Halloween Banner with Cari Fennell on Live with Prima!

Halloween Banner with Cari Fennell

Tuesday October 12th at 6:30pm PST (7:30pm MDT/8:30pm CST/ 9:30pm EST)

Let’s get ready for those trick or treaters and welcome them with this fun banner! We will be creating this banner using Prima Halloween papers from our Little Boo collection, Prima packaging, sparkly centers, colored lace and more! Cari also has a lot of great techniques to share throughout this class using Glimmer mist, paper folds and layering too.

See the class here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/primaflower

Join the live chat as the class takes place-create a free account on ustream.com, log in and start chatting! Moderators are present during the chat to answer any of your questions regarding the class.

If you can't make it to the class-no worries! All shows are recorded so you can go to our channel and watch anytime. Just select the class you want to see and enjoy!

Hope to see you there!

Creativity Bugs ~ Sue and Sandy

Preview Monday – Challenges for the week of Oct 11th

Check out the challenges happening this week at some of our favorite blog sites!

Priscillastyles Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge – a new sketch challenge is posted every Monday

Little Paper Shop – a new color challenge is posted every Monday

There She Goes Clear Stamps – a new challenge is posted every Monday. This week’s challenge is TSG76 - Recipe Challenge .

House Mouse & Friends – a new challenge is posted every Monday. This week’s challenge is #80 Monochromatic.

Mojo Monday – a new sketch challenge is posted every Monday

Dancing in Pajamas – a new sketch challenge is posted every Tuesday

Flouishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge – a new challenge is posted every Tuesday

Friday Sketchers - a new challenge is posted every Friday

The Sweetest Thing – a new sweet Sunday sketch is posted every week

We hope you take the time to join in on a few of the challenges. If you do, post a comment with a link to your blog or the challenge blog so that we can see your finished projects.

Creativity Bugs ~ Sue and Sandy

Donut Pillow Giveaway

Mag at Masterting Everday Crafts is having a giveaway of the most adorable donut pillow.

Here are the details:

This is open to U.S. or Canada residents only. So just leave a comment here and if you want another entry, be a follower of this blog and tell your friends about it.  And please remember leave Mag a way to contact you either through your blog or email. This giveaway will be closed on Oct 17, so you have two weeks.



Good Luck!

Creativity Bug ~ Sue

Preview Monday ~ Card & Scrapbook Challenges

Happy Monday! For all you avid challengers, here is a sneak peak at some of the challenges taking place at our favorite blogs this month.

Card Challenges

Card Positioning Systems - New sketches are posted on Sunday mornings along with 3-4 design ideas. More design ideas are posted on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

There is no time limit. You can complete any sketch at any time. If you do complete a sketch from a previous week, please leave the sketch # in your comment as well so everyone knows which sketch it was from.


Cute Card Thursday - A new card challenge is posted every Thursday

Crafty Cardmakers - Designed for new and inexperienced cardmakers, scrappers and crafters, more experienced also welcome! Challenges every other monday with Q&A and tutorials on alternate weeks. Prizes offered! Any papercrafted project and technique welcome.


Mojo Monday - A new challenge is posted every Monday. 1st Monday of the month is prizes, other weeks is just for fun. Any style is fine, combining OK.


The Pixie Cottage - Challenges are posted every Wednesday and you may combine this challenge with others. You can use any products or stamps (you aren't restricted to just using Pixie Cottage) and entries are due by midnight (EST) on the Tuesday night before the next challenge

Scrapbook Challenges

The Studio Challenge - A new challenge is posted every Sunday

Scrapbook Challenges - Though the challenges are issued weekly, they are not due til the end of the month. : So all October challenges and sketches will be due by October 31st. Of course, that is only to qualify for prizes. You can always go back and do older challenges just for fun!

Better Living Through Scrapbooking - “Favorite Color Challenge”


Create a layout dedicated to your favorite color.
Chose at least 2 of the following:

1. Journal on the layout as if you are speaking directly to your favorite color, and tell it why you love it, and what it means to you.

2. Take a photo of something you love that is in your favorite color, and use it on your layout.

3. Use rounded corners somewhere on your layout.

4. Create hand-doodling somewhere on your page.

5. Make the name of your favorite color a prominent part of your title.”

Deadline to enter October Challenge #1 (and all other October challenges) is midnight EST October 31st, 2010.
 
If you take part in any of the challenges, post a link in the comments section so that we can view your finished challenges and leave you some "sweet" critiques.
 
Creativity Bug ~ Sue

Look what's coming to Creativity Bug!

Changes are coming to the Creativity Bug blog that are sure to be pleasing to our followers. The new schedule for activities are as follows:

Mondays - the blog post will be a preview of what is to come for the week including a list of challenges from other blogs and blog hop information.

Tuesdays - the blog post will feature a how-to, tutorial, or a trash to treasure idea

Wednesdays - the blog post will feature challenges that the Creativity Bugs completed and show & tell items of craft projects. Once the blog has more followers, we will begin to host a Creativity Bug bi-monthly challenge.

Thursdays - the blog post will feature product reviews pertaing to crafting, books, and anything else the Creativity Bugs feel like sharing

Fridays - the blog post will feature an easy recipe or crockpot recipe to try over the weekend. This means freeing up some of your time so you can spend it with your family or crafting.

Saturday/Sunday - the blog will feature an item that the Creativity Bugs sell on Etsy and Artfire with links

If you have any suggestions on how to make this blog more enjoyable, please feel free to post a comment. Also, if you sponsor challenges or blog hops that you would like featured on this blog please leave a comment with link or email us at creativebugs2-blog@yahoo.com

Creativity Bug ~ Sue

World Cardmaking Day ~ Saturday Oct 2nd

Celebrate World Cardmaking Day with Splitcoaststampers!

Splitcoaststampers invites you to join them for a very special celebration on World Cardmaking Day. Spend your Saturday October 2nd in Splitcoaststampers challenge forum, where you can celebrate the power of a handmade card with the community, and just maybe get a surprise or two! Let the countdown begin!

Creativity Bug ~ Sue

A new day has begun...

It has been months since I have posted on the blog and feel the need to explain to my faithful followers. I was layed off from my full-time job and basically lost my zest for crafting or doing anything else.  After working for the same company for 20 years, it was a major blow to my ego and I am still mourning the loss of my job and the wonderful people that I worked with. My days now consist of job hunting, submitting resumes, and praying the phone will ring with offers for interviews and a good paying job. I have had a few nibbles but am still without work.

Since the job search is not going so well, I have decided to team up with my sister who is extremely crafty and talented to start an online crafting business. The use of all my downtime will allow me to do all the fun crafting things that I have put to the side all these years.This means that starting on Monday Oct 4th, the blog will be changing a bit. First off, we are putting a fun and exciting schedule together to include challenges, completed challenges, demonstrations, blog hops, trash to treasures, links to our business and products we are selling, new products on the market, and anything else that we can think of that is craft related.

I hope that everyone will be following us on our new journey and will be excited for all the changes to come.

Creativity Bug Sue