Male Call!!!!!

Happy Saturday and Welcome to Bugaboo Stamps Male Call Challenge.!!!

This week we would like to challenge you to make a card using the Scrappy Sketch and also make it for a boy, guy, or man. We had such an amazing response for our last Challenge, I can't wait to see what you come up with this time. Remember , if you use a Bugaboo image you get 2 entries. The fabulous prizes are 7 digis for 1st place, 4 digis for 2nd place and 2 digis for 3rd. Don't forget to head over to the Catch The Bug Challenge Blog to see what the rest of the design team has created for some Male Call inspiration!!! That is also where you will find the official rules and where to link up your projects.

Here is the sketch that our very own talented Scrappy has created for you to use.







My card for this challenge uses the image Bugaboo Brat Michael.....LOVE him!!! He is so cute in his camo pants listening to his ipod!!! I could never even think of ideas on "Guy" cards until I found the fabulous Bugaboo images!!! I still haven't tried the incredible Gus, but I hope that will be soon. I love Jodie's images so much and the rest of the Design Team is so inspiring, that male cards don't scare me so much anymore. I had a hard time following the great sketch exactly with my background stamp and sentiment (both Unity) but I am happy with the final result....hope you are too!!! I also LOVE how the sentiment has those little hearts on it...just like Jodie has on her images.




I really CAN'T WAIT to see every one of the cards you all will create because I always need Male Call ideas!!!

THANKS so much for checking out my card, I will be watching for yours.
Hope you have a fabulous weekend!!!
{HUGZ}
Jodi

card supplies
digital image- Bugaboo Brat Michael
color medium- Copics
background stamp & sentiment-Unity
Cardstock- CTMH(green), Bazzill(black),Neenah(kraft)
oval cutting dies-Spellbinders
ink-Versafine Black
bling- Basic Grey
border punch-Fiskars

Taylored Expressions KI & Card Patterns 64

As soon as I received my May Taylored Expressions Key Ingredients I had to start to play. My 1st card did not achieve her challenge to us....make a card without stamping, so that will have to be next time. This kit is just so fun!!! I LOVE the Pebbles papers she chose, the colors are perfect for this time of year.

I've also been wanting to color these great digis from CC Designs, I think they work so well with this paper. So... when I found this sketch at Card Patterns....I thought it would all come together nicely.




The stamps I used are Spring Emma and Swing. I LOVE how digis can be resized to fit however you would like!! That's why I wanted this swing in a digital stamp....so I could make it fit with whatever I wanted. This is probably one of the fastest cards I have ever made. Between the great sketch and coordinating products from Taylored Expressions(even matching Copics) it was so fun and easy!!
Hope you like!!!

Also a quick reminder that today is Freebie Friday over at Bugaboo!! Jodie has come up with another amazing Freebie to share for the week. If you are interested... head on over to the Catch The Bug Blog to see the fab DT inspiration, then that will get you to the freebie.

Tomorrow I will be back with an all new Challenge!!! So don't forget to come back for all the details on how you can win SEVEN free Bugaboo Digis!!

THANKS so much for the visit!!
{HUGZ}
Jodi

How can you resist this ADORABLE Bugaboo Freebie???

****PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR MY UNITY FRIENDS WITH FLAIR POST, THANK YOU****

Hello and welcome to Freebie Friday at Bugaboo Stamps. Every Friday Jodie has 2 freebies to share in the Bugaboo Store (they will be available after 12:00-noon if they are not there when you go). The one I chose to share with you is this adorable little one named Boo, I LOVE her!!! She is so sweet with her teddy bear!!! I colored her skin and hair as best I could to resemble my daughter. You will also want to go to the Catch The Bug Blog to check out the other freebie and to get some great inspiration from the rest of the Design Team.



I really wanted Boo to stand out and be the center of attention on this card, so that is why I used so much white. She is colored with copics and spica markers, cut out with a spellbinders tag die, then matted with Doodlebug cardstock. The large flower die is from Quickutz to be used with the Epic 6, that piece was then embossed with a cuttlebug folder and then matted. The polka dot paper is Doodlebug also and the sentiment stamp is from Heidi Grace.

THANKS for stopping to see this sweet new Bugaboo image, don't forget to go grab her!!!
I hope you have a fabulous weekend with much better weather than we have been having. Hope to see you again soon!!
{HUGZ}
Jodi

BRAVE GIRLS Friday with FLAIR!!!!

Hello Unity Friends With Flair,
so glad to be here again this week with you!!

I am so happy that I got to ink up this AMAZING BRAVE GIRLS set by Unity to share today!! This is such a fabulous stamp set, there are so many things I have rolling around in my head that I want to do with it.....the #1 being a BRAVE GIRL inspiration journal. I have come to a point in my life where there is no possibility that things can possibly get any worse. I am at a constant right now....things aren't getting better, I'm surviving , I am protecting my soul (one of the sentiments in the set) and this stamp set made me realize I am a BRAVE GIRL!!! It is very odd that a stamp set can teach you something about yourself, but this one has and I am very grateful for that. THANK YOU Unity and Brave Girls!!!!

Today I only had time for a card to share.......



I pulled out some of my old Basic Grey papers & buttons, then used the "background" be brave stamp to make one of the patterned papers. Then I combined the birds and come fly with me for the main image. All of the flowers were cut out of the Dp & the large one was paired with 3 coordinating buttons. I used a large spellbinders tag die, a fiskars border punch and all of the edges were distressed with ink. I hope my project did the set some justice.

If you just happened upon my blog you will want to go over to the Unity blog for the list of blogs with fabulous Unity eye candy. One of them will have a blinkie to find, then leave a comment there and you could win some Unity stamps (25)!!!

Hope you have a fabulous weekend & thanks for visiting!!!!
{HUGZ}
Jodi

Bugaboo ABC Monday

Hello,
Happy Monday!!!

Mondays at Bugaboo Stamps means Anything But a Card. I decided to make something I've been wanting to do for quite a while. I started putting together an Inspiration Journal for my daughter. A journal where I will write inspirational quotes, add inspirational pictures and where I will document favorite memories I have of her. I plan on it being a constant work in progress, a place for her to come for that little pick me up we all need once in a while. I also plan on showing you more of this as it comes together, today is the very beginning.

The 1st time I saw this Bugaboo stamp & sentiment set I knew I wanted to use it for the cover of this journal. She is called Bugaboo Angel Anything is Possible. I found a 5 1/2 X 5 1/2 Kraft colored album at Michaels for .79 cents. I was able to take it apart and change the ribbon as desired. Right now there seems to be quite a bit of ribbon, but as it fills up and I add things I will need to loosen it.

Here is what I have done so far....




The Dp used here is Fancy Pants Kraft Kuts {this girl}, the cardstock is Bazzill. I colored my Angel with Copics and spica glitter markers. I printed the sentiment very lightly on cardstock and colored over it with a pink spica glitter marker. Decoart Glamour Dust was used on her wings and wand. The oval and square cutting dies are Spellbinders.



The inside pages are also kraft...which I LOVE....so I couldn't turn down this great mini album.
Hope you like my little creation and if you would like to check out more of the amazing stamps like these head on over to the Bugaboo Stamps Store.
Hope you have a great week!!!
THANKS for your visit,
{HUGZ}
-Jodi

Tiddly Inks BUGGY Blog Hop!!!!

****PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR MY BUGABOO STAMPS FLOWER POWER CHALLENGE POST, THANK YOU!!!!****

Hello and welcome to Tiddly Inks very 1st Blog Hop, the BUGGY Hop!!! I am so very happy to be a part of this event. I fell in love with Christy's designs the second I saw my 1st Izzie stamp at Stamping Bella. Then I was just lucky enough to see one of her digital images while surfing one day and I recognized her signature at the bottom.

You should have arrived here from Nancy's DieCut Fun Blog. IF you did not or if you just happened upon my blog today, you will want to go to the TIDDLY INKS Blog to see the list of participants so you can start at the beginning. Also, be sure to leave comments for everyone, because there will be random prizes given out along the way.

When I saw this very CUTE reading Bug I knew she was perfect for me. Her name is Versa Bug and is available in the Tiddly Inks Store. I used to be a mystery reader, but now I am all about the Love Stories. Versa Bug is reading a love story and that is why she has all of those hearts coming from her book.





My card is made with supplies from The Taylored Expressions Jan 2010 Key Ingredients, which includes the Basic Grey line Nook and Pantry. She is colored with Copics and on her wings I used Glamour Dust by DecoArt.

I hope you liked my BUGGY card and THANKS for visiting me along this hop.
I would like to wish a VERY HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to everyone
{{BUGGY HUGZ}}
-Jodi

Your next stop along this hop is TANA at Kreative Kaleidoscope, and, if there isn't any BUGGY goodness there ....go see Jess at Farm Fresh Designs.

Bugaboo Flower Power Challenge

Hello and welcome to another Bugaboo Stamps Challenge!!
This week our theme is Flower Power.....however you would like to interpret that.
If you did not arrive here from the Catch The Bug Challenge Blog you should definitely go there for all of the Official rules and to find some AMAZING inspiration from my fellow very talented Design Team members.

Oh, and before I forget..... I want to remind you about Freebie Fridays at Bugaboo. Every Friday Jodie has some brand new stamps to preview....and she lets you "try before you buy" at the Bugaboo Store. This weeks freebies are some VERY CUTE sock monkeys that are very much worth trying as a freebie!!! I have seen some sock monkey stamps recently, but I must say I am partial to the cute ones Jodie has come up with. You will find some Friday Freebie Design Team examples at the Catch the Bug Challenge link above too.


For my Challenge Card today I chose to use the Bugaboo Brat Sean, I think he is so cute holding that flower behind him!!! I didn't want the card to be too girly with a boy stamp. But as I was coloring Sean I was reminded of a little boy named AJ I was a Nanny for for 6 1/2 years (I miss him SO MUCH!!! :( ) AJ new I loved flowers, and he would pick them and draw them for me. With that in mind, I didn't think this was too much....even if it was coming from a little boy.


The sentiment is from Unity and I LOVE it, but it is kind of hard to read. It says "may flowers always line your path and sunshine light your day". ALL papers and the flower center are from CTMH. All 3 die sets.... the ovals, the flowers and the tags are Spellbinders and Sean is colored with Copics.

This is definitely a challenge you should enter because Jodie is very generous to the winners....1st place receiving 7 bugaboo images!!! 2nd and 3rd place also receive images!! This time of year we can usually all come up with a Flower Power Card!!!

I'm so glad you came to visit today!!! As you can tell I love talking about (and creating with) Bugaboo stamps.
Hope to see you again soon!!
Have a wonderful weekend and HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all the Moms out there!!!
{{HUGZ}}
-Jodi