We are going to the show!!

Weekly Challenges at La-La Land Crafts, this week's challenge is Paper Piece It!! For details and to enter check out this post.

This coming Saturday I will be at the Stamp in the Hand show (aka as The Original Rubber Stamp Convention) in San Jose, CA. I will be there with the store where I teach my classes, Cranberry Hill Mercantile. The name of our booth is Stamp On Over, this is the name of the stamp/scrapbook area of the store :-)

The store is bringing my La-La Land Crafts stamps to the show too!!! And, I will be doing a Make-and-Take with one of my new Halloween stamps. The photos of the Make-and-Take are below.. It is an altered plastic container!! Cute, cute, cute!!




Double sided Reminisce paper. Inverted scallop Nestabilites. Rosie is colored with Copics.

The big brad with the cat in the center was made with the Build-a-Brad tool (we will have the tool for sale in our booth!!!). The brad was made with the same designer paper, how cool is that!!! You can make your own brads to coordinate with your projects!!

JustRite stamp on the back of the container. We will have tons of JustRite stamp and accessories at the show.

Oh, and we are going to have some of these empty containers for sale as well!! You can alter it as you wish and create your own Halloween treat!!

If you are coming to the show, make sure to stop by the Stamp On Over booth to make this cute Halloween project or just to say "hi".

Here is the link to the show with more information.

See you there!!

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Trick or Treat - Whiskers with Pumpkin

I got a chance to play with one more stamp from the new Halloween release from La-La Land Crafts!!! This stamp is called "Whiskers with Pumpkin". Whiskers has carved his pumpkin and now is going to "trick or treat" with his little friend. On the stamp both of the cats are wearing bunny suits as their Halloween costumes, I cut the bunny ears off to make them look like they are the ghosts :-). You can buy this and other stamps from our online store, here is the link.

La-La Land Crafts Shipping Special for the month of September!! All orders over $50 within US receive FREE Shipping, our International friends will receive a shipping discount. Here is the link to our store.

This is the second card for my upcoming "Halloween in La-La Land" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. We will make three cards in this class. To see the other two card please click here and here. This class is scheduled for:

Thursday, October 1st, 11 am to 2 pm
Thursday, October 1st, 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Sunday, October 11th, 12 am to 3 pm

Please bring your pop-up dots (foam tape) and your favorite dry adhesive to the class. All other supplies will be provided.

$30, 10 participants max

Class kits are available until October 10th, $35 each.

Please call Cranberry Hill Mercantile at 408-736-9151 to sign up for the class and/or purchase your kit/s.

This card measures 6" x 6".





The cats were colored with Copic Markers and cut out. I applied Diamond Glaze over the pumpkin and on the cats' eyes. There are Orange Peel Stickles on the pumpkin. DP is from BoBunny. Martha Stewart fence and bats punches. The greeting inside of the card is from the JustRite Halloween set.

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Flying by to say Hi

I needed to make another Halloween card today with one of the stamps from La-La Land Crafts and found this challenge on SCS. I used this card from Heather's gallery as my inspiration, it was just perfect!!!

This is the second card for my upcoming "Halloween in La-La Land" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. We will make three cards in this class. To see the first card please click here. I am still working on the third card.. This class is scheduled for:

Thursday, October 1st, 11 am to 2 pm
Thursday, October 1st, 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Sunday, October 11th, 12 am to 3 pm

Please bring your pop-up dots (foam tape) and your favorite dry adhesive to the class. All other supplies will be provided.

$30, 10 participants max

Class kits are available until October 10th, $35 each.

Please call Cranberry Hill Mercantile at 408-736-9151 to sign up for the class and/or purchase your kit/s.

This card measures 6" x 6".





I used "Flying Witch Rosie" on this card, don't you just love the look on cat's face!!?? You can buy this and other stamps in La-La Land Crafts online store, click here to go shopping. The image was colored with Copic Markers, cut out and popped on foam tape in front of the moon.

Designer Paper is from Reminisce. Circle and the moon behind Rosie were cut with Circle Nestabilites. Both of the sentiments (on the banner and inside of the card) are from the clear stamp set by Hero Arts called "Halloween Halloween".

Weekly Challenges at La-La Land Crafts, this week's challenge is Embellish It!! For details and to enter check out this post.

La-La Land Crafts Halloween stamps are now available in our online store, here is the link.

La-La Land Crafts Shipping Special for the month of September!! All orders over $50 within US receive FREE Shipping, our International friends will receive a shipping discount. Here is the link to our store.

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Old Fashioned Christmas with Graphic 45

Have you seen new Christmas paper Collection by Graphic 45? It is absolutely GORGEOUS!!! I knew I had to make cards with their Frames and Tags the minute I saw them!! This is actually the really easy way to make some great Christmas cards with a little effort.. The Frames paper sheet includes 7 frames in different sizes. On the cards below I have used a largest frame that measures 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" (it is HUGE) and one of the three medium size frames. All I did was to use coordinating paper for the cards, sponged all the layers, embellished and enhanced the frames and added "tags" to the center of the cards.

Both of these cards are for my upcoming "Graphic 45 Christmas" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. We will make 5 cards in this class, all different designs. I am still working on the other 3 cards. This class is scheduled for:

Thursday, October 8th, 11 am to 2 pm
Thursday, October 8th, 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Sunday, October 18th, 12 pm to 3 pm

Please bring Versamark Ink Pad, VersaMarker, your favorite dry adhesive and pop up dots (foam tape) to the class. All other supplies will be provided.

$30, 10 participants max

Class Kits are available until October 18th, 35 each. Please call Cranberry Hill Mercantile at 408-736-9151 to sign up for the class and/or purchase your kit/s.

The first card measures 6" x 6".



I punched out the "frame" from the paper sheet, then punched out the middle part of it with the image. I used the cracked glass technique to enhance the image. Really like how it turned out. The frame has been popped onto the card and then I popped the layer with the main image on the top of it. Borders on the sides are from Cuttlebug. The ribbon has been tied up with twine and there is a button on the top of it. The tag and the circle with Santa image in the center of the card are from the Tags Sheet.

The card below was made with the largest frame from the same Frames sheet as the card above. This card measures 5 1/2" x 8 1/2".



The frame on this card was enhanced by embossing the Holly Berries and the Pine branches with Clear embossing powder, copper brads on the sentiment tag and using Spica pens on the Santa image. The tag inside of the card is from the Tags sheet.

All of the supplies used to design this card are available at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. If you don't live in the area, please call the store at 408-736-9151 to place your order over the phone.

Weekly Challenge at La-La Land Crafts, this week's challenge is Embellish It!! For details and to enter check out this post.

La-La Land Crafts Halloween stamps are now available in our online store, here is the link.

La-La Land Crafts Shipping Special for the month of September!! All orders over $50 within US receive FREE Shipping, our International friends will receive a shipping discount. Here is the link to our store.

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I (well, my card) was featured in an article!!

First some news!! I got an email last night from Michelle Vocke. Michelle writes two columns for Examiner.com -- a national Scrapbooking and Stamping column and a local DC Paper Craft column. Michelle wanted to let me know that she included one of my Halloween cards in an article's slide show in her national column!!! Wanna know which card? Just scroll to my previous post or click here. And here is the link to Michelle's article. Thank you SO MUCH Michelle, you had made my day!!

Now onto today's card.. The card below was made with Sitting Rosie with Cat from the First Release Rosie Collection from La-La Land Crafts. You can purchase this and other La-La Land Crafts stamps in our La-La Land Crafts online store. Halloween stamps are now available too!!

We have a Shipping Special during the month of September!! Orders over $50 receive FREE Shipping within US, International orders receive a shipping discount.

This card measures 6" x 6".



I kept the layout simple to let the image stand out. Really love how these different papers look together. Rosie image was colored with Copic Markers, and popped on the card.

Weekly Challenge at La-La Land Crafts, this week's challenge is Embellish It!! For details and to enter click here.

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Cat on a Broom

This card was made with the stamp from Impression Obsession, not sure about the name of it, there is nothing on the package..

This is the third card for my upcoming "Impression Obsession Halloween" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. We will make three cards in this class.. To see the other two cards please click here and here.. This class is scheduled for:

Thursday, September 17th, 11 to 2 pm
Thursday, September 17th, 4:30 to 7:30 pm
Tuesday, September 29th, 12 to 3 pm

Please bring pop-up dots (foam tape) and your favorite dry adhesive to the class.All other supplies will be provided.

$30, 10 participants max

Class kits will be available until September 29th, $35 each.Please call Cranberry Hill Mercantile at 408-736-9151 to sign up for the class and/or purchase your kit/s.

This card measures 6" x 6".

Designer Paper by Best Creations.. This is the same paper I've used on the card with the Witch, the stars paper on this card is the back side of the swirls on the Witch card. The image was colored with Copic Markers, I then added orange and green Stickles to it. Circles were cut with Nestabilites. I sponged yellow, orange and purple inside of the circle. The larger star is popped for dimension. Large black Dew Drops in the top right corner. The sentiment inside of the card is from the clear stamp set by Hero Arts called "Happy Halloween".

All of the supplies used to design this card are available at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. If you don't live in the area, please call the store at 408-736-9151 to place your order over the phone.

Weekly Challenge at La-La Land Crafts, this week's challenge is Embellish It!! For details and to enter check out this post.

La-La Land Crafts Halloween stamps are now available in our online store, here is the link.

La-La Land Crafts Shipping Special for the month of September!! All orders over $50 within US receive FREE Shipping, our International friends will receive a shipping discount. Here is the link to our store.

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Keep the story alive in our hearts Forever

I really do love how this card has turned out!!! I knew I wanted to use this new die from Spellbinders, Labels Seven and then I reached for the JustRite stamp set "Thinking of You" to pick the stamp for the card.. And, there was this sentiment there in the set.. "When a beautiful story has been told we keep it alive in our hearts forever.." A story!! Isn't that just a perfect sentiment to go with this die that looks like an open book!!

This is the third card for or my upcoming "JustRite Sympathy" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. We will make three cards in this class. To see the other two cards please click here and here. This class is scheduled for:

Thursday, September 24th, 11 am to 2 pm
Thursday, September 24th, 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Saturday, October 3rd, 11 am to 2 pm

Please bring your Cuttlebug with shims and rubber mat for Nestabilites (if you have them), pop-up dots (foam tape) and your favorite dry adhesive to the class. All other supplies will be provided.

$30, 10 participants max

Class kits are available until October 3rd, $35 each.Please call Cranberry Hill Mercantile at 408-736-9151 to sign up for the class and/or purchase your kit/s.

This card measures 6" x 6".




I used soft cream color cardstock and metallic bronze cardstock, both from Bazzil. The left side of the card was embossed with the Script Cuttlebug Embossing Folder. Ovals were cut with Nestabilites. Martha Steward punches for flowers and the leafs. Small flower is the punch from Marvy. Hero Arts pearls in the centers of the flowers. Sentiment inside of the card is by Daisy Bucket.

All of the supplies used to design this card are available at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. If you don't live in the area, please call the store at 408-736-9151 to place your order over the phone.

La-La Land Crafts' Halloween stamps are now available for purchase in our La-La Land Crafts online store, here is the link.

La-La Land Crafts Shipping Special for the month of September!! All orders over $50 within US receive FREE Shipping, our International friends will receive a shipping discount.

Hugs!!

God's Grace

I fell in love with this card by Sharon Johnson, especially with the way she tied the ribbon!!

I thought that I would try it for my second card for my upcoming "JustRite Sympathy" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. We will make three cards in this class. To see the first card please click here. I am still working on the third card. This class is scheduled for:

Thursday, September 24th, 11 am to 2 pm
Thursday, September 24th, 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Saturday, October 3rd, 11 am to 2 pm

Please bring your Cuttlebug with shims and rubber mat for Nestabilites (if you have them), pop-up dots (foam tape) and your favorite dry adhesive to the class. All other supplies will be provided.

$30, 10 participants max

Class kits are available until October 3rd, $35 each.

Please call Cranberry Hill Mercantile at 408-736-9151 to sign up for the class and/or purchase your kit/s.

This card measures 6" x 6".





I didn't get the true colors of the card on the photograph.. the second layer is more of a brick color, not red as it looks in the photo..

The top part of the card was first embossed with Impressabilites and then I made a grid over it with my Scor-Pal. Stamp is from JustRite stamp set called "Thinking of You". Oval layers were cut with Nestabilites. Cuttlebug corners. Luxury silk ribbon finishes the card. Oh, the sentiment inside of the card is from Daisy Bucket.

All of the supplies used to design this card are available at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. If you don't live in the area, please call the store at 408-736-9151 to place your order over the phone.

La-La Land Crafts' Halloween stamps are now available for purchase in our La-La Land Crafts online store, here is the link.

La-La Land Crafts Shipping Special for the month of September!! All orders over $50 within US receive FREE Shipping, our International friends will receive a shipping discount.

Hugs!!

A Card and two Tags

Today I would like to show you a few projects that I've made with the stamps from La-La Land Crafts' First Release. All of these stamps are available for purchase in our La-La Land Crafts online store. September Special - FREE Shipping on purchases of $50 or more within US, International customers receive a Shipping Discount.

First card was made with Rosie with Teddy Bear, buy this stamp here. Rosie was colored with Copic Markers, Stickles on her hair, shirt and shoes. DP by BoBunny, this is my favorite company for paper right now.. I separated the layers of the large silk flower, the lower part was attached behind the layer and the center of the flower is on the top. I got this idea from my friend and my Design Team Coordinator Jane, really love this look. Martha Stewart border punch. Buttons from my stash.


The tag below was made with Birthday Lala, buy this stamp here. Lala was colored with Copic Markers, cut out and popped with foam tape in the center of the oval. Ovals were cut with Nestabilites.


The last tag was made with Pepper with Basket, buy this stamp here. Pepper was colored with Copic Markers, cut and popped up. DP by Daisy Bucket. Fence is from Jolees. Small flowers are the Marvy Punch.


Our Halloween stamps are now available for purchase in our La-La Land Crafts online store, here is the link.

Weekly Challenge on La-La Land Crafts blog, this week's challenge is Distressing!! For details and to enter check out this post.

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Trick or Treat - Spooky Cakes

I was making this card today and realized that I am missing a few VERY essential things!!! I do not have Nestabilites Circles with the spikes (what are they called?), they would be SO PERFECT for the black layer under the sentiment. And, I just couldn't believe it (!!), but I do not have a web stamp!!! How is it even possible??!! If I find a large web stamp (I know there is one from Magnolia, but not sure if I can find it..), we will use it in the class to stamp the upper left and the lower right corners.. In the conclusion, I do not have enough of stamping supplies!!! But is there ever enough ;-)

Overall, I am happy with the way this card has turned out, but I still feel that it is missing "something"..

This is the second card for my upcoming "Impression Obsession Halloween" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. We will make three cards in this class.. To see the first card please click here.. I am still working on the third one. This class is scheduled for:

Thursday, September 17th, 11 to 2 pm
Thursday, September 17th, 4:30 to 7:30 pm
Tuesday, September 29th, 12 to 3 pm

Please bring pop-up dots (foam tape) and your favorite dry adhesive to the class.

All other supplies will be provided.

$30, 10 participants max

Class kits will be available until September 29th, $35 each.

Please call Cranberry Hill Mercantile at 408-736-9151 to sign up for the class and/or purchase your kit/s.
This card measures 6" x 6".




Cupcakes on this card are the stamp from Impression Obsession called Spooky Cakes. I colored them with Copic Markers, cut out and popped onto the circles. Used different colors Stickles on the cupcakes. Martha Stewart border punch. Sentiment is from the clear stamp set by Hero Arts. The label is from Spellbinders set called Fancy Tags (LOVE IT!!). The bats inside of the card were punched out with Martha Stewart punch.

All of the supplies used to design this card are available at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. If you don't live in the area, please call the store at 408-736-9151 to place your order over the phone.

Weekly Challenge at La-La Land Crafts, this week's challenge is Distressing!! For details and to enter check out this post.

La-La Land Crafts Halloween stamps are now available in our online store, here is the link.

La-La Land Crafts Shipping Special for the month of September!! All orders over $50 within US receive FREE Shipping, our International friends will receive a shipping discount. Here is the link to our store.

Hugs!!

Halloween in La-La Land

Our Halloween stamps are HERE!!!! I am so excited!!! Just in time to start making Halloween cards!! Check them out in our La- La Land Crafts online store, here is the link. Also wanted to remind you about our September Shipping Offer, you will find the details when you visit our online store.

If you live near Cranberry Hill Mercantile in Sunnyvale, you can purchase my Halloween stamps and the stamps from the first release there as well. They got them all already!!

Today I will show you my first card with the stamp from La-La Land Crafts Halloween Collection, I started with Trick or Treat Lala.. She is just so adorable!! I really love her hairstyle and the mask, so much fun to color!!!

This card was made for our La-La's Weekly Wednesday Challenge on our La-La Land Crafts blog.. This week's host is Kathy Page, here is what Kathy said about her challenge:

"This week's challenge is Distressing. When I came up with the challenge I noticed a few people were distressed but that does not count!! haha
Distressing can be done in a number of ways ~ tearing, sanding, inking or with a distress tool!!"

To see the details and to enter please visit our blog, here is the link to the challenge. Also, while you are there make sure to check out all the gorgeous samples our Design Team and our Guest Designers had made!!

This is also one of the cards for my upcoming "Halloween in La-La Land" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. We will make three cards in this class, still working on the other two and will post them as soon as they are done.. This class is scheduled for:

Thursday, October 1st, 11 am to 2 pm
Thursday, October 1st, 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Sunday, October 11th, 12 am to 3 pm

Please bring your pop-up dots (foam tape) and your favorite dry adhesive to the class. All other supplies will be provided.

$30, 10 participants max

Class kits are available until October 10th, $35 each.

Please call Cranberry Hill Mercantile at 408-736-9151 to sign up for the class and/or purchase your kit/s.

This card measures 6" x 6".





Quite a few things are going on on this card ;-) . Designer paper is by BoBunny and it already has the bats and the fence on it as a part of the design. The piece on the inside of the card that coordinates so well with the front is from the same 12x12 sheet of DP.. isn't that just great and make it so much easier to put things together!!! I sponged the "moon" with yellow ink..Distressed the edges of the layers and sponged with Grape ink from Memento, folded the right top corner and put the button with the twine bow on there. Orange DP behind the layer is also from BoBunny.

The Haunted house on the front of the card as well as on the back of it is a Shaped Die-Cut card from Hampton Arts that I cut apart. These cards sold out so fast!! I am sure glad I bought enough for my class!! I put some of the orange DP on the back of the house for the window and then added some Orange Peel Stickles.

Lala was colored with Copic Markers, cut out and popped in front of the house. You can buy this Lala stamp, other Halloween stamps along with the stamps from the First Release in La-La Land online store, here is the link.

The sentiment inside of the card is from JustRite Halloween set, I used 1" and 1 3/8" and 2" punches for the circles.

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It's your Birthday, Celebrate!!

I made this card for my Design Team member Maureen Wong. We are celebrating Maureen's Birthday today on our La-La Land Crafts blog, click here to see the other cards. Happy Birthday Maureen!!!

My card measures 6" x 6".




I used my Pepper with Cake stamp on this card. But instead of having a cake in front of him, I gave him a few presents (stamps by Magnolia). Pepper and the presents were colored with Copic Markers. Designer paper is by Scribble Scrabble. I added Crystal Stickles to the presents and to the Designer Paper. Corner punch from Stampin Up. Copper Brads in the corners.

To purchase Pepper with Cake stamp, please click here to go to our web store.

La-La Land Crafts Shipping Special for the month of September!! All orders over $50 within US receive FREE Shipping, our International friends receive a shipping discount.

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