Winter Marci Gift Set

This Gift Set consists of a container with two pockets and a coordinating card. And, of course, you could use a card and the container separate..  The stamp is our Winter Marci . 

Tags pulls out - you can write your message on the back :-)

See how you can make it a PERFECT gift for your stamping friends!!  You can make it as a coordinating assemble to hold the stamp in one of the pockets!!  I know, I know.. I am such an enabler ;-)

Project Recipe:

Stamps: La-La Land Crafts - Winter Marci, Tim Holtz - Ticket, Hero Arts - Sentiment

Papers: Cardstock - Bazzill, Patterned Paper:Basic Grey

Tools: Scor-Pal, Martha Stewart border and snowflake punches, EK Success border and small flower punches

Embellishments: Ribbon - Bobunny, Button - Buttons Galore, Pearls - Mark Richards

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Distress Ink Vintage Photo

Copics Used:

Skin - E00, E01, E02

Hair - E50, E31, E35, E37

Coat and Hat - E41, BG000

Boots and Sweater - R000, R11, R20, R22

Hugs!!

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Thanks Snow Much

Hello, Happy Wednesday to you! Shantaie here with Ice Skating Marci and a wintery thank you card. In cool shades of blue and snowflakes all around, Marci is ready to hit the ice! I just love the swish of her skirt, and her photo ready stance! Ice skater Marci was colored with prisma pencils, OMS and a blend of copics. I added a BIG bow and a fun sparkly pom pom to her hat for a fun texture, I just love adding dimension to the cute outfits!

I invite you to add your projects using La La Land images in our customer gallery Each month a winner is randomly chosen, so the more you share the better your chances are to be our lucky winner!

Happy creating!

Shantaie

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White Christmas

♫ ♪ I'm dreaming of a white Christmas ♫♪

Ya Ya, I know... it's not even Thanksgiving time yet and I'm "Dreaming of a White Christmas?!"  LOL.  I just love Christmas and am anticipating everything that goes along with the "most wonderful time of the year".  Hi everyone!  I'm Kristine and I'm filling in for Karen today as her 'puter is acting up and won't allow her to come play with us in La-La Land today :(  Sorry Karen!  I think we've all been there and know how frustrating that can be.  Hope it's back up in no time as we don't want to miss your fabulous creativity for even a moment!!  ☺

Welp... I have a very simple card to share today.  I just recevied this awesome 5x7" cutting/embossing plate called Brocade Window  and wanted to try it out.  Love how elegant it looks with white.  This card is 5 1/4" x 7 1/4"... so it is quite a bit larger than the normal sized A2.  And the cute li'l girl in the middle is SANTA MARCI which hopefully you all are familiar with by now?  If not, you've GOT to go see the new releases in the shop!!  Then I added a white ribbon poinsettia, some white branches and red rhinestones and wha-la! 

For the inside, I printed off the Legend of the Candy Cane.  This is such a wonderful short story of how the candy cane was invented.  It also forms the shape of a Christmas tree.

I'll type it out here as well in case you can't read that:

The Legend of the Candy Cane

The Legend of The Candy Cane.  A humble candy maker in Indiana wanted to make a candy that would be a special gift for the King of Kings, so he made the Christmas Candy Cane. He incorporated several symbols for the birth, ministry, and death of Jesus Christ.  He began with a stick of pure white hard candy to symbolize the Virgin Birth and sinless nature of Christ, and hard because the church is built on solid rock, and firmness, for God’s promises are a firm foundation. He formed it in the shape of the letter -J- to represent the precious name of Jesus, who came to earth as our Savior.  It could also represent the staff of the Good Shepherd with which He reaches down in to the ditches of the world to lift out the fallen lambs who, like all sheep, have gone astray. Then he added three small red stripes to represent the scourging Jesus suffered on His way to the cross. One large red stripe would remind those with eyes to see and ears to hear of the promise of eternal life. It would be a gift of love that would tell His story -the greatest story ever told.

Have a Terrific Tuesday!!  And remember, if you make a creation with La-La Land stamps, please show us what you've made by linking to it in our Customer Gallery!  ☺  Go Ink Something!

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Have a Super Day!

Did you have a Super Day yesterday at Halloween?  Since my son is all grown up, we don't even decorate for Halloween anymore.. the only Halloween thing I did yesterday was to go shopping for Halloween candy ;-)

Speaking of Halloween.. I have SO MUCH of Halloween paper left, it's not even funny.. So.. take a closer look at my card..  All designer paper on my card today is from Halloween collection by Basic Grey.. clever me, huh?  ;-)

My card today features Supercupcake Marci and two stamps from the Super Heroes Window set - the Window and the Sentiment!!  You can buy all of these stamps in our online store, HERE is the link :-)

Did you know that the Skyline Window stamp in the Super Heroes Window Set is sized just right to cut out with Cirlce Nestabilites, SUPER easy!!!   I stamped the Window onto the dp and colored with Copics - buildings with C1 and C3, and the moon with Y15.

Super Cupcake Marci was colored with these Copic Markers:

Skin - E00, E01, E02

Hair - C1, C3, C5, C7

all Purple - RV0000, V01, V15, V17, BV08

all Pink - RV000, R83, R85

Belt - YG03, G82, YG63

Hugs!!

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Free Pattern: Kid's Crown

I made this crown for my #1's birthday. She's a two-year-old princess now!

Newborn size here.
12-month size here.

See pattern »

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Happy Day!

Happy Halloween, all! This is guest designer Alice. I have a card made with Super Cupcake Marci to share with you today.

This would be such a fun Halloween costume, don't you think? I had a lot of fun coloring this cutie! I paired her with BasicGrey's Sugar Rush collection. The sentiment sticker is from SRM Stickers.

Copics used:
skin: E11, E01, E00, E000, R20
hair: E37, E35, E33, E31
outfit: BV02, BV00, BV000, Y35, Y32, E35, E33, E31, E51, E50, YR04, YR02

That's all from me. Hope you have a happy and safe Halloween!

Thanks for stopping by! =)

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A Short Term Farewell and a Votive . . .

Hey Gang, 1LuvnMama here! Don't let the title of this post scare you. Although this is my last post for La-La Land Crafts Blog, I'll be back at some point. My farewell is for a short time since I'm awaiting the arrival of my little guy. Like I said, I wanted to go out with a BANG with this post. I hope you'll stick with me because I have lots of photo shots to share with you!

For my project, I made a Votive Card using a tea light. I saw this on Splitcoaststampers some time ago and thought I'd give it a try. I made this Votive Card two-sided . . . one in a Halloween theme and the other in a Christmas theme.

Here's the Halloween theme featuring Pumpkin Marci and Witch Marci.

Got Candy?

Witch Marci is just flying by to say "HI"!

Now here's the Christmas themed side featuring Santa Marci, Caroling Luka, and Winter Marci.

Ho, Ho, Ho . . . Merry Christmas!

Walking in a Winter Wonderland!

This is the top view looking down on the tea light.

I wanted to show what the Votive Card looks like with the lights dimmed and the tea light on.

How did I make this card? Here's the dimensions . . .

I cut a piece of CS at 8-1/2" x 12". On the 8-1/2" side, I scored the CS in half at 4-1/4". Turn the CS around to the 12" side and score at 3", 6", and 9". Using an Exacto knife, cut on the score line from the 3" mark to 9" mark. This will give you an opening for the tea light. Decorate as you wish and adhere the two ends shut. You can make the dimensions any size you want, it's totally up to you. I hope my directions make sense . . . I'm not good at tutorials. You can actually fold up this Votive Card and tie a ribbon around it to give as a gift.

Well, I hope you enjoyed this project as much as I enjoyed making it. I know I'll keep this out in the next couple of months. Be sure to visit the Online Store to get your Marci & Luka stamps. They are perfect for the upcoming holidays!

Thanks again for all your support and I'll definitely keep you updated on the "boss"!

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Sweet Little Witch Marci

Hey y'all! Lisa popping in to share a card I made for this week's Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge. I just couldn't resist making one more Halloween card featuring adorable Witch Marci. For awhile there, I thought I was getting burned out on Halloween. Now I'm sad to see the holiday pass because I still have lots of wonderful Halloween images and goodies to play with. How does that happen? LOL

It's a good thing that I can still have lots of fun with the winter Marcis and Lukas!!! I'll be back soon with more to share. In the meantime, I hope you have a la la lovely day!!!

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CHALLENGE #14 WINNER

Here we go folks the winner of challenge #14 something for a Teenager is:-

NO. 35 ANNE H picked by random .org

Please contact me Anne with your addy for your prize & don't forget to take your winners badge from the side bar to display proudly on your blog.

My top 3 was difficult this challenge, so many lovely entries made my choice difficult but here they are:-

Vicky

Glittery Katy

Lisa Sparkle

Congrats girls please take your top 3 badge from the side bar to display proudly on your blog.

Thank you everyone who entered.
PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR THE LATEST CHALLENGE.

Teresa xx

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Santa Marci

Hello, everyone! Kim here today!

I am so glad Friday is finally here! This week has been loooong!

I am slowly but surely getting more Christmas cards done! Yay! All thanks to all these cute winter/Christmas Marci's!

For my card today, I used Santa Marci. She is as cute and sweet as can be! I love little girls with Santa's hats! So cute! Oh which reminds me, I gotta start working on my daughter's hat! I think my son outgrown his already so that's two crocheted Santa's hats on my list...

Anyway, I decided to use up some of my scraps and this is what I came up with! Pretty cool layout, huh? LOL Did you spy a Tim Holtz' embossing folder?? Well, not the folder here but I used it on the green cardstock. It's not Christmas themed but thought it looks cool for Christmas.

Those gold snowflakes are K&Company chipboard stickers. Border punch is by Martha Stewart. Sentiment is by Hero Arts. I also use polar white Flower Soft and Sparkly Fluff on Marci's outfit.

Well, that's all I have for you guys today! Hope everyone have a lovely Friday! Thanks so much for stopping by!

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