BBTB BLOG HOPPIN ...HALLOWEEN GOODIES..LONG POST..

Hello all, I am your first stop for the current BBTB BUG BLOG HOP going on....WOW what fun you are going to have hopping from BUG stop to BUG STOP and hopefully collecting some goodies along the way....The challenge this week was to use the RIBBON from the PAPER PUPS cartridge...I was at first going to do a HALLOWEEN project with my ribbon......BUT..my little Benjamin loves badges that we decided to do a little badge for his fathers birthday this coming Wednesday...He will have to where it all day...(yeah right)....I used lots of yummy kc company paper for this project...have I ever told you how much I love KC COMPANY papers....Okay I got some goodies for ya....this new paper from Cosmo Cricket called JOLLY BY GOLLY and some other goodies...Just leave me a comment by this Wednesday night and I will draw a random winner this coming Thursday...REMEMBER TO leave me your email address........but that's not all...I got more projects to share...keep reading below.....
Before I send you off to the next fabulous BBTB designer, I wanted to share a few projects I just did using some awesome new Cutting Cafe Stamps...
This first box and card uses the new set called: Thank you Background stamps and Thank you Thank you, I can't say it enough word circle....99 cent special...(I reduced the size of the circle)...I also used the Nesting boxes for the box...did you know that most of all of the cafe's background stamps are HUGE....they are at least 7 by 8 inches...with many be bigger then that....great for using on scrapbook pages and bags and boxes like this project....Next is a card I made using the new Halloween Background stamp....Next up is a cello bag, filled with Halloween goodies, of course....The cute spider comes from a new Halloween set called Halloween This and That.....Finally is a little card I made using the Halloween labels...this is a super fun set..

Be sure to check out all of the new sets and the also the recently released sets...Also today is the LAST day to get the I HAVE FAITH IN YOU SET for FREE.....CLICK HERE FOR THAT...........................okay...

Now I am going to send you to the way FABULOUS and oh so SWEET Krista Norman's blog....She is truly a beautiful person inside and out...(wink)....Also if you got lost in the hop...don't forget to go to this link and see all of the ladies that are in the hop...the list is at the bottom of the post.

b is for BIRTHDAY....365 CHALLENGE AND 2 SKETCHES 4 YOU

Well hubby's birthday is next week and I am trying to get a jump start on things....So I headed on over to 2 sketches 4 you for some inspiration and of course I found it...this card is based on this weeks challenge....AND....since the CUTTING CAFE just released another LETTER SHAPED CARD...the letter b.....(eventually the Cafe site will have all 26 of the letters in a set and the number 0-9)....I thought I would play along again over at 365....they had a monogram challenge going on, on Monday...I also decided to use the PARTY HAT template from the Cafe site....The inside of the card uses the HAPPY BIRTHDAY background stamp...love that font on that printable stamp....so what do you think...do you think the card and hat are MANLY enough....I so wanted to add some bling to the card and hat, but if I would have done that, I would then want to sew on it and ....boowhoo...................it wouldn't have looked so manly anymore...So I left it as is...

BLESS YOUR HEART.....365 MONOGRAM CHALLENGE

Gosh I tell ya those girls over at 365 ROCK.....here is a shaped Monogram card I did using two of the recently released items from The Cutting Cafe..The B SHAPED CARD and a new sentiment set called BLESS YOU...has 14 different sentiments in it....
I used some way yummy K&Company paper...love that stuff.....be sure to check out the cafe site later today for a few more letter shaped cards...eventually all 26 letters will be added..as well as 0-9....oh yeah must not forget.....that white crochet flower is from paper blooms...ooo I love me some crochet flowers....

DON'T BE A SOUR PUSS...LIFE IS TOO SHORT

This is one of those cards that you could ONLY send to your best of friends....Just a great card to remind those that LIFE REALLY IS TO SHORT to be a SOUR-PUSS...this stamp is from the recently released set called FOR THE LOVE OF LEMONS....over at The Cutting Cafe...

SO HOOS BIRTHDAY IS IT................

WELL IT WAS MINE...LAST FRIDAY......I must say it was a draining day...at first hubby and I were going to go to the California State fair; just the two of us and act like a bunch of KIDS....(smile)...but NO.........I said to myself it was my birthday and I should spend it with the whole family...(like I don't do that already)...so we took the whole GROUP....and oh my it was more like a birthday for them...we just watched as they rode their little hearts out...GOTTA LOVE HAVING KIDS....I would like to thank all of you that left me birthday wishes and sent me cards and goodies...thank you so much....I love you all and it is such a blessing to have friends from ALL OVER THE WORLD...how lucky can a girl get....One day I hope to meet you all...(smile)...
Question for you all, do you have one of those husbands that take the time to pick out just the right card for every occasion? Well my hubby is one of those types of guys...I mean the cards he buys me are just so heartfelt....and this birthday was no exception......besides he wrote me a little letter on the extra pages that were in the middle of the card...oh my it is a keeper for sure and another thing he did that actually was the best present of all is that right before him and the kids were going to sing me happy birthday...he told the kids to let him start if off first...and oh my he song to me in the most romantic voice....I wanted to just melt in his arms...you see my hubby is also a minster and he has that home town baptist church voice...if ya know what I mean...oooooooooooo la la...ANYHOOOOOOOOOOO.....enough of me.....

The new challenge is up over at the BBTB and the challenge was to use the OWL cut from the WILD CARD cartridge...I decided to use some old BAMPOP paper on my project...I also used the HAPPY BIRTHDAY BACKGROUND stamp from the Cutting Cafe.....you can check out the other ladies masterpieces here....

TEACHER GIFT.....

Well I finally finished up a quick little back to school teacher gift...I was waiting to see what the teacher needed before going out and just buying whatever I wanted...I already showed you all the PENCIL BOX that I decorated full of pencils...next I needed to wrap up some very colorful paper and just decided to wrap it in kraft paper and add some of the paper from the pencil box on the front of the kraft paper....then I found this adorable apple from scrapnfonts and cut it out using my Gazelle cutter....way cute.......added a new .99 cent special JUST A LITTLE SOMETHING FROM ME TO YOU circle stamp from the cutting cafe....I also made a card that I showed a few days ago..(had my little Ben sign the inside) and popped a gift card in it...decorated the outside of the envelope with the same PENCIL BOX paper....and added the same circle stamp....ALL DONE NOW....I sure hope she likes it....

This is the decorated envelope.

LEMONS ANYONE.....I ALMOST FAINTED..

First for the FAINTED part....well my hubby calls me earlier today to tell me that he had been driving around like crazy most of the day looking for a particular scrapbook store that I love...(my birthday is Friday.........so he wanted to surprise me with going all the way to the store...that granted is in a totally different city then ours......).....well load and behold he called to tell me that it went out of business...he saw an empty building....I IMMEDIATELY thought I was going to FAINT....it is by far one of my favorite stores...so of course I go online and see that the store is still standing just as strong as ever...HE WAS ON THE WRONG STREET...by then I had already told him that he meant well and I thanked him for even going all the way there..............WOOOOOOOOOOOO..but I am so relieved to know that it is still standing...I guess I will have to treat myself ...REAL SOON......

ANYHOO...now for my project...LEMONS LEMONS AND MORE LEMONS....FOR THE LOVE OF LEMONS is another new release over at The Cutting Cafe....the set features 20 images.....I bought some yummy LEMON DROPS and made a little bag topper from them and then I filled a lunch bag with some SOUR LEMONS...all of the papers I used are from a set exclusive to Scarlet Lime kits...YUMMY STUFF....You can find this cute set here and here.

OCT 31ST HAPPY HALLOWEEN.........

I know what your thinking....GOODNESS...Halloween stuff already, I couldn't help myself...I must say Halloween and Christmas are two of my favorite holidays to make cards, gifts for....something about using orange, black, purple colors....anyhoo, the Cutting Cafe has just releases MEGA Halloween images with several more to come......This card uses the following new sets:
A DAY AT THE PATCH

HALLOWEEN CARD BORDERS

HALLOWEEN LABELS

Actually it is a good thing starting on Holiday cards early because once the Holiday finally arrives, you will have loads of cards already ready to send out....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CUPCAKE

Just wanted to share my recent project from the bbtb...this week we were to use the envelope 2 and card 2 from the walk in my garden cartridge....super fun cut and pretty much one of those cuts that you can just treat like a blank card and evelope...the ladies had to make the envelope though in some type of yellow shade...I decided to use a few of the cutting cafe files on my project....the cupcake in the inside comes from the ALL ABOUT CUPCAKE HUGE set from the Cutting cafe and the background ...HAPPY BIRTHDAY is a background stamp from the cutting cafe....yellow paper is American crafts...be sure to check out the other ladies work....you can see their work here....
they are the best...This is in the inside of the envelope...attached to the envelope...

BRIDAL SHOWER TIME.................................

Need to plan a Bridal Shower or perhaps you got a PRINCESS living in your house .....need to make some special invitations....well the Cutting Cafe has just released a new template called DRESS CARD AND INVITE set....this template/cutting file is just right for the job....and came at the perfect time...I am attending a bridal shower this coming Friday....and I am also helping with the shower....I couldn't remember the colors that the girl was doing her wedding in, so I just choose a classy black color with cream...with an added red rose on the dress....the glittered paper is by doodlebug...love that stuff....the set also comes with a matching envelope....and 13 sentiments....You can also just purchase the DRESS SHAPED CARD all by itself as well.....

HUGS HUGS HUGS AND KISSES

The Bitten By the Bug team this week were lucky to be sponsored by GO Kreate, they sponsored several of the girls with little teddy bear dies...cute cute cute...We had to use the SCALLOP TAG from the Celebrations cricut cartridge with the teddy die.....I totally forgot about this awesome cut on the celebrations cart....I am sure when I first got this celebrations cart I was totally juiced because of this awesome cut on it...be sure to check out what the other ladies did on this challenge...you can view their takes here......totally awesome projects...