Big News & New Release At Bugaboo Stamps!

Bugaboo Stamps celebrated their 2nd Birthday with a huge Blog Hop and a week full of challenges, including tons of Blog Candy! Well I was the 2nd place winner which means I was invited to be Guest Designer at Bugaboo Stamps for Feb, Mar & April!!!! I'm so excited!!!

Above is Stella Frame It, this is just one of the new images released today at Bugaboo Stamps, you can never have too many Stella's!

I coloured the image with copics and cut it out. The card base is black, with a layer of so saffron embossed with the Cupcake EF.

The dp is from DCWV's text prints stack, and the candle edge was made with an EK edge punch.

Make sure to check out the Catch The Bug Blog to get more inspiration from the Design Team!

I also used the SC369 for this card!

Have a Great Day!

Laurie

TSMONDAY, CAS!

Hello, it's Challenge time at Totally Stampalicious! This week, we're challenging you to make a clean and simple card, just keep the layers and embellishments to a minimum!

I've used one of the cute little bears from the Occupation Bears set. I coloured him with copics, and cut him out.

He's popped up on a bashful blue card base that was stamped with the linen background stamp in matching ink, and the edges are sponged.

I finished it off with some ribbon and a sentiment from the Stella Nurse set.

Please join us in our challenge, and upload your creation to the Totally Stampalicious Blog, You Could Be A Winner!

Have a Great Day!

Laurie

Free Shipping is now working!

Please scroll down for the Riley and Company Blog Hop, or you can find it Here!

Yep - we moosed up.

Apparently we had a little glitch with the free shipping last night on our website. We are SOOOOO sorry! The issue is now fixed, and any domestic order should have no charge for shipping.

For those of you who ordered, and shipping was applied, we will be contacting you, and reversing your shipping charges.

NOW, here is the good part. If we moose up, we always make up for it. Because of the inconvenience of our little moosetake - any order in the first 24 hours will not only get ONE free travel sticker stamp but THREE FREE travel sticker stamps!

It's just our way of saying have a moosetastic day!

Psst - the blog hop is still going on and you have a TON of chances to win some free Riley goodness just by leaving a comment! Start at Riley and Company blog and follow the links!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Laurie

Riley Blog Hop and Release!

Hello and welcome to the Riley and Company Blog Hop and Release! There's 12 great new Riley/Sophie stamps this month, you're going to love them!

Each Designer will be giving away a Riley stamp to one lucky commenter, so make sure to leave some love along the way!

All New Stamps are available for purchase now at Riley and Company!

Above is the new Yoga Riley! I coloured the image with copics. Since this is the tree pose, I used this dp I thought was perfect from DCWV Far East stack!

I also used this months sketch at SFYTT

Recipe
Stamp: Yoga Riley
Paper: river rock, very vanilla, handsome hunter, riding hood red, DCWV Far East stack
Ink: black, river rock
Accessories: copics, circle nesties, circle punch, MS branch edge punch, weaving blocks EF, charm, ribbon, twine, dimensionals


And this is the fabulous new Reading Riley. We have a lot of readers in our house, so this will come in handy. This is a gift card holder, perfect for a Chapters gift card or whatever your favorite book store is!

Riley, the table and lamp are all coloured with copics. The chair is dp. The sentiment is from the Everyday Sayings set.

To make this gift card holder, start with a piece of cardstock 4.25" x 10.75". Score at 3" and 8".

Here's a peek at the inside.

Recipe
Stamps: Reading Riley, Everyday Sayings
Paper: black, white, poppy parade, October Afternoon dp, Cosmo Cricket dp
Ink: black, Tim Holtz antique linen
Accessories: copics, corner rounder, spiral punch, circle punch, circle/scallop nestie,

So now it's time to continue on the hop, you should have arrived here from Silke's.
Now it's time to hop on over to Jovita's!

Here's a complete list in case you get lost along the way.

Riley and Company Blog
Cindy
Frances
Kelly
Silke
Laurie that's me!
Jovita
Margie
Michele
Joy
Jamie Rogers Moore (Guest Designer)

Happy Hopping!
Laurie

RILEY0212, A Punny/Funny Challenge!

Hello, did you know today is global belly laugh day! It's also my Daughter's 12th Birthday, so as host of this weeks Riley and Company Challenge, I'm challenging you to make a punny/funny Birthday card or project with ribbon and 2 embellishments!

It's also a great time for a sneak peek! This is the new Shoe Shopping Sophie, She loves shoes as much as the rest of us! The new stamps will be released this Thursday January 24th at 10pm est.Shoe Shopping Sophie is coloured with copics. I love making tags, because they can be saved and used as bookmarks! The sentiment is from the Moose Sayings 1 set.

I've had this template for a while, and can't remember where I got it. You can search on SCS or Google shoe template and you'll find several.

The shoe was made with black cardstock, and covered with leopard print dp. I added 2 shimmer brads at the front.

This is such a cute fashionable treat, I think I'll give it to Olivia for her Birthday!

Please join in the challenge and create your own card punny/funny card or project. Make sure to upload it to the Riley and Company Blog, and use the keyword RILEY0212 when uploading to any forums!

The January Sneak Peeks started Sunday and will continue until the release. Unfortunately, due to some health issues, I had to take it easy and won't have anything new til the night of the release. Please make sure to check out all the other designers to get your sneak peek fix! lol We also have a Guest Designer with us this month, Jamie Rogers Moore, so stop by and give her some love too!

The Riley and Company Blog Hop and Release is Thursday January 26th, 10pm est. Hope to see you there!

Have a Great Day!

Laurie

TSMONDAY, Make It Masculine!

Hello, it's time for the Totally Stampalicious Challenge, and this week we're challenging you to make a masculine card or project!

I used the new Gus Fishing, perfect for a guy card. I hope that sentiment is true, Gus sure has his hands full! lol I saw this shark on SCS by Card Shark and thought this would be the perfect catch for Gus!

Gus was coloured with copics. I also stamped the image onto ballet blue and cut it out at the water.

I added a brad as the bobber, and made a hook from jewelry wire.

I used the Freshly made sketch FMS18 for this card.

Have a Great Day!

Laurie

Bugaboo Freebie & 3 dps!

Hello, was made for today's mini Bugaboo challenge at Catch the Bug! Today's challenge is to use this great new free digi and 3 designer papers.

This is Guinea Pig Birthday, I coloured him with copics and added the lines around the edge with the copic 0.3 liner.

The card base is black, with a layer of tangerine tango, then dp from Kaiser Craft Party animal embossed with stars.

The other 2 dp panels are also from the party animal pad. I finished it off with some star brads.

I also used this weeks Stella Says Sketch SSS102. I don't think you're supposed to combine challenges, so I'm only entering it in the mini challenge.

Have a Great Day!

Laurie

Bugaboo, Sketch Challenge!

Hello, this is the card I made for today's mini challenge at Catch The Bug! Today's challenge is a sketch!

I used my new Little Penguin Winter-winter bench. I coloured them with copics, embossed it with the swiss dot embossing folder and added some glitter!

The card base is baja breeze stamped with Serene Snowflakes. The dp is K&Co. swell noel. The main image is backed with pink pirouette.

The icicles were made with the MS punch, and then I added 2-way glue and dipped them in glitter. The snowflake is from the Northern Flurry die and I finished it off with a big flat backed pearl!

Have a Great Day!

Laurie

Bugaboo, Primary Colours & Bling!

Hello, I made this for Wednesday's Birthday Bash Challenge at Catch The Bug. We were to use primary colours and bling!

I used the Birthday Monster-sign. These little monsters are so cute!

I coloured the image with copics.

The card base is black with a layer of SU dp-Just Add Cake. I cut the image with a circle nestie and backed it with a Label #3 nestie. The circles were made with various punches, and I added some gems to finish it off!

Have a Great Day!

Laurie

Bugaboo New Release & A Bow!

Hello, I made this for today's mini Challenge at Catch the Bug! Today's challenge is to Bugaboo's new release (Bride and/or Groom) and add a bow!

Well as you can see, I used both the Bride & the Groom! I googled popular bridal colours for 2012, and blue seemed really popular so I went with that!

This was pretty simple really. I coloured the image with copics and added some tiny gems for the Bride's jewelry and some dazzling diamonds glitter on her dress.

The card base is night of navy, with a layer of white embossed with the textile EF. The main image panel is popped up. I dressed it up with some satin navy ribbon!

Have a Great Day!

Laurie

TSMONDAY, Valentine Challenge!

You can find the Bugaboo Birthday Blog Hop here!

Hello, time for our weekly Totally Stampalicious Challenge! This weeks challenge is to make a Valentine.

I used the new Monkey Love set, and if you play along, one lucky winner will win this awesome set! These Monkey's are so cute, there's 2 in the set and several sentiments.

I coloured the Monkey with copics, and paper pieced the heart.

The card base is baja breeze, with a layer of white embossed with the love language EF. Then I added a scrap of dp (which was actually in a Christmas pack) and some glimmery hearts and voila!

I'm also entering this in today's Bugaboo Birthday Bash mini challenge to use 2 of something...I used 2 heart punches!

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

Have a Great Day!

Laurie

Bugaboo Birthday Blog Hop!

Have you heard the news, Bugaboo Stamps is 2, and they're celebrating with a Blog Hop and a week full of fun challenges and prizes!

Leave a comment below for a chance to win this fun digi, Stella Peeker-Another Drink! Stella is aways a hoot so of course she had to come to the party! The sentiment is computer generated to make it a Birthday card!

If you're following the hop, you should have arrived from Joy Stagg's Blog! Each Designer is picking a random winner of the image they used, so make sure to leave comments on all the blogs for more chances to win! The winner's will be picked on January 21, 2012.

Now it's time to hop on over to Lola Cordova's Blog! If you get lost along the way, you can find the complete list on the Catch The Bug Blog.

And if you just can't wait to win, all images will be available at Bugaboo Stamps!

Thanks for celebrating with us,

Happy Hopping!

Laurie

RILEY0112, Winter Wonderland!

Hello, I made this for this weeks Riley and Company Challenge! This weeks challenge is hosted by Kelly, and she's challenging us to show Riley/Sophie having fun in Winter Wonderland!

This is the new Riley Snow Angel, released recently in the Riley Winter 2011 theme. Riley was coloured with copics and cut out with circle nesties, and layered on an inverted scallop nestie.

I finished it off with some ribbon and a mini ornament, I love using these!

Please join us in our challenge, and upload your card or creation to the Riley and Company Blog. If you upload to any forums, please use the keyword RILEY0112.

Have a Great Day!

Laurie

TSMONDAY, Time To Be Funny!

Hello, this is my creation for this weeks Totally Stampalicous challenge, to use humor!

This is the new JJ Desperate Housewife, and she comes with some great sentiments! I made it into a hanger with some ribbon.

I coloured JJ with copics, and added some crystal effects to her glasses. JJ is popped up.

I also tried to create some killer dust bunnies. lol First I punched 3 bunnies with my MS punch. Then I ran them through my little xyron sticker maker and pressed some lint from the dryer onto the sticky side. The bunnies are popped up too.

Maybe I have a sick sense of humor, but I think it's funny!

Please play along with us, and upload your funny creation to the Totally Stampalicious Blog!

Have a Great Day!

Laurie

Totally Stampalicious Blog Hop & Release!

Hello and welcome to the Totally Stampalicious FIRST RELEASE & BLOG HOP of 2012!

We have FIVE BRAND NEW STAMP SETS from our fabulous Bugaboo line by artist
Jodie Mackrell!!

AVAILABLE NOW at Totally Stampalicious!

As always we'll be giving away PRIZES as well to THREE lucky Hoppers!!!

1st Prize - All 5 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!!!!

We also have an incredible promotion going on...so even if you don't get a prize
you can still be a WINNER!!

It's the 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


The card above was made with the brand new Gus Fishing, perfect for the fisherman in your life!

I also used this weeks SCS colour challenge CC356

and this weeks mojo sketch challenge MOJO222
This is made with the new Monkey Love set, perfect for Valentines Day and more. There are 2 images and several sentiments included in the set!

I also used the new Stella Says Sketch Challenge SSS101
And this is one of the new images in the new set Occupation Bears! These are so cute, I decided to make a corner bookmark with this one.

Now it's time to hop over to the wonderfully talented Lynda's Blog to see what creations she's come up with!

Here is the complete Blog Hop line-up in case you get lost along the way!

Totally Stampalicious
Joanne
Stacy
Angel
Jessica
Kendra
Dawn
Lori
Julie
Jessie
Laurie that's me!
Lynda
Becky
Joycelyn
Vicki

Make sure to leave comments along the way, for your chance to win some awesome Blog Candy!

Happy Hopping,

Laurie

MMTPT179, Teal, Flowers, Hearts & Angels!

Hello, Happy New Year Everyone! This is my card for this weeks Teapot Tuesday Challenge MMTPT179. This weeks challenge is to include teal, flowers, hearts and Angels. The Destination Station this week is fellow SCSer Sonja (Soni B). Last year wasn't the best for Sonja, so we are sending wishes for a new and better year!

I already had this Angel Riley sitting on my desk. He's coloured with copics and covered in glass micro beads.

I used taken with teal, with a layer of white embossed with little hearts, and dp on the bottom with flowers.

Riley is popped up, and I finished it with white taffeta ribbon.

Have a Great Day!

Laurie