Hanna is going to be 1 and I have CANDY!

In celebration of Hanna Stamps first year in business, Kristi has lots of giveaways for you!!!!!

Visit all the talented Design Team Blogs between now and Wednesday to see exciting sneak peeks and for the chance to win a never seen before Riley/Sophie Moose image.

Leaving a comment on each blog, will increase your chances of winning. One new stamp per Design Team member blog will be given out. Winners will be announced at the Hanna Stamps Release Party on Thursday October 2 at 9:00 p.m EST (7pm MST). So pop into the Hanna Stamps SCS forum for the party for challenges, prizes, chatter, more prizes and to see what the amazing Design Team has in store for you.

Blog hop on over to the other design team members:

Adela - Creations by AR

Amanda - Inkspirations

Beth - Freckled and Fun

Bev - Savor the Journey

Cambria - Stamp a Little Love Baby

Candice - Rubber Soul

Cindy - Cindy Haffners’s Corner

Frances - Stamp Owl’s Studio

Janette - Stampin with Style

Jeanne - Inky Paws

Judy - Rock is Dead

Kittie - Kittie Kraft

Niki - My Paper Creations

Pam - Iris Garden

Patti - Design {U}

ME! - Live, Love, Laugh & Stamp

Vicki - DT Coordinator - Summerthyme Studio

Kristi - Owner - Kreations By Krissy

This week is also sneak peek week. Ian and I got in on Sunday afternoon after a week in Cleveland, OH and of course, I have no samples ready for the sneak peek. But I know that the Design Team will! So make sure to check out all their blogs above for the sneak peeks and to enter blog candy also the HSDT gallery at SCS.

I was exhausted when we got home and slept for 3 hours, I would have sleep on our flight from Chicago to Calgary but the man sitting next to me had his elbow in my ribs the whole flight and no matter what I did he wouldn't move it. It was a long 3 hours and 37 minutes! To make matters worse I have to leave at 6:30 am today to head out for a 2 day planning session in Kananaskis with my team from work, it's only one night away but that night is my 1st wedding anniversary. Oh well, we celebrated in Cleveland and we've known this for months. I will be back on Tuesday night to make some sneak peek samples as well as finish up the scrapbook I somehow ended up making for my Team Lead that is leaving the group. Too many things on my plate at the moment.

I will leave you with this one last Riley card that I have in my stash - which is now empty!


Stamps: Hanna Stamps
Paper: Basic Grey, real red, old olive, always artichoke, PTI white
Ink: Memento black, copic markers
Accessories: always artichoke ribbon

She's having a baby .....

Sophie G is having a baby - NOT ME! However, my good friend Carmen is 13 weeks pregnant so I made this card for her using the sketch challenge from a few weeks back, SC186. This Sophie G stamp was released on June 20 with the other Riley moose stamps from Hanna Stamps. I am off to meet Carmen this afternoon for afternoon matinee, we are seeing The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants 2.

I spent yesterday afternoon stamping with my friend, Nancy at her house. We each only got one card done but we got a lot of chatting in. I am going back to her place on Thursday evening for the monthly Calgals meet up however, I better get my challenge card done as it was my challenge and I'm not done yet. I won't hear the end of it if I don't have my card with me!

Supplies
Stamps: Hanna Stamps
Paper: Bella Rosa - Stampin' Up, Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss, Pink Piroutte, PTI white
Ink: Memento Black, Copic markers
Accessories: Kaiser pink flower, Imaginasce pink brad, SU old olive twill

Christmas in July

Well I made this card a while back it was suppose to be for Hanna Stamps Friday Challenge, HSC26 where Frances challenged us with a card sketch and for an added bonus if we used the sketch to make a Christmas in July card. I did both.

I really loved the Basic Grey paper Figgy Pudding the colors were so nice and I am still using it. I think I even have some 12x12 yet to use in my xmas papers stash.

I am glad this week is only a 4 day week for myself. I am heading to Calaway Park (amusement park in Calgary) for the day tomorrow as my step-sister is in town with her almost 5 yo and 2 yo. It should be a fun day. Then I am going to get some stamping in this weekend with a good friend. I should also start planning as in 2 weeks my Mom and I are heading to the Bloom' Inn in Pincher Creek for a long weekend of scrapbooking. Which reminds I still haven't showed my scrapping pages on my blog from when I was there in May!

Supplies
Stamps: Santa Riley, Things Riley would say - Hanna Stamps
Paper: Basic Grey Figgy Pudding, real red, always artichoke, old olive
Ink: Memento Black, Copic markers
Accessories: word window, circle nesties, Dots and Dashes ribbon,

Sketch Challenge 188

I'm going to try to do the sketch challenge on the day that they are posted. This is a first time for me. It was fun to do this challenge, the fact I have so many images colored made it pretty fast for me. You can find SC188 on SCS.

I have some pictures from Texas plus some more cards I made there and I finally downloaded my camera tonight. I am hoping my SU catalogues will be at the house tomorrow when I get home from work. However, not sure how much time I will have to look at it right away as Mom and Gerald are coming in for the weekend and there is a Rider game on Thursday night ... I'm hoping for 7 and 0!

Supplies
Stamps: Hanna Stamps
Paper: Basic Grey Boxer, Night of Navy, Real Red, PTI white
Ink: Memento black, Copics
Accessories: navy ribbon, silver brads

Skiing into Xmas

We are having a blast in Dallas. We went to the JFK museum today called The Sixth Floor which is all about the day JFK was assassinated. Bev and her husband have been wonderful tour guides. Tomorrow, we head to Fort Worth to watch a cattle drive.

I thought I'd check in and show you a card for today's Hanna Stamps Challenge, HSC28 which was to use buttons. I have a few on this Riley card that used Skiing Riley.

Supplies
Stamps - Hanna Stamps
Paper: Basic Grey Figgy Pudding, Real Red, Cool Carribean, PTI white
Ink: Memento Black, Copic markers
Accessories: Sassfrass Buttons, real red 5/8 grosgrain

I'm Batty for You!

I'm on a plane to Dallas right now! I arrive at 11:35 am Dallas time and have a big day of shopping planned. I have laid out my plans but first, I think I might stop at Sonic and get a Strawberry Lemon Slush as I haven't had one of those since I lived in Oklahoma in 2001. I'll program in Sonic to the GPS and see where it finds the closest one.

I don't have a Hanna preview today but hope to have one later or on Thursday for sure. Instead, I have a card made with Riley from the suprise Riley release on June 20. I really haven't gotten much stamped with these guys as it has been a little busy with work and truth be told my stamp room was a mess until last week and I could find no creative juices in the mess.

About 6 of us from the Hanna Stamps Design Team will be together on Thursday for the Release party. We will have a few laptops going it should be fun ...... we are thinking PJs! I'll keep you posted on my Dallas travels - I'm meeting up with some amazing stampers ... I am going to have stars in my eyes ..... I mean Texasgrammy, BadSherry, Jeanne S, Kristi, Judyw and Jenn B! OMG! I'll have to take pictures as little old me is hitting the bright lights of the stamping posh!

Supplies
Stamps: Witch Riley - Hanna Stamps, SU
Paper: K&C patterned paper, only orange, basic black, PTI white
Ink: Memento black, Copics
Accessories: felt bats from $1 store, Mike's ribbon,

Combing challenges!

I have combined the challenges from this past Fridays, Hanna Stamps Challenge (HSC21) which was a sketch challenge hosted by Niki and the challenge from this months Calgals meeting (see who the Calgals on my sidebar) - it was Tracy's turn and she challenged us to Surf and Sun or was it Surf and Sand.



I made 3 cards one for each of the Calgals as I didn't do last months challenge which was our first challenge. So I made a card for each of the girls in hopes they forget that I didn't do the last one.



As you can see the sketch was the same on each card they just used a different Riley stamp from the last release.



I am going to miss it but Hanna Stamps Member Forum is going to be having a Pajama Party at the Members Forum on SCS this Friday, June 20. It will be a great time so don't miss it. I am heading to Saskatchewan for the weekend and am going to be teaching a stamping class and then doing a scrapping/stamping demo in a small town outside of Regina. Hopefully, the weather is good but not too hot as the event is outside and called Arts in the Park.

Supplies
Stamps: Rileys - Hanna Stamps, Summer sentiment - Hero Arts
Paper: real red, pumpkin pie, tempting turquoise, Basic Grey Mellow
Ink: Memento Black, Copic Markers
Accessories: Bazzill flower, Doodlebug brad, SU striped ribbon

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

Happy Easter weekend

We are off to Saskatchewan to visit my family for Easter. I thought I'd leave you with a Riley that I made last weekend. Hope everyone has a great weekend, I'll be back on Monday afternoon.

Supplies
Stamps: Airplane Riley, Things Hanna Would Say - Hanna Stamps, Lots of Thought - SU
Paper: tempting turquoise, real red, basic black, staples 110# white
Ink: brillance graphite, real red marker, copic markers
Accessories: cuttlebug swiss dits embossing folder, real red striped ribbon, circle punches

New Rileys!

Kristi released 15 new Riley and Sophie G stamps today at Hanna Stamps. This is the first one I've played with and I have 14 more to go. There are all so cute and makes for a great Spring release. Check the out - the come mounted red rubber or unmounted red rubber.

This is also my swap card for a Hanna Stamps swap that was being held on SCS. I knew I wanted to use this Riley and that I had to find the John Deer paper well, I found John Deer tractor wheels brads that made perfect front tires.

I also thought I'd share my regular stamping partner. Her name is Missie and she gives me really dirty looks if I move her bed or place something in it. Missie will be 15 years old and I've had her since 6 weeks expect for the 6 months in which my Mom lost her. (just kidding Mom - I really am over that almost - hehe)



Ian and I are heading to Saskatchewan on Friday morning for Easter weekend and are going to a Flames game tonight so I'm not sure if I will get anything posted again until Monday.

Hope everyone has a great Easter weekend!

Supplies
Stamps: Tractor Riley - Hanna Stamps, sentiment - Stampabilities
Paper: close to cocoa, wild wasabi, chocolate chip, staples 110# white
Patterned Paper: Creative Imaginations
Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black, Versafine Sephia, Copic markers
Accessories: Creative Imaginations brads, wild wasabi striped ribbon, silver jumbo eyelets

Riley Spoting at CHA

Riley was spotted at CHA with some new images. Riley Moose and Sophie G are by Hanna Stamps. 7 stamps were released on February 1st and some of these will be released in the future however, I don't know the release date from Kristi yet.

Also, did you see my new blog banner. I had seen Frances new banner at StampOwl and commented that I wanted a ladybug banner and to make my blog red, white and black. Well, Tammy volunteered to do a banner for me. Check out her blog at Feathers&Ink. Tammy actually made me 3 banners in which I am going to alternate as I can't pick which is my favorite. There is one weird thing though which might be in the html code that I have no clue how to read - the banner won't stretch across the full top of my blog? Anyone know why?

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

Irish Riley

Riley's got a pint of Guinness and he isn't afraid to drink it!

This is the 4th Riley I have shown from the new line from Hanna Stamps. Riley the Moose will be released on February 1st.
Here are links to the other 3 Riley's that I've posted on blog recently:
1. Introducing Riley!
2. Riley's in the Garden!
3. Riley's got an Easter Chick!

Supplies
Stamps: Riley (not yet released) - Hanna Stamps
Paper: natural white, river rock SU
Ink: Palette Noir, SU markers to watercolor
Accessories: Nestabilities rectangles (embossed card front), SU river rock double stitched ribbon, staples, Cuttlebug Olivia alpahabet

Riley's got an Easter chick!

Riley's back with his Easter chick! These stamps are so cute. Though I might have to slow down showing them to you as I only have one left in my reserve!

Riley the Moose will be released by Hanna Stamps on February 1st. Also, Hanna Stamps is a new member to the Members Forum at Splitcoaststampers.

Supplies
Stamps: Riley, Things Hanna Would Say - Hanna Stamps
Paper: so saffron, blue bayou, soft sky, natural white - SU
Patterned Paper: Two Scoops - Basic Grey
Ink: Palette Noir, SU markers to watercolor
Accessories: yellow stickles, Mike's dollar bin jewels and flowers, Two Scoops epoxy brads, SU blue bayou double stitched ribbon, rectangle nestabilities

Riley's in the Garden!

Another Riley card for you! This is Riley in his garden making sure his potted plant grows up to be a big daisy. Remember they will be released from Hanna Stamps on Feb 1st - 6 Riley's in total.

This card uses Amy R's Sketch challenge from Friday AmyR10.



Amy is on so many design teams and I admire her work but best of all she is from small town Saskatchewan. I was born and raised in small town Saskatchewan and now I live in the giant city of 1 million growing more each and every day.

I also used some of my new ribbon from Costco and I see Amy recently used the same piece of ribbon on her blog with her new cards from Gina K's Stamp for a Cause - How Sweet it is ......

Supplies
Stamps: Riley (not yet released) - Things Hanna would Say - Hanna Stamps
Paper: SU! chocolate chip, certainly celery, whisper white
Patterned paper: K&Co Costco slab
Ink: Palette Noir, SU! markers to watercolor
Accessories: Prima Sprites, Bo Bunny Bodacious brads, Costco Ribbon Boutique, Nestabilites circles and ovals

Introducing 3 new members to the Hanna Design Team!

We are happy to add 3 new members to our Design Team.

Cindy Haffner
Leann Yoho
Shelly Kuck

Make sure to check out there blogs.

Also, all the blog links for the Design Team members are on the right side bar of my blog. Others have started to post sneek peaks to Mr. Riley the Moose so make sure to check him out.

Introducing Riley!

It's true - Hanna Stamps is going to be releasing a new line featuring 'Riley' the moose. Kristi announced today that Riley Moose will be making an appearance on February 1st and at the Winter CHA.

Riley will be available as single red rubber stamps available mounted or unmounted. The first release will have 6 stamps. Riley will also have a female friend, her name hasn't been released yet.

Riley stamps were illustrated by the amazing Louise Gardner!

Supplies
Stamps: All Stamps by Hanna Stamps - Riley Moose (not yet released), Things Hanna Would Say
Paper: SU! barely banana, pretty in pink, natural white
Patterned paper: SU! soft sky prints
Ink: Palette Noir Black, SU! markers to watercolor
Accessories: Mike's pink sheer polka dot ribbon, SU! pretty in pink tafetta ribbon, Mike's $1 bin jewels, Oval Nestabilities