Last day of Christmas in July at Catch the Bug

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It is Friday and the weekend is a head of us. It is also our last day of our Christmas in July festival at Catch the Bug. There is a freebie as usual and we have a colour challenge for you. As previously mentioned there are some lovely prizes for each day and for those who have taken part everyday. You have until Sunday 26 July to join in the fun! I used the Freebie and pink, green and magenta. Papers are from W&M. Image was coloured with Prisma pencils.

Challenges I'm joining: 
Cute Card Thursday #644 - Christmas in July
The Outlawz Wednesday Sketch challenge 22 July - 4 August
The Outlawz Festive Fridays 24 July - 6 August - Christmas

Hop by at Catch the Bug to grab your freebie and make us a lovely project with all the colours of a watermelon.
Hugs from Africa!
OlgaB

Make us laugh Wednesday for Christmas in July

 

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Wednesday is humor day at Catch the Bug and even in our Christmas in July festival we challenge you to make us laugh. Something everybody needs. I used Crabby Cathy Right Idea for my project today. I used a Christmas tree die from Kaisercraft on the back and used a tag die to cut my image.

Challenges I'm joining:
Tuesday Morning Sketches #564
Penny's Paper Crafty #476 - Anything goes
The Outlawz Monday Greeting cards 20 July - 2 Aug - Anything goes

Hope you'll make us a nice project to give us a giggle. You do not need to use a Bugaboo image, but it will be appreciated.
Hugs from Africa!
OlgaB

Christmas in July Bingo

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For Tuesday we have a Bingo challenge in our Christmas in July festival. There is a flash freebie Christmas Rocking Horse available. I decided once again to play with non traditional colours for this Christmas card. We have a summer Christmas here in the Southern Hemisphere and we normally have all the nice summer food and holiday at the beach. I used a die cut from Kaisercraft. Paper is from stash as well as the ribbon. Got the ornament sticker in my Christmas stash.

Challenges I took inspiration from:
Crafty Sentiment - Anything Goes
Cheerful Sketches - July Sketch (2nd entry)
Incy Wincy Design - Summer Colours
The Outlawz Twisted Thursday 16 - 26 July - Polka Dots
The Outlawz Festive Friday 10 - 23 July - Christmas
Daring Cardmakers - Frida Kahlo

Come and join our festival and get started on your Christmas project!
Hugs from Africa!
OlgaB

ABC for Christmas in July

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On Monday at Catch the Bug we always have inspiration for Anything but a Card. Since it is our annual Christmas in July special we challenge you to make something different than a card. I bought some gift bags a while ago for this purpose. This time I used Puppy - Enough reindeer. I just love this image. I've coloured it with my Prisma pencils and recycled some Lindt Bunny Chocolate ribbon with bells. Paper and ribbon is from my stash and yes, I did glued my ribbon the wrong side down. Only saw it when the project was finished. Luckily it does not make such a big difference.

Challenges I'm joining:
Crazy 4 Challenges #544 - Sketch

Hope you'll join in the fun for our Christmas in July special. As usual there are some lovely prizes to win.
Hugs from Africa!
OlgaB

Friday Freebie at Catch the Bug

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This is a belated post of ou Friday Freebie at Catch the Bug. It is called Deacon Elf Present. I used washi tape on the lower card and used my Fiskar edge teared to cut the curves on both edges. The designer paper is W&M and I used a Spellbinder die.

Challenge I took inspiration from:
Color my Heart Color dare #402 - Monochromatic blue

Hope you'll pop over to get this freebie and to join in the fun at Catch the Bug Christmas in July!
Hugs from Africa!
OlgaB

Christmas in July at Catch the Bug!

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It is that time of the year again!!! We start to prepare for Christmas and it is our annual Christmas in July festival at Catch the Bug!!! Today we have an inspirational photo to start our week. I used Bella Christmas Ornament and used a bit unusual colours for Christmas, though I added a touch of Gold with a gel pen and some peel off border. I used a Nellie Snellen circle die with faux stitching in as well as a Martha Stewart leave border punch. Image was coloured with Prisma Pencils.

Challenges I'm joining:
Tuesday Morning Sketches #563
Cute Card Thursday #643 - Stitching
Sheepski Design #40 - Christmas in July
The Outlawz Monday Greetings 6 - 19 July - Christmas in July
The Outlawz Tuesday Colour Challenge 14 - 27 July with twist of add leaves.
Crash your Stash - July/August - Sequins

Come and join our festival with all your adorable Christmas creations.
Hugs from Africa!
OlgaB

It is time.....

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What a year it has been. Some of you have summer currently, but we have winter and it is one of the coldest winters we had for some years, further we are still in lockdown, so for now there is nothing to look forward to like vacation. My friend is celebrating her birthday this weekend and I know she had a lot of wonderful holiday plans. They would have experience a wonderful Europe summer holiday currently, but everything is cancelled. So when I saw Stella Calendar August with her funny sentiment I decided I'll try to cheer my friend on her birthday! My paper is from Prima Marketing Golden Coast and I added some embellishments from my stash. Since our summers are almost 9 months of the year it is probably my favourite time. Been outside is so much more fun than being in the house the whole day. Our houses are also build for summer, so winter time we feel as if we never get warm.

Challenges I'm joining:
Double D - Let's go to the beach
The Outlawz Wednesday Sketch 7 - 21 July
As You Like It challenge - summer or autumn (most definitely summer)

Hope you'll pop by Catch the Bug's Oldie but Goodie inspiration on this Thursday!
Then we also want to say our annual Christmas in July starts this WE at Catch the Bug!!

Hope you have a great day!

Hugs from Africa!

OlgaB

A Fairy's Best Friend for Creation in Pink

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On the 15th of each month it is time for Creations in Pink challenge. You can make anything you like as long as the dominant colour is Pink. We are sponsored by The Paper Shelter this round and I used a Fairy's best friend. The designer paper is from Marianne Designs Celebrations. I used a Spellbinder die and then used another corner die with circles. Ribbon is from my stash. I stamped some more butterflies from Penny Black and used a butterfly die with some rhinestones as finishing touch.

Challenges I'm joining:
Daring Cardmakers - Deck chair stripes and sunny dots
Crazy 4 Challenges - Turquoise, Pink, Peach & Sand/gold
Allsorts #580 - My little eye spy something starts with a "B" (Butterflies)
Sweet Stampin - Fairies and Fantasy
Cheerful Sketches - July Sketch

Thank you for you visit. Hope you'll join us at Creations in Pink.
Hugs from Africa!
OlgaB

Tomboy for Creative Moments

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This is a belated post for Creative Moments' challenge. Last night when I just started with the post, we had a power failure. Hopefully I can finish it this time. One of our lovely sponsors this round is My Besties and I had the privilege to play with TomBoy. Such a cute image.  I used papers from BoBunny's Mistletoe collection in the background and some plain cardstock. Have to admit, though I love white it is quite a challenge to colour an image in white. The frame die is from Marianne design and the sentiment is from Nellie's collectable.

Challenges I'm joining:
Sweet Sketch Challenge #187
The Outlawz Colour challenge 30 June - 13 July - Inspirational Photo
Tuesday Throwdown #461 - Polka Dots
Crafty Sentiment - Anything Goes
The Outlawz Festive Fridays 26 June - 9 July - Child Birthday

Hope you'll come and join us at Creative Moments!
Hugs from Africa!
OlgaB

ABC at Catch the Bug

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On a Monday Catch the Bug always have some Anything but Card inspiration. Since it is my turn to give some inspiration I made this Gift Card Holder. I saw this idea once on Ursula's blog and it was quite a charming idea. This is Gus Work that I have used with some tool die cuts and some screw brads as well as Spellbinder frame die. With this world wide pandemic I do not think there is a lot of people that will be able to go on holiday this year for different reasons. They will probably be forced to stay home or to work.

Challenges I'm joining: 
The Male Room #139 - Die cuts
613 Avenue #235 - July - Anything goes with twist of sentiment as focal point
Craft Rocket #72 - For the men/boys
The Paper Shelter #434 - Use a sentiment
Daring Cardmakers  - July element inspiration- Black & White, little car on bottom, texture.

Hope you'll find some inspiration from the lovely DT at Catch the Bug for something else that a card.
Hugs from Africa!
OlgaB