It’s a Recipe Challenge this week at Catch the Bug – we’d like to see at least 4 layers, a Flower and some Ribbon. I love to add lots of layers to my cards – I try to keep clean lines but that doesn’t mean one can’t add lots of layers!
Memory Box Dies
Easter Egg Peeker
Hello! Do you know what today is? It’s new Release Tuesday at Bugaboo Stamps? Head on over to see some super cute new images, Here is my project featuring a new release for some inspiration.
I think she is just adorable peeking out from behind her easter egg. I used an image with a png format and layered on to some digi paper before printing – no need for fussy cutting! For my sentiment, I printed the sentiment on to a strip of vellum paper and mounted attached it to the card with small button brads.
Image: Easter Egg Peeker – Bugaboo Stamps
Paper: Egg-stra Special – Nitwit Collections
Die: Mini Scallop – Memory Box
Thanks so much for the visit! Dee
Challenges:
Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper – Anything Goes
Sparkles – Easter Parade
Creatalicious – Easter Wonderland
Desert Island – Citrus Colors, Spring Theme, Animal (Easter Bunny & Bird)
Craftitude – Add a Brad/Eyelet
2 Cute Ink – Easter/Bunny
For You…
I made this anniversary card a couple of days ago but I just haven’t had a chance to post it. It seems by the time I get home from work and do a few things, the evening is over and it is time to go to bed. I must say I am enjoying the longer daylight hours in the evening, for whatever reason I am so much more production when the sun is shining.
My inspiration for my card came from Lili of the Valley’s BINGO Challenge this month. To make my BINGO I used ribbon, pearls and flowers. The past couple of day have been bright and sunny – the temps are even warming up so I chose to use some bright springy colors to dress up these two lovebirds. Aren’t they just adorable all dressed up in the Sunday’s best?
Image: Close Your Eyes – Lili of the Valley
Papers: Life’s Little Lemons – Nitwit Collections
Die: Hearts – Memory Box, Doily – PaperTrey Ink
Punch: Martha Stewart
Embellishments: Flowers, Ribbon and Pearls
Thanks so much for the visit! Dee
Challenges:
Fantasy Stampers – Spring Colors
A Gem of a Challenge – Anniversary
Ooh-La-La Creations – Happy Anniversary
Addicted to Stamps and More – Anything Goes
Craft-Dee Bowz – Anything Goes
So Sorry
For your loss.
Not very often I don’t use a stamp of some sort. I used a variety of dies and different papers for my card – I chose blue as it is my favorite color and I think it is a nice soothing, calming color.
This is one of those cards where the camera just doesn’t capture the beauty of the card – I love all of the texture to this card from the felt doily to all of the die cuts and layers.
Paper: Cardstock and Patterned Paper – PaperTrey Ink
Sentiment: Computer Generated
Dies: Honeyblossom Sprig, Vivienne Butterfly – Memory Box, Doily – PaperTrey Ink, Rectangle – Spellbinders
Embellishments: Gems, Felt – PaperTrey Ink
Thanks so much for stopping by! Dee
Challenges:
Inky Chicks – Monochromatic
Card Mania – Use a Sentiment
Crafting from the Heart – Use Dies or Punches
Paper Creators – Use a Square, A Circle and a Rectangle
Splendiferous Creations – Sympathy
The Friday Mashup – Monochromatic &/or Flowers
Word Art Wednesday – Anything Goes
Flower Pocket
Have you seen the new Friday Freebie from Bugaboo Stamps? I love tulips, for me they are a sign that spring is here – I can hardly wait to see them peeking out of the ground!
I used one of my favorite techniques on this card – I layered my image onto a piece of digi paper prior to printing. This makes for a nice clean card and no fussy cutting needed! To do this technique you will need an image in a .png or .wf format. The .png images still need to have the image with a white fill and the outline is transparent – hope that makes sense. I think overall my card style is clean and layers – I add a few embellishments here and there but I don’t go over the top with them. I just really appreciate how the image is the focal piece of the card. Don’t get me wrong – I LOVE those card with all of the embellishments! I just have never figured out how to make them as pretty as others do. As far as clean and simple, they may look simple but they are the hardest card in the world for me to do and forget doing a card with no layers, I just can’t do it. So what’s your style? What type of card do you like to see? What’s your favorite style of card to make?
Image: Flower Pocket 7 – Bugaboo Stamps
Papers: Gratitude Too – Nitwit Collections
Die: Pippi Butterfly – Memory Box, Anytime Tags and Sentiment Flag – Lil’ Inker Designs
Embellishments: Flower Stems – Wild Orchid, Ribbon – PaperTrey Ink
Thanks so much for stopping by! Dee
Challenges:
Sister Act – Anything Goes
Stampin’ for the Weekend – Flower Power
Totally PaperCrafts – Spring
Penny’s Paper-Crafty – Lots of Layers
Stampavie and More – Lots of Flowers
The ABC Challenge – “F”lowers
The Card Concept – Floral (Clean and Layered)
Cuttin and Stampin – Spring is Here
Ladybug Crafts Ink – Flowers Galore
With all My Heart
I know I say this all of the time but…. How cute is this little guy???
Just popping in to remind you there are a couple days left to play along with Di’s Digi Design’s Spots and Dots Challenge. This little cutie is one of Di’s newest creations – you can find him here.
Image: With All My Heart – Di’s Digi Designs
Paper: PaperTrey Ink
Dies: Hearts – Memory Box, Labels Fourteen – Spellbinders
Embellishment: Gem
Thanks so much for stopping by! Dee
Challenges:
Penny’s Paper-Crafty – Spots and Dots
City Crafter Challenge Blog – Love Story
Everybody Art – Heart
Fantastic Tuesday – Make it Cute or Sweet
My Craft Spot – Polka Dots
Sentimental Sundays – Lovey Dovey
Hiding in My Craft Room – For a Loved One
Simply Create Too – Valentine’s Day &/or Use Hearts
Just Us Girls – Inspirational Photo
It’s a Winter Wonderland
Are you ready for a new challenge at Catch the Bug? Well this week it’s all about a Winter Wonderland. I think most of us have had some pretty cold winter temperatures these past couple of weeks. So when I think of winter, I think of snow, lots of snow. I think the color blue captures the feeling of winter so I went with a blue monochromatic color palette – after all blue is my favorite color! For me blue is one of those colors that can be serene and peaceful but it can also be bold or powerful depending on the shade of color used – I’ve always been drawn to this color, I don’t know why but I love it!
Image: Fancy SB Winter – Bugaboo Stamps
Paper: Great White North – Nitwit Collections Digi Paper
Dies: Country Landscape – Memory Box, Circles and Scalloped Circle – Spellbinders
Embellishment: Liquid Pearls – Ranger for snowflakes
Thanks so much for the visit – hopefully it is warming up a bit for you and you have a wonderful weekend! Dee
Challenges:
Sweet Stampin’ – Girly but NO Pink
Pumpkin Spice – Use a Holiday Paper
Craftyhazelnut’s Christmas – Winter Weather
Simply Create Too – Anything Goes
Jo’s Scrap Shack – Anything Goes
Fun with Shapes – Frosty
Fussy and Fancy – Monochromatic
Totally PaperCrafts – Winter Wonderland
Winter Wonderland – Monochromatic
As You Like It – Favorite Color and Why
Season Tweetings
Happy Holidays to you!
I saw Friday Sketches challenge this week and love the possibility of using it to make a CAS card.
Image: Winter Bird Trio – Bugaboo
Paper: Cardstock
Embossing Folders: Snowflake – Darice, Dotted Swiss – Cuttlebug
Die: Lineman Snowflake – Memory Box, Oval and Scalloped Oval – Spellbinders
Embellishment: Ribbon
Color Inspiration: CASE Study – (I photographed this at night so the color is off a bit, my card is much more like the aqua-colored icing)
Thanks so much for visit – Happy Holidays! Dee
Challenges:
Lexi Creations – Snow
Paper Playtime – Winter Fun
Simon Says – Let it Snow
Digi Haven – Merry Christmas
CAS-ual Fridays – Let it Snow
Card Makin Mamas – Merry Christmas
Totally PaperCrafts – Christmas, Non-Traditional Colors
Fairies – Christmas
Peace on Earth
Happy Holidays!
If you are like me, you are scrambling to get those holiday activities completed. I still need to put up the tree, purchase a few more gifts, do a bit of baking and mail out all of those holiday cards I lovingly made throughout the year.
Image: Toby Tumble Hello There – Cuddly Buddly
Sentiment: Peace on Earth – Pink Petticoat
Paper: Hootie Holidays – Nitwit Collections
Die: Precious Starts – Memory Box
Embellishment: Gems, Stickles
Color Inspiration: Pals Paper Arts
Sketch: Sketchy Colors
Thanks so much for the visit – Happy Holidays! Dee
Challenges:
MarkerPOP – Happy Holidays
Party Time Tuesdays – Winter Wonderland
Simon Says – Let it Snow
Sweet Stampin’ Christmas – Let it Snow
Digi Haven – Merry Christmas
Hanna & Friends – Christmas
Moving Along with the Times – Walking in a Winter Wonderland
Sweet Pea Stampers – It’s Cold Outside
Go Nuts…
It’s your birthday!
It’s my birthday today too 🙂
Birthdays are all about being a bit squirrelly and today’s card it just that – literally and figuratively! In hindsight I wish I had used a cream color base as the white seems a bit too harsh for an autumn card but it’s not too bad – next time I’ll give the cream a whirl. I always seem to struggle to make birthday cards for those special guys in my life but I think this is works well especially with the geometric embossed background.
Papers: Go Nuts – Nitwit Collection Digi Papers
Stamp: Nuts for You – PaperTrey Ink, Maple Leaf – Memory Box
Die: Nuts for You – PaperTrey Ink, Maple Leaf – Memory Box, Sentiment Banner – Lil’ Inker Designs
Embossing Folder: Darice
Embellishments: Button and Baker’s Twine
Thanks for the visit! Dee
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