Nuts About You! for Bugaboo Stamps

Did you know that Squirrel Appreciation Day was celebrated this week?  Well, it's Humor Me Wednesday at Bugaboo Stamps, and I thought Squirrel Appreciation Day was well worth celebrating!

Here's my card in honor of the day, using Squirrel:

I colored up the Squirrel digi with Copic markers.  Isn't he magnificent?  My dog, Winter, would certainly love to chase this fine Squirrel! The bushier the tail, the more fun they are to chase!

Papers on this card were found at Pixel Scrapper. I searched 'Acorn'.  I found the sentiment that way, too. The acorn die cut is from a die I purchased at Peachy Cheap. 

Visit the Catch the Bug blog to see what other obscure days are being celebrated this week.  Did you know it's National Pie Day? That's certainly worth celebrating!

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
D.L. Art -- January Linky Party
2 Crafty Critter Crazies --ATG with a Critter
Outlawz Twisted Thursday -- Layers

Snow Days are the Best Days! for Kinda Cute by Patricia Alvarez

I love snow days!  Unfortunately, we've had more days of freezing rain here in NW Wisconsin this year than we've had snow,  but there's still plenty of winter ahead, so I'm not giving up hope. 

Today, I'm posting for Kinda Cute by Patricia Alvarez.  Patricia has some of the cutest snowman images, and today's is not exception. This is Snowman Taking Photos:

I colored Snowman Taking Photos with Copic markers.  The sentiment is from We Are 3 Digital Shop.  It's from the Snow Days Sentiment Set. 

The snowy background was cut out on my Silhouette Cameo 3 with a file I found in the Silhouette Design Store.  The snowflake banner is from La La Land Crafts. 


Kinda Cute by Patricia Alvarez -- visit the Facebook Group here! Visit the Kinda Cute by Patricia Alvarez store here, and the Kinda Cute by Patricia Alvarez Blog here. 

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:

D.L. Art - January Linky Party
Digichoosday -- ATG
Card Mania Challenges -- Baby Its Cold Outside
Creative Craft Cottage -- Winter

Sweet Stampers -- Winter/Snow
Addicted to Stamps -- Snowman

Inspirational Birthday -- for Path of Positivity

It's Monday, and it's time for some mid-challenge inspiration at Path of Positivity Challenge Blog. Our theme this month is "anything inspirational" -- that's a pretty broad topic!

After surviving cancer, I have a different outlook on birthdays.  Any birthday needs to be celebrated with gusto, and just making it to the next one is inspirational and cause for a wonderful celebration. You will never hear me complain about turning a year older again!

I have a birthday card for the challenge today, featuring an image and sentiment from one of our sponsors this month, Scribbles Designs.  When you first look at it, it might not look particularly inspirational, but it is!  This birthday card, intentionally made with bright colors and bright papers, is for a friend with cancer.  When diagnosed, she didn't know if she'd make it to her upcoming birthday, but she will.  We are going to celebrate it big time.  She won't see another one, so this one has to be REALLY special!  

Here's the card:

This card uses an image and sentiment from the Carl Party set. I colored the presents with Copic markers.

Papers on this card are from Pixel Scrapper.  I love how colorful they are!

I found a sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches and really liked it, so you used on this card.  It will be my first time entering one of their challenges, so I'm excited about that!
Here's the sketch:

Path of Positivity -- any inspirational project will fit the theme, and you have through Feb. 3 to link up with us.  Please join in the fun. I'd love to see your creations!

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
Tuesday Morning Sketches -- #486
D.L. Art -- January Linky Party
Seize the Birthday -- Confetti or any kind of birthday project
Outlawz Festive Friday -- Birthday

Winter Blues -- for Aloha Friday Challenges

It's Friday, and today it's time for some midway inspiration on the Aloha Friday Challenge blog.  This time, the theme is Winter Blues.  One of our sponsors is Scribbles Designs.  I loved using this Wintertime Subway Art!

I was able to create a very fast card, simply printing the Wintertime Subway Art, adding a bit of color, then adding some die cuts.

The background paper is from We Are 3.  It is from the newly released Snowmen paper.  The snowflake banner is from La La Land Crafts.  I don't know who makes the deer die cut.  I've had it for quite awhile. 

The Winter Blues challenge goes for another week at Aloha Friday Challenges.  I hope you can join us!  Link up through next Thursday, January 24!

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
2 Crafty Crazy Critter Ladies -- ATG with a Critter
Crafty Sentiments -- Winter Challenge
Winter Wonderland -- It's Snow Time
D.L. Art -- January Linky Party
Outlawz Festive Friday -- Christmas

Monster Party! for Bugaboo Stamps

And the party goes on!At Bugaboo Stamps, we've been celebrating all week with a 9th Birthday celebration, and it's been a Monster Bash!  The fun is all happening at Catch the Bug Challenge Blog. Today's fun is a color challenge.  

I'll show you my card first, featuring the Monsters 4 Block, then the color scheme I used:

I only used one of the 4 monsters in the Monster 4 Block digi set. I put the whole square image in my photo editing software and cropped out all but one image, saving it as a jpg, then it was just a matter of coloring it up with Copic markers and creating the card.

Here's the color photo I used for this card:

My photo turned out a bit dark because of the silver stars on my card.  Sorry about that!  Papers on this card are an old stack from My Mind's Eye. I computer generated the sentiment. 

So, now it's your turn to join in the fun!  It's a color challenge, and seriously, it's hard to NOT find a color in that color photo.  Find a monster image at Bugaboo Stamps and join us.  There are TONS of prizes to be won this week.  If you need a monster image, check out the freebie from last Friday!

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:

Outlawz Festive Fridays -- Birthday

D.L. Art -- January Linky Party

Word Art Wednesday -- ATG

Digichoosday -- ATG

Party Hardy -- it's a New Release for Bugaboo's 9th Birthday!

It's a big birthday party this week at Bugaboo Stamps!  For 9 years now, Jodie has been creating fun, quirky, sometimes sentimental, always wonderful digital images for us to create with.  Nine years!  That much creativity totally blows me out of the water!  Some of the first images I ever colored up were Bugaboo Stamps, and I still love them today. We're celebrating all week long with a super party.  All the details are at the Catch The Bug Blog. It's one big Monster Party.

Today's new release was created just for this party.  It will be the image that all prize winners will get as part of their prize package this week (plus lots of other goodies, too!).

This digi is called Monsters Topper, and you'll find it at a special price, if you'd like to buy it, but you might get lucky enough to win it with all the winners that will be chosen this week!

I colored Monsters Topper with Copic markers, then fussy cut the image.   I added a party hat and candle that are stickers. They are not part of the original image.   I also computer generated the sentiment. Papers and elements are from Photo Play. 

Today's challenge at Catch the Bug is a bingo challenge.  Here's the bingo card:

I used a die cut, players Choice, and stripes on this card.

I used this week's sketch from Sketch Saturday, modifying it somewhat because I didn't need the space for a sentiment.  Here's that sketch: 

Here's the whole set of monsters that will be awarded to winners this week. This is only a part of the prizes awarded.  See all the details at Catch the Bug! 

Come join in the monster fun at Bugaboo Stamps!

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
Sketch Saturday-- week #546
Not Just Cards -- ATG
Dream Valley Challenges -- ATG
Get Creative Challenges -- ATG

3 Heads are Better than 1 -- a Bugaboo Stamps New Release

The Ninth Birthday Celebration continues at Bugaboo Stamps with a flash freebie today for a monster image, Monster 3. You can get this free for 12 hours!  GOOOOO!!!! There's also a new challenge today at Catch the Bug Challenges in honor of the 9th Birthday celebration.  Today's challenge is bingo challenge, and I'll place the bingo chart below.  First, though, my card using Monster 3:

I colored Monster 3 with Copic markers.  Now, for the bingo chart I used on this card:

I followed the chart in 2 directions: I used a Die Cut, Player's Choice (image), and Stripes.  Then, I used Sentiment, Players Choice (glimmer trim), and Tag.

Now it's your turn. Link up your bingo creations at Catch the Bug Challenge Blog.  There's events happening all week and great prizes to win! 

Remember, it's a 12 hour flash freebie!  Today only! 

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
Crafting from the Heart -- ATG
D.L. Art -- January Linky Party
Outlawz Twisted Thursday -- ATG