Club La-La Land - March 2016

Welcome to my showcase of the La-La Land Craft's March 2016 Club Kit. 

For more information on the fabulous Club you can find all the information HERE. Just note that Club products (stamps and dies) will not be available for purchase outside of the kits until 12 months after their release!!!

Check out what stamps and dies are in this month's kit...

Here are the 2 cards I came up with using these FABULOUS products.

  

For this one I used the leaves to create a stencil from pink card and added some texture paste leaves to the background. I then used the leaves I had cut out over the top for added depth. Each of the images are popped up to different heights too which adds to the fun.

Copics Used

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

Hair - Y21, Y26, YR24

Clothes -  R89, R85, R83, R81

Bag & Bone - E43, E42, E40

Dino in Bag - YG07, YG06, YG01

Dino in Egg - YG99, YG09, YG07, YG01, E42, E41, E40

Big Dino - YG99, YG09, YG07, YG01, YG00

And for this one I took my colour inspiration from Bam Bam Flintstone - she was the first character I thought of when I saw this Marci :)

Copics Used

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

Hair & Dino - E07, YR21, YR16, YR09

Clothes -  E49, E44, E43, E42, E41, YR21, YR16

Bones - E44, E42, E40

Bag - YG97, YG95, YG93

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.

Adding Glitter in La-La Land

This week in La-La Land we are adding glitter. Sadly it's something that doesn't tend to photograph well. I know how sparkly this card is in real life - with stickles all over her tail, hair and shell bra, glittered die cuts and a metallic shine on the background. 

I had a LOT of fun with the central panel of this card. I used homemade texture paste  and a spotty stencil first - you can find the recipe for the texture paste here. I then used my heat gun to dry it - it was fascinating watching the skins form and then burst with little "sea worms"popping through!!! Once this was dry I spritzed on some water and dropped on some Magicals. Once all this was dry I also dotted on more stickles for even more glitter.  

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.

Paper Doll Marci (Mermaid)

Sunburst (LLLC Club June 2015)

Seaweed Border

Under the Sea Set

Seaweed Set

Copics Used

Skin - E11, E00, E000, R20, R11, BG07, YG63

Hair - E44, E43, E42, E40

Tail and Shell Bra - BG09, BG07, BG05, BG02, YG67, YG63, YG25, YG23, YG21

Aurora Wings Challenge #25

Our latest challenge over at Aurora Wings is an easy one.....

Oh and did you notice - it's our SECOND ANNIVERSARY too - woohoooo. 

Congratulations to Mitzi and the other amazing gals on the DT.

Now I'm not known for doing Scrapbook pages - and truth be told all that space on a 12x12 sheet scares me a little! BUT a friend of my daughter's recently posted this photo of her at Camden Market in London and it got my mind moving into the realm of scrapbooking and I KNEW it would awesome paired with the Steampunk Owl.

I made the owl REALLY BIG and cut it out with my Cameo. The way I do my print and cuts the cameo leaves a white border around the image so to tie it in better with my layout I coloured the border in using a black marker and loved the end result!!! It's hard to see but there are blue and violet tones in the photo, so I made sure to incorporate those colours in both my colouring and embellishments to give everything a lift.

Don't forget to check out the rest of the AMAZING DT inspiration on our BLOG. We also have a very active Facebook Fan Group with additional contests, challenges and inspiration.  We hope to see you there. 

Copics Used - 100,  W5, W3, W1, C4, C2, C0, C00, E33, E31, V25, V23, V17, V0000, B14, B02

Easter or Spring in La-La Land

This week we are celebrating Spring and Easter in La-La Land. I decided to go the Spring option and what better way to greet Spring than with flowers galore and bees buzzing happily away. I always think Spring is full of sparkle after a dull Winter so there are lots of glittery wings and rhinestones here to catch the sunlight.

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.

Bumble Bee Marci

Build-a-Bee

Honeycomb

Double Stitched Circles

Notched Flowers

Two Leaves

Cherry Blossom Branch

Copics Used

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

Hair - E08, YR24, Y38, Y11, Y08

Clothes - E08, YR24, Y38, Y11, Y08, 100, C10, C7, C5, C3

Wings - Y11

Flowers - G29, G19, C4, E08, YR24, Y08

Aurora Wings Slow Loris - Special Event

Wooohoooo we're celebrating over at Aurora Wings - we've been up and running for 2 years now!!! As part of the celebtation Mitzi has come up with an uber adorable Slow Loris image and you can find out how you can get this Special Edition image AND help save the Slow Loris HERE.

Not only can you find out about this cutie but there is another Special Edition image you can check out too....

And don't forget to check out all of the GORGEOUS makes from the DT on the showcase blog HERE. There will also be more fun in our Facebook group - so come along and check it all out.

Copics Used - E79, E37, E33, E31, E30, E11, E00, E000, R20, R11, RV14, RV13, RV11, RV00 

Favourite Shapes in La-La Land

This week in La-La Land we are using favourite shapes. I usually make square cards but love the look of cards with fun edges so for this challenge I went with a shaped card. 

I created the background using Magicals powders on a piece of water spritzed card. I also "blew"the wet puddles around to give movement. These powders leave a gorgeous metallic sheen as well as the variation in colour. The background worked really well with the Paper Doll and die cut embellishments.

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.

Star Princess Paper Doll Marci

Notched Flowers

Two Leaves

Hello Tag (September 2015 Club LLLC)

Shabby Flourish (April 2015 Club LLLC)

Copics Used

Skin - E11, E00, E000, R20, R11

Hair - E27, YR24, Y26, Y21

 Clothes - E37, E35, E33, E31, E29, B97, B95, B93, B91

Crown & Star - B97, B95, B93, B91

Pierrot Sprite from Aurora Wings

This little cutie patootie is Pierrot Sprite and he is new over at Aurora Wings Stamps and is available in either jpeg or png format. I popped him onto some digital designer paper using the png version before printing him out and colouring. I decided to enhance his eyebrows to make them more theatrical and added a touch of red underneath his eyes. I felt the harlequin pattern was the perfect choice since it's traditionally the pattern of mimes and clowns. This one is from Snap.Click Supply and is from Bo Bunny's Out of Print collection. The shading around him makes him pop out from the background and I was really happy with the overall result. A simple embossed background with a black ribbon wrap was all the extra embellishment the central panel needed. 

Copics Used - 100, C7, C5, C4, C2, C1, C00, E11, E00, E000, R89, R27, R24, R21, G29, G19

Colour Inspiration in La-La Land

This week in La-La Land we are using the colour inspiration from the picture to the right. To be honest I did struggle a little with this one as most of my recent makes have involved strong colour palettes. My colours ended up a tad too red too - but the floral inspiration is there ;) I decided to stick with one patterned paper and some ivory elements to get the job done. The kimono was paper pieced in one piece and then I shaded areas using Copics to define the separate layers. I love the unity this gives the pattern without making it look flat.

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 Molli

Double Stitched Squares

Dream/Believe

Koi Circle

Seaweed Border

Filigree Corner

Copics Used

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

Hair - E39, E33, E31, YR21

Shoes - 100

Shading on Clothes - R24, R21, R11

Alice from Sweet Escape

I have been playing with new images again - and this time with a company I have been watching for some time but have never had the time to get colouring with.  Isn't this image gorgeous? Her name is Alice and she's from Sweet Escape Digis. I love the funky little items in her hair and that hair - wow - is it OK to have follicle envy???? 

Copics Used - Skin (E11, E00, E000, R24, R20, R11) plus RV66, RV34, RV32, RV00, 100, C4, C2, C00, Y26, Y21, Y15, Y06, YR24, E27, R39, R37, YG97, YG95, YG25, YG17, YG01, E49, E44, E43, E42, E40, E33, E30

Aurora Wings New Release Showcase

Today Aurora Wings are launching some new Sprites into the family and I have to admit that I had a heap of fun with these. You can check out all the DT projects and image links for this release on the Aurora Wings Showcase blog HERE.

First up we have the Venus Fly Trap Sprite. The little fly was too cute not to include so I cut him out separately and added a thin strip of acetate to make him hover moments away from his demise! I also cut out an extra shape in plain white of both the sprite image and the fly so they could be backed neatly as this is a 3D project.

The pot was made using a file from the Silhouette store and was cut on my Cameo. I then padded out the inside before attaching the sprite. To finish off I mixed some decor rocks with glue and adding a layer across the top to give it a proper potted plant feel. A ribbon and tag completed the project.

And for the second image - the Praying Mantis Sprite - I created a little garden in a shadow box frame so it could try to hide amongst the leaves. The frame was designed and cut using my Cameo and then I added some garden designer paper behind the cut out leaves to add more depth.

Copics Used

Venus Fly Trap Sprite - E11, E00, E000, R29, R27, R24, R21, R20, R11, R01, G46, G40, G28, G24, G21 

Praying Mantis Sprite - E11, E00, E000, R20, R11, G17, G14, G09, G05, YG03, Y00, BG23, V99, V93, V28, V22, B21

Aurora "Explore"

I've had this fabulous image from The East Wind for a while and am so happy I finally got to colour it up. This is Aurora "Explore" and how cute is that little mouse sitting on her cap!

I cut the image with it's border out with my Cameo and then cut the 2 matching mats out too. I love the machine for the ease of matting shapes. The background was done by smooshing the first 3 background colours together and then dripping on some colourless blender. The greys were used to add a shadow around the image.

I m having sooo much fun clouring up some different images - watch this space - there are more to come :)

Copics Used

Background - YR27, YR23, YG95, W5, W3, W1, colourless blender

Skin - E11, E00, E000, R11

Hair- E29. E25, YR24, Y26, Y21

Other - 100, YG67, YG63, YG61, E43, E42, E40, C5, C4, C2, C00, R20, R11, Sakura clear glitter gelly roll pen

Gypsy Dancer

I managed to get this gorgeous image by Simply Betty Stamps called Gypsy Dancer coloured up late last week. But the weekend was about family so sadly she sat on my desk awaiting her chance to be popped onto a card. Well I've finally managed to find time and here she is - housework isn't THAT important is it????

I popped the image over the top of a digi paper before printing to create the background. I LOVE these mixed media designs from Bearly Mine but sadly the store shut down with the new VAT laws that came into place in the UK. I did notice that there were a couple of white areas around the image where the paper should have been so I just coloured them up with copics to hide them.

Copics Used - E29, E11, E00, E000, R29, R27, R24, R22, R20, R11, C10, C7, C5, C3, C2, 100, YR24, YR23, Y19, Y15, Y02, YG67, YG09, YG05, B97, B34, B21, Sakura clear glitter gelly roll pen.