Fussy and Fancy Riley

Good morning and welcome to another design team challenge for Riley and Company!  My take on our Fussy and Fancy Challenge is to make a card with some fancy folds!

This card is called a diagonal double pocket card.  I used this tutorial on Splitcoaststampers.  

The stamps I have used are all about my serious love for coffee!  I have used How Do I Take My Coffee, Single Coffee Cup and Mister Coffee.  All of these stamps can be found at the Riley and Company Store.

Make sure you head on over to The Ink Spot and be sure to check out the rest of the design team's lovely creations!

Heather    Angji    Steph       Joy
  Kelly             Monica          Sandye

Have a great week!

Masculine!

Good morning!  Normally you see lots of cards made with a flair that says it's for a woman.  Well, not today!  Today the Riley and Company design team would like to show you some masculine cards!  

For my card I have used a Riley and Company image called Tool Time Riley.  You can find it HERE at the Riley and Company store.  There is a great story behind the scraps of paper that I used.  I have to say thank you to my daughter for going to a birthday party and getting some nice paper to make a friend a scrapbook.  I used the coordinated scraps from that to spread across this card.

Check out the design team samples both on their blogs and at The Ink Spot:

Heather    Angji    Steph       Joy
  Kelly             Monica          Sandye

Have a great week!

Thanks to screwy internet last night I am a little bit late in posting this morning....thanks for checking in anyway!

It's time for another Riley and Company and Cornish Heritage Farm challenge!  Make sure you check out The Ink Spot, the home of our design team where we have six great stamp lines in one fun place!  This time our challenge is called HUG!

Here's my card:

I have used Funny Bones sentiment called Coffee is a Hug.  You can find it HERE in the Riley and Company Store.  The background I made using a bronze spritzer, and the paper waves came from some scraps I had in my drawer from other projects!

Check out the projects from our talented design team as well:

Heather    Angji    Steph       Joy
  Kelly             Monica          Sandye

Have a great week!

 

Good morning!  It is challenge time for the Ink Spot Design Team!  We have been challenged to make a card that is inspired by April Showers Bring May Flowers, while of course using at Riley and Company or Cornish Heritage Farms stamp.

Here is my card:

I have used Birds and Flowers from the Cornish Heritage Farms store.  You can find it HERE.

Make sure you check out the rest of the design team blogs:

Heather    Angji    Steph       Joy
  Kelly             Monica          Sandye

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!

April Fools

Good Morning!  It's time again for the DT challenge at The Ink Spot!

It is my turn to host!  Woohoo!  Since it is close to April Fool's Day (and my birthday!)  I have challenged the team to make a funny card!

Here's mine:

I have used Funny Bones sentiment called Shiny that can be found HERE at the Riley and Company Store.

 

Some of you may have seen this card in the Secret Facebook page for the Tickle My Funny Bones Card Club members.  If you are signed up for the  club you will be added to the Facebook page!  Don't miss all the exciting samples from the design team and club members!  Details for signing up can be found HERE.

Please head on over to the rest of the design team's blogs and check out all the amusing things they have to offer.  It will be a great way to start your day!

Heather    Angji    Steph       Joy
  Kelly             Monica          Sandye

Have an amazing week!

Green Green Green!

Good morning!  So close to St. Patrick's Day Heather is challenging the Ink Spot design team to make a card or project with an abundance of green.

Here is my card:

I just love this image from Cornish Heritage Farms!  It is a digi called Cat in a Flowerpot and you can find it HERE in the CHF store.

Make sure you check out the rest of the design team creations both on the Ink Spot blog and on their own blogs:

Heather    Angji    Steph       Joy
  Kelly             Monica          Sandye

I would like to add this card to the following challenges:

Glitter and Sparkle - use some green
Crafty Friends Challenge - anything goes

Have a great week!

Are you mad for plaid?

Hello again!  Can you believe it's been another two weeks?!  The days are flying by now that it is almost spring.  It's time for another challenge for the Riley and Company and Cornish Heritage Farms design teams.  You can check out our design team projects at The Ink Spot:

This week Kelly has challenged us to use plaid on our cards or projects.  I have to say that I don't have much in the way of plaid, so I made my own background.  I started with a white panel and a blue and red copic marker. I put a red line on the large wedge edge of the blue copic to get that "red in blue" look.  Afterward I accented that with the full red using the thin side of the marker.

The image that I used is a digi from Cornish Heritage Farms and it is called Skateboarder.  You can find it in the CHF store HERE.  

Make sure you check out the rest of the design team creations:

 Heather    Angji    Steph       Joy

 Kelly             Monica          Sandye    

 

Have a great week!

I'm so excited!  I am hosting the challenge for my teammates over at The Ink Spot!

I have challenged the design team to make a winter scene using either Riley and Company stamps, or Cornish Heritage Farm stamps.  

Here is my card:

I have used Cornish Heritage Farm stamp Fir Tree Winter Scene.  You can find that HERE.  I sponged using three different shades of blue, and then added some glitter to the "snow."

Make sure you head on over to the blog and check out the rest of the design team blogs and see their winter scenes.  They really have outdone themselves! 

Have a great week!

It is so exciting to be back for another challenge at the Ink Spot, where there are six great stamp lines in one fun place! 

Joy has challenged the design team to come up with a card or project that incorporates Valentine's Day, but that is non-traditional.

For my card I have used an image from Riley and Company called Shoveling Snow Riley.  You can find that HERE.  The sentiment is from Cornish Heritage Farms, and you can find that one HERE.  There.  Not too sappy, and definitely non-traditional! LOL

I would like to add this cards to the following challenges:

Dream Valley Challenges - Valentine's
Craft Your Passion - Anything goes
The Ribbon Girl - Love

Make sure you head on over to the rest of the design team's blogs and see what they have to offer:

Frances          Heather       Steph       Joy

 Kelli             Monica          Sandye    

 

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!

Animal Antics at the Ink Spot!

Welcome to a new week!  For me this is the first day of the week because my job allowed me the holiday off.  It was a much needed day to play catch up around the house.  I finally got the rest of the holiday decorations packed away and the floors swept and the groceries shopped for.  Phew!

To start off my week I was lucky to have Kelly challenge The Ink Spot design team to make a card with an animal on it.  Extra points if it is funny!  How did I do?

For this card I have used Ice Fishing Riley and Percy from the Riley and Company Stamp Line.  I have also put that together with a sentiment called I Swear It Will Be Funny from the Funny Bones Stamp Line.  The background was made from my paper scraps using a technique called Bargello that I found on Splitcoaststampers.  I really like how it comes out, and it is super easy to make.  

 Splurge on your time and make sure you head on over to the rest of the DT blogs, and check out their projects:

Frances          Heather       Steph       Joy

 Kelli             Monica          Sandye    

 

Also make sure you like us on Facebook to keep up with the new happenings!

I would like to add this card to the following challenges:
Crafting From the Heart - anything goes
Craft Your Passion - anything goes
Card and Scrap - blue and white

Have a great week!

New Year, New Changes!

This is so exciting!  New, big things are coming to blogland!  Check it out:

Tanya, who is the owner of Riley and Company, recently closed her bricks and mortar stamp store, so that she could spend more time with her online companies which included

 Riley and Company (Riley; Funny Bones & Inspirations) and Cornish Heritage Farms. 

In the past Riley and Company and Cornish Heritage Farms have had two different Design Teams.  From the January 1st, 2016 the two Design Teams have been combined and this blog will be our new home!

If you check out this blog you will also notice some changes!!!!!!!! 

First up we have a new name ..... The Ink Spot and Frances has prettied the blog up a little with a new banner etc so check it out!

But wait there is more!!!!!!

If you read the wording under the Title on our blog header it says .... Six great stamp lines in one fun place!

Well you know about Riley and Company; Funny Bones; Inspirations; Cornish Heritage Farms; Thomas Kinkade .... what's the other one?????

Introducing .......

Prickley Pear Stamps 

the web site will be opening soon so you can order.

So, phew!  That was a lot of changes, but I am very excited to be a part of this talented team of ladies to show off all these stamp lines!  Make sure you check out Facebook as well for upcoming info!
 

Now, on to the card!  In honor of combining the design teams Heather has challenged us to combine the stamp lines.  Make a card or project that uses a Cornish Heritage Farm stamp along with a Riley and Company stamp.

For my card I have used a Riley and Company stamp called Cheerleader Sophie and combined it with Cornish Heritage Farm sentiment digi All Star.

Don't forget to check out the awesome inspiration from the rest of the design team: 

Frances          Heather       Steph       Joy

 Kelli             Monica          Sandye    

 I would like to add this card to the following challenges:

 Come and Get It - something new (new design team, new stamps!)
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
Sweet Stampin' - something new (new digi!)

Have a great week!