La-La's Weekly Wednesday Challenge #14

Yay! It's time for another La-La's Weekly Wednesday Challenge! This week I'm hosting and I've chosen a 3-2-1 Recipe as my challenge. I would like you to use 3 patterned papers, 2 colors of cardstock (white counts as a color), and 1 type of embellishment.

Now since opinions can differ as to what is an embellishment, I've made a list of the 'bellies that I think have more visual "weight" and count for purposes of this challenge: ribbon/lace, buttons, gems/pearls/acrylic drops, beads, charms, brads/eyelets, other metal hardware and flowers. So pick one type off the list, but you can use as many of that one type as you like! Anything that's not on the list is ok (such as glitter, liquid applique, punched pieces, Flower Soft, etc.). I hope this isn't too complicated and that you have fun with this challenge!

Here's my card:


I used Winter Lala and a sketch from Card Patterns. Lala was stamped, colored with Copics, cut out and popped up on foam boosters. All the patterned papers are from the Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses 6x6 paper pad and the cardstock is Bazzill. To finish off the card I added some little gems, a bunch of sewing, and a sentiment from Papertrey Ink.

Other challenges:

• Stamp n' Scrap Hawaii - stitching
• Timeless Tuesday Challenge - Christmas
• Papertake Weekly Challenge - Christmas Crackers
• Creative Card Crew - Favorite Things (La-La Land stamps are some of my favorites and I adore these Basic Grey patterned papers!)

I hope you'll play along with us! All the details can be found on the La-La Land Crafts blog. TFL!

Glitter Snowflake Pile It On!

I have a Pile It On! card for you today. This week one of our own DT members is our sponsor! Amy Schultz is a Close To My Heart Independent Consultant and has generously donated a prize this week, and also sent out CTMH items to the team to create with! Please check out her blog and see the PIO blog for info about a fabulous promotion she has going right now!

This week our challenge is to use rub-ons and this is what I came up with:


That big snowflake in the center is a CTMH rub-on that I accented with Stickles, an extra sprinkle of glitter and some tiny rhinestones. The patterned paper and red cardstock (which I embossed with a Spellbinders snowflake Impressabilities template) are also from CTMH - thanks Amy! To give the card a little more interest, I did a blanket stitch around the edge of the red circle with white crochet thread. It was easy to do and I think it lends a really homey touch to the card.

Challenges:

• Pile It On! - rub-ons
• The Pink Elephant - sketch
• Quixotic Challenges - colors kraft and red
• Stamp n' Scrap Hawaii - stitching

I hope you like it and TFL!

La-La's Weekly Wednesday Challenge #13

If you're looking for the Your Next Stamp Challenge #4, it's the post directly below this one. Thanks!

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Wednesday means it's time for another La-La's Weekly Wednesday Challenge! This week our theme was set by none other than our super fabulous and talented Irina and is "We are thankful for you", just in time for Thanksgiving. The challenge is to make a Thank You card or project.

Before I show you my card, I want to let you know that there is blog candy to be won!!

Here is what's in our Blog Candy for you this time:

- Pumpkin Lala
- Spellbinders Shapeabilities Nested Maple Leaves
- Two of Heidi Grace Clear Stamp sets
- Hero Arts DesignBlock Background Stamp
- Magenta Tree Stamp
- HOTP Autumn Leaves
- Making Memories Autumn Splendor Sheer Frames
- Prima Daisy Doodles set of Flowers

To enter into the Blog Candy you just need to participate in the Thankful Challenge. Please also spread the word and mention our Blog Candy on your blogs. The winner will be randomly picked from your entries into the Challenge.

And now on to my card! Here's what I came up with this week:


I used Sitting Lala and a sketch from Friday Sketchers.

I stamped Lala, colored her with Copics (with just a bit of colored pencils around the irises), cut her out and popped her up with foam boosters. I very lightly distressed all the straight edges of the patterned papers and sewed down the 2 green strips. Lastly I added some ribbon, flowers with leaves, and a sentiment.

We'd love to have you join us! Please see the La-La Land Crafts blog for all the details! TFL!

Other materials used: sentiment (Mega Mixed Messages set) and Dark Chocolate ink - Papertrey Ink ; patterned paper - Pebbles Inc.; vanilla cardstock - Stampin' Up!; ribbon - My Favorite Things; hydrangea flowers - Prima; roses - Paper Wishes; rectangle and scalloped rectangle Nestabilities.

Your Next Stamp Challenge #4

Yay! I have another Your Next Stamp Challenge today! Our challenge was set by Stephanie and is to create a thank you card. Here's what I came up with:


I decided to use Yippee Fhiona because she's so cute and fun! She was stamped, colored with Copics, cut out and popped up on foam boosters. I used the Sketch For You To Try from Jen del Muro. YNS is sponsoring the SFYTT this week and you still have a couple days to enter to win a $10 gift certificate to the store!

The sentiment is a Quickutz diecut which I cut out of cardstock a few times, and then once out of patterned paper and glued them all together. I wanted it pretty thick so it would stand out from the PP underneath. For the mat around the Nesties label, I just traced the outside of the same die with a pencil on the back of the PP and cut it out.

This week we have a change in the rules for playing along with our challenge - you don't have to use a YNS image, but if you do, you will get an extra entry in the random drawing for the prize of $10 in YNS Bucks! Also, everyone who participates in this challenge will get one of the limited edition Christmas/Winter digis for FREE! If you've already got all of the digis, then you'll get a $3 coupon code to use at the store! So c'mon and play with us!! For full details, please see the YNS Challenge Blog. TFL!

Winner of YNS Blog Hop!

Hi everybody! Thanks so much for hopping along with the Starlets and all your sweet comments - I appreciate each and every one! I hope you were inspired by our projects!

I have the random winner of the 2 Christmas digis today! After going through all the comments and finding the ones that listed their fave new Fhiona set or Christmas digi, I did the random generator thing (sorry, I'm feeling a bit under the weather and didn't have the energy to do a picture of the winning number), and I came up with: Mary of My Scrap Happy Life! Congrats Mary!! Please email Karen: karen(at)yournextstamp(dot)com with your 2 individual digi image choices.

Thanks again to everybody for joining us for the hop! Just a little reminder that there will be a new YNS Challenge posted tomorrow and we'd love to have you all play along!

Warm Penguin Wishes

ETA: This card was featured on Little Red Wagon! Woohoo!
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Today I have a card that I made for a bunch of challenges, and also because I really wanted to use my Penguin Love set from There She Goes. I got the idea to make a sort of quilt looking card and here's what I came up with:


All the squares are 1.5" and the papers are old Basic Grey. For the little scene squares, I was inspired by this card and other similar cards all by Jessica Knutsen. I couldn't do tone on tone because you'd never see white on white, so I stamped the backgrounds in a light blue ink, and then added the penguins popped up on foam boosters. Each one has some paper pieced clothing all stamped on the same scrap of striped PP.

After I distressed and sponged the edges of all the squares, I sewed them to a piece of Kraft cardstock with a combination of straight and zigzag stitches. Next I diecut a piece of chipboard and some glitter cardstock with a Sizzix snowflake die and glued them together. I poked 2 holes in the snowflake and then sewed it with a button to the quilt with crochet thread. I also sewed on all the other buttons with crochet thread. Lastly I sponged the edges of the white base and glued the quilt to it.

Challenges:

• There She Goes - use chipboard
• A Spoon Full of Sugar - create a scene
• Crafty Creations - snow
• Quixotic - stitching
• Little Red Wagon - use last year's Christmas scraps
• 3 Clovers - Birds or Bugs
• Cute Card Thursday - glitter
• Flourishes - inspired by "My Favorite Things" lyrics (I have warm woolen mittens and the kraft quilt base is like a brown paper package, then the button in the center is tied up with strings!)

I hope you like it and TFL!

La-La's Weekly Wednesday Challenge #12

Before I get to this week's challenge, I have a couple things to share. First, Monday was our Guest DT Katie Tate's birthday! Her creations are totally fabulous and she is a queen of combining challenges, as well as putting on her own challenges at Cooking It Up With Katie, so please check her out and leave her some love!

Second, La-La Land Crafts will be at the Stamp in the Hand Show in Carson, CA on November 14-15 at the Stamp On Over booth, so if you're anywhere near there, stop by! Ok, now on to the challenge!

This week our challenge was set by Kathy and is to use die cuts/punches. This is a pretty easy challenge for me since I use my Nesties on almost every single card I make! But just to make it fit the challenge a little more, I also used a snowflake diecut from Sizzix:


I used the super cute Candy Cane Lala and this sketch from Card Patterns:


Lala was colored with Copics, cut out and popped up with foam boosters. I gave her a snowy hill to stand on by coloring in a hill shape with a really light blue Copic, and then covering the hill with glitter. The snowflake was die cut from glitter cardstock and the final touches were the gems, ribbon and a Making Memories rub-on. The papers are all Basic Grey (Eskimo Kisses collection).

Other challenges:

• Stampin' B's - Christmas card
• Allsorts - bling
• Cupcake Craft - snow

We'd love to have you play along with us! All the details can be found on the La-La Land Crafts Blog. TFL!