Fireside Riley

Wow! It's been a week since I posted again. I'm not sure where the time is going lately. Everynight I/we have something and the next few weeks we have something going on each weekend too.

Anyhow, it was my turn to post the Hanna Stamps Challenge on the SCS Member Forum. I choose to do a color challenge for HSC16.

The colors for the challenge are: Creamy Caramel, Ruby Red and Always Artichoke.

If you do a card with this color challenge make sure to link it to this post so I can go take a look at it. I will be watching the HSC16 Gallery on SCS to find all these great creations using the color challenge.

Supplies
Stamps: Riley - Hanna Stamps
Paper: creamy caramel, always artichoke, ruby red, staples 110# white
Patterned paper: Basic Grey Infuse (6x6 pad) {I think its Infuse}
Ink: Brilliance graphite black, copic markers
Accessories: taupe ribbon - SU (retired), Scrapbooking Sally brads

Prism Challenge

This is my Prism color challenge card for this week's release as described in yesterday's post. I used Prism papers which I have to say are gorgeous and a stampers dream just like the ads in the magazines say. I will be sending this card of to Jamie at Prism as a thank you for sending me and the rest of the Hanna Stamps Design Team samples of all the Prism papers.

I used Crab Apple Pink, Rose Dark and Vibrant Teal. The stamps set is one of the 4 new sets to be released on Friday. This set is called 'Garden Hanna' - I love her crocs! I hope this will be me this summer however in the Alberta heat it will be shorts and a tank top. The butterfly is a big large for this card but I really wanted to use my new Cuttlebug die/folders - This used the new butterflies, first you cut out the image with the die cut and then use a folder to emboss. There are 4 folders for this die cut. I got them from Sheila at Scrappin' Great Deals.

As always, there are some great cards to be found by the Hanna Stamps Design Team at SCS - Keyword: hsdt - View the gallery here.

Supplies
Stamps: Garden Hanna (release May 2), Things Hanna would say - Hanna Stamps
Paper: PRISM crab apple pink, vibrant teal, rose dark, Staples 110#
Ink: Brilliance, copic markers
Accessories: Cuttlebug die/emboss folders, Doodlebug brads, Prima flowers, Mike's ribbon, Making Memories heart brad

Breaking Hanna Stamps News!

This Thursday night over at Splitcoast Stampers, in the Hanna Stamps forum, we are having our release party. We have 4 new sets being released, 2 mini sets, 2 regular sets. (Release party starts at 9 pm EST or 7 pm MST)

To get a jump start and win a new set, play along with Cindy's challenge. The winner will be drawn that night. Here are details:

Would You Like to Win a Hanna Stamp Set?

Hey everyone, I want to do a fun Challenge and have a chance to win a FREE Hanna Stamp Set? I challenged the Hanna Design Team to do a Color Challenge, they are going to make a card using Prism Paper, and one of the new stamps sets that will be released Thursday Evening.

Crab Apple Light (Pretty In Pink)
Vibrant Teal (Tempting Turquoise)
Rose Dark (Rose Red)

So my Challenge to you is to make a card using these colors or colors that are similar, and your favorite Hanna or Riley Stamps. Everyone who takes part in this challenge will have a chance to win one of the New Hanna Stamp Sets released Thursday Evening. --Please have your card upload by Thursday Evening 7 p.m. EST. We will draw a name and announce the winner Thursday Evening May 1 st. during the release party. Party is 9pm EST.

Key Word PrismHSCC

PrismHSCC Gallery

My Sample 1

My Sample 2

I'll be back with my Prism challenge card later today plus there will be Hanna Stamps releases here every day this week. I also have some scrapbooking pages to show you soon. Regular scheduled blogging is back on Live, Love, Laugh and STAMP.

Kitty in the Flowers

The challenge I hosted last night at the Hanna Stamps April Release Party was a color challengs and the card from yesterday was my creation for the challenge. The color challenge was to use plum (perfect plum and/or pale plum), always artichoke and basic grey. This color combo came when I was making this card. Tracy guessed that knowing me it had to do with Primas well I guess she could have been right as both cards have Primas on them but mind you all my cards have Primas or Bazzill flowers on them!

To see the details of the challenge look >> HERE <<

The challenge is open until 6 pm EST on Sunday, April, 6th. Your card needs to be uploaded into the SCS gallery using the keyword: HSCAPR2. If you click on that link, it will take you to see all the beautiful cards that have been made.

The two new sets by Hanna Stamps are up on the website: Tool Time and Passport Hanna.

Also, I don't think I mentioned that we have 2 new designers on the team Amanda Sewell and Niki Estes joined us on the last release in March. Click on their names to see their blogs. April's guest designer is Amber Porter. Make sure to check out thier great stuff - plus the Designe Team has about 679 Hanna Stamps cards in the HSDT gallery at SCS now (it grows by the minute!).

Today's card, was a colored image that was on my desk that I colored when I first got my copic markers and was just experimenting coloring various images. The colored images that made the cut are on my desk and slowly I am piecing them into cards.

I am off to stamp with the Calgals tonight (which if you read my blog you know that is Tracy, Nancy and Allison) - I reminded Allison earlier this week so she wouldn't miss the meeting at Nancy's batcave! I hope to make some new stuff as I have nothing left to show on my blog.

Supplies
Stamps: Cat - Creative Images, Mini Messages - PaperTrey
Ink: brilliance graphite black, copic markers, perfect plum
Paper: perfect plum, pale plum, always artichoke, basic grey, Staples 110# white, whisper white
Accessories: Primas, Scrapbooking Sally brads, Cuttlebug Textile embossing folder, basic grey tafetta ribbon, SU punches

Whisper Soft Grey Flowers

I made this card for Stamp Club this past week. I tried to keep the card simple layers as I taught the girls - two step stamping with the stamp-ma-jig. I was dying to do more layers but I didn't - I think I might give this card a make over and not limit myself to SU ONLY so that I can embellish it - the poor card is screaming for some flowers and brads. The color combo was from this weeks color challenge on SCS - CC159 using soft sky, basic grey and whisper white. The flower was embossed with clear glassy glaze twice and then put in the freezer for 15 minutes and cracked for the cracked glass look. I really like this technique for flowers and looks great with this color combo. My sample was left in the freezer for probably over an hour so I got a fantastic cracking on it.

Hanna Stamps sneak peeks for 2 new Hanna stamps start tomorrow - I have some Hanna cards as well as some cards made with new Riley's to show you.

Supplies (all Stampin' Up)
Stamps: Blossoms Abound
Paper: basic grey, whisper white
Patterned paper: soft sky prints
Ink: soft sky, blue bayou, basic grey, versamark
Accessories: basic grey tafetta ribbon, glazzy glaze embossing powder

Baby Shower and Riley's landing!

This is going to be a long post.

First off, I apologize for my absence in the last week. I've had a pile of new projects but haven't had a chance to photograph them as my husband is always on the computer at night as he is looking for a new job.

Second, I went to a baby shower today for a gal that has become a new friend. She is expecting for April 14 and this is their first child. They know that the baby is a girl so I went with a gift of pink with the Onesie birth announcements that I got from the tutorial done by Lauren Meader.





This card was made with K&Co Smitten glittered letters and Basic Grey - Baby Girl paper. No stamping on this one as I realized before the shower I didn't make a card as I was concentrating on the birth announcements. I thought I had lots of time until I sat down at the computer and realized time had changed and didn't change the clock before bed.

Supplies
Paper: pretty in pink, certainly celery, Basic Grey - Baby Girl
Accessories: K&Co Smitten chipboard letters, Bazzill flowers, Scrapbooking Sally brads



I put the Onesie birth announcement in a Card Box that I made from the Scor-pal site. I love my Scor-pal! Diana Crick is amazing and the Scor-Pal site is great for ideas for making items with paper. It think I mixed up the bottom and cover dimensions though as after I was done my patterned paper which was to be my cover was my bottom. Oh well! I made up for it with a few more Bazzill flowers on the box.



I am planning to make up a set of boy and girl announcements as my step-sister is expecting. These do make great gifts. Thanks again Lauren for posting her tutorial. I doubt she reads my blog but I am do read hers daily!

And last but not least, on Friday each week on the Member Forum for Hanna Stamps, one of the Design Team posts a challenge. I'm a bit behind on the challenges right now but I've got the one for this weekend finished.



HSC7 was a color challenge with bling that was created by Judy. The challenge was to use ballet blue, more mustard and garden green with bling! I used the Flying Riley stamp as he just appeared in my mailbox with my new copic ciao markers. Speaking of Copic's - Kristi at Hanna Stamps had created 5 - 12 markers sets for coloring Hanna or Riley! The markers are now in the store - to see more about what is in each site - go to this post on Kristi's blog.

Sneak peeks for the 5 new Hanna sets start tomorrow. I don't have the links for all the Design Team blogs up right now due to my template but if you click on the link for the DT - you can find links to everyone's blog on the Hanna Stamps site.

Supplies
Stamps: Flying Riley, Things Hanna would say - Hanna Stamps
Paper: more mustard, ballet blue, garden green, PTI white
Ink: palette noir
Accessories: cuttlebug A2 folder, bazzill small flowers, Dew drops - mowed grass (this is my bling!), more mustard ribbon
Coloring: Copic markers

p.s. This was my first attempt with coloring with copics - this is going to be a huge learning experience. Though so far - I do love the results.



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Blog Contest for 15K - Color Challenge

ETA: This post will remain on the top of my blog until February 29, 2008.

My blog hit 15,000 hits this weekend and I want to celebrate by having a contest. Scroll down for new posts.

I love using different color combos but, lately I am finding that regal rose and pretty in pink are in all my cards. So my mission, is to not use those colors for the rest of the month. (though I have 3 cards from this weekend that will be posted this week that use those colors!, though I promised stamp club pink and brown only at the end of the month!)

My blog contest for 15,000 is a color challenge. Make a card this month and send me a link or jpg to shannon.grant@shaw.ca and you will be entried to win.

Color combo:
Tempting Turquoise
Basic Black
Almost Amethyst


See my card made with this color combo HERE.

Entries are limited to one per person. Entries must be received by Friday, February 29th by 12 pm MST. On March 1st, I will draw the winner.

I will post a sample using this color combo tomorrow.

What are you playing for - Two wood mounted Riley Moose stamps from Hanna Stamps

Clover Riley

St Patty Beer Riley

Catty Cat - Blog Color Challenge

This is my sample for my blog color challenge using Almost Amethyst, Tempting Turquoise and Basic Black. It is a strange color combo - but I think it looks quite nice together.

The Pink Cat Studio image is one I stamped off Allison at our Calgals nights. I actually got this image in January and just used it now. I colored a whole bunch of images watching a movie with Ian the other night.

Supplies
Stamps: Pink Cat Studio, Art Impressions
Paper: almost amethyst, tempting turquoise, basic black, whisper white
Patterned paper: almost amethyst designer series
Ink: Palette noir black
Accessories: Bazzill Blossom teal, Bazzill Petite Pearl black tie, Mike's Dots, dashes and checks ribbon, Cuttlebug A2 embossing folder, Marvy punches
Technique: Prismacolor and OMS

The lastest from Hanna Stamps - Domestic Goddess

Domestic Goddess is the lastest release from Hanna Stamps. I made this card using the new set as well as challenge on the SCS Members Forum for Hanna Stamps. Cindy hosted the challenge this week - HSC2 - she gave us the option of a sketch challenge, a color challenge or using the 2 together.

I choose to do the two challenges together. My new Two Scoops paper by Basic Grey just happened to have the colors of wild wasabi, pretty in pink and bashful blue in it. The scallop piece is from Doodlebug Paper Frills.


Supplies
Stamps: Domestic Goddess - Hanna Stamps
Paper: pretty in pink, wild wasabi, bashful blue, watercolor paper, Doodlebug Paper Frilles
Patterened Paper: Two Scoops - Basic Grey 6x6
Ink: Palette Noir Black, SU! markers to watercolor
Accessories: oval nestabilities, wild wasabi double stitched ribbon

THE MOOSE ARE LOOSE!

By popular demand, Kristi released Riley last night ahead of schedule! Go check out the new line by Hanna Stamps that were released last night. There are 6 Riley Moose stamps available woodmounted, and then these stamps are also available unmounted red rubber. PLUS Plane Riley is available in limited quantities of unmounted red rubber, NO wood mounted at this time but after CHA, Kristi will be getting more.

This Coffee Riley Moose card was made using the SCS color challenge from a few weeks back, CC149. The challenge was to use rose red, apricot appeal and sage shadow. The colors look really good together. I also use a piece from the Hodgepodge Hardware set for a closure on my card.

Supplies
Stamps: Coffee Riley, Things Hanna Would Say - Hanna Stamps
Paper: rose red, apricot appeal, sage shadow, natural white
Patterned Paper: rose red designer prints
Ink: palette noir, SU markers
Accessories: Hodgepodge Hardware, apricot appeal ribbon, rose red brads, rectangle nestabilities, SU mat pack, paper piercier

New Card Post!

This card started out with me wanting to do a tent topper card using this week's SCS color challenge 120 which used cool caribbean, morning marigold and pretty in pink however, I had this patterned paper on my desk so it ended up being morning marigold, DP from the Paisleys paper, regal rose, always artichoke and taken with teal.

Supplies (all Stampin' Up unless indicated)
Stamps: Big Blooms, 'Bloom' by Impression Obession
Paper: morning marigold, DP from the Paisleys paper, always artichoke,taken with teal
Ink: Versafine black onyx, regal rose
Accessories: pink polka dot ribbon - Dots and Dashes from Michael's, Marvy giga scalloped circle and mega circle, paper piercer, Pink rhinestones (though they look purple in the picture) bought at Office Depot



This was the second card I made and this time I was able to stick to CC120 using morning marigold, pretty in pink and cool caribbean.

Supplies (all Stampin' Up unless indicated)
Stamps: Polka Dots and Paisleys
Paper: morning marigold, pretty in pink and DP from Paisley pack
Ink: cool caribbean, versafine black onyx
Accessories: pink flower brad - unknown source just in my stash, blue polka dot ribbon - Michael's Dots and Dashes, Marvy giga scalloped circle and mega circle, paper piercer

Color Challenge 116

This is the first color challenge that I have done when it was posted. I actually stamped these on Monday night as the SCS color challenge #116 for Tuesday was posted early.

This week's challenge was to use Garden Green, Cool Caribbean and Chocolate Chip. Garden Green is a color I never use! The sketch design is from SCS sketch challenge #86.

Supplies
Stamps: Paper Trey - Green Thumb
Paper: garden green, cool caribbean, chocolate chip, Basic Grey paper for 6x6 Phoebe pad, whisper white
Ink: garden green, cool caribbean, chocolate chip
Accessories: blue ribbon from Jody's share



Seeing as I had a piece of the Basic Grey paper left I decided to do another with the same color combination and stamp set. I am really liking using these sets from Paper Trey (I just got Little Lady and Paper Tray in the mail so look for some cards from that new set soon!) The sketch design is from SCS sketch challenge #29.

Supplies
Stamps: Paper Trey - Green Thumb, Canvas Background by Stampin' Up
Paper: garden green, chocolate chip, Basic Grey paper for 6x6 Phoebe pad, whisper white
Ink: garden green, cool caribbean,
Accessories: marvy giga scalloped circle and mega circle

Shane's Wish

This is the card I made to send to Shane. If you haven't heard about Shane's Wish, please check out the website.

Shane's Birthday is May 30th so it is right around the corner. I send this card out to him before we left for Halifax.

The sketch was my own design but the color choice was from SCS color challenge #113.

Supplies:
Stamps: All by Stampin' Up - Fishing Friends (retiring this year), Riveting (hostess level 1 also retiring)
Paper: Taken with teal, cool carribean, summer sun
Ink: versafine black onyx, taken with teal, reinkers for watercolor (twt, cc, ss)
Accessories: Marvy giga scalloped circle punch, mega circle punch, SU circle punches, cuttlebug embossing folder 'Happy Birthday'