Recipe For Love Cupcakes

So a little bit of flour, some eggs and sugar and lots and lots of LOVE! Yep it is the recipe for LOVE Cupcakes to send February out with a big smile on our faces!

I've of course used the yummy Sugar n' Spice Marci for my tag and you can either get her as a digi-stamp or as a rubber stamp.

I thought I would add lots of texture so I've embossed the designer paper, added lace and buttons, used glitter papers and then used my pencils and some textured paper for the image.

Enjoy your love cupcakes!

Kim

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Free Pattern: Baby Earflap Hat - Newborn

NOTE: In an effort to standardize my hat sizes, I revamped this pattern.  This one should fit newborns a little better.  I am keeping the old version available here, in case anyone still wants access to it.

Premie size here
3-month size here
6-month size here
9-12 month size here
Toddler size here
Youth/Adult Small sizes here

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Free Pattern: Earflap Hat Newborn Old Version

NOTE: In an effort to standardize my hat sizes, I revamped this pattern.  The new version is here.  I am keeping the old version available, in case anyone still wants access to it.

This hat will keep those tiny ears toasty!  It would be adorable for newborn photos.

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Good Times

Hi everyone - GDT Debbie here to let you know that I've had some good times with La-La Land Crafts but now it's time to say goodbye! I've finished my 4 months as a GDT member and this is my last post as part of the team - but it doesn't mean I'm done with playing with LLLC images - I just adore Marci and Luka and can't wait to see what else they get up too - watch out for me in the Customer Gallery - LOL!!

I want to thank Irina and the DT for having me on board - it was a BLAST - especially when I saw some of the CHA pictures and I could see MY CARDS sitting there - LOL. Maybe next year it will be ME and not just my cards playing at CHA, it's not toooo far from Australia is it?!?!?!?

This cutie is Darling Marci and you can find here instore HERE. My DP is from my Basic Grey Curio paper pad and the border was punched using MS punches.

Thanx again La-La Land for having me along and all the very best to the new gals coming in to play.

xXx

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Winners of The red Challenge

PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR THE PRESENT CHALLENGE

Here we go girls sorry it's late yet again, but as most of you know I have had a lot going on recently.
The winner of the Red Challenge picked by Random. Org. is Drummmmm Roll no. 164 Hazel
Congratulations Hazel please contact me with your email address and happy spending, please take your winners badge from the side to display on your blog with pride.

Tracy had a very hard choice picking her top 3 with so many great entries, so she had no choice but to pick her Top 4-please take your top 3 badge from the side to wear with pride on your blog.

N0.57-Caroline F

No.98-Neline

No.110- Carissa

No.171- Karina

Thank you everyone that joined in this challenge there was lot's of beautiful entries.

Teresa x

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Ballerina Marci

Hi everyone  Cindy here, welcome to my La-la Land post!!!    I have  Ballerina Marci to show you.  This is the first Marci that caught my eye in blog land, I just fell in LOVE with her.  She is just so PRETTY!!

Remember if you create something with any La-La Land Crafts stamps or digis, please share with us in thecustomer gallery!  Once a month we have a Customer Appreciation Day and one of you will win a prize!

Hugs Cindy

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Happy Birthday, 1LuvnMama!!

**We interrupt this crafty feature today to bring you a special announcement.  PLEASE be sure to scroll down after this to marvel at Kim's awesome creation she's sharing with us today!!**

Today we'd like to take a minute to honor our newest mama of the group!  That's right, our very own 1LuvnMama is celebrating her birthday today and all of us here at LaLa Land Crafts want to send her our love and well wishes for a special day *Ü*

♫ Happy Birthday to YOU ♪

♫ Happy Birthday to YOU ♪

♫ Happy Birthday Dear LORI♪

♫ Happy Birthday to YOU ♪

Wishing you lots of warm fuzzies today, as you've given all of us with your fabulous LaLa creations!!

Here's a li'l "Walk of Fame" from our birthday girl...

And there's much much more on her blog, Luvn the Journey!

Happy Happy Birthday Lori!

♥   ♥   ♥   ♥   ♥

And now, I return you back to our regularly schedule program, featuring the very talented miss KIM!!  (please scroll down one post to see her lovely creation!!)



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UR2 Sweet

Hey there!

Kim here today. I guess by now you guys know that Friday is my day to post at La La Land Crafts. LOL Today I have this lovely Sweetheart Marci card to share! Sweetheart Marci is currently available as a digi so if you would like to play with her, you can grab her HERE.

I colored Marci with Copic. Sorry since I made this card a while back, I don't remember what colors I used already. Papers are by Basic Gret, Bittersweet collection. I love this collection! It's not only great for Valentine's Day it is also great for any occasion! Love it!

That's all I have for you guys today.

Have a great one everyone! Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Sitting here, thinking of you!

Hi everyone, Jana here! I'm back with another Marci card today, this time featuring the adorable Capri Marci! She's just so sweet sitting there...and I love coloring her hair red! She pairs so well with this gorgeous bright and cheery DeLovely papers from Cosmo Cricket. And...aren't her little earrings adorable??? Love the mini pearls from SU!

It's a quick and simple card today as I'm off to the snow with my daughter! In the past 2 years I was still nursing Jackson, so her Daddy got to take her to the snow, so I'm really excited to get to go myself this year. It will be a girls trip! And while she's out having her ski lessons on Friday? I'll be sitting in the nice warm lodge coloring away like a fiend!!! :-) Have a wonderful day!

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Marci’s Sittin’ Pretty

Good morning friends!!  Kris here with another cute card using Sitting Marci from the  Playtime Collection, released at winter CHA.  She is so pretty, isn't she??  I went with sorta neutral, earthy colors for this card.  Very out of my "norm" but I'm really liking how it came out!  I used the Capella paper (BG), and I sat her on a bench (Magnolia).   You can get her now as a digi, and very soon she’ll be available in rubber as well!! 

Thanks for stopping by!!   Hope you get time to Ink Something!

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Doctor Marci in the House - Feel Better Soon!

Ready for another card from La-La Land Crafts new Play Time Collection? You're gonna love this new stamp!  Today, I am sharing Doctor Marci who is currently available in DIGI , so you can pick her up right away!

Doctor Marci is ready to send feel better wishes, and would put a smile on anyone's face with that sweet and adorable face!

The bottom portion of my card has been embossed with tiny hearts, and I've added a few buttons here to go with the beautiful My Mind's Eye papers!  I love the non-traditional color palette of these designer papers, to match her beautiful auburn hair!

Sweet reminder to let you know there's still time to upload your beautiful creations into our Customer Gallery for a chance at a prize!!

Have a wonderful day!

Hugs & Smiles,
Karen

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Magical Birthday

I have a little birthday magic to spread today. A little card using the cute Magician Luka that you can get as a digi-stamp.

Have a fabulous week.

Kim

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Craft Tutorial: Button Rattle Baby Toy

 When my #1 got interested in my keys, I made my first version of this, with a rattling whistle, a jingle bell and beads of different shapes and sizes.  With similar appeal to (but less germs than) my keys, this was my substitute.  

Also, #1 didn't get her fine motor skills as fast as some babies, so it was hard for her to hold many rattles.  This toy is much lighter than many store-bought toys, and the string construction makes it easy for babies like her, with less-developed fine motor skills, to grasp.  It was her favorite toy for a couple of months - one of my proudest crafting moments.  :)

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Delicious Wishes

Good Sunday Morning!!  Irina is here to share a GORGEOUS card with you, made by one of our Design Team members  Pam Sparks!!

Another cupcake kind of day!  Marci’s been in the kitchen!  This is Sugar ‘n Spice Marci. So cute and fun to color!

I colored Marci with the E50′s series of copic sketch markers… skin E50, 51, 53… dress,  hair, shoes, cupcake E53, 55, 57, 59. No other colors or pencils or anything.  I used a piece of some old 9×9 Tim Holtz pattern paper… The sentiment is a Penny Black stamp.  I distressed the edges with the Tim Holtz distressing tool and then edged with Vintage Photo Distress ink (Antique Linen on the words first and then VP).  Stapled around with Tim’s tiny attacher.  Some EK Success punches, the flower and border…the leaves are the SU bird/branch punch and the cord through the flower is that paper cord from JoAnn’s.  

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Free Pattern: Button Baby Headband

I really hate weaving in ends.  This headband still has only two ends to weave in, even after sewing on a button - yay for less work!

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A Fiery Redhead

Hi everyone GDT Debbie here again. When I started to colour up this cutie I decided I hadn't honoured all the gorgeous redheads out there recently! I tend to stick to brunettes - with the occasional blonde - so it was time to try out a redheaded gal - I reckon it suits this little Marci - but maybe I should have added a few freckles - LOL.

Copic Colors for Marci's hair:

YR00, YR04, YR07 and E08

This cutie is Sweetheart Marci and you can get her in rubber HERE or as a digi HERE.

This was one of those times when I coloured my image first and THEN went to look for DP in my stash to hopefully match (I do this more often than not actually). I was rapt when I discovered my neglected Kaisercraft Lush paper Pad - it was a perfect fit!

xXx

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Magician Luka and Doctor Marci

Hi everyone, Welcome to my La-la Land post!!!  Cindy here and I have  one of the new La-La Land Crafts digi-stamps to show you.  This is ~ Magician Luka ~.  You can buy Marci and Luka as  digis here on the blog.   Remember if you create something with any La-La Land Crafts stamps or digis, please share with us in the customer gallery!  Once a month we have a Customer Appreciation Day and one of you will win a prize!

• And here is ~ Doctor Marci ~

Supplies Used:

• Stamps:  La-la Land Crafts. (~ Doctor Marci ~)  
• Copic Markers
• Pearls, ribbon, Die-namic butterfly, cuttlebug tag, sewing machine, Martha Stewart heart border punch

Hugs Cindy XXOO

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Dreaming of Sunshine and Smiles

That's what I am dreaming of today! It has been gloomy all week here in LA. Well, not too bad. We did get some sun here and there.

I just LOVE Capri Marci! She looks so casual here, so carefree and isn't she just the cutest??

Capri Marci is one of the nine digis from CHA 2011. For digi lovers, grab her now because she will only be available as a digi for a limited time. For rubber lovers, no worries! She is in the midst of turning rubber. LOL Stay tuned!

Have a fantastic Friday, everyone!

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Chef Marci in the Nooks and Crannies!

Hi everyone, Jana here. Don't you just love this little cutie! I think she's just adorable. I can't wait to use her with some sweet photos I have of Julia when she was little in a cute little chef's hat and apron in her play kitchen.

I colored her with my copics and paired her with some Basic Grey Nook and Pantry papers and my pearl brads. I used the Sweet Stop Sketch 95 from this week for my layout.

Have you been showing your La-La Land stamps some love?? Be sure to link them up here on our blog for a chance to win Customer of the Month!

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Somewhere...Under the Rainbow

Hi there!  Hope you're having a nice day today so far!  My card today shows Capri Marci with a single scene digi.  This card if I remember right is about 5.5" tall by 5" wide.  Very simple to make, and lots of fun colors.  Doesn't she look great sitting in a field of flowers and a beautiful rainbow above?  I think, hearing from many of MY readers anyways, that Capri Marci is one of their faves... is she yours too??!!  You can get her right now as a digi HERE!!  She comes precolored and also in line drawing so you can color her up.  We'd love to see what you create with her in our Customer Gallery!! *Ü*

Have a Creative Day!!

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Time to spread your wings

Thank you so much to everyone who joined us for last weeks challenge and don't forget to check back here to see if you have won.
I (Amy) am host this time and I have gone for things with wings so we want to see what you have all been creating with the many gorgeous fantasy stamps including the new ones in the amazing Crafts and me store. Break out the Fairies and angels and of course anything thing else with wings is fine too but we all here on the DT do love a touch of magic ;)

The prize for this challenge is from the brilliant SENTIMENTS 4 YOU in case you have not seen they now have Stamp sets and the prize is the 2 sets pictured below....

WEDDINGS and ENGAGEMENT

TRAVEL

Now onto the inspiration from the DT.......

AMY
Using Sara Burrier's Thumbelina Faith stamp available HERE and versamagic Sahara sand ink pad for distressing from HERE

TRACY

Using: Image by Sara Burrier "Return to Haseed" available HERE

Heart Shaped Pearls available HERE



Gina

Using: Image by Sara Burrier "Return to Haseed" available HERE

Ultra Fine Glitter HERE

Vix

Jasmine Becket-Griffith -MAKING A WISH FAIRY available HERE.  Instructions for the easel post-its can be found in the February 2011 issue of Craft Stamper which features Hannah Lynn's Butterfly Keeper.

TRISH

Using Jasmine Becket-Griffith -MAKING A WISH FAIRY available HERE

Vicky

Using Molly Harrison - 'HIDING' available here

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Magician Luka Celebrates!

Sharing Magician Luka with you today!  He's one of the new digi's from La-La Land Crafts  "Play Time" collection!   I wanted to create a special celebration card featuring this awesome lil guy! I figured Magician Luka would be a great way to send some magical wishes to that special little one!

 

To top off my card, I added a couple of candles that have been bundled with some blue DMC thread!  The sparkly star that you see on the sentiment and wand that Luka holds are brads!  I just love the little sparkle the sparkly brads add to the card as well as carry the theme of stars highlighting the border of this card!  I think it will make that little one feel like a magical superstar receiving a celebration card like this!

Hugs & Smiles,

Karen

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