Speedy's Challenge #6, Buttons and Bows!

Hi Everyone, this is my entry for this weeks Speedy the Cats Friend's Challenge. This weeks challenge is to use buttons and bows! There was also exciting news this weeks, which will mean more chances to win! I love the sets I have from Mark's Finest Papers, and wish I could afford to buy them all, but now there's a greater chance to win, so make sure you check it out here at Mark's Finest Papers!

I used the Chickdee from the Ferns and Chickadee set. I had orginally stamped him with memento black and coloured him with copics, but then I decided he needed a boost so I stamped him again with versamark and embossed with black embossing powder. I cut this one out and popped it up on the original. which is a label #3 die that's also popped up.

The card base is riding hood red, with a layer of natural ivory, and then kraft embossed with the allegro EF, because birds do like to sing! I sponged the edges of the kraft with Tim Holtz antique linen.

The ribbon is from SU, it was in the Christmas mini. the button is from my sewing box and I used linen thread to tie it on.

Recipe
Stamps: Ferns and Chickadees
Paper: riding hood red, natural ivory, kraft
Ink: versamark, memento tuxedo black, riding hood red, Tim Holtz antique linen
Accessories: copics, black EP, label #3, allegro EF, ribbon, linen thread, button, dimensionals, sponge

Have a Great Evening!
Laurie

TSMONDAY, Blue and Yellow!

Hello and Happy Monday! It's time for another challenge at Totally Stampalicious, and this weeks challenge is super easy... use any shades of blue and yellow!

I used Desiree Lollipop, a Bugaboo image now available as a clear stamp at Totally Stampalicious! I coloured Desiree with copics, and then cut her out. Her lollipop is chocolate & I covered it with crystal effects!

The card base is bashful blue, with a layer of barely banana and then a layer of white embossed with the Daisies EF from Crafts-too.

The center was made with the Spellbinders eyelet pendant and circle nesties. I finished it off with dimensionals, taffeta ribbon and little yellow gems!

I hope you can play along this week. Please make sure to upload your creation to Mr. Linky here at the Totally Stampalicious Blog for a chance to win an awesome prize!

Recipe
Stamps: Desiree Lollipop
Paper: bashful blue, barely banana, white
Ink: memento tuxedo black, bashful blue
Accessories: copics, circle nesties, Spellbinders eyelet pendant, Daisies EF (Crafts-too), circle punches, taffeta ribbon, dimensionals, gems

Hope you have a Great Day!
Laurie

It's a Boy Thing!

Hello, I made this using this weeks sketch challenge, SC283 and todays free 4 all challenge F4A15, It's a Boy Thing!

I never know where my inspiration will come from, and today this sketch helped me decide on this designer paper from the DCWV summer stack. Then the designer paper led me in the birthday direction, which then gave me the idea cut out one of the party hats for my cute little guy!

The image is Sean, he's a Bugaboo image now available as a clear stamp at Totally Stampalicious! coloured him with copics. The hat is cut from the dp, but the top tassle thingy was made with one of those tiny $1 punches.

The sentiment is from Mark's Finest Papers, and I finished it with brads, unevenly spaced lol, but they're stuck there now!

Recipe
Stamps: Sean Totally Stampalicious, sentiment MFP
Paper: night of navy, more mustard, white, DCWV summer stack
Ink: memento tuxedo black, night of navy
Accessories: copics, brads, $1. punch

TFL
Laurie

Stoppin' to Smell the Roses!

Hello, I made this for this weeks Teapot Tuesday challenge MMTPT96.

Ramon is a flamingo still on the lam after flying the coop and leaving the Sedgwick County Zoo behind, with his good Buddy Gustav!

In their travels, Gustav met the love of his life! So now Ramon is on his own. He's decided to continue on, with the hope that his true love is out there somewhere. But until that time comes, he's going to take time to stop and smell the roses! lol

I made Ramon with punches, Body: 2 step bird punch with beak cut off
Head: 2 step bird wing, 1 pink, 1 white, trim white to shape
Neck: EK swirl flourish punch

This was my first attempt at the paper roses made with the big flower punch from SU. I used this fantastic tutorial by Julie Wiliams.

Recipe
Stamps: None
Paper: chocolate chip, old olive, so saffron, regal rose, white, Basic grey Sugared
Ink: so saffron, apricot appeal, pretty in pink, old olive,
Acessories: oval/scallop nesites, Big flower punch SU, fiskars mint punch (leaf), 2 step bird punch, EK swirl flourish punch, dimensionals, sponges, ribbon

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

Dorothy's Going Camping!

Hello again, I combined 2 challenges here, both the C4C39 and the TLC275 challenged us to make a tent card!

This is the new Dorothy & Toto stamp from Riley and Company. I coloured her with copics and cut her out.

I followed the directions for the Tent Card here, out of white cardstock. Then I covered the inside and bottom with the yellow dp that reminded me of a yellow brick road, it's from Reflections. The outside is dp from the DCWV summer stack.

The flower was made with Marvy punches and a jumbo brad. The ribbon is white satin with gingham to match the brad. The opening was made with oval nesties.

Recipe
Stamps: Dorothy Sophie
Paper: white, DCWV summer stack, Reflections - Mom's Diner
Ink: memento tuxedo black
Accessories: copics, Marvy flower punches, jumbo brad, satin ribbon, gigham ribbon, oval/scallop nesties

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

Speedy's Challenge #5, Silhouettes

Hello, I made this for the 5th Speedy's Friends Challenge at Mark's Finest Papers! This weeks challenge is to make a silhouette card!

I decided to make a masculine card. I used the trees in the Our Family Tree set.

This was one of those cards that I could see in my head but had trouble getting the effect right! I started with regular whisper white, but then when I stamped my trees with stazon the stamp stuck like glue and didn't leave a very nice impression! So then I decided to add some ink to my stazon pad and redo the background onto glossy white cardstock. The colours aren't very virbrant on the glossy...don't know why! The trees are better, but still not the best image...again don't know why!

I also started out using this weeks colour challenge barely banana, garden green, close to cocoa, with a bit of soft sky. I ended up ditching the close to cocoa, because I liked this colour combo.

The cardbase is black, with a layer of garden green stamped with the weathered BG stamp. I also stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set as the trees, in black on the bottom.

The main panel is matted on barely banana and black. I added mini black brads to the corners, and then popped this panel up.

Recipe
Stamps: Our Family Tree, weathered BG
Paper: black, garden green, barely banana, glossy white
Ink: garden green, barely banana, soft sky, baja breeze, so saffron, black stazon
Accessories: sponges, brads, dimensionals

TFL
Laurie

RILEY1010, It's a 3-2-1 challenge!

Hello Everyone, before I tell you about this weeks challenge, I still have Blog Candy to give away from the Riley Blog Hop. So if scrappintlc is reading this, or if you know her can you pass along the message, you are the winner! Could you please contact me at virgocat5@cogeco.ca.

Okay onto to the challenge! Cathy is our Hostess this week, and she's challenging us to a 3-2-1 challenge! That means use 3 of 1 thing, 2 of another and then 1 of something.

I used 3 brads, 2 designer papers (one on the background and one for the Tin Mans outfit), and 1 ribbon!

I hope you can play along! Please upload your creation to Mr. Linky on the Riley and Company Blog, and make sure to use the keywords RILEY1010 when uploading to a forum.

Recipe

Stamps: Tin Man, Paper: sage shadow, white, dp metallic, reflections rockets & sprockets, Ink: memento tuxedo black, Accessories: copics, brads, ribbon, dimensionals

Have a Great Day!

Laurie