Bugaboo Stamps "Oldie But a Goodie"

Well I decided to go through my many images from Bugaboo that I have bought over the years, even before Jodie reworked her online shop, I was hooked.  I thought which image did I buy, thinking I would use that one a lot, but of course, after I buy, that idea goes to the back of my mind and another image and idea takes over. I bet you can relate to that too!  I looked at the shop, looked at the sections and chose Word Search.  I am sure I have one of these!  Back to my Bugaboo file on my computer ... well what do you know, I have all 3 in the shop ... not surprised.

I decided to work with

Word Search - Brat Birthday Girl

A simple card, but oh, what fun for a little girl to try her hand at Word Search!

I hope you will check out our Oldie but Goodie inspiration each Thursday and go through your stash... I am sure you will find an Oldie but Goodie!

See you next time, you never know when I will pop up again on Catch Challenge Blog with some inspiration.

Gail xx

Challenges entered:  https://bizzybecsstore.blogspot.com/2020/03/march-anything-goes-challenge.html

Further note:  Made Top 3 at Bizzy Bec's Challenge March 2020

Bugaboo Stamps - Anything but a Card Monday Inspiration

Hey there,

When I saw this image appear in the shop, "Stella Me and My Cat Talk",  I just knew I had to add it to my personal ATC Collection.  In case you are new to my blog, I must tell you I love cat images and seeing I talk to my cat Emmie about EVERYTHING, I thought the caption on this image was purr-fect.

This is Emmie when she was little, sitting on a lounge chair used for my bear collection.

And here is my ATC

I love Stella too:  purr-fect combination of two things I love!

I hope you catch our Anything But a Card posts for inspiration over at Catch the Bug Challenge Blog every Monday. and if you love this image as much as I do, here it is.

Also remember to show us your Anything but a Card projects on our Bugaboo Stamps Fan Group.  Hope to see you there, if you aren't a member, please join us now.

See you soon,

Gail xx

Bugaboo Stamps - Monday 2nd March 2020

Can you guess what today's inspiration over at Catch the Bug Challenge Blog?

My inspiration for today is a Bookmark.  I have used Floral Set 2, and with this set you also get the same image in a circle shape. Hope you like it, I am practising with pencils at the moment and I coloured this with Crayola Signature Blend & Shade Coloured Pencils and when it was finished I sprayed it with J. Burrows Workable Fixative Spray to protect the pencil work.  

I hope I have given you some inspiration to use your Bugaboo stamps for Anything but a card lol.

See you over at Anything but a Card inspiration again soon.

SheepSki Designs March Blog Challenge #36

This month's SheepSki Designs Blog Challenge has the theme "Die Cuts and/or Punches".

It didn't matter what the theme was for March, I was going to use one of Andrea's Gnome images.  I am loving every gnome image added to the shop and I hope Andrea has more to entice us with.

When I saw the theme, I thought ok, it's about time I put some of many Stampin' Up items to use. I have used the Daisy Lane set and both sizes of Daisy punches.  I punched the stamped daisies on coloured cardstock and punched them out.  I used a side stepper template to create the card base.

I hope you like my little gnome garden scene using Giant Daisies

Don't forget if you can't resist those gnome images don't forget to use the special code for my followers over at the Etsy shop for any SheepSki Designs digital stamps:

DTANDREA10

Hope to see your entry over in the blog challenge for March.  Get out those dies and/or Punches and have a go!

Bye for now

Gail xx

Bugaboo Stamps New Release

Check out Bugaboo's New Release "BM crawling", another image in the Mice Section under Critters in the shop. Jodie's mice are the cutest!  I have used "BM crawling" in my inspiration today along with Bobblehead Farm Mouse represent a Mummy Mouse.  I hope you like my Mummy Card suitable for a birthday or Mother's Day, please yourself, or if you just want to say "I love you Mummy".

Don't forget to check out the New Releases every Tuesday over at Catch the Bug Challenge Blog.

See you again soon.

Gail xx

SheepSki Designs Freebie

Hi Followers,

Today you will find a SheepSki Designs Freebie Giveaway from Andrea over at Kit and Clowder Facebook Group and hopefully it will be available for a few days more.

Here is my inspiration:

I wanted to do something different with Jo's Daffodils, so I googled and came up with this - a free Daffodil Day Popcorn Box Template, just perfect for what I wanted.  This container will come in very handy, no matter what I put in it, I am thinking great for when I pick coloured pencils or Copics for a project.

See you next time,

Gail xx

Catch the Bug Colour Challenge

The Colour Challenge for Saturday, 22nd February is:


                             

and here is my inspiration.

I have used a cream base, and coloured Floral Trio Frame 1 with Copics - loving this colour palette.

I hope you will join in this challenge over at Catch the Bug Challenge in the Saturday Challenges section.

See you there and don't forget you can catch us on Facebook too.

Gail XX

I am entering https://bizzybecsstore.blogspot.com/2020/02/february-challenge.html

Humour Me Wednesday

This week we celebrate Valentine's Day, so my Bugaboo Stamps project for the Catch the Bug "Humour Me Wednesday" Challenge, I am showcasing Stella.

I just love Jodie's Stella images.  Here is "Frame It - Stella Valentine's Day"  She cracks me up with her dry sense of humour!

I hope you will check out our Humour Me Wednesday DT projects over at Catch the Bug Challenges, and here are the days to celebrate this week!

9 :  Pizza Day , Toothache Day

10 : Umbrella Day

11 : Make a Friend Day, White T-Shirt Day

12 : Plum Pudding Day

14 : Valentine's Day

I am entering:

https://bizzybecsstore.blogspot.com/2020/02/february-challenge.html

Further note:  I was the winner of Bizzy Bec's Blog Challenge for February.

Stella Says Sketch Challenge 803

This Sunday's Sketch Challenge over at Catch the Bug Challenge Blog is:

I am happy to tell you that this is my first project as a DT member for Bugaboo Stamps.  After doing 4 months as a Guest Designer, I was asked if I would like to stay on and I jumped at the chance.  Thank you to Jodie, Tammy and the team for the opportunity to show off Bugaboo Stamps.

Here is my project for the Sketch Challenge.  I have used the Har Repotter brave one image for this birthday card and I know exactly who I am giving it to - my gorgeous grand-daughter, Charlotte.

I hope to see your entries in the Sketch Challenge.  They are the easiest to do, someone else has done most of the thinking for you lol.

Bye for now

Bugaboo Gail xx

Audrey and Peonies

The theme for February's SheepSki Designs Blog Challenge is "Flowers and/or Hearts" and I just could not resist making a birthday card combining Peonies and some digital paper I bought from Etsy last year.  Why did I splurge on the digital paper and clipart of Audrey Hepburn, because I just love her style and sophistication and of course her acting ability.

I have used a square pearlised card, mauve cardstock to mat the digital paper, putting the peonies inside a vase from my Polkadoodles digital folder, the hearts on the front are from Julia Spiri's clipart and the digital sentiment is from Graciellie Design.  I have used foam tape on the vase and peonies and used Diamond Stickles on the peonies surrounding Audrey as well as the Peonies image.

I am very happy with this card and hope you like it too.

Don't forget when you go shopping in the SheepSki Designs Etsy shop, use this code to get an extra 10% discount from Andrea and the team.

                                                 
                                                   SKIANDREA10

Hope to see your entry in the February Blog Challenge.  Bye for now, see you next month or on our Blog - I might be lucky enough to comment on your entry!

Turner Syndrome Awareness Blog Hop

Hello Blogging Friends!!

Welcome to my project for the "It's A Girl Thing" Turner Syndrome Awareness 2nd Annual Blog Hop!  

Turner Syndrome is a genetic disorder where a female is born with only one X chromosome, instead of two, leaving her with life-long medical issues and learning disabilities. This condition occurs one in 2,500 female births worldwide, but is more common among pregnancies that do not survive to full term. That is why Turner Syndrome Females are considered MIRACLES!

Prize Winners will be announced on February 15, 2020.

Thirty-six caring Sponsors and five DT Members have partnered with us to bring Turner Syndrome Awareness to the Public. For details on how you might win any of these fabulous prizes, please see Lori's TS home page. Thanks for learning About Turner Syndrome. 

Seven talented and caring designers are offering prizes on their personal blogs as well:

My TS related project is inspired by the TSA official color board:

This is the front of my square card.  I have used grape purple cardstock and used a couple of square dies to cut out the front of the card and the designer paper, exposing "Bubble Dreams", a SheepSki Designs image available in Andrea's Etsy shop.The chipboard butterfly and sentiment was from my stash.  I think it was a Scrap FX chipboard that I have had in my stash for years just waiting for the perfect project.  I painted the chipboard with a lime green sparkle pen and added an oval sentiment supplied by Lori.

 I decided to embellish the inside of the card too.  I added Flutterby butterflies from SheepSki Designs (free on the SheepSki Designs Blog Challenge website, just look for the Freebies tab), patterned paper and another oval sentiment from Lori.  The hearts, extra bubbles and the Butterfly Kisses ticket, I found by searching my digi stash.

I hope you like my card and visit the other volunteers' blogs to participate in this Hop.  Our sponsors have been wonderful too, supporting Lori with prizes for participants.

Turners Syndrome is a terrible thing to happen to a girl and I was shocked to read this on Lori's Blog.


There are many things I did not know about Turners Syndrome.  Just head over to My Turner Syndrome Journey and leave me a comment  telling me what you have learnt about TS that you didn't know.

Please visit the "It's A Girl Thing" Turner Syndrome Awareness Blog Hop 2020  page to become eligible for prizes.

Good luck and thank you for visiting my blog.

Gail

Friday's Freebie 31st January 2020

This Friday's Freebie at Bugaboo Stamps is Winter Kidz Girl and will be available here for a week starting the last day of January. Can you believe it - one month of 2020 gone already.

If I fall in love with an image, sometimes I just want to keep the project for myself.  That is why I made an ATC for me!  I love rabbits and have had a few as pets in my younger years, even after I married.

Here is the ATC for my collection.  I used a chipboard ATC from my stash that I had already made a background for - purple of course, my favourite colour.  I coloured the image with Copics and did a search for a suitable klovable quote about rabbits.  I didn't even look at my stash of ATC backgrounds until I was ready to mount it on the ATC and I found one straight away, and guess what more shades of purple!  Well what a surprise NOT!

I hope you like my ATC.  See you again soon.

Gail xx

Friday Freebie 24th January 2020

This Friday's Freebie at Bugaboo Stamps is Turtles - Birthday and is available for a week before the image changes.  The Freebie is always available here.

I decided to make a birthday card with this image and copied the image twice and altered the size so I had 3 turtles in a row celebrating.  I came up with the sentiment myself, hoping it wasn't too corny.

Here is my creation:

I hope you like it and don't forget to grab this freebie before you forget.

See you soon,

Gail xx

Bugaboo Stamps - 10th Annual Birthday Bash

Day 2 of our Bugaboo Stamps 10th Anniversary Birthday Bash is a sketch challenge

and here is my inspiration.

I have used Pig Vacation cropped to suit the oval shape in the sketch.  Don't forget to check out our 10th Birthday Bash at Catch the Bug Blog Challenge.

See you at the Birthday Bash, and have a great 2020.

Gail xx

Bugaboo Stamps is 10 years old!

This month we celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Bugaboo Stamps and hasn't Jodie produced some fantastic digital stamps for us over the years.  Thank you Jodie for the great images you have given us over the years.  You would have to be the most generous supplier of digital images in the world - Friday Freebies, generous discounts of up to 50-60%.  You are a gem and I don't know how you do it with all the other obstacles in life you have.  Thank you so much.

Our theme for this year's birthday celebrations is "Down on the Farm" and we want to see Bugaboo critters in your projects.

Day 1 of the Birthday Bash is a Theme Challenge.

Here is my inspiration for the Theme Challenge.  I have used Farm Critter Stack  for this birthday card, the image is a perfect combination of Jodie's farm critters.

The image 

I hope you enjoy the challenges over at Catch the Bug Blog Challenges to celebrate our 10th Birthday Bash.

Bye for now.

Gail xx

SheepSki Designs - January 2020 Blog Challenge

The first theme for 2020 is "Square Cards" and there are so many beautiful images that fit the bill at SheepSki Designs.  I have used Ball Gown for my square Birthday card, coloured with pencils and of course chipboard from Make It Crafty.  I am so sad Zoe is closing her business, I have been buying from her a long time and will miss her. Now back to my card.  I have raised the image with double-sided foam tape.  I have also decorated my card with resin hearts and leaves and a flower from my stash.  The Make a Wish piece of chipboard is from Scrapmatts.  Of course, I have been looking at quotes and found this one, perfect for a teenage girl's birthday card.

Don't forget when you go to the Shop, take advantage of this special discount for readers of my blog.

                                           SKIANDREA10

You will find our January 2020 Blog Challenge here

Our Facebook Monthly challenges are here inthe Albums tab

Next year, we are also introducing live videos and have a special DT handling this.  The first video will be done by Jacqueline on 3rd January 2020.

Bye for now and Happy New Year, wishing you a safe and healthy 2020.

Gail xx

Bugaboo Stamps Friday Freebie 20th December 2019

During our Holiday Critter Chaos week we have challenges for you to join in.  The Friday Freebie has a challenge - a recipe one -  use "Poppi Xmas Present" with the following.


Keep it SIMPLE with 2 layers and ribbon or twine

To be poerfectly honest, I always get confused with the wording 2 layers?????  I have cut a tag from one of my Stampin' Up punches, then put a strip of washi tape down left hand-side then foam mounted Poppi, not sure if that is 2 not counting the base, or 3 counting the base, but I got the SIMPLE right.  Another tag for last minute presents.

Don't forget this is the link for the Friday Freebie every week.  Be quick before you miss out.

Merry Christmas,

Love Gail xx

Bugaboo Stamps New Release 17th December 2019

As part of our Christmas Critters Holiday Critter Chaos week,  Christmas Mouse Light has been released.  On the same day we are also having a Tic Tac Toe Challenge.

I have chosen to work with the bottom horizontal row - Tree, Critter and Kraft.  I started with a kraft card base and added a kraft digital paper as well as the new release for my critter and Merry Christmas Tree as my tree.  I love this Christmas tree because it has a built-in sentiment with it (you don't have too much, which is sometimes good). I have raised my little mouse with foam tape.

Don't forget there are still 3 more challenges you can enter until the end of this Critter Chaos week, so keep your eye out.

Bye for now and Merry Christmas.

Gail xx

Bugaboo Holiday Critter Chaos Sketch Challenge 15th December 2019

 I hope you are joining in on all the chaos our critters are getting up to.  The Sunday Sketch challenge is below.

Again I have used Christmas Cat, can't get past her cuteness.  

Hope you will continue checking out our Holiday Critter Chaos, it's not over yet.  Check out
Catch the Bug Blog Challenge everyday for more fun and frivolity.

The shop has lots of critters to use in these challenges including my favourite Christmas Cat

Bugaboo Stamps Holiday Critter Chaos

This is my inspiration for the 14th December  Saturday challenge.

Create a project with a holiday themed critter and snow.

I have used two Bugaboo images on my project.

Christmas Cat

Snowflake Word Art

Make sure you join us for our Holiday Critter Chaos from 14-20 December 2019.

See you among all the chaos we call Christmas!

Bye for now and Merry Christmas Bugaboo Critters!