Kraftin' Kimmie Challeng #541 - Christmas in July

Hello crafty peeps! 

Thanks for popping in to visit me today. 

If you are anything like me it's suddenly Dec 1st

and you realize that your Christmas card stash 

to send out is seriously lacking.  

Well..... the challenge this week at 

KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS

will help you add at least one more to your

stash should you decide to play along with us this week.

Challenge #541 is CHRISTMAS IN JULY!

You can enter several times - but each entry needs to be

a NEW creation and if you use Kraftin' Kimmie products

you get double credit toward a chance to WIN the monthly

prize of $25 to spend in the Krafty Shop! 

My entry today features an adorable nativity set

called CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS. It's so sweet!

If you want to play along but need a little extra inspiration

maybe the July sketch will help you. Take a look

The Frugal Friday specials are also up and there's 

lots of goodies on SALE that you might want to 

add to your stash at a discount - just saying... (smiles).

My lovely krafty teammates have some inspiration 

for you too this week.  Pop on down to their beautiful 

faces and links to see what they've created too. 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Christmas in July at Catch the Bug Challenges {Bugaboo Stamps} - Photo Inspiration

Hello again and welcome back to my blog

for DAY FIVE of the fabulous week of FUN

challenges to celebrate Christmas in July 

at CATCH THE BUG CHALLENGES!!!

Today we have a Photo Inspiration challenge for you

Take whatever you wish from this BUT make it a 

Christmas creation.  After all it is CHRISTMAS in JULY.

Here's my DT card to share with and inspire you today.
I was inspired by the beach/ocean aspect - and
of course the blue flip flops.  I had to add a tiny
pair of my own as an embellishment :o).

This adorable image is called Tropical Santa - surfboard.
He's on SALE this month at Bugaboo Stamps
along with a ton of other fun digis (the whole store)!
Now is a great time to stock up on some of
your favorite images.  What a great deal!

There's only a couple more days left so I hope you

are playing along with us!  There are some awesome

daily prizes and a GRAND PRIZE opportunity for

those of you who play along each day!
Check out the details HERE.

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Addicted to Stamps and More Challenges #202 - Make Your Mark
ABC Christmas Challenges - N is for No Rules (Anything Goes)
Christmas Cards All Year Round - July "Anything Goes"
City Crafter Challenge Blog #320 - On the Border

Thanks for stopping in to visit me today!
Have a wonderful day! Hugs D

Christmas in July at Catch the Bug Challenges {Bugaboo Stamps} - New Release & BINGO

Oh hello and happy Tuesday!

We've been cruising along with the

Christmas in July FUN at

CATCH THE BUG CHALLENGES!

Have you been playing along?

If not, you still have time to catch up.

Follow the link at the top of my post and 

see each of the challenge days and themes.

Did you know there are some fabulous prizes

to be won AND the opportunity to be a guest

designer with us??? Go check it out!

If you play along for every challenge you 

might WIN the GRAND PRIZE!

A couple years ago that was me :o)

so I know it can happen!!

Today we have a BINGO board and a 

NEW Release for you!

Here's my card to share with and inspire you today

and I managed to get a black-out BINGO!

Isn't this adorable little Christmas hedgie adorable?

I'm disappointed because no matter how hard I tried I 

couldn't get a photo that shows the "shiny" glaze on the ornament.

I guess I didn't use a thick enough layer of the crystal glaze

for photo purposes - but IRL it's shiny and pretty!

Did you notice that I also used the great sketch from 

the Sunday CIJ Sketch challenge?  It's a goodie!

I'd like to also enter this card in the following challenges:

ABC Christmas Challenges - N is for No Rules (Anything goes)

Christmas Cards All Year Round - July "Anything Goes"

City Crafter Challenges #320 - On the Border

Thanks so much for stopping in to visit me today!

I  hope you will be playing along with us this week! 

There's an awesome SALE going on right now!

You can grab some fun Christmas images and

stock up on some of your other favorites!

Hugs and happy crafting! D

Christmas in July Celebration - Catch the Bug Challenges {Bugaboo Stamps} Day One

Hello friends!  Yep, you read it right 

we are starting a week long event of challenges

to celebrate Christmas in July at

CATCH THE BUG CHALLENGES!!!

What a great way to get started on those 

Christmas cards -or for those of you who

have been really good and making some already,

it's a great chance to increase your stash of cards.

There will be an awesome challenge posted each day
for you to enter AND daily prize opportunities.
You don't have to play along each day
but if you do you will be in the running to WIN
the GRAND PRIZE and you increase
your chances to win each of the daily prizes!!!
Remember your creations must be Christmas themed.
Check out all the details here.

For the first day of the challenge we would 

like to see you use Snowmen or Snowflakes

on your Christmas creation.

I chose the snowflakes option and made a

fairly Clean and Simple card using

Reindeer Snowflakes Silhouette

I couldn't resist adding a bright red nose to the 

reindeer! I left the sentiment off the front because

I just really liked the simplicity of it just as it was. 

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
Christmas Cards All Year Round - July- anything goes

Addicted to Stamps and More #201 - Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra - July A.G.
Crafty Creations Challenges #319 - CAS

So....are you ready for a whole week of FUN
challenges???  I sure hope so!

Jodie has created this amazing sale for you
so you can get lots of new digital images
for a very small price.  Now is a great time
to stock up and select some Christmas images
so you can come play along with us!
Hugs! D

Catch the Bug Challenges - Christmas in July {FREEBIE & Pick a Present}

Oh hello! So happy you are here today to visit me.
If you've been following along with me this week
you know that each day (since last Saturday) has been a
new challenge at CATCH THE BUG CHALLENGES
for the Fifth Annual Christmas In July event.

Today is the last day of the challenges and
it's also Freebie Friday so we'd LOVE to see
you pick a present from the graphic below, grab
the freebie for this week and play along with us. 

Here's my card using this week's freebie & "Stars, Image, Gems"

 It's hard to see in this photo but I used some glitter glue

on Rudolph's nose.  Super fun image don't you think :o)

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Craft Your Passion Challenges #270- Always Anything Goes

Crafting from the Heart Challenges #68 - Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra for July

I hope that you will join us - you have a little bit more time

to get your entries in. There are some fabulous prizes up

for grabs. Go check out the main blog for details.  

Til next time...hugs and happy crafting! D

Catch the Bug Challenges -Christmas in July {Oldie but Goodie & Photo Inspiration }

Hello lovelies - Happy Thursday!
It's Day 6 of the Christmas in July event
at CATCH THE BUG CHALLENGES.

Today's challenge is a photo inspiration -
you can take whatever it is about this photo that
inspires you and make it into a Christmas creation.

Thursdays are usually the Oldie but Goodie theme so I
found an image that goes fabulously with the photo inspiration
for today's challenge and qualifies as an oldie but goodie.


Oh just once I'd love to spend Christmas in a warm and tropical
area.  It would be odd not to have snow but the warm weather
and water would be so wonderful I'd get over the fact that
there's no snow in a hurry - LOL!
This fun image is called "Tropical Santa - surfboard" and you can
get him and lots of other fun images this month for 50% off
in the Bugaboo Stamps store. It's a good time to stock up
on those Christmas images for all those Christmas cards
you're gonna be making :o).

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Sweet Stampin' Challenges - Christmas in July (my 2nd entry)
Cute Card Thursday Challenge #382 "Water"
Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #153 - Holiday

So that's it for me today friends.  I'll be back tomorrow with
another Christmas card for Christmas in July.
I hope you are enjoying this week of inspiration and
that you will be joining us too.
Til tomorrow...hugs and merry crafting! D

Catch the Bug Challenges - Christmas in July {Humor Me Wednesday & BINGO}

Hello friends hope you're having a wonderful day!

It's another day in the CHRISTMAS IN JULY event

at CATCH THE BUG CHALLENGES.

Today we have a BINGO challenge for you.

Choose a row or column or go diagonally with the options 

and create a Christmas card or project using your choice.

My Guest Designer card uses the middle row
of funny sentiment, player choice (distressing) and
stripes - oh and of course a Bugaboo image but that's
kind of a given - hehehe.  Take a look:

Have you been playing along with us?  There's some awesome

prizes for each of the challenges and there's also a 

GRAND PRIZE opportunity for one lucky player who

joins us for ALL of the challenges during this week.

I entered the 2014 Christmas Chaos challenges and 

was the grand prize winner - thus how I got my GDT slot.

I'm so glad I played along and have had this opportunity!!

Maybe you will too?? You can't win if you don't play :o)

I am entering this in the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenges #153 - Holiday

Christmas Cards All Year Round - July challenge "Dots and Stripes"

Come and Get it Challenges - Christmas in July

Crazy for Challenges C4C294 "Critters"

Crafty Calendar Christmas in July

Thanks so much for stopping by to visit me today! 

I'll be back tomorrow with another Christmas creation

to share with you!! Hugs D

Catch the Bug Challenges - Christmas in July {New Release & Recipe Challenge}

Ho Ho Ho and Hello!!

It's Day FOUR of the Christmas in July challenges

at CATCH THE BUG CHALLENGES!!

Today's theme is a Recipe Challenge...

we'd like to see you use 3 embellishments, 2 papers

and 1 ribbon or twine on your Christmas creation. 

There's also a brand new digital image released today

that is awesome for Christmas called "Winter Birds".

Here's my Guest Designer card using the image and recipe:

 The 3 embellishments I used are sequins, rhinestones and 

a metal clip (attached to that little bow).  

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
613 Avenue Create - Challenge #132 Create Your Own Challenge
(mine is A2 card, Christmas and sequins)


Crazy 4 Challenges C4C294 - Critters

Thanks so much for popping in to see my again today!
I hope that you will be joining the fun and challenges this
week.  There's prize opportunities for each challenge
as well as a GRAND PRIZE opportunity for
one lucky player who enters ALL of the challenges.
More details are on the blog.  Just click the link
at the top of this post and it will take you right there.

Til tomorrow sweet friends...hugs! D

Catch the Bug Challenges - Christmas in July {Color Challenge}

Hello friends and Happy Monday!!
Today's Christmas in July challenge at
CATCH THE BUG CHALLENGES
is a Color Challenge using some awesome
greens and blues (see below)

Usually Monday's are Anything But a Card days
for the DT projects so I stayed with that theme
and made a Christmas tag - take a look:

This cute little elf is from the Mini Set - Christmas Blocks
The other images are Santa, Mrs. Clause, Rudolph, Frosty
Gingerbread Pal and an Angel - Adorable and perfect for
making your own tags for gifts.

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
ABC Christmas Challenges - N for Not a Card
Creative Card Crew #91 - Die Cuts

For those of you who are just finding me and/or
Catch the Bug Challenges, this whole week is chock
full of Christmas Challenge themes to help you get ahead
on your Christmas cards/creations.  There's an awesome GRAND
PRIZE up for grabs for one lucky participant who participates
in ALL the challenges this week.  More information is on the
main blog.  I hope that you will join us!!

Thanks so much for stopping in to visit me today.
Please go visit the rest of the talented DT and
see their creations for your inspirations.

I'll be back tomorrow with another Christmas creation
to share with you.  Hugs!! D 

Catch the Bug Challenges - Christmas in July {Sketch}

Hello sweet friends and followers!
It's Day 2 of the Christmas In July  challenges
at Catch the Bug Challenges!!!
Today we have a sketch for you to try, and it's a goodie
take a look:

For  my card today I've added a panel using the bokeh technique
and some non-traditional colors (my favorite to use on Chrismas
cards) with "Mini Set - Winter Bears".  I received this fabulous set
last year when I won the 2014 Christmas Chaos challenges.
And that is why, my friends I have also been enjoying the
past 3 months as a guest designer for Bugaboo Stamps!

Here's a look at the inside too and another of the images 

and a sentiment to finish it all up.  Pretty cute - huh??

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Come and Get it Challenges - Christmas in July

4 Crafty Chicks #254- Christmas in July

Simon Says Wednesday Challenges - Furry Friends

Sweet Stampin' Challenges - Christmas in July

Winter Wonderland - Have a Beary Merry Christmas

I sure hope that you will join us this week for 

Christmas in July.  Each day of this week long event

there is a new challenge to help you get your Christmas cards

started.  You also have a chance at a daily prize as well as 

for the GRAND PRIZE for playing along with all of the 

challenges.  More details are on the main blog - please go see.

Check out the amazing creations from the Design team too
while you are there - you'll be glad you did!

See you tomorrow with another Christmas creation! 

Catch the Bug Challenges - Christmas in July {Jingle all the Way}

Ho Ho Ho - Happy Saturday friends!
Seems like a strange way to start my greeting to you in July
and please don't send me a cyber-smack for it...
but like it or not Christmas is going to be coming up soon
heheehe and we at CATCH THE BUG CHALLENGES
have decided to help you get ready for it a bit early
so you aren't so stressed later. Sounds good right?!

Today is the start of a week long CHRISTMAS IN JULY
celebration!!! Each day is a new challenge and another chance
for you to WIN prizes (and get some of your Christmas cards
done early - LOL). Not only does each separate challenge offer a
prize but there is one special GRAND PRIZE for a lucky winner
who participates in each of the daily challenges!!

My Guest DT term these past 4 months has been a result
of my winning the 2014 Christmas Chaos Event - so I'm
here to tell you that it's possible that it could by YOU!

So let's get started with the first day of the Christmassy FUN.
Here's my card featuring a really fun image called
"Winter Circle Sentiments - jingle bells" .

I kept the design CAS but added some texture with some stitched
circle die cuts around the image and added some more texture
 by using an embossing folder on the base panel.

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Jingle Belles - Silver Belles (featuring silver and/or bells)
The Outlawz Twisted Thursday Challenges - Twist is Die Cuts
CAS on Sunday - #62 Embossing
Cas-UAL Chic CCC01: Embossing

Please go check out all the details on the main blog as well
as the beautiful creations from the rest of the talented Bugaboo DT.
I hope that you will be playing along with us this week!!
Hugs D