Fun Valentines!

Hello, I made these fun Valentines for my Niece and Nephew! When Stampin Up first came out with this idea I thought it was the coolest thing, now I finally had a chance to use them! I still have to stop by the bulk barn for some candy to fill them, so just imagine them full of something sweet!

They are both pretty much the same, except I used bermuda bay for Jack's and melon mambo for Carly's. The designer paper is from the little 6x6 pad welcome neighbour. I love this pad, and may have to get another. It's full of papers with small print design which is perfect for paper piecing outfits and smaller scale things!

I used the Sweetheart set. The hearts were stamped in versamark and embossed with white embossing powder. Then I used the large heart punch in the middle and hand cut around the edge. You have to make sure you cut it wide enough to cover the lip of the candy cup.

The stem was stamped with old olive. I made the grass with old olive and the MS grass edge punch (love that punch). The little birds were stamped with so saffron for Carly and more mustard for Jack, and then cut out. I sponged the edge of the grass and popped it up.

I used a circle nestie to make the holes. Then I put a piece of matching cardstock on the inside, taped down on the sides and bottom. You just pull the tab up to reveal the opening for the candy!

Stamps: Sweetheart, $stamp on inside

Paper: bermuda bay, melon mambo, white, old olive, Welcome neighbour DP

Ink: old olive, versamark, so saffron, more mustard

Accessories: white embossing powder, Martha Stewart grass edge punch, circle nestie & 1" circle punch, tab punch, dimensionals, large heart punch

Have a Great Day!

Laurie

Ahhhh Coffee! Tuesday Riley DT Challenge

Hello Everyone, today is the second Riley and Company challenge. This weeks challenge is hosted by Patti, and she is challenging us to make a monochromatic card! Everyone is welcome to play along, you can leave a comment on the Riley and Company blog with a link to your card, or upload to SCS and put RILEY0210 in the keyword so we can see your creations! Also whenever you upload a card made with Riley and Company stamps to SCS, if you put riley or sophie in the keyword then it will appear in the Riley and Company gallery at SCS so we can all admire it!

Okay I have to admit, I struggled with this one! monochromatic is hard when it's an image you would normally colour, so I wasn't sure if I could colour my image as usual and then use like colour papers...hopefully this is monochromatic enough!

I used Cafe Riley, he looks so cozy, I wouldn't mind joining him! I coloured the image with copics, in colours that I thought matched my paper.

Bravo burgundy copic R59 cardinal

Kraft copic E43 Dull ivory

The card base is burgundy with a layer of dp I bought a couple years ago in a big pack from Costco.

The corners are an EK punch, with a half back pearl added. The main imager and the corners are popped up.

The bottom edge is a MS edge punch, topped with kraft taffeta and burgundy ribbon.

Stamp: Cafe Riley

Paper: bravo burgundy, kraft, white, dp

Ink: memento tuxedo black

accessories: copics, EK corner punch, MS edge punch, ribbon, dimensionals, half back pearls

Want to see more monochromatic ideas, check out what the other Design Team members came up with, just look at the right side bar for all the links to there blogs!

Have a great day, and I hope you can play along!

Laurie

Burning Love Valentine! TSMONDAY15

Wow, can you believe this is already the 15th Monday challenge at Totally Stampalicious! Time sure does fly!

This Mondays challenge TSMONDAY15, is to use hearts in honor of valentines day!

This also fits for the C4C23, on the Crazy for challenges blog, to make a Valentine!

I knew I wanted to use Rockin Frawg, and since he's holding a guitar, I figured he should be singing a love song! I searched online and decided to go with Elvis Presley's Burning Love. I printed the lyrics on the computer. Of course this couldn't go smoothly! For some reason the printer ink keeps smearing, but I used it anyway. I figure we can pretend the fire is making the letters melt! lol

I stamped Mr. Heart Throb in black, and coloured with copics. The guitar is covered with a silver atyou spica. I used the MS grass edge punch to make the flames.

The edge of the verses and the main image are sponged with summer sun and pumpkin pie. I made the hearts with a MS punch, all the larger ones are popped up.

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Stamps: Rockin Frawg

Paper: black, ruby red, white, pumpkin pie, summer sun

Ink: memento tuxedo black, ruby red, pumpkin pie, summer sun

Accessories: MS grass edge punch, MS heart punch, word window, dimensionals, copics, silver atyou spica, sponges.

Have a great Day!

Laurie

Flower Handbag!

Hello, I haven't played in Melanie's challenges for too long, and decided it was time! Melanie challenged us to make something using her set 'A Year Of Flowers'.

I decided to combine that challenge with the Technique lovers challenge TLC58, the bucket handbag. You can find all the info and a template by following the link.

The bucket itself is plain old white with the edges sponged in soft sky. I stamped the flower stems and leaves onto white, and coloured them all with copics. It's hard to see in the photo, but the center flower is layeresd with part popped up.

The edging was made with the Spellbinders borderabilities classic lace die. It's close to cocoa with the edges sponged in matching ink, this border is popped up.

The tag sentiment and unique ladybug can also be found in the 'A Year of Flowers' set. This was my second attempt at a tag! The first one had a red ladybug, and I just didn't think it fit! lol Well that's the beauty of crafting, you can chose your own colours!

I finished it off with pretty in pink taffeta ribbon, and the tag also has linen twine.

TFL

Have a Great day!

Laurie

CIC6, Red Hearts!

Hello again, with the craziness of Christmas and Olivia's Birthday out of the way, I had some extra time to enter some challenges! This was made for the challenge C1C6, over on the Clearly istamp blog for Clear Dollar Stamps. This challenge was to use red, black, white, and pink if you wanted.

I used the Everyday Jar-Gone set. The hearts were all punched. I stamped the jar on a separate piece of white, then glued on the hearts & cut them along the edges of the jar, so they didn't go outside the jar. Then I attached that to a jar I had already stamped and added a few more hearts to the top of the pile.

I hope it's okay, I also used this weeks sketch challenge SC266!

Stamps: Everyday Jar-Gone
Paper: real red, white, black, dp Kaisercraft
Ink: memento tuxedo black'
Accessories: copics C-1, swiss dot EF, circle punches, heart punches, ribbon, dimensionals

TFL
Laurie

Serenity in Spring!

Hello, how about a glitter of spring! This is much cheerier than the news from the silly ground hog!

I made this for the Guest Designer challenge 'Think Spring' on the MFT forum. The challenge is over, sorry I'm late posting this, there certainly were some fabulous designs! If you want to check out all the entries you can find them here. The winner was raduse, check out her beautiful framed creation!

I used the serenity now set. I picked my dp first, from basic greys Sultry pad. Then I matched it with kiwi kiss & pretty in pink. Her outfit is paper pieced with the dp too.

The grass was made with the new MS edge punch, it's popped up and I added flowers and pearl centers. The sentiment is stamped on dp. I used a hat pin for the beads, added some taffeta ribbon and balanced it with a butterfly!

Stamps: serenity now
Paper: kiwi kiss, pretty in pink, white, basic grey Sultry
Ink: memento tuxedo black
Accessories: copics, MS grass edge punch, MS hydranga punch, circle punches, taffeta ribbon, beads, hat pin, MS butterfly punch, pearls

I Hope you like it.
Laurie

TSMONDAY14, Charge it!

Hello, I made this for the TSMONDAY14 sketch challenge on the Totally Stampalicious blog!

I used Glam Kitty again, because I love this set! It's so funny because this isn't the first time Joycelyn and I have used the same colours! I promise I hadn't seen her sample before I started mine! lol

So I used black, pretty in pink and white. I paper pieced her dress using dp from Making Memories Sabrina. The background was made with stamps in the Glam Kitty set.

I coloured Miss Kitty with copics, except her dress. The bag was stamped separately, coloured & cut out. The little swirls in the corner were in my 'already punched/cut' bin. They were originally made with the cuttle bug die vintage.

I added lots of gems for sparkle and black satin ribbon with pink taffeta ribbon.

I hope you can play along, you can find the sketch and Mr. Linky here!

Also the Farmer Hawg and sentiment set are still on sale for a combined price of $19.95, so nows a great time to get them if you haven't already, the sale in on til Sunday Feb. 7!

Thanks for stopping by, don't be afraid to leave a comment and let me know what you think.

Laurie