Bugaboo Anything Goes Challenge

Here's another cute digi from Bugaboo.  I love their stamps!  I'm not sure I like the way the inside of this card looks.  I think I'm gonna go back and put in a double liner and stamp the sentiment on it.  That will give a lot more room for writing home. 
I didn't know about OWH last year at Christmas, I was just getting my feet wet in this crazy madness of cardmaking and blogging.  I know about it this year tho' and I am enjoying making Christmas cards for our troops.  I AM having a hard time with one thing... not using glitter...I mean come on, if it's Christmas it needs to sparkle and shine in my book.  I will use Stickles sparingly, (I just can't help myself,) but it's just not the same as glitzing to the max, especially when it comes to 'snow'.   I CAN manage restraint tho' if it means the safety of our guys and gals.  It's just means everyone else I make a card for this year is probably gonna get a glitterama!  Hope you have a wonderful day-go out & make it one!

Bugaboo Christmas in July week long Challenge- Ruby Christmas Tree

Here's Ruby all decked out for what promises to be one wild & wacky party.  Ever been to one of those?  Who was the "Ruby" at your party & what did he/she do to make it so memorable?

Have a great day and try to do something to make it a good one for someone else too.

For Fun Challenge

I saw a new challenge (new to me, that is) listed on a friend's blog and decided to give it a try.  This is for the For Fun Challenge.   Their challenge this week is a fold challenge and you're supposed to use one other fold besides the regular fold of the card.  fold, fold, fold getting a little redundant here. 

This was an exercise in frustration and improvisation (as most of my cards are.)  No twine, not enough Copics to color with, this thingamagig is too big, this one is too small, blah, blah, blah.  I wonder if I had all the scrapbook/crafting tools I wanted & needed would I be satisfied then?  It would make things a whole lot easier and go a lot smoother, THAT'S for sure!

I normally try to keep my cards as flat as I can because the vast majority of them go to OWH and I want them to be as easy to pack and to mail as possible.  This one is a little too lumpy & bumpy so I've got to go try to buy something (like maybe a heavy weight cotton twine) that I can replace my lasso rope. I've got to replace it instead of just leaving it off, which I think I would prefer, because of the glue residue.   

I've come to realize that I always see things I would'uv, should'uv, could'uv done differently AFTER I post pictures of my cards. Maybe I should always post a preview picture, find out what is wrong or missing & then go back and rework the card, retake the picture and then post it.   I usually end up redoing alot of my cards anyways, but I never post the revisions.  I guess I figure seeing it once is enough for everyone.  The more I look at it, this one will definitely get a little redo, but that will have to come tomorrow......

 Front panel

 Middle panel

 

both panels

The digi stamp I used is by Bugaboo.

Wishing you Sunshine & Smiles, Love & Laughter (& all the crafting supplies you need)

Glitter Geeks Challenge #6 Under the Sea

Ava Mermaid was one of the first digis I ever purchased and colored.  I fell in love with her and actually went out and bought the chunky glitter I used for her tail just for that purpose.   Confession time....I grew up in Florida and when I was in 2nd grade I was obsessed with mermaids.  I was so obsessed with them that I wanted to BE one when I grew up!   There was a real place (that's no longer open) that had an underwater show of "live Mermaids" and they were beautiful, especially the star mermaid.  She had the longest and most glittery tail of all the mermaids.  But I digress, as usual.  As soon as I bought Eva I colored and glittered several copies of her & then I didn't know what to make with them, so in my box of digi stamps they went.   Luckily I was on someone's blog last week (sorry whoever you are, I can't remember but I wish I could so I could give you a shout out) and they mentioned Glitter Geeks so I decided to check them out & lo, and behold they were having a challenge- the theme, Under the Sea.  Yay!

*Eva Mermaid is from the Eva and Deacon line by Bugaboo stamps.