Urchin with Bird by Mo Manning

This little cutie is Mo's Urchin with Bird and is perfect for a chilly Melbourne winter vibe. I die cut some Birch Tree's using a die from La-La Land Crafts and added a little more detail to them. An embossed snow falling background and snow drifts came together with the trees for a perfect background for her.

Getting Ready for Christmas

Recently I saw a friend had made a "flip flap" card and I loved the concept. I watched this tutorial and decided to adapt the concept to fit as a topper on my standard 5 1/2" square cards. I cut down the number of flaps from 3 to 2 to make it work. I then drafted the pattern in my silhouette cameo to make life easier for me ;)

I always loved paper dress up dolls as a kid, so thought Lula Fairy Doll would be a great image to use. The card front became her "bedroom" and the flaps the doors to her wardrobe. Inside the wardrobe, hanging up ready to wear for that special day, are some of the clothes from Lula Christmas Elf (clothes only) 

The papers I used are digital papers from Mo Manning - on the front is Colorful Trees and on the back is Silver Blue Ornaments. I have sized these to work as I wanted them to on my project. 

Other clothing options available for Lula are Lula Butterfly and Lula Angel Wings

Most of the dies I used are from La-La Land Crafts

I hope you enjoyed my fun little project.

Little Fairy Mandi by Mo Manning

 

It's Spring here in Australia so the trees and flowers are bursting into life and Little Fairy Mandi is enjoying time in the garden :) I've coloured her with Copics and there are touches of fairy dust (aka glitter) throughout the card to add a magical feel.

All the dies used on this card are from La-La Land Crafts

Christmas in July with Twistoon Digi Stamps

 It's always a bit of fun to create card for Christmas in July for me given Christmas is my favourite time of the year! Here are a couple I did using images from Twistoon Stamps.

This first one uses one of Lisa's adorable Gnomes - this is "George Christmas Tree" and you can find him HERE. The word dies I used are from La-La Land Crafts.

This fun lovin' gal is called "Wreath Head" and you can find her HERE. I wish you could see how sparkly this is IRL with her glittered stockings and trees, and the sparkly baubles. 

Let's hope we can all feel a little festive and sparkly this July.

Slimline Christmas Gnome

Well it seemed it was time to jump on the slimline card bandwagon and I had such fun creating this card. The gorgeous gnome is from Mo Manning and I paired him with some digital papers I bought years ago - unfortunately the company I bought them from is no longer in business :( , but the concept is certainly one you can repeat using different digi papers.

To create the background paper I uploaded the digi paper which already had a white edging on it. I then re-sized to one inch and replicated it over and over to create my design. I have found the easiest way to do this is to use my Silhouette Cameo. You import the file, re-size and then use the duplicate button to create the look and size wanted. Then simply print off your design. Not the normal use for the Cameo I know, but I just consider it another feature ;) . I have used this technique a lot in the past - mainly for creating backgrounds using repeating patters of sentiments, such as on THIS card.

I also printed out the paper as a 4" square to sit my finished gnome on.

The pinecone die is from La-La Land Crafts. I shaped the pinecones slightly and pushed out the little grooves on the pinecone. It adds a fabulous texture to them if you want to spend the extra time. 

The sentiment dies are from Impression Obsession and are called Christmas Stitched Words. I cut them out twice - one in white and once in green and filled the letter gaps on the green set with the letters from the white set.

2020 Blog Catch Up - Mo Manning Images

Continuing with my 2020 blog catch-up from today I'm showcasing images from artists I love but am not on the DT for. It's so nice to have the opportunity to play with images that I just WANT to play with. These gorgeous images are from Mo Manning at Mo's Digital Pencil. I was blessed to have been on Mo's Dream Team a while ago and have never lost my love for her art, just finding the time to use it was my issue. 

The flower on the card below is made using Heartfelt Creations stamps, dies and shaping mold. The leaves are a die from La-La Land Crafts.

I created the card below for my daughter to send to a friend in England. She wanted a little bit of "Aussie" to go with it so I after sending her image options she chose Mo's gorgeous laughing baby and a cute Koala image from Whimsy Stamps, their Love for Australia set. The papers are from a digital set I bought years ago from Valerian Digital (I couldn't find a link for them so I'm not sure if they are still in business). The cute little feet were made from paper clay and a mold I bought at a craft show.

Using Windows in La-La Land

This week sees my last weekly post for La-La Land Crafts. It's been over 5 years since I joined the team and I have many, many fond memories of my time there, least of all is the people I have met, either in real life or through my computer. Many of these have become firm friends and I am blessed to have them in my life. 

The theme for this week is Windows by the way - sorry to hijack the post for my farewells LOL.

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.

Coffee Break Marci

Spring Window

Copics Used

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

Hair - YG26, YG21, E39, E23

Clothes - BG07, BG05, BG02, BG01, BG000, BG0000, V12, V09, V06, V05, V000

Coffee Mug - Y26, Y21, C4, C2, C00

Photo/Colour Inspiration in La-La Land

This week in La-La Land we are using the inspiration picture on the left for our projects.  This is a really eclectic mix of colours and I have to admit I did struggle a little to make it work - and I hope you think it DID work. I also admit that I love a challenge and having to think outside of the box - so even though the struggle was real I enjoyed it.

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.

Winter Molli

Birch Trees

Hello Spring

Pierced Scalloped Circles

Double Stitched Circles

Winter Branches

Copics Used

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

Hair - BG11, BG05, BG02

Clothes - V12, V05, V01, V0000, C6, C3, C1, YG63, YG61

Club La-La Land Crafts - August 2017

Welcome to my showcase of the La-La Land Craft's August 2017 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 for up to 12 months after their club 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...

Copics Used

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

Hair - E33, E30, YR21 

Clothes - BV04, BV02, BV00, BV0000, BG34, BG15, BG11, BG10, BG05

Seaweed - E33, E30, YR27, YR21, G28, YG17, YG05, W7, W5. Y19

Copics Used

E33, E30, YR23, YR21, R27

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. 

Using Envelopes in La-La Land

This week in La-La Land we are using envelopes in our projects. I made these cute little ones using THIS tutorial. I also created the background paper by replicating the digi sentiment over and over to cover the whole page.

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.

Birthday Gift Molli

Celebrate You Marci {Sentiment}

Filigree Candle

Filigree Elements Border

Pierced Scalloped Circles

Double Stitched Circles

Two Flags {La-La Land Club February 2017}

Adhesive Foil

Copics Used

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

Hair - YR68, YR65, YR61, YR04, E07

Clothes - YG99, YG97, YG95, YG93, E49, E44, E43, E41, C2, C00

Gift - C2, C0, YG95, YG93, YG91

Anything Goes in La-La Land

So OK - I very nearly didn't show this to anyone when I made it several weeks ago, as much as I love it for myself. I'm really NOT a mixed media girl but I wanted to see what I could do with a blank journal, some La-La Land chipboard and dies. I decided to show it in the hope it will inspire someone to come up with a MM masterpiece ;)

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.

Chipboard

Loopy Corner {retired}

Today Stitched

Postage Stamps

Steampunk Heart Cogs

Wings

Stitched Nested Hearts

Steampunk Clock

Mid-Year Christmas in La-La Land

This week in La-La Land we're a little late in celebrating Christmas in July due to our Christmas Release last week, but at least we get to play with these fabulous new products again. I've created a fun little festive, forest at night scene - hope you like it.

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 {Christmas Sweater}

Stitched Merry

Merry Christmas

Filigree Reindeer 2

Birch Trees

Copics Used

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

Hair - Y26, Y21, YR24, E2, E25

Clothes - R89, R29, R24, R14, C4, C2, C00, Clear glitter gel pen

New Release Showcase July 2017 - Day 2

It's Day 2 of the Christmas/Winter release from La-La Land Crafts, my favourite time of the year. There are some fabulous new nativity based dies and images to use so check them all out.....

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. 

Mary Marci

Noel

Wise Men

North Star

Manger Border

Poinsettia Wreath

Adhesive Foil

Adhesive Vinyl

Copics Used -Mary Marci

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

Hair - E55, E49, E44

Clothes - E43, E42, E40, B02, B01, B000, B0000, White gel pen

Baby - E11, E00, E000, R20, R11. B18, B06, B05, BO4, White gel pen

New Release Showcase July 2017 - Day 1

Yes it's that time of the year again - time for the Christmas/Winter release from La-La Land Crafts. Today is Day 1 of the release and I've used the super cute Christmas Baby Marci along with some of the gorgeous new dies. 

Check out the full release......

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. 

Christmas Baby Marci 

Poinsettia Wreath

Stitched Merry

Merry Christmas

Filigree Reindeer 1

Double Stitched Squares

Copics Used - Christmas Baby Marci 

 Skin - E11, E00, E000, R20, R11

Clothes - RV99,RV95, RV93, RV91

Club La-La Land Crafts - July 2017

Welcome to my showcase of the La-La Land Craft's July 2017 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 for up to 12 months after their club 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.

Copics Used

Pig - R02, R01, R000

Cat - 100, R01, E31, E30

Panda - R01, C2, C00

Rabbit - 100, R01, E43, E41, E40

Kimono Sashes - R39, R37, R35

Copics Used

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

Hair - E39, E37, E35, E33, E30

Clothes & Fan - 100, B18, B16, B14, B12, C10, C7, White gel pen

Flowers - 00, B18, B14, White gel pen

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. 

Colour Inspiration in La-La Land

This week in La-La Land we are using the inspiration picture for the colour scheme on our projects. I have tended to use the blue and red more but the pink is definitely there too - you just may have to look a little harder for it LOL.

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.

Marci with Dinosaur

Filigree Elements Border

Pierced Scalloped Circles

Double Stitched Circles

Scallop Bracket

Copics Used

Skin - E11, E00, E0000, R24, R20, R11

Hair - E44, E43, E42, E40

Clothes - E44, E43, E42, E40, BG07, BG05, BG02

Bag - R46, R21, R05

Dino - E42, E40, R08

Bones - BG02, BG01, BG000