RILEY2111, Orange & Black!

Hi everyone, it's time for another fun challenge from the Riley and Company Design Team! This weeks challenge Hostess is Margie, and she's challenging us to use the colours orange and black!

I used the newly released Bridezilla. She's coloured with copics and I added diamond stickles to her dress!

I didn't have enough black brads, so I made my own. The smaller ones on the right side were made with the smallest hole punch on the cropadile. The larger ones on the left were made with the larger hole punch on the cropadile. I glued them in place and then covered them with crystal effects.

I also used last weeks sketch challenge SC354.

If you want to play along, just leave a comment on the Riley and Company Blog, with a link to your card. If you upload to any forums, please use the keyword RILEY2111.

Recipe
Stamps: Bridezilla, weathered BG
Paper: black, white, peach parfait, scrap dp
Ink: memento tuxedo black, going grey, peach parfait
Accessories: copics, skeleton scroll EF, MS cracks punches, cropadile, crystal effects, diamond stickles, dimensionals

Make sure to check out what the other Designers have come up with, you can find the links on the right hand sidebar.

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

MMTPT115, Now This is Skeery!

Hello, well when I read this weeks Teapot Tuesday Challenge, A Disaster For Casper the White and Friendly Ghost!, I thought how fun, specially with Halloween fast approaching!

Cindy's stories always make me laugh, and while reading them I always think this woman should be writing children's books!

Then I read the Destination Station and I have to admit Jacob's story brought me to tears, and I'm sure many other Teapotters were affected the same way. So for Jacob, this had to be a special Halloween card.

I decided to make what I think would be called a tri-fold type card, with a front, and 4 panels inside, each measuring 4.25 x 4.25". So the picture at the top is the from, with Franken-Riley, a couple fun punches, on a distressed grey backgound, spider and of course googly eyes!

Inside is Count Dracu-Riley and Mummy Riley. Since Dracu-Riley is in a coffin, I decided to make a lid for the coffin, added some texture and bats and voila! The next page is the Mummy with faux gauze background. The letters and bat are from a MS punch.

The next two pages are Vampire Riley and Witch on Broom Riley/Sophie! For the Vampire page, I used coredinations and embossed with the Spider web EF and sanded the raised parts abit and distressed the edges. It's hard to see in the photo the spider that's punched from glitter cardstock.

The next page is the Witch, I coloured her with copics (as well as all the others) then cut her out. The top part is daffodil Delight, I stamped the image onto this then embossed with a star EF, and sponged the edges. I cut the hills from old olive cardstock, added the fence and cat, both MS punches. There's also some glitter on the stars.

And this was where it was supposed to end, well I was going to add a place on the back to sign, but I just couldn't stop there...so I did the back too and that is why I'm a day late to the Tea Party!

On the backside, I used some more coredinations with more of a white core and embossed with the skeleton scroll EF. In order to get some of the skulls in, I had to cut a piece from the center and then match it up, it's matted on riding hood red. The skull is also a MS punch and it's glittery! Maybe I should buy shares in MS's company!

The next page is the signing page, simple white background, edges sponged with a bit of blue. The pumpkin is a $ stamp from Michael's and the grass is, you guessed it, a MS edge punch!

And finally the last spooky ghost page, this one was really simple, the top is punched, yep it's MS and actually so is the sentiment which I embossed with black.

I sure hope Jacob likes it, and I hope it's not too scarey!

You can find all the Riley stamps at Riley and Company!

Have a Great Day!

Laurie

Teapot Tuesday and News!

Hello, sorry I haven`t posted all week, but wait til you see what I`ve been doing! OK first I`ll tell you about this card and then the news!

I made this for this weeks Teapot Tueday Challenge MMTPT93, Felicia Batisha! She thinks she smells freesia! You can find the whole story there, but in short, here`s whats happening!

Batman has taken in his elderly Aunt Felicia Batisha so he can take care of her. Her sister, Aunt Bebatrice is coming for a visit, so Batman needs the batcave spruced up with flowers, birds and things that look & smell pretty!

Holy hydrangeas Batman! these flowers are Beautiful!!! Look at those pretty, sweet smelling flowers, they`re sure to get the job done!

Recipe
Stamps: Vampire Riley
Paper: rich razzleberry, crushed curry, melon mambo, white, dp
Ink: memento tuxedo black
Accessories: copics, MS hydrangea punch, ribbon, dimensionals

Now the News!

Monday May 17 is the first day of the Riley sneak peeks! You won`t want to miss this, it is a huge release, and these stamps are AWESOME! Now I know if you`re like me, you`ll want them all. I have the majority of Riley stamps unmounted, without cling. I bought them this way because it was the cheapest and then I could afford more! Then storage became an issue, so tomorrow I will share a tutorial with you showing how I store my Rileys! It`s really easy and space saving!

The Design Team will start to show sneak peeks Monday May 17, and we`ll be having a BLOG HOP on Wednesday May 19, and of course everyone who leaves a comment on the DT blogs will have a chance to win a Riley!

I`ve also been thinking about doing a tutorial on colouring Riley with copics. Let me know if that`s something you would be interested in.

Have a Great Day!
Laurie

HSC92, Is The Moon A Halloween Shape?

Hello, I made this for the Friday challenge on the Hanna Stamps forum HSC92. The hostess this week is Kerry. She has challenged us to make a Halloween shaped card!

Okay have you seen the amazing cards the DT has made so far? They're amazing you have to check them out HSC92 Gallery.

I kinda went the easy route on this one, but it was what popped into my head, so I went with it. I know it's just a circle, but I did try to make it look like the moon! lol I used glossy cardstock, and cut a circle with the 2nd largest coluzzle circle. Then I sponged on yoyo yellow in the middle and various shades of green going from lightest to darkest towards the edge. Then I ran it through the CB with the spots & dots embossing folder.

The Witch on Broom Riley was stamped on white, and coloured with copics.

Stamps: Witch on Broom Riley

Paper: glossy white, white, black, orchid opulence

Ink: noir black palette, yoyo yellow, green galore, certainly celery, old olive, always artichoke, orchid opulence

Accessories: circle coluzzle, spots & dots EF, sponges, circle punch, Martha Stewart punch, dimensionals, circle nestie

So what shape will you make?

Laurie

Safari Hanna found a Vampire!

Hi Everyone, still a bit under the weather, but I do have some new stuff to show you!


First is the new Safari Hanna! This is just a part of her, as I had to make her fit the sketch challenge! This was made for the Friday challenge on the Hanna Stamps forum at SCS. HSC86, is hosted by Kerry D-C, and it's a sketch challenge.


This was the first time I inked up Safari Hanna and what fun!


The card base is garden green, with a layer of black, and then a layer of creamy caramel! I crumpled it up, distressed the edges and inked it up with creamy caramel, more mustard & a bit of close to cocoa ink. The black panel on the bottom is just a piece of black cardstock with the top layer pealed off so it has a softer look.


The zebra panel was made with a stamp from "Simply Safari' from Stampendous. I stamped in versamark onto white, & embossed with black EP. The main image was stamped with memento black & coloured with copics.

This is another tent topper card, and I also used last weeks colour challenge CC235, black, elegant eggplant & old olive.

The image got a bit washed out in the light, don't know why, but I've taken about 20 pics & they
all look the same!

Vampire Riley was stamped with noir black & coloured with copics. The card base is black, with a layer of old olive that has the edge punched with the MS drippy goo punch. The purple is Bo Bunny paper embossed with the spiderweb EF.

The sentiment is from Spooky Silhouettes(GinaK). I used the Provo craft tiny tags die to cut it out. I unfortunately don't have a spider punch (say what!) so I Olivia suggested I use the bat punch, I guess it works!

Have a Great Day!
Laurie