Thanks a Latte!

i made this card last week for one of the birthday challenges over at bugaboo - but speed reading caught me and when I went to upload my card I realised I hadn't followed the colour theme! what a muppet!

so the card was ditched and a new one made, and as luck would have it, the very next day Bugaboo uploaded a new challenge and my card fits! How good is that!!!

So a latte with sprinkles?  Bit more up market that a flat white, I wonder if I should suggest it to Costa!!!


Challenges;
Bugaboo Saturday Challenge - Bingo! Ribbon/Bugaboo Image/ Dots and Stripes - on cups
A Gem of a Challenge - Cool in blue
Kitty Bee Designs - food or drink
SSW2 - Sketch 128 -

Bugaboo 8th Birthday Challenge Day 7

Such a crafty week and here is my final submission to the week long event.

I had made a card earlier today but as I was posting it I realised it wasn't just sprinkles that was being asked for - there was a colour palette too...oops!

So take two!

This is a bigger than normal card for me sitting on an 8 x 8 blank but the image is so pretty so why not go large as they say in a well known burger chain!

Challenges;
Bugaboo 8th Birthday Challenge - Day 7 - Colours & sprinkles.
Jx

Bugaboo 8th Birthday Challenge Day 6

I'm a day behind posting, but that's not bad considering I'm on my 5th card this week.  Was busy doing other things yesterday, then had yoga this morning, but I'm now on catch up with my first of hopefully 3 projects today!!!

So, we are talking Bugaboo giraffe blocks, Promarkers and kraft card for today's first project.

Challenges;
Bugaboo Day 6 - Bold colours kraft & ribbon
Cute Card Thursday - Something fun
MAWTT - CAS
Crafty Creations - Anything Goes
Crafty Gals Corner - Anything goes

Bugaboo 8th Birthday Challenge Day 5

Day 5 of the Bugaboo Challenge and I've done 4/5 - that is almost as many cards as I made in the whole of last year!!! Well not quite, but I can't remember when creativity and productivity was so high! And I have Hazel to thank for this as she encouraged me to get on with things again!

Today's card is all about cupcakes - don't have a problem with that - cupcakes are yum - and the more frosting the better!

New pic - day light is a wonderful thing!

So it's a Bugaboo image, Promarker colouring and Docraft papers.

Challenges;
Bugaboo Birthday Challenge - Day 5 - Cupcakes
Sketch Saturday - Sketch 496
Fab n Funky - Girly
Simon Says Wednesday - Sentiment
Crafty Creations - Anything goes
Jx

Bugaboo 8th Birthday Challenge - Day 4

I missed yesterday cause it wasn't a card, but I'm back today for the week long challenge event at Bugaboo this time with the bingo challenge.

My simple CAS card uses one of the bugaboo Brat images, coloured with Promarkers.  The sentiment is a die cut, and the little lady is raised on foam pads to sit above the letters.

Challenges;
Bugaboo Day 4 - Bingo line - Cupcake, Bugaboo Image, Bold Colours
CAS Colours & Sketches - 255 - Colours Wisteria,Sky,Plum
City Crafters - At the tearoom
Cupcake Inspirations - Colours & obviously a cupcake
Creative Knockouts - Anything Goes
Jx

Bugaboo 8th Birthday Challenge Day 2

Day 2 Stella Says Sketch

Today it's an old favourite stamp of mine and a coffee themed card,

No colouring on this one, just lots of brown tones from the card used.
...think it's now time I made a mug!

Challenges;
Bugaboo Day 2 Stella Says Sketch
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes
Allsorts - No Patterned Paper
Sweet Stampin - Lots of Layers

Bugaboo 8th Birthday Challenge Day 1

Egged on my Hazel. I'm attempting to do the week long Bugaboo 8th Birthday Challenge.

Day 1 Bold & Bright

So after a quick stop off at the Bugaboo Store and armed with a new stamp called Funky Flower Blocks I made this...

Sorry about pic quality, the camera battery no longer charges so pic off my phone, but you get the general idea.  Colouring by Promarkers.

Challenges;
Bugaboo Day 1 Bold & Bright
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes
Crafty Catz - One for the ladies
Sweet Stampin - Lots of Layers - The image is double stamped and raised on pads

Rainbow or Rainbow Colours

It's a MAWTT challenge day again today, and back to Team A and Terri at the helm picking her first challenge with us, and she's picked a great one...

Rainbow or Rainbow Colours

So let the fun begin!

For my card I went with a super cute newish Bugaboo stamp which just appealed to me.  A little sad unicorn sat on a rainbow, wishing his dreams could come true... it could just be me sat there the way i'm feeling just now!

Sorry again about picture quality - white cards/dark days...say no more!

Colouring as always by Promarkers and my card is finished with Hobby House pearl strands and corner die cuts.

Challenges;
Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes
Glitter n Sparkle - Anything Goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes
Di's Digis - Die Cuts & Punches
Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes Jx

Bugaboo's 7th Birthday Bash

Can't believe it's Bugaboo's 7th Birthday already - I've been a fan for years and still adore Jodie's fun images.

Happy Birthday Bugaboo!

So in true Bugaboo style, there's a week long of challenges to celebrate!

Day 1 Picture Inspiration:

So in keeping with the under the sea image I chose to use a little Bugaboo seahorse, and cause it's Bugaboo's 7th Birthday I used 7 of them!

Challenges;
Dragonfly Journeys - Birthday Bash
Polkadoodles Wk2 - Anything Goes

Day 2 - Stella Says Sketch

I prefer square cards so squished things around a bit and used a Bugaboo dolphin for my next card.

Challenges;
Crafty Creations - Anything Goes
Creative Moments - Anything Goes
City Crafter - Blue Monday

Not sure if I'll manage the rest of the week, who knows, but I'll post these for now just in case, Jx

Bugaboo Christmas Chaos Dec 16

As if we weren't busy enough at this time of year without Bugaboo to come and distract us with their Bugaboo Christmas chaos Event!  & cards in 7 days!!! You up for it?

Don't know if I'll manage it all but here goes anyway...

Didn't manage a card daily, but I managed these;

Day 1 - Saturday - All that Sparkles - Using Snowman Blocks

Day 2 - Sunday - Sketch - Using a reindeer

Day 3 - Monday - Tag - didn't manage this one as no stripe paper

Day 4 - Tuesday - No patterned papers - Let it Snow

Day 5 - Funny - Reindeer Blocks

Day 6 - Old paper & image - Ran out of time

Day 7 - Use Freebie Friday - Couldn't resist a cat tho!

No wonder my cat is crabby though, the glossy accents weren't dry as I took thephoto and so it looks like he's got cataracts!!!

Jx

Bugaboo Blitz

I so didn't have time to join in in the week long Christmas Chaos event over at Bugaboo - but I so made time over the weekend after Hazel egged me on!

So despite work, getting the house sorted for Christmas and going to Berlin this week, here are 3 cards for the event.  Sorry I didn't manage a full house this time but 3 is better than none at all!

So here they are collectively;

And now here they are individually linked to the daily challenges,

Day 1 Challenge - Here comes Santa Claus
ABC Christmas - 4x4
Brown Sugar - Anything Goes
CHCE - Anything Goes
Deep Ocean - Santa Claus is coming to town

Day 2 Challenge - SSS

Tuesday Throwdown - Snowflates - on the embossing
Crafty Catz - Let it snow - on the embossing
Winter Wonderland - Holy & / Ivy
Holly Jolly - Anything Goes Christmas

Day 3 Challenge - Colour Theme
Passion for Promarkers - Mega Christmas Challenge -Lets Celebrate
I Love Promarkers - Winter
Simon Says Stamp - Let it Snow
Creative Knockouts - Tis the Season
Crafters Cafe - Diecuts or Punches - Dies - card shape and branches
Sweet Stampin - Snowtime

I'm disappointed that I don't have time to do more to complete the challenge week, but time is not on my side just now.  Thanks Bugaboo for another fantastic event and hopefully by next year I'll have a bit more time to do the full 7 makes.

Jx

My Favourite Things

Well this one will either sink or swim, and I'm so hoping swim, as it's Mrs Duck's theme over at MAWTT and she has really excelled in picking

My Favourite Things

as our latest challenge theme - BUT read on my friends - Mrs Duck never does things by halves - don't follow the theme literally instead think of Mary Poppins and the song...

"These Are A Few Of My Favourite Things"

the lyrics are on the MAWTT blog and they are the theme - how creative is that! (I'm lovin this one - aren't you???)

So sing along as I did till you reach your favourite thing and surprisingly... I went with... "whiskers on kittens!"

I rummaged through all my cat stamps - and quite a few are whiskerless, but then as luck would have it, a challenge win and the chance to gather more Bugaboo images and low and behold, this little Christmas number appeared!  Isn't he gorgeous - even if a tad grumpy!  He's called Crabby Cat Christmas and is available here.

So, colouring was by Promarker, papers by First Edition - Festive Treat and tags by LOTV and there we have it!

Challenges;
CHCE - Anything Goes
A Gem of a Challenge - Christmas Critters
Catch The Bug - Anything Goes
Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - Kitties - Wasn't sure if this cat believed in gifting ...his face says it all!
Brown Sugar - Tag Your it - sentiment tags
ABC Christmas - W - Wild Thing - well my cat is!!!
Crafty Catz - Winter
Christmas Card Challenges - Anything goes
Come & Get It - Lots of sparkle - hat as glamour dust & glossy accents
The Glory of Christmas - Glitter or shine - glamour dust & accents
Papertake - Christmas Critters
Jx

Torch: A case to carry old batteries!

Today's card is one that I've been meaning to make for a while.  The image has been sitting all coloured for weeks, but it never quite made it onto a card!

Today however, under the pretence of tidying, I have now managed to clear said image off my desk!

So my card uses a Bugaboo Gus image, coloured with Promarkers, and LOTV tags and gems.

Challenges;
Little Red Wagon - All About Boys
Creative Card Crew - Masculine
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Passion For Promarkers - Spots or Stripes
Come and Get It - For The Boys
Catch The Bug - Anything Goes
SSW2 - Sketch 70

Snow in Summer

It seems like ages since I've done a MAWTT blog post - that's cause it has been ages, and it will be ages again cause we are still running on monthly challenges.

Today's challenge was set by Hazel before she left the team, but with a bit of luck she will join us as we follow the theme,

Snow in Summer

& I can honestly say that although we haven't had snow this Summer, it has been the coldest, wettest summer I can remember in a long time!  So heaven help us when we reach Winter!

Anyway, back to my card and just for a change, I've gone Bugaboo!  Papers are LOTV and the card is finished off with pearls & a ribbon.

So I haven't gone too snowy with this one, just a layer on the branch and some snowflake papers, but it's up to you whether you go for an all out blizzard or just a smidge!

Challenges;
Winter Wonderland - Songs - "When the Red Red Robin comes Bob Bob Bobbin Along!"
As You Like It - Fur or Feathers - Any other time of year it has to be fur (Cats) but at Christmas Mr Robin steals the show!
Holly Jolly Christmas - Feathered Friends
Top Tip Tuesday - Ribbon & Pearls
The Ribbon Girls - Just add ribbon Jx

Santa Claus

It's a lovely sunny morning here and I've been up since 5 as I heard ice-cream boy get ready for work!  I did try getting back to sleep, but that just wasn't going to happen, so instead, I disappeared upstairs and popped Santa onto a card!

He was the Friday Freebie over at Bugaboo a few weeks back, and I'd already coloured him, so all I needed was to paper piece the bauble and assemble my card.

Challenges:
Catch The Bug - Bingo - Button/Paper-piece/Bugaboo
Creative Knockouts - Paper piecing - the bauble
Crimbo Crackers - Something cute
Crafters Cafe - Christmas in July
Crafting for All Seasons - Christmas in July
I Love Promarkers - CAS

Bugaboo 5th Christmas in July - Collection

For no other reason than the love of Bugaboo, I'm now posting a final picture of this weeks Bugaboo makes. The fun began last Saturday with the Jingle Bells theme, on Sunday it was a Stella sketch, then throughout the week we had a bingo board, picture inspiration, a colour challenge, a recipe then finally pick a present.

All in all it was a really fun week which I thoroughly enjoyed.  The DT did a superb job of show casing many of the great Bugaboo Christmas stamps now available and Tammy did a great job as always pulling things together. Thanks guys, you are all Bugaboo stars!

Finally, Hazel, what can I say, that hasn't been said all week?  We've had a ball haven't we! Jx

The Bugaboo 5th Christmas in July Challenge - Day 7

Last day today of the Bugaboo Christmas in July event, and what a busy fun week it has been!  Seven cards in seven days - a challenge for sure, but luckily I was home based this week and could join in each day.

Today's closing challenge was to use the Friday Freebie and to pick a present from the penguin parade below!

Greedy me, I chose 2 presents - Animal/Fabric/Image and Ribbon/Image/ Stitching
- I am a bit of a rascal when it comes to presents!

Friday Challenge - Friday Freebie & a Penguin Present - Day 7
 - and this is what I created...

So for my makes I used The Rudolph image, coloured him with Promarkers then stuck a little version onto my jar of marmalade and tied it up with gold ribbon.  The marmalade lid was covered in checked fabric as was the base of the card - it's not paper, it's material with a sewed edge and a frayed border!  The card is kept simple and just finished with a fish tail tag buttons and a sentiment.

Challenges;
Catch The Bug - Day 7
Christmas Stampin All Year Long - CAS
Crafting With Friends - Anything Goes
Daring Card Makers - Christmas in July
Winter Wonderland - Traditional Christmas Colours( red & green )
CRAFT - Christmas
Cutie Pies - Cute as a button
Christmas @ Sweet Stampin - Oh Deer
ABC Christmas  - N - Not a card - I did do a card, but I also did a jar of marmalade with fabric hat and matching tag.  (Marmalade homemade this week, yum!)

The marmalade was home made this week from a tin of mamade (- I so love homemade marmalade it's so much nicer than shop bought!) It is a little gift to accompany my card, so as well as receiving gifts, I also enjoy giving, Jx

The Bugaboo 5th Christmas in July Challenge - Day 6

Afternoon all, day 6 of the Bugaboo Christmas event and my penultimate card for the challenge! Today we are working from a photo for inspiration, so for me, cards couls have gone in one of two ways, beach or snowmen.

So guess what went on my card?

...Snowmen!

Today's design is a simple stepper using a Bugaboo image and Ooh La La papers again - I do like these snowflake sheets from the Shawn Jenkins Collection and if you hadn't already guessed, I love my stepper card die too!

Thursday Challenge - Photo Challenge - Day 6

Challenges;
Catch The Bug - Day 6
Come And Get It - Christmas
Papertake - Don't Be Square
Holly Jolly - Winter Wonderland Jx

The Bugaboo 5th Christmas in July Challenge - Day 5

Another rainy day here today - there's been a lot of them this summer and not much sun, not so good for topping up the tan but ideal for crafting in!

So today it's Day 5 of the Bugaboo Christmas in July Challenge and we are working from the bingo board below.

My card follows the diagonal line running left to right using a Bugaboo image, Players Choice - Kraft and Snowflake.  And the humor?  Well have you ever seen a real bird wearing a hat & scarf?

Wednesday Challenge - Humor Me Wednesday + Bingo - Day 5

Challenges;
Catch The Bug - Day 5
Christmas Cards All Year Round - Dots & Stripes
CHCCE - Christmas
Crafty Time - Punches & Dies - Snowflake punch & circle & fishtail dies
Live & Love Crafts - Christmas in July
One Sweet Challenge - Christmas in July Jx

The Bugaboo 5th Christmas in July Challenge - Day 4

How are all my fellow crafters doing today?  Any more of you joining in with the Bugaboo Christmas in July week long challenge?

That's us just over half way now and with a different theme each day, by the end of the week we should all have a nice varied selection of cards all ready for Christmas.

Today we are working with a recipe challenge which is to include, 3 embellishments, 2 design papers and 1 piece of either ribbon or twine.

So, bearing all this in mind, I went with, an old favourite of mine a Bugaboo Reindeer with Candy Cane. LOTV papers and tags and card candi embellishments.

Tuesay Challenge - Recipe - Day 4

Challenges;
Catch The Bug - Day 4 - Recipe
Christmas at Sweet Stampin - Oh Deer!
Passion For Promarkers - Candy Crush - Christmas candy cane
SSW2 - Sketch Jx