FTH 131: Squirrel!!

Have you ever sat down to do one task only to be distracted by something pretty or shiny (in my family we call this a "squirrel" moment -- from the Disney movie Up!)  This morning I sat down to make a thank you card only to be distracted by this cute image that I had printed earlier.   This little guy is a Birdbrain called The Christmas Spirit.

So, long story short, I went with the impulse and made yet another Christmas card.  Oh well, I'll use it next year.

I'm using the From The Heart sketch.

SSW2-76 DigiStamp Boutique

Welcome back to another Wednesday challenge over on the Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 blog.  This week we have another sketch and the return of Sally-Ann from DigiStamp Boutique.

I'm using Snowy Surprise from the Cute Penguin set. This set is seriously cute.  It comes with four darling images AND two equally cute coordinating phrases.  Sally-Ann is offering our winner a £10 voucher to her store.

I hope to see you join in the fun this week.

Bugaboo Chaos 7

It's the last day of the Christmas Chaos over on the Catch The Bug.  I did it!!  Seven days of creativity (well if you count my DT cards, 9 cards in all were made this week)  Yay!!

Today the creativity gurus on the Bugaboo blog want us to play bingo

I went with the bottom row: pink and teal, a snowman and more than 3 layers

I'm also playing in the "Snowman" theme that Dragonfly Journeys has going.

I now return you to your regularly scheduled program.

Bugaboo Chaos #6

Today (sigh)

The Catch The Bug Challenge wants us to

"SHOW US YOUR WRAP

Whip up some sort of holiday gift wrap - could be a gift tag, bag or treat tin...

Show us your wrap!"

Oh ... is that all?

So not my "thang" (I make cards, people!!) but I rose to the challenge.  I've been pinning scrubs and lotions on Pinterest thinking that someday I might make some.

Today was the day.  The recipe that I started with was three ingredients: Coconut Oil, Sugar and whatever smelly oil you wanted.  But as I made the scrub (and tried it out) I found that it really needed some more emollients to leave the skin softer.  I settled on Almond Oil

So here is the final recipe:

1 c . Sugar
4 oz. Coconut oil
2 oz. Almond oil

and a whole buncha peppermint oil (I added some food coloring to make it pretty but it's optional)

I used some Bugaboo images to decorate the top (and then trimmed a few branches off my fake Christmas tree ... shhhhh) to finish it off.  They actually turned out kinda cute.

Bugaboo Chaos #5

This is my second post of the day.  Scroll down to see my card for the Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 challenge.

Here's my card for the Catch the Bug Challenge Christmas Chaos.  Their challenge was to pick a "recipe" and then to make the card funny.

The only "recipe" that appealed to me was for the fruitcake: use only scraps.

My secret shame is that I have a completely stuffed Christmas paper drawer (and yet, I continue to buy MORE paper) So I took the time to comb through the drawer and eliminate my tidbits.  I have some seriously cute paper at the bottom of the drawer!!

The plan is to make more cards from this pile and throw the remaining paper away at the end of the season.  Let's see if I can actually FORCE myself to do that!!  Good news ... I can actually close the drawer now!

SSW2-Fresh Brewed Designs

Happy Wednesday!!

It's time for another fun challenge over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2.  This week we have a fun new sketch and Heather from Fresh Brewed Designs as our sponsor.  She's offering up three digi-images from her shop to the winner of our challenge.

I'm using her Christmas Candles for my card this week. I paired the image with a phrase from Memory Box.

Here's a bit more about Heather:

Hello, I am Heather Dennis, the owner and artist at Fresh Brewed Designs. Fresh Brewed Designs is a small online company that has been offering a wide variety of digital and rubber stamps since November 2010. Designing to meet the needs of paper crafting addicts everywhere, and with over 30 categories to choose from and new additions each month, our range of products is expanding all of the time. 

Come join us this week!

Bugaboo Chaos #4

Day Four.

Yep, Day Four of the Christmas Chaos week of challenges over at Catch the Bug blog. Today's card must be made with the recipe: A 1 word sentiment, 2 different embellishments (I used twine and sequins)  and 3 layers of paper.

I "may" have used more than 3 layers of paper but I'm taking the recipe to mean 3 or MORE layers of paper.

I'm using the sketch over on Tuesday Morning Sketches.  It's a great one for using up all those pesky scraps of paper that hoarders like me can't throw away.