Challenge #51 - Buttons & Bows

Hi everyone! Jane here to host this week's challenge and this week I challenge you to use Buttons and Bows on your project.

The Sponsor for this weeks challenge is CRAFTY RIBBONS



And this is the fabulous prize a choice of either the Back to School Ribbons or Cherry Pick Ribbons

Here is some inspiration for you from our fabulous design team:

Guest Designer - Karen Howard using Felicia

Mina using Juniper

JANE using The Giving Angel

ROSE using Miss Mirabelle by Hannah Lynn

Here's a closer view of this wonderful steampunk image . . .

Vix using Porcini

Mona using Analinda

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Winner and Top 3 - Challenge #49 Lace

The lucky winner of the 5 Letraset markers for challenge #49 - Lace, as drawn by random, is:

Here are your random numbers:1
Timestamp: 2011-09-06 13:31:23 UTC

Wow! not often you see number 1 come up is it!? and that is Jemima's Jems!!!

Please email Trish to claim your prize.
Email on side board and don't forget to pick up your winning badge.

It was so tough to choose just three from all the amazing lacey entries but they are:

Mieke Wierenga

Iruha


Chris Olsen

Thank you all for playing along with us and we hope you continue to play along each week.
Also for my top 3 please remember to pick up your badge on the side board as each of you deserved it.

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Card CONTEST WINNER and MORE!!

WOW!! WOW!!  WOW!!

We are so impressed with your participation in our Birthday Card Contest!!  All the entries are just GORGEOUS!!  It was a close race between a few of the entries.  But it looks like there was one entry that you, our fans, liked the most!! 

#17 - Jo Nevill

Congratulations Jo!!  

You are the WINNER!! 

Woohoo!!!!

Jo, please email us at info@lalalandcrafts.com to claim your prize :-)

However, we couldn't just stop here...  We appreciate everyone of you who participated and made this contest a success.  We would like to show you our appreciation.  We are so HAPPY to tell you that you ALL WON!!  We are giving a $10 Gift Certificate to EVERYONE who entered in our Card Contest!!   YAY!!!!

*please email us at info@lalalandcrafts.com to claim your prize :-)

Now, onto the other part of this contest, your COMMENTS!!  Very impressive I should say!!  We picked a random number for our 12 Copic Markers Prize and the number is..

#29

Congratulations Trina!!  

*please email us at info@lalalandcrafts.com to claim your prize :-)

Well, we are done for now.  But fear not, we will have another Contest posted for you soon!!  Stay tuned and make sure to participate the next time!!  And don't about forget about our Customer Gallery, it  is a GREAT place to share your LLLC creations at any time!!

Thanks again!!

Hugs!!

:) Irina

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Inspiration Monday {Anything But a Card}

Good Morning Everyone! It's Monday and you know what that means, right? It's another Inspiration Monday, and this week our challenge for you is:

Anything But A Card

I hate to be the one to remind you....but the holidays are right around the corner!! I'm still wondering what happened to the summer, LOL! Hopefully, this challenge will give you some great ideas for the upcoming holiday season. We have lots of gorgeous projects from our fabulous DT to inspire you.



For the next couple of months, we have a wonderful and very talented Guest DT member joining us on Team Monday. Please say a warm welcome to Mary from My Cardz-My Passion!!



Mary Giemza with Witch Marci



Coloring Medium: Copics

Skin - E000, E00, E11; R20, R30, R35

Hair - E50 E53, E55, E57

Dress - V05, V06, V09; T3, T5, T7, T9; B000

Hat - T3, T5, T7, T9; V05, V06, V09; Y11, Y17, Y26, Y28

Pumpkin - YR00, YR04, YR12, YR18; YG03, YG25, YG93

Broom - Y11, Y26, Y28; E35; T3, T5, T7

Outlining - T1, T3, T5



Karen Maldonado with Baseball Luka



Coloring Medium: Copics

Hair - E27, E47, E49

Skin - E000, E01, E11

Outfit/Hat - G07, YG17, Y11, Y15, Y21, C01

Shoes - W1, W3, W5

Glove - E27, E3



Kim Dellow with Skeleton Luka

(stayed tuned for a tutorial on that awesome background!)

Coloring Medium: Prismacolor & Koh-I-Noor Pencils

Prismacolor Pencils: Skin - Peach Beige; Pink

Bag and clothes - Sand; Yellow Ochre; Spanish Orange; Orange; Crimson Red; Tuscan Red.

Koh-I-Noor: Skin and hair - 11; 23

Clothes - 24; 12



Rebecca Fabozzi with Fireman Luka



Coloring Medium: Copics

Skin - E21, E00, E0000, R02

Hair - E27, E23, E21

Hat - R29, R27, R24, R22

Overalls - Y15, Y13, Y02

Shirt - W1, W00

Hose - W9, W7, W5, W3, W1

Dog - E33, E31, E30



Rosie Bridges with Darling Marci



Coloring Medium: Copics & chalk

Skin - E000, chalk

Lips - R32

Hair - YR21, YR23, YR31

Clothes - Paper-pieced & chalk

Shoes - R32, BV 23, chalk



Trisha McMullen with Pumpkin Marci



Coloring Medium: Copics

Skin - E000, E00, E21, R20

Hair - E11, E51, E53, E55, E59

Hat - R22, R27, R29

Leaves - YG13, YG95, YG97, G20, G21



Now don't forget to check back here on Friday for more inspiration from my fellow DT sisters. Did you notice from last Friday that we have a new DT member? I hope you all say a warm welcome to our newest DT member, Sue Kohler from my Inner Reflection (Team Friday).



Want to play along? Please upload your creations to our Customer Gallery so we can all admire your work! Who knows, it may land you a spot on our DT. We saw Sue's lovely work in our Customer Gallery, which led to us offering her a DT spot!



Have a wonderful week!

Rosie :)

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Please say NO to Image Swapping

This is a special and unfortunately a very necessary message to all of our fans and customers.

Please HELP US protect our designs by saying NO to image swapping.

We know that some of you are not even aware of our Angel Policy. We are not blaming you for that. Who reads the fine print anyway?

We were recently made aware that more and more people are swapping our images. We would like to take a minute to point out that we DO NOT ALLOW our images to be swapped, neither the stamped images of our rubber stamps nor the printed digis. Here is the link to the Terms of Service page on our website, please scroll down to Angel Policy.

Please understand that we are not against you letting your close friends "play" with our images when you have a get together at home or at a crop. We are only happy that they get introduced to our images and we hope that after they would purchase some of our stamps as well. We however, are not happy at all about LARGE swaps happening all over the Internet with hundreds of people participating.

We work very hard to bring you the high quality images that you all fell in love with. It makes us sad to see our work being unappreciated by being swapped. Please try putting yourselves in our shoes. How would you feel if something that you put your heart and soul into creating was being shared without your knowledge and approval? Something like swapping the images might seem innocent, but in fact it hurts business. This is how we make our living and this is how we can keep on bringing you the new images.

When you purchase our images, you are automatically agreeing to our Terms of Service, whether you read them or not. That's the law after all. Please understand that when you purchase our stamps, you only purchase a PERSONAL license to use them. We still and will always hold the copyright to our images.

We would also like to point out that we are not alone and that our Angel Policy about No Swapping Allowed is in fact very common within the stamping companies. In fact, most stamping companies do not allow swaps. You can find more information HERE on why swapping is wrong as well as the links to a lot of different companies that do not allow it. Please be aware that even though the list of the companies is pretty long, it is not complete. When in doubt,  always check with the company about their policies.

We are only asking you to help us protect our designs. If you come across the image swaps on forums, blogs, Splitcoaststampers, Youtube, etc. - please don't participate and instead let them know that they are infringing on our copyright. If you would rather have us talk to them, you can always email us with their information to info@lalalandcrafts.com.

Again, we would like to emphasize that we love our fans. You are the best!! We are sad that we had to bring this to your attention, but we feel that with your help and support we can put a stop to it.

Thank you, thank you, thank you for reading to the very end of this important message!!

Hugs!!

:) Irina

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Free Pattern: Loopy Six-Petal Flower

I used this flower for the new version of the Newborn Earflap Hat.

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Blog Hop WINNER!!!

Anticipation, anticipation!!  

But let me first thank all of you who took time in your busy days to hop through all of our blogs and to leave your wonderful comments!!  Really appreciated!!

We are already working on the new Marci and Luka images and hope that you will love them just as much as you love the ones from our first year :-)  I wish I could show you some already, really!!

Well..  Without further ado...  The random comment to win is..

...

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#60!!!

Congatulations Kathlene!!  You are the WINNER!!!!  

Here is what Kathlene said in her comment:

Kathlene said... 60

Happy Birthday! Your images are all adorable, but after hopping and enjoying all the beautiful creations, I have to say Mermaid Marci is my fave! Got you on my blog, thanks for the chance to win this awesome gift package.

Congrats Kathlene!!  Please email us your mailing address and we will get your goodies out to you :-)

To everyone else, thanks again!!  

Hugs!!

:) Irina

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Earflap Hat Newborn Pattern Updated

 

In an effort to standardize my hat sizes, I revamped the newborn size earflap hat pattern.  The old pattern (pictured below) was a little smaller than my other newborn hats, so this new pattern (above) should fit the "average" size newborn better.

The old pattern is still available, here, for anyone who still wants access to it.

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Inspiration Friday {Stitching - Faux or Real}

Happy Friday! This is Jeanette and it is my turn to welcome you to La-Land Land Crafts Inspiration Friday.

Every Monday and Friday La-La Land Crafts new Design Team will be bringing you a new inspirational theme. You are more than welcome to play along as we would love to see your creations with La-La Land Craft stamps. Please link your projects to our Customer Gallery.

This week the inspiration is:

Stitching - Faux or Real

Here are the cards created by the Design Team:

Jeanette using Fairy Marci:

Copic Colors:
Skin: E000, E00, E01, R20
Hair: E50, E31, E33, YR30
Clothing: BV11, BV20, BV23, BV25, BV29
Wings: BG000, G00, G03

Sandie using Princess Marci:

Copic Markers -
Skin - E00, 01, 11. R20
Hair - E42, 43, 44
Dress - R81, 83, 85
Trim - G00, 02. Stickles
Crown - Y21, 26, 28

Angie using Pilot Luka:

Watercolor with Ranger Distress Inks:

tea dye, tattered rose, antique linen, vintage photo, walnut stain, scattered straw, weathered wood, tumbled glass, shabby shutters, peeled paint, black soot, pumice stone

Suzanne using Fancy Marci:

Copic Markers:

Hair- E50, E51, E53, E55
Skin: E50, E51, E53
Lips: R02 Dress:
E01, E02, E05
Sash and Trim: BG11, BG13, BG15

Inge Groot using  Sweetheart Marci:

Copic Colors
Skin: E00, E11, E13
Hair: C5, C7, C9
Hearts: YG00, YG03, YG63
Skirt: C1,C3,C5

Cindy using Genie Marci:

Copics:
Skin E00, E11, R20
Browns: E37, E35
Pinks: E93, R30
Hair:E51, Y23

Hope you enjoyed our fun challenge. We hope to see your cards in the customer gallery. Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs Jeanette

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Tutorial Thursday {Cutting Out Images}

Hi everyone!! lots of people have asked me how I cutout tight spots in my images so I thought I’d give you a few tips. First up you need a image you colored, I have SWEET Buccaneer Marci all colored and trimmed around. Next you will want a pair of small SHARP Scissors. I always need my reading glasses, for the fine details.

Then I start trimming around my image about an 1/8 of an inch. Just follow your image all the way around.

Ok now this is where I cheat a bit, I cut between her boots cutting on the solid line between them. Many people like to use a craft knife for this, so that there isn’t a cut on her boots. I haven’t mastered the art of cutting with a knife and end up wrecking my image.

Here she is all cut out, you can see where I sliced between her boots. You can leave her like that or I sometimes but a little piece of tape on the back, so you don’t notice the seam. See my finished project below, you don’t even notice the seam.

Buccaneer Marci

Skin: E00, E11, R20

Hair: Y23, E31

Grey: T2, T5, T7

Outfit: RV66, RV63, RV69

Orange: YR07, YR04

I used this technique on Cowgirl Marci's rope! You can see my Cowgirl Marci post HERE!!

Hugs Cindy XXOO

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