Bugaboo Boy Sitting

  November 19, 2016

The Saturday Challenge  at Bugaboo's 'Catch the Bug' blog site is ' BINGO'.  I choose the top line 'Brown, Ribbon and Bugaboo'  as my' bingo' line. 

The  image is the  wonderful Bugaboo digi titled BUGAKVBSITDOG or akv boy sitter with dog .  The fence is  a die cut from Heartfelt Creations called Garden Romance and the tag is from a Spellbinders 'Back to Basic Tags' die set. The embossed background was created using Stampin' UP's 'Lucky Stars' embossing folder. Ribbon and the burlap  strip from stash.

Come join the fun!

Challenges:
1.Crafting with an Attitude: #21 Anything Goes
2. Crafty Girls Creations Always Anything Goes
3. Southern Girls Challenge: #148 Anything Goes Team Trace
4. Crafty Creations: #328 Animals
5. Inspiration Destination#112 Anything Goes

Bugaboo Christmas Troll- Warm Winter Wishes

                                                   
New Release day  for Bugaboo Stamps  and here is a sassy little troll with a candy cane!  She can be found under the title 'BUGXMASTROLL or "Christmas Troll" on  their web  site.

 For all the lovely DT projects using this wonderful stamp go to the Catch the Bug site .

I printed her twice, coloured her face/hair twice so I could layer one over the other for a dimensional look. I also made the right bottom sentiment and left top  corner set  dimensional by using foam mounts to adhere them. The sentiment (Warm Winter Wishes) came from a Bugaboo Christmas set  I won last July and is not sold separately.
Other: coloured with copics and some Prisma Markers,  Spellbinders  'Gold Corner Set One' for top left corner decoration ,Stampin' Up's Big Shot Sizzix embossing folder for background.

Won Random Pick for Di's Digi Designs-Hand Coloured Image

Challenges
1.Christmas Card Challenge: #48
2. Digidesigns: Hand Coloured image
3. Creative Fingers:  #120Anything Goes
4. C.R.A.F.T #389 10th of November - Winter
5. ABC Christmas Challenge: W for Wishes
6. Craft Your Passion:#338 Always Anything Goes

Crafty Cardmakers - Embossing

Heat embossed front of card

Dry Embossed background

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #177 - Embossing Dry or Heat
New challenge and such a fun one, you get to use an old technique and one of my favourites - embossing. I stamped my background with an old Stampin' Up background rubber stamp and heat embossed it. Then using designer paper I added a die cut circle upon which I placed a Michael's Burlap flower. I added some twine, a tag and was done. Pretty easy and I quite like it. The tag was from a paper stack and I added the ribbon and the flower for some well needed punch.
 Note: I did   dry emboss the first layer of the card upon which I placed the heat embossed front layer as it looked too plain.

Challenges
1.Come and Get it Challenge : Ribbon or Twine
2. artbymiran challenge #71: Anything Goes
3. Brown Sugar Challenge: ##224 Anything Goes
4. Crafting with Friends:  #31 Anything Goes
5. Morgans Art World: #23 Use an item from your stash The flower, the semi circle it is on, the flower and twine - all from old stash
 6.4 Crafty Chicks: #324  Vintage
7. Perfectly Created Chaos #5 Heat Embossing

Catch the Bug - Theme Challenge-Going in Circles

 Saturday's 'Catch the Bug' challenge is  'Theme -  'going in circles'. I choose for my card the wonderful Bugaboo image 'Snowman 001' which comes in  coloured and uncoloured versions. I printed out both versions, used the coloured one, added an earmuff from the non coloured version  (which I coloured myself) and added the extras. Done deal..

I did the usual routine, design, put together the card, take pictures, edit and post to the blog in draft . To my dismay I then noticed the sentiment I had added wasn't on the card or in the picture.  Poor craftsmanship I know. I found it on the floor , added it to the card  and took some more photo's . So now I have two versions in digital land. Will go with the one with the sentiment  , though I like both versions. Haha

Challenges:
1. Crafty Catz:#346 Anything Goes
2. Christmas at Sweet Stampers: Anything Christmas Goes
3. Simply Papercraft: Challenge 40 Always Anything Goes
4. Aud Sentiments#168Anything Goes + sentiment
5. C.R.A.F.T Challenge #389- Winter

Bugaboo New Release - Elf

It is Tuesday and that means 'New Release' day at Bugaboo's  'Catch the Bug challenge blog'. The release this week is this adorable  elf (Bugelf003). I coloured him with PrismaColor  Markers and his face with Copics. I printed him out twice and made the large front ornament and his elf shoes dimensional. I added some 'Stickles' to the hat trim for some sparkle.  He is just too cute! The Merry Christmas is an Elizabeth Craft Designs die called '745- Merry Christmas'. and the bottom banners are from a Stampin Up punch. The green background is embossed with Cuttlebug's 'Swiss Dots'.  Go here to see all the fabulous  DT versions of  BUGELF003 - Elf003 projects.

Won Outlaws Greetings

Challenges:

1. Artistic Inspirations: Challenge #167 ATG

2. Craft Your Passion: #337 ATG

3. House of Cards:November Challenge - lots of layers and/or colours

4. Outlawz Monday Greetings: Use a Christmas Sentiment

5. Angie's Digital Stamps: Ch #3 AG/No Twist

6. Weekly Christmas Card Challenge: #47 

7. Great Impressions November Challenge Anything Goes

8. Stamping Sensations November - Christmas Greetings

Bugaboo ATG - Snowman and Birds

Bugaboo's 'Catch the Bug'  Anything Goes  November Challenge.
The first Saturday of the month is ATG and I choose the stamp 'Snowman and  Birds'. Isn't it delightful!  I made the snowman's hat, scarf and the wee bird (on top the hat) dimensional. I coloured the image with Prismacolor markers and used Stampin' Up's Banners Framelits Dies for the image frames  (the red, black and white backing). This was then adhered to a 'tag' card base. I added a bow and  black ribbon to finish it off. The sentiment is Stampin' Up's with a punched out oval frame.

I am having way too much fun with these Bugaboo images!

Was a Top 5 pick over at Crafting with Friends

Challenges:
1. Brown Sugar Challenge #223 Anything Goes
2. Crafting with Friends #31  Anything Goes
3. Jo's Scrap Shack: FFC #163 Anything Goes
4. Simply Papercraft: #40 just for fun
5. Tag You're It Challenge#59
6. Winter Wonderland:Add Ribbon or Lace and/or Christmas Flowers

Burst of Colour

Burst of Colour - New Challenge at Crafty Cardmakers and the theme is 'burst of colour'. Drop by the blog and see all the fabulous cards  by the DT. Each one so beautiful. I choose colours related to an early fall scenario (ie; things are changing but vestiges of summer still remain).

Details:
Paper: Stampin Up
Stamp: Theresa Momber's Autumn Beauty (the yellow leaves)  Impression Obsession cover-a-card 'Distressed lines'
Ink: Wild Wasabi (background stamp)
Dies: Spellbinders 'Fleur de Lis Squares'; Joanna Sheen 'Signature Dies 'Ivy Corner; Heartfelt Creations 'Garden Romance'; Cuttlebug 'Hearts and Stamps' ;
Other; cut out circles:  top right of card  and center of yellow leaves., half pearls; Prisma Markers

Challenges
1. Artistic Inspirations
: #166 Anything Goes
2.  Crafting from the Heart: #134 Anything Goes
3.  Craft Your Passions: # 336 Always Anything Goes
4.  Get Creative Challenge #51 Anything Goes
5.  Make My Monday: #33 Halloween or Autumn