Animal Antics! :)

Happy Tuesday! :)

  We just rolled in late yesterday from a truly memorable camping trip ...

 Oh the stories I will share with you :)

  It was so much fun, educational, entertaining, somewhat scary!

Those chatty, excited little boys had us up at the crack of dawn every morning,

bustling with energy and this weary old lady had to scramble to keep up!
They went from dawn to well after campfires each night ...

Luckily, one of my besties in the den brought along her dad's 40+ year old 

camping percolator from 'back in the day' -

the kids got a history "what is THAT?!" lesson but GLORIOUS coffee for us!

  We had such an amazing time, and I'll be posting pictures this week :)

Meanwhile, back at the ranch .......... hee hee!

It's time for a new challenge at The Ink Spot!
You may recall from this post that Riley and Company now has a new home,

nestled in with 5 other stamp companies all in one place!

I was the hostess this week and chose Animal Antics as the inspiration,

inking up Balloon Riley and the sentiment "make today" 

for this cheerful, pick me up card.

Here is the front:

And the inside of my card:

Time to tackle a mountain of laundry, visit my babies (both human and furry!),

AND stop by to see you all to see what crafty things you've been up to!

If you'd like to take a peek at the rest of The Ink Spot DT inspiration,

you can find the ladies here on the blog -

some super talent has joined our team and we're growing by leaps and bounds ~

new DT members, new stamp lines, new inspiration!

Big hugs, Bigger Blessings!
~Kelly 

 

Riley and Company - CAS Summer!

 

 

Happy summer!

I really do love this time of year,

the kiddies all home giving room to spend our summer days

any 'ol way we chose :)

We've been enjoying the fun-ness of nearly every day,

exploring and creating and loving the long, lazy nights!

 

And summer just happens to be the theme this week

at Riley and Company Challenge blog ~

CAS summer, actually.

 

Well ...........

as most of you already know, I love me some layers!

CAS = quite a stretch!

But I manage to keep just the white space around the Balloons Riley

and stamped out Happy To be Alive, and masked off

with good 'ol fashioned scotch tape the last part

as it had the exact message I was looking for :)

I added a small section of scrap dsp to the left, and a small scrap of cardstock - run through the scallop border punch to the right,

and a button to top if off!

 And the inside, of course, left blank for now ~ and it's done!

 

 

We sure hope you can ink up your Riley and Company stamps

and play along!  Once you create your card/project,

you can link it up to the blog ....

Or, if you'd like to use a gallery like Pinterest or SCS,

please use the keyword Riley1315.

 

Thanks for stopping by today ~

Big hugs, Bigger Blessings!
~Kelly

 

 I'll enter my card for consideration into these challenges:

Bunny Zoes - Furry Friends
Path of Positivity:  Happiness
Vintage Stamping:  Hot Sunny Colors