Oldie But Goodie @ The Bug!

It's an Oldie But Goodie Thursday over at The Bug Blog!

Today I thought I'd share one of my favorite oldies that I always go to when I need a sympathy or thinking of you card.

A family friend of ours lost her dad not too long ago - he lived a good long life of 90+ years, however, it's never easy to lose someone.

Image - Bugaboo Stamps - Light House

Papers - Miscellaneous Papers including Bazzill cardstock from my scrappy bin.  I THINK the print is from a DCWV paper stack I picked up years ago!

Tools - EK Success Border Punch, Nesties & Cuttlebug

Extra STUFF - Dimensionals, Paper Smooches Sentiment, White Marker

Feel free to visit The Bug Blog and check out the other oldies our designers dusted off today!  I'm sure you'll find AT LEAST ONE that will be a must add to your collection!  :)
That happens to me EVERY Thursday!
Hugs & Happy Days!

Oldie But Goodie Thursday @ Bugaboo

Do you like Oldies?  

When I think of Oldies, I think of music - the "Oldies" that my dad listened too when I was a kid.  The same Oldies that I now listen too and likely the same Oldies that our daughter will listen to (or at least while she's growing up and I have control of the radio).  :)

Today, we have a different kind of Oldie - A Bugaboo Stamps Oldie But Goodie.

I just LOVE this Bugaboo Stamps Flower Vases.  This Daisy vase is one of my favorites.  It's cute for birthday, but also works wonderfully for a thinking of you and even sympathy cards.

The Sympathy version is what I whipped up for today - 

Image - Bugaboo Stamps - Daisy Vase (Retired)

Papers - Cardstock

Tools - Cuttlebug & Nesties

Extra STUFF - Dimensionals, BLING & Doodling

Visit the Bug Blog and check out the other oldies that are making an appearance!

Thanks so much for stoppin' by - have a terrific day!

Hugs & Happy Days!

Oldie But Goodie Thursday

Another addition to my card stash.....of course, another sympathy card.

I swear, next week I'll have some happier cards!

I love these little butterflies though, and quite frankly, they could certainly be used for other types of cards (like the happier kind). :)

Image - Bugaboo Stamps - Silhouette Butterfly

Papers - Kraft, Bazzill & Miscellaneous print from my Scrappy Paper Swap

Tools - EK Success Border Punch

Extra STUFF - Stazon Jet Black Ink, Miscellaneous Sentiment stamp, Dimensionals & GIMP to color the three images via computer

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit today!

Hugs & Happy Days!

Oldie But Goodie

Happy Oldie But Goodie Thursday!

A simple sympathy card for my stash.

Please note, I made a slight adjustment to the image and added the "With Deepest Sympathy" sentiment instead of the "You are in my thoughts and in my prayers" sentiment it came with.

Image - Bugaboo Stamps - Beautiful Blocks - Thoughts & Prayers

Papers - Miscellaneous print from my stash, Kraft & Bazzill Cardstock

Tools - EK Success Border Punch

Extra STUFF - Dimensionals & Flat Backed Pearls

Be sure to visit The Bug Blog to see what's new....especially on Tuesdays & Friday's for our New Releases and Freebies!

Hugs & Happy Days!

Oldie But Goodie @ Bugaboo

I just love this Silhouette Butterfly image from Bugaboo Stamps.  I dusted off this oldie, used GIMP to adjust the color of the butterflies and added a sentiment.

I love the simplicity of this image for a sympathy card.

Image - Bugaboo Stamps - Silhouette - Butterfly

Papers - Miscellaneous from my Scrappy Bin including sparkly Coredinations & Kraft

Coloring - Copics

Tools - Computer - GIMP program to color and merge images/sentiment

Extra STUFF - Pearls, Dimensionals

Hugs & Happy Days!

Oldie But Goodie Thursday

Every had a crazy week and when you look at the calendar you wonder HOW in the World you possibly missed so many days.  Well, that's been our week at home!  

The great thing is I'm back and we're celebrating an Oldie But Goodie Day at Bugaboo.

 Of course, being the ray of sunshine I am this week, I'm back to a few Sympathy cards to add to my stash and yep, you guessed it - I'm back to using my butterfly border digis.

Image - Bugaboo Stamps - Butterfly Borders

Papers - All from my scrappy bin and scrappy swap

Coloring - Copics

Tools - EK Success Border Punch, Cuttlebug & Nesties

Extra STUFF - Miscellaneous Sentiment Stamps, Stazon Jet Black Ink & Stickles

Visit The Bug Blog and see what some of the other designers did.

Like the Oldies we've used - well, guess what?!  They're all avaialble at The Bugaboo Stamps Store!

Hugs & Happy Days!

Bugaboo Lighthouse Sympathy

Happy Oldie But Goodie Thursday at Bugaboo Stamps and Catch The Bug!

Have you played with this terrific lighthouse image Jodie created?

It's one of my favorites for so many reasons.

Today, it works super great as an image for a Sympathy card.

Image - Bugaboo Stamps - Lighthouse

Papers - Papers from a mini stack & Bazzill cardstock

Coloring - Copics

Tools - EK Success Border Punch, Cuttlebug & Nestie

Extra STUFF - Dimensionals, Twine & a computer generated sentiment.

Visit The Bug Blog and see what oldies the rest of the team dusted off!

Hugs & Happy Days!

It's Oldie But Goodie Day

WOW, can you believe 10 Days till Christmas???

Are you ready yet???

Well, if you need a little break today from the holidays, here's a little OBG card to make you smile.

I just LOVE the Flower Vases from Bugaboo and thought I'd see how they worked for a sympathy card we needed.  Wow, talk about versitile!!

I'm so pleased with how this worked out.
It might even be a nice simple design for thank you or thinking of you cards too!

Image - Bugaboo Stamps "Flower Vases - Daisy Vase"

Paper - Kraft & DCWV Prints

Coloring - Copics E31 E33 Y21 BG10 BG11 G20 W1

Tools - EK Success Punch

Extra STUFF - Dew Drops Ink, Fiskars "With Sympathy" Stamp for sentiment & Dimensionals

Be sure to visit The Bug Blog and see what Oldies the rest of the team dusted off.

Don't forget, this Oldie and all the others you see can all be purchased at The Bugaboo Stamps Store.

On and before I forget - HAVE YOU FINISHED YOUR 12 days of Christmas Challenges at The Bug Blog????  You've got till tomorrow to get your entries in and be one of our winners!!  =)

Hugs & Happy Holidays!

This has been entered into the following challenges - 

Delightful Challenges - 1E, SIO - Anything Goes (last challenge of 2011)

Samuel Taylor's Challenge - M, C3 - (December) Anything Goes

Cooking It Up With Katie - 1E - # 86 anything goes (til January)

Butterfly

I don't know about you, but I always have the hardest time creating sympathy card, and of course I found myself needing one recently.

The wonderful thing about Bugaboo Stamps is that there are amazing digis in the collection that work for ANYTHING!

So, for a sympathy card - these butterflies are just perfect to let someone know you're thinking of them.

Image - Bugaboo Stamps "Butterfly Borders" set

Papers - Paper Studio and Bazzill

Coloring - Copics

Tools - EK Success Punch & iRock

Extra STUFF - Dimensionals, Smooch & Bling

One of my favorite things about this card, other than the simplicity but beauty of the image is the little scallops.  Just LOVE em!

Don't forget to join us this week at The Catch The Bug Blog - we've got a super fun Kids/Baby Challenge going on this week that you won't want to miss participating in!

Hugs & Happy Days!

This card has been entered into the following challenges -

Karen's Doodles - Spring

Squigglefly - Spring Theme

Cheerful Stamp Pad - Spring

Cardmadfairy's Digi Days Challenge - Back to Nature

Mami doodles - Celebrate Spring

Wags N Whiskers - Spring

More than my Fair Share...

Gosh it seems like lately I've been making more than my fair-share of Sympathy cards.

I always find making these cards tough - I'm not sure if it's because my creativity turns itself off because it KNOWS WHY we're making the card (great how I talk about US, huh?), or if it's just because I don't know the 'RIGHT' elements for a sympathy card.......

In anycase, I'm very pleased with how this turned out. 

For some reason I really love the look of the dry embossing for these types of cards.

Image - Studio G Butterfly; Miscellaneous Thinking of You stamp

Papers - Bazzill Purple & Green, Black Standard Cardstock and Kraft Card Base

Techniques - Heat Embossing on Sentiment & Dry Embossing using Cuttlebug and embossing folder

Extra STUFF - Nestie frame for Thinking of you, Dew Drop Metallic Purple Ink, Versamark Ink, Bling, Ribbon, Stickles and White Embossing Powder

Be sure to pop over to Shelly's Images today - Audrey has a fabulous tutorial this wonderful Tuesday!

Well, off to see what you all have been up to lately! :)

With Heartfelt Sympathy

Happy Monday!  Today was the kind of Monday I like - one that I got to spend at home, enjoying the day.  I've got a list of felted slippers that need making for Christmas, so I was able to work on a pair while I enjoyed the time on the deck.  I've knitted 2 pair in the last 2 weeks.  It's never too early to start on Christmas projects! :o)  I've been working on several paper projects also - a chipboard album for a class at Live Laugh Love Scrap in October, Cards and some Design Team projects.  Right now I'm listening to it rain and contemplating an early night (nothing better than falling asleep to the rain!)

In any case, two of the cards I did today were Sympathy cards for a family who lost their mother/grandmother.  A wonderfully special lady who lived 101 years and would have celebrated 102 in November.  She was a woman I never met, but she was kind enough a few years ago after my mother in law asked me to knit her a foo-fa-la scarf.  In return she knitted Glen and I the most beautiful yellow blanket.  Certainly a woman who touched many lives in her time here.  

These two cards are for her son with whom she lived and her granddaughter who is a family friend.  Simple but heartfelt. 

Cuttlebug - Friends Forever Combo Embossing/Die

Paper - Purple, Navy and White Cardstock

Sentiment - computer generated

Miscellaneous - Diamond Stickles

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  If you haven't already entered yourself for my Blog Candy - stop here and enter for your chance to be my Anniversary Winner!

Happy Craftin'!

Min