Magnolia Down Under Challenge #201

This week at Magnolia Down Under Challenges we have an easy one for you ...

Anything Goes....

I have wanted to use this hanging heart Tilda for some time so decided to stamp her off and colour her up. I am also enjoying playing with paper clay and silicon moulds - these ones are from Martha Stewart. I liked the thought of Tilda framing the heart to emphasise it - along with some sparkle.

Don't forget to check out the amazing inspiration from my teamies on our BLOG.

Copics Used - Skin {E11, E00, E000, R20, R11} plus E44, E43, E42, E40, R42, R24, R14, B97, B95, B93, B91, C2

Father's Day in La-La Land

We're celebrating Father's Day in La-La Land today - but since we Aussies don't celebrate it here until September I am well and truly ahead of the game. I just have to remember I have this card when September does come around - LOL.

I wanted to showcase the gorgeous dies La-La Land have so went with a sort of mixed media feel - something I've been itching to do properly. This poem has always appealed to me with it's honesty and I thought it was the perfect fit. I hope you liked my dabbling in a new style....I think I need a wee bit of practice but I'm sure to have some fun along the way when I do ;)

Hot Air Balloon Die

String of Hearts Border Die

Cloud, Sun and Island Set Dies

Sending a Little Get Well Spell...

Recently I was introduced to a digi stamp company I hadn't seen before and they have some really cute images - Lacy Sunshine Stamps. I bought a couple and actually PRINTED one out - oh the joys of having some spare crafting time!!! This cutie is Eleanor's Trick or Treat Flight. Being a wearer of glasses myself I just couldn't resist. And even though she's probably meant for Halloween we don't really celebrate that here in Australia so I thought I would use her to cast a get well spell for a dear friend of mine.

Copics Used - Skin {E11, E00, E000, R20, R11) plus 100, C2, C00, R24, E44, E41, E40, E27, E19, E09, E08, YR07, TR04, YR00, Y15, YG67, YG25, YG23, YG21, V17, V15, V12

Cameo Marci

This week in La La Land we had an inspiration photo of Vintage Cupcakes to play with. I went a little left of centre with this one and decided to use the cameos on top of the cupcake as my inspiration and I decided to do Marci as a cameo. I searched high and low for some hints and tips but couldn't find any so I took a deep breath and gave it a go! This is what I LOVE about challenging myself - I am REALLY happy with the result and would never have done this without the challenge!

Some tips if you want to try this yourself...

- stamp or print your image with pale lines, you want your shading to create the cameo effect. Some pale lines showing are OK as they add definition.

- start shading light and build up as you go, many areas here have been left white

- print off a cameo picture to help guide you with the look if you feel you need it, I had two different ones sitting by my side.

- make the background a deeper colour so it gives your image more POP and dimension

- Experiment and HAVE FUN!

Don't forget to pop over to our BLOG where you can check out inspiration from my amazing teamies and remember La La Land Crafts also have a Facebook Page HERE and La La Lands Facebook Group HERE. We love seeing your amazing creations using La La Land Stamps and Dies too.

Darling Marci

Rolled Rose Small and Medium Die

Scallop Border Die

Filigree Corner Die

Copics Used

E84, E81, E55, E53, E51, E50 

Magnolia Down Under Challenge #199

This week at Magnolia Down Under Challenges we are asking you to "Bling it Baby". Sparkle - a girl's best friend ;)

I recently bought this older style Tilda so got her all inked her up. I have to say there is something really appealing about these gals - they have a certain innocence I love. For my bling I added shabby pink frantage powder to the birdcage, rhinestone lace, glitter to Tilda's wings and 2 sparklets to the right hand corners - this really does glitter beautifully IRL but with a gloomy Winter's day here it's hard to photograph any sparkle at all!

Don't forget to check out the rest of the amazing inspiration from our fabulous DT on our BLOG.

Copics used - Skin {E11, E00, E000, R20, R11} plus E18, E15, E13, T2, T0, G99, G85, G82, RV66, RV63, RV10

Time for some Tic Tac Toe

This week in La La Land we are using the Tic tac Toe board to my left. Now I had challenged myself to do a boy's card for our next challenge and I like to try and get a full house done with a Tic Tac Toe board and guess what - I think I pulled it off!!!! Even with flowers, lace, pink and bling in the mix - LOL. I honestly believe that a good challenge helps you improve as it gets you out of a routine and thinking differently.

My ribbon is the burlap ribbon under the black lace - it is a ribbon even if it isn't soft and delicate - promise ;) There are pearls inside the rolled roses and black rhinestone bling between the flags in my banner. The pink appears in the DP I chose.

Don't forget to pop over to our BLOG where you can check out inspiration from my amazing teamies and remember La La Land Crafts also have a Facebook Page HERE and La La Lands Facebook Group HERE. We love seeing your amazing creations using La La Land Stamps and Dies too.

Taiko Drum Luka

Flag Banner Die

Small Rolled Rose Die

Copics Used

Skin - E11, E00, E000, R20, R11

Hair - 100, C7, C4

Clothes - 100, C2, C00, B06, B05, B02

Drum - E42, E40, E29, E27, E17, YR27, YR23, Y19, Y13

Turning 50 with Saturated Canary

Recently I made a card for a friend who was turning 50 - a friend who likes pink and lots of bling. I couldn't go past using Blanche from Saturated Canary - she's just perfect! I created the background by first colouring with copics and then dripping colourless blender on to get the watermarked look. Then I coloured in the beautiful Blanche.

I made the paper clay frame and gave it a background of glitter before gluing on the die-cut numbers. The butterflies are also moulded using paper clay - this is such a FUN product to use and I love the texture it adds to a project!

Copics Used - Skin {E11, E00, E000, R20, R11} plus 100, R89, R85, R83, R81, RV10, E18, E15, E13, YG61, YG25

Circles Everywhere in La La Land

This week in La La Land we're seeing circles everywhere  I started making a circle card and had planned to pop the second circle on top - but that didn't give me enough room to play so by moving it off to the side it not only gave me space to play but it also made my card a little more interesting  The flower stamp comes with Marci and I used a gold paint pen to help tie them back to the DP I used. The black rhinestones add texture and sparkle.

Don't forget to pop over to our BLOG where you can check out inspiration from my amazing teamies and remember La La Land Crafts also have a Facebook Page HERE and La La Lands Facebook Group HERE. We love seeing your amazing creations using La La Land Stamps and Dies too.

Kimono Marci - Marci and Flowers

Bridge Die

Scary Tree Die

Copics Used

Skin - E11, E00, E000, R24, R11

Hair - 100, T8, T6, T4

Dress - R20, R11, R01, R00, 100

Flowers - R29, gold paint pen, gold sakura gelly roll pen

Magnolia Down Under Challenge #197

This week at Magnolia Down Under Challenges we are asking you to use Lace and Flowers on your project - pretty easy huh??? I had great fun putting this together and colouring up the background. I don't do it very often so it's nice to do something different and it's one of the joys of having extra time to craft.

Don't forget to check out the amaing inspiration from the rest of my MDUC teamies on our BLOG.

Copics used - skin {E11, E00, E000, R20, R11} plus T4, T2, T0, B97, B93, G21, E59, E57, E55,  E53, E08, YR21, YR14, YR07

Inspiration Picture

This week in La La Land we're working to an inspiration picture - see left. I've tried to use the colours and elements in the photos to create my card and went with paper piecing for Marci's dress. I reckon it's ended up looking a little retro - what do you think???

Don't forget to pop over to our BLOG where you can check out inspiration from my amazing teamies and remember La La Land Crafts also have a Facebook Page HERE and La La Lands Facebook Group HERE. We love seeing your amazing creations using La La Land Stamps and Dies too.

Sugar n' Spice Marci

Filigree Corner Die

Butterfly Die

Copics Used

Skin - E11. E00. E000. R24, R20, R11

Hair - E31, E33, YR21, YR23, YR27

Clothes - 100, C8, C5, C4, C2, C1

Cupcake and Spoon - R24, R20, R11, B99, B91, B00, E44, E42