Oops I Forgot A Stop!

I totally forgot to include stop #8 on our Kards for Kids Virtual Euro Tour, we stopped in Austria!

Our tour was sponsored by Your Next Stamp, and this is Ellie Loves Butterflies. One of the inspiration photos for this stop was from The Sound Of Music, so I used the green designer paper to look like the big grassy field you see Julie Andrews in.

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

Bugaboo Freebie Friday, Monster Bday Present!

Hi out there, it's Friday so that means Freebie Friday time over at Bugaboo Stamps! This weeks Freebie is this Monster Bday Present.

I coloured him with copics and added some waterfall stickles to the cupcake frosting.

The card base is poppy parade, and all the designer paper is from Bo Bunny Surprise pad.

I also used this weeks Sweet Sunday Sketch SSSC193.

You can see more inspiration from the Design Team using this new image at the Catch The Bug Blog.

and of course you can get your freebie Friday image at Bugaboo Stamps!

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

Kards For Kids Virtual Euro Tour #9 - 10!

 This is my last 3 cards for the Kards For Kids Virtual Euro Tour, and boy what a trip it's been! Your Next Stamp is sponsoring our challenge tour with their awesome images!

For the card above, stop #9 we stopped in Germany. This is Ellie Loves To Read. I coloured her with copics, and added some stickles to the little bee.

 Challenge #10, Holland the Netherlands. There are 2 cards for this one, the first is featuring Anika From Holland.

and this is the second, featuring Theodore From Holland.

It was a great tour, and such great images to work with!

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

Kards For Kids Virtual Euro Tour #4 to #7!

 Hello, the Kards For Kids Euro Tour has taken us to some really exciting places! These are my cards for Challenges #4 to #7. All these adorable images are from Your Next Stamp who are generously sponsoring our Virtual Tour!

Stop #4 is Scotland, and this is Ainsley from Scotland. She's coloured with copics, and I think my hair colouring is improving!

 Stop #5 is Paris...ooh-la-la! This is Pierre from France.

 Stop #6 is a Tuscany Beach in Italy, and this is Picnic Ellie. I love the colours of the designer paper for this one!

And Stop #7 is Switzerland, looks like fun but I think I prefer the Beach! lol This is Ellie Loves To Ski! I should mention I also used last weeks Freshly Made Sketch FMS104, but I was too late to enter it!

Stay tuned for Challenges #8 to 10 coming soon!

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

Kards For Kids Virtual Euro Tain Tour #3. Ireland & extras!

 Hi all, just wanted to share some cards I made for our Kards For Kids virtual Euro Train Tour! The first is for Challenge #3 Ireland. Your Next Stamp is sponsoring our tour, and this is Erin From Ireland!
Love her and what fun to colour! The designer paper was included in the package, so I pulled those colours to create the card.

I also used this weeks Crazy for Challenges sketch C4C204.

 This is my card for #7 of the questionaire. I would love to visit Paris one day, who wouldn't! For this card I used Moostash Riley, from Riley and Company.

And this is for Challenge #8 of the questionaire, to make a bookmark using this sentiment and a travel theme. This is Zip Line Riley, he's on vacation and decided to try something daring, brave little guy!

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

Stella Says Sketch #142

Hello, It's time for the Stella Says Sketch Challenge over at The Catch The Bug Blog! This is my card for this weeks SSS142.

I went a little crazy with the Monster 3 from Bugaboo Stamps. He's paper pieced with some recollections designer paper and then I stamped him again on white and cute out the eyes and tummy. I'll be sending this to the Kards for Kids group for Toronto Sick Kids, so I'm sure they'll get a kick out of this crazy Monster!

You can check out more inspiration from the Designers at The Catch The Bug Blog and make sure to play along for your chance to win some Awesome Bugaboo images. Just upload your creation to the Catch the Bug post here.

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

Bugaboo New Release, Goofy Halloween Cat!

WooHoo it's Tuesday and that means New Release time at Bugaboo Stamps. This is the new Goofy Hween Cat. I love him! I turned him into a tabby by using my copics and making stripes.

The card base is rich razzleberry with a layer of dp from a K&Co. halloween pad. The mouse edge was made with a Martha Stewart punch.

Make sure to pop over to the Catch The Bug Blog for more inspiration from the Design Team. And of course you'll want to check out the Bugaboo Store to see all the great new images for September!

I also made this for the Friday Sketch Challenge #52

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

RILEY1913, Celebrating Grape & Wine!

Hello, it's time for a new Riley and Company Challenge. I live in wine country and every year in September we have a big Grape & Wine Festival. So I'm challenging you to include grapes and or wine in your creation...it can be a sentiment, colours, image, whatever you like!

I used this Funny Bones Sentiment 'Sitting on the couch with my Husband' which I think is hilarious! I also used paper from Basic Grey that has wine colours.

The sketch is from SC452, and I like that it lets the sentiment stand out.

Please join us in our challenge and upload your creation to the Riley and Company Blog. If you upload to any forums, please include the keyword RILEY1913.

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

Kards For Kids Virtual European Tour!

 Hello, The Smiley Team at Kards For Kids are on a virtual European Tour right now, put together by our Wonderful leader Bela. These are my cards for Challenges 1 and 2.

Your Next Stamp is sponsoring out fun Tour Challenges. All the images we will be using are from Your Next Stamp, so I big Thank You to Karen for letting us work with her awesome stamps!

#1. we are in Portugal, and this is Fhiona Riding Her Bike. I coloured her with copics, and added silver copic atyou spica to the spokes and handle bars of her bike. I punched our some grass, and embossed the top with clouds!

#2. Now we're boarding a ferry. This is Shopper Fhiona. I coloured her with copics. The embossed piece was made with a new Darice embossing folder it came in a pack of 3 called Lace.

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

FMS103, Boo Ghost!

Hi All, I just wanted to share the card I made using a new September image from Bugaboo Stamps called Boo Ghost. I used the Freshly Made Sketch FMS103.

And this is a perfect fit for the Halloween card drive we're having over at Kards for Kids!

The card base is black, with a layer of pumpkin pie embossed with the Pumpkin EF. I coloured the image with copics, and added some MS lemon stickles to the stars and crystal effects to the pumpkins eyes. This was layered on some dp from K&Co. Then I punched 2 bats out of cardstock to finish it off!

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

It's Freebie Friday Time at Bugaboo!

Hi Everyone, it's Friday and that means Freebie Friday time over at Bugaboo Stamps! This weeks Freebie is this super cute 'Just a Note' image.

I went with a Christmas theme and used last weeks Freshly Made Sketch FMS102.

I coloured the image with copics and added stickles to the wings.

The card base is bravo burgundy, and the designer paper is from My Minds Eye-lost and found Christmas.

Make sure to head on over to the Catch The Bug Blog to see more great samples using this weeks freebie. Don't forget to get your Freebie at Bugaboo Stamps.

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

Bugaboo Saturday Challenge Anything Goes!

Hello, it's the beginning of the month so this weeks Saturday Challenge at Catch The Bug is Anything Goes, super easy!

I used the Bobblehead Hween Witch. I coloured her with copics, and added some silver and lemon copic atyou spica pens.

I'm also entering this in the Sweet Sunday Sketch challenge SSSC192.

So what are you going to make? Make sure to upload your creation to the Catch The Bug Blog for your chance to win!

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

Freebie Friday Time at Bugaboo!

It's Freebie Friday time at Bugaboo Stamps, and this week it's this Cupcake! So make sure you hope on over to Bugaboo Stamps and get your Free!

I tried my hand at making a Diaper Fold Pouch I found on SCS here. My paper was only one sided, so I cut some dp to cover the white flaps. All the cardstock is from Recollections.

For the Cupcake, I coloured it with copics, and printed the image out twice so I could cut out the top of the cupcake and pop it up. I also covered it with stickles and the cherry with crystal effects.

I didn't really have anything on hand to put in my pouch, but you could add any little treat, cookie, or even crayons or something like that!

Make sure to stop by the Catch The Bug Blog to see what the other Designers have created!

Have a Great Day,
Laurie

RILEY1813, Make It Male!

Hello, it's challenge time at Riley and Company, and our hostess this week is Frances! It was Father's Day this past Sunday in Australia, so she's challenging us to make a card for a Male!

I must confess I had no idea Father's Day was different in other countries. The other night my Daughter went to bed and came out looking real upset. She had looked at her calendar and saw it was Father's Day and thought she had missed it! lol

So for my card today, I went with a card shark/poker theme! This is Poker Riley, I coloured him with copics. The designer paper is from Kaiser Kraft, called Shaken not stirred, perfect for this Riley.

I also used this weeks MOJO Monday Sketch MOJO309.

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 RILEY1813.

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

FMS101, Boo!

Hello, I made this for the Freshly Made Sketch FMS101. I will also be including this in my Halloween cards for the Kards for Kids group.

This was super fast & easy! The card base is black with dp from recollections. The little tags were all in my scrap bin, I just hand cut the points.

The black strip is embossed with the Candy embossing folder, and the ghost was made with a sizzix die and some sparkly white paper!

Have a Great Day,
Laurie