Welcome to Design Team Challange Tuesday!

We have another fun challenge in store for you this week. Our hostess Laurie Clout , has given us a color challenge, this week we are to use pastel colors to create our card/project.


So are you going to play along this week??? All you need to do is to create a card/project using the above challenge. Once you have created your card/project come back here and place a comment with a link to your card/project to this post so that we can see what you created. If you upload your card/project to SCS don't forget to include the keyword RILEY0510. We can't wait to see what you create!

Don’t forget to check out the rest of the Design Teams blogs today so see what they created for this challenge.

And The Winner Is.............

Congrats to the winner of the blog candy from the Riley and Company site!

I randomly drew this entry:

patmil said....
How adorable! I love them all!
Posted March 18th at 7:30 am

Please send me your mailing information and which stamp you would like to receive from the 6 new releases! Congratulations!

Blog Hop for Moose Madness!!!

Welcome to our Blog Hop for our March Moose Madness release! We are glad you are here!  We have a lot in store for you tonight.

First - make SURE you visit each of our designer's blogs and leave a comment. You will automotically be entered to win yummy blog candy - your choice of a free stamp from our new release!!!! Each designer will be drawing one random comment and there will be 9 winners in all!

Second, we are releasing 6 new Riley Designs and re-releasing the brick wall and wood floor (very cool) and the clear word sets. The clear words will be a limited release and when they are gone, they are gone so hurry and get yours!

Finally, you can purchase your new Riley stamps TONIGHT! Woo Hoo!!!! Complete the blog hop and come on back to shop. Hey, you can hop-n-shop! Ha!

I "hop" you like the new release!

I thought Riley's new buddy deserved a ride! This new stamp is Easter Bunny Riley. As you will notice from the stamp, the bunny is actually popping out of the ground. I simply cut them out and repositioned the little guy! The corners were punched with a Fiskars punch, I used Nestabilities to cut out the ovals and a Kaisercraft brad secured my Prima Flowers.

Next up, let's give a cheer for Sophie!!!!!

Michelle P. from Stamper's, Ink made this especially for tonight's hop! Cheerleader Sophie is all decked out in Michelle's Highschool colors! She made the pom poms out of embroidery floss and cut the circles out with her Nesties!! I love it!

Enjoy the rest of the blog hop and your next stop is Cathy Edgar!

Moose Madness Sneak #3!!!

Hi Everyone! Hope you are enjoying our sneak peeks!

Remember, tonight at 9pm CST is the Moose Madness BLOG HOP!!! You have 8 chances to win blog candy just by commenting as you hop along! When you are finished, come on back to order your new Riley & Sophie stamps online!

For now - here is one of my favs for this release. I just imagined my favorite moose, standing outside my favorite gathering spot in KC (Johnny's Tavern - got the pic off the web) welcoming us in for my favorite beverage! Yes folks - I actually made this one myself! Hope you like it!

The brick wall is a re-release tomorrow. It is so simple to color in! Just take an E33 and go over the entire image. Then, use the chisel end of R59 to "flick" color in. Go back over the entire image with E33 blending as you go. Then, just low-light in between the bricks with E37.

Riley is cut out and pop-dotted up. I used Liquid Applique for the foam (he spilled a little) and Crystal Lacquer for the glass. \

Make sure you check out our Design Team's blogs - they have some adorable ideas for Riley!

Enjoy!!!! After all - It's Five O'Click Somewhere!!!

Sneak Peek for our New Release Week!

Sorry bloggers, I was sick yesterday and didn't get my post up for Monday. Sooooo, I will give you TWO today!

I am so excited about Moose Madness, especially since our two college teams for Kansas are #1 and #2!

May I introduce you to Rainy Day Riley?! I love this little guy - just bouncing along in the rain. This was a super simple Make & Take we had in our store last weekend.  All you do is use a Cuttlebug folder to emboss a white card. Use Spellbinders deckle rectangles and cut out three, one being white. Stamp Rainy Day Riley and use Copics to color in! Add ribbon and a button and you are done! Add Waterfall Stickles for the raindrops, and crystal lacquer to make the water look wet....

Next up - Cheerleader Sophie! So many of you have asked for a cheerleader and what better month to bring her out!

She is so cute! And soooo versitile! This is my little KSU Cheerleader. This card was made by Dolores Sanders who works at Stamper's, Ink. It is so very simple. The card is white, and layer a piece of purple patteren paper on top (or what ever color your school is.) Use Nesties to cut out two more pieces with scallop squares. Stamp Sophie on the white and color with Copics!........ ohhhh, I just realized, she needs a bow in her hair!

Please join along with us this week as we give you sneaks all week, and finally the new release on Thursday! Make susre you check out our other designers as they have WONDERFUL sneaks for you too!

It's a cupcake kind of day.......

Greetings Riley Fans,

Are you all getting excited about the upcoming release of the new Riley stamps? The Design Team can't wait to start showing you the sneak peeks they are all busy creating to share with you. Not long now ... less then a week to go so don't forget to keep an eye on the Riley & Company Design Teams blogs next week.

In the meantime we have another fun challenge for you this week, we hope you will play along with us. Our challenge is to use those Riley stamps and create a non card item. You can create anything you like as long as it isn't a card, the skies the limit!!!!!!!!

So are you going to play along this week??? All you need to do is to create a project using the above challenge. Once you have created your card/project come back here and place a comment with a link to your card/project to this post so that we can see what you created. If you upload your card/project to SCS don't forget to include the keyword RILEY0410. We can't wait to see what you create!

Don’t forget to check out the rest of the Design Teams blogs today so see what they created for this challenge.

Here is mine...... ok, Therese' actually designed it for Stamper's, Ink.! Once again - it's too darn cute not to share....... and it saves me time! Ha!  I hope you enjoy!

Cupcakes!!!!!

The non-edible kind!

DT Moose Mate Therese' Boyd actually made these. Oh how I would LOVE to take the credit! But all is fair in love and moose - so of course the credit is hers.......  I luv luv luv my Therese! I literally squeeled when she brought these in!

She plays with her Cricut a lot and this cupcake holder is from the Easter Limited Release cartridge. She rolled up some spa socks, and topped it off with a red pom pom. Simply add the perfect moose (Riley of COURSE!) and put it in a clear bag! Viola! A cupcake that will last!

Thanks Therese! Make sure you check out all our designer's websites today - you are sure to get some wonderful inspiration!

Tuesday Challenge

Hello all you Riley fans out there!


Before we start, I would like to say thank you to those of you who participated in our challenge last time! Your support is most appreciated and the Design Team loved seeing your wonderful Riley creations.

The Design Team is ready with another fun challenge which I hope you will enjoy too. This week our hostess is Cindy Haffner, who has a color challenge for us. You need to use the colors: red, brown and caramel when you create your card.

So are you going to play along this week??? All you need to do is to create a card using the above challenge. Once you have created your card/project come back here and place a comment with a link to your card/project to this post so that we can see what you created. If you upload your card/project to SCS don't forget to include the keyword RILEY0310. We can't wait to see what you create!

Don’t forget to check out the rest of the Design Teams blogs today so see what they created for this challenge.

P.S. - I do have to admit - this card was not made by me. Not only is Therese a designer for Riley and Company, but she is a designer for Stamper's, Ink. Yep - you guessed it. She designed this for the store and I borrowed it for this challenge! It's a shaker card made with the amazing Shaker Boxes from Impression Obsession. Cool huh? Thanks T!

Cute Cards to Share

Hello out there in blogger land! I am not sure if people know that I own a retail store too. It's called Stamper's, Ink in Shawnee, KS which is part of Kansas City. Anyway, we have Make and Takes every weekend, and this weekend we just happened to have two Riley cards. So I thought I would share!

This is cute little Ballet Sophie tucked inside a Nesties Heart! So so so cute! Therese Boyd, who is on our Design Team came up with this. For a buck - people get to make this. MEN, because it's Valentines Day, get to make it for free. Fun fun fun! Don't you wish you were here??

And for all those people - like half of America, who is sick, we have a Get Well Card.

Sick Riley - poor guy. Have I mentioned I LOVE this moose? Luv him Luv him Luv him!
I think the bedspread looks like Chennile!

Have a terrific weekend!

Design Team Challenge Day!

Good Morning all you lovely bloggers out there! The Design Team Challenge for today is Monochromatic.

This challenge was taken on by two of us at Riley and Company, Michelle and me!  Ok - it was an excuse to play with Riley - not too difficult of a challenge to take on huh? I love this little guy!  First up - Michelle totally out did herself folks!

Although this cards looks difficult - it's really not! She used a 5 x 7 card base so she could get more, as Michelle calls it, "stuff" on the card! She used Nesties to cut out all the shapes, and Copics to color Riley in. You can't see it very well in the pciture but the hat, the pot of gold and the shamrock are popped up! The pot of gold has Crystal lacquer and gold Stickles! The Shamrock has green Stickles!

Now - for the adorable flower, she used the I-Top to make a brad out of the same cardstock as the base! I love that tool! A little rock Candy on the flower to make it gently sparkle, and some assembly and tah - dah! Adorable card!

Next up are some treats that I made for my kid's Valentine Party! After all, when you own a stamp company you can't very well let your children go to school with store bought Valentines now can you??

Did I do well on the monochromatic theme? Not so much - but hey, pink is a shade of red right? These are sooooo simple! Just cut out a heart or two with Nesties, glue them together and punch a couple holes for the lollipop. Then, stamp and color Riley with Copics (Graham actually helped me color - there were 64 of them!) and attach him with foam dots! Don't forget the "TO, From" on the back!

For the lollipop covers, skip the holes and foam dots! I used glue dots to attach the cover to the Blow Pop.

Yeah..... they are going to have the coolest Valentines in the class! I hope you enjoyed the challenge - make sure you check out the other designers blogs for more fun stuff!

Design Team Challenge!

Hey Everyone!

Have you heard about the new Riley and Company Design Team Challenges we will be having every two weeks? This week will be our second challenge and our challenge hostess is the lovely Patti Stigsell!

Patti has given us all a fun challenge, which is to create a monochromatic card. Cardstock, patterned paper and embellishments should follow the same color scheme, with the exception of white or ivory. The Riley image can be colored as you wish.

Wanna play along this week??? All you need to do is to create a card using the above challenge. Once you have created your card/project come back here and place a comment with a link to your card/project to this post so that we can see what you created. If you upload your card/project to SCS don't forget to include the keyword RILEY0210. We can't wait to see what you create!

Don’t forget to check out the rest of the Design Teams blogs today so see what they created for this challenge. Here is a sneak by Patti....