Deck the Christmas Tree it's a sketch challenge!

So here's Riley decorating his Christmas Tree, I wish he'd come & do mine! Riley can now be found at his new home, Riley & Company. The sketch challenge #12 at Delightful Sketches is being sponsored by Riley & Company. Make a card using this sketch, and follow the steps on the link provided to have a chance to win 3 wood mounted Rileys of your choice. You have til Dec. 10th to enter.

My card actually started with dp, but somewhere along the way it was ditched! lol This picture does not do it justice, trust me it looks better IRL!

I stamped Riley onto the natural ivory and coloured with with prisma colour pencils & oms. The tree is paper pieced with a scrap from Basic Grey. The ornaments were coloured with a red atyou spica and this I added some diamond stickles. This panel is popped up.

The card base is riding hood red, with a layer of natural ivory, and a strip of red embossed with the Christmas Ornament EF.

I love this new Martha Stewart edge punch, it's called Pine Needles. I used it to make the 2 strips in old olive. The ribbon is SU Sleigh bells.

The sentiment is from a set I ought at Michaels called Joyous Holiday by Hampton Arts. I used SU markers to colour it & punched it out with the punch who;s name I always forget! It's popped up on top of a red oval!

So why not give the sketch a try, and upload your card here, remember you have til Dec. 10th!

Laurie

Jackie's Birthday!

Hi Everyone! Isn't this just the cutest image. It certainly brought back lots of childhood memories for me, and reminded me of my sister & I playing with our big old male tom cat named Ginger, he was our baby. He must have had patience, or he was so tired from roaming the streets for days at a time that he didn't care what we did to him! lol

One Christmas, my sister (probably 5 at the time) got a beautiful baby buggy! I was sure Santa brought it for my Mom who was expecting my Brother at the time, but my parents were sure it was for my Sister. lol We loved to dress Ginger in baby bonnets, and the smocked baby gowns. So one day my Sister had Ginger all dressed up & took him for a stroll down the street in the baby buggy and I guess he decided he'd had enough & took off running! (can't you just picture the big Tom running through the backyards all dressed up like a baby! LOL) He did return home, but without the cothes!

This beautiful image and many more can me found at Mo's Digital Pencil, this one is Danielle and Muffin.

I coloured the image with copics. I chose the colours based on the SU DP razzleberry lemonade. The image was cut out with the largest die in the Lg petite oval nestie set. I cut around the edge & matted with melon mambo. This panel is popped up.

The card base is rich razzleberry with a layer of white, and a layer of dp.

The white piece was made using the Spellbinders classic frame die, and I sponged on some crushed curry.

Then a piece of rich razzleberry cut with the nesties label one die.

The sentiment is from a set I bought at Michaels by Stampology called Always & forever seals. The center circle is from the SU set Make it count. I added a tiny gem to the center.

I was dying to use my new rich razzleberry ribbon, so I had to include some!

The card base on this one is purely pomegranate, with a layer of white, and then a layer of kiwi iridescent by Canson embossed with the new Victoria EF.

The image is from Flourishes, stamped onto white & coloured with copics. I stamped the flower head again & added a bit of glitter with an atyou spica pen. Then I popped it up.

The sentiment is from SU Warmest Regards.

I finished it off with gems & ribbon.

Next up is a Sketch challenge using Riley!

Hope to see you soon

Laurie

Cyber Teen Birthday!

Hello, I made this for my Daughter to give to her friend for his 17th birthday! I know it sounds like I'm repeating myself, but her friends are twin brothers so the card I posted earlier was for his brother!

I gotta tell ya we're pretty close to the US border, and just knowing people are smelling and eating turkey so close is making me crave some myself! Hope you're all enjoying your Thankgiving!

This card features Cyber Riley, and he can be found at his new home Riley & Company. I stamped him on white & coloured with copics. I masked him & sponged the background, but that looked horrible! so I cut him out & attached him to white. I also accidentally cut out his desk, but I wasn't completely happy with how I coloured it anyway, so his desk is now a piece of scrap dp!

The card base is black with a layer of kiwi kiss, and then the memory keepers Teen Angst DP.

The sentiment is from 'Birthday Whimsy'. First I stamped it in black, and then used the stamp-a-ma-jig to offset it with kiwi kiss. Then I cut it out with a die from the nesties 'Tag Trios'.

The sentiment is popped up, and I used black grosgrain with brads to tie it off. The brads were yellow, and I covered them with the copic YG03 to make them more kiwi kiss colour!

Tanya the new owner of Riley, just posted a challenge today on the Riley & Company Blog, you should check it out, it's a sketch challenge she sponsoring at Delightful Sketches & all the info can be found following the link. Plus the prize is 3 Riley stamps of your choice!

Have a Great Day!

Laurie

Teen Skater Birthday!

Hello, I made this for my Daughter to give to her Friend for his 17th birthday! Boy they sure grow up fast!

I stamped the image 'Extreme Skateboard' in black stazon onto glossy white. Then I used those make up triangle sponges to drag colour across. I used yoyo yellow, pumpkin pie, certainly celery and ruby red. The image is matted onto black & popped up.

The sentiment is from the 'Party Punch' set. I ony used yellow and red on it. Then I punched it out with the 1 1/8" circle punch & popped it up on a 1 1/4" black circle.

The card base itself is black, with a layer of yoyo yellow, edges distressed, then a layer of DP from the Memory Keepers Teen Angst pad. I love this pad, I seem to use it a lot!

I finished it with some faux suede.

So I found out the hard way, that even though stazon & memento are both permanent inks, stazon works best for this. I actually had my whole card assembled with the images stamped in memento. I didn't notice til the next day that they weren't shiney at all! So stazon dries with a shiney vibrate black & memento looks chalky!

Have a Great Day!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Laurie

A Birthday Rose!

Hello, I made this using todays colour challenge CC246, pretty in pink, old olive & bermuda bay.

The rose from 'Fifth Avenue Floral' was stamped 3 times with versamark onto pink & embossed with black EP. I used pretty in pink ink & a water brush to shade in some areas a bit. Then I cut out them out, layered them & used dimensionals to pop some bits up.

The leaves were made with the sizzix little leaves die, and I sponged the edges.

The card base is pretty in pink, with a layer of bermuda bay, black, and a layer of shimmery white embossed with the Textile EF.

The sentiment is from 'Warmest Regards' stamped in bermuda bay and punched out, sorry I can't remember the name of this punch! I added little black pearls and popped the sentiment up.

Have a Great Evenings!

Laurie

Emma's a Big Sister! TSMONDAY7

Time for another Challenge at Totally Stampalicious! This weeks monday challenge is to make a tag! While most of us could use Christmas tags right now, I wanted to make a tag/bookmark for Emma, she's the oldest Daughter of our Niece. She just became a new Big Sister. We bought a small gift for her so she doesn't feel left out when we bring over the gift for the baby. So this will be the tag and she can save it & use it as a bookmark!

I used the new Willameana set. I love when sets are versatile & can be used for other occasions!

I started with the tag die from Stampin Up. The cute little bear was stamped on white & coloured with copics, he's popped up on dimensionals.

I used the smallest die in the heart nesties set to make the hearts. The sentiments were computer generated and cut ut with circle punches.

I sponged the edges, added an eyelet and some ribbon, and there you have it!

So what kind of tag can you come up with? Don't forget to link your creation to Totally Stampalicous TSMONDAY7 for a chance to win a $10. gift certificate.

Thanks for stopping by!

Laurie

Sock Monkey Riley! C4C12

Olivia's Friend Madison loves stuffed animals, so I thought Sock Monkey Riley would make the perfect Birthday card!

So if you haven't heard the news, Riley has found a new home in Kansas as Stamper's Ink. He has his very own website and is ready for purchase at Riley and Company.

I used the sketch challenge C4C12, over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog. There's a new challenge posted every Saturday.

I stamped Riley with noir black palette onto white & coloured with prisma colour pencils & oms. The dp is from Daisyd's, it has lots of sock monkey papers.

The sentiment tag was made with a die from the Provo craft pack Tiny Tags.

Check out the new Riley & Company Blog, for all the latest news!

Have a Great Weekend!

Laurie