Wednesday, July 25, 2018

Day 4 & 5 at Catch the Bug

I have a two fer day today. I am catching up with the Christmas in July challenges. So Day 4 was a bingo board.

I chose to do the top right to the bottom left corner diagonally (sparkle, Bugaboo Christmas image, bling or pearls).

The image is Bugaboo's Little Penguin Winter Bench. I colored it with a variety of different markers and then started to add bling and sparkle. There are a number of adhesive gems on the tree and I used Yellow Stickles on the star and Crystal Stickles for the snow. The light embellishments are from MFT Happy Pawlidays stamps and coordinating dies. I used a white gel pen to accent the lights and then drew lines to connect them. I used several dies: MFT Stitched Inside and Out Rounded Squares and Spellbinder's Lacy Squares. The background paper is a scrap of American Craft paper. And I added gold ribbon. I am entering these challenges:
Now for Day 5 (today) the challenge was to create a funny project.
Since Santa was in a bathing suit in the image I decided to use one of the Tropical Santa's from Bugaboo.

The image is Tropical Santa Surfing. I colored him with Copics and Spectrum Noir markers. The background paper is from Trimgym and I thought it kind of looked like waves. The image is die cut with Gina Marie Cross Stitch Rectangles. The sentiment was a freebie from Paper Crafts magazine and the flip flops were a freebie from Betty Bee. The sentiment is die cut with Quikcutz Tags and inked with Barn Door distress ink. The red paper is from my American Craft Christmas stash and actually has darker red dot but they aren't very visible in the photo. I added some ribbon from my stash. I love the red, white and blue color scheme. I am entering these challenges:
I am done for now. But tomorrow is a color challenge. I always find that difficult. Love sketches but give me a pallet of  colors and I freak. We'll see how I do. 
Today was my last day volunteering at Head Start for this school year. They only take a two week break so I'll go back mid-August. I really love playing with the kids. Only 4 of the 8 will move to the new room but one of their teachers is moving with them so that will be awesome. Hope your week is progressing well. We are on the down side now. Take care!

Donna







17 comments:

Shelly Schmidt said...

Two great cards! I love both of them! I do not know how to post both of the challenges with the same link.....
Fun that you have a 2 week break- the kids are moving on to the next room? How fun that you can be so active with them!

Annemarie en Merit said...

What a cutie...lovely card.
Thanks for joining us at Bugaboo, Christmas in July event,
Annemarie en Merit GDT Bugaboo

Jeanette (Forest Ranger) said...

Donna, you're creating some fabulous Christmas cards!

Stef H said...

good for you.... getting a jump on xmas!
hope all is well. can't believe july is just about gone! time sure flies.
have a great weekend.

hugs :)

Glenda Atkins said...

Two wonderful cards Donna. Day 4 card is so nice and sparkly and yes we seemed to be on the same wavelength. I think we both did just fine lol! Day 5 brought a smile to my face, so cute. I don't know why but I find humorous cards so very hard to make. Glad that one is done and over.
hugs
Glenda

Billie A said...

Your card is so cute and so glad you're playing in the CIJ at Catch the bug.
Billie A
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Joanna M. said...

These cards are both wonderful! I am so glad that you are joining in the fun over on the Catch The Bug Christmas In July event. Good luck!!
~Jo, Bugaboo DT

Jenée said...

Great card, Donna. The little image is adorable, and fits nicely with our sketch this week. Thank you for sharing with us this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches.

Tammy Miller said...

Thank you so very much for joining our Tuesday CIJ Bingo challenge @ Catch the Bug! I love your project. Good Luck!

Debbie said...

Fantastic cards! Bugaboo images are always so fun!!!
Thanks for playing along with us at Tuesday Morning Sketches
Debbie ~ TMS DT
Debbie's Dash of This and That

Lynn (aka Lynnpenguin) said...

Great cards. Thanks for playing along with us at Catch the Bug for our Christmas in July celebration. Good Luck.
Lynn aka Lynnpenguin, Bugaboo DT

Jodie Mackrell said...

These are both awesome! Love the penguin card paper and cool santa sentiment!
Thanks for joining us in our Bugaboo Christmas in July event!
Smiles...Jodie (Bugaboo Stamps Owner)

Lisa Lynn said...

Donna, both of your cards are beautiful. Love the red, white and blue surfing Santa along with the adorable penguins. You made wonderful creations. Thanks for joining in the Christmas in July Catch the Bug Challenge, Lisa Lynn DT.

Pam said...

Both cards are really cute Donna! You will have all of your Christmas cards finished before you know it!
Hugs, Pam
scrap-n-sewgranny.blogspot.com

Melissa Craig said...

Super cute! Thank you for joining us at Tuesday Morning Sketches.

ankitag612 said...

Wow, such cute cards. Christmas in July is my favorite at the moment. I love the red scalloped frame around the penguins. So darn cute. Thank you so much for joining us on Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge. xx Ankita

Valentyna Komisarenko said...

Fabulous cards! Thank you for sharing your card with ATSM!

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