MMTPT148, Sync or Swim!

Hello, I made this for this weeks Teapot Tuesday challenge MMTPT148! This week we were to bring 2 or more of the exact same thing something!

This wonderful image was provided to us by fellow teapotter Leigh from Happileigh Scrappin!

I have 3 swimmers dressed the same with the same teacups and 3 purple flower gems on the caps!

The image was coloured with copics, and I added melon copic atyou spica to the teacups, glitter in the water and the little flower gems.

The image was cut out with the mega rectangle nesties and matted on a scallop rectangle.

The card base is elegant eggplant, with a layer of cosmo cricket dp. The panel going across was made using a mask that I cut wavey, then I sponged in soft sky and marina mist. I finished this piece off by tracing along the waves with a glue marker and adding glitter.

The sentiment is from a Mark's Finest Papers set called Floral Tea. It`s punched out with a MS tag punch.

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

RILEY1111, Party Treat!

Hello, I made this for this weeks Riley and Company Challenge. This weeks challenge is Hosted by Cindy, and she's challenged us to make a Party themed card or project for a child!

Well it wouldn't be a paper without a treat right!

Ring Master Riley is part of the new Circus Rileys just released, you can find them all here!

I coloured Riley with copics, and added stickles to his bow tie and hat band, & a tiny black gem for a button on his jacket!

The box was made using the Cricut Tags, Bags, boxes & more cartridge, this is the popcorn box cut at 6". I actually made 2 boxes, a red and white box. The I cut the white box into strips & glues every other one in place on the red box.

Everyone is welcome to join in the challenge, just upload your creation to the Riley and Company Blog! Please use the keyword RILEY1111, when uploading to forums.

Have a Great Day
Laurie

TSMONDAY, 3-D Challenge!

Hello, this is for this weeks Totally Stampalicious Monday challenge! This week we're challenging you to make a 3-D project!

This is the recently released Daisy Scarlette! I coloured her with copics.

The bag was made with sei-chick-a-dee paper, and my cricut. I used the Plantin Schoolbook for the giftbag, cut at 6".

I just got in the sizzix flower daisies #2 die, so I figured that with be perfect for Daisy Scarlette!

I seem to have lost or hopefully only misplaced my sizzix leaf die, so after spending way too much time tlooking for it, I resorted to the cricut. The leaves were made with the Storybook cartridge this is the branch cut at 2.25".

The image is popped up on dimensionals and I finished it off with some black twine and one of the many sentiments that come with this set!

Join in and play along, there is a Totally Stampalicious Gift Certificate up for grans this week to one random player. All you have to do is upload your 3-D creation to the Totally Stampalicious Blog. And the Guest Designers are chosen from the people who paricipate in the challenges!

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

Riley Blog Candy Winner!

This is a shout out to Robin aka scrappintlc, Congratulations you are the lucky winner of an awesome Riley image of your choice!

Please email me at virgocat5@cogeco.ca with your choice of Riley and your mailing address!

Thank you to everyone for participating in the Blog Hop! It's unfortunate that there was some technical problems at the store on the night of the release, but everything is working fine now at Riley and Company!

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

Catch the Bug Challenge, Grads Dads & other Celebrations!

You can Find the Riley & Company Blog Hop Here!
Hello, I coming to to the Bugaboo Challenge late, this is for the Grads, Dads & Other Celebrations. I used the digi image that was free last Friday, AKV Golf-golf bag!

We had to replace our printer last week, and the ink on this new one runs when I use copics...it's driving me crazy! So if his face looks a little dirty, that's why!

I used the Cricut Plantin Schoolbook cartridge and cut this bag at 10" and the white circle at 3-3/4". Then I embossed the circle with the tiny bubbles EF, using the reverse side so it looks like a golf ball! I thought this would make a great little bag to put some golfing tees in!

The image was cut out using the petite oval nesties. The sentiment is from the Riley and Company Everyday Sayings set.

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

Riley BLOG HOP Time Is Here!!!!

"Riley's site had a "moosehap" this morning, but it's all fixed now! You can order your Riley Goes To The Circus stamps HERE!
If you purchase the whole set it's 10% off regular retail price and shipping is FREE on sets.
There is also FREE DOMESTIC SHIPPING for ALL orders until Sunday.
We are so sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Hi Everyone, Welcome to the Riley and Company Release and Blog Hop, complete with Blog Candy!

Make sure to leave a comment on the Design Teams Blogs, and you will be entered to win a Free Riley stamp. Each Designer is giving away one Free Riley!

All the New Circus stamps are available now at Riley and Company. There are 16 new Rileys, one new set of Circus Words, and a Circus Accessories set!

For todays cards, I made two different easel cards. The Top card features the new Fortune Teller Riley, as well as a sentiment from the new Circus Words set.

Since it's a huge Hop this month, so I'll keep the description short so you can get hopping, and if you have any questions please feel free to ask!

Stamps: Fortune Teller Riley, Circus words set
Paper: always artichoke, perfect plum, white, vanilla & Kaiser craft-Dear Santa
Ink: black, always artichoke, perfect plum, versamark
Accessories: copics, circle/pinking nesties, crystal effects, gold & lavendar copic atyou spica pens, star punches, gold EP, dimensionals, ribbon, gold cord, tiny star gems

This is the new Lions Mouth Riley...he sure is brave! This is a Twisted Easel card. The card base is 8.5" x 4.25" score this in half. Then with the fold on the left hand side, score on an angle from the bottom left corner (at the fold) up to the top right corner.

Stamps: Lions Mouth Riley, Circus Words set
Paper: Chocolate Chip, white, DP-DCWV animal crackers
Ink: black, gable green
Accessories: copics, oval punch, scallop oval punch, circle/inverted scallop nestie, ribbon, dimensionals, stickles
Copics for Lion: E37,E35,Y23,YR23,Y35 Nose: E18, E07

The Blog Hop starts at the Riley and Company Blog, and here is a complete list of all the Designers participating in the Blog Hop!

Tanya
Cindy
Juliet
Sarah
Frances
Heather
Me
Jovita
Silke
Margie
Therese
Michele
Joy
Kelly

I hope you enjoyed all the samples,Happy Hopping!
Laurie

Riley Peek Day #5, More Circus Fun!

Hello, can you believe it, only one day away from the Riley and Company Release & Blog Hop! I hope you've been enjoying all the sneaky peeks, here's some more to tide you over...

The card above is 5.5" square. It features the new Seal Tricks Riley, which couldn't be any sweeter!

Stamps: Seal Tricks Riley, Circus Words set
Paper: early espresso, pretty in pink, certainly celery, bashful blue, so saffron, riding hood red, DCWV animal stack
Ink: black, pretty in pink, certainly celery, bashful blue, so saffron, riding hood red
Accessories: copics, nestie labels 1, die-namics rickrack die, star punches, circle nestie, twine, dimensionals, diamond stickles

This is the new Clown Riley, and I also used alot of the stamps from the new Circus Accessories set.
Everything was coloured with copics, and I used square punches for the accessories and the mats!

This is the inside of the card, and one of the sentiments from the Circus Words set.

Stamps: Clown Riley, Circus Accessories, Circus Words set
Paper: Blue(retired), daffodil delight, white
Ink: black, daffodil delight,
Accessories: copics, square punch, star EF, dimensionals, twine

And finally...for today...we have the new Juggling Riley!

He's coloured with copics, and the balls are covered with crystal effects. The balls below are from the new Circus Accessories set, and the sentiment is from the new Circus words set! Isn't it great how all these things co-ordinate, sure makes it easy to make fun cards!

Stamps: Juggling Riley, Circus Accessories Set, Circus Words Set
Paper: pink passion, white, DP echo park-summer days
Ink: black, pink passion
Accessories: copics, oval punch, ribbon, dimensionals

So don't forget to check out the other Design Team Members Blogs to see some more fabulous sneak peeks!

And then come back tomorrow, Thursday May 26th, at 10pm est for the Riley and Company Release and Blog Hop! All you have to do is leave a comment on each Blog along the hop for your chance to win a Free Riley! Each Desgin Team Member is picking a random winner of one Free Riley....we have more Designers now, so more chances to win!

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

Riley Peek Day #4, Fire breathing Riley!

Hello, today is day 4 of the Riley and Company May sneak peeks! Today I'm showing you the new Fire Breathing Riley! Who makes a great Valentine or Anniversary card when paired with this sentiment from the new Crcus words set!

I coloured Riley with copics, and cut him out with the heart nesties.

The card base is black, with a layer of riding hood red embossed with the d'vine swirl EF.

The flame border was made with the MS grass edge punch, there's a layer of riding hood red, pumpkin pie and daffodil delight! Another awesome double duty tool!

Make sure to join in the Blog Hop & Release fun, on Thurday May 26th, 10 pm est, as usual it will start at the Riley and Company Blog!



Have a Great Day!
Laurie

Riley Peek Day #3, Hula Hoops Riley!

Hello again, it's day 3 of the Riley and Company sneak peeks, and today I'm showing you the new Hula Hoops Riley, and a look at where my crazy mind goes somethimes! lol

Riley was coloured with copics and cut out with the octagon nesties.

The hula hoops kinda reminded me of elastics, and so I've made a little gift box for them. I love it when stamps have more than one use, and I think this works pretty well!

I've just recently started playing with me Cricut, so today's project was made using the Cricut Tags, bags, boxes & more cartridge. This is the crayon box, with a window cut at 8". The box measures aprox. 5.5" x 4-3/8" x .5". Rather than put the flap inside, I covered it with a scrap of dp and used some hardware to hold it closed.

I've also used a sentiment from the new Circus words set and the separate Hula Hoop is from the new circus accessories set, yep Riley even has his own accessories now!

Make sure to join in the Blog Hop & Release fun, on Thurday May 26th, 10 pm est, as usual it will start at the Riley and Company Blog!


Have a Great Day!
Laurie

TSMONDAY, Favorites!

Hello, this weeks Totally Stampalicious challenge is to use your favorite Bugaboo Image! How the heck are you supposed to pick from so many great images! Each release I have a new favorite, so for this weeks challenge I'm using the new WTF Gus just released last week!

I stamped Gus 2 times and coloured him with copics. For the second image, I cut out the pile of tires & popped it up. The counter is paper pieced with dp and I added crystal effects to his glasses.

The card base is black. The next layer is real red, embossed with the clockworks EF and the edges are sponged with going grey.

The calendar is a stamp from clear dollar stamps, I used the spiral punch on the edge and then scrunched it up and sponged on some Tim Holtz antique linen!

And this sentiment is one of several in the set!

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

Have a Great Day,
Laurie

Riley Peek Day #2 - Stilts Riley!

Hello all, it's Day 2 of the Riley and Company sneak peeks, and today I'm showing you the new Stilts Riley!

I used the Center Step Fold design for my card today. I followed the Tutorial made by our very own super talented Frances! Since I wanted my card to fit in a regular A2 envelope, I cut my base piece at 11" x 4.25" and scored in 1" on each side leaving the center panel 2.25" wide, perfect for Stilts Riley!

I coloured Riley with copics and added a tiny gem to his flower & button.

The card base is lavendar lace and all the dp is from the Echo Park pad-summer days!

The sentiment is from the new Circus Words set, I popped it up added some gems, and finished it off with some ribbon!

Make sure to join in the Blog Hop & Release fun, on Thurday May 26th, 10 pm est, as usual it will start at the Riley and Company Blog!

Have a great day!
Laurie

Life Is A Circus-Riley Sneak Peek!

Hello Everyone, well today is the first day of Riley and Company Sneak Peeks, and you are going to love this release!

Today I'm showing you the New Carousel Riley, what a fun image!

I coloured the image with copics, added glitter to the horses mane and tail, and gold copic atyou spica to the pole.

The background with the lace trim is actually part of the dp from the DCWV sweet stack. The lace reminded me of the Nellie Snellen die, so I used that to mat the image.

This is a covered note pad. These pads come in a stack at the $ store, they measure 4" x 5.5". To make the cover.

I started with a piece of cardstock 5.75" x 8.5"
Then score at 4- 1/8" and 4-3/8"

Then I just used double sided tape to attach the pad inside!

Make sure to check out the other Design Team members Blogs to see what they've created. You can find all the links on the side bar. The Peeks start today and will continue until Thursday May 26th, when we will have the biggest Blog Hop ever now that our Team has grown!

Make sure to join in the Blog Hop & Release fun, on Thurday May 26th, 10 pm est, as usual it will start at the Riley and Company Blog!

Have a Great Weekend!

Laurie

Totally Stampalicious May Blog Hop!

WELCOME to the May Release Blog Hop!

It's time for another FUN and FABULOUS release from Totally Stampalicious and we
are so excited to share the latest selections from our Bugaboo Line by the
ever-impressive artist, Jodie Mackerell of Bugaboo Digi Stamps!

ALL FOUR NEW STAMP SETS
are available NOW at
Totally Stampalicious!As always we have some PRIZES that we want to give away to a few of our lucky
Hoppers so be sure to comment on ALL of the DT's blogs for your chance to WIN
one of these AWESOME treats!!
1st Prize - ALL FOUR New Stamp Sets!
2nd Prize - $15 Gift Certificate
3rd Prize - $5 Gift Certificate

This is the New Violet Scarlette! She was the perfect image for this Center Step card! I know I may have gone overboard with the vines & flowers! Aren't these colours nice together, that's crumb cake, vanilla & peach parfait!

Just wanted to show it with a front view!

This is the New Daisy Scarlette! Another cutie, and for this one I used the side step card design!

And this is the New Cowgirl Dottie! I wanted to use non-traditional colours, so I used this weeks SCS colour challenge CC323, rich razzleberry, regal rose & vanilla!

And here is the entire Blog Hop Line Up just in case you get lost along the way!

Totally Stampalicious
Lynda - Stamp Act
Stacy - Twinshappy
Joanne - The Inky Ocean Gazer
Joycelyn - Stamps 'n' Coffee
Becky - Stampin' For Fun
Laurie - On the Bright Side
Julie - Julie Makes Cards
Lori - Inkingly Yours
Monique - For The Love of Paper
Cindy - Cindy Haffner's Corner
Sue - Coffeestamper on SCS

Happy Hopping, and Good Luck!
Laurie

MMTPT146, Relax and Feel Better Soon!

Hello, I made this card for 2 challenges! This weeks Teapot Tuesday Challenge MMTPT146, we were to bring something you would find at a beach!

This weeks Destination Station to Anthony, a 17 yr old who was in a terrible accident that left with with severe injuries, and a long road to recovery!

I also used this weeks MOJO Monday sketch MOJO191.

I used Hammock Riley for my card today. He's coloured in with copics and then I masked him off and sponged some blue in the background. The edges of this panel were distressed.

My starting off point for colours was the plaid dp from DCWV's animal crackers. I'm hoping that is masculine enough for a teenage boy, and I also included drywall tape & sandpaper for a more manly touch!

I don't always think to do the inside, but I really wanted to get the wave punch in there somewhere! The top of the waves were sponged then I cut a couple strips of sandpaper, tore the tops and added them!

The sentiment is from Everyday Saying!

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

RILEY1011, Basketball Gift Box!

Hello, it's time for another challenge for the Riley and Company Design Team! This weeks challenge RILEY1011 is Hosted by Silke, and she's challenging us to make a gift box!

If you'd like to play along, please upload your creation to the Riley and Company Blog and if you upload to any forums, please use the keyword RILEY1012.

I made this Basketball gift bag using the Cricut Plantin School book cartridge. If you want more details, like sizes etc. just let me know in the comment section and I can put together a tutorial!

As you can see, I also used Basketball Riley. He's coloured with copics, and I used a ruler & fine tip marker to draw in the floor.

The sentiment is from the Everyday Sayings set. I separated the words and punched them out with the word window. The sentiment and image are popped up!
This is the back, I drew in the lines with a black sharpie before I embossed it.

Make sure to check out what the other Designers have come up with, I know I can;t wait to see them! You can find links to all the designers on the right hand sidebar.

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

TSMONDAY, Black, White & Wow!

Hi Everyone, this weeks challenge at Totally Stampalicious, is a colour challenge! We`re challenging you to use the colours black, white and one other colour!

For my card today I used Dottie Dessert, she`s a Bugaboo image available at Totally Stampalicious in stamp form.

This is one of my favorite colour combos. The dp is from Memory Makers Sabrina, I`ve certainly gotten lots of use outta this pad!

I used last weeks sketch challenge SC332.

I`m also entering this in this weeks Bugaboo Catch the Bug Challenge, to include polka dots & stripes!

Please join us in our challenge. Just create a card or project for this colour challenge and upload it to the Totally Stampalicious Blog. Remember all Guest Designers are chosen from the people who play in the challenges!

Heads Up: This Thursday May 19th at 9pm est is the next Totally Stampalicious Release and Blog Hop! You don't want to miss it, as usual there will be great inspiration and great prizes, hope to see you there!

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

MMTPT145, Time to Garden!

Hello, this is my card for this weeks Teapot Tuesday Challenge MMTPT145! This week we are to bring gardening items. Now I know we're supposed to come in the back door if we bring a rabbit, but as you can see, this cute little bunny has read 'Living in Harmony', and he's concentrating on growing the biggest & best carrots ever!

The stamp is Reading Flopsey from My Favorite Things. I stamped the image 2 times, coloured it with copics and cut out. I popped up the second set of books.

The designer paper is cosmo crickets garden variety.

To create the scene, I added some strips of grass made with the MS edge punch. The carrots are half of a leart punch, with ines drawn on with matching marker and edges sponged. The tops were made with the MS fern punch.

This weeks Destination Station is Debbie, she recently had surgery and needs some cheering up. Debbie loves gardening, so hopefully she'll like this!

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

TSMONDAY, Bring On The Bugs!

Happy Monday Everyone! This weeks Totally Stampalicious Challenge is to include a bug on your card or project!

For my card today, I used the new Bugaboo image Deacon Bugs, now available in stamp form at Totally Stampalicious! He's such a cute little guy, and he just happens to like bugs!

I'm always attracted to cards I see with circles, I never think to use them, so I made a point of giving it a try with this dp I had in my stash, that was perfect for this challenge! I got the dp at a local scrapbooking store, it's called the ants go marching by piggy tales!

I stamped Deacon and coloured him with copics. Then the rest was pretty easy. I used a couple different sizes of circle punches for the dp and backing.

The card base is black, with a piece of daffodil delight that I had in my stash that already had the edge punched. Then I stamped it with the canvas background stamp in matching ink.

Some of the circles are popped up and I finished it off with some ribbon!

I'm also entering this in the Bugaboo Catch the Bug challenge, Anything Goes!

Join us in our challenge by creating something with a bug and upload your creation to the Totally Stampalicious Blog! You may win a prize, and all Totally Stampalicious Guest Designers are chosen from the challenge participants!

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

Happy Birthday Tanya! ~ Blog Hop!

The Design Team is having a Special Birthday Blog Hop today to celebrate Tanya's Birthday! Tanya is the owner of Riley & Company, and we just want to say Happy Birthday to you Tanya, I hope you have a Great Day!

Here's a list of all the participating Design Team members! Hope along to see some great Birthday inspiration!

•Riley & Company Blog
•Cindy Haffner
Michele
•Frances Byrne
•Silke Kittmann
•Therese Boyd
•Sarah Gough
•Kelly Santi
•Margie Cortina
•Laurie Clout (that's me!)

For my card today I used:
Gift Box Riley, and the sentiment is from Everyday Sayings!
Paper: always artichoke, blushing bride, white, Basic Grey Eva
Ink: memento tuxedo black, blushing bride
Accessories: copics, spots & dots EF, circle nesties, oval punch, pearls, twine, dimensionals

Enjoy your Day!
Laurie

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day everyone! Hope you all have a great Day!

This is the card I made for my Mom, who is the Greatest! My Mom is always there for us, through thick & thin, and while I have tons of great memories, there is one that I am often reminded of and always warms my heart!

Back in 94/95 I had some surgery due to Crohns Disease that didn't go so well, many complications. I was in a hospital out of town, my Daughter was only 1 1/2 yrs old and I had been there for weeks-2 months total!

I usually only had visitors on the weekend, but I was looking forward to the following day because my Mom was coming to visit. She called to let me know she couldn't make it because her ride fell through, I think my X (who was not my X at the time) was supposed to bring her, I'm kinda fuzzy on the details.

So the next day I was kinda feeling down, when who poked her head around the corner, but my Mom! I was Sooo happy to see her, and to this day I can still see her smiling face peeking around the door opening! She had taken the out of town bus just to see me, it was a great day!

So cheers to all Mom's, I hope you have a lovely day with the people you love!

I made this card using this Tutorial by Valita!

Laurie

All New Bugaboo!

Big Big News! In case you Haven't heard, Bugaboo has a new Store!
The link to the new store link is http://www.bugaboostamps.com/

Please note this will change back to the Bugaboo address in a few days we will alert you when this happens and remind you to change your links. We apologize for this minor inconvenience but trust me with the new store it is worth it!

First off for the month of May everything is 50 % off! So now is a great time to stock up. With the grand re-opening of the store we are offering up some wonderful prize packages for our loyal followers! You could be the winner of a $10 Gift Certificate, a $20 Gift Certificate, or you could be the lucky winner who gets 7 free images every month for the rest of 2011! That means you could be one of the lucky 8 winners!

To add to the excitement Jodie had just told me that every order placed in May will have their name placed in the pot for a chance to win one of five $20 gift certificates that she will be giving away at the end of the month!

How can you win you ask?? Simply make sure you are a follower, create a post with the Bugaboo info above and then add your name to the inlinkz here! This will stay up until May 7th at 7am!

I made the card above for this weeks Bugaboo Catch the Bug Challenge. This weeks challenge is to use flowers and bright colours.

I used the Clyde digi to make today's card. Clyde was coloured with copics. Because his arms are behind his back, I tried to make it look like he's holding a bouquet of flowers.

The card base is daffodil delight, and then dp from cosmo crickets delovely. I wish I had chosen something different, because I wish the leaves didn't blend into the background!

The leaves were made with the 2 step bird punch. The flowers are melon mambo & baja breeze, with yellow brads in the centers.

Clyde was cut out and popped out, and I finished it off with some twine & a sentiment tag!

Have a Great Weekend!
Laurie

MMTPT144, Flowers for Charlotte!

Hello, as usual I'm late, this is my card for this weeks Teapot Tuesday Challenge MMTPT144! The challenge was to bring some sort of house, cabin, dwelling etc. but there was also an option of bringing flowers, so that's what I brought this week!

The Destination Station is to Charlotte, she loves handmade cards! Charlotte is in her final stages of cancer, so she could use some happy mail!

Almost everything on this card is from Stampin Up! The focal image is from Elements of Style and I coloured it with copics & added a bit of glitter to some flower centers.

Thecard base is black, with a layer of daffodil delight embossed with the square lattice EF. The edges of the image and the black piece were distressed.

The sentiment is from the Silhouette Sentiments set, and the Tiny Tags set. I punched it out with the Martha Stewart tag punch.

I finished it off with some black twine, a crystal brad!

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

RILEY0911, School Theme!

Hello, It's time for this weeks Riley and Company Challenge! This weeks Hostess is Frances and since it is National Teachers Day, Frances is challenging us to make something school related!

For my project today, I covered the front of a little calendar book I bought at the $ store for 2/$1.00!!! Can't beat that! I like to have a calendar book handy on by crafting desk so I can keep track of releases & challenges, so I made this for myself!

Stamping Riley seemed the perfect choice since I was making it to help keep track of my stamping obligations!

Stamping Riley was stamped onto white & coloured with copics. Then I sponged the edges with Tim Holtz antique linen. The image was cut with a cicle nestie & backed with a lacey circle nestie.

I used some office stamps I had to help decorate it, and finished it off with some ribbons!

Please join us in our challenge and create a card or project that is school related! Then make sure to upload it to the Riley & Company Blog! If you upload to a forum, please use the keywords RILEY0911.

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

TSMONDAY, Kickin' It Old School!

Hi Everyone! It's Monday, that means Totally Stampalicious Challenge time! This week we are challenging you to get out a stamp that hasn't seen ink for at least 6 months or so! There's also a prize for one lucky winner this week, you'll get to choose one of the 4 original Totally Stampalicious sets!

I've used one of the original four Totally Stampalicious sets today, this is Road Hawg! I loved this set as soon as I saw it in the SCS Gallery when it was first released!

OK I went a little out of my element today with colours for a biker, but I decided to use up a piece of paper I had left from using the Ink Spray & Smash technique! The background piece I made was sprayed with the gold shimmer spritz, & I thought it might be cool to use gold on the bike instead of silver!

The card base is black with a layer of baja breeze stamped with a tire track stamp I bought a while back at our local craft store. I stamped it in basic grey and then sponged the edges with the baja breeze.

The Road Hawg was stamped onto white and coloured with copics. Then I coloured over the pipes and handle bars with the gold uni-ball pen. Then because I kept cutting the image panel in the wrong spot!!! I ended up cutting the whole thing out and backing it with black!

The gears were made with the SU punch, and the sentiment is from the Road Hawg set!

So dig out some old stamps and join us in our challenge. There will be a prize drawn this week, and remember all Guest Designers and chosen from those who play in the weekly challenge! Just make sure to upload your creation to the Totally Stampalicious Blog for your chance to win!

Have a Great Day!
Laurie