MMTPT162, Eula's 109!!!

Hello, this is my card for this weeks Teapot Tuesday challenge MMTPT162. This week we are making Birthday cards to send to Eula for her 109th Birthday! She sounds like an amzing woman.

We were supposed to bring something beautiful to us. I do love flowers, and colour but my card today represents my love of crafting. I had some little white strips left from another project and they made me think of the faux trellis I have wanted to try, and my SU stamps don't get inked up nearly enough, so this is my first flower trellis! I hope Eula likes it!

The card base is black, with a layer of daffodil delight embossed with the vintage wallpaper EF.

I stamped the image from SU Elements of Style, 2 times and coloured with copics. The image and the frame were made with the octagon nesties. Then I cut some of the flowers from the 2nd piece and popped them up with dimensionals.

The sentiment is from the Silhouette Sentiments set, punched out with the MS tag. I thought I was done, finishing it off with some black taffeta ribbon & micro brads, but decided it needed a bit of glitter, so I added that too!

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

RILEY1811, School/Team Spirit!

Hello, it's time for another Riley and Company Challenge. This weeks challenge is Hosted by Juliet!
Juliet's challenge is a School/Team Spirit sort of theme. Basically, to celebrate the start of school, the football and hockey season, or post season baseball...make something that shows spirit for either a school or Sport team ie: (your alma mater, kid's high school, using your favorite sports team colors/Riley sport stamps, etc)

Today is the first day back to school here, and I was thinking about all the forms we get home, and how to better keep track of them! I made 2 fridge magnets, one for regular school papers using Schoolgirl Sophie and one for sports related papers, like schedules & practice times, using Basketball Riley!

These were super easy and fast to make and to top it off they'll help keep me organized!

I coloured both with copics. Sophie is dressed in our High School colours, and Riley is dresses in our Elementary School colours. I also added silver copic atyou to Riley's # and outfit.

They were both cut with the oval nestie and layered with regular & scallop ovals. The yellow stars are from a die-namic and the silver from a MS punch.

Please join us in our challenge and upload your creation to the Riley and Company Blog. If you upload to any forums, please make sure to use the keyword RILEY1811.

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

TSMONDAY, Pink, Orange & Yellow!

Hello, this weeks Totally Stampalicious Challenge is a colour challenge, pink, orange, and yellow!

I used the new Fairy Stella, and it looks like most of the Design Team was thinking the same!

Stella is coloured with copics and I added some dazzling diamonds glitter to her wings & wand.

The card base is peach parfait, the dp is from Basic Greys sweet threads and the so saffron was punched with the new lace ribbon punch from SU.

I finished it off with some brads and ribbon!

Joycelyn and Becky are currently working on the new Guest Designer list, and it sounds like there will be 5 new Designers instead of 4, can't wait to see who we'll be working with!

Please join us in our challenge, and upload your creation to the Totally Stampalicious Blog!

This also fits this weeks Bugaboo, Catch the Bug challenge Anything goes!

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

Craft Day - Beautiful Totes!

Hello, just wanted to share the craft the kids did today! Aren't these cool, gives a whole new reason for getting a Big Shot!

I orginally saw the idea here on Diane's Blog! We usually have a crafting party for Olivia's birthday, and I thought this was a great idea, but I couldn't wait til January! So this was an end of the summer project.

I bought the bags at Michaels, and used the flower & butterfly dies from Stampin Up to cut out the fabric. All the pieces are backed with fusible web.

Once they decided on their layout, I ironed the pieces on.

Here's a photo of my Niece Lauren & Daughter Olivia in the planning process! Olivia doesn't look happy, but trust me she was!

This is a close up of Anna's bag completed. They also added buttons and bling to the centers.

Great, easy, fun project. I love seeing how different the designs are! Another reason I love crafting with the kids, is listening to them interact, take, joke, sing, makes for a fun time together and hopefully lots of good memories!

Have a Great Day!

Laurie

MMTPT161, Ladybug, Ladybug...

Hello, this is my card for this weeks Teapot Tuesday challenge MMTPT161! This week we are to bring ladybugs, lots of ladybugs!

This weeks Destination Station is Fort Lupton, Colorado to Julie (julesanne). Julie is a fellow teapotter, who just had extensive back surgery, so we are sending her well wishes this week!

The image I used is from Bugaboo Stamps, it was a freebie awhile back, which fits todays challenge perfectly!

I coloured the image with copics. Then I coloured an extra flower and popped it up.

The card base is real red, with a layer of white and a layer of garden green dp.

The main image is popped up, and I finished it off with some taffeta ribbon!

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

RILEY1711, Fun In The Sun!

Hello, this is my card for this weeks Riley and Company Challenge! This weeks challenge is hosted by Jovita and she's challenging us to think Summer theme/fun in the sun!

I used the new Tourist Riley and one of the images from the new Travel Stickers Stamps. Riley is all set to take a cruise and enjoy the summer!

I made the background by stamping and masking a piece of white cardstock with the Cruise image. Then I coloured the whole thing in with copics.

The main image was also coloured with copics and I added a bit of glitter with the copic atyou spicas.

Join us in our challenge and make something using the summer theme/fun in the sun, then upload your creation to the Riley and Company Blog. If you upload to any forums, please use the keyword RILEY1711.

Recipe
Stamps: Tourist Riley, Travel Stickers Stamps
Paper: black, tempting turquoise, daffodil delight, white
Ink: memento tuxedo black, daffodil delight
Accessories: copics, copic atyou spicas silver & lemon, dimensionals, ribbon, corner rounder, copic 0.3 liner

Have a Great Day!
Laurie