Gettin' Sketchy with The Bug!

It's Saturday and you know what Saturday means over at The Bug Blog?

It's a Challenge day and today it's a SKETCH challenge!

Check out The Bug Blog blog to see this weeks sketch, get some inspiration from the design team and see what kind of awesome prizes you could win if you PLAY along!

Here's my take on the sketch - for a SUPER woman in my life - My mama!

Image - Bugaboo Stamps "Dottie Wonder Woman"

Papers - All from my Scrappy Bin - not sure who they're from

Coloring - Copics B97 B99 E21 E50 E74 E77 E79 R37 R39 Y35 Y38

Tools - Cuttlebug & Nesties

Extra STUFF - BLING, Smooch, Computer Generated Sentiment & Dimensionals

Be sure to join us and play along this week! =)

Hugs & Happy Days!

This has been entered into the following challenges - 

Bugaboo Stamps/Catch The Bug - Sketch Challenge

 Eat Sleep Stamp - Sketch Challenge
Delightful Challenges - 1E, SIO - Use your scraps
Digi Doodle Shop's Best - SIO - Anything goes

Do You Stack Up? - 3E - Layers

It's a Wacky Wednesday -

And a great day to join us for a challenge!!

Today we've got a super fun SKETCH challenge (one of my favorites!)

Here's my take on the sketch - I rotated and flipped it a bit, but LOVE how it turned out!

Image - Bugaboo Stamps - Dottie Collection - Dottie Yoga

Paper - Kraft, Bazzill & DCWV The Linen Closet

Coloring - Copics

Tools - EK Success Punch

Extra STUFF - Ribbon from my stash, Studio 112 Sentiment, Custom colored Bling & dimensionals

Come on over and visit our PCP and CDAC groups - play along and you could win 5 FREE images of your choice.  Just ask some of our past winner!!!  They'll tell you how WONDERFUL it is to be at Bugaboo/Catch The Bug WACKY WINNER!  =)

Hugs & Happy Days!

This card has been entered into the following challenges -

Bugaboo /Catch The Bug PCP and CDAC challenge

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes (plus Ribbons)

•Crafty Cardmakers - 2W, C15 - (1st week) Anything Goes (ends 16th Oct)

A Sketch Challenge at Shelly's Images

Looking for a challenge?! 

Well, this week at Shelly's Images, we have a sketch challenge going on!!

How's this for gettin' a little sketchy?

Come on over and join us!! =)

Hugs & Happy Days!

Anniversary

On a Roll tonight!!  I feel like the Energizer Bunny today!!  Must be that all this creative energy needed to be released!  And better yet, I'm still on the Challenge path!

Pile It On - OWH Birthday, Anniversary or Christmas

Mojo Monday - Sketch

365 Cards - Busy Background

Image - Bugaboo "A Kids View"

Paper - All Scraps from my stash - Heidi Grace Design Forever collection

Coloring - Copics

Punch - Fiskars "Apron"

Extra STUFF - Studio G "Mr & Mrs", Bling, Diamond Stickles and Ribbon

Boy does it feel good to be back craftin' again!

Into Life a Little Rain Must Fall

But Boy, The Monsoons Suck!

This is a card I made for my dad today.  With him back in the hospital, I thought a little humor would be good.

The image is a Bugaboo Stamps image and I used the Bugaboo Sketch Challenge today as well.  Awesome Sketch!

Everything was from my stash - papers and bling

Technique - Magic Colored Pencil Technique as well as Paper Piecing (umbrella, hat, boots, puddle & rain coat.

The Sentiment and the cloud are both popped up on dimensionals.

Check out all the adorable images Bugaboo Stamps has - Something for everyone - you can't go wrong!!

Happy Saturday - back to the studio to create a bit more - the weather here is rainy and cold - a perfect day to be scrappy!

Happy Craftin'!

Min

It's all about the Football!

So, this year we celebrated Christmas with my girlfriends Susan & Amy and my favorite nephew Colin.  He was playing in an indoor soccer league, but when I asked Amy what he could use for Christmas (other than the super cute Blue & Purple little people slippers and neat personalized pillowcases), she said a football.  My hubby was happy to get the little guy a football, hoping maybe he can play with Andy, Colin's dad, Colin and Uncle Glen (maybe Uncle Kris too), even though the rule in our house is unless you've got a multi-million dollar contract, you shouldn't be playin' football (I remember the months with his broken leg, blood clots, therapy, hospital stays, etc.).  Anyway, we got Colin a football.  And like they say, if it ain't in the scrapbook, it didn't happen.  It was so cute, he was so excited about the football.  And I love the chocolate on his face from dessert.  I can't wait until the spring when the little man can get out and toss around the pig skin.  That'll be some fun scrapbook pages!

This is also Sketch #9 for the Scrap-Friendzy Sketch-A-Thon that will be posted on Saturday.  The sketch was courtsey of Julie Bonner, you can check out her great scrappy blog here.  She does some AMAZING work.  You can check out the actual sketch on Scrap-Friendzy on Saturday morning - it'll be in the Sketch-A-Thon forum under Sketch #9.

Kaiser Scrapbook printed papers - Rough & Tough paper line (Thank you Michelle)

Heidi Swapp Large Brads

Football textured paper, Off-white, Black and Navy Blue cardstock

Mini-aphabet, Twine, CK Urban font on round badge

Here's a few up close photos too -

We're dealing with 6" of snow that arrived last night and early this morning.

WOO HOO!  I'll be sure to take a photo - it is pretty but not very pretty driving home in. 

Thanks again as always for stopping by.  I always enjoy hearing from everyone.  I hope you're all having a wonderful new year so far - hard to believe we're 8 days into 2010.

Happy Craftin'!

Min

September MCPT Challenge

What a great image Aprile provided us with this month.  Absolutely love the little Changito stamps and this one is no exception.  And even better yet, it gave me a reason to open the new From My Kitchen cart.  Aren't the little whisks just too cute?!

Image - Changito Image & Sentiment

Technique:  Magic Colored Pencil

Papers - The prints have been in my stash for WAY TOO LONG - they're Making Memories, Pink cardstock is Core-dinations, Green, Yellow and Black were scraps

Cricut - From My Kitchen - Whisk cut at 2"
Cuttlebug - Swiss Dots

Miscellaneous - Stickles  on the cake & apron

Sketch - Mojo Monday, Week #103 (9/7/09)

Off to work on a few Layouts - I have White Trash Bash photos that are calling my name........

Thanks again Aprile for another great image.  I had a blast with this and know exactly who this is going to be sent to!

Happy Craftin'!!

Min

Month of June Challenge

Happy June 1st - gosh, where has the first 1/2 of the year gone? Seems like just yesterday we were dealing with 12 inches of snow, ice and cold. I'll take this weather any day over the cold & snow though!!

I've decided that since I was such a bad blogger and crafty completer in May, I'm setting goal for June - My goal for June is to post something creative every day incorporating some sort of challenge in it from my favorite challenge sites. I really do spend a little time every day in my studio, but it seems like last month, everything I worked on took more than one sitting (or several sittings) to complete.

So, with that said, here's the first crafty post for June - the inspiration is from the Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge, week 89 here.

So, here's what I came up with. . . . . .

Image/Sediment: G-Stamps

Flowers & Brad: Miscellaneous from my stash
Acrylic Circle
Papers: Bo Bunny Double Dot Paper in Buttercup Dot &Citrus Dot
Core-dinations Color Pink & Green
Cuttlebug: Spots & Dots
Stickles: Orange Peel

Thanks for stopping by today! Wishing you a Summer of Craftiness!

Happy Craftin'!

Min