La-La Land Crafts is going to the Stamp in the Hand show!

La-La Land Crafts is going to be at the Stamp in the Hand show (aka the Original Rubber Stamp Convention) in Carson, CA this weekend (November 14-15).
Just look for Irina at the Stamp On Over booth.

She will be doing a make-and-take with some of the La-La Land Crafts stamps.

If you are attending the show, please stop by to say hello!

A Pretties Birthday Blog Hop!

Stamp: Giving Thanks (Paper Pretties), All Kinds of Happy (Imaginisce)

Paper: Love Bandit ~ Whoo Loves You, Love Bandit Cut Outs (Bo Bunny)

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Rich Cocoa (Memento), Rose Red (SU)

Copics: 0, E0000, E00, E01, YR23, Y21, R81, R85, YG03

Accessories: Swarovski Crystals, ribbon, Oval Nesties

Today we are celebrating a birthday at Paper Pretties!
DT Member, Jennifer Greco, is adding another candle to her birthday cake!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Jennifer!
Of course, this means we are having a Pretties Birthday Blog Hop!
What a wonderful way to celebrate together across the miles!

If you haven't already, please start the blog hop with Christie at Little Pink Flowers.

Then follow each blog to the next!

Here is the order of the hop:
Christie Ortman
Julie Masse

Jana Weaver
Jackie Rakoski
Christi Thorsen
Frances Byrne
Heather Lee-Reppen
Wendy Bond
Kristy Ketterlin
Jane Matsumoto (me)
Jennifer Greco

So, now that you are at the end of the blog hop,

please hop on over to visit our birthday girl's blog!

Thank you!

Copic Colour Challenge 38 - Gliding by with a winter hi!

This is the second post for today. Please scroll down for CAS40 - Happy Birthday, Katie!

Look who has been sponsoring this week's challenge over at

Copic Colour Challenge!



Paper Pretties has this beautiful set as the prize for this week's challenge!

Look Who's Perky



This week's Copic Colour Challenge is to use the following colours:

You still have time to whip up a card and get in on the fun!

Don't have one or two or all of the colours? Not to worry!
As long as you have used similar Copic markers, you will be eligible for the prize.

For more info & terrific inspiration, hop over to Copic Colour Challenge!

Here is my card for this challenge: Gliding by with a winter hi!

Stamp: Gliding By (Paper Pretties), Sparkling Snowflake (Hero Arts)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento, Cotton White (Staz-On)
Copics: R85,G02, B02, B60, R00, E0000, E00, E01, 0
Paper: 'Tis The Season Cut Outs (Bo Bunny), Whisper White, acetate
Accessories: Swarovski Crystals, ribbon (Bo Bunny)

Have a wonderful day!!

CAS40 - Happy Birthday, Katie!

One of our new GDT members for La-La Land Crafts is celebrating her birthday today!

Happy birthday, KATIE!

I wanted to join another challenge for inspiration so I chose the CAS (Clean and Simple) challenge over at Splitcoaststampers.

This week's CAS challenge is a color challenge. White and one other color.

CAS40
Stamp: Happy Maya
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Paper: Whisper White
Copics: 100 (Black)
Accessories: 1/4" black grosgrain ribbon, Swarovski Crystals





Now, hop on over to Kristine's blog, Ink Something, to see a cute Lala birthday card!

Please be sure to stop by Katie's blog, Both Sides of the Paper, and wish her a happy birthday!



Have a marvelous Monday!

It's a Pretties Birthday and Wednesday Sketch Challenge!

This is my second post for the day! Please scroll down for the first post. Thank you!

It's my first Pretties post and just in time to help celebrate a birthday!
For this week's fun Wednesday Sketch Challenge, the design team is wishing Heather a happy birthday with a Pretties birthday blog hop! If you did not, please start with Christie at the start of this blog hop. There's so much to see! You won't want to miss any of it!

Here's the sketch!



Here's my card for Heather!

The bear has Nut Brown Flower Soft on it... it's so fluffy!



Stamp: Cuddle Me (Paper Pretties)
Paper: Bo Bunny, Rich Razzleberry (SU)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Pretty in Pink (SU), Rose Red (SU), Baha Breeze (SU)
Copics: E0000, E00, E01, E47, YR31, Y0000, RV32, RV34
Accessories: sponge, pearls, Nut Brown (Flower Soft)

Make sure you hop on by the other Prettie Girls' blogs to get some inspiration to join us for this sketch challenge! Jennifer is your next stop!

If you'd like to play along, be sure to upload your card to the Paper Pretties Challenge gallery and use the keyword PWC76! Then check the Paper Clip on Tuesday to see if you won!!

PS - You can find the dp & the irridescent glitter on sale in the Pretties' boutique!

Now, whatever you do, don't forget to stop over at Heather's blog at the end of the hop and give her some birthday love!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HEATHER!!

LLWWC11 - Pink! A chance to win a stamp!

Happy Wednesday! It's time for another fun challenge at La-La Land Crafts! The theme for La-La's Weekly Wednesday Challenge (LLWWC) #11 is PINK!

Here's what our hostess for the week, KIM, has to say about her challenge:

Now, for this week...pink is one of my favorite colors. So, for this week's challenge, I would love to see some PINK. Your project does not have to be all pink. As long as it mostly pink, that's fine.

My card this week also meets two other challenges over at SCS:

Sketch Challenge (SC253)



Try a New Technique (TLC245) Double Embossing or Blank Embossing
This is an awesome technique! Nilda Rockenbach has a video on how to do this technique. Patty Bennett has a step by step tutorial on her blog as well. I used a cereal box for my templates (following Nilda's tutorial) and it worked just fine.


Christmas Rosie with Bird (I didn't include the bird this time)

Stamp:

Stamp: Christmas Rosie with Bird
Paper: Pretty in Pink (SU), Rose Red (SU), Audrey Flourish (Glitz)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Pretty in Pink (SU)
Copics: E00, E17, RV32, RV34, R0000, B14
Accessories: Snowflakes (Cuttlebug), With Love (Cuttlebug), horizontal slot punch, pink ribbon, pop up dots

This week, we have another adorable stamp for one lucky winner! The design team will select their top 3 favorites entries. The one with the most votes gets this stamp!

PLUS, the Top Three will get to proudly display this adorable button on their blog!

So, hop on over to La-La Land Crafts for more information and to see all of the pretty in pink inspirations that our design team & new guest designers have created for you!

I'm a Prettie Girl!!

I have fantastic news to share!!

I have been chosen to be part of the Design Team for Paper Pretties! That means that I get to be a Prettie Girl!

Oh my goodness! I am getting goosebumps just writing this from the excitement! It is such an honor to be chosen along with Jennifer Greco, Kristy Ketterlin, and Wendy Bond!

Thank you, Christie! This is such a huge wish come true for me!

To kick off all the excitement, Paper Pretties is holding the November release tonight at 8 pm EST (5pm PST)! Join us for lots of fun and to see the new release at our Pajama party located in the PJ Party Forum.

We will also be hosting weekly Wednesday challenges over at the Paper Clip. A winner will be chosen and you could win a $15 certificate! My entry last week won! You could be next!!

Speaking of the challenge, I have a card for this week's challenge!
PWC75 - Clean and Simple Layout

The challenge is to find use any one of the layouts that the Prettie Girls are showing and make a card with it. I used the one that Julie Masse used. Well, it's my interpretation of it. :)



Stamp: Gliding By
Paper: Bashful Blue, Whisper White
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Bashful Blue
Copics: 0, B0000, E0000, E00, E01, E40, E44, E57, RV0000, RV32, RV95
Accessories: Snowflakes Cuttlebug embossing folder, sponge, ribbon

It's not too late to join in on the challenge! Clean and Simple! You have until Tuesday!

I hope you stop by tonight and join in on the fun!!
Be sure to check back on Wednesday for the challenge and a blog hop. See you then!

I'm a Prettie, You're a Prettie, Don't you wanna be a Prettie too!!

LLWWC10 - Witching you a haunted Halloween!

It's time for another La-La's Weekly Wednesday Challenge!

Lisa is hosting this week's challenge and she wants to see ribbon!

I have always wanted to try something similar to Pam Bassett's Ribbon Blossom.

They are beautiful! I just didn't have enough scraps of ribbon to make a full blossom.

I think it still works though. What do you think?

Stamp: Witch Lala,Haunting Halloween (SU)
Paper: Whisper White (SU), Basic Black (SU), designer paper (Best Creation)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Copics: 0, E0000, E00, E01, E47, E57, E59, FV2, FYR1, FYG2, T10, 110
Accessories: ribbon, corner punch (SU), bling

Now it's your turn! Come join me in the ribbon challenge!
OH! Did I mention that the person with the most votes for TOP 3 will get this beautiful Lala?

Go check out the details at La-La Land Crafts!

A Treat Holder recycling baby food jars

My boys are now 4 and 6... hardly young enough for me to validate holding onto all those empty baby food jars that I have been collecting over the years. Well, the Paper Pretties challenge (PWC74) this week, hosted by Frances, is to make something for a Halloween Treat. I just happened to have one of the jars in my hand, ready to toss, when I thought it would be cute to fill these jars with Brachs' Mellowcreme Pumpkins.

Then I found some coffee filters that I thought I could use to cover the lid of the jars. I'm sure this has been done before. The coffee filters are too large for the baby food jars so I trimmed about an inch off all around. I took the acrylic stamp set of three pumpkins from Clear Stamps, cut one off, and stamped it all around the edge in Tangelo (Memento)and Bamboo Leaves (Memento).



The coffee filters are a bright white so I sponged on some Shabby Shutters and Dried Marigold (Tim Holtz Distress Inks) to add some background color.





I wrapped a piece of ribbon around the lip of the jar and added the sentiment with a piece of linen thread. On a piece of Whisper White cardstock, I stamped Cooper twice. I colored Cooper with Copics and then cut him out carefully. The trick-or-treat bag is layered twice to add some dimension.





Stamp: Pick of the Patch (Paper Pretties), Series 34 (Clear Stamps)
Ink: Tuxedo Black, Tangelo, and Bamboo Leaves (Memento); Shabby Shutters and Dried Marigold (TH Distress Inks)
Copics: 0, E00, E01, E33, E37, YR04, G24
Accessories: sponge(SU), linen thread(SU), ribbon, dimensionals(SU)


There you have it! A treat holder recycling baby food jars!

Now for some fabulous treat holder ideas, start with Christie's blog, Little Pink Flowers, and blog hop to visit all the Prettie Girls! Really awesome and spooktacular creations you don't want to miss!

LLWWC9 - SPARKLE!!

Welcome to La-La's Weekly Wednesday Challenge #9!

Guess what?!
I get to host this week's challenge and it's all about the sparkle this week!

Bring it on, my crafty friends!
Let's see what you've got!
Glitter, bling, shimmer... it's all good!

For more info on the challenge, please visit:

La-La Land Crafts

Here's my card:

Sparkly Angel LaLa

Close-up

Can you see the shimmer and shine? I put some Shimmerz all over my angel. Her wing has Diamond Glaze on it. I also sprinkled some glitter onto the wings before they dried. Speaking of glitter, do you see that the snowflakes sparkle from all the glitter I put on them?

Stamps: Angel LaLa (La-La Land Crafts)
Paper: Very Vanilla (SU), Whisper White (SU), Snowflake Falala (Making Memories)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Old Olive (SU)
Copics: 0, B95, BG0000, E0000, E00, E02, RV95, Y21, YR31
Accessories: Diamond Glaze, Shimmerz (Angel Wings, Gold, Pink, Sky Blue), glue pen, Dazzling Diamonds, Pearls (Kaiser), Latte Bulk buttons (SU), ribbon, linen thread, Nestabilities

Okay! Now it is YOUR turn!
Sparkle away!

Can't wait to see what you come up with!