Manly Road Hawg, Monday Challenge!

Hello, I made this for the 2nd Monday challenge TSMONDAY2 over at the brand new Totally Stampalicious stamp company! We were to make it manly!I combined this with the TLC240 foil embossing.

The first thing I thought of when combining these 2 challenges was the diamond plate EF. I didn't have one yet, so I had to go pick one up at our local stamp store!

I started with a riding hood red card base (I'm so going to miss this colour when I run out!) and sponged the edges. The dp is from Memory Keepers Teen Angst. The 12x12 edges were black, so I cut it to fit & sponges the cut eges black. I covered a piece of cardstock with tin foil, and embossed with my new diamond plate EF, then attached this and added brads to the exposed corners.

The Hawg was so fun to colour, and don't you love his shocking green bike! You can't really tell, but I added sakura stardust pen to the pipes & handle bars. I popped this panel up.

The mailman brought me the new nestie Fancy Tags today, which were a surprise from my Husband, so I had to try and work one in. I cut out a black tag, squished it into my versamark pad, & added clear EP. What's great about this tag, the SU oval fits perfectly in the center. I stamped the sentiment in black & sponged the edge with silver.

You should come & play, the contest runs til Sunday, and you could win a $25. gift certificate to Totally Stampalicious! You don't have to use there stamps, but if you win, you could get some free!

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

C4C4 Christmas Cards!

Hello, I made this card using Cindy Haffner's sketch on the Crazy for Challenges blog C4C4. I love Cindy's sketches, they totally inspire me!

I've been slowly reorganizing my craft area, and came across this already stamped & torn piece of vanilla. The background was stamped with gold but it almost looks like a pale green. I backed it with cranberry crisp. The card base is always artichoke.

The cute little Elf is a new release from Hanna Stamps. I stamped her onto very vanilla & coloured with copics. I used my quickie glue pen to add gold glitter to the ornament, belt buckle & bells on her hat. This panel is popped up.

Then I added some ribbon, which was the starting point for picking my colours!

This is another card I made using the same sketch.

The snowman image is from Sunshine Designs. I stamped him with noir black palette onto cardstock from the SU naturals pack. I coloured in very little with copics. I also added snowdots with the quickie glue pen & crystal snow. I was disappointed with this glitter, it's not sparkly like the SU stuff.

For the snowflakes, I made 2 of the same from the sizzix dies & glued them together to make them thicker & I did the same with 2 from a MS punch. Then I put them together with a glue dot & added the knotted ribbon on top.

Thanks for stopping by, Have a Great Day!

Laurie

Thankgiving & Pumpkin Pie!

Hello, this is my card for the Friday challenge on the Hanna Stamps forum, HSC88. This weeks challenge is hosted by Frances aka StampOwl, we are to make a card or project using fall colours. I also used the sketch challenge SC246

What a perfect time to use fall colours, and my new Farmers Riley!

I stamped the happy couple in noir black palette onto white and coloured with copics. All of the dp is from the SU autumn vine set from last year. The sentiment is from Everyday Sentiments from Hanna Stamps.

Have a Great Day!

Laurie

Studdly You Are One Hawt Dawg!

There's a brand new stamp company in town, Totally Stampalicious, and I made this for there very first challenge TSMONDAY1, which can be found on there blog!

This challenge was to make a funny birthday card. I used the 'Hawt Dawg' set. I had several good ideas for a sentiment, but of course I couldn't get either of our 2 printers to work! so image it says Happy Birthday stud, you've still got it! lol

He is kinda studdly don't ya think!

I used the tent topper layout, black, only orange & Harley Davidson dp. The faux firey edge is made with the MS icicle punch. I used leather jewelry cord to tie on the sentiment.

Hawt Dawg Studdly was stamped with memento tuxedo black, and coloured with copics & popped up.

Happy Thursday,
Laurie

Birthday Gift Bag!

Hello, I made this for the Hanna Stamps Friday Challenge on the Hanna Stamps Forum HSC87 . This weeks challenge is hosted by Cindy, and we were to make a Genie Bag you can find the tutorial here. I also used this weeks wednesday tutorial again felted cardstock, the background paper with the balloons was originally a napkin!

I even broke out my new in colours for this one, melon mambo & crushed curry. The image is the new 'Happy Birthday Hanna' I love the look of surprise on her face. I stamped her with memento tuxedo black onto white, & coloured her with copics. I used the oval nesties to cut her out & all the mats.

The happy birthday banner is also in this set, I stamped it in melon mambo, cut it out & popped it up.

The bag is just a regular lunch bag, cut to about 7" then I used the medium oval punch to make handles.

Hope you're having a great day, don't be afraid to leave a comment, or I'll start thinking I'm talking to myself!

Laurie

Falling leaves!

Hello, I managed to try 2 new techniques on this card and I used the layout from the new Crazy for Challenges group C4C3.

Of course I had to make things difficult & try the 5-layer buttons TLC239 using a very small punch, but it was the only leaf punch I had that would work, and I was dying to try this technique. I'm definitely going to do this again but with a larger piece. My leaf was so small & I was using SU cs so I only used 4 layers.


I also tried this weeks felted cardstock technique & although I had a bit of trouble getting the saran wrap to adhere to the cardstock, in the end I loved the results. The background leaf pattern is or was my napkin. You can find the tutorial here: felted cardstock


So I used the new Fall Time Hanna for this one, and stamped her with memento tuxedo black. I coloured her with copics, and decided for the 1st time to colour in the background. I'm not too sure I like how it turned out, but it's done now! lol


The pumpkin pie strip was embossed with the pumpkin harvest EF and then I sponged on a bit of pumpkin pie & close to cocoa ink.


Hows your day going?
Laurie

He's Going to Be a Teenager!!!!

Hello, I made this for a friend of the family who's turning 13 soon, oh where does the time go!

The card base is brilliant blue, with a layer of white. I cut 4 panels of glorious green, stamped them with a stamp from the 'itty bitty background' set & sponged the edges using the glorious green ink. Then I matted these on black.

The center panel is Soccer Riley. I masked out the #7 which was on the shirt & used a fine tip marker to make the #12. The image is coloured with copics.

The soccer balls are from the See D's mighty sporty set.The star is made with the SU large star punch. The sentiment is from the 'riveting' set. I popped the star and the soccer balls up.

Hope he likes it.
Have a Great Day!
Laurie