Monday, July 30, 2018

Day 1 LLC Retreat - You Warm My Heart Card

This project is the last of 7 projects from Day 1 La-la Land Crafts 2017 Retreat.  All papers used for this project had been supplied at the Retreat.  Original design by Henryka Kowacz - her blog here.  La-la Land Crafts Winter Marci stamp used. La-la Land Crafts dies used: Winter Hill die, Two Trees, Snowflake Flurry Border. All dies and stamp can be found here. Finished card size: 5-1/2" x 5-1/2"
Winter Marci Copic colors:
Hair: W2, W4, W6, W8
Skin: E000, E00, E01, E02, E11
All Reds: R00, R14, R27, R59
All Greys: W0, W2, W4, White Gel Pen
Fussy cut image, pop with foam squares
Use a white gel pen aroun d her hat and shoulder shrug.
Top left side of the card shows die cut Winter Hills and Snow Flurry Border. Flat back adhesive pearls use on the border. Designer paper edges distressed and popped. Smaller mat made by tearing and distressing the torn edges using Ranger's Vintage Photo ink.
Bottom left side stamped and popped up message. Underneath stamped message are Two Trees dies overlap and popped with foam tape.
Thank you for stopping by today to visit. Have a crafty day and stay tuned for Day 2 La-la Land Crafts Retreat 2017 projects.


 

Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Day 1 LLC Retreat - Gift Card Holder Tag

All papers used for this project had been supplied at the Retreat.  Original design by Owner Irina Blount from the November 2017 La-la Land Craft Retreat. Winter Critters originally used for this tag - my version used Happy Critters for this project.  Dies (found here) used for this project: Stitched Tags, Stitched Nested Circles, Double Stitched Hills, Pretty Poinsettia, Joy, Stitched Slots. Finished tag size 4-1/2" x 5".
Here's what the tag looks like (without a gift card that is suppose to be in the slot).

A closer look at the poinsettia: Poinsettia is popped with foam squares, Gold flat back pearls adhered to the center.  
Panda Copic colors:
Panda: W2, W5
Panda Clothes: R02, R89, Gold Smooch (also make some swirls on top of the clothing).
Panda is fussy cut and popped with foam squares.
Fancy knot for the tag:
Tag back:
 Love this tag layout.  Thank you for stopping by today to visit. Stay tuned for more projects from the 2017 La-la Land Retreat.

Friday, July 20, 2018

Day 1 LLC Retreat - Darling Molli Card Folio

Love this project!  All papers used for this project had been supplied at the Retreat.  Original design by Irina Blount from the November 2017 La-la Land Craft RetreatFinished folio size: 4-1/4" x 8-3/4" x 1/2".

La-la Land Crafts Darling Molli stamp used.
La-la Land Crafts dies used: Deco Panel, Cameo Frames, Booktab and Labels, Stitched Nested Circles, Stitched Scallops Border, Love Doves, Two Leaves, Spring Blossoms, and Spring Blossoms Small.  All stamp and dies can be found here. All pages have been lightly sponged using Vintage Photo ink.
Darling Molli Copic colors:
Hair: W2, W4, W6, W8
Skin: E000, E00, E01, E02, E11, R11, R20, R21
Dress, Shoe, Hairband: RV000, RV06, RV09, RV10, RV21 
Moilli is cut and popped with foam squares.
Folio spine and back view:
A closer look at the top half of the folio:
Front side of the folio:
Bottom half of the folio:
Open the folio to reveal a pocket on the left and a decorative page on the right:
Center folio pages:
Back folio pages:
Pockets made using the Double Stitched Hills die:
Love this tab with an adhesive pearl:
Thank you for stopping by today to visit. More La-la Land Crafts Retreat projects will be posted soon.

Monday, July 16, 2018

Day 1 LLC Retreat - Rose Hat Marci Fold Flat Box

Another great retreat project: Stripe paper used for this project had been supplied at the 2017 La-la Land Crafts Retreat.  Original design by Martha Tucker  - her blog here. This project used a turquoise card stock as the base which was changed to a Red card stock (Recollections). Stamp used is Rose Hat Marci (smaller version). Finished box size 4" x 4" x 1". La-la Land Crafts Dies used: Stitched Circles, Vintage Type Writer, Book Tab and labels, Vintage Telephone, Steam Punk Corner. All dies can be found here.  All stripe designer paper edges have been distressed,
Rose Hat Marci Copic colors:
Hair: W2, W4, W6, W8
Skin: E000, E00, E01, E11
Rose, Hairband, Sweater, Shoes: R00, R14, R27
Dress, Hat: R20, R81
Leaf: YG93, YG99
Box Back:
To achieve this effect, die cut the pieces, then use Ranger's Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink to "smear" across the pieces. Finishing touch: add flat back black pearls.
Box front has a die cut white typewriter under the vellum paper.
Box flattened:
 Thank you for stopping by today to visit.  Stay tuned for more 2017 Retreat projects!

Thursday, July 12, 2018

Day 1 LLC Retreat - Winter MArci Noel Book Card

All papers used for this project had been supplied at the 2017 La-la Land Craft Retreat.  Original design by Elizabeth Elton from the November 2017 LLC Retreat.  Her blog can be found here.  Original design for this project is using Winter Baby Luka and Winter Baby Marci rubber stamps. My version is using Winter Marci and Polar Bear rubber stamps.Finished size: 5-1/2" x 5-1/2" x 1"La-la Land Crafts Winter Marci and Polar Bears Stamps used. La-la Land Crafts dies used: Die, Mittens Die, Spiral Christmas Tree Die, Postage Stamp Die, and Stitched Bracket Border Die.  All these dies and stamps can be found here.
Winter Marci Copic colors:
Hair: W2, W4, W6, W8
Skin: E000, E00, E01, E02, E11
Fur and Dress: W2, W4, W5
Gloves, Cape, Hat, Boots: RV91, RV93, RV95, and a White Gel Pen
Open Book view showing spine and back:
The Spiral Christmas Tree sits on the top right corner and is lightly sponged using Vintage Photo ink.  See the paper doilie peeking out under the tree?
The die cut Noel Word is lightly sponged using Vintage Photo ink - it sits on top of fancy lace.
In the top left corner, die cut Mittens cut twice to achieve this effect. Lightly sponge the edges with Vintage Photo ink.
Overhead view:
Book opened:
Polar Bears rubber stamp Copic colors:
Bear: W0, W1, W3 
Bear Paws: W3, W5, W7, W9
Cheek and Inside Ear: RV00
Hat, Scarf: RV91, RV93, RV95, White Gel Pen
Snowballs: W2, W4, W5
Right side "book" - LOVE the die cut Stitched Bracket Border die used to frame the opening.  Edges are lightly sponged using Vintage Photo ink.
Thank you for stopping by today to visit. More 2017 Retreat projects will be posted soon!
  

Saturday, July 7, 2018

Day 1 LLC Retreat - Flapper Molli Easel Card

All papers used for this project had been supplied at the Retreat.  Original design by Mindy Beverly from the November 2017 LLC Retreat - her blog here is a four drawer easel card. I decided to utilize this design for a easel card without the drawers. La-la land Crafts products found here used:  Flapper Molli Stamp. Dies used for this project can be found here: Cameo Frame, Peacock Feather, Art Deco Border, Vintage Typewriter, Flamingo, Rolled Rose Large, Palm Leaf, Postage Stamps.  Finished card size: 5-1/4" x 5-1/2"
Flapper Molli Copic colors:  
Hair: W2, W4, W6, W8
Skin: E000, E00, E01, E02, R11, R20, R21
Dress, Flower, Shoes: RV000, RV04, RV10, RV2
Headband: G17, BG13, BG23, G02, YG14,White Gel Pen
Gloves, Necklace: W0, W2, W4
Flapper Molli is popped with foam squares. 
Cameo Frame inside negative die cut is sponged using Ranger's Mermaid Lagoon Distress Ink.
Popped up easel:
Side view:
Top right corner: die cut Postage Stamp with message
I n the top left corner the lamingo is die cut using withe card stock. Then it is sponged using Ranger's Worn Lipstick Distress Ink. A Black gel pen used for his eye.
Bottom right corner: Rolled Roses are die cut in white card stock, the sponged using Ranger's Worn Lipstick Distress Ink. Palm Leaves are sponged using Ranger's Vintage Photo Distress Ink.
Bottom  left corner:
Thank you for stopping by today to visit. Stay tun ed for more projects from the retreat that will be posted.

Wednesday, July 4, 2018

July 4th Celebrate Star Treat Box

Made these 4th of July treat boxes for special Zumba instructors who are working on the holiday. These boxes are quick and easy to make using the Silhouette to cut the SVG cut file from Cre8ivecutz.com. File is called Celebrate Star Box. Assembly instructions were included in the download. Finished size is 5" x 5" x 2-7/8". Decorative papers used are from American Crafts. Solid paper used is Core-dinations.
 Here's the individual Star Box:
 Side view of  box: Word "celebrate" is popped with foam.
 Box back:

Hope you all had a great holiday. Thank you for stopping by today to visit. Have a crafty day.