Make It Crafty Inspiration Design: Country Mama

Hi!  I can't believe another month is coming to a close!  This year is just zipping by!  I'm checking in here at the end of May to share more Make It Crafty design team inspiration with you!  Anyone who knows me knows I can't resist Krista Smith's images!  I'm sure I'm not the only fan who is beyond excited that she continues to sell select images through MIC!  Today I have colored up Country Mother (minus her little one).  She is colored with Copics and fussy cut.  I really wanted the patterned paper to be visible so I simply used foam squares to pop her up on top of it.  The dies are all from La-La Land Crafts.  I've used Sunburst, Groovy Border, Stitched Pennants, Hot Air Balloon, Scallop Border, and Heart Handles.

Make It Crafty Products Used:

Country Mother

Copics Used:

Skin-E000, E00, E04, E11, E21, R20, R22

Hair-E70, E74, E79

Eyes-B21

Clothes-B32, B34, B37, E50, Y21, YG63, R24, R27, R29, R89

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Regan

La-La-Land Crafts Tea Time Marci

Hi!  Happy Saturday!  It has been so warm out this past week, that I couldn't help dreaming of Spring.  I think that's where this card came from with it's garden tea party feel.  This is my mom's birthday card.  Every night she makes tea for herself and my dad (and anyone visiting).  Tea Time Marci from La-La-Land Crafts seemed like the perfect image to color up for her.  I printed the digi version, and though retired, she is still available in rubber while supplies last.

Products Used
Image: Tea Time Marci (retired in rubber)
Copic colors:
               Skin-E51, E21, E11, E04, R20, R32, R35
               Hair-E37, E35, E31
               Clothes-BG75, BG72, BG10, R39, R37, R35, R32, N2, N0
Dies: Heart Doily Border (retired), Open Hearts Doily Border, Open Leaf Flourish, Birdhouse, Filigree Hearts, Large Lacy Border, Small Lacy Border 
Paper: Truly Yours - Pebbles      
Embellishments: Flowers

I hope you enjoyed viewing my project as much as I did making it!  Have a wonderful weekend!

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Regan

Chase Your Dreams

Hey there!  I should be asleep right now, but I have some UNBELIEVABLE news and now that it's official I just HAD to share it!

Earlier this month I decided to pursue a dream and submitted my name for an open design team call.  Not just any design team...  One that supports a company that has a large following of exceptional and outstanding crafters.  It is with great joy, and a little bit of incredulity, that I announce I have been selected to be Guest Designer for La-La-Land Crafts for the month of March!!!

Squeeeeee!!!!!!!  *does happy dance*   See, look!

 I am over the moon and thrilled beyond belief!  Anyone who reads my blog or follows me on any of my social media platforms knows how much I adore LLLC!  I am completely addicted to their dies and I am giddy at the prospect of being on the team as a guest for a month!

To celebrate, and to thank LLLC for this AMAZING opportunity, I have a couple of cards I made for Valentine's Day that I would like to share.  One was for my son and the other for his teacher.

Up first is Marci with Rose for Mrs. M.  She is colored with Copics and cut using Classic Ovals Nestabilities (Spellbinders).  The mat is one of the Floral Ovals Nestabilities (Spellbinders).  All the rest of these gorgeous dies are from LLLC!  On this card I've used Lattice Border, Lattice Doily Border, Heart Doily Border, Hello Tag, Stitched Tags, Clipboard Border, Arrow, and Heart Globe. A little bling, a couple of flowers, and if that isn't worthy of a good grade for the day, I don't know what is!  (Not to mention the Ghiardelli chocolates and homemade heart-shaped chocolate chip cookie pop!)  Lol

Here is the card I made for Kayne.  He sometimes likes to help me in the kitchen when I bake so I printed this adorable Heart Cookies Luka for his card.  This little cutie is colored with Copics and cut using the Stitched Squares from My Favorite Things Stamps.  The banner the sentiment is stamped on is MFT as well.  The Picture Wheel is Tim Holtz and the rest are from my LLLC collection.  Here I've featured Sunburst, Stitched Bracket Border, Heart Fan, Rolling Pin and Whisk, Heart Arrows, Steampunk Heart Cogs, and String of Hearts Border.  The small heart is a Martha Stewart punch. 

I cannot wait for March to arrive now!  Okay, I guess I should get some rest....  I will be having sweet dreams for sure!

Thanks for stopping by and sharing in my happy news!

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Regan
 

La-La-Land Crafts: Cupcake Princess Marci and Football Luka

Hello!  I'm back to share a couple more of my backlogged cards.  This time I'm posting a couple of La-La-Land Crafts ones.  Anyone who has visited my blog on occasion most likely knows how obsessed with their dies I am!  I LOVE them!  I also adore their Luka and Marci images, though I don't seem to use them as often as I should.  Below I'm sharing a card with each character.

The first card features Cupcake Princess Marci.  She is colored with Copics, cut using Classic Circles Nestabilities (Spellbinders), and matted with Picot Circles Nestabilities (Spellbinders).  The rest of the dies are from my LLLC collection.  I've used Open Hearts Doily Border, Castle Border, Bricks, Loopy Doily, Filigree Crown, and Birthday Flag.  The butterflies and cupcake are Martha Stewart punches.  I added some flowers and a bling flourish.

For the second card, I've used Football Luka.  He is colored up in New England Patriots colors using my Copic markers.  I'm not a sports fan, but the recipient is so this cutie was perfect.  And since they're going to the Super Bowl this year, I guess they're kind of a big deal.  Lol  I continued the color theme with my papers and added a few dies.  Flag Banner and Sunburst are both from La-La-Land Crafts.  Star Cluster border is a Tim Holtz On the Edge die (Sizzix).

Thanks again for dropping in!  I hope you enjoy my creations!  Have a lovely day!

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Regan

Bookworm

Hello!  How is everyone's weekend so far?  I'm taking a little time to get caught up on some things, including a backlog of blogging.  I color.  I make cards.  But the online sharing of said cards has been a bit lax these days.  But I'm here today to share a birthday card I made for my Zumba instructor/friend and fellow book worm!  What could be more perfect than the May 2016 Club La-La-Land Crafts kit?!?!  I colored Marci with Books with my Copics and fussy cut her.  For added fun and interest, I paper pieced her book bag with designer paper and added glaze to her glasses.

My love of my die collection shines through once again.  I used a couple from the kit as well as a few more from La-La-Land Crafts.  Featured here are Book Brackets, Open Book, Glasses, Question/Exclamation, Loopy Doily, Large Lacy Border, and Scallop Border.  The butterfly is a Martha Stewart punch.  The READ sentiment was created with a stamp set/die combination from Whimsy Stamps.  The stamp set is called Spell It Out.  The other sentiment is part of the kit and is cut using Ribbon Banners (Spellbinders).   I added a few flowers, punched branches (also Martha Stewart), and a Tim Holtz pen nib for embellishments.
 

If you want to check out the details on the Club LLLC kit subscription click HERE.  It is an awesome deal and such a fun surprise every month!

Thank you for visiting!

Challenges:
- Dragon's Lair Designs Challenges: Books and/or Paper
- 4 Crafty Chicks: #314-Fussy Cutting
- Aud Sentiments: #163-Anything Goes + A Sentiment
- Everybody Art Challege: #378-Butterflies  

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Regan

Sweet Ingredients

Hello!  I hope everyone is having a nice weekend!  It's been a bit of a washout here so our plans for the lake were put on hold and we ended up just relaxing around the house.  It's just as well since I'm fighting a Summer cold.  I thought I'd take a time out from lounging to share a card with you, though!

I use my La-La-Land Crafts dies all the time, but what about their adorable images?!?!  I have decided that my crafting needs some rejuvenating.  This means I need to use more of a variety from the companies I love, and maybe add some new ones to my repertoire as well!  So I colored Baker Marci from the December 2015 Club Kit.  Then I fussy cut her and utilized foam squares to pop her up on my card.  I used the Ric Rack die from the kit as well plus three other LLLC dies: Loopy Doily, Lattice Doily Border, and Scallop Border.  The metal spoon is from Tim Holtz and flowers are from my stash.

This was a birthday card for my co-worker.  She loves to bake and makes us tasty treats twice a week!  We thought she deserved a treat of her own on her special day so delivered this card and a cake!

I wonder what company I'll craft with next....
 

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Regan

Jedi Mind Tricks

Happy 4th of July!  Sadly, I don't have anything patriotic to share, but I do have a couple of cute Saturated Canary creations to show off!  We went to a birthday party last weekend for brothers.  Like most boys my son's age, they like video games so I colored up the custom SC image Krista drew for me called Gamer.  Twice!

Darth Vader made an appearance at their party so I used the original version with the lightsaber poster in the background.  I was lucky enough to find some Star Wars themed paper at Joann craft store a while back so I used a sheet with Storm Troopers on it here.

I cut the images using Classic Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders) and framed them with Sprightly Sprockets (Spellbinders).  The sentiment is from Stampin' Up and is cut using Fishtail Flags Stax Die-namics (My Favorite Things).  The Game Controller is also from MFT. (Boy, were all those little buttons a challenge!)  Star Cluster border is from Tim Holtz (Sizzix) and the rest of the dies are La-La-Land Crafts: Steampunk Border, Steampunk Heart Cogs, Diamond Lattice Border, and Moon and Stars Banner. 

In keeping with the theme of video games, their gift was a Lego Dimensions pack. 

It's a gorgeous day here, but I think we'll just be hanging out at home.  The small man is (surprise, surprise!) playing Xbox!  Maybe I'll get some crafting done....

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Regan   
 

2015 Catch Up

Hi!  I have a bunch of miscellaneous birthday cards made in 2015 that I have yet to share so let's get to it!

This first card was for my mom's birthday last year.  I was pressed for time and didn't want to color an image.  It's rare I make a card without coloring involved, but this was one of those times.  I used the Tim Holtz Bigz Sewing Room die (Sizzix).  The border punch is from Martha Stewart.

Next is a card I made for a co-worker's birthday.  I colored Birthday Wishes from Redonkadoodles.  The image is cut with Labels Two Nestabilities (Spellbinders).  I also added Lattice Border and Scalloped Banner dies (La-La-Land Crafts), Balloon punch (Martha Stewart), and a stamped sentiment from Stampin' Up cut with one of their circle punches.  Bakers twine, pearls, a metal flourish, and a few flowers finish off this creation.

And here is a card for one of Kayne's friends.  I colored My Super Boy from Tiddly Inks then fussy cut him and used foam squares to pop him up on a designer paper background.  The City Skyline and Happy Birthday dies are from My Favorite Things.  The star is from Stars Five Nestabilities (Spellbinder) and the star border is a Martha Stewart punch. 

This next project was a combination birthday and new home card for a co-worker.  I colored this cute little house from Waltzingmouse Stamps' A Cottage Home set then I loaded it with dies!  Here I've used Lattice Border, Hot Air Balloon, Street Lamp, and Wrought Iron Fence (La-La-Land Crafts) as well as

Another co-worker birthday prompted this masculine card using Stampin' Up's Classic Convertibles stamp set.  No coloring needed, just a bunch of fun dies including Fishtail Flags Stax Die-namics (My Favorite Things) and Flag Banner and Steampunk Border (La-La-Land Crafts).

Here is Kayne's birthday card from last year.  His party theme was Batman so I found a coloring page online to use for his card.  He is colored with Copics and fussy cut.  The City Skyline Die-namic is from My Favorite Things, the big bat die cut is from Spellbinders and the border is a Martha Stewart punch.  I created the Bat Signal with a printable file purchased online.  The chevron paper was also a purchased digital file.  

Another birthday card with no coloring!  (I did stamp the sentiment, though.)  This was made using My Favorite Things Stamps Game Controller Die-namics.  The sentiment is from their coordinating Level Up stamp set.  The other dies used are Lattice Border and Lattice Doily Border (La-La-Land Crafts).

This was a birthday card for another one of Kayne's little friends.  I colored Little Captain Oscar from Simply B Stamps' Jude and the Rockers Little Heroes collection.  He's colored with Copics and cut using Labels Nestabilities Four (Spellbinders).  Also from Spellbinders is the Star Circle and Stars Five Nestabilities.  The star border is a Martha Stewart punch and the film strip is from Tim Holtz.  The Lattice Doily Border is La-La-Land Crafts.

Another co-worker's birthday card.  I got a little sassy with this one.  The image is KennyK Stamps' Cheers Dude and he's colored with Copics.  The sentiment is from 7Gypsies (Hampton Art).  The die is Stitched Bracket Border (La-La-Land Crafts).

 And finally, a CAS card featuring KennyK Stamps' Hockey.  He was colored with Copics and fussy cut.  The sentiment is from Stampin' Up.

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Regan

La-La-Land Love

Hi!  If you've been following for any amount of time you know I have a La-La-Land Crafts die obsession!  I LOVE them! Want them!  NEED them!  Lol  I use at least one on almost every card I make.  I adore their images too, but for some reason they don't seem to make it into my crafting quite as often.  But today I have two cards to share with you featuring too cute for words Luka!

My first card was made as a thank you for my friend who converted a salvaged fireplace mantle into a freestanding piece for me.  I live in an apartment, but love the cozy ambience a fireplace gives.  Since a real one isn't an option, I decided faux was the way to go!  As you can see, he rose to the challenge and exceeded all expectations!

I colored Luka with Birdhouse with Copics for his card.  I then fussy cut the image and used foam squares for dimension when mounting him on top of the Stitched Squares Stax Die-namics (My Favorite Things).  I also used a couple of LLLC dies as well: Tool Border and Tabs Border.  To keep with the theme I added a few screw brads and a length of measuring tape ribbon.  The sentiment is from Stampin' Up. 

My next card was made for a coworker and his wife when they welcomed their new baby boy!

Here I also colored with Copics and fussy cut.  This time I utilized quite a few La-La-Land Crafts dies.  I included Filigree Border, Filigree Moon, Filigree Stars, Baby Clothesline, Open Leaf Flourish, and Rocking Horse.  The Star Cluster border is from Tim Holtz (Sizzix) and the banner for the sentiment is cut with Fishtail Flags Stax Die-namics (My Favorite Things).  I just added a few flowers for the finishing touch.

I really need to color up these cuties more often!

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Regan

Back to School

Summer can't be over already?!?!  But alas, it is!  School has begun and  it's Labor Day weekend, the unofficial end of Summer.  We seem to be settling back into the routine just fine, and I look forward to Fall, but I'm just not ready for my small man to be getting so big!  He is a 1st grader now and it seems like just yesterday that he only a promise I had yet to meet.

I like to create traditions for important days so last year I made him card and special breakfast for his first day of school.  I decided it would be an annual thing, something to look forward to that added a bit of fun and lots of love to a day that can be scary (or at least nervous butterfly inducing).  This year I used Back To School Luka from La-La-Land Crafts on his card.  He is colored with Copics and fussy cut.  I also used a couple of LLLC dies - Open Hearts Border, Hearts Doily Border, and Heart Banner.  The notebook edge was made using a border punch.  I added a length of ruler ribbon, mini Scrabble tiles to spell out his name, two Tim Holtz metal embellishments (muse token and pin), a punched apple from Marth Stewart, and a couple of chipboard stickers from my stash.  Papers are DCWV - Grade School stack.  

Breakfast was fresh cut strawberries and bananas, bacon, and an English muffin.  He is loving school and his teacher this year so we're off to a fantastic start!

I hope everyone has something fun planned for their weekend!  Anyone plan to spend it crafting?  Yeah, that's what I though!  Enjoy!

Copics used: E00, E04, E11, E21, E50, E51, E53, E55, E57, B32, B34, YG11, YG13, W4, W6, R20, R35, R37, R39, R89 

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Regan