C4C25 & TSMONDAY17 Vegas Style!

It`s Monday and that means a Totally Stampalicious Challenge, TSMONDAY17! This weeks challenge is to use glitter and or bling Vegas Style! Becky one of our wonderful leaders is on a trip with her Hubby to Vegas, and the prize is truely a surprise! Becky will be bringing something back from Vegas for the lucky winner of this weeks challenge!

I also used this weeks C4C25, Totally Stampalicious is the Sponsor over at Crazy for Challenges this week, so one lucky winner will win a prize from Totally Stampalicious!

I`ve never been to Vegas, but when I think of Vegas I think lights & glitter and for some reason gold and black were stuck in me head!

This is the old brawd stamp set, and she is celebrating in style! She`s wearing her favorite gold vest and bangle bracelets! I was worried a whole gold glitter flower might be too much, so I only did the edges in gold. The cupcake has liquid pearl icing, and she`s wearing her lovely black pearl necklace!

I made the glitter panel by taking a piece of white cardstock, and covered it alternating 2 sizes of scor tape. I removed the larger tape and covered it with black glitter, then repeated with the gold...yes I`m very glittery now!

The sentiment is from the Farmer Hawg sentiment set, and I embossed it with black embossing powder. The main image and the sentiment are popped up.

I also would like to mention that we have a new member on our Totally Stampalicious Design Team. If you get a chance please pop over and welcome Monique Hansen!

I hope you can play in the challenges, we`d love to see what you come up with!
Laurie

144 Bottle Caps In The Can!

So are you thinking 'What the.???' Don't worry, I didn't drink all those! lol My Niece Lauren was given a craft kit at Christmas to make all kinds of neat things with bottle caps.



She's starting to run low, and my sister had asked the family to save our bottle caps if we had any. Well I figured that would take forever, and then someone in my house either me or my Husband suggested buying some from the brew it yourself store! It's a brilliant idea, so I'm going to take credit for it! lol We bought 150, I used 6 to make her name, so there is 144 in this revamped hot chocolate can!



The can is covered in dp. I don't usually use the premade flowers, but I found this pkg. of flowers from K&co. and the colours and sparkle reminded me of Lauren. The leaves were made with the sizzix little leaves die and old olive cardstock.



The bottle caps have a piece of dp in the bottom, made with the 1" circle punch. I found these circles with the medal edge, and a pop dot on the back. I stamped each with an initial in regal rose and stuck it in the cap. Then I filled the cap with crystal effects. The bottle caps are attached to the can with a glue gun.



I used some nice cotton type ribbon to cover the lid edge. I attached it with 1/4" scor tape. The largest circle on the top was made by tracing around the lid and cutting out by hand. The rest of the circles were made with nestabilities.

Well that's my story! I'll be back later with something from Totally Stampalicious!

Have a Great Day!

Laurie

Karate Lauren's 9th Birthday!

Hello, this is the card I made for my Niece Lauren, for her 9th Birthday. Lauren takes karate lessons, so I used Karate Hanna to make her card.

I also made this for the featured Stamper challenge this week FS159. This weeks stamper is Judy Rose aka JovialJudy! Judy has a wonderful Gallery, and this card was my inspiration.

I was first attracted to this card because of the circles, and I had them all punched out. But because this was for my Niece Lauren, hearts seemed more fitting!

So I changed the main image, the background is stamped, I used hearts instead of circles, added ribbon and although I used gems, I changed the placement.

All the stamps used are from Hanna Stamps. The store is currently selling off all stock, so prices are really low!

Stamps: Karate Hanna, Graffiti, Everyday Sentiments
Paper: pretty in pink, regal rose, white, dp?-Costco
Ink: memento tuxedo black, pretty in pink, soft sky
Accessories: copics, nestie hearts, taffeta ribbon, gems, dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by!
Laurie

Sleuth Lover's Birthday!

My Husband loves detective shows and stories, whether it be Sherlock Holmes, Poirot, Agatha Christie, the list goes on and on! So I knew I wanted to use Detective Riley on his Birthday card this year!

With the help of the sketch challenge SC268, it really pulled this card together!

So we have Dective Riley, eye + spy and birthday Riley! Dective Riley is hot on the trail and he's so right, there is a Birthday at my house today!

I coloured the images with copics. The Birthday Riley has stickles for icing. The eye was stamped and coloured, and then I stamped the eyeglass on white cardstock and acetate. I cut the centre out of the cardstock eyeglass and glued it on top of the acetate. The eyeglass is popped up with very thin strips of dimensionals.

I hope he likes it, now I have to go ice the cake & finish making dinner!

Laurie

Stamps: Detective Riley, Birthday Riley, Detective Hanna

Paper: black, ruby red, old olive, pacific point, so saffron, white, acetate, DCWV text prints

Ink: memento tuxedo black

Accessories: copics, stickles, dimensionals

Speedy the Cat Has His Own Stamps!

When I was first introduced to SCS, Faith aka markie's mom was quite the inspiration for me, and her wonderful creations certainly influenced many of my purchases! No wonder she's been on so many Design Teams!

I even used to play a game where I would look at all the new uploads and guess which one was Faith's...I know, easy game!

I love checking out her blog everyday too! From polka dots, Markie's jokes and Speedy the Cat antics, you never know what you'll find story wise, but you will always find a new stunning creation!

So when Faith and her family opened up their own Stamp Store, Mark's Finest Papers, and then a new stamp line, I just had to order some!

I was inspired by the this weeks Technique Spotlight, Scherenschnitte Stamping (Scissor Cuts). I used the new set Speedy The Cats Friends.

The card base is black, with a layer of pretty in pink and a layer of DP from Making Memories Sabrina. The whole pink panel is popped up.

The image was stamped with versamark onto black and embossed white clear powder. Then I cut the image out. The glossy side is down, you can find the tutorial here.

The image is mounted on the petite ovals, and I used the classic frame die and cut it down to fit.

I finished it off with half back pearls and pink satin ribbon.

Have a Great Day!

Laurie

TSMONDAY16, Digi Announcement!

I'm baaaack! If you're a digi lover, or if you just want to try it out, check out the Totally Stampalicious Blog!


The TSMONDAY16 challenge is to make something using a Digi, and they are offering a couple free! The randomly picked winner will get a whole Digi set FREE!


Plus Totally Stampalicious is now offering Digi's in full sets, and individual images! There's something for everyone.


While I prefer rubber, I used 2 digi's today. I followed Becky's fabulous tutorial here, which really helped abd was easy to follow!


My first Digi is Hawt Dawg. This image is about an inch smaller than the actually stamp. I coloured him with copics and cut him out.


The tag ws made with night of navy and old olive embossed with the stars EF. I used the large & small star punches and circle punches for the sentiment.

Sorry the pictures are a little yellow, I think my lighting was off! I made this for this weeks featured stamper challenge FS158, Laurie aka HamiltonGal. Laurie has a fabulous gallery, and this card caught my eye.


I changed the colours, theme, stamp and I didn't use any embellishments.

This fire hydrant is also a digi image from Totally Stampalicious. I coloured it with copics, cut it out & popped it up.


The card base is bermuda bay, with a layer of very vanilla. I embossed the vanilla with a texture plate from fiskars, it has paw prints, but it isn't embossed deep enough! I also sponged Tim Holtz distress antique linen around the edges.


Have a Great Day, and I hope you play in the Totally Stampalicious challenge!

Laurie

More Valentines and C4C24

Hello, I have a few more Valentines t share with you, and a little treat box. They also fit this weeks C4C24, to use red as the main colour.

The first is the treat box I made for my sister. I used the SU box #2 die, so this was pretty easy! The box is real red, the large heart on the front was made with the new heart embosslits die. I cut one from white & then one from red & I trimmed the edges of the red one with my scissors.

The tag was made with the small tag punch, the white one was hand trimmed to fit inside. Then a MS heart punch, and a circle punch for the sentiment. The sentiment is from a MS stamp set I bought last year.

I'm not crazy, I know the candies are more for Christmas, but my sister loves these and the colours fit.

How about 2 heart flowers! The card base is real red, and a layer of white with a cloudy sky sponged in soft sky.

The hearts were made the same as the ones a posted the other day. The leaves and grass are garden green on these ones.

Next is 2 more I made exactly the same as the ones posted the other day, but I used pinks and reds for these ones. I've been to the bulk barn, so now you can see them full!

Hope you had a Happy Valentines Day!
Laurie