Spring is a Reminder

Today at Catch the Bug it's Oldies but Goodies day and I used the image Birdhouses along with a sentiment from TLC, Create.  I made this a side step card.  We are finally getting things to turn green and have signs of spring.

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Core-dinatins

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Birdhouses (see above for direct link)

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Spring is a reminder

Punches:  EK Success; Martha Steward

Flowers:  Recollections

Embellishments:  Dress it Up

Sakura jelly glitter pen

Stencil:  My Favorite Things

Ink:  Distress Oxide - Broken China

Challenges

Mix it Up - Ch. 36 Fancy Folds

Pearly sparkles - Ch. 50 Bunnies, Birds and/or Bears

CCC Digi Creations - Ch. 113 Add a Flower/Flowers

Dragonfly Dreams - Add a flower/Flowers

Crafty Calendar - April Add a butterfly

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Happy Birthday or Fun Fold or both

Fab 'n Funky - Ch. 478 Roses

Swing on over sometime

Today at Catch the Bug it's Friday Freebie and we have this Swinging Monkey.  For my card I made a gate fold card and have a sentiment from TLC,Create.  I added lots of die cuts and flowers too.  This kept it green except for my monkey.  I feel that this has been such a crazy week that the world has become such a juggle out there. I have been a nurse for 30 years when there was the scare of HIV/AIDS. And now people are so afraid of the Coronovirus that stores are out of toilet paper and tylenol/ibuprofen. REALLY? I don't know that some people ever cared that much about having a "clean crack" before and now they have a butt load of paper.  So they are going to be admitted to the hospital for bleeding hemorrhoids instead, lol. And are they thinking that they bought enough beer and wine to be home for two weeks? And the <other> medically necessary items that they need, sure, I don't think that weed/pot dealers make home deliveries. I know that I am joking about this but my job involves doing inpatient authorization for hospital stays and I see too many people being admitted for alcohol withdrawl and drug overdoses, which is no laughing matter!!! I just don't want us to have riots over stupid things such as Lysol wipes and hand sanitizer.

Stay safe everyone!

  

 Left Inside                                               Right Inside

  

Left Outside                                             Right Outside

Patterned Paper:  Core-dination; Paper Studio

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Core-dinations; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Swinging Monkey

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Swing on over sometime

Punches:  EK Success

Dies:  Amy Designs; Scrapman

Flowers:  Prima; Recollections

Enamel Dots:  Paper Studio

Challenges

Crafty Animals - Ch. 36

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Ch. 36

DL Art Thankful Thursday - Ch. 255 Anything Green

Scrapping 4 Fun - Ch. 162 Anything Goes with flowers

Crafty Sentiments - Add Flowers

Crafty Calendar - March more than one fold

Double D - Green or St. Patrick's

A is for Autumn

Today at Catch the Bug is a new Stella Says Sketch and for my card I used Scarecrow Sitter and a sentiment from TLC, Create.  Right now all Halloween and Fall images at 40% off at Catch the Bug. Autumn is my favorite time of year, until I have to rake. We have had sooo much rain. I managed to get a quick walk in today before it started to rain...again. They say we don't have a good display of leaves also because of our rain and winds just knocking the leaves off the trees so we are not having the beautiful colors, argh. I have a few pictures as I leaving for work in the morning and tonight had a beautiful sunset.

10-22-19 Tuesday

10-23-19 Wednesday

10-26 Saturday

Patterned Paper:  Bo Bunny

Cardstock:  Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Scarecrow Sitter (see above for direct link)

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - A is for Autumn (see above for direct link)

Ribbon:  Michael's

Spectrum Noir on hat buckle

Punch:  EK Success

Challenges

QKR - Ch. 369 Anything Goes

Di's Digi Design - Halloween or Harvest

Papercraft - Ch. 48 Fall

Sparkles Monthly - Ch. 121 Forever Autumn

Creatalicious - Ch. 173 Anything Goes with optional Autumn/Halloween

CIC - Ch. 481 Fall theme

Scarecrow gifts of Grace

I went for walks in my neighborhood this weekend since we had beautiful and unusually warm weather. In our area, we have had lots of rain so we haven't had a lot of the trees turn color yet. But I did see quite of geese at a pond in the  park resting and flying south. Also since we are getting some MORE rain, we had a wonderful sunset which pictures don't do justice.
For my card, I used an image from QKR Scarecrow Digital Stamp and a sentiment from TLC, Create. I used some die cuts oval and leaves.  I added some burlap ribbon.

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe - Autumnal

Cardstock:  Bazzil

Stamp:  QKR - Scarecrow Digital (see above for direct link)

TLC, Create - Bless those gathered

Dies:  My Favorite Things

Punches:  EK Success and Fiskars

Ribbon:  Really Reasonable Ribbon

Challenges

QKR - Ch. 368 Anything Goes

Crafty Catz - Ch. 479 Anything Goes with optional colors of Autumn

Di's Digi Design - Halloween or Harvest

Papercraft - Ch. 48 Fall

Sparkles - Ch. 121 Forever Autumn

Creatalicious Ch. 173 Anything Goes with optional Autumn/Halloween

CIC - Ch. 481 Fall

PINspirational - Ch. 249

Leaves are falling

Today at Catch the Bug is Friday Freebie and it's this adorable Autumn Brats Leaves and I used a sentiment from TLC, Create.  Since Autumn/fall is my favorite season, I just had to add lots of  die cut leaves on this card. We are just starting to have our leaves turn in my area, but I'm not looking forward to raking and all the extra yard work since I have lots of mature trees.

Patterned Paper:  Bo Bunny

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Autumn Brat Leaves (see above for direct link)

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Leaves are falling Autumn

Dies:  Cheery Lynn

Stencil:  My Favorite Things

Ink:  Distress Oxide - Broken China

Challenges

little red wagon - Ch. 516 Fall it!

Cardz 4 Guyz - Ch. 229 Trees or Leaves or both

PINspirational - Ch. 248 (see photo above)

Allsorts - Ch. Wk 538 Trees and leaves
Crafty Cardmakers - Ch. 241 Autumn colors

It's Turkey Time

Today there is a new challenge at Catch the Bug and it's a BINGO.  For my center step card I used image, Bobblehead Thanksgiving Pilgrim Girl and a sentiment from TLC, Create.  I used all the items on the BINGO, except for stitching and charm.

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Core-dinations; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Bobblehead Thanksgiving Pilgrim Girl

Buttons:  JoAnn's Basics

Hemptique

Ribbon:  Michael's

Spellbinders:  Leaves; Nestabilities Victorian Garden Fancy Diamond

Die:  Sizzix

Punches:  EK Success

Challenges

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 360 - 361 Anything Goes

Sparkles Monthly - Ch. 110 Things of Fall

Sisterhood of Crafters - Mood Board 

Dream Valley - Ch. 190 Use Dies and Punches

Aud Sentiments - Ch. 216 Add a ribbon or lace

That's something to crow about

Today it's a New Release Day at Catch the Bug and it's Crow Trio along with a sentiment from TLC, Create.  I just love this color combination which is so cheery.  Hope that you have a great week.

Patterned Paper:  Teresa Collins

Cardstock:  Paper Studio; Recollection

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Crow Trio

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Congrats Crow about it

Ink:  Memento - Tuxedo Black
        Distress Oxide - Broken China

        Distress Oxide - Peeled Paint

Leaves:  Tonic

Stencil:  My Favorite Things

Gems:  Mark Richards

Challenges
Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 258 - 259 Anything Goes
Allsorts  - Wk 491 Pearls and/or Gems
QKR - Ch. 319 Anything Goes
Crafting from the Heart - Ch. 226 Anything Goes
The Creative Crafter - Ch. 9 Anything Goes

Wonder-fall

I can't believe how the temperature has dropped. WOW it gets cold now at night and I have to pull out an extra blanket so that I won't freeze anything when I am sleeping.  I know it's bad when my cats are curling up on top of me for body heat...and I'm never hot.  And they are nagging me to go to bed so they can cuddle which is also not like them.
Today starts a new Stella Says Sketch at Catch the Bug, and I used a fall image of Scarecrow Trio and used only 2 of the 3 images. The sentiment is from TLC, Create.

Cardstock:  Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Scarecrow Trio

Spellbinder:  Small Circle

Die Cut:  My Favorite Things

Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug

Challenges

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 549 Autumn

Cardz 4 Guyz - Ch. 204 Autumn fall leaves

CRAFT - Ch. 484 Autumn / Weather
4CC - Ch. 422 Happy Fall Y'all
Creative Knockouts - Ch. 265 Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 354- 355 Anythhing Goes

Things that make me happy

One last card that I made today, that has a sentiment from TLC, Create. I find that fall is my favorite season except for when it comes to raking leaves.  I enjoy looking at the gorgeous array of colors though.

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe - Splendiferous; Recollections

Cardstock: Bazzil; Recollections

Image:  Скрапбукинг, рукоделие

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Things that make me happy

Ribbon:  Hobby Lobby

Punch:  Tonic

Challenges

Double D - If the Shoe Fits
Creative Knockouts - Ch. 264 2 or more patterned papers

Crafty Friends - Ch. 93 Autumn Colors

Aud Sentiments - Ch. 212 Fall and sentiment

Cardz 4 Galz - Ch. 80 Thoughts of Fall

Crafty Sentiments - Fall colors

Dragonfly Journeys - Ch. 127 Fall Festival of Colors

Here I am!

I colored this image a LONG time ago when Eureka was still doing their own challenges and just haven't put a card together until now.  This image is called Parachuting Squirrel and the sentiment is from TLC, Create.
I added some 3-D Acorns from Recollections.

Patterned Paper:  DCWV

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Stamp:  Eureka - Parachuting Squirrel (see above for direct link)

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - And here I am

Ink:  Distress - Old Paper

Acorns:  Recollections

Border Punch:  Fiskars

Challenges

Try Stampin' on Tuesday - Ch. 341
QKR - Ch. 262 Anything Goes or embossing
Creatalicious - Ch. 123 Anything Goes with optional leaves
Gem of a Challenge - Ch. 203 Fun Outside