Riley Blog Hop & Release!

 Happy Thanksgiving to all our American friends, and Welcome to the Riley and Company Blog Hop and Release!

There are 6 Awesome New CLEAR SETS being released tonight, each comes with an adorable image and 3-5 matching sentiments!

Looking for Specials, well we have them....

Special #1 - Buy all 6 sets for only $50.00! (regular $10 each) That's buy 5 get one Free!

Special #2 - You can also get a set of 3 FREE Funnybones stamps during this release by simply placing an order of $25 or more (before tax) in the first 24 hrs of the release! (One per customer please.)

Special #3 - But Wait, there's more! As an added bonus, we are giving EVERYONE FREE SHIPPING from Thrursday night at 9pm CST until Sunday night at midnight CST! Just enter FREESHIP in the coupon code section!

Please visit all the Design Team members Blogs, and leave a comments along the way for your chance to win Blog Candy...a new Riley and Company clear set of the winners choice!

Above I used the new I Dream Of Jeanie set to make a Coupon Book! I coloured her with copics and added some gems. The view is vellum.

Here's a look at the inside! You can fill them in however you like!

 And this is the new Riley Christmas Set. I made a tag and coloured Riley with copics.

 This is the ornament I made to go along with the tag. I used  Riley and Percy Dancing , and just masked out Riley. You have to use stazon ink, and stamp onto acetate. I used 3M transparency film for copiers from Staples. Then he was coloured in with sharpies. I filled the ornament with some glitter snow & finished it off with ribbons.

I made the box for the ornament and added the tag (I know it's a bit big! lol) but wouldn't this make a cute gift!

OK so now onto Jovita's to see what she has to share!

Here's the complete hopping list!

Riley and Company Blog
Cindy
Frances
Michele
Kelly
Laurie - that's me!
Jovita
Joy

Please make sure to leave your email, or contact info so we can easily reach the winners!
Happy Hopping,
Laurie

Christmas Slippers!

Happy New Year Everyone, I wanted to share some Christmas projects I made but didn't have time to post before Christmas!

I made a pair of these Christmas Slippers for each of our girls, aren't they the cutest thing! One of my favorite Blog's to visit is Valita's Designs & Fresh Folds, she has the most amazing ideas, and when I saw these slippers I just had to make them! You can buy the pattern from Valita, they are super easy to make, and good for so many occasions!

I used Stampin Up cardstock and designer paper for all 3 pairs. I was trying to make it easy and fast, because I swear I waste more time picking out the papers, so this really helped! I also finished them all off with a snowflake from shimmery white cardstock, a button and the fancy fibre!

Each slipper was filled with a special little surprise! I have bought or made the girls an ornament for the Christmas Tree every year, so this is going to be their ornament for 2010!

Wishing you the Best in the New Year!

Laurie

Keepsake Ornaments for 2009!

I was doing my usual daily surfing at SCS, and was totally awed by this stunning ornament made by YvonnAna. I couldn't get over the layers and the victorian feel I was truely amazed! I give my girls an ornament every Christmas, and decided to make this years using Yvonne's fabulous design. She even posted the recipe here. You have to check out the rest of her blog Yvonne's stamps, paper & ink, it's truely amazing! So Thank You Yvonne for helping me make this years ornaments.



I used all the same parts, but I changed my main image to Mrs Clause, from Riley & Company. For the small snowflakes in the background, I used a stamp from the Serene Snowflake set.



I let Olivia choose between the bashful blue or riding hood red, and she decided on the bashful blue.



I sponged on bashful blue, used copics to colour & the hanger is bashful blue taffeta with sheer white ribbon



Rachel's is the red one. I used riding hood red because I wanted to use the taffeta ribbon, I love that stuff. I had intended on using vanilla with the red, but I forgot and didn't remember until I had Sophie all coloured!



Donna's is lavendar lace. Her favorite colours are orange & purple, so this seemed like a good choice. Orange just doesn't seem like Christmas to me!



To make the snowflakes softer, I stamped in ink, then on a scrap paper, then on my circle. Sophie's outfit and the snowflakes are covered in iridescent ice glitter.



Stamps: Mrs. Clause, SU Serene Snowflakes

Paper: white, riding hood red, lavendar lace, bashful blue

Ink: memento tuxedo black, riding hood red, lavendar lace, bashful blue

Accessories: copics, circle/scallop nesties, floral accent nesties, dimensionals, sponges, pearls, iridescent ice glitter, ribbon



Have a Great Day!

Laurie