AiFactory #34 ~ Use Buttons

This week at AiFactory we are featuring some adorable baby digital images, which you can check out here. For a chance to win your choice of these sweet sets, head over to the AiFactory Challenge Blog and add your project. This week we are challenge you to use Buttons.

As always, you are not required to use AiFactory images but if you have them we would love to see them. We also have quite a few Freebies available at the store.

For my baby card I used the Baby Line Set. I printed the images out on white cs and on Basic Grey Sugar Rush dp and paper pieced the images for a cute set of baby clothes. The Welcome Sweet Baby sentiment was computer generated. The pink panel, oval and scallop were all cut out using nesties. The satin ribbon is Sweet Blush from PTI.

Please visit the DT Blogs to see all their fabulous projects....

Carole
Cheri
Kerry
Penny
Monica
Fliss
Fink
Carlie
Laurie
Lola

To play along visit the AiFactory Challenge Blog and upload your creation by Wednesday, May5th at 10:30pm EST.

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It's Bugaboo ABaC Monday!

Hello everyone! I hope you all had a great weekend! Today is Anything But a Card Monday over at the Bugaboo Challenge Blog.

I am working on a series of calendar pages using Bugaboo images and today I want to share the one I did for May. I used one of the new Bugaboo Brat Bugs and colored her with Prismacolor markers. I added a some Primas to the corner and finished it off with a cut little ladybug brad.

I am still working on the rest of the months so stay tuned to see more fun calender pages!

Now head over to the Catch the Bug Challenge Blog to see what Scrappy has for you. Don't forget to check back tomorrow for New Release Tuesday!!

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Paper Maniac Inspirations ~ Krafty Kreations

This week at Paper Maniac, we are showcasing cards and projects using kraft paper! I love to use kraft for making masculine cards. I usually have a really hard time with masculine cards so I was thrilled that this card came out exactly how I wanted it to!

I used a star stamp and sentiment from two different Unity Store Kits. I stamped the stars in enchanted evening and chocolate chip ink onto white cardstock, used the Heidi Swapp edge distressing tool to rough it up a little bit and added a little distress ink. I used a Fiskars star punch on the kraft cardstock and popped it up to add a little dimension. I used a paper piercer to add the row of dots in the upper right corner.

Don't forget about the Paper Maniac online Garage Sale. Dozens of sellers, hundreds of papercrafting items, all in one place and a single shipping charge! It all starts May 19.

Also head over to the store to check out Tim Holtz Idea-ology, all in its own section. Plus Daisy Bucket stamps and Shirley's 2 Girls reduced 20%.

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Team MACCK Needs your Votes!

Hi Everyone...We have made it to the final round of the Royal Battle!!!! Team MACCK needs your votes!!! The voting is only lasting for 24 hours....Please visit the blog HERE to cast your vote!!!!

Cabio did an incredible job!! Her project is just beautiful!!

This is the final round!!! Your support will be very much appreciated!

Thanks everyone for your support during this competition! You are all awesome!

Bugaboo Catch the Bug Challenge

The Bugaboo Catch a Bug Challenge theme for this week is...April Showers with a Sketch. Your card or project must be inspired by the theme and be based on this sketch.

When I think about April Showers, I immediately go to May flowers. So for my card, I used JJ Hobbies Gardening. This image was perfect for the Garden Variety dsp from Cosmo Cricket. The sentiment was just made for this image and is from PTI.

I found this adorable ceramic watering can at the dollar store and knew it was a perfect little gift for my Grandma. So I added some flowers seeds, funky garden gloves and a spade to make a great little gift set to go with the card!

To play along with this weeks challenge and checkout all the amazing DT creations, head over to the Catch the Bug Challenge Blog.

You may use any stamp you choose however if you use a Bugaboo stamp you get two entries per card. We will pick winners with random.org for the following:

1st Place ~ 8 images of choice
2nd Place ~ 4 images of choice
3rd Place ~ 2 images of choices.

Thanks for stopping by!

AiFactory #33 ~ Anything But a Card

This week at AiFactory we are featuring some fabulous printable pages, which you can check out here. For a chance to win both of these printables, head over to the AiFactory Challenge Blog and add your project. This week we are challenge you to create Anything But a Card.

As always, you are not required to use AiFactory images but if you have them we would love to see them. We also have quite a few Freebies available at the store.

For my cupcake gift set, I used the Yum Stuff printable page. I printed the images out and used my circle nesties to cut them out. The Happy Birthday circle sentiment was created using word art and the cupcake wrapper was created with my Cricut and SCAL software. I stamped around the wrapper with Polka Dot Basics II from PTI. We technically weren't supposed to create a card but the this weeks CAS challenge at SCS was just perfect for these cupcakes so I couldn't resist LOL!

Please visit the DT Blogs to see all their fabulous projects....

Carole
Cheri
Kerry
Penny
Monica
Fliss
Fink
Carlie
Laurie
Lola

To play along visit the AiFactory Challenge Blog and upload your creation by Wednesday, April 28th at 10:30pm EST.

Thanks for stopping by,

Paper Maniac ~ Peace * Love * Recycle

This week at Paper Maniac, we are celebrating Earth Day! I was immediately inspired by one my daughters tees to create this card. There isn't much to it but I think it is a great card for Earth Day and I am definitely going to send these to a few friends!!

I used my Cricut and SCAL software to cut the symbols from Basic Grey's Green at Heart dsp. I used pop dots to add a little dimension and the sentiment is computer generated.

A little birdie told me that if there's 150 followers on the Paper Maniac Inspirations Blog by Saturday morning, Patti will draw a random number and the winner will receive a $30 gift certificate!

Thanks for stopping by,

Please Help Team MACCK go to the FINAL round!!

Good Morning Everyone!! Thanks a million to everyone who voted for us last week. Team MACCK, Maylee Pham, Crystal Irwin, Kerri Michaud, Cabio Tse and myself have made it to Round 4 and once again need your help! All you have to do is visit the TGF Galleria and leave a comment on this adorable candy box made by Crystal. You have through Tuesday to do it and it will only take a second!

You do have to be registered to vote. To do this:

Go to http://www.tgfllc.com/galleria/

Click on Register and fill out the form.

You will be sent confirmation info to your email and you must click the link to officially be activated. If for some reason you do not receive it, just email Marie at thegreetingfarm@gmail.com and she will manually activate your registry.

Once you are activated, go back to http://www.tgfllc.com/galleria/ and login.

Once you are logged in, go to Contest/Challenges > TGF ROYAL BATTLE > Week 4

Leave a comment on our entry!!! Thanks soooooo much!

SSDS Week 36 ~ Buttons, Bows & Bling

Hi all! It is time for another awesome challenge from Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Saturday. This week we have a recipe of sorts...You must use Buttons, Bows and Bling!!

For my card, I couldn't wait use one of the new Bugaboo Brat Bugs...besides this adorable snail, there is also a caterpillar, a butterfly, bees and ladybugs!! I printed out the sweet little snail on Select White cs and colored her with PrismaColor markers. I cut around her legs before I used my oval nestie so that the legs hung over the edge just a bit. The dsp is from My Mind's Eye, the flower from Basic Grey's Green at Heart and the ruffled ribbon is from Pink Paislee.

This card is for a few other challenges also:

Mojo Monday ~ Sketch 134
My Time to Craft ~ Pretty Pearls
Kaboodle Doodles ~ Digi Girl

To join in on the fun and be eligible for this weeks fabulous prize package head over to the SSDS blog and link your creation to Mr. Linky by 10:00 pm (EST) Friday evening.

Thanks for stopping by,

Paper Maniac Inspirations ~ Cards in Distress

A few quick updates...

**Starting a new challenge blog for all you CAS lovers called CAS-tastic Wednesday and we are looking for a few DT Members....Check it out here!!

** Team MACCK needs your help to move on to Round 4 of The Greeting Farm Challenge...Please vote for our scrapbook layout here...It is Tu-Tu Cute!!

**If you are hopping along with Bugaboo...my card is here!

Now for the good stuff! This week at Paper Maniac, we are all about distressing and showcasing the wonderful Tim Holtz products now available in the store! I do not normally do a lot of distressing on my cards so this was quite a challenge for me. I decided I would create a CAS card and use the scraps from Cosmo Cricket's Garden Variety that were scattered all over my table.

I cut the scraps into small rectangles and after they were all together I used distress ink all along the edges of the dsp and the Martha Stewart garden trellis punch. I also used the distress ink along the edge of the card. I finished it off with a sentiment from the Unity stamp set Could I be Any Cuter?

Make sure and swing by the store and check out all the Tim Holtz products. Also, if you haven't already check out the Garage Sale info here!!

Thanks for stopping by,

Bugaboo Catch the Bug Challenge and Blog Hop

Hi all and welcome to The Bugaboo Catch the Bug Challenge and Blog Hop!

If you arrived from Sandye's Blog then you are on the right track!

If not, you will want to go to the Catch the Bug Challenge Blog and start at the beginning so you don't miss anything!!

The new challenge theme is Bugs...Your card or project must have a bug on it somewhere!! For my card, I used the adorable Jesse Bear with his Bug Jar. The dsp is Garden Variety from Cosmo Cricket and the sentiment is computer generated. I will draw one winning name from my comments to win a copy of Jesse Bear!!

There are several ways to win some fabulous Bugaboo images, including the newly released Bugaboo Brat Bugs. Here is a peek at one of them. Isn't he just the cutest?!

Plus, there is a scrambled letter “phrase” hidden on the DT Blogs. You must go to each blog, take down the letters (only some blogs will have a letter) and send Rae Anne an email at huera90@gmail.com
for a chance to win 3 Bugaboo images.

There will also be the normal prizes for the Challenge winners so make sure and check out the challenge blog for a chance to win, but first....

Head on over to Jenny's Blog to see what she's created!!

Thanks for stopping by!

SSDS Week 35 ~ Birthdays!

Hi all! It is time for another awesome challenge from Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Saturday. This week we are challenging you to create a Birthday card or gift.

Our fabulous sponsor this week, Glitz Design, provided the DT with some amazing goodies to play with this week. As soon as I saw the dsp, I knew it would be perfect for this Skelekinz image from Bugaboo Stamps. I printed her out on Select White cs and colored her with PrismaColor markers. I cut the image out and popped it up over a fabulous scroll rub-on from Glitz Design. The sentiment is computer generated and stapled to the circle.

To join in on the fun and be eligible for this weeks fabulous prize package from Glitz Design, head over to the SSDS blog and link your creation to Mr. Linky by 10:00 pm (EST) Friday evening.

Thanks for stopping by,

Bugaboo Stamps ~ Oldie but Goodie Thursday

Hi all! Today is Oldie but Goodie Thursday at the Bugaboo Challenge Blog. This is a chance for the DT to showcase some of their favorite Bugaboo stamps.

For my card, I just had to use one of the Bugaboo Brats....this little cutie is Desiree. I printed her out on select white cs and colored with Prismacolor markers. The dsp is from Basic Grey's Sugar Rush paper pad and the border was cut with my Cricut using SCAL and the Scallop Dot cut file available at My Time Made Easy.

I thought the sentiment from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps was just perfect for this card. I used my nesties to cut out the sentiment and the pink scallop layer.

Now head on over to the Catch the Bug Challenge Blog to see what the other Design Team members created.

Thanks for stopping by,

AiFactory #31 ~ Mother's Day

This week at AiFactory we are featuring some truly adorable Mother's Day images. For a chance to win your choice of two of these cute images, head over to the AiFactory Challenge Blog and add your card. This week we would like to see cards or projects for or inspired by Mothers!

As always, you are not required to use AiFactory images but if you have them we would love to see them. We also have quite a few Freebies available at the store.

For my card, I used the fun bird image and colored it with Prismacolor Pencils and Gamsol. The dsp is from Cosmo Cricket's Garden Variety paper pad. The saddle stitch ribbon is pure poppy from PTI.

Please visit the DT Blogs to see even more beautiful cards using the Mother's Day images....

Carole
Cheri
Kerry
Penny
Monica
Fliss
Fink
Carlie
Laurie
Lola

To play along visit the AiFactory Challenge Blog and upload your creation by Wednesday, March 14th at 10:30pm EST.

Thanks for stopping by,

Going Retro with TGF

Hi all! Just wanted to drop in real quick and share a card a made awhile ago but never got a chance to post. I just love this digital image from The Greeting Farm and I love how this card turned out!

The dsp is from My Mind's Eye and the border was cut on my Cricut using SCAL and DigiKit - Borderlines - Set 1 from Two Peas.

Hope you have a great day, I am going to go enjoy the last day of warm weather in Ohio before we go thru a little cold spell :-(

Thanks for stopping by,

New Release Tuesday at Bugaboo

Hi everyone!! I was so excited when I made the Bugaboo Design Team and now I get to share my first official card as a DT Member!! Every Tuesday, Jodi releases new images at Bugaboo Stamps and today's images are as cute as ever!!

For my card, I used the beach crab to create a fun Birthday Card. I printed the image out on select white cs and cut him out. I popped him up on a little beach scene. The striped dsp was in my scrap pile so I am not sure who made it.

This card qualifies for a few different challenges:

Simple Doodles ~ Layers
Charisma Cardz ~ Animals
Our Creative Corner ~ Buttons

Now head on over to Bugaboo Stamps to see the rest of the new release and be sure and check out the Catch the Bug Challenge Blog to see what the other Design Team members created.

Thanks for stopping by,

Paper Maniac Inspirations ~ CAS Cards

Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a pleasant weekend and for those that celebrated it a Happy Easter. It was beautiful in Ohio this weekend. It has been a long time since we've had such nice weather on Easter!!

This week at Paper Maniac, we are sharing some Clean and Simple cards with you! I absolutely adore CAS cards and I was thrilled when I saw they were the theme for this week! For my card, I used stamps from the Unity store kit for March and the polka dot dsp is from the Sassafras Lass Sunshine Lollipops wee bundle.

Make sure and swing by the store and check out all the new products. Also, Patti is having a Garage Sale where you can sell some of your extra stuff for either a store voucher or cash!! Get all the details here!!

Thanks for stopping by,

Vote for Team MACCK!!

Good Morning Everyone and HAPPY EASTER! As many of you are aware there is a fun competition over at The Greeting Farm and our team needs your votes. Team MACCK, Maylee Pham, Crystal Irwin, Kerri Michaud, Cabio Tse and myself, really want to move to the next round and you can help....All you have to do is visit the TGF Galleria and leave a comment on this card. You have through Tuesday to do it and it will only take a second!

You do have to be registered to vote. To do this:

Go to http://thegreetingfarm.com/galleria/

Click on Register and fill out the form.

You will be sent confirmation info to your email and you must click the link to officially be activated. If for some reason you do not receive it, just email Marie at thegreetingfarm@gmail.com and she will manually activate your registry.

Once you are activated, go back to http://thegreetingfarm.com/galleria/ and login.

Once you are logged in, go to Contest/Challenges > TGF ROYAL BATTLE > Week 2

Leave a comment on our card!!! Thanks soooooo much!

SSDS Week 34 ~ Flights of Fancy

Hi all! It is time for another awesome challenge from Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Saturday. This week we are challenging you to use Wings ~ use angels, fairies, birds, butterflies...anything with wings.

I just had to use this bee-utiful digi stamp and sentiment from Pink Cat Studios. I printed her out on Select White cs and colored her with PrismaColor markers. I used my oval, circle and scallop nesties to cut everything out. I also added some white satin ribbon and a few Prima's to finish it off.

To join in on the fun and be eligible for this weeks fabulous prize and meet the NEW SSDS Design Team, head over to the SSDS blog and link your creation to Mr. Linky by 10:00 pm (EST) Friday evening.

Thanks for stopping by,