Speedy's Challenge #24, Stripes!

Hello, it's Saturday you know what that means...time for another Speedy the Cat's Friends Challenge...yep it's #24 and Joanne G (aka jojot) is challenging us to use stripes!

For today's challenge, I used the new Snowman Country set. The card is small, ony 4x4. I stamped the image onto white and coloured with copics. I've also added red stickles to the candy cane, and crystal effects to the berries and the buttons & eyes of the snowman. Then I cut the whole mug out. Circle/scallop nesties were used and the white center is embossed with snowflakes. I popped the mug up!

I found some cute mugs posted on SCS from Willsygirl, she had included a link to the tutorial, you can find it here. It's super easy, the mug only measures

I filled the mug with some treats, hot chocolate and mini marshmellows, I would have added a candy cane too, but I didn't have one! The sentiment on the mug is also from the Snowman Country set. Here's a great tip, I think I first learned from Faith, check out the mini ornament section of your stores, they can make great little embellishments. A great time to look is after christmas when everything is on sale...you can stock up for next year! The little candy cane is a mini ornament, I just took the little string off and used crystal effects to attach it!


Recipe
Stamps: Snowman Country
Paper: riding hood red, garden green, white, dp?
Ink: memento tuxedo black, riding hood red
Accessories: coics, circle/scallop nesties, sq/scallop nesties, stickles, crystal effects, snowflake EF, ribbon, candy cane ornament

Everyone is welcome to play, and when you have your card or project done, make sure to head on over to Mark's Finest Papers Blog and upload for your chance to win! You can enter as often as you like, you get entered twice if you use MFP stamps, and there is one FREE stamp set for every 50 entries!

Have a Great Weekend,
Laurie

Christmas in October Stampalicious Blog Hop!

Ho Ho Ho!!! Merry Christmas!!!

Welcome to the Christmas in October Stampalicious Blog Hop!!

We've got PRESENTS GALORE to give away to some of our lucky Blog Hoppers so be
sure to post comments all long the way for your chance to WIN!!!
Here's what you might find under the Stampalicious Tree:
3 - $5 Gift Certificates 1- $10 Gift Certificate 1 - Gift of ALL FOUR NEW SETS!

We're celebrating Christmas just a little early with the
FANTASTIC RELEASE of FOUR NEW STAMP SETS!!

Once again, you'll find us on the Humorous Side of the Holidays, so hang on to
your funny bone and head on over to
Totally Stampalicious
to see the latest and greatest from the Bugaboo Line!

Don't forget, if you're interested in the Digi Images of these characters, you
can find them all over at
Bugaboo Digi Stamps by Jodie Mackrell!

The card above is made with the new Christmas JJ! Isn't she something! I coloured her with copics & added crystal effects to the berries & shoes. I used Old Olive and riding hood red. This stamp goes so well with the Holly Ribbons EF. I also used this weeks sketch challenge for this one, SC301!

The card above features one of the new Stella's! I LOVE Stella, this one is called Santa Called Stella! I used riding hood red & pear pizzazz for this one, the dp is from DaisyD's. I also used todays ways to use it challenge WT291, I made the faux poinsettia from red tissue paper.

So now it's time to hop on over to Lynnor's

Here's the whole blog hop line up, make sure to leave comments along the way for your chance to win!

Totally Stampalicious
Vicki - Summerthyme Studio
Joycelyn - Stamps 'n' Coffee
Patricia - Stamping with Kokirose
Rebeccah- Stampin' FOr Fun
Laurie - On the Bright Side that's me!
Lynnor - Just Add Glitter
Monique - For the Love of Paper
Cindy - Cindy Haffner's Corner
Sue - Coffeestamper's SCS Gallery

Good Luck and Happy Hopping!

Laurie

RILEY1910, Happy Anniversary!

Hello, it's time for another challenge from the Riley and Company Design Team! This weeks Challenge is Hosted by Therese, and she's challenging us to make something with a Wedding or Anniversary theme. Happy Anniversary Therese!

For today's challenge, I created a scene using Couch Riley (now Sophie, see her eyelashes!) and Toasting Riley! If you're new to masking, you can find a tutorial here. You can create such great scenes with this techinique, and it's very easy...as long as you remember to use the mask! I usually make my mask by stamping my image on plain old copy paper and cut them out. Then I put a bit of repositional glue/tape on the back.

For this image, I stamped Couch Riley/Sophie first. Then covered her with mask.
Next stamp Toasting Riley. I did use a stampa-ma-jig to get him in the right spot.
Now cover Toasting Riley with mask.
(I cut out with nestie before doing floor.)
Use straight edge of scrap paper and cover top portion of image, only leaving the bottom exposed. Now stamp wood floor. I did have to draw in some of the floor lines near the edge, just use a fine tip permanant marker and ruler.
Leave masks on Rileys and sponge around edges.
Now you're ready to colour them in!

I cut the image out with the nestie Label #5, coloured with copics, added crystal effects to the glass, chocolates and balloons. The chocolate box was coloured with a gold copic atyou spica. This whole panel is popped up. The heart on the sentiment tag was made with an EK punch, the smaller ones are MS punch.

The card base is black, with a layer of chery cobbler, and then DP from K&Co. black & Ivory pad.

So why not ink up those Riley stamps and join in the fun! Make sure to upload your creation to the Riley and Company blog, and use the keyword RILEY1910 when uploading to forums!

For more inspiration, check out the other Design Team Members, there's links on my right hand side bar.

Recipe
Stamps: Couch Riley, Toasting Riley, Wood Floor, SU So Many Sayings
Paper: black, cherry cobbler, white, K&Co. black & ivory
Ink: memento tuxedo black. Tim Holtz antique linen
Accessories: copics, sponge, MS heart punch, EK heart, crystal effects, gold atyou spica, dimensionals

Have a Great Day,
Laurie

Speedy's Challenge #23, Buttons & Bows!

Hello, I forgot to mention some important info about this weeks Speedy the Cats Friends challenge, and since I didn't get the challenge quite right last time, I made another!

First the news, This week marks the One Year Anniversary of Mark's Finest Papers, Happy Anniversary! To celebrate, Faith is offering a FREE stamp set to 1 out of every 10 entries! And if you use MFT stamps, your name is entered twice.

All you have to do is create a card or project including buttons & bows, upload your creation to the Mark's Finest Paper blog, and you are entered to win!

For today's card, you're getting a sneak peek of a new stamp set which will be released next week! I also used the CAS87, faux letterpress. This was a super easy card.

Recipe
Stamps: Time to Chill (release date Oct.
Paper: white, blue (MFP)
Ink: memento tuxedo black, soft sky
Accessories: snowflake EF, ribbon, button, fibre, dimensionals, copics

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

TSMONDAY, Thankful!

Hello, Happy Monday! Since our Canadian Thanksgiving is fast approaching, this weeks Totally Stampalicious Challenge is to make a Thankful card or project!

I made a card, and although it may not seem like a Thank You card, the inside will either say Thanks or Happy Thanksgiving, I haven't decided yet!

For today's card I used Farmer Hawg and coloured him with copics. I had picked my dp first, which is usally how I start, so I coloured him to match.

The strip down the side is white stamped with poppy parade and Hero Arts Spoon & Fork. The sentiment in his sign is also from this set.

The card base is black, with poppy parage and dp from Moxie called home cooked.

I finished it off with some ribbon and popped up the main image panel!

Everyone is welcome to play along, and who knows, maybe you'll win something! Make sure to upload your creation to the Totally Stampalicious Blog for your chance to win!

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

Speedy's Challenge #23, Masculine!

Hello, this is my card for Speedy The Cat's Friends Challenge #23. This weeks challenge is to make a masculine card!
EDIT: ok apparently I've screwed up! The challenge this week is BUTTONS & BOWS...so pretend the buckle is a button...I have no idea how I managed that!

For may card, I used the new set Stinky Situation! I also used this weeks TLC292, stamping on tissue paper.
For the background, first I spritzed the tissue paper with water, and then I sprayed it with Vanilla Shimmer. It dries quick and easy with a heat gun. Once dry, I stamped it with the birch trees from the Stinky Situation set, then glued it to a piece of white cardstock.

You can see the shimmer better in this close-up. I matted this with blue and then a black card base.

The skunks were stamped with memento tuxedo black, onto white and cut out. I popped them up on the rectangle. The largest black rectangle is made with the lg deckled rectangle nesties.

Since the theme is masculine, I finished it off with ribbon and some HPH.

Please join us at Mark's Finest Papers Blog for this challenge, there's great prizes every week! For each card or project entered, you have a chance to win a stamp set. You can enter as many times as you like, and if you use MFP stamps, your name gets entered twice!

All stamps, Cardstock, and Vanilla Shimmer can be found at Mark's Finest Papers!
Recipe
Stamps: Stinky Situation
Paper: black, white, blue, tissue paper
Ink: memento tuxedo black, pacific point
Accessories: vanilla shimmer, ribbon, HPH, Lg deckles Rectangles, dimensionals

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

SC300, New Life!

Hello, this is my 3rd card using this weeks sketch challenge SC300. I couldn't help it, there were so many ideas running through my head! This was actually my first idea, but I figured it would take me longer to make than the others so I left it, but I just had to give it a try!

With the combination of the colours, lace and pearls, I think this would make a great Baby Girl card.

The card base is pink pirouette with a layer of white embossed with the swiss dot EF. The two panels were made with the eyelets borderabilities, and backed with pink. I wove the pink taffeta ribbon though them, and added little pink pearls.

The nest and sentiment are both from the 'Ferns & Chickadees' set from Mark's Finest Papers. I stamped the nest onto white, and coloured with copics. Then I cut it out, and popped it up. The main image is on a scallop nectangle nestie. The whole rectangle is popped up too.

I finished it off with some bows!

Have a Great Day!
Laurie