Winners of Challenge#22 - Fancy Folds

Hello to everybody! It's me again, Elena and I'm here to announce the winners of La-La's Weekly Wednesday Challenge #22 – Fancy Folds Cards. But first, we want to thank everyone who entered this challenge. We enjoyed visiting your blogs and look at your fabulous projects! It was very difficult to pick the TOP 3, because so many talented crafters are out there! But it had to be done, so here they are:

Gorgeous Easel card by Erin - look at all of the layering and distressing!



Fairy Valentine Side-Step card by Renata - love all the dimension and depth she created!



And what a sweet Stair-Step card by Adrina - love the cute puppy and all the hearts!



Adrina, you are also the winner of the prize for this challenge - Rosie With Book!




Congratulations to all of you Ladies! Please e-mail Irina for your Top 3 button.

Thank you again for playing with us! Please, come back tomorrow for our new La-La Land Wednesday Weekly Challenge!

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Happy Birthday Kathy!

Hello! Today is a very exciting day in our La-La Land family; today is Kathy’s Birthday! Happy Birthday, Kathy!!! May your day be filled with wonderful surprises and lots of happiness!

In order to make this day extra special we decided to make a special post about Kathy and showcase some of her cards. When I visit Kathy’s blog I always enjoy looking at her cards, and choosing a favorite from all of my favorites wasn’t easy. :) Her water coloring is absolutely stunning; she really does an amazing job in this technique! She always puts so much creativity in creating layouts – distressing, pretty embellishments, beautiful layering and perfect sentiments– that’s what makes her cards one of a kind!

And here is a preview of Kathy’s cards at La-La Land Crafts...

August - Fairy Lala

September - Rosie With Teddy Bear

October - Witch on the Broom Rosie

November - Pumpkin Lala

December - Down the Slopes Rosie

January - Porsha

We also prepared a little surprise for our Birthday Girl. Our DT chose one of the cards from Kathy’s blog as an inspiration and created a Birthday card for her:

Kim
Lisa
Kristine
Elena
Jane
Maureen

Don’t you just love them? Aren’t they all fantastic? And now it’s time to visit Kathy’s blog and wish her Happy Birthday!!!

Thank you so much for stopping by and celebrating this day with us! See you tomorrow with a new La-La Land Weekly Challenge,

Elena

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Winners of Challenge #21 - Shaped Cards

Hi everybody! It's Maureen and I'm here to announce the winners of La-La's Weekly Wednesday Challenge #21 - Shaped Cards. But first, we want to thank everyone who entered - it was such a pleasure seeing your fabulous creations and you all made it extremely difficult to pick the Top 3! But it had to be done, so here they are:

Kris with this adorable cupcake card:


Kim with this fabulous snowy card:


And Jeanet with this totally awesome 3D triangle card (you need to check out Jeanet's blog post to see more views of her amazing card!):


Jeanet, you are also the winner of the prize for this challenge - Happy Maya:


Congratulations, Ladies! Please email Irina at info@lalalandcrafts.com for your Top 3 button!

Thank you again for playing along! Please come back later tomorrow for our next La-La's Weekly Wednesday Challenge!

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They are HERE and a Special Offer!!

We told you that the stamps from our new release will be available on January 20th, but they are already HERE!! You can place your orders on our website now (please disregard pre-order note, it will be removed shortly). Here is the link.

And, to make this news even sweeter, we have a special offer you!!!

Buy three, get one FREE!!

Between now and January 30th, when you purchase three stamps from our online store, you will receive a FREE stamp of your choice!! Just let us know your choice in the Notes section upon check out!!

Hugs!!

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La-La's Weekly Wednesday Challenge #21 - Shaped Cards

Hello everybody and welcome to another La-La's Weekly Wednesday Challenge!

It's Maureen and I'm your hostess for this week's challenge! Before I get to the challenge, I'd like to thank everyone who played in our Blog Hop last week! Don't forget to check each blog to see if you won a prize!

For my challenge, I would like to see shaped cards - any shape other than a rectangle or square.

Here's what you need to do to participate:

1) Create a NEW card for the challenge. You are more than welcome to combine challenges!

2) You may use any stamps, but if you've got some La-La Land stamps,
why not show them some love?!

3) Link your project to Mr. Linky below
by Monday, January 18th, 2010 at 11:59pm PST (GMT-8).

4) Be sure to link directly to the blog or gallery post featuring your entry!

5)If you post your card on Splitcoast stampers, please use keyword: LLWWC21.
If you are also using a stamp from La-La Land Crafts, please use BOTH keywords LLLC and LLWWC21.

6) Create the link to this challenge (link back to us) in your blog or gallery post

As always, the Top 3 will get to put this adorable button on their blog:


One lucky winner will get the stamp I used on my card this week, Happy Maya:


To get you started here are some examples from the DT and Guest DT:

Maureen ~ Happy Maya



Jane ~ Lotus


Elena ~ Cupcake Rosie


Kathy ~ Whiskers Sleeping


Kim ~ Sitting Lala


Kristine ~ Teddy Bear Lala


Lisa ~ Love Note Rosie


Pam ~ Happy Maya


Cheryl ~ Window Lala


We hope you'll play along with us! I can't wait to see all of your shaped cards!

1. Lou 2. lizb42 3. IRIT 4. Kris 5. April Rose 6. rinat 7. smileyr 8. Katherine

9. Itzuvit 10. Annette Bowes 11. Clare Prezzia 12. Dailly 13. Victoria 14. Kerstin 15. Pattie G 16. Lisa V

17. Caroline 18. Sandra P 19. Kim Mc (Living in Paradise) 20. Sharon Zeches 21. libeeti 22. Jenny 23. Jeanet

Powered by... Mister Linky's Magical Widgets.

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The winner of the INTO THE NEW YEAR WITH THE NEW RELEASE Blog Hop

I hope you have enjoyed our INTO THE NEW YEAR WITH THE NEW RELEASE Blog Hop.. I know all of us here at La-La Land Crafts had fun!! We appreciate all your comments!!

Before announcing the winner, I would like to show you all the gorgeous cards from our Design Team and the Guest Designers.. just in case if you missed the Blog Hop..

Heart Lala by Cheryl Rowley


Lotus by Jane Matsumoto


Porsha by Kathy Page


Birthday Present Rosie by Pam Sparks


Cupcake Rosie by Kristine Breach


Sweet Friends Rosie by Elena Joldersma


Cupid Maya by Maureen Wong


Birthday Cake Maya by Lisa Hjulberg



Now.. onto the winner of the Blog Candy!!! I used random.com to generate the winning number..


#26!! Sandra P., you are the WINNER!!! Here is what Sandra said in her comment:

"Sandra P said...
This was my first ever blog hop and it was sooooo much fun! Every single card was inspiring and each stamp was used perfectly.
Out of all the stamps, Lotus is my absolute favorite. She reminds me of my daughter. Thanks for an uber fun blog hop and a chance to win these beauties!"

Sandra, please email me your mailing address to receive Lotus, the stamp of your choice!!

Thanks again to everyone!!

Hugs!!

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Into the New Year with the New Release Blog Hop

Happy New Year to all!!! We would like to invite you to our INTO THE NEW YEAR WITH THE NEW RELEASE Blog Hop!! We would like to introduce you to NINE new images from La-La Land Crafts!! This is a sneak peek type of Blog Hop, these stamps will be available on January 20th.. But.. Here are some GREAT news for you!! These stamps are already available to pre-order in our online store!! Make sure to pre-order yours!!

Here is how this Blog Hop is going to work. We are showing you all of the designs right here on La-La Land Crafts Blog. Every Design Team member and our Guest Designers have made cards using one of the new stamps. And here is the treat for you!! There is a Blog Candy being given away on every blog!! Just follow the order of the Blog Hop and leave a comment on every blog that you visit for a chance to win!! Simple!! Easy!!

Then come back here to La-La Land Crafts for one more chance at winning. Just leave a comment telling us which of the new stamps is your favorite. The winner will receive the stamp they have chosen in their comment!!! We will draw the winning number on Tuesday, January 12th at around 12 pm PST.

Now, without further ado, here they are!! I think this is my favorite release of all so far!! But that might be just until the next one ;-)

Lala with Heart


Porsha


Lotus


Love Note Rosie


Birthday Present Rosie


Cupcake Rosie


Sweet Friends Rosie


Cupid Maya


Birthday Cake Maya


Now, you first stop of the Blog Hop is KRISTINE. If somehow you get lost along the way, you can come back here to follow this list:

Kristine
Cheryl
Maureen
Pam
Kathy
Elena
Jane
Lisa
Kim

We would really appreciate it if you could spread the word and mention our Blog Hop on your blogs!!! Thank you!!!

Good luck to all!!

Hugs!!

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Challenge *19* Winners.......

Good Evening! I (Kathy) am here to announce the winners of last week's "How Charming" challenge. I am so sorry I am late!!!
WOW this was really a tough one with all the beautiful entries we had!! Thanks so much for playing along in the challenge!! (And Happy New Year!!)

The top three cards of the week are as follows:

Margreet with this beautiful card:

Elaine with this beautiful card:

Anne with this beautiful card:


Congratulations, Ladies! Please email Irina at info@lalalandcrafts.com for your adorable Top 3 button! (Funny I didn't realize until now that they are all blue!! haha I must have had blue on my mind!! LOL)

And the winner of the Down the Slopes Rosie stamp is Anne!!! Congratulations Anne!!

Thanks again to all who played along! They were all so beautiful!!
DON'T forget to stop by tomorrow for a special treat ~ you won't want to miss it!!!

:)Kathy

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New addition to our Design Team and our new Guest Designers

For this week's challenge please scroll down to the post below or click HERE!!

Time flies when you are having fun!! And we are sure having fun here at La-La Land Crafts!!

With that said we have to say goodbye to our November-December Guest Designers. We are very sad to see them go :-( Katie and Moon, we have really enjoyed having you on our team!!

Elena and Kristine are staying with us and moving up to the Design Team!! Congratulations!!

Now we would like to introduce you to our new Guest Designers for the months of January-February. We can't be more excited to have these very talented ladies join our team!!!

Cheryl Rowley of Cottage Creations!!

Thanks to my mother, I have been creating as long as I can remember! I had supplies for just about every craft imaginable-needlepoint, macrame, leather tooling, candlemaking, knitting and crocheting, painting, and well, you get the idea! Before coming to stamping I was in many a craft show selling my tole painted goods which had been cut by my dad and sanded for painting by my mom! It was fun and profitable for many years! I came to stamping about 12 years ago and love it more everyday! I'm so pleased to be a guest designer for Irina and La-La Land Crafts!

and Pam Sparks of Expressions with Heart!!

My rubber stamp collecting began in April of 1994. I saw a stamping demonstration and immediately saw the potential for hours of fun with our three daughters! That PSX victorian winter house stamp caught my eye and there was no turnin’ back!!! Then twelve or so years ago, I learned how to color with Studio II pens, an alcohol based marker similar to Copic markers in how they color. A rep for the company taught us how to color with them and when they went out of business we were so sad! A couple years ago when I started reading and seeing copics online, the desire to color started building inside me again!!!! Got out the "cute" stamps and that was all it took! I love coloring and cutting! lol
I've been married to my best friend Tim for 34 years! We have three married daughters….Heather, Amanda and Breanna and we have grandchildren!!! NINE of them! Wonderful, delightful, the joy of our lives! They love coming to G-ma Pam’s to do “art” as they call it! Course the Cricut is their favorite thing to do! The copics will be next I'm sure! My blog is expressionswithheart.wordpress.com.

Welcome to the team Cheryl and Pam!!

When you get a chance, please make sure to stop by our new Design Team members' and the Guest Designers' Blogs to congratulate them!!

Hugs!!

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