HMW, Mad Hatter Day!

Hello, it's Humor me Wednesday at Catch The Bug. It's a day when we make cards or projects for the lesser known holidays. Well October 6th is Mad Hatter Day, my project today features a hat. Not just any hat, this is Magical Tidbit-hat from Bugaboo Stamps. I used it to make a corner bookmark for my Daughter Olivia. She loves reading and is a fan of Harry Potter, and according to an online quiz, she would be in Slytherin if she went to Hogwarts, so I used the Slytherin colours green and gray.

I coloured the image with copics. The edges were sponged with going gray. The base is garden green, with a piece of white embossed with the argyl embossing folder that I inked up with garden geen.

All Halloween and Fall images are now 25% off at Bugaboo Stamps til Oct. 31st.

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

Anything But A Card, Jungle Bookmark Set!

 Hello, It's Anything But A Card Day at Catch The Bug, and to day I'm showing you a Bookmark Set I made using the Mini Set - Tall Jungle Blocks from Bugaboo Stamps.

There are 7 Jungle Animals in the set, but today I've only used 5. I printed them all to be the same size, which is 3 7/8" x 1.25". I coloured them all with copics and then matted them with black.

 The bookmark itself is 2" x 5.25" and I added Designer Paper from Recollections. Then I added an eyelet to each with some twine.

 The holder can be folded up and and tied with a ribbon to give as a gift, perfect for book lovers, my Daughter has already staked a claim on this set! lol

I made a pattern for the bookmark holder so you can see how I made it...it's really easy...hope my instructions are! lol

This is made to hold Bookmarks 2" x 5.25" 

Start with a piece of cardstock 8.5" x 9" along the 9" side score at 2.25", 4.5" and 6.75" 

then turn your cardstock to the 8.5" side and score at 2.75"

Now with a pencil draw lines on an angle as shown below, and cut along the solid lines. Now fold along score lines, and fold the bottom (where you cut out the triangles) up.

To hold them in place, I used 1/8" scor tape along the center scor line of the triangles, but you could sew it or add a different adhesive, but it can't be too wide or your bookmarks won't fit.

I added designer paper to dress it up a bit, I didn't know how the black & white zebra would go with the green zigzag, but I like it!

Don't forget Bugaboo has 50% off for the month of July!

Hope you liked this project, Have a Great Day!

Laurie

ABC, Nuts About - Books!

Hello, it's Anything But A Card day at Catch The Bug, so I made some Bookmarks with Nuts About - Books image from Bugaboo Stamps.

I coloured them all with copics. I used the new SU tag topper punch to make the bookmarks. Then just finished them off with some ribbon and twine.

Have a Great Day,
Laurie

Freebie Friday and May The Fours Be With You!

This is the last challenge celebrating Bugaboo Stamps 4th Birthday, and it's Freebie Friday! This awesome Cupcake Tower image is the Freebie this week, and and today's challenge is to include something in increments of 4 on your card or project.

I made a Birthday gift tag with the Freebie Friday image and used four different ribbons/twine on the top. I coloured the image with copics and added stickles to the icing and crystal effects to the cherries. The tag itself was made with the Spellbinders Shapeabilities page maps-tags & flags (wow quite the mouthful!) lol

Please join us in our challenge and upload your creation the the Catch The Bug Blog.

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

Kards For Kids Virtual Euro Tain Tour #3. Ireland & extras!

 Hi all, just wanted to share some cards I made for our Kards For Kids virtual Euro Train Tour! The first is for Challenge #3 Ireland. Your Next Stamp is sponsoring our tour, and this is Erin From Ireland!
Love her and what fun to colour! The designer paper was included in the package, so I pulled those colours to create the card.

I also used this weeks Crazy for Challenges sketch C4C204.

 This is my card for #7 of the questionaire. I would love to visit Paris one day, who wouldn't! For this card I used Moostash Riley, from Riley and Company.

And this is for Challenge #8 of the questionaire, to make a bookmark using this sentiment and a travel theme. This is Zip Line Riley, he's on vacation and decided to try something daring, brave little guy!

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

RILEY1113, Anything But A Card!

Hello, this is my creation for this weeks Riley and Company Challenge, RILEY1113. The challenge is to make anything but a card, so I made a corner bookmark, one of my favorites to make and use!

I used God's Got This (RWD-143), one of the new Funny Bones sentiments released last week. There is a fabulous deal going on now, you can purchase the complete May 2013 set, which includes 19 new images, for 50% off until June 1st, 2013!

So for my bookmark I decided to use masculine colours, thinking Father's Day is fast approaching, and  this would be a great gift for a Hubby or Dad, the kids could even make this! Dad could use this in his book of faith or as an everyday bookmark to remind him he's not alone!

Please join in our challenge, and upoad your creation to the Riley and Company Blog! If you upload to any forums, please use the keyword RILEY1113.

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

Riley Peek - Shit Creek Survivor!

Riley and Company will be releasing 19 New Funny Bones sentiments Tonight Thursday May 23rd, 10:00 pm est. Please come by for the Release and Blog Hop that will start on the Riley and Company Blog! Leave comments along the way for your chance to win some awesome Blog Candy!

All New stamps will be available for purchase at Riley and Company at 10 pm est.

When I first saw this sentiment, it reminded me of a time years ago, when I was having complications following surgery and my Mom would say I had a shit cloud over me! So to remind myself that I am a survivor, I made myself a bookmark. I am writing this ahead of time, and when it posts I will be in having another surgery, yep I'm a little scared, but I'm going to keep this in my book to remind me it will all work out in the end!

I paired the new 'Shit Creek Survivior' sentiment with Fishing Riley, and coloured him with copics and cut him out. The tag itself was made with the Shapeabilities Page Maps. I covered that with dp then stamped the image onto it. The clouds were made with a die-namics and the top of a cupcake punch.

Please make sure to come back tonight for your chance to win some Blog Candy!

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

Crafty Fun!

 Hello, well I'm really late posting this one, but wanted to share! For Olivia's 13th Birthday this year (January) she went bowling with friends, had a sleepover and then we made a couple easy crafts the next day!

Above is the Corner Bookmark they made using the owl punch, because the wise owl just seems appropriate for a bookmark! The plaid paper is from a big Recollections pad I got at Michaels.

 And this is a super fast, easy and inexpensive wipe-off message board. I started with an acrylic photo frame from the $ store. Then cut the paper to fit, I also added the yellow strip to the paper. Slip that inside and then added the embossed butterfly to the outside with glue dots. The wipe-off marker is also from the $ store. The girls cut a piece of velcro and added it to the back or front ledge. With this frame design, you can actually use both side of the frame, you can draw  a tic-tac-toe board, or hangman etc. onto the paper on the back.

And here they are showing off their crafts, yep still in there pj's! lol

Hopefully this will inspire you, the girls loved them, and it's nice that they're usable items!

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

Riley Blog Hop & Release!

 Happy Thanksgiving to all our American friends, and Welcome to the Riley and Company Blog Hop and Release!

There are 6 Awesome New CLEAR SETS being released tonight, each comes with an adorable image and 3-5 matching sentiments!

Looking for Specials, well we have them....

Special #1 - Buy all 6 sets for only $50.00! (regular $10 each) That's buy 5 get one Free!

Special #2 - You can also get a set of 3 FREE Funnybones stamps during this release by simply placing an order of $25 or more (before tax) in the first 24 hrs of the release! (One per customer please.)

Special #3 - But Wait, there's more! As an added bonus, we are giving EVERYONE FREE SHIPPING from Thrursday night at 9pm CST until Sunday night at midnight CST! Just enter FREESHIP in the coupon code section!

Please visit all the Design Team members Blogs, and leave a comments along the way for your chance to win Blog Candy...a new Riley and Company clear set of the winners choice!

Above I used the new I Dream Of Jeanie set to make a Coupon Book! I coloured her with copics and added some gems. The view is vellum.

Here's a look at the inside! You can fill them in however you like!

 And this is the new Riley Christmas Set. I made a tag and coloured Riley with copics.

 This is the ornament I made to go along with the tag. I used  Riley and Percy Dancing , and just masked out Riley. You have to use stazon ink, and stamp onto acetate. I used 3M transparency film for copiers from Staples. Then he was coloured in with sharpies. I filled the ornament with some glitter snow & finished it off with ribbons.

I made the box for the ornament and added the tag (I know it's a bit big! lol) but wouldn't this make a cute gift!

OK so now onto Jovita's to see what she has to share!

Here's the complete hopping list!

Riley and Company Blog
Cindy
Frances
Michele
Kelly
Laurie - that's me!
Jovita
Joy

Please make sure to leave your email, or contact info so we can easily reach the winners!
Happy Hopping,
Laurie

TSMONDAY, Anything Goes!

Hello, I made this for this weeks Totally Stampalicious Challenge, Anything Goes! I really need a  bookmark for one of my favorite cook books, so I used Chef Pierre to create one!

Unfortunately the photo is a bit too dark, I coloured Chef Pierre with copics and used riding hood red and I think the blue is pool party.

I stamped the sentiment onto the white and onto the blue vellum, so it looks sharp! Then I finished it off with co-ordinating ribbon.

Please play along and upload your creation to the Totally Stampalicious Blog. Remember, if you use a Totally Stampalicious image, the prize is doubled!

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

Riley Sneak Peek, Peter Riley Pan!

Hello, Welcome to day 2 of the Riley and Company sneak peeks for July! Today I`m showing the new Peter Riley Pan.

My first thought when I saw Peter was a bookmark, because Peter was all about make believe and adventure, and reading can take us to so many magical places!

The sentiment is also from the new Life Is A Fairytale word set.

I coloured the image with copics, then cut him out.

The bookmark was made with a black base, marina mist on the top, garden green on the bottom and a cityscape of black with white for highlights.

Make sure to pop by the others Designers Blogs to get more peeks! There will be sneak peeks every day leading up to the Riley and Company Release and Blog Hop, Thursday July 26th, 10pm est.

Recipe
Stamps: Peter Riley Pan, Life Is A Fairy Tale word set
Paper: black, marina mist, garden green, white
Ink: black, marina mist, garden green
Accessories: copics, MS cityscape punch, EK Tree edge punch, circle punches, ribbon, twine, glitter, dimensionals, copic 0.3 liner

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

TSMONDAY, Red, Yellow & white!

Hi Everyone, I made these bookmarks for the Totally Stampalicious Challenge. This weeks challenge is to use the colours Red, Yellow and add a neutral like white or vanilla!

I used the new set from Totally Stampalicious called Kitchen Chickens. These are great to use with home cooked items or a get well package, but today I made myself some bookmarks for my cookbooks.

I also added a piece of dp to the backs that has lines, so I can write my favorite page# and recipe on the back.I can't take credit for this idea, I saw it somewhere, but can't remember where!

I had all my pieces cut, coloured and ready to assemble and somehow managed to get a black ink smudge on one, so I covered it with a heart! Love problems that are easy to fix!

Okay so now it's your turn. Please make something using this colour challenge, and upload your creation to the Totally Stampalicious Blog!

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

Riley Sneak Peek Day#3, Bookmark It!

Hello again, I hope you're ready for another day of peeks at the new Riley's! This is the new Easter Basket, from Riley and Company.

I coloured the image with copics and made a corner bookmark! These bookmarks are fast & easy to make and the Riley's are the perfect size to finish them off. My kids were laughing at me because I have all these beautiful bookmarks and I end up using a receipt or scrap of paper to mark my place! lol

-Don’t forget to check out all the Riley and Company Design Team’s blogs for more sneak peeks everyday!

-Join us for our release Blog Hop this Thursday 22nd March 10 PM EST, starting on the Riley and Company Blog.

-New Release Stamps available in the Riley and Company Store from Thursday 22nd March 10 PM EST.

-Place your order within the first 24 hours after the release to receive a free Riley “Share A Smile” logo stamp. These will not be available for purchase.

-Check out the Riley and Company Store to discover a surprise Riley and Company product also being released on Thursday!

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

Totally Stampalicious Blog Hop & Release!

Hello and welcome to the Totally Stampalicious FIRST RELEASE & BLOG HOP of 2012!

We have FIVE BRAND NEW STAMP SETS from our fabulous Bugaboo line by artist
Jodie Mackrell!!

AVAILABLE NOW at Totally Stampalicious!

As always we'll be giving away PRIZES as well to THREE lucky Hoppers!!!

1st Prize - All 5 New Sets
2nd Prize - $15 Gift Certficate
3rd Prize - $5 Gift Certificate

All you have to do is Hop along with us and leave your comments along the way
and maybe

YOU could be a WINNER!!!!

We also have an incredible promotion going on...so even if you don't get a prize
you can still be a WINNER!!

It's the Stampalicious Dessert Menu
Level 1 - Vanilla Ice Cream - Buy 5 Get 1 Free
Level 2 - Strawberry Shortcake - Buy 8 Get 2 Free
Level 3 - Triple Layer Chocolate Cake - Buy 11 Get 3 Free


The card above was made with the brand new Gus Fishing, perfect for the fisherman in your life!

I also used this weeks SCS colour challenge CC356

and this weeks mojo sketch challenge MOJO222
This is made with the new Monkey Love set, perfect for Valentines Day and more. There are 2 images and several sentiments included in the set!

I also used the new Stella Says Sketch Challenge SSS101
And this is one of the new images in the new set Occupation Bears! These are so cute, I decided to make a corner bookmark with this one.

Now it's time to hop over to the wonderfully talented Lynda's Blog to see what creations she's come up with!

Here is the complete Blog Hop line-up in case you get lost along the way!

Totally Stampalicious
Joanne
Stacy
Angel
Jessica
Kendra
Dawn
Lori
Julie
Jessie
Laurie that's me!
Lynda
Becky
Joycelyn
Vicki

Make sure to leave comments along the way, for your chance to win some awesome Blog Candy!

Happy Hopping,

Laurie

MMTPT174, Harry Potter Bookmarks!

Hello, this is my card/bookmark holder for Hunter. This weeks Teapot Tuesday Challenge MMTPT174, is a Harry Potter theme, and what Harry Potter would see through his glasses! This weeks Destination Station is to Hunter who turned 12 on December 1st! I know I'm late, but this can be a belated surprise!

The front looks like a normal card, I made the balloons using a stamp from the Sock Monkey set. The sentiment was computer generated and I made the tag with the designer label die from CDS.
All of the images are from Bugaboo Stamps. I bought these awhile back because all my girls, including myself, are Harry Potter fans!

There are 7 images, perfect for bookmarks for all 7 books. All the images were coloured with copics. I added some crystal effects to Harry & Dumbledore's glasses and dazzling diamonds & crystal affects to Dumbledore's crystal ball!
These were so fun to colour!

The finished size of the accordian tag/bookmark holder is 5.25" tall and each pocket is 3.5" wide.

To make this, I started with a piece of card stock 7.25" x 11" this will make 3 pockets, plus .5" tab to attach it to the second piece.

The second piece was 7.25" x 7"

With the 7.25" side along the top of the score pal, score at 2" on both pieces.

Then score at 3.5", 7", & 10.5" on the larger piece. and 3.5" on the smaller piece.

If you'd like to see a picture tutorial, just let me know.

I used SU dp to decorate and was inspired by the multi colours on the dust covers of the original books!

I'm also entering this in this weeks Catch The Bug Challenge, Anything Goes!

Have a Great Weekend!

Laurie

Totally Stampalicious Sneak Peek Day#2!

Hello, it's day 2 of the Totally Stampalicious Sneak Peeks, and do we have a cutie for you today! This is the new Storybook Elizabeth, she is a beautiful image from Sylvia Zet of Wee Stamps.

Please join us on Thursday September 22, at 9pm est for the Blog Hop and Release of this awesome new stamp and 4 others!

This is a card with a detachable bookmark! I only used the measurements, I don't have the fancy gadget she used in the tutorial. I did use the perforating tool from SU.

Don't forget to check out what the other Designers have come up with!

Recipe

stamp: Storybook Elizabeth

Paper: rich razzleberry, so saffron, white, K&Co Abrianna

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Tim Holtz antique linen

Accessories: copics, MS edge punch, swiss dot EF, pearls, ribbon, perforating tool

Have a Great Day!

Laurie

TSMONDAY, Bookmark!

Hello, I hope everyone made it safely through hurricane Irene! It's time for another Totally Stampalicious Challenge! This weeks challenge is to make a bookmark...since there will be many books cracked open next week with the start of school here!

I used the new Fairytale Charlotte by Sylvia Zet! What a beautiful image, with such delicate lines, complete with 3 sentiments!

Please note that due to an error in the file we sent to our manufacturer, there is a spelling mistake on one sentiment on this stamp set therefore we are selling this set for a discounted price of $7.95. The images/sentiments still stamp perfectly!

I actually used the sentiment with the mistake on my bookmark today, it says 'your' instead on you're....I hadn't even noticed!

I coloured Charlotte with copics and added some shimmer with a gold copic atyou spica pen.

The base of the bookmark is metallic gold with a layer of blushing bride and then the white. The corners were notched with an EK punch.

I'm all out of gold jumbo eyelets, so I made one with cardstock! First I punch a hole with the largest hole on the crop-a-dile in the gold cardstock, and then I punched around it with a 1/2" circle punch! Makes a great inexpensive jumbo eyelet!

I finished it off with some ribbon and fibre!

Please join us in our challenge, just make a bookmark, any style, and upload your creation to the Totally Stampalicious Blog!

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

TLC305, Ribbon Bookmark!

Hello, my mojo is slowly coming back after the holiday! I was inspired by today's Technique lovers challenge TLC305, because it seemed simple enough and it makes a nice little gift!

I used the 'Stinky Situation' set from Mark's Finest Papers. The porcupine and words were stamped with memento rich cocoa. I used nesties to cut them out and backed them with the scallop version in riding hood red.

Before matting them, I covered the images with glass beads. As it turns out it wasn't exactly the feel I was looking for, but you don't know til ya try!!!

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

Jack's 6th Birthday!

Happy Friday Everyone! Last week my Nephew Jack turned 6, and this is the card and tag/bookmark I made for his birthday! Jack is really into tranformers, and tis set I have called Gizmos & Gears from Lizzie Anne Designs reminds me of tranformers!

I combined 3 challenges for this one,
DTGD10kmahany, anything but average
DTGD10tayloredexpressions, sketch
TLC282, tilt card

The card is 5"x5", card base is black with a layer of real red, edges sponged. The top panel is silver embossed with the diamond plate EF.

I stamped the robots and gears onto black with versamrk, and embossed with silver embossing powder. The top gear and bottom gear on the white panel tilt!

I also made a tag for a little treat bag I put together for him, it can be used as a bookmark after! The little letters are metal and I've had them in my stash forever! I got them at a $ store. They looked more like brass, so I covered them with a permanent silver marker. I attached them with score tape, so I hope they'll stay in place!

I'll be back with more later,

Have a Great Day!

Laurie

SU Calling...mark your favorite page!

Hi everyone, I finally inked up my Tote-ally Tess set, what fun! I made this for this weeks technique lovers challenge, TLC268 - save the page. The challenge is to make a bookmark card. I decided to try something different!

When picking a set to use I immediately thought of Tess, and thought what a great bookmark she would make to keep in the Stampin Up catalogue...course if you're like me, you'd need a lot more than one! Anyway I made this for my friend and Stampin Up demonstrator Sue. I tried to use everything Stampin Up, which I think I accomplished except for the MS fence, and copics for her skin and hair!

I stamped Tess onto white, and then masked her off. The background was sponged, with creamy caramel & close to cocoa on the bottom, I also used the itty bitty background stamp for the brown & green. For the faux bushes or grass, I used certainly celery & old olive. The clouds were made with the scallop circle for a mask and soft sky sponged on.

Tess's clothes are all from the cottage wall dp, along with the tote bag and the card. I used the stamp-a-m-jig to position them where I wanted.

The bookmark is held in by the fence which is attached with a strip of 1/4" foam tape. The leaves are made with the sizzix leafy branch, I glued them done with the glue marker just on the stems. The flowers are made up of white from the 3 flower punch, pale plum from the retired spring flower punch and rich razzleberry. The fence, leaves and flowers hold the bookmark in place.

Stamps: Tote-ally Tess, itty bitty backgrounds

Paper: pale plum, rich razzleberry, white, old olive, dp cottage wall

Ink: black, creamy caramel, close to cocoa, certainly celery, old olive, soft, sky, rich razzleberry

accessories: copics, sponges, circle scallop punch, circle punches ((top of bookmark) eyelet, old olive taffeta, ribbon, stamp-a-m-jig, Martha Stewart fence edge punch, sizzix leafy branch, 3 flower punch, spring flower punch, brads, 1/4" foam tape