Saturday Challenge...Anything Goes!

 Hello, it's the first Saturday of the month...can you believe it's November already!!!...so this weeks challenge at Catch The Bug is Anything Goes! 

For my card today, I used My Little Sock Monkey-front from Bugaboo Stamps. I also used one of my favorite techniques to add the look of texture to the monkey, which you can see better in the photo below. First I coloured him with copics using E44, E43, E42 for the darker parts. E51 & E50 for the cream parts and R27 & R17 for the red. Then I got out my Linen background stamp and sprayed it with rubbing alcohol (I bought it in a spray bottle at the $ store), dab off the extra and stamp. If you try it, just remember to only colour in the parts you want the texture in, or the whole thing will be textured. 

I also used this weeks Freshly Made Sketch FMS211

Make sure to join in our challenge and upload your creation to the Catch The Bug Blog. You will also see more greats samples from our amazing Design Team!

Have a Great Day!

Laurie

TSMONDAY, Keep It Simple!

Hello, it's time for another Totally Stampalicious challenge! This weeks challenge is to go simple and use 3 or less layers! You'd think this would be getting easier, but I find these simple cards really difficult! I started with a piece of dp, but couldn't keep it to 3 or less, so I had to ditch the dp...too bad it looked nice! lol But that's how I ended up with this colour combo, it went with the dp!

I used Sunshine Stella. She's coloured with copics, then I sponged the background with blush blossom and mellow moss around the edge.

The card base is mellow moss, with a layer of blush blossom. I embossed the top with a dot EF and the bottom with zebra stripes.

I'm also entering this in this weeks Featured Stamper Challenge FS219! This weeks featured stamper is our very own super talented Sue aka Coffeestamper! I cased this card. If you get time, you should play in this challenge too!

Please join us in this weeks challenge and upload your creation to the Totally Stampalicious Blog! You also might want to save the date! This Thursday April 21, 9pm est is the next Totally Stampalicious Release and Blog Hop! Wait til you see the new stamps, you're going to love them!

Hope to see you at the party, have a great day!
Laurie

Another Peek at a New Riley!

Hello, I'm back with another Riley and Company sneak peek! This is the new Rock Star Riley! I always knew he was a rock star! lol

I'm also entering this is the CAS111 challenge, this weeks challenge is a sketch!

I coloured Riley with copics and added some gold with a copic atyou spica to his earring and a few spots on the guitar! Then I sponged the edges with Tim Holtz antique linen and went around the edge with some gold from the encore pad.

The words are also new this month. I cut then apart and sponged the edges the same as the main image.

The card base is black, with a layer of vanilla that I spritz with gold shimmer. The dp is from DCWV rock queen. The main image and the sentiment are popped up!

I'll have more peeks tomorrow, and make sure to check out the other Design Team Members Blogs!

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

TSMONDAY, Clean and simple!

Hello and Happy Monday! Today's Totally Stampalicious Monday Challenge is to make a CAS card, yep we're keeping it simple!

Well mine doesn't have lots of white space, but it is a simple design and less layers than I'm used to!

I used Cupcake JJ for this card. I stamped her in tuxedo black and coloured with copics. The card base is melon mambo with a layer of dp from Basic Grey Lime Rickey and the zigzag edge was made with an EK punch.

The sentiment was stamped on to the melon mambo and punched with the small oval and popped up. The image panel is popped up too! I finished it off with some taffeta ribbon!

Please join in our challenge, and upload your creation to Mr. Linky on the Totally Stampalicious Blog. Don't forget we're still on the lookout for Guest Designers and we'll be making our selections from all of the people that play in our challenges!!!

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

CASwinter10CR, Mother's Day!

Hello, this is my entry for the second round of the CAS winter design team challenge! Sorry the photo isn't the best!

The second challenge was to make a card for a family member, I chose Mother's Day because I had this great stamp!

Both the sentiment and butterfly are from Mark's Finest Papers set called Daffodil & Anise.

I stamped the sentiment in black and the butterfly too. The butterfly is covered with Niji pearlescent watercolours, you can see the shimmer better in the second photo. The oval and the butterfly are popped up.

I scored the edges and added some yellow gems in the corners.

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

CAS94, Attempt #3!

Hello again, this is my card for this weeks clean & simple challenge CAS94, sponging! Well CAS does not come easy to me, so it took me 3 tries to get something I liked! I entered a card into the CAS winter design team challenge on SCS and made it though the first round, woohoo, so I have to get better at these CAS cards, they really are a challenge for me! lol

So this is my card for today, the card base is marina mist. I used the sizzix swirly die to make a mask and then sponged in craft white to make the swirls.

The snowflakes were made with the sizzix northern frost die, I fancied them up a bit by adding some glue to the tips and dipping them in glitter.

The sentiment is from Mark's Finest Papers set 'Ferns & Chickadees'. I punched it out with the MS tag punch.

I finished it off with some white taffeta ribbon!

Have a Great Day!
Laurie