RILEY2611, Decorated Envelope!

Hi Everyone, I hope you all had a Merry Christmas! I'm still recovering from the hectic pre-Christmas preparations! lol

It's time for a Challenge from Riley and Company, and this weeks Hostess is the very talented Cindy! She's challenging us to decorate our envelope to match our card!

I used the new Elf Riley, just released in the Riley Winter 2011 theme. He makes such a cute Elf!

I coloured Elf Riley with copics, and added silver with a copic atyou spica pen to his buckle and bell. I also added crystal effects to the candy cane.

For the envelope, on the front I cut out 2 candy canes from designer paper and glued them on.
This photo shows the back of the envelope, I added some of the designer paper to the flap to match the card, super easy!

Please join us in our challenge and upload your card with envelope to the Riley and Company Bog. If you upload to forums, please use the keyword RILEY2611.

Recipe

Stamp: Elf Riley

Paper: Real red, garden green, white, dp-Walmart

Ink: memento tuxedo black

Accessories: copics, silver copic atyou spica, crystal effects, 2.5" circle punch, pinking nestie, twine, mini bells, dimensionals

Paper

Have a Great Day!

Laurie

RILEY2511, December Holiday Theme!

Hello, this weeks Riley and Company Challenge RILEY2511, is Hosted by Joy and she's challenging us to make something with the December holiday theme in mind!

This is a Secret Box, with a Grinch theme that I will be giving as a gift, I'm making 3 for the Grinch lovers in my life!

I coloured Riley as the Grinch with copics and added glitter to the fur on his outfit.
Here you can see the little box shelves, lots of room to add candy of presents!
I wanted to include some Grinch earrings, but was having trouble finding any in the stores, so I did the next best thing, and made my own!

I used white skrinky dink, and coloured using a sharpie for the red and prisma colour pencils for the rest. If you want to try this, just remember to make a hole for the hardware before you skrink it. They shrunk up beautifully and then all I had to do was add the earring hooks!

Make sure to check out what the others Designers have created for this challenge, you can find links to their Blogs on the right hand sidebar!

Please join us in our challenge and upload your creation to the Riley and Company Blog. If you upload to any forums, please use the keyword RILEY2511.

Have a Great Day!

Laurie

TSMONDAY, A Time For Food & Drink!

Hello, this is my card for this weeks Totally Stampalicious Monday Challenge! This weeks challenge is to include food or drink on your card!

I used the new Poppi Cocoa, I coloured the image with copics.

I am also entering this in the Dec11VSNG Blue Christmas Challenge Hosted by our very own Sue aka CoffeeStamper! That's were the colour scheme comes in, I used blue bayou, white and dp from an atd Christmas pad from Walmart.

The sketch is from Freshly Made Sketches, FMS14!

Please play along in our challenge, and upload your creation to the Totally Stampalicious Blog!

Have a Great Day!

Laurie

Punch Art, Kards For Kids!

Hello, well I recently was came across this wonderful cause, run by Bela, and because it it very close to home I couldn't resist joining in! Bela is currently running a card drive to collect holiday/Christmas cards for the kids at Toronto's Sick Kids Hospital. So if you have some extra cards this might be a great destination!

My Hubby was a patient at TO Sick Kids Hospital when he was young, so it is a pleasure for me to send some Christmas Cheer!

The card above was inspired by the great hobby horses made with the punch stocking tag, but I changed it slightly to be a reindeer!

This is pretty simple, The body and ear are crumb cake, the antlers were made with the sizzix snowflakes #2 die, in early espresso. The eyes and nose were made with circles from the owl & cupcake punches. I love the SU glimmer paper so I used that for the nose & cuff. The twine is also from SU.

The card base is real red, with white embossed with the snow dots EF and the bottom is frostwood lodge dp. Then I finished it off with some taffeta ribbon, one of my favorite things!
Now this cutie is a total case from Artchick, when I saw him, I knew I had to make some, he's so adorable! I did everything the same, except...

I added arms with one of the hearts from the heart punch,

his hands were made with the large circle from the owl punch and I cut a notch for the finger. These ideas were taken from Lynn Pratt's people here!

The heart was punched from glimmer paper with a little EK punch
He's so cute, he's sure to bring a smile! The card is real red, with a layer of wild wasabi and then white embossed with the nothern flurry EF. The elf was made with blush blossom, wild wasabi, and wild wasabi dp.

Have a Great Day!

Laurie

FMS13, Pink Poinsettias!

Hello again, I made this for the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge FMS13, I'm just skidding in under the wire, there will be a new sketch on Wednesday!

This was a fairly simple card, and again my lighting is off! The colours are pretty in pink, white and gold.

I used the Hand-Penned Holidays set, and embossed in gold.

The pink band is embossed with the victoria embossing folder.

I'm patiently waiting for the arrival of my Spellbinders Poinsettia dies, so in the mean time, I used the SU 3 flower punch. I punched the 5 point flower from a scrap of pretty in pink that I had already spritzed with gold smooch spritz. I popped these up on dimensionals and there you go!

Thanks for stopping by, have a great day!

Laurie

TSMONDAY, Let It Snow!

Hello, this is my card for this weeks Totally Stampalicious Challenge! This weeks challenge is to use snow somewhere on your card or project!

I have been inspired by the wonderfully talented Kittie she has been making and sharing such beautiful scenic cards this season!

For today's card, I used Pimp My Ride Stella, she's coloured with copics. Isn't this the perfect setting for Stella in her sleigh!

Don't forget there is still an awesome special going on at Totally Stampalicious!

To play along in the challenge, just make something with snow and upload your creation to the Totally Stampalicious Blog!

I'm also entering this is the Catch the Bug 12 Days of Christmas Challenge, this is for day #1 include a tree!

Recipe

Stamp: Pimp My Ride Stella

Paper: crumb cake, white, soft sky, garden green

Ink: memento tuxedo black, garden green

Accessories: copics, quickutz tree border, square nesties, MS aspen snowflake punches, dazzling diamonds glitter, dimensionals

Have a Great Day!

Laurie

MMTPT174, Harry Potter Bookmarks!

Hello, this is my card/bookmark holder for Hunter. This weeks Teapot Tuesday Challenge MMTPT174, is a Harry Potter theme, and what Harry Potter would see through his glasses! This weeks Destination Station is to Hunter who turned 12 on December 1st! I know I'm late, but this can be a belated surprise!

The front looks like a normal card, I made the balloons using a stamp from the Sock Monkey set. The sentiment was computer generated and I made the tag with the designer label die from CDS.
All of the images are from Bugaboo Stamps. I bought these awhile back because all my girls, including myself, are Harry Potter fans!

There are 7 images, perfect for bookmarks for all 7 books. All the images were coloured with copics. I added some crystal effects to Harry & Dumbledore's glasses and dazzling diamonds & crystal affects to Dumbledore's crystal ball!
These were so fun to colour!

The finished size of the accordian tag/bookmark holder is 5.25" tall and each pocket is 3.5" wide.

To make this, I started with a piece of card stock 7.25" x 11" this will make 3 pockets, plus .5" tab to attach it to the second piece.

The second piece was 7.25" x 7"

With the 7.25" side along the top of the score pal, score at 2" on both pieces.

Then score at 3.5", 7", & 10.5" on the larger piece. and 3.5" on the smaller piece.

If you'd like to see a picture tutorial, just let me know.

I used SU dp to decorate and was inspired by the multi colours on the dust covers of the original books!

I'm also entering this in this weeks Catch The Bug Challenge, Anything Goes!

Have a Great Weekend!

Laurie

RILEY2411, Center Step Card!

Hello, it's time for a Challenge from Riley and Company! This weeks challenge RILEY2411, is hosted by Frances, and she's challenging us to make a center step card. You can find a great center step card tutorial by Frances (aka StampOwl) on SCS.

I changed the dimensions a bit for my card, I wanted to see if I could make one that fits into a regular A2 (5.5x4.25") envelope. I've included a pattern below with the measurements.

For my card today I used Riley and Percy Dancing! The stamps from the recent release are so cute, and this one is no exception!

I coloured the image with copics, and added some glitter to the snow. I also added some snowflake punch outs from the MS aspen snowflake edge punch.

The paper on the sides is from MS winter wonderland. The sentiment is also a new release from Riley and Company. It comes from the new Christmas word 1 set. The two mittens were cut out from the designer paper.
This is the pattern I used. I started with a piece of card stock 5.5 x 8.5"

The side panels are 1.25" start at 1" from the bottom, cut up to 5.25" do this on both sides

Then score the side panels at 1", 2" and 5.25"

Score the center panel at 4.25"

Now your card will be 5.5 x 4.25"

The center will be 3" and the sides 1.25", which can easily be changed just by moving the cut line closer or further from the edge. The card will remain the same size as long as you keep the starting size and scoring lines the same and only alter the cut line.

Please join us in our challenge and upload your card to the Riley and Company Blog. If you upload to any forums, please use the keywords RILEY2411.

Make sure to visit other Designers Blogs to see their take on the center step card, you can find the links on the right side bar.

Have a Great Day!

Laurie

TSMONDAY, Non-Traditional Colours!

Hello, this weeks Totally Stampalicious Monday Challenge is to make a card or project using Non-traditional Holiday Colours!

I used Poppi Cocoa and my colours today are early espresso and pool party!

I also used a sketch from Freshly made sketches, FMS12!

I coloured Poppi with copics and added some stickles! The designer paper was in my scrap bin, so I'm not sure were it's from!

The band was made with a piece of early espresso embossed with the Crafts-too snowflake EF. I used a MS edge punch on the pool party!

Please join in our challenge and upload your card or project to the Totally Stampalicious Blog, you never know when there will be a prize!

And don't forget there is an awesome special on right now check it out!

Recipe

Stamps: Poppi Cocoa

Paper: early espresso, pool party, white, dp?

Ink: memento tuxedo black

Accessories: copics, stickles, circle nesties, snowflake EF, ribbon, MS edge punch, dimensionals

Have a Great Day!

Laurie

I've Got a Winner!

The Riley and Company Blog Candy winner is

lauralee53!

Please email me at virgocat5@cogeco.ca with your mailing info, and let me know what Riley stamp you would like!

Thanks to all who played along!

Black Friday Sale at Totally Stampalicious!

Looking for the Riley and Company Blog Hop...here it is!

Totally Stampalicious is having a 24hr black friday sale (starting November 25th 12:00am) all stamp sets will be 25% off...that's $6.71 a set!!!

Use Coupon Code BLACKFRIDAY25 to receive 25% off your entire purchace. Can not be combined with any other offer!

Happy Shopping!
Laurie

Riley Blog Hop Time!

Happy Thanksgiving, and welcome to the Riley and Company Blog Hop and Release! This months theme is Riley's Winter 2011, lots of great stamps for the Holiday and wintery season!

All the stamps are available now at Riley and Company! There are 17 new fun images and 2 new Christmas word sets.

There is FREE Shipping until Sunday night, and a Free Mini Riley stamp with every purchase within the first 24 hours!

Blog Candy: Each Design Team member will be offering one new Riley stamp to a random person who leaves a comment on their blog. So make sure to leave some love along the way, the more blogs you comment on, the greater chance you have of winning!

The card above features the new Shoveling Snow Riley, cute as ever!

And this is the new Riley and Percy Ice Fishing, along with a sentiment from one of the new Christmas words sets! Percy is the perfect little friend for Riley!

Now on to the hop, you should have arrived here from Silke's fabulous Blog, and now you'll be hopping over to see what awesome creation Jovita has in store for you! Have fun hopping, good luck! Here's the complete hopping list...

Riley & Company Blog
Cindy
Frances
Kelly
Silke
Laurie-that's me!
Jovita
Margie
Michele
Joy
Kelli Hull – Guest Designer

Recipes
Stamps: Shoveling Snow Riley
Paper: real red, baja breeze, white
Ink: black
Accessories: copics, swiss dot EF, D'vine swirl EF, northern flurry die, dazzling diamonds glitter, glittery brad, dimensional

Stamps: Riley and Percy Ice Fishing, Christmas Words set
Paper: black, white, island indigo
Ink: black
Accessories: copics, dazzling diamonds glitter, crystal effects, MS aspen snowflake punch, circle punches, Crafts Too snowflake EF, ribbon, dimensionals, bell

Thanks for stopping by, Happy Hopping!
Laurie

Riley & Company Blog Hop Tonight!!!

Hi All, I have one last peek before the Riley and Company Blog Hop and Release Tonight!

I hope to see you there, please join us for more fun peeks plus a chance to win some awesome Blog Candy!

Riley & Company Blog Hop and Release Tonight Thursday November 24th, 2011, 10pm est!

This is a fast and fun little gift, I covered a paper takeout cup with designer paper, and made a tag to go along with it, using the new Cup of Cocoa Riley!

Recipe

Stamps: Cup Of Cocoa Riley

Paper: chocolate chip, white, dp atd snow day

Ink: black, craft white

Accessories: copics, MS aspen snowflake punches, corner punches, ribbon, hole punch, dimensionals

Have a Great day and hope to see you tonight!

Laurie

More Fun Riley Sneak Peeks!

Hello and welcome to another day of fun sneak peeks from Riley and Company! It's hard to resist these new Riley's and his cute little friend Percy Penguin!

The card above features the new Percy as Max! I thought it was funny, it looks like he's trying to be a reindeer, so I paired him with an older image, Antlers Riley!

Recipe

Stamps: Antlers Riley, Percy as Max

Paper: riding hood red, wild wasabi, white, K&Co peppermint twist

Ink: memento tuxedo black, wild wasabi

Accessories: copics, Labels #11, dazzling diamonds glitter, stickles, winter trees EF, ribbon, dimensionals
Aren't these guys cute, this is the new Gingerbread Riley. I made a tag using the sizzix 2 tags die, I figured it would be good to attach to a package of cookies or cookie mix or even to use as a bookmark!

Recipe

Stamps: Gingerbread Riley

Paper: cajun craze, garden green, white

Ink: black, Tim Holtz antique linen

Accessories: copics E08, E09, E13, E15 for the cookies, sizzix bigz 2 tag die, die-namics rickrack die, ribbons, copics 0.3 liner, mini ornament, stickles

Sorry I think this picture may be dark, I'm still having lighting issues! This is the new Riley and Percy What a Catch! Another adorable image, I love them all can you tell! lol

Recipe

Stamps: Riley & Percy What a Catch

Paper: real red, garden green, white, Echo Park holly jolly Christmas

Ink: black

Accessories: copics, dazzling diamonds glitter, crystal effects, MS aspen snowflake punch, ribbon, dimensionals

WooHoo only one more day til the Riley and Company Blog Hop and Release! Please join us for more peeks and a chance to win some Blog Candy, Thursday November 24th, 10 pm est.

Have a Great Day!

Laurie

Riley Sneak Peek, Riley & Friends!

Hello and welcome to today's Riley and Company Sneak Peeks! I'm sorry I don't know this cute little guys proper name, but he's Riley's new friend.

I coloured him with copics and added some dazzling diamonds glitter for sparkle!

I also used this weeks MOJOMonday sketch, MOJO216!

Recipe
Stamps: Angel Penguin
Paper: island indigo, riding hood red, white, echo park holly jolly Christmas
Ink: memento tuxedo black
Accessories: copics, snowflake EF, dazzling diamonds glitter, circle nestie, circle punches, EK snowflake punch, dimensionals


And this is Riley the night because Christmas with his little mouse friend! This image reminded me of the Night Before Christmas song, "and the stockings were hung by the chimney with care"...which made me think this would be the perfect paper.

I coloured the image with copics and cut out with oval nesties. The stars were punched and sponged.

Recipe
Stamps: Candle Stick Riley
Paper: bermuda bay, blushing bride, white, echo park holly jolly Christmas
Ink: memento tuxedo black, blushing bride
Accessories: copics, Fiskars star punch, ova/scallop nesties, MS aspen snowflake border punch (snowflakes), twine, copic atyou spicas, ribbon

There will be lots of sneak peeks leading up to the Riley and Company Release and Blog Hop Thursday November 24th, 2011 at 10 pm est.

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

Riley Sneak Peek Day#1, Happy Thanksgiving!

You can find the Totally Stampalicious Challenge card Here!

Hello, I'm so excited today is the start of the Riley and Company Sneak Peeks! As usual there
are lots of fantastic new Riley's, and a whole set of new sentiments perfect for the season!

Since this week is Thanksgiving for all our American Friends, I'm starting with the new Riley and Sophie Pilgrims. I think these guys are so cute no matter what the occasion!

I used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches FMS11.

Make sure to check out the awesome creations from the other Designers, you can find links on the right sidebar.

There will be peeks each day, leading up to the Riley and Company Blog Hop and Release Thursday November 24th, 10 pm est.

Today's Recipe
Stamps: Riley & Sophie Pilgrims
Paper: early espresso, peach parfait, old olive, white, DCWV text prints, K&Co fall harvest
Ink: memento tuxedo black, peach parfait, old olive
Accessories: copics, just my type EF, leafy tree EF, circle punches, leaf brad, gold copic atyou spica

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

TSMONDAY, 2 Set Combo!

Hello All, this weeks Totally Stampalicious Challenge is to make something using 2 stamps sets. You can combine 2 images or use an image and sentiment from different sets, whatever works for you!

I was inspired by Angel's shopping list last week, and decided to make one for my Sister. I used the recently released Deacon Elf and the sentiment is from the Winter Bird Snowman set, also recently released!

The note pad was smaller, 4"x5.5", so I started with a piece of cardstock 9x6". Here's a peek at the inside, I added the pocket to hold the receipts and left a gap in the ribbon to hold a pen or pencil.

Please join us in our challenge, just combine 2 stamp sets and upload your creation to the Totally Stampalicious Blog!

Today's Recipe
Stamp: Deacon Elf, Winter Bird Snowman
Paper: wild wasabi, pink pirouette, white, K&Co swell noel
Ink: Memento tuxedo black
Accessories: copics, SU border punch (top of present), ribbon, dimensionals, note pad, micro brads

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

MMTPT172, Will & Nate are 6!

Hello, I made these cars for this weeks Teapot Tuesday Challenge MMTPT172! The Destination Station this week is to Will and Nate Renz, the twin sons of Katie Renz, who recently lost her battle with cancer. The boys will be celebrating their 6th birthday on November 19th, the first without their Mom, so we're making sure they gets lots of extra birthday wishes!

So I couldn't think of what car stamps I had and decided to search SCS for a punch art car. Fortunately Lynn Pratt had just posted this car with a link to her free template, how perfect was that!

So I made each boy there own cool bug with personalized license plates!

Have a Great Day!

Laurie

RILEY2311, No Colouring...Say What!!!!

Hello, I made this for this weeks Riley and Company Challenge RILEY2311. This weeks challenge is hosted by Michele, and she's challenging us to create a card or project with NO colouring! I was a little freaked out about his one, but I did it!

This is Director Riley, he is one of many images recently released under the Riley Goes to the Movies Theme!

I used the die-namics film strip die and backed it with vellum. The images on the vellum were made with the 3pc card back set...obviously not just for card backs anymore! lol

I hope you can join in the fun and create something without colouring. Then upload your creation to the Riley and Company Blog. If you upload to any forums, please use the keyword RILEY2311.

Make sure to stop by the other Design Team Members blogs to see what wonderful colourless creations they've made!

Recipe

Stamps: Director Riley, 3pc card back set

Paper: black, creamy caramel, white, vellum, dp recollections

Ink: memento tuxedo black, Tim Holtz antique linen, creamy caramel

Accessories: die-namics film strip, mini ticket border, corner punch, ribbon, crop-a-dile, dimensionals

Have a Great Day,

Laurie

TSMONDAY, 3-D Secret Box!

Hello, we're having a 3-D challenge over at Totally Stampalicious this week. It's a great way to get some Christmas goodies done!

After seeing this Secret Box on SCS last week, I was dying to give it a try! I used the new Winter Bird Snowman from Totally Stampalicious to make this. I coloured the image with copics and added a bit on glitter.

Sorry the colouring on my photos is off, my good ott light is out of commission right now!
I took a couple extra photos so you can see it better.
I love this image because it's a winter scene, perfect for the whole season, not just Christmas!

Please join us in our challenge and make a 3-D project, then just upload it to the Totally Stampalicious Blog! I love making 3-D items so I can't wait to see what everyone makes!

Recipe

Stamps: Winter Bird Snowman

Paper: real red, baja breeze, white, SU dp retired

Ink: memento tuxedo black

Accessories: copics, dazzling diamonds glitter, circle/scallop nesties, gems, dimensionals, northern frost die (snowflake)

MMTPT171, Diva Cat!

Hello, this is my card for this weeks Teapot Tuesday Challenge MMTPT171! This weeks challenge is all about bling & cats, two of my favorite things! The Destination Station is happy mail to John & Jane who have 2 diva cats of there own!

I don't know where the cat stamp is from, but I stamped it in memento ink and then coloured him/her with copics. Of course he/she had to have a rhinestone necklace!

This is a center step card, and I managed to use up some more dp scraps. This was actually paper I made using glossy white, a couple of reinkers and then I spritzed on some gold smooch.

The sentiment is from a MFP set called Speedy The Cat's Friends, I popped it up on a tag from spellbinders fancy tags die.

Have a Great Day!

Laurie

TSMONDAY, Anything Goes!

Hello, sorry I'm late with this weeks Totally Stampalicious Monday Challenge! This weeks challenge is super easy, anything goes, and if we get over 100 participants, someone will be winning an Awesome prize!

And don't forget, there's a great new promotion going on:

Totally Stampalicious!
Stampalicious Dessert Menu
Level 1 - Vanilla Ice Cream - Buy 5 Get 1 Free
Level 2 - Strawberry Shortcake - Buy 8 Get 2 Free
Level 3 - Triple Layer Chocolate Cake - Buy 11 Get 3 Free

So for today's card, I used the new Going to Town Gus, he comes with several fun sentiments! Gus was coloured with copics, and I added some stickles to the fur on his suit, crystal effects to his glasses and a gold copic atyou spica to his belt buckle and the bottle labels.

The only new piece of cardstock I cut was for the card base, the rest was all scrap pieces, I'm trying to reduse the scrap piles!

I used the November SFYTT, and this also fits the Bugaboo Challenge Anything Goes!

Please join us in our challenge and upload your card to the Totally Stampalicious Blog for your chance to win!

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

MMTPT170, Mosaic!

Hello, this is my card for this weeks Teapot Tuesday challenge MMTPT170! This week we were to try our hand at mosaic! This weeks Destination Station is to fellow Teapotter Kathy (CAKath).

I used the Elements of Style set, one of my favorites! I coloured the image with copics, using R20, R11 & R000 for the flowers and YG61 & YG63 for the leaves. I also shaded around the image using C1 and colourless blender. Then I cut the image into squares & glued them onto black.

The card base is black, with a layer of blushing bride embossed with the vintage wallpaper EF. The main image panel is popped up and I added some dazzling diamonds to the flower centers. It's finished off with some black taffeta ribbon and black gems in the bottom corner to balance it out!

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

RILEY2211, Oldies But Goodies!

Hello, I made this for this weeks Riley and Company Challenge RILEY2211. This weeks challenge is Hosted by Tanya, and she's challenging us to use a Riley stamp that is at least 1year old!

Sorry the colour is off on my photos, my ottlite was smelling like burnt plastic yesterday & stopped working!

So for todays challenge, I used Detective Riley and coloured him with copics. The sentiment on the front and on the inside are from the Moose Sayings 2 set.

Please join us in our challenge, and add the link to your card or project on the Riley and Company Blog. If you upload to any forums, please use the keyword RILEY2211.

Don't forget to check out the other Design Teams creations for more inspiration!

Recipe
Stamps: Detective Riley, Moose Sayings #2
Paper: early espresso, more mustard, white, DCWV animal crackers
Ink: memento tuxedo black, early espresso
Accessories: copics, circle/pinking nesties, tag trio die, EK edge punch, ribbon

Have a Great Day,
Laurie

TSMONDAY, Happy Halloween!

EEEK is right! Is he spooky or what! Okay before I get on to the card and challenge, I first want to tell you about the awesome promotion that is going on at Totally Stampalicious! ALL stamps (yes the 4x6 sets) are now priced at $8.95

Let Us 'Treat' You Right!
A brand new promotion designed to reward you for your AWESOME taste in stamps!

Stampalicious Dessert Menu
Level 1 - Vanilla Ice Cream - Buy 5 Get 1 Free
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It's a great time to stock up, or get some Christmas shopping done, plus we just released 7 new sets perfect for making your Christmas cards & gifts!

So this weeks Totally Stampalicious challenge is to make a Halloween card or project. Can you guess what stamp I used...it's the adorable Sean with Flower! Honestly it didn't take much to alter it, anyone could do it!

I stamped Sean onto copy paper, then traced out a robe to cover his clothing. I cut it out and traced aropund it onto neenah solar crest cardstock with the copic 0.3 liner. I also added some lines to make it look like folds in the draped robe. Then I coloured it in using copic C9, C7 and C5. Then I cut it out.

I masked off the flower Sean was holding with a post it note. Then stamped the image onto cardstock and I also stamped just his head.

To make him look pale, I coloured his face with E40, E41 and E000. His hair was coloured with the same copic C's as his robe. I sponged riding hood red lightly onto his face and drew in the mouth & teeth...I practiced several mouths on a scrap piece of paper before I settled on this one. The teeth were brightened up a bit with a white inkessentials pen. The head is popped up.

Before adhereing the robe, I punched the branch from the 2-step bird punch and trimmed off the leaves. The blade was made with silver cardstock & the wide oval punch. I glued this into position then added the robe.

The card base is black with a layer of riding hood red and then coredinations that has been embossed with the skeleton scroll EF.

I couldn't resist using the MS drippy goo punch and you can see in the photo below I added some crystal effects to some of the drips.

The single drip coming off the blade was made with the MS teardrop punch and I added crystal effects to it too!

The sentiment is also a MS punch....I hope she appreciates how rich I've made her!!!!! lol

Well I think that about explains it, just let me know if you have any questions!

Please join us in our challenge, and upload your creation to the Totally Stampalicious Blog!

Happy Halloween,

Laurie

MMTPT169, Teaparty Kong Style!

Hi out there, I made this for this weeks Teapot Tuesday Challenge MMTPT169! Better late than never! This weeks challenge is all about taking the King out of Kong so he can relax and behave at the Teaparty!

Well it may not be the real King Kong, but Riley as King Kong should work just as well, I know he'll behave! I met some of the requirements, bananas, trees and even some monkey friends who wore hats to the party! lol

The papers are from Daisy D's Bambino pad!

The sentiment is from MFP's Floral Tea set.

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

TSMONDAY, Note Cards!

Hello, Thank You to everyone who stopped by during the Totally Stampalicious Blog Hop, I enjoyed reading all your lovely comments! Congratulations to all the Blog Candy winners...happy stamping!

Well now it's time for our weekly Totally Stampalicious challenge, and this weeks challenge is to make at least 3 note cards! Mine are 3x3 and they will make great tags for gift bags!

These were super simple! First I chose my stamp, the loveable Poppi Penguin, then I chose the colours wisteria wonder, lucky limeade & purely pomegranate!

I stamped Poppi 3 times onto Neenah solar crest cardstock & coloured them with copics. I matted them with the new silver glimmer paper from Stampin Up...awesome sparkle factor! It seemed a shame to cover up all that glimmer paper, so I punch a large circle out of the center of each to use for something else later.

Please join us in our challenge, create 3 note cards and upload your creation to the Totally Stampalicious Blog!

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

RCMP Trainee!

Hello, my Daughter's Friend is leaving tomorrow to train with the RCMP! The family had a party for her, and I made this card for Rachel to give to her.

I couldn't find a RCMP/Mountie digi, which I needed last minute, so I decided to make one from punches. She ended up being quite tall, so the card is 6.5" X 5". She is made almost entirely of punches, and some pieces had to be trimmed a little.

She really liked it!

Have a Great Day,
Laurie

Totally Stampalicious Release & Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Totally Stampalicious Christmas Release and Blog Hop!!!

We are so excited to share SEVEN NEW SETS with you all tonight and they are

AVAILABLE NOW at

TOTALLY STAMPALICIOUS!!
As always we have some FABULOUS PRIZES to give away including:
1st Prize - All 7 New Sets
2nd Prize - $15 Gift Certficate
3rd Prize - $5 Gift Certificate
All you have to do is Hop along with us and leave your comments along the way
and maybe
YOU could be a WINNER!!!!

So now, without further ado.....HERE IS THE CHRISTMAS RELEASE
from the Totally Stampalicious Bugaboo Line by amazing artist Jodie Mackerell!
They are ALL must-haves for this year's Holiday Cards!!!

The card above features the new Deacon & Ava HOHO...so adorable!
I used the sketch challenge SC355.

Of course we need a new Gus, this is Going to town Gus!
I used the Freshly made sketch FMS7

This is Poppi Cocoa! I decided to try a new technique, this is a candy bar door hanger, but mine has hot chocolate! We had a few packages of this raspberry hot chocolate in the cupboard, so I tried a non-traditional Christmas colour, perfect plum!

and this is Margaret December, what a hoot!
I used the MOJO Monday sketch MOJO211 for this one.

Now it's time to hop on over to Lynda's Blog to see what Awesome Christmas
Confection she has for us!

And here is the entire Blog Hop Line Up in case there are any glitches along the
way!
Totally Stampalicious
Angel
Jessica
Kendra
Dawn
Lori
Julie
Jessie
Laurie
Lynda
Becky
Joycelyn
Vicki

Sue

Happy Hopping!
Laurie

Totally Stampalicious Sneak Peek!

WooHoo, Totally Stampalicious is releasing 7 new sets tomorrow, and we're giving you some sneak peeks today! All 7 awesome new sets are from the Bugaboo line from the super talented Jodie Mackerell, and they're all perfect for Christmas!

The Totally Stampalicious Release and Blog Hop is Tomorrow, Thursday October 20, 2011 at 9pm est. As always one lucky winner will win all the new stamps and of course there will be other prizes too! So make sure to come back for the hop tomorrow.

So here's my peeks for you, first is the new Deacon Elf. He's such a cutie, and this was a pretty sinple card. I coloured Deacon with copics, except the present on the bottom, I added snowflakes to it with a bashful blue marker. The dp is from Daisy D's, The present punch is Fiskars.

This is the new Scarlette Mistletoe, gorgeous as ever! It's hard to see in the photo, but I added some stickles to the white fur and berries and crystal effects to her lips and the ornament at her foot. I used dp from K&Co. swell noel and embossed the light green piece with a Holly EF. The sketch is from SFYTT.
And last...for today, is the new Winter Bird Snowman, he's adorable! This is a tent topper style card. I coloured the image with copics and added some dazzling diamonds glitter, and stickles. The dp is SU Candycane Christmas (last year)!

Please make sure to join us tomorrow for more inspiration, fun and prizes! And check out the other Designers Blogs and the Totally Stampalicious Blog for more peeks today!

Have a Great Day!

Laurie