ooh-la-la

This week I am hosting a challenge on La-La Land Crafts Blog. I have decided to go with Shabby Chic :-) Please visit La-La Land Crafts Blog for inspiration from our wonderful Design Team and to play along.

Now.. Shabby Chic is not really my style.. and as much as I have tried, my card has only a slight resemblance of a Shabby Chic.. I do LOVE how it turned out though!! Princess Lala is one of my favorite stamps from La-La Land Crafts last release!! Doesn't she look like she is standing on the balcony awaiting her Prince Charming :-)

And guess what??!! Since I have her on my card, Princess Lala stamp is on a 20% OFF Sale until next week Tuesday!!! You can find her and other LLLC stamps in the online store, just click HERE.

This will also be one of the cards for my new upcoming "Fairy Tale" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile in Sunnyvale, CA. We will make three cards in this class. These cards will feature different techniques and designs. This class is scheduled for:

Thursday, May 13th, 11 am to 2 pm
Thursday, May 13th, 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm

Please bring your Cuttlebug, your favorite dry adhesive and foam tape to the class. All other supplies will be provided.

$30, 10 participants max

Class Kits are available until May 13th, $35 each.

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

This card measures 6" x 6".




Basic Grey designer paper. Martha Stewart border punch. EK Success border, leaf and flower punches. Mark Richards pearls. Button is from Buttons Galore. Princess Lala was colored with Copic Markers.

Sentiment inside of the card is from Imagenisce. It goes so perfect with Princess Lala!!! Ooh-La-La indeed!!!

All the supplies used to design this card are available for purchase at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. If you do not live in the area, you can call the store at 408-736-9151 to place your order over the phone.

Hugs!!

Lala is sending Holiday Hugs and Kisses your way

My father is still in the hospital and I am trying to catch up with things between the visits..

I made this card for the Challenge on La-La Land Crafts Blog. This week's challenge is hosted by Lisa and here is what she had to say:

"Hello my La-La Land Crafts friends! I'm so glad to be back as your hostess for this week's challenge. One of my favorite embellishments is ribbon. I LOVE ribbon! In fact, when there isn't a spot for it on my card, I think something's missing!

So, my challenge to you is to use ribbon on your card or project. In fact, why not let ribbon be your inspiration!"

What a fun, fun challenge!! Thank you Lisa!! For more details and to participate in the challenge please visit La-La Land Crafts blog. As always, the top three entries will receive a cute badge to put on their blog. But what different this time is that the top pick will receive this Santa Lala stamp as the prize as well!!! You have until Sunday night to enter, hurry!!


And here is my card for the challenge.. This is also second card for my upcoming "JustRite Christmas" card class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. We will make three cards in this class, all different designs. This class is scheduled for:

Thursday, November 5th, 11 am to 2 pm
Thursday, November 5th, 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm

Please bring your Cuttlebug, Scor-Pal (if you have one), foam tape (pop up dots) and your favorite adhesive to the class. All other supplies will be provided.

$30, 10 participants max

Class Kits are available until November 5th, $35 each.

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

This card measures 6" x 6".





Designer paper is by Graphic 45. I used A Merry Little Christmas JustRite set along with Santa Lala from La-La Land Crafs on this card. You can purchase this and other La-La Land Crafts stamps on the online store, here is the link. All images were colored with Copic Markers. Lala was cut out and popped onto the card. I added Liquid Applique with some glitter to the white parts of her outfit. The pendant was made with Spellbinders Renaissance Hearts and I weaved the ribbon through the opening of the pendant, really like how it has turned out!! On the panel behind the pendant I made a grid with Scor-Pal. Cuttlebug die-cut corners. Hero Arts rhinestones.

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.

Hugs!!

Lala and the Butterfly - Bling Challenge in La-La Land

This card is for this week's challenge at La-La Land Crafts Blog, Kim Yu is hosting the challenge this week. Here is what Kim has to say:

"This week's challenge is BLING, BLING! I would like everyone to add some blings, sparkles, glitter, anything that blings to your creation! There are so many blings out there these days so the possibilities are endless! So take all those BLINGS out and play along!"

The design team will select the top 3 favorites for each challenge...The Top 3 will get an adorable button on their blog and the one with the most votes will also get 25% off at La-La Land Crafts online store!

Please visit our blog for details on how to play and to see all the projects from our Design Teams.

And here is my card for this week's challenge... I've seen some of the corner bookmark cards and really loved the idea. Really wanted to try it one of these days, and decided that today was the day!! This will be one of the cards for my upcoming "Bookmark Cards" class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. We will make three cards in this class, all with different style of the removable bookmarks. This class is scheduled for:

Sunday, October 4th, 12 pm to 3 pm
Tuesday, October 13th, 12 pm to 3 pm

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

$30, 10 participants max

Class kits are available until October 13th, $35 each.

Please call Cranberry Hill Mercantile at 408-736-9151 to sign up for this class and/or purchase the kit/s. *Please wait until tomorrow to call, the store does not have this class on their schedule yet..

This card measures 6" x 6".






I really enjoyed making this card and really pleased with how it has turned out!! Lala definitely looks like she is sitting somewhere in La-La Land ;-) .

Along with Lala stamp from La-La Land Crafts, I used the clear stamp set from BoBunny called Harmony. This set coordinates with the BoBunny Designer paper that I used on this card. I stamped butterfly twice, cut it out and placed on the triangle bookmark. The swirl from the same stamps set was stamped behind the butterfly, in the cirlce behind Lala and also inside of the card. Flowers are from BoBunny as well. The "bling" in the centers of the flowers and inside of the scallops of the circle are from Hero Arts. Crystal Stickles on Lala's shoes, dress and headband.

This Lala stamp is available in our online store, click here. All other supplies are available for purchase at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. If you don't live in the area, you can place your order over the phone, 408-736-9151.

Now, don't forget to visit La-La Land Crafts blog and enter into this week's challenge!!

I am also entering this card to a few other challenges:
Crafty Creations - to create a project using 3 or more decorative/patterned paper. I am so there, I used 4 different designs!!
Pile it On - this week the challenge is, ROUND! I have something round on my card, the cirlce behind Lala!!
ABC Challenge - C is for Circles. I think the cirlce behind Lala should qualify my card for this challenge.
Secret Crafter - Flights of Fancy, anything with wings. I got the wings on my card, the butterfly!

Hugs!!
:) Irina

Dreaming of Purple Lollipops..

"I will take you to the sky with my wand and my wings, we will dream of purple lollipops and other sweet things."

Oh, I love this LaLa SO MUCH, she is one of my favorites!!! She is so pretty with her hair done like that, the fairy wings and the wand!! This is one of the stamps from LaLa collection by La-La Land Crafts. You can find her and other LaLa stamps on La-La Land Crafts website.

This card measures 6" x 6".



This is a pretty simple layout, but I really LOVE how it makes the image stand out. Designer paper I believe is by K and Company, but not sure, it is from my old, very old stack of paper. I cut DP half an inch smaller then the purple cardstock layer and then cut it diagonally in fourth. The square behind LaLa was paper pierced. Flowers are from Imagenisce, they were pink and I have airbrushed them with a couple shades of purple with my Copics. Hero Arts pearl stickers in the centers of the flowers. LaLa was colored with Copics, cut out and popped in the center of the card. Crystal Stickles on her wings.

Click here to purchase this Fairy LaLa stamp.

Hugs!!
Irina

is Prince Charming somewhere out there?

Tonight I would like to introduce you to LaLa!! If you visit La-La Land Crafts website, you will see that we have eight different images of LaLa in our first release. The card below was designed with "Window LaLa". Here is the description of "Window LaLa" from our website:

"Lala is at the window and she has a dreamy stare, she knows there is Prince Charming somewhere out there. She'll smile and sigh, but never never cry, she knows someday she'll meet that special guy."

This card measures 6" x 6". I created window with square Nestabilites, cut and embossed the larger square first and then cut and embossed the smaller square inside to create the frame. For the awning I used Fiskars border scalloped punch. Flowers were done with two punches, the larger flower is from Martha Steward and the smaller one is by Fiskars. Blue pearl stickers in the centers of the flowers. LaLa was colored with Copic Markers, cut out and popped up on foam tape.



Please visit La-La Land Crafts online store to purchase this and other LaLa stamps!!

Hugs!!
Irina