meet Amari, my newest babybud

Celebrating Motherhood...

is the theme for my latest canvas. I had recently completed a number of images and this one was Krista's favourite, so...here she is.
Pink, flowers, hearts and sweetness went into this theme, just like a mother-to-be!!

This canvas is a mixed media painting. I used many layers for the background, doilies, paint techniques, stencils, stamps, and rub-ons to complete my "pretty-in-pink" canvas.


I hope you enjoy my sweet little canvas...




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happily ever after

For the bride to be.......
I did this canvas for my niece who wanted to give one of my canvases to her future sister-in-law as a shower gift. I call this "happily ever after". The dress is made from the actual shower invitation paper, the letters are also cut from the invitation and I also included the groom's name...just because he is an important part of this celebration to!!!
This was a fun canvas, it was girlie and pink and flowery, I tried to make it as personal as possible, working with the bridal shower invite.

Best wishes LAUREN and JIM

laugh dream hope Mixed Media Art Canvas

A friend will always tell you your face is dirty!!

That is very important, because only friends won't want you walking around looking like a mess.....

The little girl is my latest "bbd" design. She is a bit of a

"ragamuffin" but that is the best part of her. Her burlap dress and shaggy curly hair make up the theme for my latest canvas. I used paint, color pencils, staedtler pens, stamps and doodles of my own creation. This is so much fun....

Thanks for looking, laugh and hope a little and dream a lot.

maybe, God answers prayers that are deep within our hearts...you never know.

whisper words of wisdom

My latest canvas of mixed media art.

Growing and learning, blossoming from a garden

of wisdom.....a girls journey.

This was a fun canvas and a very personal canvas.

Sometimes it is just best to "let it be"

Happy thanksgiving to the Vantols' and the Ewers'.

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a flower blooms once

Another mixed media art canvas.

The best thing is if you make a mistake

a fix is just a brush or stamp away!!

Hope you enjoy my latest picture adventure.

Have a great summer. It has been a great break for

both Kris and me, it's nice to just noodle around

without deadlines and just having fun.

Mary Anne

"she knew she was home"

Kris found this amazing art workshop - "she art" by christy tomlinson. It is a 3 month on line course teaching awesome techniques for creating mixed media art canvases.

It is so much fun - check it out....it will make you smile!!

Happy summer

Mary Anne

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Happy Canada Day

SALE SALE SALE....50%......

Hey everyone! Just wanted to let everyone know there are only a very limited selection of images left on the BABY BUD DESIGNS ETSY SHOP and we're clearing them out!!! That's right! When you use the Coupon Code: 50OFF you will receive half off the regular price! Once they're gone they're gone! So hop over to the shop and see for yourself!!!

Remember to use Code: 50OFF during check out for this discount to apply!

CLICK HERE TO LINK DIRECTLY TO THE SHOP!

As usual, please allow 24 hours (usually sooner) for your images to be emailed to you!

One last freebie, a winner and an announcement...

Sorry for the late post everyone!!! But we're here, finally, with a winner from our last challenge, our last freebie and some news!

Thanks to everyone who played along with us for our last challenge, we loved seeing your wonderful creations! The winner of 3 free digis is:

SHARETTE!

Here's her fabulous creation!!!

Congratulations Sharette! Please email us at babybuddesigns (at) gmail (dot) com with your three choices of digis from our Etsy Shop and we'll get them right out to you!

Now on to some NEWS!!! We here at Baby Bud Designs have decided to take a little 'hiatus' for the summer! Like everyone, we all need a little break every now and then and have decided to take June, July & August to do so. We will be back in the Fall hopefully with a whole new crop of Babies to show you! Our Blog will still be up and running but we won't be having the monthly challenge or the Freebie Friday's anymore. ALSO, we will be closing our ETSY SHOP so any image you see in the shop will not be replenished. Once they're gone, they're gone! So, WE ARE HAVING A SALE! All images are now 15% OFF. USE COUPON CODE SUMMER UPON CHECKOUT FOR YOUR DISCOUNT! Over the summer we will be converting our Etsy Shop over to a new little shop on our Blog! So stay tuned!

We will now leave you with one last freebie! This is Baby Bud Heart! Enjoy! We hope you enjoy your summer and find lots of time to relax and have fun! Please keep in touch, and email us any time if you have any questions!

Two new cuties have joined the buds!

Today we have a few new cuties to introduce you to! Meet Emma & Hannah! These cute little twins are now available at the Baby Bud Etsy Shop!

Check out these wonderful samples from our Lady Buds:

LISA

MARGIE

JENN

KERRY

MARIA

MARY ANNE

We hope all you Mum's out there had a wonderful Mother's Day yesterday. Thanks for stopping by today and we hope you like the new release! Also, don't forget we have a (punches & dies) CHALLENGE goin on right now that ends on May 25th. So there's lots of time to join in for your chance to win some free digis!

A new Challenge and its Freebie Friday!!!!

Happy Friday Everyone!!! Its time for a brand new challenge here at Baby Bud Designs!!! Thanks to everyone who played along with us! For our next challenge we want so see

Punches & Dies!

Thats right, pull out your Spellbinders, pretty punches, what ever you have and use them on your cards! Remember to use a Baby Bud Image on your card to be eligible to win some free digis!

This will also be the last challenge before we go on a little 'hiatus' for the summer. We will be off between June - August but will be back in the Fall with new challenges, digis & fun!

So lets see some samples from our Lady Buds:

KERRY (using our freebie) available below:

CALYPSO (using our freebie) available below

KRISTA
LORI BOYD
MARYANNE LISA

Gorgeous creations from our Lady Buds!!!
Here's this month's Freebie! Baby Bud Umbrella!
Grab it today before its gone!!!!

FREEBIE IS NOW CLOSED!!!

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY, SEE YOU THE END OF MAY!

Winners winners!!! We have lots of winners....

First of all thank you so much to everyone who helped celebrate Mary Anne's birthday yesterday! She was really happy to see all the cards and birthday wishes and said it made her day! And to the Lady Buds, you all out did yourselves! Gorgeous cards! So...we were feeling extra generous with all the birthday hoopla that we've decided to award each commentator (from yesterday) a free digi of their choice from our Etsy Shop!

BRIDGET

FAITHNME

PAPERPAPIER

CRAFTY CHRIS

NORA

KELLY G

Please email us at babybuddesigns (at) gmail (dot) com

with your image choice and we'll get it to you asap!

ONTO OUR WINNER FROM CHALLENGE #6 'FLOWERS':

CONGRATULATIONS TO:

#6

CRAFTY CHRIS

Congrats Chris! Gorgeous card! Please email us your 3 image choices and we'll get them to you asap!

Also, come back on Friday for a brand new challenge and our Freebie Friday! Hope you all have a wonderful day!

A Very Happy Birthday!.....and a sale to celebrate!!!!

Happy Birthday Mom!

For anyone new to Baby Buds my mom is MaryAnne, the talented artist behind the cute lil' images you see here on this blog! We all wanted to wish you a very Happy Day!

Sooooo with a Birthday comes a little party right? Well, we are offering a special sale for TODAY AND TOMORROW ONLY!

Buy 1 Baby Bud Digital Download and Get 1 FREE!!!!

(sale April 26-27 only)

Thats right, just visit the BABY BUD ETSY STORE, make a purchase and for every image you buy you will get one free!

*Note* please leave a message upon check out what your selection for the free image is. Do not add them to your order. You will be emailed your free images along with your purchased ones. If you have any questions, drop us an email and we'd be happy to help!

Now for some birthday love....

CALYPSO

JENN

MARIA

MARGIE

KERRY

LISA

KRISTA

ALSO, by commenting today and leavin' some birthday love, my mom will pick a couple of people to win some free digis!!! Winners will be announced tomorrow!

Don't forget a brand new challenge starts up on Friday along with our Freebie! Yay!

Hope to see you then!

Introducing Savanah!

Today Baby Bud Designs is releasing a brand new little girlie bud.

Her name is SAVANAH! I think she's as cute as a button!

Love the curls and the star in her hair!

She is now available in our ETSY SHOP! So make sure you swing by and check her out!

Here's a peek at some adorable samples from the Lady Buds!

MARGIE

MARIA JENN LISA LIS KERRY

These cards are too cute for words! Love them! Thanks ladies!

We also want to take this time now to thank the Lady Buds from our 2nd Term as it wraps up! You have all brought to life our little 'BABY BUDS' so beautifully and we appreciate all you have done! You will all be missed, so please keep in touch! Also a special shout out to our wonderful Lady Bud Lis who will also be leaving us! Thanks for all of your hard work over the last 8 months! We will miss you!

Challenge #6 FLOWERS!!! & Freebie Friday!

Welcome to another fun challenge at Baby Bud Designs! This month's challenge is: 'FLOWERS' So break out those buds, we can't wait to see your creations! If you want to win some free digis from our Etsy Shop make sure you use a BABY BUD IMAGE on your card or project! Just click on the little blue frog at the end of the post to link up your creation!

The fabulous Lady Buds have created some wonderful samples for you. Some have used today's Friday Freebie 'Baby Belle'. Now this little flower 'bud' freebie is only available to grab TODAY ONLY, so be sure to scroll down to the end of this post and get your free copy! Now check out the awesome eye candy:

MARIA LIS

CALYPSO

DEBBIE

JENN

KRISTA ILDZLISA STEPHANIE TAMMYLEE JENNETTE KERRY

Here's the FREEBIE! This is Baby Belle! She's only available for today so make sure you grab her while you're here! Enjoy!

FREEBIE IS NOW CLOSED....YOU CAN JOIN US OVER AT CDAC WHERE THIS FREEBIE IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR THE CURRENT FREE DIGI CHALLENGE. CLICK HERE!

COME BACK NEXT MONTH FOR ANOTHER FREE DIGI.