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Monday, January 16, 2017

Wow what a release - and a blog hop to boot!

Good morning! 

What a week I have planned for you! It's Riley and Company's first release this year and they have some amazing and funny stamps that are about to hit their store along with something new!!!!

Not only is Riley & Co releasing some stunning new 'things' they are joining this month with Card Maker magazine for a fab blog hop - you can find all the details on their blog:

So if you've come here from Sandye's blog  welcome, have a read, leave some love and your next hop is to Kat's Blog.

It was thought that Riley and his friends were a bit naked and it being winter and all they decided to warm them up a bit. 

Introducing 2 new Riley characters and a wardrobe of clothing and accessories for them!

 I will be posting every day this week showing all the new releases but for now on to my showcase today - do you remember the paper dress up dolls we had as kids? 

Well take a look:


I started by making a box to house everything 

Next came the main man and some of his brand new outfits:


These were all colored with alcohol markers - I then fussy cut each piece out leaving tabs on the clothing so Riley could wear them. I then used re-positional glue dots on the accessories so they could be changed out.

And just to bring him to life I used a crafting CD I have to make backgrounds for each of the outfits:

Meet Highland Riley:

Snow fun Riley


Irish Riley


and last but not least Ice Skating Sophie


These are just some of the 57 items of clothing and accessories that are being released today!

These aren't the only release either -head over to the store to see them all and check out the deals on offer:

SUPER DEAL! Package deal on the Dress Up Riley line: get all three clear sets, all three dies sets, the two basic Riley's and matching dies for only $100! (Reg. price $127.77. Includes 41 dies, 3 clear sets, 2 rubber stamps)

Package deal on entire Funny Bone release of 14 red rubber stamps: cling set is only $75.00 (reg. 91.00) and unmounted sheet is only $50.00 (reg. $70.00)!

Package deal on the Mushroom Lane release: get all 5 new Mushroom Lane Houses for only $45.00 (Reg. $52.50)

Word Bubble Die Special - get all three new Word Bubble Dies for only $40.00! (Save $9.85!)
Yes you have read correctly, although I haven't used them for this post - Riley now has dies!!! All the new accessories and clothing comes with it's own die as do the 2 new Riley characters!!! We also have bubble word dies for the funny Bones! 

 Don't forget the blog hop here are all the participants who have some amazing stuff to show you!
and last but not least
If you get lost along the way just head on back to Card Maker Magazine 

Thank you for stopping by, for more inspiration check out the Riley and Company Blog. Or for more news about what the Moose and his pals are up to head on over to the company Facebook page




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Monday, February 29, 2016

Little Scientist

Last week was the birthday of someone who has become a close friend over the last 3 months. We met originally at school as she is James's chemistry teacher but she moved onto our subdivision in December and we have been great friends since.

So for her birthday I I thought The Sweet Stamp Shop's Element set was very appropriate



I die cut a circle from a scalloped card blank and then used 2 Tonic circle nesting dies to make a frame to fit over this. I then lined the inside of the front of the card with blue card and stamped all the tiny word stamps randomly inside the circle.
I then colored some of the other elements and the little female scientist using my Spectrum Noir Markers - this was the perfect opportunity to use the fluorescent pens in my set as they have never been used!
After fussy cutting them all out I used foam squares to place these around the circle. I stamped the birthday sentiment directly onto the card and inked the edges with distress ink to balance the colors of the card and remove the plain white