BITTEN BY THE BUG 2 BLOG HOP

WELCOME

to my little scraphut and welcome to our monthly 

Bitten by the Bug Blog Hop.

our challenge this week is the wheelbarrow from the Walk in my Garden cartridge. 

You will find this image on page #107 and it is image #26 on the overlay.

Hello

5"x5"
square card

here is my cute wheelbarrow. i never used this cut and/or feature before. the feature is the "card" one but all you get is the front of the card. at least, that is what i got.  i made a base for it.

i hid the flowers centers with the gypsy hide contour because being so small i was just going to rip the thin paper i used. i added the tiny rhinestones instead. i can still tell they are flowers, :).

i messed up at the end while stamping hello. i decided to use embossing powder to hide it but, i couldn't set the powder right. you see? i already had the transparency attached on the window. it was warping on me...:(

as you can see i was not having a good day, lol
btw, the hello stamp is from my pink stamper and you can purchase the whole set HERE.
it is called spectacular sayings.

i got myself a pair of martha stewart fringe scissors ;Dand i used them today for first time. i made the grass where the little punched birdie stands still. loved using this scissors.

this tree is from hoot n' holler, image #11 on the overlay. i cut this tree at three inches but it comes out a bit taller because of the branches. the pretty butterflies are from another paper punch. i like to have paper punches with small images because they are easier than trying to cut them w/the cricut sometimes and, i can use tiny scraps of paper too. :D
if you take a closer look to the tree trunk you will see i stamped for a more realistic look.

 and you can see i curled the leaves too.

this is my base for the front card. it is another 5"x5"piece of white cardstock which i scored at 1/2 inch and glued it to the front.

this is how it looks when opened. the back is the one that bends, not the front.

here is the completed card.
  i want  to mention that the transparency used on the window is actually a clear plastic from the dollar stamps package ;p.

hope you like my card...this one is a first for me as i mentioned before.

i have a small giveaway and i will use random.org to choose for me.
you will have three days to claim your prize.

***the small print says you must participate in this BBTB challenge to be able to add your name for my giveaway.

now, it is time to keep hoping and i am listing the entire hop list in case you are a bit lost. you can start wherever you want but you might want to stop at all the blogs. :)

 BLOG HOP LINE UP

Lori
Donna
Krista
Shelly
Jeri
Carri
Maria

----------AGNES----------

(u r here)

your next stop is my dear 

Theresa from Binky Blossoms

and, you click HERE to go to her blog.

thanks so much for stopping by and i really hope you liked my card.
do not forget to comeback to see who won my little surprise.

note:
the links were not working. not sure if blogger changed this feature. i will check later on to see if they work.

HEARTFELT THANKS WITH INDIE ART

just a quick card here i needed in a flash---:P--

like i can do anything in a flash, lol

Heartfelt Thanks

6"x4"

using the first clear stamp set released by 

MY PINK STAMPER.

and the beautiful INDIE solution cart for the heart. 

one in so many awesome carts that have been forgotten.

 and the beautiful photo corner from a SIZZIX sizzlet. another awesome die cutter. 

i have been buying a few things from sizzix from their outlet, at very good prices. all the sudden i remember they are steel dies and cut through so many thick materials, lol.

hope it motivates you to use what you have forgotten in your closets. i have been cleaning and re-organizing my craft room again and found so many useful supplies.

have a great weekend!

MY PINK STAMPER DESIGN TEAM MONTHLY PROJECT

i told you i would be back today. i have been cleaning the house and working some on the yard before it gets too bad. the weather is supposed to be rainy for the whole week and i won't be able to go out. the house can wait a day or two. it is always so much to do :( 

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i love being one of robyn's designers and get to play with her stamps and i wish i had more time to work with them. i thought when my son left i was going to have that extra time but sadly, that hasn't been the case. i did have time to make some stops on some blogs and that is a YAY! it shows some progress, lol.

I did have so much fun working on my project for today. we were asked to use the Spook-a-licious stamp set and you know that is one of my favorites right now. 

 Have the Scariest Halloween Ever

4.75" x 5.75"

i named him mr.noir!

the most beautiful cat's face ever, is in the autumn celebrations cartridge.

and here is the beautiful sentiment from the spook-a-licious set from my pink stamper, and the spiders are from the same set. i love those spiders, they are awesome looking! 

for the sentiment, i bent the stamp a bit on my acrylic block until i had it the way i wanted it.

(psss!....you can click on the pics for a bigger view)

 look at those teeth...GRRRRR!

the card base is from ashlyn's alphabet and is image #40 on the overlay. i cut it twice on double sided pattern paper.

did you noticed i inked the teeth a bit, for a more realistic look. 

the rhinestones are giving him purple eyes. 

awesome purple eyes, that is! a bit of stickles here and there and done.

 when you go to my pink stamper site, you will see you need to use black, green, purple and orange in your project. you will find these colors in the designers projects as well.

now, you can click on anywhere i wrote my pink stamper, spook-a-licious or you can click HERE to go to my pink stamper site and see what the rest of her fab team has to share and to participate in this other awesome challenge. 

http://www.mypinkstamper.com/

can't wait to see what you come up with!

now, go ahead and have some fun!

TIME 4 FUN---A BITTEN BY THE BUG CHALLENGE

welcome to another challenge hosted by 

Bitten by the Bug 2.

last week i missed it but here i am now--:D.

this is what we were asked to do:

"I asked the designers to use the Time 4 Fun cut from the Cuttin' Up cart. I hope you like what they did!

As always, you are welcome to participate with us. If you don't have the Cuttin' Up cart, please feel free to use another cart with the same phrase or build one yourself. Please submit a new project for the challenge".

 Time 4 Fun

6.18 round card

my son was not the sporty kid but he did loved soccer and played every fall until middle school when he had to choose between soccer and marching band. :P he was very good at it and won a few trophies as a soccer player.

 i was remembering when we moved here in 2005, and the first thing we did was look for a soccer team. now, he is in college and no soccer but still with his marching band. btw, he plays the saxophone. 

this card is to commemorate his love for the sport at the time.

 the card base is from Sports-Mania. these were his school colors, not the last team colors. those were blue and white. i like these colors better, lol.

 the Time 4 Fun are from the cuttin' up cart we asked to used for this challenge.

below, you will see a few more takes of the same card.

 i would love if you participate in this "Time 4 Fun", Bitten by the Bug 2 challenge. you do not have to own a cuttin' up cart. so many carts have fonts and you can make your own "Time 4 Fun" phrase. you will also get to see what my team-mates have created.

Click HERE to take a look.

see you tomorrow with another project but this time a 

"My Pink Stamper" one. 

we are using one of the newer stamps set: 

SPOOK-A-LICIOUS. 

SEE U LATER!

BLOG HOP WINNER

 HELLO

 does anybody know the name of this flower?

update: it is called 

i googled it and yes, the leaves and flowers are the same
THANK YOU to TRESA. Thanks so much! now, i have a name, yay!

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it is time to announce the winner of the hop

CONGRATULATIONS!

PLEASE, email me and send me your addy. you are the new winner of  

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 you have 5 days to claim your prize.

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MY PINK STAMPER PINK-A-LICIOUS BLOG HOP

hello my friends and a big welcome to the new visitors.

WELCOME to my scraphut!!!

at home they call me Agnes but i am flowerdisco in real life, lol

i am a new empty nested mom. my son is a freshman at Boston University and i am figuring out yet this bittersweet freedom that comes with it. it is too early yet to tell. i will let you know.

 i am one of My Pink Stamper designers and this is my third term with Robyn. Yay!

and this hop is for entertainment purposes only as we always try to use My Pink Stamper new releases for you to get to know her products. JUST HAVE FUN! then, at the end of this hop, i invite you to stop back at My Pink Stamper's site and join us in the challenge and see what else she has planned to surprise us all. :)

i enjoyed making this project so very-very much. this time i was inspired by this crafter lovely card: http://corgi-creations.blogspot.com/2011/06/i-cant-stop-cutting-things.html.-----AND i graciously give credit due where credit is due--as you can see/read :)

this is my version of it and i hope i have made your stop here worthwhile.

our theme for this hop is back to school and 3D but since i am a bit of a troubled woman...hee-hee

i will present you now...

School days-School Days

11" x 7.75"
(click on pictures to zoom in)

it a school of witchcraft, lol

think Hogwarts and think Halloween and think troubled woman

(wink-wink) 

 it is for young witches and no wizards are allowed.

 the base is just a rectangle where i welded a triangle for the top. i scored at 3.25" and 7.5".

i am not giving you all details because you are hopping, so do not dismay my friends, lol
if you want to know more, just shoot me an email.

the school days- school days is the awesome set-newer release-- from My Pink stamper called "school days"...hehe, hence the name of my project. :p

do you love my door as much as i do? so much fun!. it is actually an armoire...hehe and the sunflowers are just fabulous, just perfect for this time of the year.

 kitty-kitty, here.

 and the fence is a paper punch.
they are lovely windows but i have to add something else to them :(

the tree was added at the end and was inked with a few different colors here and there.

again, i hope i made your hop worth the stop.

enjoy!

PSSSSS!!!!!----i have a small giveaway for a lucky commentator, but you have to come back and claim it.

 :P, do not forget to go back to My Pink Stamper and do not miss any stops because you never know who will be haunting you next, lol.

have a great weekend and do not forget to take a minute in remembrance of 911.

---BLOG HOP ORDER---

Robyn (My Pink Stamper)

Chelle (Paper Krate)

 Shelley

Alex (You Had Me At Craft)

Angela (Simple Creations)

Renee (RockinRenee)

Cristi

 June

 Carissa (Sprinkled with Glitter)

 Julie (readysetstamp)

Roberta

Edna (Create With Expression)

Sharon

 Courtney (Court's Crafts)

 Missy

 Tracy (CraftJunkieToo)

Helen

Kassidy

 Agnes (Flowerdisco)

Michelle (Meesh's Pieces)

 Andrea

Karlee

Maria

MISS YOU

MISS YOU-MISS YOU-MISS YOU

i miss my son so much it is heartbreaking :( and when we were asked to use this image, i thought let me make it to show how i am feeling right now.

my son is doing very well and BU had planned lots of events for their students, especially for their freshmen. this weekend was packed with different activities and i bet you he was having a blast :). 

he has also decided to continue marching band, and on sunday he had his first rehearsal/meeting.

 as we all know life goes on and i will do my best to keep myself busy. i still have lots to do in the house and that will help me--  :)

anyhow as, i said the  

Bitten by the Bug

  challenge for this week is the winged heart from rock princess. you can find it on page #44 of the handbook. i cut this heart at 2.18 using my gypsy.

Miss You

4.25" x 5.5"

the background is kraft paper textured with the fiskars crimper and inked dirty with black ink.

the spiders and the sentiment are from my pink stamper stamps. the splashes of blood are a dollar stamp. the wings were dry embossed.

the script paper is from martha stewart and it also already had the splashes of blood. you can see some on the heart but on the bottom strip and top left, were stamped on.

the border is from an EK paper punch called binding edge.

     please, come to the 

 

clicking HERE, 

and have fun with us. you have to link your project there and when you post it on your blog don't forget to mention us. this will help others wanting to participate know where they have to go ;)

i will come back tomorrow with another project. hope you come back!

Love you all

SOMETHING YUMMY FOR YOUR TUMMY

 HELLO FRIENDS

send me a virtual hug so the emptiness from not having my son around does not affect me too much.

we lost power during Irene and encountered closed roads, closed bridges and by the time we got to Boston it was almost time for him to go to a meeting. Our good byes were too short. He started his community services (FYSOP) on Tuesday and he is working with disabled children. he moved a week earlier to participate in this program. we stayed one more day around the city in case we had time to have dinner with him but it was not possible.

in our way home it all hit me, but by the time we got home i was doing better. i had 6 hours to moan, lol.

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the winner for the BBTB2 hop is 

                             ----------craftymom205 said... 1
                                              You added an apple. Love this project.

Congrats "craftymom205". 

please, send me an email with your address.

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Something Yummy for your Tummy

5.5" x 4.25"

hehe---i am not pregnant---hehe

it is just a card, lol. i used the Wrap it Up cart for this one.

 the stork can be find on page #63 on the handbook and is image #43 on the overlay. it was cut at 4 inches.

the sun was hand-drew and the stork has 4 layers plus the patterned paper one.

the sentiment is from My Pink Stamper. It is in the Yummy-licious stamp set. the two asterisks are from Love-a-licious, also from My Pink Stamper (MPS). the foot border is also from My Pink Stamper--LOL--and is from the Sweet Baby clear stamp set. 

i am telling you, you can mix and match her stamps and even make your own sentiments with them--wink! they are so versatile!!!!!

the background paper was purposely made to look wrinkle, :)

and i do not know if you can see the thickness of the stork and clouds on this pic. I am loving the thickness you can acquire with a few more cuts adhered together---awesome look!

this is the inside of the card and the sentiment is also from the Sweet Baby clear stamp set from My Pink Stamper.

Hope you like it and and got to see the versatility of these stamps. this set of YUMMY-LICIOUS is meant to be used mostly with food items, baking the most but you can use them for a totally different occasion as i did here with my card

"Something Yummy for your Tummy"

indeed.

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here is a pic before the departure. 

we had to get more bungee cords to pile up more totes on top :-) since the trunk was already full.

love you all!

soon i will be able to visit you too

 i love to browse your blogs and see what you are up to.

wohoo!