Bring on another YEAR

Well whether we are ready or not....2020 is coming. But Margaret from Bugaboo is ready to party and celebrate. The sentiment is from TLC, Create where there are some New Year freebies.

 Hope that you have a safe a fun celebration, and that this will be a great year!

Patterned Paper:  Recollections; Paper Studio

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Core-dinations; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Margaret Calendar January (see above for direct link)

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Bring on another year

Punches:  EK Success

Spellbinders:  Large Circles

Ribbon:  Michael's

Sequins:  Creativity

Glossy Accents

Sakura jelly glitter pen

Challenges

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 - Pick a Challenge 166

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 418 - 419 Anything Goes

Creative Knockouts - Ch. 330 Celebrations

Watercolor Wednesday Challenge - Ch. 252 Anything Goes

Always Fun - Ch. 143 New Year

Double Trouble - Ch. 46
   Thing 1 Use stff in your stash (sequins)
   Thing 2 Parter with Crafting Happiness
    Thing 3 New Year

Crafting Happiness - Ch. 29 Ribbon

Inkspirational - Ch. 203 Photo Challenge (see above)

CHNC - Ch. 470 Anything Christmas with optional New Years

Sweet Stampin' - Party like it's 2020

Celebrate the gift of you

Today at Catch the Bug is New Release day and we have Scarlette Presents and I also used a sentiment from TLC, Create.  I used my Sakura jelly glitter pen on the ribbon to give it a glitter of sparkle and keep that feminine feel. I always like to keep a stash of birthday cards.

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Scarlette Presents (see above for direct link)

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Celebrate the gift of you

Lace:  Paper Studio

Ink:  Versa Magic

Sakura jelly glitter pen

Challenges

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 - Ch. 167 September

Seize the Birthday - Ch. 173 Square Card

Dragonfly Dreams - Happy Birthday

Creations in Pink - Ch. 13

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie - Ch. 125

Joy of Sets - September Tic Tac Toe (Lace/ Music / Pink)

Fabulous

Today starts a new challenge at Catch the Bug and being the first Saturday of the month it's an Anything Goes.  For my card, I used Rock Star Boy.  I used the Ranger Spray around the image to try to match the smudges on the patterned paper.  From the photo you can't see, but it has a wonderful light shimmer that goes well with the metallic stars and title. I gave this card to my nephew today who turned 9.

Patterned Paper:  DCWV
Cardstock:  Recollections
Stamp:  Bugaboo - Rock Star Boy (see above for direct link)
Sentiment:  Cut out from DCWV paper
Stars:  Spellbinder & Hobby Lobby
Spectrum Noir
Spray:  Rangers - Perfect Pearl Mist
Pop Dots

Challenges
CRAFT - Ch. 508 Inspired by a Song      Fabulous
Crazy for Challenges - C4C478 3 metallic embellishments
Inkspirational - Ch. 184 Pop it up
Penny's Paper Crafty - Ch. 424 Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 576 Anything Goes

Ewe Rock

Today is the Friday Freebie at Bugaboo and here is my card that I made with the image.  It is a funky sheep playing the guitar in which I added some buggy eyes and wild colors and Stickles to the guitar.  I distressed the sentiment with ink.  I thought this would be good for a masculine card.

Patterned Paper:  DCWV

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Ewe Rock

Ink:  Distress - Peacock Feathers

Eyes:  Darice

Stickles

Challenges

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 306-307 Anything Goes

Scrapping 4 Fun - Ch. 102 Anything Goes

Penny's Paper Crafty - Ch. 353 Anything Goes

Crafting from the Heart - Ch. 181 Anything Goes

Crafter's Cafe - Ch. 184 Music

There is ALWAYS something to SING about

Here is a card that I made with the image from Sasayaki Glitter for the Progressive Challenge #11 and used a sentiment from TLC.  The music paper is also from TLC, Create and after I printed it, I sprayed it with two different colors of Tattored Angels Spray.  I colored her hair a wild hot pink which I usually don't do I my images.  So I went all out on this card, hehe.

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe - I will shine; TLC, Create - Carolers in the Snow

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Worldwin; Paper Studio; Recollections

Stamp:  Sasyaki Glitter - Country Girl

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Always Sing

Circle Punches:  EK Success

Dies:  My Favorite Things

Spellbinder:  Music

Ribbon:  Michael's

Flowers:  Wild Orchid Crafts

Tattored Angels Spray

Challenges

Sasayaki Glitter Challenge - Progressive Challenge #11

A Gem of a Challenge - Ch. 192 Ribbon and/or Lace

Crafting from the Heart - Ch. 155 Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown - Ch. 339 Photo Inspiration

Come & Get It - It's a Girl Thing

Dream Valley - Ch. 154 All about the hair - different colored hair

QKR - Ch. 239 Anything Goes or flowers

with Sympathy - Viva la Verve

Unfortunately my best friend's Mother has lung cancer and is on hospice care at this time.  I made this card in anticipation since I don't want to be caught without a proper card.  Her Mom played organ for church so I thought the music paper was perfect.  I know it sounds horrible to make the card ahead of time, but I want to have it done and then spend time with my friend when she will need me when she is grieving.

Patterned Paper:  My Mind's Eye; Core-dinations

Cardstock:  Core-dinations; Recollections

Stamp:  Verve - Treasured Words

Ink:  Distress - Vintage Photo

Spellbinder:  Small and large Circle; Pennant

Flowers:  Prima

Challenges

Viva la Verve - August Sketch 2

CHNC Patterned - August

Crafting from the Heart - Ch. 124 Anything Goes

Craft your Passion - Ch. 326 Anything Goes

Creative Corner - 3 layer card

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 244-245 Anything Goes

Incy Wincy - Get Well/Sympathy

Musical tag with sympathy

One of my husband's friends and band members passed away on Monday after an eight month struggle with lung cancer.  He was a big guy with an even bigger heart.  Luckily I saw a post on facebook to realize that there was the visitation so that I was able to attend.  I had some sympathy cards in my stash; however, I thought they were rather feminine.  It's hard to know since the person who died is a man, but you are giving the card to the wife who is a female.  I decided I wanted to make something with music on it since our husbands spent a lot of time together in the bands and performing musicals.  I found that I had an already made tag in musical paper that was perfect and just stamped the sentiment from a Verve stamp. This is what I came up with.

Patterned Paper:  K & Company

Cardstock:  Recollections

Tag:  Michael's

Stamp:  Verve - Treasured Words

Ink:  Memento - Tuxedo Black

Spellbinder:  Lotus

Flowers:  Prima

Pearls:  Michael's

Ribbon:  Michael's

Challenges

TTCRD - Anything Goes

Brown Sugar - Ch. 165 Use a doily

Crafting from the Heart - Ch. 79

Craft your Passion - Ch. 281