Busy Beauties Goes Burtonesque

Hello and welcome to an exciting day at The Busy Beauties Boutique!

Not only do we have some marvelously macabre new images to share with you today on the Blog Hop, but we also have some fun & funky friends joining us:
The Burtonesque Dolls!

Our new images are inspired by the Tim Burton classic, "THE CORPSE BRIDE", and BBB illustrator Thomas Goins has really outdone himself with these amazing images! We thought they would be right up the Dolls' alley, so we invited them along for the hop *and* are super excited to announce that Busy Beauties will be sponsoring their challenge next week!

The Hop starts with Kelly and if you get lost along the way a complete hop order is also listed below!
You're going to love it; we have prizes so fab, it's freaky! Be sure to hop along and leave lots of comment-love, because there are TWO Secret Beauties or Dolls along this Burtonesque inspired hop… and TWO winners will be selected from their blog comments to receive 5 (yep, FIVE) Busy Beauties images of his/her choice! So whether you are in the mood to be beauty-ful or get funky,
we've got you covered.

My card for you today features Lil Lisette. All I could think about when I was coloring up this sweet and yet kinda creepy stamp, are those Verizon "dead zones" commercials! Do you know the ones? And then I was trying to come up with an "everyday" sentiment and with the help of a friend, it clicked...this should be a "welcome to the neighborhood" card!! LOL! Can you even imagine? We just got new next door neighbors and I'm curious as to what they would think if I brought over a batch of brownies and this awesomely constructed, handmade card accompanied. LOL! Well, even if these new stamps are a little eerie, I love them! Very Burtonesque indeed! Now, on with the HOP!

Kelly
Suzi
Michelle
Rachel
Debbie
Barbara
Betty
Annita
Lorie
Jackie
Grace
Nicole
Carolyn
Margie
Catherine
Kadie
BBCS Blog

At the end of the hop, which is also your NEXT STOP, the new Busy Beauties Creation Station CHALLENGE is waiting for you. It's a sketch challenge provided by PaperAddict Catherine, who is a member of both the Busy Beauties and The Burtonesque Dolls DTs. We hope you'll play along! You have until 11:59 EDT on June 2nd to link your creation at the Creation Station.
In the meantime, we hope you'll have fun hopping and find lots of other-worldly inspiration! Enjoy the show!

Bug Hugs

Hello and Happy Thursday!
Today is a very special day over at the Busy Beauties Boutique. There are some FANTASTIC new releases in the store and a NEW Challenge posted over at the Creation Station Blog!

This time the challenge is a color challenge and it is easy peasy! All you have to do is use Red or Blue or both on your card! AND the color just has to be represented somewhere (an embellishment, paper, in the image, etc), it doesn't have to be the main focus. Sounds fun, right? Up for grabs is a $10 gift certificate to the Busy Beauties Boutique! What are you waiting for? You can get started right now, as Carolyn is giving away a free digi to anyone who stops by the blog! Just right click and that yummy Popsicle is ALL yours!! I hope you'll play along with us!

For my card today I've used a little bit of red and a little bit of blue to highlight this CUTIE new stamp called Sweet Ladybug! Isn't she darling? She is so much fun to color up and I especially love her eyelashes! :)

And that's all for me today. See you tomorrow for another TGF Farm Fresh Friday!

A Beach Blanket Beauty

Hi Friends!
It's Tuesday and I have a FABULOUS image from The Busy Beauties Boutique to show you today! As soon as I saw Beach Blanket Beauty I knew that I had to come up with a very special card to use her on. Isn't she GORGEOUS? I love her sweet face and her vintage look...and most of all I love that she is curvy and not too skinny! :) This gorgeous image is in the store right now! On Thursday there will be a new Creation Station Challenge up and a few more NEW Releases added to the store...there just might be a hunk for this Beach Blanket Beauty too! :)

There are several challenges going on right now to feed your BBB appetite. And one of them is going on over at Sunday Sketch and Stamp! I totally love sketches, they help me with a starting point so often and this sketch is no exception. I think I may have taken the sketch and ran with it a little though...I deviated and flipped the components a bit. But that's what sketches and inspiration challenges are for right, to help start your mojo and then let the creative mind do the rest! :) I hope you'll play along with us! And definitely stop back on Thursday to see what's new in the store!
Have a great day!

Sweet Sketch Wed with the BBB

Hi Friends!
This week the Busy Beauties Boutique is hosting TWO challenges, which makes for 2 more ways to get your hands on some BBB images! Woohoo!
I'm here to show you a card using the Sweet Sketch Wednesday challenge #47.
For this card, I've used BBB image TEA TIME (which also goes superbly with it's matching image Tea and Cookies). I had a lot of fun with this sketch and I hope you will play along too! Please check out the fabulous sketch examples created for your inspiration by the SSW DT, right HERE. And if you're up for one or two more challenges check out Penny's Challenges and the BBB creation station. Have a SWEET Wednesday!

Busy Beauties Earth Day Mini Release

Hello and welcome to the Busy Beauties Welcoming Spring with a Twist & Shout!
We’ve got a “SPRING” in our step today and NEW Busy Beauties Boutique images in our hands--- and are delighted to have you along for the hop! If you are just starting out, please be sure to hop back to Carolyn’s blog so you don’t miss any of the fun! If you are arriving here from Karen's then you are right on track.

We hope you’ll join us for a TWIST & a SHOUT! The “TWIST” being our new GO GREEN WITH A TWIST Challenge (in honor of Earth Day) at the Busy Beauties Creation Station! And the “SHOUT” being a RELEASE PARTY over on Paper Craft Planet this SATURDAY AT 8 P.M. EDT. We'll bring the Party Favors! *wink, wink*

My first card for you today features a fantastic addition to the Alice series...the dancing flowers! This image is called Friendship Blooms and it is just beautiful!
My second card (posted slightly tardy) showcases TWO more awesome stamps: Spring Flowers and Wheelbarrow. Of course they are so lovely on their own, but for today I just couldn't resist pairing them up and placing them in the garden! You can find all images HERE at The Busy Beauties Boutique! Please note though that new releases won't be in the shop until our Release Party on Saturday. :)


Your next stop is Catherine's Blog! Thanks for bopping & hopping with us, and we hope to see you for the TWIST and SHOUT!

Introducing...

The Busy Beauties new Alice line and the BBB Challenge Blog!!

WELCOME! Today is a very BIG day for us, and we are way beyond excited! We hope you’ll join us on a fabulous journey as we travel through Wonderland with awesome new ALICE INSPIRED IMAGES from the Busy Beauties Boutique! Along the way, we’re also welcoming our April Guest DT member SUSAN! Our final destination is our BRAND NEW BLOG: The Busy Beauties Creation Station!!!!! The adventure begins at Catherine’s blog. If you are arriving from Annita's Blog then you are on the right trail.
My card for you today features the Queen! All hail the queen! :) Of course I instantly fell in love with all the images when I first laid eyes on them, but there is just something extra mysterious and intriguing in this beautiful Queen and I had to get her onto a card right away! BUT as you can see from having almost completed the hop, all the images in this line are incredible and the DT creations are totally FABULOUS!

As always, we have HOP PRIZES! There will be 3 winners chosen from the comments left on certain DT blogs, but it's a secret which blogs we'll draw from! The prize for these winners is a choice of 1 Free BBB Image (including today's releases)! So be sure to leave some love all along the way! Blog Hop Winners will be announced Sunday night on the Creation Station blog. And there is a prize package for the randomly selected winner of our Inaugural Challenge, so be sure to check that out at the end of the hop!

Your next stop is our Busy Beauty Queen herself, Carolyn! Enjoy the ride and when you finally arrive at the Creation Station, you’ll see our Inaugural Challenge is posted and waiting for you!

Deets:
Stamps: The Busy Beauties Boutique Queen of Hearts
Paper: DCWV Mariposa, Real Red, Whisper White
Ink: Copics
Embies: Making Memories Stickers, Real Red Ribbon, PTI Button, Gold thread

Spring is Here

BLOG CANDY posted HERE

Good Morning!
I'm so excited to show you my card for today! Spring is showing itself a bit here in Seattle with little blossoms popping up all over and the rain making an appearance (when doesn't it make an appearance!) to help the new life grow. I can even see bit of green foliage on my little hydrangea that I planted last year! This is a true bit of excitement for me because I don't usually have a good record in aiding my plants to have a long, abundant life. :)

SO, with that said...all of this Spring and Water and New Life reminded me of Water Lily Beauty from the Busy Beauties Boutique and I just HAD to whip up a card using her! Water Lily Beauty is one of the new stamps for March and I really love how she has a 20's charm to her, as well as being a beautiful water nymph! You can check out the rest of the March releases and what's currently in stock at the BBB HERE!

I also was inspired by two challenges for this card. I tried to go with the AWESOME layout for Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge 66 this week. I loved the simplicity of this layout and thought it was perfect for using a larger panel for my image.
The second challenge that I thought this card might fit into since it celebrates Spring and "winged things" is the Chapter 5, Oh Alice Challenge. Chapter 5 is about the Caterpillar and we all know that caterpillars metamorphose into beautiful butterflies...so even though Water Lily is most likely a fairie...today she is a beautifully transformed butterfly!

I hope you'll go and check out these awesome challenges and be inspired by all of the amazing examples!
Tomorrow I'll be back with another Farm Fresh Friday, so be sure to check back. Until then, don't forget to sign up for my BLOG CANDY!

Deets:
Stamps: Busy Beauties Boutique Water Lily Beauty (digi), PTI sentiment
Paper: Basic Grey Kioshi, Certainly Celery
Ink: Copics, Spica Clear
Embies: SU Soft Suede Ribbon, White thread, Dew Drops

Going Green Release Hop

BUSY BEAUTIES BOUTIQUE NEW RELEASE BLOG HOP & CHALLENGE!!!!!
Welcome & THANK YOU for joining the Busy Beauties today! If you are arriving here from Michelle's Blog, you are hopping right along. To start at the beginning, please visit Carolyn’s blog.
We are super excited to introduce a new set of images and also share some news! Coming Soon...The BUSY BEAUTIES BLOG! We are hoping to have all the kinks worked out and launch the blog next month, but we just couldn’t contain our excitement and want to get our feet wet now with OUR FIRST EVER BUSY BEAUTIES CHALLENGE! Our theme is “GO GREEN!” and the challenge is to use GREEN as the predominate color on your card/project. The challenge is open from now through WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17TH (St. Patrick’s Day)! BBB images are of course encouraged & preferred, but not required for this one. Since our official blog is not yet ready, Catherine will be hosting the challenge on her blog, where you can find all the nitty-gritty details and link your creations. (She's the last stop of the hop, so just keep bopping along.) And since this is our premier challenge, there is a tangible prize package for the winner:

The PRIZE includes: Basic Grey Origins 6x6 pad; 4 yards of American Crafts satin ribbon, 1 yard of May Arts striped twill ribbon, 1 jar of Shimmerz. (Oooooh, I wish I could win it! :)

For my card I've used Spring Blossom Beauty and lots of GREEN! You can find Spring Blossom and all these other fun stamps you've been seeing, in the store on Saturday!

Thanks for visiting! Your next stop is the Fabulous Catherine! Enjoy the show and we can't wait to see your GO GREEN Challenge creations!

Deets:
Stamps: Busy Beauties Boutique Spring Blossom Beauty Digi, PTI sentiment
Paper: PTI Blossoms, AC PP, Old Olive, Whisper White, Kraft
Ink: Copics
Embies: Offray Satin Ribbon, Kaiser Kraft Flower, Leaf Pin, Pearl Dots, MS Tag Punch, Brad

A Stamp for Every Occasion

Hello and welcome to the Busy Beauties Blog Hop! I'm so excited and honored to be the very first stop!!
Today several new stamps are being showcased on the blogs of all the Beauties and ALL are available in the store!
Of course the hop also includes several prizes so be sure to leave a comment on each blog to ensure you're entered in for your chance(s) to win!!
Here are my 3 cards using the new Busy Beauties Boutique stamps! There are stamps for every occasion! And for Teddy with sign you can stamp whatever you'd like into the sign! How cool is that! This month also debuts a few of the astrological sign stamps, one of which I've used above for my first card--he is a Capricorn. :)


You're next stop on the hop is the Lovely Rachel

And here is the complete of stops along the way!
Have fun and thanks for stopping by!

Kadie (me)
Rachel
Heather
Barbara
Grace
Catherine
Michelle
Karen
Annita
Kelly
Carolyn

Deets:
Card 1
Stamps: BBB Cappy Birthday, Stamping Bella sentiment
Paper: BG Lemonade, AC textured CS, October Afternoon
Ink: Copics
Embies: Papertrey Ink Vintage Button, SU Ribbon, White Thread, Pearl Dots, SU punch
Card 2
Stamps: BBB Nurse Chibi Lolita, Papertrey Ink sentiment
Paper: BG Cupcake, AC textured CS, Kraft
Ink : Copics
Embies: SU Ribbon, SU punch, Martha Stewart Punch, Blue Thread
Card 3
Stamps: BBB Teddy with Sign, Misc sentiment
Paper: BG Lemonade, Misc PP, Sage Shadow, Kraft
Ink: Copics, Black Stazon
Embies: SU Ribbon, Crochet, Papertrey Ink Vintage Buttons, Paper Distress Tool

Cotillion Beauty

Good Morning!
I'm feeling a bit better and back to work (I had the flu. Ugh!), so that's good! Back to work also means that you get a card to see (my camera and photo station is at work)!

Today's card is made with one of the new releases from The Busy Beauties Boutique and it's called Cotillion Beauty. I knew the instant I saw this Basic Grey patterned page that it was meant to be with a beautiful and elegant stamp!

Okay, I'm off now to catch up on work, but I'll be back tomorrow!
Hugs,
Kadie

Deets:

Stamps: Busy Beauties Boutique Cotillion Beauty, Sweet & Sassy Stamps Trees of the Field

Paper: Basic Grey Lemonade, Kiwi Kiss

Ink: Copics

Embies: Martha Stewart Flowers, Offray Ribbon, Kiwi Thread

Busy Beauties Winners

Hi Friends! Well, the results of last week's Busy Beauties Blog Hop are in and all of us on the DT wanted to thank you so much for making it so fun and playing along!
The Winner from my Blog is Rose Petal
Congrats, Sandra! You've won a free image of you're choice from Busy Beauties Boutique! Once you've made your selection, please email Carolyn.

Be sure to pop over to Carolyn's blog for the complete list of winners!

We Go Together

Hop Hop Hop!
Hi Friends! Today is the release for the Busy Beauties Boutique January line! If you've come from Rachels' blog then you're on the right track but if you've arrived on my blog outside of the hop and you'd like to get entered to win some fabulous BBB digi's then please start at the beginning on Barbara's blog!!
For my card today I've used kissy kissy and I just couldn't resist giving these cuties DH and my hair colors...because of course when I think "kissy kissy" my sweet DH comes to mind! I hope you like this stamp! There are SOOOO many adorable pairings and individual stamps in this release! Check out the shop HERE.
And you just may win one for free because each of us on the DT get to draw a winner from our comments!
Your next stop is the fabulous Carmen's blog. Have fun!!

Deets:
Stamps: Busy Beauties Boutique, Kissy Kissy, TGF Sweet Messages sentiment
Paper: Basic Grey Lemonade, Crushed Curry, AC textured CS, White
Ink: Copics
Embies: MS craft blossoms, Pom Pom Ribbon, Nesties, SU scalloped border punch, Curry thread

Busy Beauties Sneak Peek

Hello!! Happy Tuesday!
Did you know that Busy Beauties is having a January Release Blog Hop on Thursday? Yep, it's true! Actually, the Busy Beauties Boutique is going to have it's release the first Thursday of every month! Yipee! So...to get you amped up for Thursday I have a little sneak peek for you and I'll just say that one of the themes for this release is "we go together"! (Hint Hint)Enjoy!

To Warm Your Heart

Good Morning, Friends!
Christmas Eve is a week away, can you believe it? Time seems to go by so quickly!
I have another Busy Beauties card for you today and for this one I used Gingerbread Boy, or as I affectionately call him...Gingie. :) Did you know that people used to make gingerbread cookies and then hang them on their Christmas trees? One year my aunt and I did that and it was a good thing we used those cookies as ornaments because the molasses made them as hard as rocks! What a fun memory. Did you see the White House's Gingerbread house this year? AMAZING! Complete with Bo! Which reminds me...dogs...stop by again today for a second post...
I hope you like this card. I am having SO much fun with the Busy Beauties Digis...and Carolyn snuck a few more into the store this week, so be sure to check them out! Have a wonderful Thursday and I'll see you back here tomorrow for FFF (it's going to be an EXCITING one)!!

Deets:
Stamps: Busy Beauties Boutique, Stampendous sentiment
Paper: October Afternoon, Choc Chip, AC textured CS
Ink: Copics
Embies: Nesties, Thread, Ribbon

What's Cooking?

Helloooooo!
Wanna know's "what's cookin"? I've been meaning to tell you...
A few month's back my dear Dear friend and personal inspiration, Carolyn Bounds opened her own digi stamp company called the Busy Beauties Boutique. I was so SO excited for her in this endeavor and thrilled also that some more of my dear Dear Friendys had joined her design team. And now I'm ecstatic to announce that Carolyn has asked me and my sweet friend and stamping sister, Michelle to join the team as well! It's so exciting for me to see how God put us all on SCS together once upon a time and blessed us greatly with friendships...and continually blesses us and allows us to be a part of each other's lives and passions.
Thank you for having me, Carolyn, but most of all thank you for your friendship!
Here is a card I made using one of Carolyn's December stamps (I couldn't have an anouncement with out a card)!
There are SO many super cute digi stamps in her store and there are more to come in January!! Yipee! Check out what's in the Busy Beauties Shop right now! And how generous is this, Carolyn said you all can have this digi for free!! You Rock, Carolyn! Just grab it off this post! AWESOME!
Have a great day!!


Deets:
Stamps: Busy Beauties Boutique Potholder, October Afternoon sentiment
Paper: Cosmo Cricket Early Bird, Red Ridinghood, Curry
Ink: White Craft Pad, Black Stazon
Embies: Stamping Bella dots, White Thread