SNEAK PEEK Day #3

Get ready for the 3rd day of Riley sneak peeks!  Today, I used the Hula Hoop/Rings Riley.  When I was coloring him in (if you can only imagine how de-stressing it is for me to color a bunch of happy Riley mooses are after a long day outside) I thought about how the hoops looked like the Olympic Rings and decided to make a card for my friend who is an Olympic hopeful for games in London in 2012!  So here's my card as just a little bit of motivation to keep working hard and the eye on the prize.  Cuts were used using my Cricut and the Destinations cart, as well as Sure Cuts a Lot for the numbers.  Made a little gold medal and stickled it with some gold bling (drat for my elbow smearing it before it was completely dried).

Now I'm not one for dimensionals usually since it's not very mail-friendly, but I got a little frisky today and wanted to highlight Riley a bit more!

Remember everyone to stay tuned for the Riley release on Thursday night at 10PM EST hosted by Riley and Company!  I will be sitting on a bus headed to Monroe, LA tomorrow morning so these posts may be a little scattered on when I get them up!

SNEAK PEEK Day #2

So here's my 2nd day of sneak peeks!  I had a little 6 year old helper for this one.  She picked out the colors and helped cut the paper and I think she did a fine job!  I used the juggling Riley stamp off of the upcoming stamp release this Thursday!  The sentiment is also part of the stamp release.  Slapped on some embellishments and we had a nice little card for her to give to her momma who she says is super busy "juggling a ton of things all at once!". 

If you're just tuning in, this is going to be the largest Riley stamp release ever!  There will be an accessories pack as well as word sentiments!  We're kicking off the festivities with a blog hop on Thursday night and there will be a chance to win prizes!  Hope everyone enjoys these sneak peeks!

SNEAK PEEK Day #1

Now even this may be a more than simple card than I usually do, but no matter what, I couldn't get it just right with adding just a little bit more.  I needed a quick little "just a note" card, and I decided to counterbalance my usual palette of solid colors by using patterned paper.  Not just one..but TWO...gasp!  I loves the cute image so much I didn't want to detract too much away from it with being too fussy.  Besides, I've been super busy this past week with 5 baseball games every week and practice on days we don't.  I promise I'll be posting more often soon, and I have several belated birthday and thank you cards just waiting to be created! 

I used one of the releases from the new LIFE IS A CIRCUS stamp collection from Riley and Company!!  Tons of cute images that you'll be seeing in our sneak peeks over the next week.  The release is on Thursday, May 26th so get ready for the huge release!  I'll describe it more over the next couple of days to come with some more sneak peeks!  Be sure to check out my fellow Moose Mates and their sneak peeks! 

Sorry I have been missing in action recently!  It's been super busy with the closing of our regular season and tomorrow is our last home game.  It's been a very special year for me and this has been my favorite team ever.  I wanted to thank them by making a special little card for them and writing a little note....all FORTY FIVE of them!!!  So as you can see, I've been very busy coloring baseball Rileys!  Here it is mid-process

 

Let's just say I was exhausted and so was my copic E33.  I modified the image a little bit to give it more of a jersey like feel and the appearance of sleeves.  Then colored in the bats exactly like the ones my guys use.  Picture for reference....

This is W, he's a Cajun.  His Aunt gave me the best jambalaya recipe. 

The best way to tackle all those cards was to make a sort of an assembly line.  I used Sure Cuts a Lot and Inkscape to create the South Alabama logo and their numbers to customize each card.  They were matted on grey and navy cardstock with the grey background watermarked with a baseball stamp and versamark ink pad.  Some of the  moose even got eyeblack to match their respective recipient!

Here's a little closeup of a card and placed in their lockers.

I also made 50 red velvet baseball cupcakes and places them in boxes that used to hold baseballs.  They're ingenious for transporting cupcakes!

I'm completely wiped out and have a long day of festivities tomorrow (or should I say today).  It will be senior day and I have 10 seniors finishing up their careers.  Our coach is also retiring after 28 years as the head coach of South Alabama.  He's one of the most decorated college baseball coaches of all time and needless to say, it's going to be a special and moving day tomorrow.  Sniff, my kids are growing up...

Well now you know where I've been for the past week!  

Tune in tomorrow for a sneak peek of the upcoming Riley Stamp Release!!!  I can't believe it's already upon us!!!

Sorry for the lack of postings!  Baseball has been keeping me very busy and on the move!  I've been in Florida 4 times, Louisiana, Mississippi, and up to Bowling Green Kentucky in the past 2 1/2 weeks.  Ahhhh!!! I plan on getting back in the swing of things over the next week and have tons of fun things to share with you!

Happy Easter!  I had to spend my Easter in Lafayette, Louisiana and at a baseball field!  We lost the series that weekend, but the Ragin' Cajun fans were amazing enough to feed us after two of the games!  Crawfish, friend catfish and etouffe oh my!  So yuums!  

Since we were on the road and spent our Easter Sunday at a baseball field and on a bus, I made my guys some Lemon Cake Pops in the shape of baby chickies.  They were inspired by the ones Bakerella made which can be found...right here...http://www.bakerella.com/spring-chickens/

I opted out of the wings and my eyeballs were a little skewed (give me a break, it was after a long day of work and at 11pm), but not bad for making over 50 of them!!

Cake balls chilling in the fridge (they're just boxed cake mix blended with frosting!)

Dipped in yellow candy melts

Beaks and feet before sorting them out

All sorted out!

Beaks and feet glued on

Eyeballs marked in

All wrapped up!

It's been awhile since I've posted!!  The baseball season is in full spring and I've been on the road for the past two weeks.  I'm actually sitting on a bus for a 3 hour drive to go play Auburn tonight.  What a saving grace mobile internet is.  So unfortunately, I haven't had much time to craft, and I have a bunch of cards and baked delights just waiting to be made!!  Hopefully I'll be able to get some crafting in tomorrow morning before we leave for Louisiana on Thursday!

I have some VERY EXCITING news, I've been selected to be part of the Riley and Company Design team! As you can tell, Riley the moose is my absolute favorite stamp to work with.  I'm so very honored to be a part of this design team and I hope to be able to contribute as much as I can!  We have a couple days at home next week so I'm hoping to get caught up!