Crafts & Me's 1st Blog Hop

Crafts and Me Challenges recently celebrated their 1st Anniversary and we have also taken on some new teamies which now includes a Digital Design Team plus new faces also on the Rockin Rubbah team plus our challenges are now weekly meaning more prizes so with lots to celebrate we thought we'd do a little Blog Hop! 

We have goodies hidden on various teamies blogs so I hope you'll leave them all a nice comment along the way :)

This is the start of the Hop and it will end on Crafts & Me's shop blog so if you get lost along the way just pop back here.

The hop will run in this order....

Crafts & Me Challenges (You are Here!)

Vix

Amy

Mina

Vicky

Sylvia

Carisa

Trish

Karina

Gina

Sheila

Angela

Tracy

Mona

Crafts & Me shop blog

What you need to do on the hop...

• We're running the hop from 1st April to Midnight (GMT) 15th April so a whole 2 weeks to play along.
• You need to collect the letters to form a phrase and leave comments on each individual stop to be eligible for the individual prizes plus the grand prize.
• Once you have collected all the letters leave a comment on the Crafts & Me shop Blog which is at the end.
• One final thing is you need to click follow on the shop blog when you leave your answer.   
• You do not need to make anything nor add blinkies, logos or anything else for this hop but it would be lovely if you could spread the word, tell your friends, pop a blog post up :)

Quite simples - Hop, leave a comment and collect letters, follow the shop blog and leave your answer and you're in!  PRIZES?  You want PRIZES??  Of course you do!!  Well hidden around the hop are some prizes and our grand prize is a voucher to spend at Crafts and Me for £45 so lots of chances to win!

***Did you know Crafts & Me is home to some fantastic artists?  Our rubber stamp range includes designs by...

JASMINE BECKET-GRIFFITH

HANNAH LYNN

SARA BURRIER

LEMON SHORTBREAD

PLUS OUR DIGITAL STAMP RANGE

WE ALSO STOCK MOLLY HARRISON, SWEET PEA, ART DECO, KRAFTIN KIMMIE, WHIFF OF JOY, THE STAMPSMITH AND MANY MANY MORE SO THERE IS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE AND WELL WORTH THE CHANCE TO WIN!


The letter for you here is C so now you need to pop over to Vix! 

ps... Our current challenge Use Yellow is still running below this post :)

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Dreaming of Summer Days

Hello! It's Kim here today sharing this fun card featuring Capri Marci. She is available in rubber at our online store! I have only have one stack of October Afternoon papers and I always seem to forget to use it! LOL Oh and I totally forgot what line is this? LOL Sentiment is by Lilly of the Valley.

 

Since I had some scraps after making the above card, I used it and altered these binding clips. These are the extra large clips. I LOVE to altered these clips! They are great to have when you need a handmade gift! They are super quick and easy to make too!

Well, that's all I have for now. I do hope you all have a fantastic weekend!

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It's Party Time!

Howdy folks, Jana here! I love the new Girlfriends collection - these ladies are sophisticated, and elegant, and VERY flirty! For some reason Jesalyn (currently available as a digi stamp!) brings Marilyn Monroe to mind for me...perhaps it's that dress! So for today's card,  gave her platinum blond hair and a white dress that could be blowing up over an air vent - just like Marilyn!

I used my lovely Circa 1934 paper from Cosmo Cricket (LOVE that stuff still) and some NEW nestabilites that I just picked up at Memories Live On today (they arrived - WOOHOO!!) Of course I had to add some ribbon, and a touch of bling.

I used 2 stamps from MFT's Who's That Birthday Girl for sentiments...one on the front and one on the inside. I thought they fit perfectly!!

Have a wonderful Thursday everyone...Friday is right around the corner!

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Another FREE stamp?? Oh yeah!!

Hello La-La Land Crafts fans :-) 

We are having another short, one-question survey on our Facebook page.  That's right, just one quick question for you to answer!!  We will pick a random winner from the answers in three days and one lucky person will get a FREE Fireman Luka rubber stamp!!

To enter into the drawing, just click HERE to join our page on Facebook (if you haven't done so already) and just answer the question.  

Good luck everyone!!

Hugs!!

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Challenge #28 Use Yellow & Photo Inspiration winner

Hi everyone Vicky here hope you are all fine & dandy. Well half way through the week oooh soon be the weekend again yayyyyyy.

Anyway I'm here to thank you all for playing along with my photo inspiration challenge & its been so hard to pick a Top 3 as all your creations were fantastic.

Onto the winner first & Mr Random thingy-ma-blog does that job for me....phew thank goodness lol.
The winner of the 8 digi's picked by random.org is no.16 Kaos, congratulations Kaos please contact us in the side bar with your email.

The winner of Challenge is number

8 - Julye

Congrats to Julye & please e-mail Teresa at Crafts & Me to arrange your prize. Email link is in the side-bar.

Also dont forget to get your flashing twinkling badge from the side-bar hun.

Now onto my Top 3 in no particular order.

3 - Sharon H

18 - Rose C

22 - Kali

Congratulations girls dont forget to grab your flashing twwinkling badge off the sidebar & we hope you will display it on your blog.

Thank you again to everyone who entered & dont forget we are weekly now so double the chance of winning prizes woooo hoooo.

Tatty bye xoxox

Challenge # 28 - Use yellow

Hello Everyone,
Teresa here, It's my turn to choose the theme this week and I've gone for yellow with all the sunshine we have been having here and as summer is coming everyone thought arrrrh! I don't know if that would look right, but the d.t's cards have turned out beautiful and so cheery.
You can create anything as long as it has YELLOW in it.

While I am here we are CELEBRATING having a new digi team making us one big happy family here at Crafts and ME by having our 1st BLOG HOP starting on the 1ST APRIL and running for 2WEEKS, there are lots of prizes up for grabs on the way and a prize at the winners gate. lol!

THE CHALLENGE STARTS HERE AT 6PM GMT ON THE 1ST APRIL PLEASE COME ALONG AND JOIN IN THE FUN WITH US.

Now onto our sponsor for this week the lovely Kimmie from Kraftin Kimmie is sponsoring this challenge and giving the lucky winner a choice of any two stamps, yes any two stamps! from the Kraftin Kimmie store.

Take a look at these fabulous d.t's yellow cards they are sharing with you, aren't they wonderful?

TRISH
Using Petal Melody By Lemon Shortbread available HERE
Front View

Side View

AMY

Using Pink lightning available HERE


Sylvia

Using Glacier Lily Fairy by Hannah Lynn

close up

(please click on the images to view in full size)

TRACY

Using "Pansy Sisters" By Sara Burrier HERE

Angela

Using "Krista" By Hannah Lynn (Unmounted Rubber Stamp)

Gina

Used Return to Hased

Vicky

Using 'Violet Angel' by Jasmine-Becket Griffith & Ultrafine Lemon Glitter here.

put your card here,
Teresa x

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Happy Birthday with Darling Marci!

Hello there La-La Land Crafts friends!

It's Karen, and today I am sharing Darling Marci!

 

The birthday cake and stand are a Silhouette die file!

 I knew right away that I needed to use the sweet birthday cake...

with Darling Marci

propped right there on the top!!

If you are interested in purchasing Darling Marci, 

or any of the other La-La Land Crafts images

click right here for DIGI...

and, right here for RUBBER!!

Don't forget about our one-question survey on our Fan Facebook Page for a chance to win FREE Dress Up Marci rubber stamp!!  Click HERE for details.

Have a delightful Tuesday!

Hugs & Smiles,

Karen

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Dress Up Monday

Would you like to get a FREE Dress Up Marci rubber stamp??  

To enter into the drawing, please click HERE to join our page on Facebook (if you haven't done so already) and just answer a quick one-question survey.   We will pick a random winner from the answers in three days and one lucky person will get a FREE Dress Up Marci rubber stamp!!

Welcome to a new week and wishing some hope and sunshine for everyone in this little Ms Sunshine card using the super gorgeous digi-stamp Dress Up Marci. So sweet!

She obviously has a good sense of style and I thought I would leave the background quite simple to show her at her best!

Hoping that you all have a good week.

Kim

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Who wants a FREE stamp?

Hello La-La Land Crafts fans :-) 

I thought I would let you know that we have a small survey on our Facebook page.  There is just one question for you to answer.  We will pick a random winner from the answers in three days and one lucky person will get a FREE Dress Up Marci rubber stamp!!

To enter into the drawing, please click HERE to join our page on Facebook (if you haven't done so already) and just answer the question.  

Good luck everyone!!

Hugs!!

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Diva Jesalyn in the House

Happy Sunday everyone! Today I wanted to share a card I made for my co-worker's (Patty) birthday. Patty also happens to be my Zumba instructor at work and I think she's just fabulous! She's always working out and never misses a day. She's such an awesome role model and so down to earth. I wanted to give her a card that reflected her personality of femininity & confidence I just needed that perfect image. When Irina & Eric first debuted Jesalyn as a digi, my feet did a happy dance. She is the newest addition to the "Girlfriend Collection" at La-La Land Crafts. She's sassy and confident, yet you can tell she's very feminine. She was PERFECT for what I had in mind. Went simple with the colors and the papers. Love how the turquoise pops on her dress! The little bits of red gives it that fun flare. I saw this layout from fellow DT, Kim Yu's post, (which also happens to debut Miss Jesalyn) and thought it would definitely work for my card with a bit of tweaking. Thanks Kim for the inspiration!

After I dropped it off at Patty's desk, I received an email from her. It said:

" Thank you thank you thank you!!! I want to be a DIVA!!!! The card and your wishes are so beautiful.... ~Patty"

Aw, I'm glad it made her day extra special. I told her she was a DIVA in my book. :)

Don't forget you can purchase Jesalyn along with all of our wonderful images in digital or in rubber formats at the La-La Land Crafts store. We'd love to see any creations you have made with our wonderful images. All you have to do is upload them to our Customer gallery.

Mahalo for stopping by today, enjoy the rest of your Sunday!!

Hugs,

Leanne

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Free Pattern: Baby Washcloths

I learned this stitch pattern  from The Crochet Stitch Bible.  So gentle and soft, this beautiful baby washcloth is perfect for the newest addition in your life.

It measures almost square - about 7" by 6.5"

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