Friday, July 11, 2008

A Buggy Challenge!

Happy Friday Everyone! If it is Friday, then it is time for another Blogger's Challenge! This week's challenge was to use bugs in your creation. Apparently, I don't have a lot of buggy stamps...lol! I just used my butterflies last week and a few weeks before that it was the new little bees from Stampendous. I wanted to share something that I hadn't used for a challenge before, so I found my Bee Happy Topper from Stampendous and got right to work!

The image is stamped with Black Stazon and then colored with my new Koh-I-Noor Woodless Colour Pencils. I really like working with them. Gina Krupsky of Gina K. Designs has a wonderful tutorial on how to use these pencils. You can find it here. I actually used my Stampin' Up Blender Pen because I've never tried working with odorless mineral spirits and stumps, but I'm hoping to give that a whirl this weekend! I'll let you all know how it works out. Now back to the card details...lol! The card base is made from a piece of Stampin' Up Cranberry Crisp and then a layer of Certainly Celery. I then added some Chatterbox Summer Bias Plaid and used the flip side for the flowers. The accents include some Stampin' Up Pumpkin Pie Grosgrain ribbon, a little bit of faux stitching, and a little clump of buttons to complete this card.

For more buggy creations, just click on the Blogger's Challenge logo on the right of my blog. Have a wonderful day! Thanks so much for stopping by...Toodles! :D

22 comments:

Lauren said...

Super adorable. The colors, coloring and the layout are fabulous.

Barb Hardeman said...

Just the Bee's Knees!!! Everything about this card is adorable!

Heather D. ~ Fresh Brewed Designs said...

This card is SO so cute!!! I love the colors and the way you framed the image. SO cute!!!

Basement Stamper said...

Great minds think alike, even our colors this week were similar!! Love how you used the paper piercing in the upper corners, very cute!

Lynn Mercurio said...

Just too cute! Your colors are marvelous and I love your button embellishments.

Nikki Fairbairn said...

I love this Kimberly. So bright and fun, Love the cute image and the co-ordinating buttons, Have a great weekend, Hugs, Nikki x

Connie Babbert said...

Very, very cute! Great job!

Lisa Somerville said...

Pretty colors, cute stamps!

jjcreations said...

Very cute card....love these little bees. Joan

Ida said...

This is just so adorable and cute. Love everything about it. Great job with this (bug) challenge.

Clara said...

Too cute! The little cluster of buttons looks really great on this card too.

Marcia @ Pretty Things said...

Great layout and love that topper. Everything is too cute.

Suzanne @ Day to Day said...

Cute! Love the colors.

Amy Caraluzzi said...

So sweet!! Love everything about this!

Tara Kieninger said...

Awww....these are so sweet!

Claudia Perry said...

SOOOOO cute - I love how the flower comes out of the circle!

Anonymous said...

Too cute, Kimberly! It makes me happy just looking at your card!

Debbie Fisher (debbiedee) said...

I love these bees!

Lisa Bohler said...

Golly, that's an adorably cute card! Great job!

Kathie Bailey said...

Kimberly, this is darling. I am a sucker for plaid and love the colors you used, plus the bees are my favorite stamp series!

Anita Van Hal said...

Love your card! The patterned paper is very pretty, and I love how you put everything together-the colors, the buttons, etc. Thanks for sharing!

Kathie Bailey said...

This is so adorable!


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Kathie