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Sunday, February 28, 2010

Bugaboo is having a DT Call and you are invited!

Bugaboo Stamps  is looking to add new design team members to their current team!  We need your help and enthusiasm promoting our products through your personal blog and online galleries.  We are looking for team members who are excited about creating, and would love being a part of a fun and friendly design environment.

So if you think you can handle the above challenge head on over to the blog and get all the details we are very excited to see what you can bring to the table! 

Week 2 at Crafty’s Challenge Blog

That’s right we made it through our first challenge and we got some great cards entered for the challenge.  This week we switch gears a little.  We want you to show us what you do with a single layer card, that's right we have been matting and layering forever now we want a single layer card with buttons and ribbon.  Does not sound to hard but it is not as easy as it sounds.   Here is my card for the challenge.

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I used a great freebie from Mo’s digital Pencil and  the sentiment is from http://createwithtlc-createwithtlc.blogspot.com/, they have lots of free sentiments that are so so cute you should check them out.  The ribbon is just a simple hobby lobby little spool and the buttons are PTI.  Thanks for checking out my card, I hope you enjoy,

Saturday, February 27, 2010

Do you have enough Green???

I hope you are enjoying your hop you should  have arrived from Melissa’s blog if you just happened to find me by accident please go to the beginning and enjoy the entire hop a map of the entire hop can also be found here.

Aww who does not love the color green?

Here is my project for today I decided to alter the great mug I found at the Dollar Tree, they have some awesome things to alter!  The image used is ‘Gus’ one of my favorite characters from Bugaboo.   

You must leave a comment at each blog.  You must have fun!  See you at the end, oh if you get lost refer to the map listed below as your route to go.  

What's up for grabs you ask:  1st place 7 images of choice, 2nd place 4 images of choice and 3rd place 2 images of choice.

Ok now time for the Good News/Bad News part of my post. 

Over the last month we have had the pleasure of having Ms. Gabby  green eyes herself as our very first Guest Design Team Member and it has been such a great pleasure having her and her wonderful work for the month, but… all good things must come to an end and is her last official task for us.  Gabby you will be so missed I hope you will pop in once in awhile, don’t forget you always have a family here at Bugaboo!  We love ya!

However sad it is to see Gabby go on the flip side as a month ends it means that a new one comes and guess what a new Guest Design Team Member also!  So please join me in welcoming  Ms March, our next Guest Design Team Member , Cheryl Joshua, which incidentally is your next stop in the hop!   You can find Cheryl’s blog here, go check her out and give her a huge welcome we are so happy to have her on our team for the month.  Cheryl is an amazing crafter check out her projects and share the love!

After you visit Cheryl be sure and leave a comment on here at the second post!

Friday, February 26, 2010

Spring is in the Air!

Welcome to Inktegrity's Spring Hop!
You probably just visited Tracy's blog. If not, the entire blog hop is listed in order  here .
This is a celebration of the awesome Design Team and all of you who create with Inktegrity!
All of these images that you see on our blogs were created by request of each member.
Along the hop, there is a letter for you to collect - no need to unscramble as it is spelled out for you.
Simply email the phrase to jonjinko@hotmail.com with the phrase in the subject line and she will email the freebie image to you.
In addition, be sure to leave a comment on the Inktegrity blog (the last on this hop) so that you are eligible
to win your choice of 5 of these images!!!
Now on to my card and image:
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Here is my card for this hop it is the cutie spring girl, Joni outdid herself with this cute image.   I used KC paper I had in my stash and my Mike’s flowers that I colored with my copic markers to match the image.  Thanks so much for looking and for stopping by now here is what you came for :
Your next stop is Laura Jean who I can personally vouch for is a Sweet Heart!  She has some amazing projects so hop on over and check out her blog!
I have enjoyed being a guest Design team member for February and I am so thankful to be given the opportunity.
My secrete letter is:
c

It is Blog Hop and New Release time at SMC’s



YAY!! It's NEW RELEASE time!!! We're so glad you've chose to join us this month for the release of these great images! And boy does Angela have some great images from Sew Many Cards drawn up for this month!! Would you a chance at winning one of the great images you'll see along the hop?? Then leave a comment on EACH of the blogs in our blog hop and each of our designers will draw a name to win the image they'll be showcasing!!!
Welcome to my blog you should have arrived from Suzanne K ‘s blog .
Here is my cutie I love Cami in Jelly Jar, don’t you love Cami, Angela does such a wonderful job I love all her little critters!
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Your next stop of the hop is Audrey E, she is sure to please so go check out her cool blog and be kind to my dear friend.  Don’t forget to leave a comment at each stop of the way and if you get lost you can start back here to find your way!

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Welcome to Oldie but Goodie Day at Bugaboo

There are a few projects that our team is working on for you .  Here is one I just did with the latest Bugaboo favorites.  Check out the Bugaboo Brats aren't they the cutest!  The frame I found at the Dollar store and knew immediately I had to have it.  I hope you like it thanks for looking!

Be sure and come back on Saturday for a blog hop, we hope you will join us in our Going Green Hop!
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This Tugs for you!

This is my card I submitted for the latest challenge over at SMC’s challenge blog and today's great images are curtsey of Inktegrity ,  I am proud to say I got to meet Joni the owner a couple years ago and I have also been her guest designer for the month of February.  This has been a great experience and I am so happy to have had the opportunity!
Here is my card which features her Little Tug (part of the going places series) and also includes the little dolphins from SMC’s.   I was able to make it a movable card by using a penny, pop dots and a slot punch.
Thanks for stopping by today for looking at my card. 
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

New Release Day at Bugaboo!


Check out these great images provided by our talented Jodie this week.  The design team had a blast with them and you will just love their projects. Here are my projects. Be sure and check out the Design Team’s blogs
and then head on over to the store
Bugaboo Store for your new release.
Thanks for stopping by today!
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Sunday, February 21, 2010

There is a new Challenge blog!

A group of us from  SCS have become close friends through the years have had some great times.  We  have decided to come together as a as a team to create a challenge blog.  We all love to create and thought this would be a great way for us to have fun doing what we love to do and sharing with others.  We will be hosting weekly themes that will vary from sketch, color, technique, ect.
 
Here are all the rules for our challenge:
 
1. Please use only original artwork designed for this challenge - not previously made for other challenges, swaps, etc. Feel free to combine your project for this challenge with any other challenges, only required to be something new.
2. You may submit as many entries as you like, just make sure that they are all different.
3. Challenges will be posted every Sunday and will run til 11pm EST the following Saturday. This should give you plenty of time to get them done and entered.
4. Post your link directly to the post for this challenge project - not a general link to your blog - to Mr. Linky.
5. We will be using random.org to choose our challenge winner so that everyone has an equal chance of winning.
6. Most importantly: HAVE FUN!! If you have any questions or comments, please let us know, we are here to be as supportive and inspiring as we can:)

Please come check us out (here) and try out our challenge we have sponsors and prizes and we hope you have fun.  It is a |NRV so you can use any items you choose to use as long as it is  a "spring" theme.

Recipe:

Image is Sassy Cheryls, blinky on my side bar
Paper is PTI  for card stock and designer.  Ribbon from Reasonable Ribbon which matches the paper perfectly.

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Blog Hop for a Cause!!

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This is a very special blog hop today it is for a  person I am so glad to consider my friend, Gabby.
Gabby  is a wonderful and giving  person! (not to mention oh so talented) Unfortunately she is crossing some very difficult times, and this blog hop is in her honor and with your support perhaps we can help her a little.
This card features 2 digi images from Paper Makeup Stamps. They are part of 3 that they are selling  the proceeds go directly to Gabby’s family.
They are such great stamps and I really hope you can purchase them and  help out to make a difference.
Here’s the link to where you can get them your own stamps: HERE
Your next stop is the uber talented Ms Audrey you can find her blog here
Thanks so much for joining our Blog hop for a Cause today!   Special thanks to Joni for taking time out of her busy schedule to coordinate today’s hop.
Joni:  http://astickysituation.blogspot.com/
Melyssa:  http://fantastink.blogspot.com/
Sheri:   http://papercraftyscreations.blogspot.com/
Melissa:   http://stampitscrapitshareit.blogspot.com/
Cheryl:   http://cherthosestamps.blogspot.com/
Sarah:  http://sweetandsassy-sarah.blogspot.com/
Michele:   http://enchantedstamper.blogspot.com/ 
Tammy:  http://createwhenican.blogspot.com/ <—You are here!
Audrey:  http://hippieaud.blogspot.com/
Laura Jean:  http://buckygirl.blogspot.com/
Kelli:  http://mommachull.blogspot.com/
Sandye:  http://sandyescreations.blogspot.com/
Roxie:  http://geiserglitter.blogspot.com/
Yvonne:  http://big-scrappy-world.blogspot.com/
Robin:  http://robin-ramblings.blogspot.com/
Su:  http://inkedesigns.blogspot.com/
Jackie - http://stampingsister.blogspot.com/

Challenge Winners for "Go for the Gold" Challenge

Janell
image http://janellscreations.blogspot.com/ 
#2 and winner of 4 free images of her choice:
Jackie
image
http://stampingsister.blogspot.com/2010/02/so-olympics-have-started-and-there-are.html

#3  and winner of 2 images of her choice
Lisa G
image
http://gridworksartist.blogspot.com/2010/02/2-challenges-in-one.html


Thanks again everyone for playing with us.  Be sure and check back through the week for our weekly events and join us again next week when we will be hosting a “Going Green” Blog hop that is sure to please!  See ya there!

Friday, February 19, 2010

Freebie Friday!!!

Oh yeah and Jodie has created us two new images to display.    Below are two projects I did to showcase just how great these newest freebies are.   After you have checked them out head over to the store to get your freebies today!




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Into our Lives a little rain must fall!

So true, so  true!   I did this project for SMC for their sketch challenge this week.   I love the duck in the umbrella it is Duncan one of the newer characters at SMC’s I love him he was introduced as part of the January release!  I thought I would send this to my Daughter who is away at college who happens to adore ducks.  I thought this would make her smile and remind her that she can handle anything that comes her way.

 

I used paper from my stash and generated the sentiment from my computer.  

 

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Thursday, February 18, 2010

New Challenge at SMC!

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Today our sponsor is  Wags N Whiskers and this is my card I did for this week.  This little cutie called Hey Grandma, I paired it up with SMC little puppy.  You can get this great stamp here as well as other cute stamps so go check it out.

I used minds eye designer paper and standard white satin ribbon.  The sentiment is a Just Rite little pom stamper.


Thanks for stopping by my blog and I hope you will come back!

Welcome to Thursday at Bugaboo!

I love Thursday’s at Bugaboo.  Here is my card featuring Gus, I just love him.   Don’t forget you can get any of these images and much more here.  
Oh and don't forget to check back tomorrow for Freebie Friday  we have 2 new images to share with you!

 


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Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Check out this Cutie!

I found a great new digi company and I just wanted to share this with you.  The company is Sassy Cheryls you can find her store here  and her images are so so cute.  When I saw this little conductor I just knew I had to pair it up with Joni's train set from Inktegrity which included the great sentiments.   So go ahead check out both sites you will not be disappointed!
For this project I used paper from a Stack Pack that I had left over.  I used Bazzil Navy paper as my base and the ribbon is one Mikes $1 bin ribbon.  

Thanks for checking out my project!

New Release Day at Bugaboo!


Check out these great images provided by our talented Jodie this week.  The design team had a blast with them and you will just love their projects.  Be sure and check out the Design Team’s blog
and then head on over to the store
Bugaboo Store for your new release.  Thanks for stopping by today!



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Monday, February 15, 2010

Freebie Alert

Everyone loves a freebie and Instyle stamps is offering a great one go here  to check out all the details.   You will not be disappointed!

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Challenge Time at Bugaboo!

Yep today is the first day of our new challenge.  We decided to go for the Gold!   In honor of the Olympics we decided to go with a Go for the Gold/ Olympic theme and here are my cards for the challenge.

Friday, February 12, 2010

It’s Freebie Friday at Bugaboo

  That’s right and Jodie does not disappoint.  Check out the cute images and then head over to the store
Bugaboo Store  to get your freebies!

Sentiment for bear can be found here



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Challenge time at Sew Many Cards!

This week will be our last Valentine's challenge, so lets see what ya got!!!
This week we want to see a creation with a Valentine's Theme using only the colors RED, PINK & WHITE!!!  This week we're happy to have Tellen's Place sponsoring our last Valentine's challenge!! The winner will win a $10 Gift Certificate to Tellen's Place Designs!!

Here is my card for this week I hope you like it.

 

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Designer paper is paper from my stash.  Stampin up Pomegranate sentiment from Just Rite Stampers little stamper.

Thanks for looking!

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Oldie but Goodie Thursday!

This gives us a chance to play with our favorites. So head over to http://catchthebugblog.blogspot.com/ and see which ones we picked out this week.   Bedsore and stop by the DT Members blogs and give them some love!

Here are mine I picked the iris flower block and catch a bug bear love them both!

Bear sentiment can be found here!

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Thanks for looking!

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

What a Happy Day with a Great Opportunity!

Well a few months ago I was asked to be a guest designer for a very dear person for the month of February and that time is finally here!   I just found out that my work is up and it is so exciting!    My guest design spot is over at  http://inktegrity.blogspot.com/ you should go check them out and see the new images they have released for February very cute and very easy to use.

 

Here are my projects that I submitted for the team.   Thanks Joni for this great opportunity!

 

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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

It’s Tuesday!


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You know what that means, it is new release day at Bugaboo!   Meet Fanny!  She is the new addition to Bugaboo and she has friends as a new calendar chick, you should check them out very very cute!
Be sure to check out the blog for other creations by our design team!  Thanks for stopping by.

Sunday, February 7, 2010

50/50 Challenge time #4!

Ok last but certainly not least another favorite (ok lets face it I love the all)! This is a card make with the image by Inktegrity. This sweet little number is sure to send you on a sugar high! Thanks for looking. You can find Inktegrity images here: http://inktegrity.blogspot.com/

50/50 Challenge time #3!

This is a card I created using an image from yet another favorite digi company Sew Many Cards.   I just love their patches line and this one is no exception.  I created this little valentine cutie using the 5x5 format that I am beginning to enjoy so much.  Thanks for Looking at my project and you can find Sew Many Cards here:



50/50 Challenge time #2!

Here is the next card I did it just so happens to be from one of my Favorite Digi groups Bugaboo Digi stamps That's right they also have a spot on the 50/50 blog .
Here is my card I thought would make a great gift card holder. I did the card matchbook style which I love it is done in really bright colors of hot pink and orange which I think is a great change from the pastels.

Thanks for looking.

50/50 Challenge time!

I'm part of this new group called the Special 50-50 Stamping Group. The idea is that the group will be made up of 50 digital stamp designers and 50 card-makers. Every month the designers post an image for the card-makers to use. You can choose to take any of the images you want and create with them. You post your creation and the other members vote on which they like the best. This is my first creation for the group. I used this ADORABLE image from

I think this image is so so cute, they even offered a discount for purchasing more, now that you gotta love!

Thanks for looking!

Friday, February 5, 2010

Challenge time at SMC!

We hope you'll join us for this weeks challenge.....

RED, SILVER & BLACK with a Valentine's Day Theme!

the winner will receive 3 stamp sets of their choice from....
The cutting cafe blinkie
he Cutting Cafe offers, affordable Printable Stamps and Cutting Files. The Cutting Files which are basically just like templates are files that you Print out using your home printer, Cut, Assemble and then Embellish.....Very Easy.....The Cutting Files also come in the format where you can cut out the files using some of the latest Machine Cutters like the Pazzles Inspiration, Bosskut Gazelle and Cricut (with Scal software). The Printable Stamps are just that, images that are sent to you through email that you print out using your home printer.
Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend. Make sure to stop at the other DT’s blogs for some more eye candy!
 The hearts  and sentiment are the Cutting Cafe
The image is Toga the Turtle isnt he adorable!
the Dotted paper is american craft
silver squares are from my stash from Hobby Lobby

I was able to enter this card in http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/,  Thanks for looking

It's Freebie Friday at Bugaboo and we have some exciting info to share!

Bugaboo Stamps and the entire Design Team is delighted to be able to introduce our new Guest Designer for the month of February today! Now we could just tell you who this fantastic gal is, but first we wanna gush and get all mushy – so head over to the blog and check it out, here are my cards for this weeks freebies

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Tutorial Wednesday at Catch the Bug Challenge Blog




In this tight economy, we stampers, scrappers, and papercrafters have had to come up with many ways to cut back on expenses. However, the enjoyment and stress relief we enjoy from being creative, need not be lost! Here is a simple way to save on embellishments by making your own paper flowers!
With many of the things we already have -including paper scraps, and punches- you can create the most amazing, yet affordable faux Primas! The best part is, you can easily match your colors up perfectly for EVERY project!

For the complete Tutorial head over to Design Team Member Scrappy's Blog :
http://big-scrappy-world.blogspot.com/


Tuesday, February 2, 2010

New Releases!

Hi it is tuesday which is new release day for Bugaboo digi stamps.    Here are my projects for the new releases!