Bugaboo Stamps Frame it - Stella and Gus - person to annoy

I have a very good friend who is celebrating a 50th wedding anniversary. Well, I think I have mentioned before, I just love Bugaboo Stella images, so her card just had to have Stella and Gus make an appearance.  I made the card with the basics of what I wanted to use.  It had to have some gold on it for 50 years and I just wanted something clean and simple to showcase Stella and Gus.  I was just about to add some bling, when I thought I would check out the Bugaboo challenges, over at http://catchthebugblog.blogspot.com.au/.  There I spotted the Bingo challenge and thought what have we here:

I already have blue,  I can do player's choice and ribbon .......... hang on, as a friend pointed out, you have the Bugaboo image so you could go the middle line, I had the choice of two.  I looked at my alternatives, a gold bow, a vintage button or a flair button.  I think I will go with the flair button, it was gold and it had the word Together on it, perfect for an anniversary card and it flowed on so well with the sentiment I made up;  so here is the final product.  I hope you like it and I hope Gale and Colin like it. 

Link for Bingo challenge  http://catchthebugblog.blogspot.com.au/2018/01/time-for-new-challenge-b-i-n-g-o.html



The Outlawz Challenges Freebie/Progressive January 2018

Thank you to Di's Digi Stamps www.disdigistamps.com for this month's image called Bunny Cupcake Wagon. I have used some Make It Crafty chipboard for the sentiment and coloured the image with Copics.  The icing on the cake has double-sided tape on it to give it dimension and I found the brad and the patterned paper in my stash.  If you want to join in with us each month, come and join The Outlawz Challenge https://outlawzchallenges.ning.com/group/freebie-progressive-challenge/forum/topics/progressive-freebie-challenge-january-2018

Gerda Steiner Designs January 2018 Progressive Challenge

Thank you once again for supplying us with the cutest image for our first Progressive challenge for 2018, "Panda in Love".  Here is the link if you would like to purchase this image https://gsd-stamps.com/products/panda-in-love-digital-stamp.

I would like to mention a couple of embellishments I have used.  The chipboard is from Make it Crafty http://www.makeitcrafty.com/chipboard-embellishments.html and the heart is Charms Creations https://www.facebook.com/charmscreations/, both Australian businesses if you are interested in checking them out!

Here is the link for Gerda's challenge, just in case, you would like to join in. https://gsd-stamps.com/products/panda-in-love-digital-stamp. If you are unable to this month, that is OK, drop her an email macy@gerdasteinerdesigns.com to see how you can join in at a later date.  Hopefully I will see some of your creations there soon.

Oddball Art Stamps "Sleeping Fox"

My first post as a Design Team member of Oddball Art Stamps; wow, so surprised I got this gig with such a well known digital company. Well here goes - the January 2018 Blog Challenge Theme is "Feature a Creature", always optional of course.  For this inspiration I checked out my Oddball collection and found "Sleeping Fox", what a cutie! Here is my photo of the image, I took a quote from Google and added it to the back of the fox, quite effective I think.  From there I thought, now what sort of card will this be and the rest evolved.  You will find the Blog challenge under current blog challenges over at  Oddball Art Stamps.



This image is available in the Etsy shop and it is at a really good price too!  I wasn't sure what to do with this image now it was mounted on the card and then I remembered some fox design paper I had in my stash.  Then came the idea of using some pre-made stepper cards I bought ages ago, just the right colour - kraft; and from that I came up with a birthday card for a friend.  The quote helped me come up with that. Here is another couple of photos to showcase the card.  I have also used some Make It Crafty chipboard, my favourite chipboard for cards and a couple of embellishments from Rainbow Splendour, another Aussie business.

 I hope you like Sleeping Fox just as much as I do and should you wish to purchase something from Oddball, feel free to use my special discount code DTGAIL10 to save a further 10% off your order.

Now a recap of the Blog Challenge rules:

1. Anything Goes with an Optional Theme - if you are chosen as the winner and have played along with the optional theme, you will win 1 extra image
2. Please mention our Blog Challenge and link back to your personal blog/galleries entry - not your whole blog.
3. Your creation must be new and no back linking
4. Limit of 3 entries per person

 I am entering the following challenges with this card:


http://worldwideopendesignteamchallenge.blogspot.com.au/2017/12/world-wide-open-design-team-challenge-29.html
https://classicdesignteamchallenge.blogspot.com.au/2018/01/1st-january-2018-classic-design-team.html

http://animalfriendschallenge.blogspot.com.au/2018/01/58-januar-2018-neubeginn.html


http://craftygalscornerchallenges.blogspot.com.au/2018/01/challenge-156-anything-goes.html


UPDATE


Special Mention winner at Classic Design Team Challenge

Createful Heart Digis & Design Challenge #7/Blog Hop 2017

Hello and welcome to my blog! I want to share with you the first ever Createful Heart Digis & Design Blog Hop November 30th-December 13th, 2017!  I am so glad you decided to drop in! I hope you will not only join in the Blog Hop (DT listing below), but you will enter our current Challenge #7.  Just post your entries at the Createful Heart Digis & Design Challenge Blog!  The theme for this challenge/blog hop is CHRISTMAS.


Each challenge as an Overall Winner and Top 3, but wait, there is more! There's a Blog Hop Door Prize Winner! The winner will receive a 20% coupon towards any digi purchase of $10 or more in the Createful Heart's Etsy Store. In order to win, here are some simple rules to follow to be eligible for the Blog Hop Door Prize:


1.  You MUST leave a comment on each of the Design Team's blog, including
     the Createful Heart Blog.
2.  You MUST be a follower of the Createful Heart Blog.
3.  Winner will be announced on the next Challenge, #8 and also on our 
     Facebook Group page
4.  If you are a winner, please contact Mary Smith, owner/creator


The date of this Blog Hop will run for the duration of the current Challenge, 30th November through to 13th December 2017.  Now here is the list of our Design Team Members for you to "hop over to"!


Mary Smith - Owner/Creator of Createful Heart Digis & Design
Jeanie Ellis
Kimberly Pate
Judy Markowitz
Gail Hutchinson - YOU ARE HERE
Geneva Ellis
Jana Forrest
NanaConnie


IF YOU GET LOST, JUST COME BACK HERE!


Now let me show you what I created for the Challenge #7 Blog Hop!

For the Christmas themed card, I have chosen Hettie Hedgehog's Christmas List. I decided to go with a square card to give myself plenty of room to decorate.  I began with a white shimmer card and used some papers from the Kaisercraft Mint Wishes 6 1/2" Paper Pad to build up the layers.  I die-cut the brown doily (don't ask me the brand of die, I have so many...). I coloured Mary's image with Copics to match the colours in the paper pad, added some flowers and a flair from my stash and of course, my go-to chipboard from Make It Crafty. Christmas is coloured with a Copic and the frame is embossed with  Stampendous Fran-tage Shabby white embossing enamel and Wink of Stella to finish.  I have put an insert in the card in case my recipient would like to re-gift the card  I have used washi tape (gold with stars) so it can be easily removed and the sentiment is from good-old Google.


Well, I hope you are enjoying our Challenge #7/Blog Hop 2017 celebrating Christmas and be sure to get to "hopping" and leaving a comment on each DT's blog, as well as getting your Christmas card entered into the challenge.  Have fun!

The Outlawz Progressive Challenge - November 2017

This month's free image from The Outlawz Progressive Challenge is an image from Shell Becker, a DT member. Thank you for this beautiful digi.  I am adding it to the Outlawz Progressive Challenge folders right now!

https://outlawzchallenges.ning.com/group/freebie-progressive-challenge/forum/topics/progressive-freebie-challenge-november-2017?commentId=6356543%3AComment%3A1337640&groupId=6356543%3AGroup%3A862610

Imagine That Digistamp September 2017 Link-up

For September's Link-up with Imagine that Digistamp, I have chosen to use "Dragonfly Lilacs Planter and the Friends Sentiment comes from the same set.  The Birthday Blessings sentiment comes from the set "Bloom where you are Planted"  I have kept this birthday card simple, but added a resin doily from "Resin Rainbow" an Australian embellishment company.

You can check out Imagine that Digistamp here http://www.imaginethatdigistamp.com/store/c1/Featured_Products.html and be sure to have a good luck around their website, they even have a freebie section, and I know we all love a good freebie!

The Resin Rainbow can be found here https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/theresinrainbow?ref=ss_profile. Janet has some great products - I should know I get a Mystery Colour Kit with alphas off her every month.

I have entered this card in:

https://imaginethatdigistamp.blogspot.com.au/search?updated-max=2017-09-03T00:00:00-07:00&max-results=2

Aussie Digital Artists Blog Challenge #07

For my third entry in the August blog challenge, I have chosen to use "Lilies and Lavender" another mystitchbackintwine digi.  I just love Kristyn's flower digis.  This one can be purchased at her Etsy shop https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/506204080/digital-stamp-colouring-image-lillies?ref=shop_home_feat_4.  I have used my Copics for another clean and simple card.

http://aussiedigitalartistschallengeblog.blogspot.com.au/2017/08/august-challenge-create-with-our-aussie.html

CREATEFUL HEART DIGIS & DESIGN - 1ST DT POST FOR 1ST BLOG CHALLENGE; A LOT OF FIRSTS ALL ROUND

Have you heard of Createful Heart Digis & Design? Well if you haven't yet, let me tell you about them. A few months ago, Andrea from Sheepski Designs mentioned on her Facebook Group, Mary Smith who was starting an Etsy shop with her creations.  Well, Gail always checks out any digis recommended by anyone and I was immediately taken by Mary's cat digis.  I am a sucker for cat digis, stamps, paper, anything!  I bought them immediately, as we all do, and joined her Facebook group where Mary started a mini-challenge, even offering a couple of freebies to add to my collection.  I was posting my creation on her page, when I noticed her post for DT applications.  I thought OK, procrastinator Gail (big time) should give this a go, a new digi store, early days, what can I lose.  Well, the outcome - I am on the team, hooray, streamers, balloons, the works, I am so happy to be in this little family.  We are starting on the ground floor and have graduated from a mini-challenge on Facebook to our 1st Blog Challenge over at http://createfulheartcards.blogspot.com.au/ starting on 15th September 2017.  It is an "Anything Goes" challenge and all the rules are here http://createfulheartcards.blogspot.com.au/p/challenge-rules.html. Drop in and meet the team http://createfulheartcards.blogspot.com.au/p/meet-team.html.  I think this is the first time a photo has gone up of me, not real good at selfies but Mary wanted one, so whatever the boss wants, the boss gets!

For my first creation for Createful Heart Digis & Design and their first blog challenge, I have chosen to work with "Princess Annabelle".  Isn't she just adorable, a perfect image to use on a card for that favourite little girl in your life, a must in anyone's digital collection.  She is available in the Etsy shop here https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/532808386/princess-annabelle-image-stamp?ref=shop_home_active_7, or if you want to have a look at all Mary's designs just click on this link https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/Createfulheartdigis?ref=l2-shopheader-name. While you're clicking links go to Createful Heart Digis & Design Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1802862793362586/ and join in the fun. You will find the guidelines of the group in the files section, along with a Members Birthday file, so be sure to read the guidelines and put your details in the birthday and blog folders.  When it's your birthday, Mary has a great deal if you purchase 2 digis from the shop, you can email her for another image free.  I could not pass on that deal myself; "Happy Birthday Gail", I bought you two new digis for your collection, but you will actually be getting three, great present! Well have I forgotten anything to tell you in my first post for Createful Heart, probably yes, but in my favour, this would be the longest blog post I have ever done. Blog posting still scares me a bit! Oh yeah, I forgot, what did I use in my creation?  Well I coloured in Copics, with a bit of Copic Purple Glitter Pen thrown in here and there and some Stella Clear. The background design paper came from one of those 6 x 6 pads you find in your travels, can't even remember which shop, could have even been Big W some time ago, but I thought it really suited the little princess theme.  I created the heart and sentiment in Publisher, because I always use Publisher to do my digital stamp arranging and the flowers, they are from my never-ending stash.  I hope you like Createful Heart Digis as much as I do and join our Group. Also check out our 1st Blog Challenge, it runs from 15th August until 14th September - you have plenty of time to put in an entry. For those of us who don't live in Mary's home state of Indiana, USA, she has put a clock on her blog which is very helpful to those of us in opposite ends of the world, to help you work out the time differences for the challenge dates/times.  See you again soon!  Gail xxx

The challenges I am entering with Princess Annabelle are:

http://ttcrd.blogspot.com.au/2017/08/through-craft-room-door-challenge.html

http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.com.au/