Last Day of School

I have a teacher card for you today for those who still need them! This is World Boy, one of the many images I won over at Bugaboo Stamps a couple of weeks back. Play along with the challenges at Catch the Bug Challenge blog and YOU can win too! This week's challenge was "Anything Goes".

OK, so its the last day of school and I definitely have mixed feelings. Its so nice to have a break...but now I have an 8 year old home all summer...

"can we go to the pool, can I have a friend, can we build legos, can we go to Target, can we go to McDonalds, will you play Halo, I'm bored, my sisters are being mean" He will only sit and color with Mommy for so long LOL. And we are in a new neighborhood with no boys anywhere close by. Sigh.

For my little guy I used some Joy ride papers from Cosmo Cricket and a little scrap of cork that I cut with my zig zag scissors! The sentiment is from a Stampendous! set called School for Changito. He is sadly retired now, but I picked mine up at my local Michael's store...they tend to have some of the older hard to find sets!

OK, just a quick post this morning! Have to finish up my HOP post for tomorrow! Be sure to come back!!

-Cyndi

Desert Island Crafters Challenge

Its time for another itinerary at Desert Island Crafters Challenge blog! This time it was my pick and I thought I would throw a few more curves at you:

Cyndi's Itinerary:

1. Use glimmer Mist or similar

2. Orange

3. Something recycled

4. Pull out your scraps!

5. Chipboard

6. Anything but a card

7. 2+ images

8. Glitter or Bling

9. pull out those chalks

10. A hand-made embellishment

I used the adorable image Skelekinz Cupcake Stroller from Bugaboo Stamps. I was going to pretend that those are ice cream cones in the stroller since that’s what is on the cute paper from Echo Park, but now with my chipboard piece the ice cream cones look like cupcakes!

My layout for the card is based on this weeks sketch at Die Cut Dreams.

From my itinerary I used Glimmer mist (on the flowers and chipboard); bling (rhinestones and skullie flower center…isn’t he cute!!), recycled something (a paperclip…ok, well its repurposed at least), orange (my favorite color), chipboard (the bracket) and scraps.

Here’s a close up of the cutie herself :)

And here’s a ook at the chipboard. It’s a piece of Maya Road chipboard that I inked with Lime Pastel Versacolor then spritzed with Glimmer Mist once that was dry.

And finally the cute flowers. The polka dot one from my stash was a perfect find!! I added a cute skellie center to my flower…got it from Betty’s Store in Greensboro.

OK, so you have until June 14^th to enter our little Desert Island challenge…hope to see you there!!

Challenge List:

Desert Island Crafters Challenge: Cyndi’s Itinerary

Die Cut Dreams: sketch

Catch the Bug: Bright Colors

Pile It On: The Sprinkle in My Life

Fussy and Fancy: Recipe Challenge

A Spoonful of Sugar: Flower Power

Thanks for strolling by my blog today! I appreciate each of you!

-Cyndi

Poppi goes Surfing...

Did I tell you that I WON the first Wacky Wednesday Challenge in the Bugaboo Stamps forum at Papercraft Planet? I did!! So I just had to participate in Challenge #2, right? Its an Inspiration Challenge and you can find the photo and details HERE.

I used the image Poppi Penguin- Surf from Bugaboo Stamps..one of my FREE digis that I won!! Have I told you how much I looooove bugaboo?? Jackie is also sooooo generous with new Freebies every week! Also check out the Catch the Bug blog for more challenges, freebies, and tutorials!

Poppi is paired with Salt Air paper from Cosmo Cricket, a few dew drops and Glassy Glaze for his cool shades, and a touch of ribbon.

The layout for the card is this weeks Sweet Sunday Sketch.

Other Challenges:

Wacky Wednesday Challenge: photo inspiration

Sweet Sunday Sketch: sketch

Stamp Something: Beachy colors

Tuesday Throwdown: stripes

Lili of the Valley: Here comes Summer

OK, thanks for surfing by! I am outta here!

-Cyndi

Wacky Wednesday

Bugaboo Stamps has started a new weekly challenge over at Papercraft Planet, the Wacky Wednesday Challenge. Be sure to head over because there are also MORE new freebies in the forum this week!

I used one of the new Freebies for the challenge card....one of the Berry Fairies! Isn't he precious?? You can see the colors for the challenge below:

Here's a closeup of the berries...I love blending with red copics!! For these I used R29, R27, and R24. The papers I used are ALL from my scrap pile. Yea me!!!

For the layout of my card I used the very first Deconstructed Sketch at Jen' Deconstructing Jen's blog. Here it is if you'd like to play along with it too!

Challenge List:

Deconstructing Jen: sketch

Wacky Wednesday Challenge: colors

Crafty Ann's Challenge: birthdays

Stamp Something: Anything Goes

Kaboodle Doodles: Lots of Layers

Papertake Weekly: Fancy a Punch

Thanks for dropping in today! I reposted my pic for Thursday's Pixie Dust Studio Challenge, scroll down. And tomorrow will be the new Desert Island Crafters Challenge, so check back in!

-Cyndi

Sweet Sunday Sketch meets Bugaboo

What's up? Beautiful day here in NC!! I am off to pick up my DD early at school so that she can get her license today! But first a bit of eye candy for you :)

I made this card with Hoppy Occasions Birthday from Bugaboo Stamps...one of the images that I won last week at the Catch a Bug Challenge! This weeks challenge is Anything Goes, so here goes...

The chipboard arrow was embossed with Chines Red EP by Stampendous! Star border is a MFT die, the Celebrate sentient is cut from a piece of Bo Bunny cs from the Ad Lib collection. Other bg papers are from Social Club by Cosmo Cricket. I also added a touch of red Glaze pento her lips and hat.

Challenge List:

Catch a Bug: Anything Goes

Sweet Sunday Sketch: sketch

Pile It On: Funny Bone

Papertake Weekly: Fancy a Punch?

Crazy Challenge: Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown: Dies

One Stop Craft: Birthdays

Alrighty, thanks for hopping by! I am outta here :) Have a great one!

-Cyndi

May Flowers

Can you believe its almost Mother's Day? Where has this year gone? Well, in honor of mom and all the pretty flowers I whipped up this little cutie for you using BBbugs Ladybug from Bugaboo Stamps...she is one of the 7 digis that I won last week by playing along in the Catch the Bug Challenge!

This weeks Bugaboo Stamps challenge is May flowers and Pastel colors. So I hand drew a few flowers to mimic the leaf in the image and added them around my bug.

For the layout of my card I used Lori's sketch over at Papercraft Planet...I thought it was fun and different! My papers are old from a Marcella 8x8 paper pad I picked up at Michael's a long time back...but I was really in a purple mood and the colors were pastel-ey without being too pale (yech).

I pulled out my sewing machine again, yeah me!! I need another table of some sort in my new stamp room dedicated to my sewing machine, cuttlebug, and Cricut. But I haven't figured that out yet, sigh.

The sentiment is from Stampendous!, the jumbo ric rac die is by My Favorite Things, and cardstock is Bazzill, copics are pictured below.

Challenge List:

Catch the Bug: May flowers and Pastels

Papercraft Planet: sketch

Stamptacular Sunday: MUMS the word

Stamp Something: Digi Day

Flutterby Wednesday: Open

Tuesday Throwdown: Mother's Day

The Stamping Boutique: Winged Things

Hope you have a wonderful weekend! Happy Mother's Day :)

-Cyndi

SALE ALERT!!

Alert! SALE alert!!

Bugaboo Stamps is having 50% off ALL OF MAY to celebrate the new store!

From the Catch the Bug Blog:

First off for the month of May everything is 50 % off! So now is a great time to stock up. With the grand re-opening of the store we are offering up some wonderful prize packages for our loyal followers! You could be the winner of a $10 Gift Certificate, a $20 Gift Certificate, or you could be the lucky winner who gets 7 free images every month for the rest of 2011! That means you could be one of the lucky 8 winners!

To add to the excitement Jodie had just told me that every order placed in May will have their name placed in the pot for a chance to win one of five $20 gift certificates that she will be giving away at the end of the month!

How can you win you ask?? Simply make sure you are a follower, create a post with the Bugaboo info above and then add your name to the inlinkz below. You can grab the code from in linkz and your followers can also add their name from your blog but tell them to follow the rules check out the blog!

So, what are you waiting for??? -Cyndi

Singin' In the Rain

I finally got some crafty time the last couple of mornings!! Most of which I can;t show you yet, but I did whip up this cutie for this weeks Catch the Bug Challenge! I used last week's freebie, Rainy Day Bear. Gotta love a NEW freebie every week!!

I got to use my new Salt Air paper from Cosmo Cricket, it paired perfect with some solids for this weeks Colour Q Challenge :) Here's the cutie a bit closer up:

I used this week's Papertake Weekly sketch for the layout. (You can play along through Monday)

And here's this week's color combo at Colour Q Challenge:

Challenge List:

Catch the Bug Challenge: Singin' in the Rain

Papertake Weekly: sketch

Colour Q Challenge: #82

Stamp Fairy: recipe

Crazy Challenge: 3 papers

OK, Gotta go. My little one wants me to go watch TV with him! Have a great night and a wonderful weekend :) Thanks for coming by!

-Cyndi

Clean and SImple and Monochromatic

I know, two thins you NEVER hear from me...clean and simple OR monochromatic. Both are very hard for me...I love lots of color and lots of layers!

But I took on 2 main challenges with this one, to keep it simple for this weeks Splitcoast Stampers CAS challenge (to use cut up sentiments) and to stay with one color and neutrals, the challenge at Catch the Bug this week.

This is the chosen one, from the Har Repotter collection no less, by Bugaboo Stamps. Ive chosen to keep him mainly in tones of grays to match my Creative Imaginations Harry Potter paper. I threw in a touch of burgundy for my color (Gryffindor colors).

The sentiment I created on my mac, its a quote from The Goblet of Fire. Other supplies used: Petite Oval Nestabilties, Zig zag border punch by EK, Copic Markers, Creative Impressions ribbon.

Challenge List:

Splitcoast Stampers: CAS112 Cut up Sentiments

Catch the Bug: Monochromatic

Pile it On: Cutie Patootie

Cards for Men: Embossing (the punch embosses)

Meljen's: Punches

Digital Tuesday: for the kids

OK, I am signing off for the night. Must get little one to bed. He's giving us trouble getting up in the morning lately. Sigh.

-Cyndi

Every Cloud has a Silver Lining

Just a quickie post this morning with this cute Bugaboo Stamps image, Ava Umbrella. I started her for last weeks Scallop challenge at Catch the Bug (Bugaboo Stamps' Challenge Blog) but keep forgetting that the entries close down 2 days ahead. Luckily it fits for this week as well, Baby Child Theme.

She of course still has some scallops on the card, the jumbo scallop die from Spellbinders along with the top of the Nestie. I added a few gems and this adorable sparkly skull that I found in the discount bin at Michael's. Sentiment is A Muse and embossing folder is Tim Holtz Dot Matrix from Sizzix.

That's it for now :) Have a great day! -Cyndi

YOU make Good Times Great!!

I have another quick card for you today! Its was feeling awful springy to me so I picked some fun cheery colors and cute Deacon on his Swing. He was a freebie from Bugaboo Stamps a couple of weeks back and I absolutely ADORE the Ava & Deacon line of stamps from Bugaboo!!

I started colring him for the green theme last week, but he didn't get done in time. Love the way the colors turned out though :) So luckily I get to use him for this week's "Anything Goes" challenges at the Catch the Bug Challenge blog.

The sentiment on the tag is from Hero Arts. Copics are pictured below. I printed him 3 times and cut out the extra 2 tree tops to put above the main image then moved the strip part of the sketch up so I could make it the tree branch :)

Challenges:

Catch the Bug (Bugaboo): Anything Goes

Stamp Something: digi Day

Fab n Funky: Spring Into Action

Cute Card Thursday: Signs of Spring

Do You Stack Up?: Just Green It

The Crazy Challenge: Here Comes Spring

Spoonful of Sugar: Tags

Thanks for swinging by my blog today! Hope you have a great week!

-Cyndi

One more friggin' candle

I just love Stella...she is a hoot. I started this card for one of the Bugaboo mini challenges last week and never finished it so I thought I would finish it up today. I used "One More Candle" Stella from Bugaboo Stamps.

The sketch from Sketch Saturday was the inspiration for the layout and I pulled out some fun colors from this Bo Bunny paper for Stella.

One last closeup of Stella...

Challenge List:

Sketch Saturday: sketch

Creative Inspirations Challenge: Birthday Celebration

Sisterhood of Crafters: Birthday

Prairie Fairy Fridays: birthday

Paper Cutz Challenge: your choice

Digi Doodle Shop: Anything Goes

Thats it! Thanks for stopping by!

-Cyndi

Bugaboo Stamps Birthday Bash Challenge

I got caught up today in making some fun cards for the Birthday Bash going on over at Bugaboo Stamps! Such fun, unique and whimsical images!!

This is Ava Cupcake from the Ava Deacon Collection by Bugaboo Stamps. I colored her with some fun bright copic colors that I matched to this old but fun Doodlebug paper that was in my stash.

The Birthday wishes sentiment is by A Muse. I added some free handed doodling around this panel as well as around the main image. And more of those FUN pom poms at the bottom!!

LOVE the little skulls on the cuppy cake! This card is for the Birthday Challenge at the Catch the Bug Challenge blog.

Another card made with Deacon:

This one is for the Anything Goes Mini Challenge. (Also at the Catch the Bug Challenge Blog. There are mini challenges all week) I added a row of Bazzill clear Bling up the side of the black mat. Paper for this is from the new Bo Bunny line.

A closeup of Deacon with his skull rose. Love it!!

Ok, thats it for tonight! Have a great one :0

-Cyndi