FF: Relaxing Guy

The end of Summer is here (insert REALLY sad face here).  Not because I will miss the warm days ... I hate hot ... but because I will miss having the boys around and our lazy schedule.

But in better news, it's Friday so that means there is a freebie over in the Bugaboo Digital Stamp shop.  It is a cute one too!  It's called Relaxing Guy. It's super easy to get this image, just click the Freebies and Sales tab from the Bugaboo homepage.

Check out what my teamies did with this image by going over to the Catch The Bug blog.

SS: More Babies!!

Happy Saturday everyone.

I was beginning to doubt that I would make it, honestly.  What a long and stressful week!!  But near the end of it we got some good news (GREAT news, honestly) that pulled us through.  Yep, you probably guessed it from the card ... I will have another grand-niece or nephew to cuddle in March.  Babies are the BEST!! My card goes out to my niece.

I used the sketch from the Sketch Saturday blog.  This week we have Scribbles Design as our sponsor.  She is offering our winner a $10 Gift Card to her shop.  Cool.  We hope you have time to join in the fun.

BTW: I Love Coffee

Art Impressions is challenging us to create cards with a Coffee theme.  It was pretty easy for me to join in.  I made this first one today with AI stamps but I have soo many other stamps with just that same theme. I'm trying to dig out the mess that is my desk so I'm finishing up some  of my half done projects.

This next card has been sitting on my desk for about a year ... half done. There is a tiny bit of schmutz up on top; it's probably finger oil. Sigh, but it's too cute not to finish it anyway.  I'll send it to someone who won't care!

Now I am down to just 13 cards to finish.

I don't even want to think about how many sewing projects that I haven't finished.

FF: Stella - Push My Luck

It's Fri-YAY!!

And that means it's time for a freebie over on the Bugaboo site.  Yippee! This week Jodie has another Stella image available. I love Stella and Gus images! This one is called Stella: Press My Luck and can be found under the Freebies & Sales tab.

Hurry over to the site and snap up this one and shop some of the other darling images that are available for sale on the site.

If you need more inspiration about how to use this image, head over to the Catch The Bug site.

New Release Tuesday

It's Tuesday and that means it is New Release day over in the Bugaboo store. This little cutie is Ice Cream Butterfly Bear. I wanted to use an insect sentiment but most of the ones I have are for bees sooo, I went with that. Sorry.

It made for a cute card anyway. If you want to see what the rest of the gang did with the image, head on over to the Catch The Bug blog.

Sketch Saturday:

It's time for another challenge over on the Sketch Saturday blog.  This week we are sponsored by We Are 3 Digital Shop.  They are offering our winner a $15 gift card for their shop.

I've been making Christmas cards all week long, so I continued the theme. Today I'm using a Bugaboo image: Christmas Blocks. It comes with three darling images in a bloc. I just separated the snowman from the Santa and Reindeer images and enlarged it. I love the versatility of digital stamps!

Don't forget that Jodie is having her Christmas in July sale.  This means that ALL of the digital stamps in her shop are 50% off through July 31st.

I hope you can join in the fun.

OBG: White Christmas!!

It's Oldie But Goodie day over on the Catch The Bug Challenge blog and our featured movie is White Christmas. I can hear it now ... where is the "white" in this White Christmas card?  Patience little Grasshopper, I will explain. But first, for those who haven't read my other posts, let me explain what's going on this week.

It's that time of the year, the annual Christmas in July event over on in the Bugaboo store.  In addition to being a weeklong event filled with inspiration and great challenges on the Catch The Bug Challenge Blog, there are prizes to be won and even new designs in the Bugaboo Stamp store.

Today's challenge features is my VERY favorite Christmas movie ... White Christmas.  I have seen this movie so many times.  It's just not the holiday season without it!

Jodie wanted us to use either photo as inspiration

Both photos are so beautiful and really capture the mood of the movie and Christmas .... so of course, I had to deviate a bit.

MY inspiration comes from the best part of the movie: the songs. Of course we all love the title song but many of the others are funny or sweet. I really do love ALL the songs: White Christmas, Snow, Gee I Wish I Was Back In The Army, and many more. One of my other favorites found in the movie is the song: "Sisters." (probably 'cause I have some)  But I especially love it when Danny Kaye and Bing Crosby sing it while Vera-Ellen and Rosemary Clooney escape on the train. It is so silly!

The song that inspired my card comes nearly at the end of the movie, when things look bleakest for the General.  He is going to lose his beloved Inn. Bing Crosby sings it to Rosemary Clooney. It's called "Count Your Blessings".  He sings, "When I'm worried, And I can't sleep, I count my blessings instead of sheep and I fall asleep ..."

So there you have it ... my inspiration.  It's longwinded and complicated but that kinda describes my personality in a nutshell!!

If you haven't heard the song, here is a link to it in YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXKxazgio2s

I hope you find time to join in the challenge this week!