CIJ Day 7 at CTB Knobby Knees Christmas Sack

Today is the last day, day 7 of the Christmas in July at Catch the Bug and the theme is a Friday Freebie with a Color Challenge. You don't have the Friday Freebie.  For my card, I used a sentiment from TLC, Create.  This is emotional since this is my Design Team post. Due to all the demands with working full time as a nurse it has been difficult to meet the requirements of all that's required for the DTs.  I have met so many wonderful people and have gained such inspiration along the way.
And the inspiration for the design for my card, came from a card that Julie made back last August after she returned from having surgery and she was so excited to return. So it's just the opposite of what I am doing, but it was also a watermelon photo.

Julie's inspiration from August 2019

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Knobby Knees Christmas Sack

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Christmas Things

Pom:  Creativity

Stickles

Ribbon:  Michael's

Sakura jelly glitter pen

Prisma pencils

Enamel Dots: Paper Studio

Challenges

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 448 - 449 Anything Goes

CHNC - Ch. 499 Anything Christmas with optional die cut or punch

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 644 Christmas in July

Merry Little Christmas - Ch. 24

Crafty Calendar - July Add a ribbon

Have one Ginger Good Holiday

Today at Catch the Bug there is a new Stella Says Sketch.  And I am trying to keep up with making some Christmas cards so I had to sneak one in before the end of the month.  The image is from a set called Gingerbread Candy Set and the sentiment is from TLC, Create.

Patterned Paper:  Recollection
Cardstock:  Recollection
Stamp:  Bugaboo - Gingerbread Candy Set
Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Have one Ginger good Holiday
Punch:  EK Success; Fiskars
Dies:  Spellbinders Delightful Circles; QuicKutz
Stickles
Ribbon:  Michael's
Embossing Folder:  Cuddlebug

Challenges
Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 432 - 433 Anything Goes
CHNC - Ch. 483 Anything Christmas with optional include a star, two or more
Christmas Crafts All Year Round - March Gingerbread
Watercooler Wednesday - Ch. 264 All occasion cards
Krafty Chicks Challenge - Ch. 500 All occasions
The Creative Crafters - Ch. 26 Anything Goes

Bunny with Basket

I am planning to get around to blogs this weekend....this working is interfering with my crafting time. I wanted to post this card where I found an image from Mo Manning, Bunny with Basket that I colored up a LONG TIME agon and it was sitting in a pile. So I grabbed a patterned paper from TLC, Create.  I dry embossed a white piece of cardstock and then spritzed with Glimmer Mist. I added some flowers and flourishes and hid some eggs between the flowers. And naturally the bunny needed a pom tail. I did the basket in green that reminded me of the plastic ones that I had as a child.

Patterned Paper:  TLC, Create - Easter Brings Posies Paper 2

Cardstock:  Core-dinations; Recollections

Stamp:  Mo Manning - Bunny with Basket (see above for direct link)

Flowers:  Wild Orchid Crafts

Eggs:  Recollections

Stickles

Die:  My Favorite Things; QuicKutz

Embossing Folder:  Sizzix

Glimmer Mist

Pom:  Creativity

Challenges

Mo Manning - Ch. 289 Green with a Mo Manning image

Aud Sentiment - Ch. 247 Spring/Easter

Cardz 4 Galz - Ch. 118 Cute Animals

CRAFT - Ch. 550 Easter/Spring

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 627 Easter

Time Out Challenge - Ch. 158 Lots or little purple

YNS - Ch. 135 Cute Critters

Crafty Catz - Ch. 499 Anything Goes with optional use kraft

Sisterhood of Crafters - Spring

Double D - Spring

Cake in Tiers and Joy to the World Snowman

Tuesday Morning Sketches has a long sketch for challenge 545.  I made two different samples. The first is a wedding card with a stamp from Tiddly Inks which is now only on FaceBook and the sentiment is from TLC, Create.  It's an image that I had colored quite sometime ago and was waiting to be put together. I added some Stickles to add some sparkle.
The second card is using a die from Spellbinder that I put together to make the snowman and a separate one for the background. I added a ribbon and some poinsettias.

Patterned Paper:  Core-dinations

Cardstock:  Bazzil

Tiddly Inks:  Wedding

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Cake in Tiers

Stickles

Challenges

Color My Heart Color Dare - Ch. 384  (Grey, Pink, Green)

Creations in Pink - Ch. 19

Crafty Catz - Ch. 496 Anything Goes with option of flowers

QKR - Ch. 388 Anything Goes

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio

Cardstock:  Bazzil

Spellbinders:  Snowman; Valiant Honor

Flowers:  Hobby Lobby

Ribbon:  Michael's

Challenges

CHNC - Ch. 480 Anything Christmas with optional Santa

Merry Little Christmas - Ch. 20

12 Months of Christmas - Ch. 63 Ice, Ice Baby (snowman)

Crafty Sentiments - Flowers

Snow Friends Happy Holidays

Today at Catch the Bug it's New Release or to bring back old image to the new store. This week we have Snow Friends Happy Holidays.  What I did is use a Molotow masking liquid to cover the snow flakes and then colored the sky black and Stickles on the snow.

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe - Pink Christmas

Cardsock:  Bazzil

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Snow Friends Happy Holidays

Molotow Masking Liquid

Stickles

Spellbinder:  Star Circle

Snowflake:  Cherry Lynn

Brad:  Paper Studio

Washi tape:  Recollections

Challenges

CHNC - Ch. 466 Anything Christmas with optional things with wings

Incy Wincy - Christmas without Red or Green

Always Fun Challenge - Ch. 139 Snowmen

Use your Stuff - Ch. 386 Snow

A Place to Start - December - Happy Holidays

little red wagon - Ch. 525 Snow much Fun

Winter Snowman

Today at Catch the Bug it's New Release day or an image has been added to the new store that was from the old store.  Today we have Snowman Winter.  I added Stickles to the snow areas and some bling to the snowflakes. And I went with a traditional red and green...I know shocking since I do prefer non-traditional colors.  Welcome to Claudia, my new follower, if you leave a comment with your blog address I will follow you too.

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections; DCWV

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Snowman Winter (see above for direct link)

Stickles

Bling:  Recollections

Challenges

Sketch Saturday - Ch. 587

CHNC - Ch. 461 Anything Christmas with optional make your own background

Cardz 4 Galz - Ch. 108 Something beginning with "S" (Snowman, snowflakes, stickles, spots)

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 605 Sparkles

Winter Wonderland - Merry and Bright

Sparkles Christmas - Make us laugh

The Cutie Pie Challenge - Ch. 140 Anything Goes as long as it's cute

Happy Birthday from the gang

This card I made for my supervisor who is taking the week of her birthday off because she is celebrating a special decade....just want a good review so I didn't want to mention it. Added some Stickles and Liquid Pearls for sparkle and shine. Also did some paper piecing which I haven't done in quite sometime.

Patterned Paper:  American Crafts

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Art Impressions - Birthday Wishes

Ink:  Memento - Tuxedo Black

Versa Mark

Embossing Powder:  Hampton Art

Sakura jelly glitter pen

Stickles

Liquid Pearls

Challenges

Art Impressions - Ch. 267 Make it Sparkle  (Stickles and Sakura jelly glitter pen)

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 406 - 407 Anything Goes
Penny's Paper Crafty - Ch. 450 Anything Goes
QKR - Ch. 366 Anything Goes
Polkadoodles - Wk 40 Anything Goes

Happy Holidays SSS716

Today at Catch the Bug is a new Stella Says Sketch. For my card I used Peekers Winter Friends, and the sentiment is from TLC, Create. I dry embossed the background. I put Liquid Pearls on the hat, Stickles on the snow, Sakura jelly glitter pen on the snowflakes and added some sequins.

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio

Cardstock:  Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Peekers Winter Friends

Sentiment: TLC, Create -  Happy Holidays

Pearls: Mark Richards

Border Punch:  Fiskars

Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug

Sequins:  Stash

Stickles

Liquid Pearls

Challenges

CHNC - Ch. 457 Anything Christmas with optional someone special

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 406 - 407 Anything Goes

Merry Little Christmas - Ch. 14 Anything Christmas

Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - Anything Christmas with optional Christmas decorations

Fab 'n Funky - Ch. 450 Christmas

Let it Snow on day 4

Well we are cruising right along as today is Day 4 of the 9th Annual Christmas in July at Catch the Bug.  Today is a BINGO challenge along with the movie theme of ELF. So for my card, I have the image of  Elf Brat and Rudolph and a sentiment from TLC, Create.  I put a die cut of New York city behind the image and made some snowdrifts for the roof.  I used Stickles for the snow.  I put Tim Holtz bell brads on the hat and shoes of the elf.

(Brad/ Sentiment/ Die-cut)
(Sparkle / Bugaboo image / Sentiment)

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Elf Brat and Rudolph (see link above)

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - let it snow

Die:  My Favorite Things; Tutti

Stickles

Tim Holtz brads

Sakura jelly gliter pen

Challenges

CHNC - Ch. 447 Anything Christmas with optional die cut or punch

Crafty Catz - Ch. 471 Anything Goes with optional Christmas in July

CRAFT - Ch. 522 Christmas

The Male Room - Ch. 115 Christmas in July

Crafty Gals Corner - Ch. 196 Christmas in July

Make it snappy - Happy Birthday

Today starts a new challenge at Catch the Bug and being that it's the beginning of the month, it's Anything Goes.  For my card I used Make it snappy Happy Birthday.  I used Glossy Accents (grabbed the correct bottle this time, lol) and Stickles. So I have sparkle and shine. This is a card that I made for my Mom's birthday stash.

Patterned Paper:  Basic Grey

Cardstock:  Recollection

Stamp: Make it Snappy - Happy Birthday

Glossy Accents

Stickles

Banner:  Verve

Sakura jelly glitter pen

Challenges

Creative Knockouts - Ch. 305 Birthday Wishes

Pattie's Creations - Ch. 160 Food/Drink

Cardz 4 Galz - Ch. 100 Party Time - Celebrate

Fab 'n Funky - Ch. 447 Stars and/or Stripes

Tuesday Throwdown - Ch. 435 Anything Goes

All you need is LOVE

Today starts a new challenge at Catch the Bug and it's a BINGO. And I chose to do all the items...I know I like to be an overachiever, hehe! For my card, I used Valentine Jar and a sentiment from TLC, Create. The image is raised on pop up dots.

Pattered Paper:  Paper Studio

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Valentine Jar

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - All you need is love

Ribbon:  Michael's

Enamel Dots:  Paper Studio

Charm & Clip:  Unknown
Embossing Folder:  Darice
Sakura jelly glitter pen

Pearl:  Jolee

Stickles

Punches:  EK Success
Spellbinder:  Small and Large Petite Ovals

Challenges
The Crafter's Cafe - Ch. 213 Fancy Folds or Embossing (dry embossing)
Scribbles - Ch. 74 Three or more layers
Creative Knockouts - Ch. 285 Love is in the Air
Tuesday Throwdown - Ch. 425 Falling Hearts
Crafty Gals Corner - Ch. 185 Love is i the Air
Crafty Cardmakers - Ch.. 227 Love, Love, Love
Double D - Hearts

If you give a crafter a cookie - Ch. 110

Baby it's COLD outside

Well it's true!!! Today we have a high of -3 with some windchills that are horrible.  And tomorrow will be worse.  So it's dangerously cold.  We got another 8 inches of snow yesterday.  Today it's a new release day at Catch the Bug and I have this image of Winter Birdhouse and a sentiment from TLC, Create.  I layered the snowflake and added Stickles.

Patterned Paper:  Bo Bunny

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Winter Birdhouse

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Baby it's cold outside

Punches:  EK Success

Stickles

Sakura jelly glitter pen

Pop dots

Challenges

Crafty Friends - Ch. 102 Animals / Birds

The Male Room - Ch. 103 Nature

QKR - Ch. 332 Anything Goes

Polkadoodles - Wk 4 Anything Goes

Aud Sentiment - Ch. 219 Anything Goes + Sentiment

Violet Water Can to brighten your day

Today at Catch the Bug starts a new Saturday Challenge which is a color challenge. For my card, I used the image, Flower Water Cans - Violet along with a cherry sentiment from TLC, Create.  I added some Stickles to my flowers and the heart. Also the purple paper behind the butterfly circle has sparkles in it.  Anything that sparkles can just add some extra "happy".  With all the snow and cold that we have had this is a great card to cheer up that spring will eventually come...well maybe here in Wisconsin in June.  At least all the snow fills in the potholes in our roads, lol.

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Core-dinations; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Flower Wanter Cans - Violet (see above for direct link)

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - To brighten your day

Dies:  Sizzix

Spellbinders:  Small circle; Grand Circle; Butterfly Circle

Stickles

Sakura jelly glitter pen

Challenges

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 370 - 371 Anything Goes

Aud Sentiments - Ch. 219 Anything Goes with a sentiment

Crafty Calendar - January Make it flowery

Crafting from the Heart - Ch. 235 Anything Goes

Penny's Paper Crafty - Ch. 414 Anything Goes

Let it snow

Welcome to my new follower Cheryl.
The temperatures around here have been so weird. On New Years we got 2 inches of snow (it looked like more, but it wasn't that much).  The on Monday January 7th it was 50 degrees and raining so the snow is gone, Tuesday it was 36 and Wednesday it was 20 windy so it felt like 10 and now we will start to warm up again and be around 40 for weekend.  This is crazy! Then it's no wonder that on Monday that I am having sinus surgery because our bodies can't adjust this fast, lol.
For my card, I used an image from QKR called Bundled Up and the sentiment is from a stamp set from Hero Arts. I added some snow with Stickles and a Spellbinder mitten.

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio

Cardstock:  Recollections

Stamp:  QKR - Bundled Up (see above for direct link)

Sentiment:  Hero Arts

Ink:  Memento - Tuxedo Black

Stickles

Punches:  EK Success

Spellbinder:  Mitten

Pearl:  Jolee

Challenges

Tuesday Morning Sketch -  Ch. 485 

QKR - Ch. 329 Anything Goes

Creative with Stamps - Ch. 34 Mittens

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Make it Sparkle

Creative Craft Cottage - Ch. 114 Winter

Winter Wonderland - It's Snowtime

CCAYR - January Let it Snow