Leave A Message Please, I'm Busy!

The Dare to Get Dirty challenges are in full swing over at SCS, and I couldn't wait to join it! I made this for DTGD10kittie747, Lost and Found. Okay so maybe I wouldn't have thrown this acrylic photo frame out, I would have donated it, but instead I altered it! Now it's a message center, cause sometimes you need a night out with the girls with no interuptions!

This fabulous image is aFREE digi available at Amber Ink. She has several Digi's up right now, and Tuesday July 20, is the Grand Opening of her Store, with Stamps, Digi's and more, I can't wait!

For this, I made a mat for inside the frame with dp from Memory Keepers called Girls night out-on the rocks. I backed this with kiwi kiss. Then I used the MS grass punch for the bottom and sponged the grass edges. Then I slipped this into the frame.

I made a little holder for the post-it note pad with black cs and punched the edge with the scallop punch. The pencil is sort of a lost & found item too, I think it's from Ikea!

The images I used are from a set called Hope, Popcorn and Wine. I coloured the Girl and wine bottle with copics, and cut them out. I positioned the girl in the grass then punched a smaller strip of grass and popped it up with dimensionals. Then wine bottle is glued onto this piece. The flowers were made with the bitty SU flower punch and I added gems to the centers.

Recipe
Stamps: Amber Ink Digi - Hope, popcorn and wine
Paper: kiwi kiss melon mambo, yoyo yellow, white, black, Memory Keepers girls night out-on the rocks
Ink: kiwi kiss
Accessories: copics, scallop edge punch, MS grass punch, bitty flower punch, gems, ribbon, dimensionals, acrylic photo frame, post it notes, pencil

Thanks for stopping by,
Laurie

Totally Stampalicious July Blog Hop!

It's time for another NEW RELEASE from Totally Stampalicious and we are soooo EXCITED to share ANOTHER FOUR NEW BUGABOO Stamp Sets!!

AVAILABLE NOW AT
TOTALLY STAMPALICIOUS

What better way to celebrate this exciting new release than with a FABULOUS and FUN BLOG HOP!? The only thing that could make it even MORE FUN is to add some PRIZES to the mix!!
As usual, we will select THREE winners randomly from THREE randomly selected DT blogs so be sure to comment on all of them to increase your chances to win!!

My first card was made with the New Cafe Scarlette! I cracked up when I saw this sentiment, and she comes with a few others! I thought she looked so posh, so this is my posh girly version!

Scarlette was stamped onto white and coloured with copics. I rounded the corners and then matted it on a mega scallop rectangle nestie.

The card base is black, with a layer of dp and a pretty in pink strip embossed with the swiss dot EF. I used a EK edge punch on the black strip, added some gems and the pretty in pink taffeta ribbon.

The sentiments were stamped and punched with the small oval punch. I matted them with black using the large oval punch in a unique way so that the border was smaller. I'll have to show somes picks of it in a fews days!

The second card was made using the New Sweet Birthday Kids! This is only one of the kids, and one of the sentiments. I also used sketch challenge SC288 to help me out with this one!

I stamped the image onto white 2 times, and coloured with copics. The I cut one whole image and one set of balloons.

The card base is tempting turquoise with a layer of retired dp. The square is gable green and white stamped with gable green dots. The circle is apricot appeal, edges sponged. The little girl is popped up.

The sentiment is cut with the word window, matted with the modern label and attached to the balloons. Then I popped this up too!

Lastly we have the New Red Hat Stella! I stamped Stella onto white and coloured with copics. I originally cut her out with a circle nestie and then decided to sponge the edges! This went horribly wrong, so I had to cut Stella out and put her on a new circle, she's popped up.

I think I might get me a big hat! lol This is only one of the sentiments in this set. To balance it out, I added 3 flowers made with a Marvy punch.

Stickles were added to the flower centers, and Stella's bracelets and earrings.

Hope you're enjoying the hop! Next up is the talented Melissa!

Thanks for joining us on our latest Blog Hop!!! Don't forget to comment for your chance to win some REALLY AWESOME PRIZES!! You have until Friday July 16, 9:00 pm to post a comment and be entered to win!

and just incase you've come in along the way, here's a list of all the participants!

Totally Stampalicious
Stacy - Twinshappy
Vicki - Summerthyme Studio
Joycelyn - Stamps 'n' Coffee
Patricia - Stamping with Kokirose
Rebeccah- Stampin' FOr Fun
Laurie - On the Bright Side that's me!
Melissa - My Paper Obsession
Lynnor - Just Add Glitter
Cindy - Cindy Haffner's Corner
Sue - Coffestamper SCS Gallery

Have a Great Day, and Good Luck!
Laurie

RILEY1310, Cut it Out and Pop it Up!

Hello, time for another Riley and Company Challenge! This weeks challenge RILEY1310, is hosted by the Fabulously talented Cindy Haffner! Cindy has challenged us to cut it out and pop it up! That is one of my favorite things to do, I love the dimension it adds.

It's been so hot here, and last week we had record breaking temperatures, so Hammock Riley seemed to fit the occasion!

I stamped Hammock Riley onto white 2 times with memento tuxedo black, and coloured him in with copics. I made a mask by stamping the image onto regular copy paper, cutting it out and covering the image. Then I sponged in the sky, sand and sun.

Riley's head, and the tops of the 2 palm trees are popped up!

I've had these shell like buttons in my stash for a while, I found them at Dollarama. You never know what you're going to find at those $ stores!

I hope you can play along with us! Once you have created your card/project go to the Riley and Company Blog and place a comment with a link to your card/project so that we can see what you created. If you upload your card/project to SCS don't forget to include the keyword RILEY1310. We can't wait to see what you create!

You can find more creations for this challenge by clicking on the links to the Riley and Company Design Team on the right sidebar.

News: Sneak Peeks for Riley and Company begin Monday July 19, with a Blog Hop Thursday July 22, 10 pm est, and Release of the New Summertime Fun immediately after!

Recipe
Stamps: Hammock Riley
Paper: brilliant blue, white, DCWV summer stack
Ink: memento tuxedo black, creamy caramel, soft sky, so saffron
Accessories: copics, Nestie label #8, Nestie label #7, ribbon, shell buttons, twine, dimensionals, sponges

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

TSMONDAY, A Splash of Red!

Hello, well we made it thru the heat of last week, and it's another Totally Stampalicious Monday! This weeks challenge is to make something with a splash of red!

Today I'm using JJ Pregnant, and she's looking chic in her leopard print maternity top!

I also used the the SC287 sketch challenge.

The card base is creamy caramel, edges sponged. The strip down the side is red, I used a MS heart edge punch on it, and sponged the edges. Then a panel of leopard print matted with black.

JJ pregnant is a Bugaboo image now available as a clear stamp at Totally Stampalicious. I coloured her with copics and paper pieced her top. She's popped up, and so is the heart, which has a sentiment from the JJ set.


Please join us in this weeks challenge, and upload your creation to Mr. Linky on the Totally Stampalicious Blog. You could be the next lucky winner!


More great news, Totally Stampalicious is releasing more of the Fabulous images from Jodi Mackrell of Bugaboo stamps this week & the Big Sale Continues!


Please join us for our New Release and Blog Hop this Thursday July 15, at 9:00 pm est!

Have a Great Week!
Laurie

Book Easel Card for a Special Teacher!

It is HOT HOT HOT here, and I think it's affecting my mojo, so today I'm going to show you something a made a little bit ago and hadn't posted yet!

I made this Book Easel card for one of our Favorite Teachers at my Daughter's School. She was my older Daughter Rachel's basketball Coach and she taught Olivia in Kindergarten and Grade One. Olivia loves her, and she's definitely one of those teachers that will often be mentioned as The Teacher who made a difference! Unfortunately due to dropping #'s in enrollment, she will be teaching at a new school come September, and it will be a huge loss for our school! I really wanted to make her something special, and this card seemed to fit!

One of my favorite blogs to visit is Valita's Designs and Fresh Folds, and that's where I found the Book Easel card. She even has a video tutorial! Check out her blog for lots of cool techniques and ideas.

The base is real red with a layer of so saffron, and then dp I found that I thought was cool because it said Grade One on it. Unfortunately most of it is covered...oh well!

The worm is a Snag;em stamp from Michaels, and I found the apple stamp in the $1.50 (Cdn) section at Michaels. Both images were coloured with copics.

I put crystal effects on the worms glasses and the read part of the apple.

On the inside, and made the apple core with heart punches.

The last pic is a side shot, and it folds down to fit in a 5.5 x 4.25 envelope!

Next up is a quick card I made for a friend of the Family.

He just finished Highschool and is off to College in September.

I looked up his school colours online, and found they were Black white and purple.

The card base is black with a layer of white and a layer of dp from the Memory Keepers - Teen Angst pad.

The sentiment is from an old SU set, All Year Cheer 1. They look kinda blue in the photo, but the stars and elegant eggplant.

I was thinking while making this that those star punches are soooo handy, and can be used for almost any occasion! I'm glas I got them when I did.

I'm thinking this is going to be one of those posts where I either have too much space between paragraphs or too little, so I apoligize now, I can't figure out how to change it! Well I can change it, in the draft section but when I press publish I never know whats going to happen!!!

Have a Great Day, and stay cool!
Laurie

TLC280, Teapot & Posies!

Hello, I just wanted to share the little gift I made for my friend Sandee's Birthday! Sandee just recently started selling Tea, and when I saw this Teapot available at My Time Made Easy, I knew it would be perfect.

I also used todays TLC280, paper posies to help decorate the Teapot. The flower was made with 8 circle scallops punched out of white. Then I lightly sponged the the edges with groovy guava. Then I spritzed them with water and crumpled them up. Then I flattened them out, stacked them and added a brad in the center.

The swirls and leaves and wild wasabi, edges sponged. The leaves were made with a large Fiskars mint punch and I cut them down a bit to make them smaller.

Well the Teapot was easy to put together, but this is one case where a thinner cardstock (not stampin up) would have worked even better!

I made the sentiment on the front with the Vintage labels set, and dimensionals! The 3x3 card was made to match, and I filled the Teapot with biscotti!

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

TSMONDAY, Chocolate is Food Right?

Hello, this weeks TSMONDAY challenge at Totally Stampalicious is FOOD! Chocolate is one of my favorite foods, I'm an addict, trying to quit but I must admit I have trouble staying on the wagon! lol

Ok so this week I used the new JJ Pregnant, she`s one of the new Bugaboo images now available as a clear stamp at Totally Stampalicious. I stamped her onto white and coloured with copics. Her dress is a scrap piece of dp.

I backed the tag with tempting turquiose. The sentiment is from the same set, and I punched it with the SU oval & oval scallop punches. I added a eyelet to the top and attached it with ribbons.

I bought this baby bottle at the $ store and filled it with cookies and cream kisses! Yep they`re yummy!

Totally Stampalicious is having SUMMER SALE check it out!

Have a Great Day!
Laurie