A Star Is Born!

Hello, my Nephew Jack was in a school production of The Wizard of Oz. Our whole family went to see it, and what a treat it was, it was so well done, hard to believe it was a public school production!

Jack was one of the tough boy Munchkins as well as a flying monkey. I made this treat for him, for a job well done.

I found this awesome Tutorial for Hersey Kisses Star treat holders by Brenda of Qbee`s Quest. She has tutorials for several Hersey Treat Holders, there`s super easy and so clever!

To finish it, I used the Flying Monkey Riley, from Riley and Company and the sentiment is from Stampin Up Picture This set.

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

RILEY1413, It's All About Sophie!

 Hello, it's time for a challenge from Riley and Company! This weeks challenge RILEY1413 is from Michele, and she's challenging us to use Sophie. I needed some cards recently for my Kards For Kids group, so I used Dorothy Sophie for the card above.

The card base is bashful blue with a layer of white and then Recollections blue gingham. I made a faux brick road with some so saffron cardstock and a brick embossing folder.

For the second card I needed a Goldilocks themed card so I used  a tip from Joy aka Daiseyfreak, and omitted the spider  on the Miss Muffet Sophie stamp so she looks like Goldilocks eating her porridge!

The card base is lavendar lace with a layer of close to cocoa that I stamped with a teddy bear stamp I had from Hanna Stamps.

Sophie was coloured with copics and layered on a pink oval scallop and a label die, sorry I forget which one! Then I finished it with twine.

Please join us in our challenge and upload your creation to the Riley and Company Blog. If you upload to any forums, please use the keyword RILEY1413.

Heads up, Riley and Company sneak peeks start on Sunday July 14th!

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

SC284, Future Politician!

Hello, this is my card for todays sketch challenge, SC284.

I used the new Scarecrow Riley from Riley and Company! I stamped him on white, and coloured with copics.

The card base is black, and the center panel is bordering blue with DP from Basic Greys granola. I used bordering blue for the city scape, and creamy caramel for the pine forest! This whole panel is popped up on dimensionals.

The sentiment is also from Riley and Company in the Oz words 2 set. I cut the sentiment into 2 pieces and matted them with black.

The oval image panel is also popped up. I finished it off with black grosgrain and a copper colour metal buckle!

I also should mention that there is a sale going on at Riley and Company, with 3 ways to save, follow the link for all the info!

Recipe

Stamps: Scarecrow Riley, Oz Words 2

Paper; black, bordering blue, creamy caramel, white, basic grey granola

Ink: memento tuxedo black, bordering blue, creamy caramel

Accessories: copics, oval/scallop nesties, MS city scape punch, EK pine forest, ribbon, buckle, dimensionals

Have a Great Day!

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

BLOG HOP Down the Yellow Brick Road!

WooHoo it's Blog Hop Time! That means lots of fabulous creations using the new Wizard of Oz set and if you leave a comment on each Blog you have that many chances to win some FREE rubber!


My first card is the whole gang in OZ, well some of them! I coloured the image with copics, then sponged in colour in the background. What do you think of the Emerald City, it's so sparkly in real life! I used the MS city scape edge punch to make it.


The sentiment is a Limited Edition stamp that won't be sold, but every Design Team member is giving one away to one lucky poster!


Recipe
Stamps: Yellow Brick Road, Limited Edition sentiment, SU itty bitty bgs
Paper: cameo coral, black, white, DCWV summer glitter stack
Ink: memento tuxedo black, cameo coral, certainly celery, bashful blue
Accessories: copics, MS city scape edge punch, sponges, EK small scallop circle (mask for clouds), square punch, dimensionals

I love this one, it took forever to colour in the background, but it was worth it! I stamped the Flying Monkey on white and coloured them in...my hand was cramping! I stamped the Bad Witch twice. Then coloured her with copics, cute the head out from one & popped it up.


The sentiment is from the new Oz words #1, it has 14 sentiments! I cut this one in half, matted it and popped it up!


Not much to this card, just time! lol


Recipe
Stamps: Bad Witch, Flying Monkey, Oz words #1
Paper: black, riding hood red, white
Ink: memento tuxedo black
Accessories: copics, ribbon, dimensionals

And this is Dorothy, she's in a better mood today, she's back to her sweet self!

I coloured the image with copics. You probably can't see in the photo, but Toto is popped up. I love pop dots! Dorothy's dress is dp from DCWV Nana's Nursery boys pkg. Her shoes are covered in xmas red stickles.

The white is embossed with the heart EF and the corner treatments are die cuts from spellbinders In Spades pendant set. The brads were already covered with red sparkles, how perfect!

The sentiment is from the new set Oz Words #1.

Recipe

Stamps: Dorothy, Oz words #1

Paper: baja breeze, white, DCWV Nana's Nursery (Dorothy's dress)

Ink: memento tuxedo black

Accessories: copics, love language EF, Spellbinders In Spades pendant, brads, ribbon, xmas red stickles, dimensionals

Thanks So much for hopping by! You should have arrived from Cathy's, and from here you will hop on over to see what Cindy's! Make sure to leave a comment on all the Blogs along the way to increase your chances to win some new FREE rubber! The cut off time to leave a comment will be Friday May 21 at 10 pm est. In case you got lost along the way, here's a list of all the participants!

Tanya

Cathy

Laurie - you are here

Cindy

Frances

Silke

Therese

Patti

Dana

All the stamps will be available for purchase tonight after the Blog Hop! This set is so fun and I know if you're on a budget, it will be hard to decide what to get, but Tanya is offering discounts for those who want the whole set, so make sure to check it out here at Riley and Company!

And if you missed it, here's a link to all the Oz set so far and my Riley Storage. Buying umounted is less expensive, so you can buy more!

Have fun, leave some love and good luck!

Laurie

Day 3 Wizard of Oz Sneak Peeks!

Hello Everyone, It's day 3 of the Riley in Oz Sneak Peeks, but first I need to tell you there was a bit of confusion about the Blog Hop and release date! So to confirm,

RILEY BLOG HOP: Thursday May 20, 10pm est with the stamps available at Riley & Company at the end of the Hop! So make sure to come back tomorrow and leave some love for all the Design Team members, then you'll have a chance to win some rubber!

Today I'm showing 3 cards, using 3 different stamps Rileys from this release and 2 different sentiment sets!

First is Glenda the Good Witch! I tried to make her as beautiful and sparkly as the original! I coloured her with copics, then using a glue marker I added glitter. She also has little tiny rhinestone stars on her dress and a round one in her crown. She's popped up with dimensionals.

The background dp is from Basic greys Sultry. The die cuts were made with spellbinders In Spades pendant, and the label #4. It's hard to see in the pic, but the white is a shimmery white. I finished it off with pink rhinestones.

Recipe
Stamps: The Good Witch
Paper: pretty in pink, white, shimmery white, Basic Grey Sultry
Ink: memento tuxedo black
Accessories: copics, marvy corner notcher, In spades pendant, label #4, dimensionals, dazzling diamonds glitter, gems

This one I made for the C4C37, the challenge was to make anything with a pocket! This is a Crimped Envelope Pocket Card. I also used this weeks colour challenge CC271 dusty razzleberry saffrons.

The lion was always my favorite character in the Wizard of Oz, probably because he made me laugh! I stamped him onto white, and coloured with copics. For his fur, I used YR23, and Y17. The sentiment is from a new set, Sayings 1, I cut the words apart and popped them up along with the Lion.

This shows the card on the inside, this is also a new sentiment in a set called Oz words 2.

Recipe

Stamps: Lion, Oz words 2, Sayings 1, SU pocket Silhouettes

Paper: rich razzleberry, dusty durango, so saffron, white

envelope

Ink: memento tuxedo black, dusty durango, rich razzleberry, so saffron

Accessories: Copics, sponges, crimper, dimensionals

And this is Dorothy! She looks so sweet, but look a that terrible note she wrote to poor Auntie Em! lol

I used last weeks sketch challenge for this one, SC280. I really had a hard time matching the blues on this one, and almost started over!

Dorothy is coloured with copics. The background is embossed with the Daisies embossing folder, the grass is a MS punch. The note is from the new Oz words 2 set. The metal slide is from the $ store.

Recipe

Stamps: Dorothy, Oz words 2

Paper: baja breeze, barely banana, certainly celery, DCWV Nana's Nursery-boy

Ink: memento tuxedo black, barely banana, certainly celery

Accessories: copics, metal slide, MS grass edge punch, Daisies EF-Crafts-too, sponges, dimensionals

That's it for today! I hope you can come back tomorrow, and join in the Blog Hop, Thursday 10 pm est for a chance to win some rubber!

Have a Great Day!

Laurie

RILEY0910, Sneak Peek!

Hello Everyone, time for a Riley and Company challenge and a sneak peek!

I'm hosting the challenge this week, and I challenge you to make a Birthday card. Please use the keyword RILEY0910 if uploading to SCS or another forum. We'd also like you to link your card or project to Mister Linky on the Riley and Company Blog so we can enjoy it too!

This card features the new Tin Man Riley that will be released this week! I coloured the Tin Man with copics and then went over it with a silver copic atyou spica.

The silver piece was embossed with the diamond plate embossing folder. The city in the background was made with the MS city scape edge punch.

Here's what I used:
Stamps: Tin Man Riley
Paper: not quite navy, silver, white, black
Ink: memento tuxedo black, not quite navy
Accessories: copics, diamond plate EF, MS city scape edge punch, sponge, ribbon, silver cord, silver copic atyou spica, eyelets, dimensionals

Please check out the other Design Team Blogs for more sneak peeks and Birthday themed cards! You can find links to their Blogs on the right side bar.

You can find a link to Riley Storage here.

Don't forget to come and join us for the Blog Hop
There's lots more to come!

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

WOOHOO Time for a Riley Sneak Peek!

Welcome to the Riley and Company Wizard of Oz Sneak Peeks! There are so many awesome stamps this month, it was hard to decide what to show first! Isn't Riley cute as the Scarecrow!

I coloured Scarecrow Riley with copics. The bottom panel is embossed with the forest branches embossing folder. The top is basic grey dp from the Origins pack.

The sign post is a piece of creamy caramel cardstock and I used a marker to draw in faux wood lines. The sentiment on the sign is from a new Sentiment set also being release this month, Oz Words 1, it has 14 sayings!

Here's the inside of the card. I thought that sentiment above went well with this sentiment from the set "Things Riley Would say!"

Here's what I used,
Stamps: Scarecrow Riley, Oz Words 1, Things Riley Would Say
Paper: garden green, creamy caramel, Basic Grey origins, white
Ink: memento tuxedo black, creamy caramel, garden green
Accessories: copics, forest branches EF, distressor, marker, twine, dimensionals, sponges,

Make sure to stop by the other Design Team members blogs for more peeks! You can find a link to all their blogs on the right sidebar!

There's lots more to come, and on Wednesday 10pm est we'll be having a Blog Hop!

If you didn't see it, you might want to check out my Riley Storage!