Bugaboo Challenge – ATG You Rock!

I forgot to hit submit and post my card! (Ughhh) Saturday (two days ago – sigh) Bugaboo posted a new weekly challenge and it is anything goes! I had my card ready but alas…

I have been holding onto a SplitCoast Stampers Spotlight technique for a while (do you ever do that?). It is called Center Stage and thought it would be so much fun to use Rock Star Boy. This one uses inks for setting the stage (haha) but it is colored with Copics. I hand wrote the sentiment.  It is going to be the perfect bday card for a special guy!

I hope you are inspired to try a new technique and to jump into the challenge at Catch The Bug… Did I mention there are prizes??? Just post your project to Catch the Bug, by 4/11/20 at  6:00 AM EST to be entered a random drawing for three digi prize packs – )  10 free images   (using a Bugaboo image only),  seven  (7), or four (4) using any image!

I am going to enter this into the following challenges:

• Sketch Saturday – Week #604 – Make a scene
• Creative Crafting Uncles – #3 BIRTHDAY

Thanks for stopping by!

Lyn

Bugaboo – Oldie but a Goodie – Feeling Lucky

Happy Thursday! I know we are all a little tired of being inside, but it does give us a chance to play in our craft rooms. I had a lot of fun creating this one! Today I am sharing a  super fun mixed media-like card featuring Fanny Calendar March.

For the background, I have a few layers of techniques so here goes:

• First I ink blended a couple of green Distress Oxides (including Clover green haha!) Then I spritzed it and let it dry.
• Second, I used a direct to paper technique with my same green ink pads (I explain it in THIS POST).
• THen I inked up a shamrock embossing folder and pressed the panel in it (with my hands not a die cut machine). It is subtle but you can see them if you look 🙂

I colored my image with copics and cut her out and adhered her to the background panel and used a sentiment I had in my stash and have never used (win!)

I hope you are inspired to create something today. Bugaboo has lots of fun images that would work! I also hope and pray you and your family are healthy and safe!

Thanks for stopping by!

Lyn

Bugaboo – Anything But a Card -Birthday Tag!

Today at Catch the Bug, we are challenged to create Anything But a Card. I used Happy birthday to Ewe to create a cute little tag. I am very boring with this challenge as I can’t usually think of anything else and I love to add to my tag stash so…

I colored my image with Copics, then die cut it with a stitched tag die from the Basic Set of Creative Cuts (Dies) from Mama Elephant. I cut another one in a coordinating color card stock and connected them with an eyelet so they could swing apart. This gives me a space to write a message. I added a ribbon and some twine and I was done – so easy but so great when needed to pop on a package!

I hope you are inspired to create anything but a card today!

I would like to put this in the following challenges:

• Dies R Us Challenge – Challenge #140 – Tag, You’re It
• My Time to Craft – Challenge #427 Farmyard Animals

Thanks for stopping by!

Lyn

Bugaboo Oldie Thursday – CAS Moving/New Address Post Cards

Happy Thursday! Today I am sharing a quick and simple set of post cards featuring AKV Moving Truck.

My sister just moved to a new home and she is a teacher so these AKV (A Kids View) images are just up her alley!

I printed 4 to a page so I could cut my cardstock into quarters then rounded the corners for fun. Since these were a bulk make,  I did very simple coloring – mostly shades of warm grays with just a few pops of color on the head and tail lights and the person’s face. I even made some without coloring and they were adorable too!

I tied them with ribbon and gave her these and a hydrangea plant for her new yard as a house warming gift (oh yeah…and I helped unpack – best sister ever! :))

I hope you are inspired to create some fun post cards of your own. Bugaboo has lots of fun images that would work!

Thanks for stopping by!

Lyn

Bugaboo Saturday Challenge – Recipe: Funky Folds

Today’s Challenge at Bugaboo’s Catch the bug is a Recipe Challenge – the recipe is to make a Funky Fold card.

One of my favorite folds is the twisted fold card but I haven’t made one in a long time. So… I cheated a little. Instead of creating a base and decorating it, I got some decorative paper and created the base out of it. This is so fun as it creates two pockets; one on the outside which I sealed and one on the inside which I used for a gift card. Get the tutorial here.

By the way – This card fits perfect into an A2 envelope so no worries there 🙂

My image (colored with Copics) is from the Birthday Puppies Set

Here is the inside:

I hope you are inspired!

Thanks for stopping by!

Lyn

Bugaboo Humor Me Wednesday – Leap Year!

It is Humor Me Wednesday at Catch the Bug since this week sees Leap Day, I thought it would be fun to use Frog Hi haha!

I went clean and simple and made a note card. I have a couple other images I think I will create similar cards with and I will have a fun set…stay tuned!

I colored this one up with Copics on Xpressit card. I used (YG03, YG63, YG67, R22, R24, R27 for the frog) and for the fly and shadows I used warm grays (W00, W0, W1, W3). I  also added Wink of Stella to the wings – I haven’t used it much lately so it is a fun little surprise in this simple card when you tilt it just right.

I would like to enter it into the following challenges:

• Inkspirational Challenge – Word Prompt LEAP
• AAA – CAS Game #159 – One Corner

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you were inspired!

Lyn

 

WOOHOO! I made TOP THREE at AAA 🙂

Bugaboo Humor Me Wednesday Kitty Antics

It is Humor Me Wednesday at Catch the Bug since tomorrow is Love Your Pet Day, I thought I would use the Cat 6 Block Image. Cats are humorous for sure and this little guy is up to no good I think? I am personally a dog person, but I love all pets!

What about you – What pets do you have?

I colored this one up with Copics on Xpressit card. I went pretty simple with the coloring (Y21, 23, 26 for the cat) and just added random dots for texture using light warm grays (W00, W0, W1, W3)

I would like to enter it into the following challenges:

• Show is your Pussycats – #51 Furrything Goes
• Always Fun Challenge – Challenge 150 – Animals
• Make My Monday – Challenge # 116 Critters (Animals, Birds, Insects)

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you were inspired!

Lyn

Bugaboo Sketch Challenge and a Freebie!

Hi There~ Today I have a card for the new Sketch Challenge at Catch the Bug (Bugaboo Stamps).

I used pattern paper (woohoo – that is rare anymore!), an embossing folder, and a nested tag die, a stitched rectangle die, and a scallop rectangle die to create this simple card sketch. My image is this week’s Friday Freebie – pick it up HERE. I colored it with Copic markers and that is really all there is to this one. I really like how it came out.

I hope you are inspired – join in on the sketch challenge for a chance at prizes!!

I am going to enter this card into the following challenges”

• MY Time to Craft – Challenge #425 ‘Love Me Do!
• Cut it Up – Challenge 193 – Love is in the Air

Thanks for Stopping by!

Lyn

Bugaboo Winter Friends

It is time for another Freebie Friday at Bugaboo! The image is A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E! Hop over HERE and get the image and color it up for yourself!

For my project I used some digital paper, some snowflake sequins and made a shaker card!Sweet-right?!

Thanks for stopping by!

Lyn

Bugaboo Down on the Farm BIRTHDAY Celebration!

Today we are celebrating Bugaboo’s 10th birthday and we have a “DOWN ON THE FARM” theme. This is day ONE of a week long celebration. It is full of fun challenges and prizes of course so you should join in!

For my card, I used Birthday EWE Trio and an inky background – It was pretty simple but I really like the fun colors!

Happy Birthday Bugaboo!

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you are inspired!
Lyn