Oldie But Goodie Birthday

Happy Thursday Friends!  

Today is an Oldie But Goodie Day at The Bug Blog.  We've dusted off our favorite Oldies and today, I pulled out this fancy Heels and Accessories to celebrate a co-workers birthday.

Image - Bugaboo Stamps - Heels and Accessories

Papers - PTI Cardstock & Erin Bradley Designs Digi Papers

Extra STUFF - Pearl Stickles, Dimeisionals & Bling

Pop over and see what other oldies the Bug designers busted out - you're sure to be inspired by the creativity.  I know I am every time I visit!  :)

Hugs & Happy Days!

Anything Goes @ The Bug Blog!!

Yes Ma'am - we've got an Anything Goes day at The Bug Blog today!

WOO HOO - one of my favorite kinds of days!  :)

Below is a card I whipped up for one of the girlies at the office for her big 5-0 birthday this month.

First time I've had a chance to use this Happy BIrthday Sister and I love it - LOTS of stuff popped up!  :)

Image - Bugaboo Stamps - Happy Birthday Sister

Papers - Ms. Sparkle & Co Paperie Cardstock, Erin Bradley Designs prints & Coredinations cardstock from my stash.

Tools - EK Success Border Punch

Extra STUFF - Ribbon, Dimensionals & Glossy Accents

Be sure to visit The Bug Blog and join the Anything Goes fun!  You COULD be one of our lucky winners, just by sharing with us your creations!  :)

Thanks so much for visiting today - 

Hugs & Happy Days!

Oldie But Goodie with CANDLES!

Happy Oldie But Goodie Thursday!

Today I'd like to share a birthday card I whipped up for a dear family friend!  

Image - Bugaboo Stamps - Sunbonnet Cake 

Papers - Design printed from Erin Bradley Designs (Digi pack:  Cheery Day) & PTI paper stock along with card stock from Joann

Tools:  EK Success Border Punch

Extra STUFF:  Paper Smooches Sentiment, Dimensionals, Glossy Accents & Bling

Visit The Bug Blog and see the what other oldies our designers dusted off!

Thanks so much for visiting today!  

Hugs & Happy Days!

Bugaboo 8th Birthday Bash - RECIPE Challenge

Have you been celebrating the Bugaboo Stamps 8th Birthday this week??

Well, if you haven't been over to The Bug Blog lately or haven't had a chance to play long with all these great sketches this week - you really MUST stop by!  Believe me, you will be SO inspired!!

Today's Birthday challenge is a recipe challenge.

I whipped up this little ditty for my go to 'event' stash - for the next birthday celebration.  Once I figure out who it's going to, I'll add a sentiment in the lower right corner.  :)

Images - Bugaboo Stamps - Birthday Bird 1, 2 & 4

Papers - Kraft, Coredinations cardstock & Digital printed papers from Erin Bradley Design (I LOVE her stuff!!)

Tools - EK Success Border Punch, CM Round Punch, Cuttlebug & Nesties

Extra STUFF - Ribbon, Glossy Accents and Zots

Visit The Bug Blog and see what other recipe creations the team whipped up.  Believe me, you will be INSPIRED!  :)

Hugs & Happy Days!

CELEBRATE with Bugaboo!!

Bugaboo Stamps is celebrating its 

8th Birthday!

I can't believe it's been 8 years since I found Bugaboo Stamps cute, sassy and funny digital stamps!  

I fell in love with them and they are a staple on my creations!  :)

So, to it's only fitting that we celebrate with a week of creative challenges!!

This weeks theme is 

Birds, Butterflies & Birthday Wishes

We start our week long celebration with - 

I whipped up this little ditty for a friend of ours who just celebrated a birthday!  :)

Image - Bugaboo Stamps - Birthday Bird 03
Papers - Erin Bradley Designs Digi Papers (Just found this site and LOVE what she has to offer - yup, another crafty addiction!!) & PTI Cardstock
Tools - Cuttlebug, Nesties & EK Success Border Punch
Extra STUFF - Doodling, Stickles & Dimensionals

So, ready to to get inspired by our designers and join the fun?
Before you do - there's LOTS of winning to be done this week!

Prize list is as follows:

Four Daily prizes will be drawn.  Someone will win one of the following prizes each day - 

10 Bugaboo Stamps Digi Images of their choice

7 Bugaboo Stamps Digi Images of their choice

4 Bugaboo Stamps Digi Images of their choice

OR the freebie set created exclusively to celebrate Bugaboo's 8th Birthday

GRAND PRIZES

Grand prize winners will be drawn for the three lucky participants who participate in each daily event throughout the week.

Grand prize - $125 free images and guest DT spot for 3 months

2^nd place a $50 gift card and Guest DT spot for 2 months

3^rd place - $25 gift certificate and guest DT spot for one month

All challenges must be completed by Saturday, January 20 at 7 am.

Winners will be chosen at that time.

Thanks so much for stoppin' by today - we can't wait to see what you create this week!!

Hugs & Happy Days!

Anything Goes!!

Anything Goes at The Bug Blog today!

I thought I'd share with you some more of our Birthday 'stuff' from Livy's 3rd Birthday last month! 

We are still trying to figure out how she's three already!  

Time really does just fly by - I used to NOT be a believe, but now, having a munchkin of our own, time is flyin!!

So, for her party, we celebrated with a tea party theme.  She LOVES her Tea Parties - we have at least one on any given day, but more if she has anything to say about it.  She'll turn just about ANYTHING into a tea party.  So, it only made sense that the theme for this years party was a tea party!  :)

I shared her invitations and address labels earlier - for those, I just used a part of  the Bella & Friends image (the Teapot & cup)

Well, here is her birthday card (the one that goes into her special box).

This little Bella & friends image from Bugaboo was PERFECT!!

As you can see, I used the entire image.

Image - Bugaboo Stamps - Bella and Friends

Paper - Printed paper to match fabric from her birthday table runner & PTI Card stock

Extra stuff - Computer generated sentiment printed with the image, Lace, Dimensionals & Bling

So, there you have it!  

Be sure to stop over to The Bug Blog and see what other Anything Goes projects are gracing the post there - you'll be inspired for sure!

THEN, JOIN THE FUN!  You could be one of our Bugaboo Challenge winners!  

What does that mean?  BUGABOO IMAGES of YOUR CHOICE that you get to add to your collection!

Yep, enough for me to join the fun!

Hugs & Happy Days!

BINGO!

It's a BINGO challenge day at The Bug Blog!

Great BINGO challenge that I had to get in on today!  :)

This little cutie is for my mom who just celebrated her 70th birthday (er, I mean 29th birthday) this past Monday, one day before Olivia's birthday!

She'll be at our house today celebrating with Olivia and all our family & friends!  

My BINGO was Sentiment, Sparkle & a Bugaboo Image.
I LOVE the way this turned out!

Image - Bugaboo Stamps - Mouse Big Balloon

Papers - PTI cardstock & a polka dotted pre-printed card

Extra STUFF - Paper Smooches Sentiment, PTI Ink, BLING, Dimensionals, Ribbon and Glossy Accents Glaze (which you really can't see on the balloon).

Be sure to visit The Bug Blog and see what other great BINGO projects the team has created!  

Then, make sure you stop over to The Bugaboo Stamps Store and check out some of the Fall & Halloween stuff!  :)  Never too early to work on your Halloweeny projects!  :)

Hugs & Happy Days!

Back from Vacation!

The Bugaboo Stamps designers are back from vacation and WOW, do they have some great "Out Of The Box" projects to share with you today!

It's an Anything But A Card day at The Bug Blog.

SO, because we're getting ready for Olivia's Birthday (can you believe she'll be 3 next month?!) and our theme is a Tea Party, we're working on invitations.  With the Invitations comes ADORABLE little Address Labels to go with the invites!  

Image - Bugaboo Stamps - A portion of the Bella and Friends

Extra STUFF - Digital coloring & Digital creation of image

Check out The Bug Blog for more projects - Scrappy is thinking OUTSIDE of THE BOX - WITH a BOX today!  :)

Hugs & Happy Days!

Oldie But Goodie BIrthday

Happy Thursday!!

Over at The Bug Blog today we've got our Oldie But Goodie Thursday creations.  It's the one day of the week we pull out all our oldies and put them to good use!  :)

Today, with the help of Olivia (my new crafting buddy, we have a birthday card we made for my mother in law this year..  Mama put it together and Livy colored & 'decorated' it.

Image - Bugaboo Stamps - Mini Set - Birthday Set Kidz Girl Clown & Kitty Clown (Not in Store Yet)

Papers - Miscellaneous Cardstock

Tools - Cuttlebug & Nesties

Extra STUFF - Dimensionals, Computer Generated sentiment, Ribbon and Livy's STICKERS!!

Be sure to visit The Bug Blog if you haven't this week and see all the great new creations the team has whipped up.

AND, if you haven't joined us yet this week for our Saturday Challenge or our Stella Says Sketch challenge, you still have time.  We'll have new challenges for both this weekend!  

Thanks so much for stoppin' by!

Have a wonderful day!

Hugs & Happy Days!

Oldie But Goodie Day!

It's an Oldie but Goodie Thursday at The Bug Blog! 

Have you been over to visit lately?  Every time I go there I'm inspired more and more (and trying to find time to put that inspiration on paper!!)

Today I have dusted off one of my favorite birthday images - The Bugaboo Stamps Tall Birthday Cake which you can find in the store

Image - Bugaboo Stamps - Tall Birthday Cake

Papers - Doodlebug Design print, PTI Cardstock

Tools - Cuttlebug & Nesties

Extra STUFF - Paper Smooches Sentiment, Stazon Jet Black Ink, Bling & Glossy Accents

Be sure to visit The Bug Blog and check out what other oldies are seeing the light of day today. 

If you haven't been to the store lately, stop by and check it out.  All kinds of fabulous digis you'll for sure want to add to your collection.

Hugs & Happy Days!

BINGO at THE BUG!

It's BINGO day at The Bugaboo Stamps, Catch The Bug Blog!!

In my opinion, you can never go wrong with BINGO!  :)

Take this little Bird-day ditty!

Image - Bugaboo Stamps - Chickz - Happy Birdday Chickie

Papers - PTI Cardstock, PTI Pink Dots and Miscellaneous Zebra print :)

Tools - Flag Punch

Extra STUFF - Button, Ribbon, Doodling, Sentiment & Glossy Accents Glaze

Be sure to visit The Bug Blog and get your BINGO on!

Don't forget to visit the New Bugaboo Stamps store - get you Freebie and check out all the other great new releases!  :)  PERFECT for Spring!

Hugs & Happy Days!

Anything Goes @ The Bug Blog!

Who doesn't love an Anything Goes challenge (OR a TRAY full of CUPCAKES!!!)

Today over at The Bug Blog, we've got our Anything Goes challenge!

A little birthday treat is what was created for this challenge!

Image - Bugaboo Stamps - Cupcake Tray

Papers - Miscellaneous from my stash

Tools - EK Success border punch

Extra STUFF - Prima flowers, bling, doodling, dimensionals & stickles

Be sure to visit The Bug Blog and join the fun!  

Remember, ANYTHING GOES!

Hugs & Happy Days!

Oldies @ The Bug

Thursdays are one of my favorite days at The Bug Blog!

We get to dust off some of our favorite Bugaboo Stamps and share them with our wonderful friend and Bugaboo Lovers!

Well, today is no different!  :)

Here's dusting off one of our favorite oldies with a birthday celebration!  :)

Cupcakes & Frosting - WHO doesn't Love that combo??

Image - Bugaboo Stamps - Girlz Celebrate

Papers - Miscellaneous Cardstock from my scrappy bin

Extra STUFF - Computer generated sentiment, BLING and blingy ribbon

Be sure to visit The Bug Blog and see what other oldies have been dusted off and if you haven't been by The Bugaboo Stamps Store lately, be sure to check it out...there are some A-MAZING new releases you'll just fall in love with!!  :)

Hugs & Happy Days!

Birds, Bees and Butterflies at Bugaboo!

Join us over at The Bug Blog for our March Theme Challenge!

Birds, Bees and Butterflies (no need for 'the talk' here).

Just sweet Spring fun!!  :)

Here's a little Birthday Bird for a co-worker in our office who will be celebrating a birthday soon!

Image - Bugaboo Stamps - BUGCPOWLS coloring page owls and flowers

Papers - Coredination Cardstock

Tools - Cuttlebug & Nesties

Extra STUFF - Paper Smooches Sentiment, Stazon Jet Black Ink, Dimensionals & Bling

Be sure to join the fun and play along at The Bug Blog this week.  AND, if you' haven't been to The Bugaboo Stamps Store lately, stop by and enjoy the new digis!  :)

Hugs & Happy Days!

Sunshine & Smiles @ The Bug Blog

Happy Saturday!  What a great day to join in the sunshine and smiles fun!

Today at The Bug Blog, we're challenging you with a new Theme:

Sunshine and Smiles

I know this little ditty below will bring a smile to your face.....

We PUFFY Heart Ice Cream in Our House!!

Livy LOVES Strawberry!  

Often the conversations goes:

"One More Bite, Mama" as her little spoon is hovering over the ice cream container for one more bite as I'm trying to put the lid back on and get it back in the freezer.

The Girl.LOVES.The. ICE-CREAM!!

I guess you could say we all scream for ice cream in our house!

And here's a little ditty that will put a smile on your face and add a little sunshine to your day!

Image - Bugaboo Stamps - Ice Cream Cone from the Sweet Treats Set

Papers - Miscellaneous papers from my traded paper stash + Kraft & PTI Cardstock papers

Tools - Cuttlebug & Nesties

Extra STUFF - Dimensionals, Button, Ribbon, Doodling, Stickles & a Computer Generated sentiment 

Be sure to join The Bugaboo Stamps fun with the weeks challenge and bring a little Sunshine and Smile to someone you love!

Hugs & Happy Days!

Oldie But Goodie Thursday @ The Bug Blog!

Happy Thursday - only ONE more day until the weekend! 

WOO HOO!

Today it's an Oldie But Goodie over at The Bug Blog, so I thought I'd share you a cute little Oldie that we used for my father in law's birthday earlier this month!

Image - Bugaboo Stamps Kidz Boy Fishing

Papers - Miscellaneous Prints from my scrappy Bin (Basic Grey) & Kraft/PTI Cardstock

Tools - MS Border Punch (for the Grass)

Extra STUFF - Stazon Jet Black Ink, Recollections from Michael's Sentiment

Visit The Bug Blog today and see what other oldies our designers have dusted off!  You'll be inspired like I am every week and find wonderful new images you never knew existed!  :)

Be sure to visit us tomorrow for our Friday Freebie - another fabulous image to add to your collection!

Hugs & Happy Days!

Stella Says Sketch #406

Happy Easter!  

I hope you are enjoying time with your families!

Today over at The Bug Blog, we have a new Stella Says Sketch, Sketch challenge, just for you!

Below is a birthday card I whipped up for a girl I work with.  We deal with a LOT of disclaimers in the job I do, so WINE and a disclaimer seemed pretty appropriate!  :)

Image - Bugaboo Stamps - Glass of Wine a Day

Papers - Miscellaneous papers from my scrappy bin

Extra STUFF - Glossy Accents for the shiney wine, Dimensionals, BLING and a computer generated sentiment.

Be sure to visit The Bug Blog and see what other wonderful treasures our designers created, then JOIN THE FUN!!

Hugs & Happy Days!

Have a Blessed Holiday!

CELEBRATE! Bugaboo New Release

We've got a New Release today at The Bug Blog and it includes CELEBRATION and CUPCAKES!!

How can you go wrong with CELEBRATING and CUPCAKES?!  :)

This adorable New Release can be picked up at The Bugaboo Stamps Store under New for March!

He's too cute to NOT add to your collection and PERFECT for that birthday card you need in your 'go to box'!

Image - Bugaboo Stamps - Birthday Hedgie

Papers - PTI Cardstock, Kraft & Miscellaneous print

Tools - EK Success Border Punch, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Cuttlebug & Nesties

Extra STUFF - Dimensionals, Paper Smooches Sentiment, Stazon Jet Black Ink, Googley Eyes & Stickles

Be sure to visit The Bug Blog and see what other adorable creations our designers whipped up.

Thanks so much for visiting today - Happy Cupcake Day!

Hugs & Happy Days!

Oldie But Goodie Thursday

It's an Oldie But Goodie Thursday at The Bug Blog.

And what do we have for you today?  This little cutie - not a SUPER Oldie, but a few weeks old.  :)

I just LOVE these new Chickies that Jodie is creating!  I can't get enough of them!!

And who wouldn't love these yummy cupcakes on their birthday?!

Image - Bugaboo Stamps - BUGBDAYBIRD2-birthday-bird-02

Papers - Miscellaneous papers from my scrappy bin

Tools - Cuttlebug & Nesties

Extra STUFF - Dimensionals, Bling, Accent Glaze, Paper Smooches Sentiment, SU Ink & Stickles

If you want to see what other oldies the designers are dusting off today, head on over to The Bug Blog and find wonderful inspiration.

Thanks so much for visiting today - I hope you have a wonderfully inspired day!

Hugs & Happy Days!

Bugaboo Stamps 6th Birthday: Photo Challenge

Today is day 6 of the Bugaboo Stamps 6th Birthday Celebration and it's a photo challenge.

Looking at this photo, I was inspired by the zebra print (big surprise with as much as the girlies in our house like animal print!)

Image - Bugaboo Stamps - Chickz - Happy Birdday Chickie & Sentiment from one of the other Chickz digis.

Papers - Miscellaneous scraps from my scrappy bin

Extra STUFF:  Glossy Accents, Doodling & Dimensionals

You've got time to join the fun over at The Bug Blog - lots of great challenges, lots of great prizes!

Thanks so much for stoppin' by - Have a great day!

Hugs & Happy Days!