy Sunshine May 15th Anything Goes Challenge
4. lil Patch of Crafty Friends: #34 Anything Goes
5. The Ribbon Girl: May 'Any Image' Challenge
6. Crafty Calendar: May Challenge Things with Wings
7. Stamping Sensations May Challenge - Anything Goes

The Cat

Doodle Pantry is sponsoring this weeks Tuesday Morning Sketch challenge  and a marvellous sketch it is!  I do hope you take a look and decide to participate.  I used an outline  image from an older   Doodle Pantry   stamp set called ' Cute Kitten'. I adore this cat and have made several  cards using it. I just like the attitude the cat  gives off. The sentiment is from the same stamp set. This stamp set contains coloured images, outlines ,digital papers and sentiments. I colored the kitten using Prismacolor markers .  The die cuts are all Spellbinders Nestabilities, and I used the Stampin up Punch Modern labels for the sentiment. The indentations on the vertical black strip were made using a Fiskers punch and cutting ends off to leave an opening!

Tuesday Morning Sketch

Challenges:
1. Crafty Boots Challenges: Anything but Square
2. Cupcake Craft Challenge: #249 Anything but Square
3. Love to Scrap:#9 Anything Goes
4. Platypus Creek Digitals: #35 Anything Goes
5. The Paper Nest Dolls: #7 Animals
6. Challenges $ Everybody: #23 Anything Goes
7. Joanna Sheen: Don't be Square
8.  Quirky Crafts: #13 Everybody Wants to be a Cat
9. Polkadoodle week 26 - Animals
10. Crafty Ribbons: #50 Anything Goes with Ribbon

Here Kitty, Kitty

Here is my DT card for LEJ Designs challenge #47 with the theme ' My favourite Style'.  This card  features  a   digi from LEJ Designs called ' Here Kitty, Kitty' .  He doesn't look all that happy does he and look at those little fangs, you might not want to mess with him :o)! He reminded me of my son's  girl friend's cat , Popeye is his name and if he happens to not be happy with what you are doing, can turn on you  hissing and spitting and carrying on like a tiger.  Left to his own devices he would be the terror of the neighbourhood. My lovely sister looks after him whenever my son and his girlfriend come up to visit us and she puts up with all his antics. Thinking of giving the card to her with a case of bandages LOL.

I popped up the kitties head   for some more dimension. Oh and getting back to the theme, I love big bold flowers  & foliage  on my cards!

New Challenge this week  at  LEJ Designs and the theme is 'Just Add A Flower(s)'  see here for the details: LEJ Designs Challenge Blog   

The digi jackpot for using a LEJ Designs digital  image is five  free digi's!

The first randomly drawn name  will win four digi's of their choice from  LEJ Designs 

      

The second randomly drawn name will win goodies from  BRAMWELL CRAFTS SUPPLY

Challenges:
1. Crafty Bloggers Network: #10 Anything Goes
2. Digi Makeover #82 Anything Goes 
3. Mema's Crafts: April Anything Goes
4  My Grafico Challenge: #148 Anything Goes
5.Stamp & Create: April Challenge -Use at least one die cut-I used Spellbinders 'Foliage' die cut set, Spellbinders Lacy Squares , Memory Box's  'Fabulous Phlox'
6. The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge: Anything Goes

                               

'Cute Kitten' Halloween Card

Doodle Pantry is sponsoring the One Stop Craft Challenge and the theme this week  is 'Anything Goes'!  Challenge start date is Oct 20th, 2012. I used a Doodle Pantry  digital stamp set  called 'Cute Kitten' and I think the kitten is not only cute but displays a bit of poise and a lot of  attitude too!  

I think this is one of my favourite Halloween cards as it is more cute than scary and it is just what I want to send to a great nephew in Ontario.  The cat is from Doodle Pantry and is called 'Cute Kitten'. I printed out the image, coloured it and then cut it out and propped it  on the sentiment frame image. The background paper (which I love) is from 'The Four Seasons paper stack by DCWV. Added a black bow looped around a circle and popped on a dimensional bat and spider. Just so easy peasy!


Card Details:
Stamp:  Doodle Pantry's 'Cute kitten'
Sentiment:   part of the background paper design
Colour medium, Prismacolor markers
Paper: Card stock  Stampin' Up 'basic black;  Designer paper DCWV The Four Seasons Stack
 Die Cuts:   Spellbinders Nestabilities for the round circle cut out holding the ribbon ; Cuttlebug 'Creepy '
Other: simple black bow

Challenges:
1. Cards Galore Challenge Blog: Anything Goes
2. Creatalicious Challenges: Halloween
3.Digi Galore: Halloween
4. Heck of a Challenge: It's a Spooktacular Challenge
5.Ladybug Crafts:#2 Halloween and/or favourite embellishment
6.Sparkles Monthly Challenge: #37 Halloween
7.Unique Crafters: October Challenge trick or treat
8. DL.ART: Thankful Thursday: theme Pumpkin
9.Sassy Studios Designs: DTCST #147 Halloween Spectacular
10:Shelly's Images: Spooky Challenge

Jugs and Bucket with Kitty

Doodle Pantry is having a June 1st -10th SPECIAL !!! with a Coupon code  of  SUMMERSALE that will deliver a 35%  savings off your Doodle Pantry Order. Isn't that sweet! Go to the Doodle Pantry  'Specials' site for all the details!

To make this simple scene I used the new release Doodle Pantry  image of 'Jugs and Bucket' and merged the  bucket with the jug to get a combined image. I then  used another older Doodle Pantry image called 'Critter Tops -  Cat' and merged the cat with the bucket to complete my scene. I used Prismacolor markers to colour the completed image  and  framed it all with:

• Die Cute: Spellbinders standard circle; Marianne Designs flourishes, Spellbinders Shapeabilities "Foliage' 
• Punch: Stampin' Up 'corner punch', a Martha Stewart branch punch
• Flowers: Prima Flowers
• Paper: Stampin' Up Cajun Craze card stock; K&Company double sided  Designer  Paper 

Challenges:

1. Sketchy Colors - #120 - sketch

2. Secret Crafter -#188 - Anything Goes

3.Digital Tuesday Challenge -#163 Anything Goes

4.Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes

5.The Crazy Challenge #121 - Childhood Memories - being on the farm at Grandma & Grandpa's

6.There's Magic in the Air - Magical Monday - use 3 in a Row: I used punches, flowers and circle

7.One Stitch at a Time #116 - use a digi 

8.Catch the Bug -  Bugaboo's June Anything Goes: 

A Basket Full of Kitties

This card is for my sister's   Birthday and some of the buttons I selected for the card are from my late mothers old button box! Thought it would be a nice way of having a touch of Mom on the card. My sister is a great cat lover so she will appreciate  the image. I once found a little kitty and she took her in and kept her for years and years, until her time was over. She was a wonderfrul cat and  so is my sister !

Merging digital images is so much fun and you can make the most fabulous pictures! In this case there are two different images , Doodle Pantry's  Critter Top Cats  and a CDAC Progressive Challenge #14 image by 'Shelly's images' for the basket. Actually the Doodle Pantry image is one kitty and for this card it was added three time to the basket,  each one made smaller than the other. Delish isn't it. Well I am no expert on merging  and after giving Paint Net all kinds of verbal   abuse  I had to call in my buddy Dawn from Stamp 'n' Play and  the above is  the final product merged together by Dawn!Thank you Dawn you are always so willing to help and I appreciate it so much!

The Doodle Pantry Digital Challenge #21 is still on  and you get a free image just for participating , plus a prize if you win. Head on over and join the fun! The current challenge closes March 24th  with the winners announced March 25th. The theme is to 'just use a Doodle Pantry image'!



Card Details
Merged Digital images: Doodle Pantry 'CritterTop Cat'; Shelly's Images  (CDAC Progressive Challenge image)
Sentiment: Whimsy Stamps tickets
Colour Medium: Prismacolor Markers
Flourish:  Whimsy Stamps 'Vines'
Flower:  Martha Stewart Leaf punch,   Marvy  daisy punches, pearl
Buttons: from my Mother's button box.
Sketch:  week 199 Sketch Saturday

Challenges:
CDAC Progressive challenge 14 -  CDAC  is the host site for the Progressive  Freebie Challenge and there are five delightful  images to choose from . The theme for 'dacpc14' is Bunnies or Baskets. The challenge runs for a two week period ending April 1st .
Sketch Saturday week 199
Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog: #111 How Cute is That
Scrapbookaholic by Abby:Dilo En Espanol #4 :  Anything Goes

Love to Create Challenge Blog #7: Anything Goes
Papertake Weeky: Eyes Down Look In: Bingo  I used the diagonal line Buttons, Free and Flowers
The Sisterhood of Crafters: Lets's celebrate  - birthdays
Willow Sketchie Challenge: Sketch and or Theme - embellish it

Update: This card was featured on CDAC

DT Card for Lexi's Creations Challenge #57 - Fancy Folds

                                                                                        It is challenge #57  at 

Josie in a Hat

Lexi's Creations and number two for 2012. Challenge will run   Jan.16th - Jan.28th. The theme this time around is 'Fancy Folds'. Put on your creativity hats and come share with us  your special version of a fancy fold. Can't wait to see what you come up with!

Sponsor: The Stamping Bazaar

 Head on over to Lexi's Creations for all of the challenge details AND  take a peek at all the lovely work from the multi talented Design Team while there! 

 I choose the digital stamp 'Josie in a Hat' from the Stamping Bazaar for my image.  She is just such a delightful kitty, I have fallen quite in love with her:0) . To give her the frame she deserved I went with my old  favorite the circle easel card., spruced it up with some designer paper from DVWC called  'The Glitter Stack'. Added a few flourishes, some DIY flowers , a circle birthday sentiment,  a pearl type brad and she was done!


Stamp: The Stamping Bazaar
Sentiment: Doodle Pantry Rounded Wishes
Flourishes: Marianne  Designs, Whimsy  -vines
Die Cuts: Spellbinders Nestabilities: inverted circles, scalloped circles,   classic standard circles
Colour Medium: Prismacolor markers





Challenges Entered:

Dream Valley Challenges: #24 Animals

One Stitch at a Time:#87 Round & Round 

Pan Pastel UK Challenge Blog:#2 Use Two of Something -I used two Marianne design Flourishes on the top circle  and two Whimsey Vines on the bottom circle

Card caravan Challenge#11 - Punches and dies

The Squirrel and the Fox: #9 Critters

Pattie's Creations Design: #35 Fancy Folds

Phindys Place #89: Shaped cards

Raise the Bar:#88 Circles

Stampin with the Dragon:#2 Anything Goes

Autumn Kitty

Here is one of my most favourite digital kittens and this specific stamp is from Doodle Pantry's  'Shaggy Cat'. stamp set . The kitty and chair were coloured with Prismacolor markers and the sentiment is from Doodle Pantry's 'Rounded Wishes'. I think I am fond of kittie images  because my older sister is  a cat lover and  I am always thinking , oh she would like this; I will surprise her one of these days with a box full of them  (cards that is, not kittens-lol!) as I never seem to get them sent.

This card is for the Oct 2 - Cupcake Inspiration Challenge  (picture inspiration of a Chocolate cupcake with white icing,  green and orange leaves on top)  and is being sponsored by Doodle Pantry. 

My card is a DT only entry and the card is simply to celebrate the challenge. If you can take a trip over to Cupcake Inspiration and join the fun, you could win a Doodle Pantry prize!

Challenges entered:

Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge -   Anything goes
Cute Card Thursday - #184  - Animals
Shelly's Images -   - Tic Tac Toe I used flower,digi,button
Inky Impressions - #26- punches or dies
Scrapalicious - C5 - anything goes
Fresh Brewed Coffee:  FBC 66 fall or autumn