Gift Bag Tag with Ice Skating Marci!

Hello there and happy Tuesday! I have a fun and sweet little gift bag tag to share with you today!

My gift bag tag is cut with a Silhouette die label frame tag.  I thought what a sweet way to showcase Ice Skating Marci in these soft blue and pink designer papers to the ivory color tag! 

Marci's been colored in with Copics, then I tied a little pink bow, DMC thread, and added a little rose bud to the top!  Beneath the rectanugular piece, I added some lace and then used pearl flourishes behind Marci so as to appear that she is swooshing right by you in her adorable skates!!  Makes me want to go to the ice skating rink!!

It's the end of the month, so don't forget to keep adding your Marci & Luka projects to the Customer Gallery for a chance at a prize this month!!  

Have a beautiful day!

Hugs & Smiles,

Karen 

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Challenge #17 winners

PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR THE LATEST CHALLENGE.

Hello Everyone,
We had an amazing 214 entries for this challenge thank you to all of you for joining in, and you made Tracy's job very hard to find her Top 3.

The winner is Timestamp: 2010-11-29 10:22:13 UTC NO. 142 Chelsea Lea

Congratulations Chelsea please contact me with your details for your prize & please take your winners badge from the side bar to display proudly on your blog.

Tracy's TOP 3 are:
Congratulations girls please take your TOP 3 badge from the side bar to display proudly on your blog.

No. 194 Kylie

No. 202 Emma

No. 142 Chelsea Le

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Christmas Tags

A new week and a new make from me today. I've got a Christmas Tag using the very cute Ice Skating Marci.  She looks very happy in her bobble hat (do you call it a bobble hat in the US?) and gloves! 

I've added a lot of glitter sparkle and some hand-stitching to finish her.

Have a lovely warm week!

Kim

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Free Pattern: Toy Leash

After a recent three-hour wait in a public place, during which time I baby-wiped #2's toys a zillion times, I made this to keep her toys from falling on the ground.  This is a good alternative to using play links, as they can be clunky or too heavy for the baby to play with the toy.

User assumes all risk.  Use only under direct adult supervision.  Never leave child alone with toy leash.  Please use common sense and keep your baby safe from strangulation!

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Warm Wishes

Hi! It's guest designer, Alice. I have a card made with Ice Skating Marci to share with you today.

Marci is such a cutie and so fun to color! I paired her with patterned paper from BasicGrey's Eskimo Kisses collection. I also added Flower Soft to her hat and gloves. The sentiment is from Waltzingmouse Stamps.

Did you hear that ALL Marci and Luka stamps are now available as DIGI?!!  And you can buy them right here, on this Blog!!!  Just click on DIGIs tab under the Blog Banner or click HERE to go SHOPPING!!

Also, Irina has a Blog CANDY on her blog right now, check it out!!

That's all from me. Hope you all have a wonderful Sunday and thanks for stopping by! =)

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Formal Luka

Hi Guys - it's Debbie here again to bring you a little bit of La-La Land inspiration! I love this little guy - this is Formal Luka and he could be used for sooo many different occasions - for example graduation, a new job, birthday, Christmas. I've left this pretty open as my sentiment is non specific. The DPs are from Basic Grey's Jovial paper pad but the ones I've used aren't just for Christmas and work really well here - I just loved the brightness of the tartan with Luka's suit and tie.

Don't forget Formal Luka and Fancy Marci are available as digis for only a limited time - once the rubber is instore they'll be gone as digis - check them out HERE!

I used last week's Sketch Saturday sketch #130 and rotated it - I know it's too late to enter it there this time, but the sketch was too great NOT to use.

One more reminder.. Irina has a Blog CANDY on her blog right now, check it out!!

xXx

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Super Cupcake Marci

Happy Friday!

Are you guys out and about, looking for great deals on Black Friday? LOL I plan to go to a couple of places later today. Wish me luck since there will be an ocean of people....EVERYWHERE! I might decide to just stay home...

Today I have this fun gift bag to share! I used Super Cupcake Marci. She's a cutie, isn't she?

This bag measures 5x7x1.75. It's a pretty good size, perfect for a lot of stuff. I might be making more of these for Christmas....if time permits, that is.


Don't forget if you have a Marci/Luca card to share, please add your link to our Customer Gallery. You might just win some goodies! Also, Irina has Fancy Marci and Formal Luca up for grabs! Check out her blog for details!

Well, that's all I have today. Have fun shopping, everyone! Be safe!

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Happy Thanksgiving, now on to Christmas!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone, Jana here! I hope you're all sitting down and taking a rest after wrangling that bird into the oven. Goodness...I hope I'm doing that!! Since I'm sure we're all super busy today, here's a quick card featuring the adorable Santa Marci!

I used this week's sketch challenge from Mercy along with some Candy Cane Lane DSP from SU! to create this large 5" by 7" card. I colored Marci with my copics, then added some texture to her outfit with my polar white flower soft. (I need me some white sparkly fluff!)

Now go baste your bird, and have a FABULOUS Thanksgiving day. And if you're not here in the U.S. celebrating our day of indulgence and gratitude? Eat some turkey anyway! :-)

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Thankful, Fancy Marci and Formal Luka

Hello and Happy {almost} Thanksgiving to you! I'm Shantaie here to share a Fancy, Formal Thanksgiving card with you...Fancy Marci and Formal Luka that is :)

Wouldn't you agree that this is a very good looking couple? I just had to color them both for this project, I couldn't bear to separate them! I love how the rich fall colors give Marci and Luka a whole new look, its so amazing how many different ways you can use these stamps!

My little Fancy Marci and Formal Luka are colored with prisma pencils, and coordinate with the gorgeous Teresa Collins Giving Thanks papers. These adorable images are available for a limited time as digital stamps, so don't delay..in fact why not pick up the pair as a Christmas gift for yourself! ;-)

Happy Creating, and HAPPY HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

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♪ Falalala--lalalala ♪

Happy Wednesday!!  Kris here with the super cute Caroling Luka!  Isn't he the cutest?  I even put him on my new Christmas blog header along with Winter Marci so my readers can enjoy seeing these cuties as they visit my blog.  *Ü*

The papers I used here are by Cosmo Cricket... Oh Jolly (? I think)... they were a gift from the lovely Irina last year.  I CASEd Irina's coloring of this Luka because they were the perfect colors for my header =)  Thanks for allowing me to CASE ya Irina!! 

I also have a new sketch to share... Carly's whipped up this one and posted over at Sketches by Carly this week.  It's an unsponsored challenge this week, but she continues providing fun sketches for us to play with. 

Thanks for stopping by!!  Be sure to come back later when Shantaie posts her LaLa creation ... right here at 2 p.m. today!  *Ü*  Have a Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow!! 

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Dreaming of a white Christmas

A huge thank you to all of you that joined in with our last challenge we loved seeing all that sparkle and don't forget to check back later to see if you have won.
This time round the theme is on the Christmas lines as we are so close to the big day now and I don't know about you but I still need to do a lot of making yet. So we would like to see creations with snowflakes on. They can be as big or as small as you like and as many or as few as you like.

We are being sponsored by the lovely Jodie of Bugaboo stamps and

the prize will be 7 images of winners choice!

Here is some inspiration from the DT

AMY

Using Snowflake gems and Marna Fairy stamp from Crafts and me

TRISH

Stamp used Belles n Whistles JINGLE BELLS available HERE at the Crafts and Me Store

GINA

The Stamp is from Crafty Individuals you can get it HERE at Crafts and Me.

TRACY

Showcasing the pre-release of Christmas Melody



VIX

Vix used: Wintergreen Wishes by Hannah Lynn

TERESA


WinterGreen wishes stamp by Hannah Lynn available HERE
Snowflakes HERE
Stickles Coffee Ice HERE

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Happy Holidays with Marci!!

Happy Tuesday!  I'm Karen and I am here to share Birthday Marci today!  This time Marci is ready to celebrate the holidays with her sweet little panda and present she has all wrapped up for that special someone!  Designer papers are from Basic Grey's "Jovial" collection!

We are coming close the the end of the month, but there's still time to submit your cards into the Customer Gallery for your chance at a prize!!

Enjoy your day!!

Hugs & Smiles,

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Christmas Tray

This was quite a project!!  It was almost like designing seven cards at once and they all had to go together :-)  But it's done now and I am pretty happy with it.. It was actually fun to do and I know that I will make this type of trays again for other occasions.

This tray measures 12" x 12" with each opening measuring 4" x 6".  Click on the photos to enlarge to see the details :-)

Did you notice that I made a window for Marcy?  I made it out of Grunge Board - painted with acrylic paints, distressed with Inks and embossed with wood grain embossing folder to give it some texture :-)

I used tons of different products and used a lot of different techniques for this project.  To name a few.. 

Project Recipe:

7 Gypsies Tray in White
Stamps: La-La Land Crafts - Fancy Marci, Panda and Tuffy (dog) - From Tuffy Set
Winter Scene stamp (in the window) by Stampendous

Papers: Cardstock - Couture, Patterned Paper - Cosmo Cricket

Tools: Tim Holtz - Grunge Board, Wood Embossing Folder, Swirls die, Flower Die, Christmas Tree die, Martha Stewart Border Punch punches and Snowflake punches, EK Success Flower Punches and Corner punches, Cricut tree

Embellishments: Stickles - Crystal and Golden Rod, Viva Pearl Pen - Cream and Gold, Mudd Puddles - Snow, Flower Soft in Polar White, Ribbon and Twine - May Arts

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Distress Inks - Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain, Wild Honey, Old Paper, Crushed Olive and Peeled Paint

Copics Used:

Skin - E000, E00, E01

Hair- E50, E13, E35, E37

all Red- R21, R24, R27

all Green - YG03, YG63, YG67

Panda - E13, E35, E37

Please email me if you would like to join my Workshop and if you have ANY questions  :-)

Hugs!!

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Icy Santa Marci Sends Her Christmas Wishes!

Hello all, hope you all had a wonderful weekend. Where does the weekend go? It is Monday so I'm back and this week I have a little Icy Santa Marci for you today, she is very cute with her little Panda. 

Hope you like her, I've been a little free with the glitter, started putting it everywhere!

Hope you all have a stunning week. 

Kim

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Free Pattern: Kid-Sized Potholder

My #1 got a play kitchen for her birthday.  Her pan set came with a potholder, but she doesn't have the coordination to pinch the square of fabric around the pan.  I barely do!  So I thought she needed a potholder like mine, with a pocket for her hand.

I saved this from my project graveyard (the bag where I put things I've lost interest in or couldn't figure out.) It started out as a burp cloth, when my #2 was on the way.  When I didn't finish it before she was born, it got stashed.  I was looking for this yarn for the potholder, and I realized that what I had already crocheted of the burp cloth was the exact thing I needed.  The body of the pattern is, therefore, Christina Budd's copyrighted burp cloth pattern.

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Season's Greetings & Birthday wishes

SALE EXTENDED!!!

  We had such a great response to our "Friday BEFORE Black Friday SALE" that we decided to extend it throughout the weekend, until 11 PM PST on SUNDAY (today)!!!  If you didn't get the opportunity to shop our sale on Friday, here is your second chance!!!!  Details HERE..

Hi all! This is guest designer Alice. I have two cards to share with you today.

I used the super cute Ice Skating Marci for my first card. Isn't she a cutie? I added Flower Soft to her hat and gloves for some fun texture. The patterned paper is from Cosmo Cricket's Mitten Weather collection and the sentiment is from Waltzingmouse Stamps.

I used the beautiful Fancy Marci for my second card. She looks so elegant in her pretty dress! The patterned paper is from BasicGrey's Wisteria collection and the sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.

That's all from me. Hope your Sunday is fabulous! =)

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Fancy Marci

SALE EXTENDED!!!

  We had such a great response to our "Friday BEFORE Black Friday SALE" that we decided to extend it throughout the weekend, until 11 PM PST on SUNDAY!!!  If you didn't get the opportunity to shop our sale on Friday, here is your second chance!!!!  Details HERE..

Hello everyone! Lisa stopping by today to share a little something I created featuring our newest Marci! Isn't she adorable, all dressed for a party? Fancy Marci is available for a short time in digi format until the rubber arrives, so if that's your preference, you'd better act quickly! And while you're there, you'll want to snag Formal Luka, too!

I paired Marci with patterned paper from the Dear Lizzy collection by American Crafts. I thought the dresses in the background paper were perfect for a party girl. :)

Have a la la lovely day!

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Fancy Marci Celebrates Christmas

Hi everyone - Debbie here. I hope you all managed to grab some gorgeous stamps for yourself in the LLLC sale yesterday - woohooo - who doesn't love a bargain?!?!?!  

SALE EXTENDED!!!  We had such a great response to our "Friday BEFORE Black Friday SALE" that we decided to extend it throughout the weekend, until 11 PM PST on SUNDAY!!!  If you didn't get the opportunity to shop our sale on Friday, here is your second chance!!!!  Details HERE..

Last week saw the release of 2 new images from La-La Land Crafts - this is one of them. This is Fancy Marci and she's all dressed up to celebrate Christmas here. She is such a dream to colour up and looks adorable in many different colour combos - I just love her cute little pose.

My DP is from Basic Grey and I cut the poinsettia flowers using a My Time Made Easy template and my craft robo. I downsized the template so didn't use all the layers.

Fancy Marci is available for a limited time only as a digi before she comes out in rubber - check her out HERE.

xXx

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SALE!! plus Birthday Chipboard Album

Happy Friday, everyone!

First of I want to remind you that today we are having a BIG SALE on all Marci and Luka, all stamp sets plus the cute panda!! Today and ONLY TODAY! They are all 20% off (excluding digis).  Scroll to the post below or click HERE for more details

As always, shipping is FREE on orders of $50 and over!!  What a GREAT deal combined with the SALE Discount!!

Don't let this great deal pass!!  Click HERE to go to our store, you might want to start your Christmas Shopping EARLY!!  ;-)

Have fun shopping! 

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Onto my post...

After checking out the Cinch at the Scrapbook Show last month, I was in the mood to make albums! LOL I didn't get the Cinch at the show but it did inspire me to create this album!

The album itself didn't take me long to finish but using a single hole puncher to punch these holes was a pain! Now that I've completed this album, I ordered myself a Cinch! LOL I guess I do things in reverse. LOL I haven't tried the Cinch yet but I am sure it's way better than a single hole puncher!

Anyway, I thought it would be a cool idea to have a little book of all my friends' birthdays. These books are handle. I keep books of everything. hehe

This book measures 5 x 8 1/2 inches. I used Marci and Luka images..plus the little adorable panda.

For the cover, I used Marci With Rose.

January: Sweet Dreams Marci

February: Winter Marci

March: Panda

April: Marci With Rose

May: Birthday Marci

June: Star Boy Luka

July: Super Cupcake Marci

August: Marci With Rose

September: Pirate Luka

October: Pumpkin Marci

November: Ice Skating Marci

December: Birthday Marci

So what do you think? Pretty cool, huh? I wasn't thinking so I repeated a couple of Marci's. I had really wanted to use a different image for each month.

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