MMTPT148, Sync or Swim!

Hello, I made this for this weeks Teapot Tuesday challenge MMTPT148! This week we were to bring 2 or more of the exact same thing something!

This wonderful image was provided to us by fellow teapotter Leigh from Happileigh Scrappin!

I have 3 swimmers dressed the same with the same teacups and 3 purple flower gems on the caps!

The image was coloured with copics, and I added melon copic atyou spica to the teacups, glitter in the water and the little flower gems.

The image was cut out with the mega rectangle nesties and matted on a scallop rectangle.

The card base is elegant eggplant, with a layer of cosmo cricket dp. The panel going across was made using a mask that I cut wavey, then I sponged in soft sky and marina mist. I finished this piece off by tracing along the waves with a glue marker and adding glitter.

The sentiment is from a Mark's Finest Papers set called Floral Tea. It`s punched out with a MS tag punch.

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

RILEY1111, Party Treat!

Hello, I made this for this weeks Riley and Company Challenge. This weeks challenge is Hosted by Cindy, and she's challenged us to make a Party themed card or project for a child!

Well it wouldn't be a paper without a treat right!

Ring Master Riley is part of the new Circus Rileys just released, you can find them all here!

I coloured Riley with copics, and added stickles to his bow tie and hat band, & a tiny black gem for a button on his jacket!

The box was made using the Cricut Tags, Bags, boxes & more cartridge, this is the popcorn box cut at 6". I actually made 2 boxes, a red and white box. The I cut the white box into strips & glues every other one in place on the red box.

Everyone is welcome to join in the challenge, just upload your creation to the Riley and Company Blog! Please use the keyword RILEY1111, when uploading to forums.

Have a Great Day
Laurie

TSMONDAY, 3-D Challenge!

Hello, this is for this weeks Totally Stampalicious Monday challenge! This week we're challenging you to make a 3-D project!

This is the recently released Daisy Scarlette! I coloured her with copics.

The bag was made with sei-chick-a-dee paper, and my cricut. I used the Plantin Schoolbook for the giftbag, cut at 6".

I just got in the sizzix flower daisies #2 die, so I figured that with be perfect for Daisy Scarlette!

I seem to have lost or hopefully only misplaced my sizzix leaf die, so after spending way too much time tlooking for it, I resorted to the cricut. The leaves were made with the Storybook cartridge this is the branch cut at 2.25".

The image is popped up on dimensionals and I finished it off with some black twine and one of the many sentiments that come with this set!

Join in and play along, there is a Totally Stampalicious Gift Certificate up for grans this week to one random player. All you have to do is upload your 3-D creation to the Totally Stampalicious Blog. And the Guest Designers are chosen from the people who paricipate in the challenges!

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

Riley Blog Candy Winner!

This is a shout out to Robin aka scrappintlc, Congratulations you are the lucky winner of an awesome Riley image of your choice!

Please email me at virgocat5@cogeco.ca with your choice of Riley and your mailing address!

Thank you to everyone for participating in the Blog Hop! It's unfortunate that there was some technical problems at the store on the night of the release, but everything is working fine now at Riley and Company!

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

Catch the Bug Challenge, Grads Dads & other Celebrations!

You can Find the Riley & Company Blog Hop Here!
Hello, I coming to to the Bugaboo Challenge late, this is for the Grads, Dads & Other Celebrations. I used the digi image that was free last Friday, AKV Golf-golf bag!

We had to replace our printer last week, and the ink on this new one runs when I use copics...it's driving me crazy! So if his face looks a little dirty, that's why!

I used the Cricut Plantin Schoolbook cartridge and cut this bag at 10" and the white circle at 3-3/4". Then I embossed the circle with the tiny bubbles EF, using the reverse side so it looks like a golf ball! I thought this would make a great little bag to put some golfing tees in!

The image was cut out using the petite oval nesties. The sentiment is from the Riley and Company Everyday Sayings set.

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

Riley BLOG HOP Time Is Here!!!!

"Riley's site had a "moosehap" this morning, but it's all fixed now! You can order your Riley Goes To The Circus stamps HERE!
If you purchase the whole set it's 10% off regular retail price and shipping is FREE on sets.
There is also FREE DOMESTIC SHIPPING for ALL orders until Sunday.
We are so sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Hi Everyone, Welcome to the Riley and Company Release and Blog Hop, complete with Blog Candy!

Make sure to leave a comment on the Design Teams Blogs, and you will be entered to win a Free Riley stamp. Each Designer is giving away one Free Riley!

All the New Circus stamps are available now at Riley and Company. There are 16 new Rileys, one new set of Circus Words, and a Circus Accessories set!

For todays cards, I made two different easel cards. The Top card features the new Fortune Teller Riley, as well as a sentiment from the new Circus Words set.

Since it's a huge Hop this month, so I'll keep the description short so you can get hopping, and if you have any questions please feel free to ask!

Stamps: Fortune Teller Riley, Circus words set
Paper: always artichoke, perfect plum, white, vanilla & Kaiser craft-Dear Santa
Ink: black, always artichoke, perfect plum, versamark
Accessories: copics, circle/pinking nesties, crystal effects, gold & lavendar copic atyou spica pens, star punches, gold EP, dimensionals, ribbon, gold cord, tiny star gems

This is the new Lions Mouth Riley...he sure is brave! This is a Twisted Easel card. The card base is 8.5" x 4.25" score this in half. Then with the fold on the left hand side, score on an angle from the bottom left corner (at the fold) up to the top right corner.

Stamps: Lions Mouth Riley, Circus Words set
Paper: Chocolate Chip, white, DP-DCWV animal crackers
Ink: black, gable green
Accessories: copics, oval punch, scallop oval punch, circle/inverted scallop nestie, ribbon, dimensionals, stickles
Copics for Lion: E37,E35,Y23,YR23,Y35 Nose: E18, E07

The Blog Hop starts at the Riley and Company Blog, and here is a complete list of all the Designers participating in the Blog Hop!

Tanya
Cindy
Juliet
Sarah
Frances
Heather
Me
Jovita
Silke
Margie
Therese
Michele
Joy
Kelly

I hope you enjoyed all the samples,Happy Hopping!
Laurie

Riley Peek Day #5, More Circus Fun!

Hello, can you believe it, only one day away from the Riley and Company Release & Blog Hop! I hope you've been enjoying all the sneaky peeks, here's some more to tide you over...

The card above is 5.5" square. It features the new Seal Tricks Riley, which couldn't be any sweeter!

Stamps: Seal Tricks Riley, Circus Words set
Paper: early espresso, pretty in pink, certainly celery, bashful blue, so saffron, riding hood red, DCWV animal stack
Ink: black, pretty in pink, certainly celery, bashful blue, so saffron, riding hood red
Accessories: copics, nestie labels 1, die-namics rickrack die, star punches, circle nestie, twine, dimensionals, diamond stickles

This is the new Clown Riley, and I also used alot of the stamps from the new Circus Accessories set.
Everything was coloured with copics, and I used square punches for the accessories and the mats!

This is the inside of the card, and one of the sentiments from the Circus Words set.

Stamps: Clown Riley, Circus Accessories, Circus Words set
Paper: Blue(retired), daffodil delight, white
Ink: black, daffodil delight,
Accessories: copics, square punch, star EF, dimensionals, twine

And finally...for today...we have the new Juggling Riley!

He's coloured with copics, and the balls are covered with crystal effects. The balls below are from the new Circus Accessories set, and the sentiment is from the new Circus words set! Isn't it great how all these things co-ordinate, sure makes it easy to make fun cards!

Stamps: Juggling Riley, Circus Accessories Set, Circus Words Set
Paper: pink passion, white, DP echo park-summer days
Ink: black, pink passion
Accessories: copics, oval punch, ribbon, dimensionals

So don't forget to check out the other Design Team Members Blogs to see some more fabulous sneak peeks!

And then come back tomorrow, Thursday May 26th, at 10pm est for the Riley and Company Release and Blog Hop! All you have to do is leave a comment on each Blog along the hop for your chance to win a Free Riley! Each Desgin Team Member is picking a random winner of one Free Riley....we have more Designers now, so more chances to win!

Have a Great Day!
Laurie