La La Land Crafts Inspiration Friday - Flower Power !

Good morning ! It's Friday and that can only mean one thing, yes, it's Inspiration Friday over at La La Land Crafts !

Our inspiration for you this week is "Flower Power" and you can see the DT's amazing cards over at the La La Land Crafts Blog.

The DP's are Echo Park "Springtime" which are sooo pretty. These have all been machine stitched.

I used "Marci with a Rose" stamp and coloured her with Copics, a full list of the colours I used can be seen on the La La Land Crafts Blog.

The fabric flower is by Bo Bunny and the little flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts

Don't forget you can join us in our inspiration by uploading your cards to our customer gallery and you could be in with a chance of winning a prize at the end of the month.

Before I go, have you seen the new digi stamps over at La La Land Crafts ? Well, you can now buy the new "scene digis" which are just amazing ! Irina has coloured a couple of them up for you to see over at the La La Land Crafts Blog and they are stunning.

I hope you have a great Friday and thank you for your visit !

Simon Says Challenge - Anything Goes

Good morning my lovelies and welcome to another Simon Says Challenge !

Thank you to everyone who joined in with our Bingo challenge last week, we had lots of fabulous entries. Check on the blog to see if you were the lucky winner !

This week our challenge is easy for you, ANYTHING GOES so the perfect opportunity for you to show off the new goodies you may have had for Christmas !

We had a little gift swap between the DT members and some of us are showing the things we made for each other.

The lucky winner will of course win that super duper $50 spending spree in the Simon Says Stamp Store ! Thank's again Heidi for being so generous.









I hope Mandy doesn't mind me showing you this ! This was the gift I made for her for Christmas. It was one of the larger match boxes for kitchen matches and I covered it in Echo Park "Winter Park" paper.

The snowflake trim was from my stash.

The image is an "a la mode" image by My Favorite Things. Simon Says Stamp have just started stocking this range of MFT stamps which I am soooo excited about as I just love them (if you hadn't noticed !). Just search "MFT" or "My Favorite Things" and you should be able to find the ones currently in stock. Keep checking out "New Just In" for the new stock coming in !

The snowflakes were punched from a Martha Stewart "Arctic" Snowflake Punch

I used a pearl brad for a little handle.

The rest of the DT have made some very inspirational projects for you to look at this week so hop on over and take a look.

We hope you can join us in our challenge this week.

Thank's for your visit and hope to see you again soon !

Papertake Weekly - A Sketch

I hope you all had a great Christmas. I can't believe it has been and gone already ! It was so fantastic to see the girls so excited in the run up and they loved all their presents. I was a lucky girl too and had some lovely gifts given to me.

Here we are again with another challenge from Papertake Weekly, the last one of 2011.

We have a sketch for you drawn by our very own Dawny.



We are being sponsored by the fabulous Simon Says Stamp this week with an awesome prize of a $20 shopping voucher !



I went with very simple for this card !! I also decided to make a male card as I need to fill my boxes with some male cards otherwise they will have to put up with fairies for their birthdays !!

The image is by Lili of the Valley and he has been coloured with copics.

The papers are by My Mind's Eye "Away We Go" and these have all been machine stitched.

I used my Dymo to create the sentiment.

The fish charm is from my stash.

We hope you can join in with our challenge this week. If you require inspiration, the DT have made some amazing cards for you to look at.

Thank you for your visit and have a great Bank Holiday Tuesday !

Bye for now,

Jo xxxx

La La Land Crafts Inspiration Friday

Good morning How are we all today ? Finished all the Christmas shopping ? Well, Christmas can come when it likes here now as all the wrapping has been done, food shopping done and all the pressies and cards delivered so I'm a very happy bunny !

It's Inspiration Friday again over at La La Land Crafts and this week we are inspiring you with ALL WHITE EXCEPT THE IMAGE. The other DT girlies have done an amazing job with this challenge. Pop on over to the La La Land Craft Blogs to take a look !

I used Birthday Marci and she was coloured with Copics. You can see a full list of the colours on the La La Land Crafts Blog.

The balloons are dies by CC Designs and I embossed them with a Sizzix embossing folder.

I used the MFT stamp and die set called "First Place Award Ribbon" for my sentiment.

The gems are all from my stash.

I am entering a couple of challenges with my card :

My Mum's Craft Shop - Anything Goes

Charisma Cardz- Anything Goes

Well, that just leaves me to say bye, bye and wish you all a very Happy Christmas. I hope you have a super weekend with your family and friends and I hope you receive some wonderful surprises from Santa. I will be back next week with another round of DT cards so until then - HAVE A GOOD ONE !!!

Simon Says Challenge - Bingo !

Good morning and welcome to another Simon Says Challenge !

Our challenge for you this week is a game of Bingo ! So, eyes down, here is your bingo card....



The lucky winner will of course win that super duper $50 spending spree in the Simon Says Stamp Store ! Thank's again Heidi for being so generous.

Time has been so tight this week I only had the chance to make a gift tag !

I used the bingo line, 1 across.

The DP's are Echo Park "Everybody Loves Christmas"

I used two MFT stamp and die-namics sets, Tag You're It and Christmas Ornaments.

I added some Hero Arts Clear Gems and lots of Diamond Stickles

I added some twine to the top of the tag

The rest of the DT have made some amazing cards for your inspiration this week. Please pop on over and take a look.

We hope you can come along and play with us this week and we look forward to seeing what you come up with.

Have a great Wednesday !

Papertake Weekly - Last Christmas....Card of the Year !

Good afternoon ! I hope you are all OK, well and full of festive cheer ?! I am pleased to say I am now feeling much better although I'm so tired. I was thinking I would have to go back to the Doctors at the weekend as the antibiotics still weren't working but Sunday morning arrived and it was the first time I was able to swallow in over a week !

Here we are again with another challenge over at Papertake Weekly. This week our challenge is "Last Christmas....Card of the Year". All this means is that this is your last chance to showcase what you’ve been making for the festive season so we just want to see your Christmas cards or projects, so this is the last festive type challenge of the year here at Papertake.

We are being sponsored by "The Ribbon Girl".

Oh yes, surprise, surprise another MFT stamp ! Yes, this is a new "a la mode" stamp and I just had to get it. They get better and better all the time. This one is called "Ski Bunny" and she has been coloured with a mix of Copics and ProMarkers.

The DP's are Echo Park (of course !) "Winter Park" and these are perfect for this image with the little ski themed tickets on the papers.

We look forward to seeing all your festives makes ! The DT have made some amazing cards should you need any inspiration !

Thank you for your visit today and hope you have a great Tuesday !

Welcome to Inspiration Friday over at the La La Land Crafts Blog.

This week we are all about CIRCLES !

I used Lil' Rocker Luka and coloured him with Copics (you can see a full list of the colours I used on the La La Land Crafts Blog !).

The DP's are My Mind's Eye Kraft Funday "Happy Days" as are the chipboard embellies. These were all machine stitched.

We love to see your La-La Land Crafts makes so just link them up to the Customer Gallery and be in with a chance to win a prize.

Thank you for your visit today and have a great day and keep warm !

Simon Says Challenge - Domi's Sketch

Welcome to another Simon Says Challenge.

This week we have a sketch for you by our super teamie, Domi


The Design Team are showcasing Stickles and Glitter and also stamps by La La Land Crafts. If you have any of these we would love to see them but if not, it is not compulsory to take part in this challenge.

The lucky winner will of course win that super duper $50 spending spree in the Simon Says Stamp Store ! Thank's again Heidi for being so generous.

The DP's are My Mind's Eye "Blink of an Eye"

The image is by La La Land Crafts and I have used Big Panda Marci.

The borders have been cut with an MFT die called "Wonky Border"

The letters are from my stash and I have coloured with with a Copic pen and then added some diamond stickles to them

We hope you can join us in our challenge this week, the DT have made some amazing cards for your inspiration !

Thank you for your visit !

Papertake Weekly - I'm Dreaming of a ....... Christmas !

Sorry for being late again ! This week I have a very good reason, I'm suffering from tonsillitis so bad in fact I can't even swallow my own spit :( I now have some antibiotics though and hope to be on the road to recovery very soon but my goodness, I do feel poorly :(

This week at Papertake Weekly we are all dreaming of our favourite colours for Christmas cards and other projects. We are being sponsored by Whiff of Joy who are giving away a fabby stamp for the lucky winner.

I have been dreaming about a blue and brown Christmas. I just adore these papers by Bo Bunny called "Snowfall".

The snowman stamp is by Inkadinkado

The little "stamp" stamps are also by Inkadinkado but I bought them in a bargain bin a long time ago and I'm not sure that they are still available. The set is called "Welcome Winter"

We hope you can join us in our challenge this week and we look forward to seeing what colour you love at Christmas !

Thank you for your visit and keep warm !

Scrap-Mart Holiday Blog Hop News

La La Land Crafts has joined forces with some other major companies for a blog hop with lots of wonderful prizes ! If you would like to join in with the hop, then please pop on over to the La La Land Crafts Blog to find out more information !

Here is another card I have made with the New Release Stamps from La La Land Crafts. I have used Snowboarding Marci !

I used lots of torn Core'dinations card for this card and some Lawn Fawn "Flurries" stamps.

The snowflakes are an MFT die set.

You can see the list of Copic colours I used over on the La La Land Crafts Blog !

Have a great day, enjoy the hop and good luck !!!

Simon Says Challenge ..... Christmas Photomontage Inspiration !

Whooo what a posh title for this week's challenge over at Simon Says Challenge ! We bring you only the best and poshest of challenges you know ! hehehe !

Our lovely teamie Joy came up with the photomontage which is courtesy of Pinterest which is another site which has you hooked for hours on end !!

Now if that doesn't get your creative juices flowing, I don't know what will !

The lucky winner will of course win that super duper $50 spending spree in the Simon Says Stamp Store ! Thank's again Heidi for being so generous.

I loved the vintage look of the photos on the montage so took that as my inspiration.

The DP's are BoBunny "Snowfall". I have distressed the edges of them and added some gold paint dapper to the edges. I also used a gold leaf pen I have too which is just gorgeous for adding some shine.

I used the Tim Holtz clock die.

The tag I used is from the MFT "Tag You're It" Stamp and Die set.

The Father Christmas stamp is by Inkadinkado and is called "Sketches Santa". I have coloured him with a mixture of Copics and Prismacolor pencils. I have wanted to try and colour on kraft card for a long time and I was really pleased with the results.

The wooden snowflakes are from my stash but I see that Maya Road make very similar ones. I inked them with vintage photo distress ink and added some of the gold paint dapper on them too.

The ribbon and button are from my stash.

The chipboard letters are a Sizzix die I have had buried for a long time and I saw it being used recently in the latest edition of Craft Stamper Magazine. I cut them from chipboard and applied some light gold leaf flake mix to them. They look gorgeous in real life ! I think these gold leaf sheets would be very similar to what I used.

We hope you can join us in our challenge this week and we look forward to being inspired by you. If you need any further inspiration then the DT have made some amazing cards for you again this week. Please hop on over to the challenge blog and take a look.

Have a great day and thank you for your visit !

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

I am sorry I am a day late with my Papertake Weekly post. What happened to yesterday ? It just came and went in a flash and before I knew it, I was back in bed again !!

Our challenge this week is ANYTHING GOES with the option of adding something dangly !!! We are being sponsored by Lili of the Valley who are giving the lucky winner a £10 gift voucher away as a super duper prize !

I really don't like my card for this week's challenge, I think the papers I used are far too busy and I regret using them now :(

The DP's are Echo Park "Holly Jolly".

I used the tag from the MFT "Tag You're It" stamp and die set

The Christmas trees and sleigh are a Marianne Creatables die. I added lots of gems and liquid applique to them.


The bauble is from another MFT set called "Christmas Ornaments"

The ribbon is from my stash.

My "dangly" bit is the silver bell I used !

We hope you can join us in our challenge this week and we can't wait to see your amazing creations. The DT have some super duper inspiration for you again !

Take care and thank you for your visit !

La La Land Crafts - December 2011 NEW RELEASE !

Good morning ! I am sooo excited to tell you of my fabby news ! I have been invited back as a full time, proper DT member of La La Land Crafts ! How fantastic is that ? I just adore their stamps and images and the team of gals I am working with are just amazing.

My first post as a fully fledged member is to tell you about our December New Release !

Here is my card I made for the New Release using Saluting Marci.


The DP's are My Mind's Eye Kraft Funday "Happy Days" and I machine stitched them all.

The image is Saluting Marci and these are the colours I used :

Skin : E13, E11, E000, E00, R20 and R21
Hair : E29, E27, E25, E23 and E35
T-Shirt : YG97, YG93 and E35 and E31
Shorts : E35 and E33
Boots : Promarkers Warm Grey 4, 3 and 2
Flag : R29 and Promarker Royal Blue

I made some dog tags using the MFT notched tag die and stamp set and a couple of Tim Holtz goodies !

If you're a follower of our Facebook Page, you may have seen some of these cuties already in digi form. But now they are available in the La-La Land Crafts STORE in rubber...right in time for the Holidays!!

First up, we have:

Saluting Luka (sentiments included)
Saluting Marci (sentiments included)

*Part of the proceeds from the sales of Saluting Marci and Saluting Luka stamps will be donated to Operation Write Home (OWH).

Next up we have:

Snowboard Luka
Snowboard Marci
Mod Marci



And finally we have ACCESSORIES for our cuties to sit on....can you say YIPPEE!!

Heart Chair
Garden Bench (sentiment included)
Suitcase Set (6 stamps)



To better showcase this new release the Design Team have made some amazing cards. If you hop over to the La La Land Crafts Blog, you can see what all the Designers have made and visit their blogs for further details.

We hope you enjoy these new stamps as much as we do!! We are especially excited that our Luka and Marci have things to sit on! Now head on over to the STORE right away to pick up your rubber stamps before they sell out.

We have some more exciting things coming up so check back on the La La Land Crafts Blog in a few hours for a fantabulous blog hop we are participating in!

Thank you for your visit today and I hope you like the new release as much as we all do !

Simon Says Challenge - Anything Goes

Good morning and welcome to another Simon Says Challenge !

This week our theme is ANYTHING GOES. The DT are showcasing Unity and Lawn Fawn Stamps. We would love to see you use them if you have any but its not compulsory to enter this challenge. Just have fun !

The lucky winner will of course win that super duper $50 spending spree in the Simon Says Stamp Store ! Thank's again Heidi for being so generous.

I used some Core'dinations card for the blue card and some silver mirror card. I stamped the pale blue card with snowflake stamps from the "Flurries" Fawn Lawn stamp set. I used Colorbox Frost White Ink - this is the best white ink I have ever used and I can highly recommend it. It gives a very good impression and you will be impressed when you see it on dark card ! It is also on special offer at the moment in the Simon Says Stamp Store

The circle was cut using Lacey Circle Nestabilities and I sanded the edges with some sand paper. I added plenty of Icicle Stickles and then stamped this cute rabbit which is another Lawn Fawn Stamp called "Winter Bunny"

The snowflakes were punched with a Martha Stewart Snowflake Punch

The ribbon and bells are from my stash.

We hope you can join us in our challenge this week and we look forward to seeing all your creations.

Thank you for your visit today, it was lovely to see you. Have a great day !