Sweet Angel Baby

Good morning and welcome to this weeks New Release from Bugaboo Stamps.  This week release will have you soaring above the clouds!  Jodie has added some new images to her Wee Ones  collection and are they ever cute, cute, cute, cute, cute?!!!  Here take a look!

Wee Ones Boy Angel

I printed the image on white card stock and colored it using a combination of copics and watercolor pencils.  The background is the part that I watercolored.  I even added some dotting to give it a little something extra.  Kind of like he's floating in a galaxy.  I chose to make this a baby card by adding some punched letters floating on a clouds.

Like what you see here?!!  Well you should take a look at what the team did over at Catch The Bug for even more fabulous samples!

Until next time, have a great day and thanks for stopping by!  TTFN

Hugs, Becky

Christmas Cards To Die For-Christmas Stampin All Year Long

Christmas cards with a die cut that is!  This weeks challenge at Christmas Stampin All Year Long is to use some sort of die cut on your card.  I chose the marquee cut from Storybook and Cricut.  This has to be one of my favorite cuts!  I just love the way it looks.  Here's my card:

I went with some non traditional colors but I think they still work.  The image is Fairy Lights from Bugaboo Stamps.  I colored her using copic markers.  Like I said before, I used my cricut and storybook cart to make the marquee behind the fairy. 



Now it's your turn!  We can't wait to see what you do with the challenge!!  This weeks winner will be our guest designer next week. So what are you waiting for?!! 

Be sure to stop by the CSAYL blog to see all the amazingness the design team has in store for you!

Until next time, have a great day and thanks for stopping by!  TTFN

Hugs, Becky

It's challenge Time

How many of you know someone who is graduating this year?  Raising both hands here!  I have two graduates in my house.  My dear sweet baby boy who is now taller than me, graduated from the eighth grade yesterday and my sweet baby girl who is also taller than me will graduate from High School in a little over a week.  We're so proud of the two of them and both their accomplishments!  I'm sure you are proud of your graduates too!  That's why this weeks Catch The Bug challenge is such a great one!!!   We're making cards with a celebration theme!  Here's the  graduation card I made for my daughter.
 

KPT Wavy Hair Girl

This  cutie is from Bugaboo and reminded so much of my Bree when she was little that I  just had to use her for this one. 

I colored her using Copic markers!  She's all decked out in Bree's school colors!  The numbers were cut using my cricut and storybook cart.  The sentiment is Graduation Congratulations from Stampabilities.  For the diploma I just rolled up a small piece of card stock and wrapped it with a ribbon and glued it using glossy accents. 

Now it's your turn!  I can't wait to see what you do with the challenge!  Remember, there are prizes to be had!!!  All the details and amazing inspiration from the team can be found at the Catch The Bug blog. 

Until next time, have a great day and thanks for stopping by!  TTFN

Hugs, Becky

Oldie But A Goodie-Catch The Bug

Good morning!   It's Thursday and that means it's time for this weeks Oldie But Goodie  at Catch The Bug.  Now, Ava Flower from Bugaboo Stamps really isn't that old, but she sure is cute and she was the perfect  image to use on todays project.  I made my version of a box/bag and put her front and center.  Isn't she the sweetest thing ever?!!

I colored her using copic markers then I fussy cut her  and placed  her on  the sponged circle.  All borders and flowers were made using my cricut and cricut design studio.  The papers used are pumpkin, black and designer papers from Nana's Nursery. 



Until next time, have a great day and thanks for stopping by!  TTFN

Hugs, Becky

Freebie Friday-Catch The Bug

Can you guess what time it is?!!  No, it's not tool time!  It's time for this weeks Freebie Friday from Bugaboo Stamps and Jodie is giving away not one, but two images this time.   All you have to do is visit Bugaboo Stamps for your free download,  but don't wait, they're  only available for free until next Friday! 

So are you ready to see this weeks image?  I won't keep you waiting anymore.  Here's my card using one of the cutie patootie images from A Kids View-Babies! 

Isn't she the cutest baby ever?!!!   I colored her and her bear friend using Prismacolor Pencils and paired her with these adorable designer papers from Back To Basics (gingham) and Nana's Kids.  That fun border was created using my Cricut, Cricut Design Studio and Mini Monogram cart, welding the letters! 

Be sure to head over to the Catch The Bug blog and check out the wonderful design team creations. 


Until next time, have a great day and thanks for stopping by!  TTFN

Hugs, Becky

You've got me in stitches-Christmas Stampin All Year Long

It's time for this weeks challenge at Christmas Stampin All Year Long!  It's time to do some stitching be it real or faux.  Our fine sponsor for this challenge is none other than Sew Many Cards!!! 

For my card I chose the uber cute Bear In Stocking image to work with!!!

I just couldn't resist those adorable eyes!  I colored my image using copic markers for the stocking and prismacolor pencils for the bear,  I paper pieced the patches and that's where my stitching came in.  To add just a little more pizazz, I added some glossy accents and dazzling diamonds to the top of the stocking! 

If you like what you see here, you'll love what the rest of the team did with this challenge!  Pop on over to the CSAYL blog and check it out.

Until next time, have a great day and thanks for stopping by!  TTFN

Hugs, Becky

Pretty In Pink-Paper Crafting World

Good morning!  It's time for another digi challenge at Paper Crafting World and this one's gonna leave you feeling PINK!  Two shades of pink with some ribbon thrown in for good measure.  Here's my card using the digi image Daisy's from PCW. 

I printed the daisy image on white card stock and on  some pink designer paper.  I cut only the flowers from the DP and pieced them onto the white card stock.  The stems, leaves and grass were colored using copic markers.

We hope you join us in this week's challenge.  The winner of this weeks challenge will receive two digi images of their choice. 

Want a little more inspiration to get your creative juices flowing then head on over to Paper Crafting World and check out the beautiful designs from the rest of the team!

Until next time, have a great day and thanks for stopping by!  TTFN

Hugs, Becky

Birthday Girl

Are you ready for this weeks challenge at Catch The Bug?!!  It's a favorite for sure!  This week we're doing an Anything Goes challenge.  It's all left to your choosing!  So if you want to color with markers or make a shaped card go ahead, it's whatever your little heart desires! 

I went with a birthday card today!  I thought it was appropriate choice since  today is my birthday!  That's right!  I'm 29 again today.  ; )

Enough about me, let's get to todays card and the challenge details!  Like I said before, it's an anything goes challenge and you have all week to enter.  It's simple, just post a link to your card on the Catch The Bug Blog.  The best thing about joining the challenges is the  prizes!  Two images for third, four images for second and seven images for first but you have to use a Bugaboo image to be eligible for 1st prize. 

Here's my card for this weeks challenge:

This little cutie petutie is Cupcake Tower from  Wee Ones and she's ready for a party with all those yummy cupcakes!  She's colored using copic markers and prismacolor pencils!



For much more inspiration head on over to  Catch The Bug and check out what the rest of the design team did with the challenge!

Until next time, have a great day and thanks for stopping by!  TTFN

Hugs, Becky

Make Me Laugh-Cooking With Cricut Challenge # 23

Good morning!  It's time for another Cooking With Cricut challenge.  Since Friday is April Fool's Day and is usually spent playing jokes of friends, coworkers and family members what better challenge could there be than to make people laugh.  I hope you all find humor in the card I created.  I have a little bit of a twisted sense of humor, so here goes.

I know, I know!  Not exactly what you expected, right?!  I was gonna go with the "then buy it" saying but this just popped into my head and I decided to go with it.  I told you my humor was kind of twisted so don't say I didn't warn you.  LOL

Anywho, details!  It's time for the deets!

I pulled out my pink and black card stock and my Graphically Speaking cart to make the shoe.  I trimmed most of the black shoe away, only using the portion that would be the sole.  I sponged around the edges to give it some dimention and added the fun bow.

The sentiment was made using Print Shop. 

I hope you get the chance to play along with us this week.  Be sure to pop over to the CWC blog and check out the awesome projects from the team. 

Until next time, have a great day and thanks for stopping by!  TTFN

Hugs, Becky

Exciting News

Oh my goodness will somebody please pinch me?!!!  About a week ago I got an email from Tammy Miller with "Bugaboo" in the subject line.  Tammy Miller is the design team coordinator for Catch The Bug challenges so I was a curious about what the email might contain.  When I opened it, my curiousness changed to down right excitement.  Catch the Bug was asking  me to be their Biggest Fan for March.  I love me some Bugaboo stamps so I did a little happy dance for a minute or two and then I emailed her back right away to say thanks, I would love too!  As the biggest fan, I get the privelege of participating in today's challenge with the team.  What an honor!

Today's challenge is an Anything Goes challenge and I was so excited that I made not one but two cards for it.

For my first card I colored my  Deacon Rain image using Prismacolor Pencils and Gamsol.  To give his rain slicker a real look, I covered it with glossy accents.  The cloud was cut using my Graphically Speaking cart and Cricut.  I also ran it through the Cuttlebug using the swirls folder to give it a little more texture.  The designer paper is from my Back To Basics mat pack.  Looking at the picture now I'm thinking I might add a Cheer Up sentiment to the cloud.

For my second card, I colored this cute little Ava Flower image using Copic markers.  I fussy cut her out and layered her over a punched circle on a punched  border. I wanted this card to be sunny and cheerful so I used summer sun and some more Back To Basics paper.  The sentiment is from Stampin Up's Sincere Salutations set.

Aren't those some of the cutest images you've ever seen?!!!  Be sure to pop on over the Catch The Bug blog and check out the inspiration the team has created for you.  Join in on the fun, too!  You have the chance to win some free images and who knows what else it might lead too.  You might just be their  future Biggest Fan! 

Until next time, thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day!  TTFN

Hugs, Becky

I Need A Hero

Don't we all?!!! Today's card was made with just that thought in mind. I think of the brave men and women of the Armed Forces when I think of hero. Being a former military wife myself, I know the sacrifice that they and their families make every day to protect our freedom and this is my shout out to them.

This is the free image I earned by participating in the weekly challenges at Hambo Hoedown.  You can find the details here.  This week's challenge is a layout challenge.

I colored the image using Copic markers and then cut it out and placed it on the oval panel I cut using my Nestabilities.

For the blue background I embossed it using a Fiskars embossing plate and my cuttlebug.  I then inked it up with Versamark and dusted on some gold Pearl Ex powder.

To make the stars I used my Cricut and George cart and then added glossy accents  I also added glossy accents to the medal.  Thats pretty much it.

Until next time, thanks for stopping by and have a great day!  TTFN

Hugs, Becky

Cooking With Cricut #17 and winner announcements

Wow!  We had a great weekend with the Cooking With Cricut Sweet Shop Blog Hop and you all left such nice comments.  It's time to post the names of the winners of my blog candy and for this week's challenge. 

First let's start off with the winners of the Spring Beauty cut or digi file.  I used random generator to decide and picked two winners.  One from Saturday's comments and one from Sundays, soooooo........drumroll please...dddddddddddddddddddddd:

The winner for Saturdays comment is:
mommahobbit and she said   Cool idea! ty so much for sharing :)


The winner for Sundays comment is:
GrannyCharlotte who left this comment:  The hot air balloon is precious. It is such a neat idea. Thanks for sharing.


I will get an email out to you so you can collect your prize.  I'll need to know if you want a cut file or digi image.  I want to thank everyone who played along!  Y'all were awesome!

Now onto today's project.  Today's challenge was to emboss on your project.  I pulled out the designer paper and my graphically Speaking cart and away I went to make this scrapbook page. 

I used quite a few images from Graphically Speaking.  The titles, tropy, #1 and the play hard.

I embossed the turquoise panel of the "play hard" using my dots folder.

The papers are lime green, red and several different designer papers from American Crafts Celebration. I hand cut the stars from a sheet of AC dp and glued them along the top.

Now it's your turn.  We would love for you to join us  at Cooking With Cricut for this week's challenge.  Can't wait to see your creations!!! 

Until next time, thanks for stopping by and have a great day!  TTFN

Hugs, Becky

Cooking With Cricut Sweet Shop Blog Hop Up, up and away with our second day

Welcome to Bouncyflouncyfunfunfun and the CookingWithCricut Sweetshop Blog Hop! If you’ve never enjoyed a blog hop before, it’s where you ‘hop’ between blogs following a chain of links, with each blog in the chain posting something exciting for the event! There will even be some great blog candy (giveaways) to win along the way! More on that in a moment!


If you've come from visiting Anita, you're in the right place! If you've just happened across my blog and would like to play along with our fun hop, you can go to CookingWithCricut.com and start at the beginning. Go HERE .


With Valentine’s Day just a few days away we are sharing some wonderful ideas and inspiration for your viewing and crafting pleasure! Each Design Team member will be featuring an original project each day (Saturday & Sunday) made especially for this hop. Make sure to check out each DT member's blog and collect the special letter there. There will be prizes along the way at our DT members' blogs, AND there will be some nice PRIZES with a few different ways to win at CookingWithCricut.com!

For today's project I thought it would be cute and kind of fun to make a Hot Air Balloon Box.  It's perfect for those yummy chocolatey treats.  I also included this adorable card.

Details on the card: 
I used Mini Monogram cartridges for the scalloped square and rounded squares.  I embossed the red panel using my hearts folder and cuttlebug.  Those adorable images are Love Bandits and they're from PageKits.com.  I colored them using copic markers.  The banner was created using Shout Out from Shannon's Sentiments and the sentiment circle is from Stampin Up's Love Ya set.  To add some texture I used white liquid applique and the heat gun on the raccoons hair.  Their noses and the key were made shiny by using glossy accents.  The papers I used were black and red card stock from Recollections, and white card stock.

Details on the Hot Air Balloon Box:
I cut out hearts each of black, red and white card stock using my George cart.  The black hearts are 5.  Red hearts are 4 1/2 with the shadow setting and the white hearts are 4 1/2.  I scored each of the hearts down the center and folded them and glued them together in layers.  I then glued each layer of hearts back to back making a circle stopping before I had glued the last hearts together.  It was time to make my box.  The box is 3 7/8 inches squared.  Before gluing the box together I made an insert to fit into the bottom by cutting a piece of card stock 3 7/8 inches by 5 7/8 inches.  I folded this piece in half and then added a score line inch on either side so when it was folded it had a peak.  I punched a hole in the center to thread my cording through.  I attached this piece to the inside bottom of the box.  I then pulled the cording through the center of the unfinished "balloon" and glued the last of the hearts together.  This  wasn't enough to stabilize the basket so I punched holes in each corner of the basket and two of the balloons on the side and ran cording through them and made my adjustments until the basket hung level.  To accomplish this I used two holed buttons on each of the corners.  All I had to do was sinch it like you would do a belt.  All that was left to do now was decorate and fill with candy.  This one's filled with my favorite chocolate, Lindors.  Yum, yum!

I hope my directions were clear enough but if they weren't I'd be happy to answer any questions you might have.

Here is a close up:

In addition to the chance to win prizes from Cooking With Cricut, Melin  at Pagekits.com has so sweetly offered this wonderful prize for me to give to one of my lucky viewers.  All you need to do is leave me a comment by Sunday, 12:00 PM CST and you could win this fabulous cut file or digi image, it's your choice.

Remember, this prize is seperate from the other prize package being offered.  To be eligible for that you need to collect your letters along the way.

Here is the “secret” letter you need to collect to be eligible for a prize package at CookingWithCricut.com. My secret letter is N.


Now it's your turn! Let’s see your sweet Valentine projects. Be sure to include a Cricut or other die cut machine cut on your project and link it up at CookingWithCricut.com. The Design Team will pick their three favorites and one lucky sweetheart will be chosen randomly to win one of the six prize packages being offered in this hop.


Next stop... Cathie!  Go see what she has in store for you today.


And don’t forget, when you're done, make sure to head back to CookingWithCricut.com and get entered to win one of SIX prize packages! Here’s how:


1. Link your sweet Valentine project and be one of the top three chosen by our Chefs.
2. Link your project and be the randomly drawn winner.
3. Collect all the letters and unscramble our “secret” phrase correctly and leave it in the special comment section on CookingWithCricut.com.
4. Or just leave a comment at CookingWithCricut.com and let us know how you liked our Sweetshop Blog Hop.


Here is our Hop line-up:
1. CWC-Melin
2. Abby
3. Anita
4. Me
5. Cathie
6. Christel
7. Dalis 
8. Deb
9. Erika
10. Gaby
11. Jean
12. Jenna
13. Jennifer
14. Jenny
15. Karla
16. Madison
17. Maria Elena
18. Melissa
19. Michelle
20. Nicole
21. Raven
22. Roberta
23. Ronnie

Until next time, have a great day and thanks for stopping by!  TTFN

Hugs, Becky

Blue bird, smiling at me...........

Isn't this little guy cute? He's all bundled up for winter and just in time for another round of cold weather it seems. This will be me tomorrow when I get up for work. We had such a beautiful weekend here, in the 70's on Saturday and 60's Sunday but the weatherman is saying that by Tuesday we are gonna be dropping to the 20's. BRRRRRR! That's quite a temperature change. I knew the warm weather was too good to be true but a girl can hope can't she? I grew up in Arizona and while I like a little bit of cold weather, I'm quite ready to bask in the warmth of the sun. I'm sure I'm not alone. Anyway, that was the inspiration for this creation.

I made it for the new weekly challenge on Catch The Bug. If it looks a little small to you, it's not your eye sight. This is an ATC or artist trading card if you're not familiar. They measure 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 inches and they are made to be a quick add to any project.

I colored this cutie from Bugaboo Stamps with copic markers and added some glossy accents and dazzling diamonds to the snow. Everything I used on my ATC was sitting on my desk and was either a scrap or started out to be another project and I decided to go in another direction so it came together rather quickly. That's another bonus to ATC's.

Have a fantastic day and wherever you are I hope you are warm. Thanks for stopping by! TTFN

Hugs, Becky

Peek a boo, thinking of you

Hi there! Hope you're having a great weekend! I didn't think I was gonna create today cause I'm still feeling a little bit of the yuck but when I saw the challenge on Catch The Bug, I thought, hmmm I can do that!

This weeks challenge is to make a white or mostly white card and as you can see I opted for the mostly white. I love cards with a lot of white space, don't you? They just look so clean and bright.

This cute little bunny is one of the fun images in this month's 20 for 20 and isn't he adorable? I love how he's peeking around the heart.

I printed him twice and colored him with copic markers and a little bit of watercoloring. I then cut out the heart and hands and popped them up.

A while back I picked up a box of embossed cards from DCWV and the one with hearts was just perfect for today's project. The flowers along the top were cut with my cricut and george cart. I just added some ribbon, buttons and a bow and I was done.

Super quick and simple. Just what I needed today.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day! TTFN

Hugs, Becky

Wee One Birthday

Wow! I've done really good so far completing the weekly and mini challenges on Catch The Bug. Only one more day to go. I've had so much fun this week and I'll be sad to see it end:(

Today's challenge was another birthday challenge so I made a masculine birthday card. I usually struggle with masculine cards, but I'm pretty pleased with the way this turned out. I just kept telling myself. No ribbon, no ribbon and that did the trick! LOL

The image is Wee Ones Hapbee and it part of the Wee Ones Birthday set. I colored him with copics and prismacolor pencils. The notebook page was made using the Cricut and Graphically Speaking cart. I drew the lines in myself using a template. To add some texture I ran the yellow background piece through the Cuttlebug using the Birthday folder. All layers are sponged. I finised it off with some brads, buttons and glossy accents for the wings and ribbon on the present!

I hope I get to do tomorrows challenge. I work with kids on a daily basis and I think one of my little darlings has shared a virus with me. I'm not feeling well and with any luck, this will be as bad as it gets. Fingers crossed!!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day! TTFN

Hugs, Becky

Longing For Love

I made this for today's mini challenge on Catch The Bug. It's a sketch challenge so pretty much anything goes as long as you follow the sketch.

Isn't that giraffe the cutest? He's one of the images you get in this months twenty for twenty.


I colored his hearts with copics and watercolored the rest of him.

The hearts and slider and oval for the sentiment were all made using my cricut and George cart.

I'm not gonna go on anymore since I just looked at the clock and I have to scoot.

Have a great day and thanks again for stopping by. TTFN

Hugs, Becky

It's a banner day for love

I made another dinosaur valentine card yesterday but by the time I finished it, my dd was working on homework so she needed the computer. so I didn't get it posted. I have only a few short minutes to get it posted now, but I'll do my best.

This card is for this weeks challenge on Catch The Bug. The challenge was to emboss so I pulled out my Love Language folder and embossed the white panels.

I loved the dinosaur image colored in red so much that this week I decided to throw two of them in here. I used my photo editing software to flip the image so they could be facing each other, holding a heart.

The banner was made using my Cricut and George cart and just adding lettering to them. I just love how this turned out.

Wow! I guess my time is up so I need to hit "post".

Y[all have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

Hugs, Becky

Happy Birthday Butterfly

Hi everyone! I was checking out some of the images on By LORi Designs the other day when I saw she was going to start the new year off with bi weekly challenges. I LOVE challenges so I thought I would give this one a try. It's a color challenge and the deets can be found here.

The colors just screamed spring to me so I used Lollipop Buggy-Butterfly for this one.

I colored her with copics and prismacolor pencils and added her to a layer of colored panel designer paper from my So So Sweet mat pack. Now that my sewing machine is working again, I threw in some stitching around the panels and just for a little fun , I added some flowers to her antennae. (Kind of like those head bands you see from time to time in theme parks)

I finished it off with a punched border with buttons and scallops.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by! TTFN

Hugs, Becky

Valentine Tree

I had the idea for this card rolling around in my head for two days now but since I've been back at work this week, I haven't had the time to be creative til tonight. It turned out just as I pictured it in my head. So nice when that happens.

For this card I used my Cricut and Graphically Speaking cart for the tree and sentiment, George cart for the heart, and Mini Monogram cart for the scalloped square. I also blew the dust off of one of my all time favorite Stampin Up background stamps, By Definition(retired) and got it inky.

Those cute little hearts were a find at Target and they're from Colorbok.

I thought I was finished with it then and there but it just needed something more. I did some tracing around the outside of the tree and letters with my black fine tipped marker to make them pop. It really made a big difference in the final outcome of this card.

The back panel is embossed using my hearts embossing folder and cuttlebug.

I'm gonna call it a night. Now that I've got this card out of my head and onto paper, I'm gonna go see what my little mind can dream up for tomorrows card making. Have a great day and thanks for stopping in to see me. TTFN

Hugs, Becky