Bugaboo Photo Inspired Challenge

I have to say the photo below instills some real nostalgia in me.  

It reminds me of my father. 

In fact this garden looks much like my father's farm in Utah.  

This photo is called 

A Bunch of Carrots by Robert Duncan, 

an artist who lives in Midway, Utah.

The mountain range in this photo is part of the Wasatch front. 

It looks just like the portion of the range that I have viewed my entire life.  

A Bunch of Carrots

 Robert Duncan

http://www.robertduncanstudios.com/

I have used the colors in this photo to create my card. 

I do not have a garden like my father's so 

I chose the Bugaboo birdhouses image because I love the 

chickadees, titmouse, finch, grosbeak and hummingbirds 

that come to my feeders during the year.

I wanted to use my Sizzix Top Note and SU Butterfly Wings; 

therefore, my creation began from these parameters 

along with this photo inspiration.

This is my last week to create with the Bugaboo DT.

I just want to say thank you to everyone at Bugaboo and
to all of you who have come to visit!

Thanks for the privilege of being
Bugaboo's Biggest Fan for April 2015!

Hope you will remember to take some time to play along at
Bugaboo's Catch the Bug.

Recipe:

SU Ballet Blue Cardstock
KMA Orange Cardstock
Green Cardstock
Doodle Design Inc. Hello Sunshine DP
SU Embosslits Beautiful wings
Quickutz Flower Embossing Folder
Sizzix Top Note
MS Frond Punch
Michael's Dollar Bin Flowers
Ribbon from my stash
Copics
Stickles and Jewels

Stop by on May 6.  I'll have another Bugaboo card for 
Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2!

Happy Crafting!
Judi

Bugaboo's Bingo Challenge

Can you see how much fun I had creating this birthday card for one of my grandson's?

This is Bugaboo's Martian-ship image.

I used this fun font to create the sentiment inside my card. 

The font is called AR HermAnn.  Love the swirls in the o's!

This week is the Bugaboo Bingo Challenge at

Catch the Bug Blog

Well I believe I came up with a Double Bingo!

I used Bugaboo Image, Texture and three layers and I used Scallop (if you count the pinking circle as a scallop), Texture and Bling to create my card for this week's challenge at 

Bugaboo's Catch the Bug. 

I hope you will take some time to play along

 and win some fun Bugaboo images!

Be sure to stop by Catch the Bug!

I used a previous Sweet Sketch Wednesday Sketch!

Thanks again for honoring me as 

Bugaboo's Biggest Fan 

for the month of April 2015.

 My Recipe:

SU Poppy Parade and Summer Sun Cardstock

Recollections Cape Code Blue Cardstock

Paper Pizazz DP at Joanns
Tim Holtz Embossing Folder Retro Circles

Studio 112 Silver Gems

Darico Sequin Stars Gold

Blue, Red, Green, Yellow Jewels

Stickles

Computer Generated Sentiment 

AR HermAnn Font

Circle Punches

Spellbinders Standard Circles Small and 

Pinking Circles Large

Copics

Hope you enjoyed my card!
Judi

Dragonfly Journeys 

Challenge No 1~Dragonflies

This week at Dragonfly Journeys, Jeannie, started a new Challenge blog.  Jeannie is a former Sweet Sketch Wednesday DT member and friend.  I have always loved Jeannie's creations so it's fun to see her break out on her own.  In case you can't tell, Jeannie, loves dragonflies.  I had to do a little hunting to find a dragonfly for this card.  I actually had a stamp in my collection but didn't like how it inked up so I did a search on the internet and came up with this freebie digi and printed it off in two sizes.

Be sure to stop by and check out Dragonfly Journeys!

My Recipe:
American Crafts City Park Bay Park DP
Recollections Soda Pop Cardstock
SU Melon Mambo Cardstock
Celebrate It Ribbon from Michael's
Copics
Stickles

Bugaboo Earth Day Challenge

Happy Earth Day!  

Earth Day History

Ever wondered how Earth Day started? This observance arose from an interest in gathering national support for environmental issues. In 1970, San Francisco activist John McConnell and Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson separately asked Americans to join in a grassroots demonstration. McConnell chose the spring equinox (March 21, 1970) and Nelson chose April 22. Millions of people participated, and today Earth Day continues to be widely celebrated with events on both dates. The most common practice of celebration is to plant new trees for Earth Day.

Any way you choose to celebrate Earth Day,

I hope we will always remember to keep our earth clean.  

Remember to recycle as much as you can and 

keep our parks, mountains, lakes and oceans free from debris.  

Leave them cleaner than when your arrived so that others will enjoy their beauty too!

I used this Bugaboo Stamp Crab Boat to remind you of our oceans and the lovely creatures that are housed there.  Please allow them to stay!  Do not pour chemicals down your street drains as they drain directly to rivers, lakes and the ocean!

When I was visiting Hong Kong and Okinawa 

nothing was more beautiful than viewing 

a pink dolphin, sea turtles and many other creatures.  

 Happy Earth Day!

Remember to check out Bugaboo's Earth Day Challenge at 

Catch the Bug.

Thank you, Bugaboo DT, for choosing me as your 

Biggest Fan for the month of April!

I enjoyed creating this card!

I used my sister's SSW sketch!

Feel free to use any of her sketches.  

They are available on her blog at

sweetsketchwednesday.blogspot.com

Also visit

sweetsketchwednesday2.blogspot.com

 My Recipe:

SU Taken with Teal, Real Red and Pumpkin Pie Cardstock

SU Really Rust and Baja Breeze Ink

Stella Rose Little Fishes DP

Stella Rose Gertie Delightful Sweet Stripe Paper

Spellbinders Standard Circle Small and

Petite Scalloped Circles Large

MS Crab Punch

Glossy Accents

Twine

Copics

Hugs,

Judi

Hello Baby Giraffe

I have loved this image from the moment I saw it on ADFD.  It is called Hello Baby Giraffe! I am so happy to create with it this week!  I tried something different this time...I have never used the dots around an image but I must say I had so much fun dotting this little giraffe!  I also popped the ear on the first card since it didn't fit inside the deckled frame.  Love the dimension it gave to the card!   I wasn't able to locate any purple pearls so I inked them up to match! I also love using the stitching lines.  I see that it is a little crooked although it isn't as noticeable in real life!  On occasion I like making two cards...partly because I love the paper choices and partly because I like having extra cards available.

Thanks you, Tammy, for creating such a fun image!

Recipe:

Yellow, Pink and Orange Card

 SU Tangerine Tango, Melon Mambo, Crushed Curry Cardstock

 Sassafras Sunshine Lollipops DP
Spellbinders Large and Small Deckled Rectangles

Michael's Celebrate It Ribbon

Elements Brad

Flower from Michael's Dollar Bin

Copics

Blue, Green, Yellow and Lavender Card

SU Baja Breeze Cardstock

Coredination.com Green Cardstock

Nana's Nursery Baby Boy DP
Spellbinders Small Labels

Michael's Celebrate It Ribbon

Flower from Michael's Dollar Bin

White Pearls inked with Copic Pen
Copics

A Day for Daisies is our sponsor this week at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2.
Tammy has a wonderful prize for our Grand Prize Winner.
See below!

This is a bio about A Day for Daisies.  I hope you will stop by and check out Tammy's store!  I know you will find something you can't live without!

A Day For Daisies began as a small token to a constant need to create. Pairing a love of whimsical illustration, with a tidy graphic design background, Tammy S Thompson, produced her first stamp designs, introducing irresistibly sweet stamps to crafters around the globe. Drawing inspiration from the beautiful world around us, she strives to express the happiness and gratitude she feels in each stamp design she creates.

Presently, A Day For Daisies has grown to over 3,000 Digital Stamps with a quickly expanding line of Best Loved Clear Polymer. A Day For Daisies has been published and awarded over the years for innovative and unique designs created to inspire the crafting community. With a whole team behind her now, she remains passionate about illustration, obsessed with quality, and dedicated to her customers. A Day For Daisies thanks you for your ideas, comments, and creativity!

Prize:  $12 Gift Certificate

We would love to have you play along at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2.  This is the sketch we are using this week.  Be sure to follow the rules located at SSW2 in the upper tab. Maybe you will be the lucky winner of the $12 Gift Certificate to purchase some lovely ADFD images!  Good Luck!

Have a wonderful week!

Judi

Bears Birthday

I have created this card for the Anything Goes Challenge at 

Catch the Bug Challenge Blog.

Isn't this the most adorable birthday image from 

Bugaboo Stamps. 

It is called 

Frame It - Bears Birthday and can be found here.  

I am using a past sketch from SSW2;

 however, I have flipped the sketch,

I colored the image up with copics and 

used satin ribbon from Michael's.  

The yellow and orange ribbon is from my stash.  

The DP is BoBunny Sun Kissed Stripe and Sun Kissed Adventure.

I also used some Glossy Accents on the balloons and heart 

and stickles on the confetti sparkles.

I have some other fun news to share!  

I have been chosen to be 

Bugaboo's Biggest Fan for the month of April.

I am so excited to create with the Bugaboo Design Team this month.

Thanks so much, Bugaboo!

I hope you will stop by each Saturday to check what I create and also stop by 

Catch the Bug

to see what the DT creates.

Thanks for sharing in my fun!

This is the sketch I used from SSW2!

Be sure to stop by on Wednesday to see my 

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 card!

Happy Crafting!

Judi

Just want to say 

Thank You to Jodie and 

all of the Bugaboo DT 

for choosing me as their 

Biggest Fan for the month of April.

I'm looking forward to creating with the Bugaboo DT 

on Saturdays during the month of April!

See you then!

 Happy Crafting!

Judi

Peaches Present!

I love this sweet image, Peaches-Present from Bugaboo Stamps!

Just had to add these two little Martha Stewart Elephant Punches!

Looks like they are headed to the party too!

Recipe:

Bugaboo Image Peaches-Present

Spellbinders Lacey Circles

Lifesyle Nesting Circles

My Mind's Eye Hootenanny

Offray Grosgrain Red

Copics

Martha Stewart Elephant Punch

Crystal Effects on Balloons

Stickles

Bugaboo Stamps is our sponsor this week at SSW2.  

Hope you will play along.  

Visit Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 for details. 

Everything that you ever wanted to know about Bugaboo Stamps:  As if raising 5 children in the frozen land of the North was not enough of a challenge, Jodie Mackrell decided to dip her cold little Canadian toes into the work of papercrafting by opening an online store full of her illustrations. Bugaboo Stamps has become one of the leading companies in digital images. From seriously snarky to sugar sweet to sublimely soulful all the way over to the other side of the super sexy spectrum, you're bound to find all that you need and more to create your paper projects.  Jodie works very hard to provide New Releases and Freebies every week!!  If your taste runs to rubber (and you know who you are), you can find Bugaboo Stamps at Totally Stampilicious.  And finally, join the Bugaboo Stamps DT for the weekly Challenges at Catch the Bug.

Store www.bugaboostamps.com

Challenge Blog:  http://catchthebugblog.blogspot.com

Grand Prize Winner can choose 7 Free Images

Enjoy your week!

Judi

A Little Lighthouse and Sweet Stuff

My sister, Arlana, made an adorable shaker card this week for SSW2 and convinced me that I needed to make one also.  Then Arlana also convinced our other sister, Nancy, to make one. This is the first time in a little over a year since we closed the original SSW that we, three sisters, have created together. This is my first try at making a shaker card and I have to say it was quite fun to put together. Thanks, Arlana, for the inspiration!  It's great to see your creations again and to create as sisters!

Image:  Doodle Pantry Little Lighthouse
DP: Cloud 9 Design Under the Sea/Ocean Reef 
Echo Paper Walking on Sunshine Lobsters and Crabs, 
StampinUp Tangerine Tango
Charms: Daintyfied Sea Life for Small Star Fish, 
Large Star Fish and small fish from "Scrap That," local store.
Nestibilities Deckled Edge Classic Oval Large
Nestibilities Classic Oval Large
Beads and sequins from Joann's
Grafix Dura-Lar from Michaeals

I was going to make this one into a shaker card but decided that I liked it best as it is!  I added Crystal Effects to the gum ball machine and also the gum and then decided to add the rain drops on the corner of the chevron paper.


Image:  Doodle Pantry Sweet Stuff
DP: Imaginisce Twitterpated/Colorfall
Simple Stories Vintage Bliss 
StampinUp Real Red
Nestibilities Classic Scalloped Oval Large
Nestibilities Classic Oval Small
Paper Twine from Michaels
Brads and Rain Drops
StampinUp Crystal Effects

This is the sketch for our Challenge at SSW2! 

 Please take a few moments and play along.

"Doodle Pantry takes pride in creating a diverse selection of

doodling styles, like realistic or whimsical, and all of which are family

and kid friendly illustrations.  We hope you enjoy our wide variety of

styles for every family occasion!"

The prize for this week's challenge at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 is$10 Coupon at Doodle Pantry.
Challenge rules are located at the top of the blog on SSW2.

Have a great week!
Hugs, 
Judi

Pearls In My Hair

I just adore this image, Pearls In My Hair, from A Day for Daisies!  She is so stunning.  I just had to try my hand at coloring her hair,  She is definitely an image I will use over and over again!

The sketch we are using this week at SSW2 is below and I just realized I didn't follow it!

So here is my corrected version!

I also decided to make this card in pink!

My Recipe:

K and Company Black and Ivory Designer

Black Cardstock

Flowers from Michael's Dollar Bin

Michaels' Celebrate It Ribbon

Pearls

Nestibilities Large and Small Deckled Rectangles

Star Dust Stickles

Here is our SSW2-43 Sketch!

A Day for Daisies is our sponsor this week at 

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2!

A Day For Daisies began as a small token to a constant need to create. Pairing a love of whimsical illustration, with a tidy graphic design background, Tammy S Thompson, produced her first stamp designs, introducing irresistibly sweet stamps to crafters around the globe. Drawing inspiration from the beautiful world around us, she strives to express the happiness and gratitude she feels in each stamp design she creates.

Presently, A Day For Daisies has grown to over 3,000 Digital Stamps with a quickly expanding line of Best Loved Clear Polymer. A Day For Daisies has been published and awarded over the years for innovative and unique designs created to inspire the crafting community. With a whole team behind her now, she remains passionate about illustration, obsessed with quality, and dedicated to her customers. A Day For Daisies thanks you for your ideas, comments, and creativity!

Our grand prize winner for this week's challenge will receive a

 $12 Gift Certificate to spend at A Day for Daisies!

 I know you will love using it!  Good Luck! 

 Be sure to follow the rules on SSW2 located on the top bar of the blog.

Have a great week!
Judi

Thumb Body Loves YOU!

These little cards are for my nursery children to give to their family next week!  None of them have ever given their THUMB PRINT before!  But they were all curious and willing to try!  Each is unique!  They also added the heart on the inside! I did the rest! 

Their name and year is on the back of the card.  

Next week they will use some foam stickers to make another Valentine card all on their own!

Having fun with the crafts for the children!

Recipe:

White & Red Cardstock

SU Heart Punch

SU Red Sparkle paper

Black Ink

Inside

Happy Valentines!

Judi

Wedding Hearts

Last week I was in desperate need of some wedding cards and saw this cute heart Bride and Groom on the internet.  I wanted my card to be plain and simple but then decided it needed something added to it. So I added the eyelet corners and pearls.

I used the turquoise and pink cardstock because I am matching the gift bags that I am using.

Then I decided to use a printed paper and make an A2 card. 

I like the printed papers best and will probably do some more creating with some wedding DP.

Definitely a fun and easy card to put together.

Hope you enjoy!

Have a wonderful February!  Hard to believe it is here!

Judi

2014 Christmas Cards

Before I take down my Christmas cards I want to share them with you.  I always tape them to my front door so I can view and enjoy them as I come and go.  Hope you enjoy too!

Wee One Cowboy Horseshoe

This sweet image was the Friday Freebie last week at Bugaboo Stamps.  He is the cutest cowboy with his horseshoe! I used some copic markers, nestibilites, StampinUp star punch, MS badge punch and some jewels and DCWV The Guys Stack paper.   Hope you enjoy him and that you were able to save him this week!  If not, be sure to look around Bugaboo's shop.  Jodie has created so many fun images!

This week at SSW2, Bugaboo is our sponsor and is offering 7 free digi images from their site at Bugaboo Stamp if you are the LUCKY Grand Prize Winner at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2.
Hope it's YOU!  Be sure to follow the rules that are located at the top of the blog under Challenge Rules!  Scroll down to see the sketch that you will be using!

Here is a little from Jodie at Bugaboo:

Everything that you ever wanted to know about Bugaboo Stamps:  As if raising 5 children in the frozen land of the North was not enough of a challenge, Jodie Mackrell decided to dip her cold little Canadian toes into the work of papercrafting by opening an online store full of her illustrations. Bugaboo Stamps has become one of the leading companies in digital images. From seriously snarky to sugar sweet to sublimely soulful all the way over to the other side of the super sexy spectrum, you're bound to find all that you need and more to create your paper projects.  Jodie works very hard to provide New Releases and Freebies every week!!  If your taste runs to rubber (and you know who you are), you can find Bugaboo Stamps at Totally Stampilicious.  And finally, join the Bugaboo Stamps DT for the weekly Challenges at Catch the Bug.

Store:  www.bugaboostamps.com

Challenge Blog:  http://catchthebugblog.blogspot.com

This is the sketch for this week's challenge at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2!

Happy New Year!  Hard to believe that it is 2015!  

Make it MEMORABLE!

Judi

Cute Nativity Set 2 from Digi Stamp Boutique

Life has been a little busy lately but very enjoyable at the same time.  I had a surprise visit to Okinawa to visit my daughter...compliments of her.  I loved the extended sunshine and being chauffeured around the island.  Upon my return I began helping with our annual Church Festival of the Nativities for Tacoma, Washington.  It's a lovely free event for the community...held on the first weekend of December.  It is a

beautiful display of 1000 plus nativities from around the world, a live nativity, numerous musical numbers...plus paintings of the Savior's birth, life, death, resurrection and visit to the American Continent after his resurrection.  If you're in the area next year, make it part of your Christmas celebration with your family.  It is well worth it.

One of the nativities created a little bit of nostalgia for me...as this cardstock nativity below was handed out in Primary years ago to every child in the church.  My copy lasted until my third child when it was accidentally torn. We have a very talented sister, Helen Christensen, in our church who recreated this on wood for the Festival of the Nativities...making it life size...

It is 8 feet tall and approximately 30 feet wide....a stunning re-creation!

So my mind has been enjoying the beauty of Nativities of all types.  This is the reason I chose Sally-Ann's Cute Nativity Set 2 from her shop at Digi Stamp Boutique.

I enjoyed sitting down and relaxing a bit to create this card and reminiscing about the birth of the Savior and the true meaning of Christmas!

I chose to print the image in several sizes to use the sheep as my embellishments.  I have popped them in three different heights!  Hope you enjoy!

"All images/designs are created and copyright owned by Sally-Ann Hancock.  My work means the world to me - it allows my passion to draw and create, to fit with my family life too, often the inspiration for my designs.  Hope you enjoy my images as much as I enjoy creating them."

We would love to have you play along at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 and show us your creations!  Digi Stamp Boutique is our sponsor this week and Sally-Ann is offering a £10 voucher if you are our Grand Prize Winner at SSW2.  This is the sketch you should use! 

Have a very Merry Christmas!  Thanks for stopping by!  

Hugs,

Judi

Holiday Duo!

This "Cute Ghost" and sentiment was the 

Freebie of the Month for September at 

Digi Stamp Boutique.

Both of these cards were so quick and easy to put together.  Thank Goodness as 

life has been a bit hectic lately and I needed something simple to create. 

 Hope you enjoy!

This "Xmas Tree" image  was a past freebie at Digi Stamp Boutique.

The sentiment is from Stampin' Up.

We would love to have you play along at

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 

with the sketch above.  

Digi Stamp Boutique

 is our sponsor this week and Sally Ann is offering a  

£10 voucher 

to the lucky Grand Prize Winner. 

 Hope it is YOU!

"All images/designs are created and copyright owned by Sally-Ann Hancock.  My work means the world to me - it allows my passion to draw and create, to fit with my family life too, often the inspiration for my designs.  Hope you enjoy my images as much as I enjoy creating them."

Thanks for stopping my by blog!  Have a great week and enjoy crafting to your hearts content!
Hugs,

Judi