It's Time for a Celebration

Hello all!

Are you ready for another celebration? That's good, because that's exactly the theme this week @ Fab 'n Funky! You can play along with us focusing on any celebration, so it can be a birthday, wedding, new home or something completely different. As long as it is something we celebrate. We are being sponsored by Bugaboo this week and the DT received some lovely images to work with this time. I chose Mustache Guy, as I need to stock up on male cards, as a matter of fact it is already winging its way to a recipient! So you can expect some more male-oriented cards from me in the near future :) 

Materials:
* Bugaboo Mustache Guy, coloured with Promarkers & Spectrum Noirs
* DCWV The Natural Stack DPs & a Echo Park A Walk in the Park scrap
* EK Success Binding Edge border punch
* Brads from stash
* Computer-generated sentiments

Hope you can play along with us, see you there!

Challenges:
* Sassy Studio (Time after Time)
* Art Impressions (Expect the Unexpected, Use something from your stash) I bought the Natural Stack when I was scrapbooking my wedding album in 2010
* It's All about Vintage (For a Male)
* Charisma Cardz (Birthdays) Happy 5th Birthday CC!
* A Little Bit Crazy (Celebrate)
* Mema's Craft (Bingo) I've used Free, Punches or Dies, Brads or Buttons, Distressing
* Crafts 4 Eternity (Very Vintage)
* Crafty Calendar (Let's Celebrate)
* HobbyVision (Goud van Oud) the Natural Stack, brads en pons zijn allemaal meer dan 4 maanden oud
* Crazy 4 Challenges (Photo Inspiration) Clocks

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You're Such a Witch!

Hi all!

Tomorrow's All Hallow's Eve! Spooky......Even though we don't celebrate Halloween in the Netherlands, my hubs has announced that we will be watching a Halloween movie on the night...gulp. Considering I'm a real scaredy-cat, I am not looking forward to that, but once I realised I would be able to eat Halloween-themed food, I warmed up to the idea more. Now that's a tradition I can get into!

Fab 'n Funky's new challenge is also Halloween-themed, We are sponsored by Bugaboo this week, who is also offering up a lovely prize for our winner! So share your lovely projects with us and we will come round and leave some DT love for ya :)

Materials:
* Bugaboo Fancy Sunbonnet Witch, coloured with Promarkers & Spectrum Noirs
* Graphic 45 A Place in Time & K&Co Halloween DPs
* Star Border Punch

Challenges:
* Crafts 4 Eternity (Halloween)
* Digi Galore (Halloween)
* Ladybug Crafts (Halloween and/or Die Cuts)
* Creatieve Zebra (Halloween)
* Gem of a Challenge (More than One Fold)
* Dream Valley Challenges (Halloween)
* Sparkles Forum (Halloween or Halloween Colours)
* Nadia's Challenge (Stitching & Stamp)
* Parade Your Crafts (Halloween or Autumn)
* Kaboodles Doodles (Halloween Anything Goes)

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You can Stick It!

Hi all,

This week, it's my turn to pick a theme and host a challenge @ Fab 'n Funky and I've chosen "You can Stick It!". Okay, don't feel offended now, I am just referring to the type of product I would like you to use, which are Peel offs or Stickers, anything that sticks on it's own really. I don't know if you have the same 'problem', but I have absolute tons and tons of peel off stickers, borders, number and letters and haven't really been using them for a while. So I thought this would be the perfect time to use it up! Well, up, that would take numerous cards and other projects and they would have to be covered from head to toe in peel offs, but you have to make a start somewhere, right?

Here's my card:

Such a lovely image, Bugaboo is sponsoring us as well this week so if you fancy getting your hands on some of their digis as a prize, then come and play along :)

Materials
* Bugaboo Sewing SB Measuring, coloured with Promarkers & Spectrum Noirs
* My Mind's Eye Fine and Dandy True Blue DP and assorted scraps
* Sew Easy Dark Cocoa Floss
* Washi Tape from local store (Hema)
* Peel off stickers & buttons from stash

Challenges:
* Creative Corner (Anything Goes)
* Sweet Stampin' (Bold and Beautiful)
* Aud Sentiments (Anything but a Birthday Card)
* That Craft Place (Stitching)
* Shelly's Images (Use Scraps)
* Challenges 4 Everybody (Anything Goes)
* Avenue 613 Create (Anything Goes, optional twist of using real or faux Stitching)
* Great Impressions (Square Card)
* Cute Card Thursday (Button Up)
* ABC Challenge (Thank You)

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How Cute & Plush!

Hi everyone!

It's a little out of season, but I have a Christmas card to share with you today for the new Fab 'n Funky challenge themed "Cute & Cuddly". We are sponsored by Bugaboo this week and I just couldn't resist this little guy when I came across him in the Bugaboo shop! He's just too cute :) What comes to mind when you think of cute? Share all your cute projects with us this week!

Materials:
* Bugaboo Plush Reindeer, coloured with Spectrum Noirs
* Basic Grey Jovial & Studio Light DPs
* Eline's Winterhuis stamp set
* Red & Vintage Photo Distress Ink
* Cosmic Shimmer Red Fire Twinkles
* Buttons, ribbons & star brads from stash

Challenges:
* Desert Island Crafters Challenge (Use at least 3 items from the list) I've used Fluffy Animals/Ribbons & Bows/Brads or Eyelets
* Brown Sugar (Greeting)
* Chocolate, Coffee & Cards (Buttons & Bows)
* Sassy Studio (Stars)
* Basic Grey (Anything Goes)
* Simon Says Stamp (Anything Goes)
* Cute Card Thursday (Something Old) The Basic Grey pad is one of the first pads I ever bought, the buttons come from my mum's stash so they're ancient ;)
* Gem of a Challenge (Button It)
* Gingerloft (Ribbons & Bows)
* My Grafico (Anything Goes)

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Christmas Cutest Critters

Hi all,

Just one more sneaky post just before Christmas, as I left the most important Christmas card a little late, the one for my dear hubby. Last year, I totally forgot to make him a card, so this year I wanted to make him a special card. Not too frilly, he is a guy after all, but cute nonetheless. I was scanning through my digis and this one jumped out at me. I hope he likes it!

Materials:
* Bugaboo Little Penguin Winter - Winter Bench digi, coloured with Promarkers & Spectrum Noirs
* LeCreaDesign Home & Family Lilac DP
* DCWV The Glitter Cardstock Stack Brights
* Cart-Us Vintage Postage stamp sentiment
* Black & Green Ink
* Digital Delights Christmas Sentiment Set
* Gems from stash

Well, I'm pretty sure that's it from me until the new year, plenty of baking and cooking to do and not much time in the crafty room I reckon. Anyway, I wanted to wish you all a very merry Christmas and all the best for the New Year. I have been fortunate enough to be at the receiving end of your lovely comments for another year, which have all been very much appreciated. Thank you very much for spending some of your precious time on my little corner is the blogosphere and I hope you will continue to do so for a little while longer :)

Challenges:
* Avadares (Anything with a Digi)
* Natalie & Amy (Winter Wishes)
* Hooked on Craft (Christmas)
* Visible Image (Christmas)
* Cards Galore (Christmas)
* Ladybug Crafts (Christmas/Winter)
* Emerald Fairies (Christmas)
* Fashionista Challenge (Winter theme)
* Dream Valley (Christmas)
* Lexi's Creations (Snow)

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Triple Threat Birthday: Dottie

Hi all,

Fab 'n Funky is turning three, happy birthday to us! To celebrate, we are having a 2-week party with lots of prizes, check the blog for more information! Also, next week we will have a new sponsor with a prize that will blow your socks off, so check back with us regularly!

Naturally, our challenge has a birthday theme; in honour of our third birthday we are also asking you to use something three times on your project. My card features a lovely Bugaboo image (one of our sponsors); I've used three flowers and three brads, what can you come up with?

Materials:
* Bugaboo Dottie Birthday, coloured with Promarkers & Spectrum Noirs
* Papermania Summer Bloom DP
* Victorian Velvet Distress Ink
* MS Presents Border Punch
* Personal Impressions sentiment stamp
* Memories Direct paper flowers
* Papermania Gem Brads
* Pink Sentiment Peel Offs from stash

Challenges:
* Oldie but a Goodie (Anything but Christmas)
* Challenges 4 Everybody (Anything Goes)
* Dream Valley (Anything Goes)
* One Stop Craft (Anything Goes)
* One Stitch at a Time (Use a Digi)
* Pattie's Creations (Birthday)
* Simply Create Too (Use Your Stash) All elements apart from the image are from my stash
* Creative Card Crew (Anything Goes)
* Craft Punked (Anything Goes)
* Papelitos Stamps (Anything Goes)

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Eggin' You On

Good Morning Everyone!

It's time for another challenge at Card Makin' Mamas, and we appropriately ask you to make a card with an EASTER theme! The Challenge is sponsored by Bugaboo, have a look at the challenge blog website for details. Bugaboo also gave the DT an image each to work with, how generous is that, I chose Scene It - Easter, it's like everything about Easter rolled into one image! How about you joining our challenge, you have two weeks to link up!

Materials:
* Studio Light and Echo Park A Walk in the Park DPs
* Bugaboo Scene It - Easter Digi, coloured with Promarkers
* Papermania flowers & buttons
* Sentiment from the Internet
* Spellbinders shape
* Eline Vintage sentiment stamp set
* Flower brads and pearls  from stash

Challenges:
* Paper Sundaes (Spring Blossoms)
* Lexi's Creations (Easter)
* Scrapbooking Queen (Bunnies & Easter)
* Daisy Doodles (Spring)
* Sentimental Sundays (Easter/Spring)
* The Crafty Pad (Some Bunny Loves You/Sketch)
* Dream Valley (Easter)
* Creative Card Crew (Spring)
* Crafty Boots (Easter)
* Little Claire's (Spring/Easter)

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Paper Anniversary

Good morning all!

Our challenge theme this time at Card Makin' Mamas is "USE YOUR SCRAPS".

Now, I have tons of scraps, I am pretty sure every crafter has. I can't tell you how satisfying it is to use up some of those bits and bobs, some of the papers I found aren't even in production anymore! Why don't you give it a go too and join us at CMM! The challenge is sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps this time and they are giving away 7 digis to the winner! They have got some great digi's, so that's a wonderful prize.

On to my card. As promised, here is the anniversary card I made for my hubby. One year gone already, how does time fly! As you can tell, I went a little mental with my scraps on the inside......I am not quite sure if I like that bit, but I started off with a few scraps and kept adding and then it turned out like this. Oh well, perhaps I should really try to see what it looks like before I stick everything on with supersticky glue ;)

Materials used:
* Bugaboo image and matching sentiment (Angels: Love You)
* Promarkers to colour in the image (Cardinal Red, Pear, Sunflower and Olive if I remember correctly)
* Lots of scrap backing paper, at least some are from the Pretty Papers Vintage Green & Blue and one of the Pretty Papers Christmas paper pads
* Papermania Flowers and Buttons
* Clear Stickles on the angel's wings
* Rounded corner and scalloped circle punches
* Pearls, green glitter (on heart inside and on the angel's hat) and heart ribbon from my stash

I am submitting to these challenges:
* 2 Sisters (Use a Digi)
* A Spoonfull of Sugar (Things with Wings)
* CES (3 types of embellishments: flowers, buttons and ribbon)
* Creative Card Crew (Anything Goes)
* Dream Valley (Dig out the old (paper scraps) to use with the new (flowers and buttons))
* I Love Promarkers (Pearls)
* Secret Crafter (Wedding Anniversary)
* Simply Create (Special Day/Event)
* Paper Shelter (Anything Goes)
* Sisterhood of Crafters (Use Buttons)

Hope you like it and our new challenge!

Ciska

PS My recent Christmas Card was in the spotlight over at Jingle Belles, how nice is that? Thanks girls!

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