Inspiration Friday - Strawberries and Cream

Hello everyone!

The first month of summer is over and we are opening the month of July and also closing another week with the theme "Strawberries and Cream".Let's see what the Team Friday have to show.

Céline

Stamp: Spring Molli

Dies: Jungle vines from march kit club, 

Fancy doily, Two leaves, Stitched tags, Heart speech bubbles, Autumn leaves

Copics:

Skin : E13, 11, 21, 00, 000, R20, 00

Hair : E59, 57, 55, 53

Clothes : R39, 46, 29, 27, 24, E53, 51

Flowers : YG67, 63, R39, 37, 35, 27, 17, 14, Y38, 35, C2

Tamara

Stamp: Sleeping Baby Marci 

Dies: Heart Doily, Double Stitched Squares, 

Loopy Doily (July 2015 club kit)

Blossoms (July 2015 club kit)

Strawberries (July 2015 club kit)

Ric Rack (December 2015 club kit)

Distress markers, ink pads and Spectrum aqua markers used:

skin: vintage photo

cheeks: worn lipstick

outfit, hat: peach (SA), black soot, pumice stone

Alexandra

Stamp: Selfie Molli

Dies: Double Stitched Circles, Scalloped Pierced Circles, Strawberries (July 2015 club kit), Tree Branch (April 2016 club kit), Heart Doily Border, Garden Bench

Copics:

Skin: E04, E11, E00, E000, E0000

Hair: E11, E15, E18

Outfit: E57, E55, E53, E50

T6, E09, E07, R24

W5, W3, W1

Vicky 

Stamp: Selfie Mollie

Dies: Heart Doily Die , Heart Banner Die , Butterflies Set 1 Dies , Heart Fence Die 

Distress Markers & Refills used:

Skin - Vintage Photo & Tattered Rose

Cheeks - Spun Sugar 

Hair - Antique Linen, Walnut Stain

Dress - Fired Brick, Black Soot & Pumice Stone

Leggings - Pumice Stone

Boots - Fired Brick, Black Soot, Pumice Stone

Phone - Spun Sugar, Pumice Stone

Stephanie 

Stamp : Nautical Molli

Dies : Koi Circle, Stitched Nested Circles, Stitched Tags, Love to Garden

Strawberries (July 2015 club kit)

Copic used :

Skin (E000-00-21-11-13-04, RV42)

Hair (E44-47-49)

Clothing (C3-5, BV31, B60, R24-27-29)

Alina 

Stamp: Marci with Lollipop (w/ Sentiments)

Dies: Pierced Scalloped Circles Die (set of 4) , Stitched Nested Circles (set of 7) Die,

Koi Circle Die (Set of 3), Strawberries and Strawberry Blossoms (July 2015 Card Kit)

Colour pencils:

Skin: Prisma Premier PC939, Derwent Coloursoft C130;

Hair: Prisma Premier PC1080, PC1081;

Shoes: Prisma Premier PC1005, PC1056.

Sue

 Stamp: Marci with Rose 

Dies: Small scallops border, Stitched Elements, July 2015 Club La La Land dies,

Loopy Doily Border, Strawberries 

Copics:

Skin: E000, E00, E21, E11, R11, R20

Hair: E50. E51, E53, E31, E33

Dress/band: R20, R32, R35, 

Rose: R32, R35, R37, R59, YG63, YG67

Hat: C0, C1

We hope you have a great weekend!

Also don't forget to join in all the La-La Land Crafts fun by adding

your creations to our Facebook page . Also for more Inspiration we are on Twitter , Pinterest and Instagram too.

Alexandra and the Team Friday

Tutorial Thursday: Planner Bookmark

Planners are a big trend in the papercraft industry at the moment and I have to admit in the last few weeks I have been swept up in the craze. I used to have filofaxes and calendars and planners but then went digital for many years. Now that I am a scrapper, cardmaker and all around papercrafter, it was only a matter of time before I was lured back into using planners, especially with all the options for creativity that now seem to abound! I am making my own planner with personalized inserts and calendars, so of course when I wanted a bookmark for my planner I decided I needed to make my own, and thought I would do a tutorial for making one using some of my gorgeous La-La Land Craft dies.

To start your project gather up the papers you would like to use for your bookmark and a pattern for the base of the page you would like to make. I wanted a wide bookmark so that it could hold sticky notes and I could write out my meal plans on one side! I designed a page that would fit the height of my book and not quite as wide and I added a little tab at the top to mark the page. I chose to use several dies from La-La Land Crafts: the Cherry Blossom Branch Die, Garden Bench Die, Stitched Nested Circles and Stitched Elements banner die.  I thought that the Cherry Blossom Branch Die and the Garden Bench Die fit perfectly for our photo inspiration challenge this week: 

Take your pattern for the bookmark shape and cut it out from your pattern paper.

Next, cut out your die cut elements from your other papers.

I wanted to personalize my bookmark by making a banner to say "This Week" and then the days of the week inside little circles. I chose my font on the computer and then printed out the text I wanted, making sure it fit within the space in the die cuts.  By printing the text out on a sheet of copy paper, you can then take a smaller piece of your patterned paper and check that it will fit the text as below.

I added a strip of double sided adhesive to the top of the patterned paper. 

Adhere the piece of pattern paper over the text on the copy paper, making sure not to put the adhesive over the text part but just above it so that you can remove it easily.

Now take the piece of copy paper with your pattern paper adhered to it and run it through
your printer, printing out the same text. It will print out in the same place onto your patterned paper. Remove the pattern paper from the copy paper.

Align the die cuts over the text centering them as best you can 

and then run them through your die cutting machine.

Once all your pieces have been cut out, glue them down to your bookmark base sheet.

Place your bookmark in a laminating sheet and run it through a laminator.

Trim around your bookmark and leave some of the laminating plastic on the left side where
you will be punching your holes. I used my Cinch machine to punch my holes, but you can
easily use a single hole punch. You can use a piece of paper from your planner to mark your
holes to make sure they are spaced correctly. This could be used for a coil or ring binder
type planner, just adjust the holes accordingly.

To make this bookmark easy to move from day to day, cut a slit on every hole, 

this will let you pull it off and reposition it whenever needed.

Here is my bookmark slotted into my calendar space in my planner!

And here it is with my meal plan set up in it! You can write on the laminating plastic with
sharpie and use alcohol wipes (or I use nail polish remover!) to erase it for the next week!

I hope you found this tutorial useful. Give it a try, it is a lot of fun and
makes a very practical addition to your planner!

Inspiration Wednesday - Photo Inspiration

Hi, everyone! It's Kathy here today, sharing what our Wednesday team has made with this week's 

Photo Inspiration...

Without further ado, we hope you get some fun ideas from these projects...

Cathi

Dies:  Stitched Nested Circles, Stitched Elements, Garden Bench, Cherry Blossom Branch

Klaudia

Dies:  Heart Doily Border, Spiderweb Corner, Random Flags Banner

Margot

Dies: Feathers, Large Lacy Border, Small Lacy Border, Open Leaf Flourish

 

Kathy

Dies:  Large Lacy Border, Small Lacy Border, Feathers, Cherry Blossom Flowers, Berry Flourish

Thanks for visiting today, and I hope you'll come by tomorrow, too, when Cathi will be here with a fun tutorial!

And remember, there are lots of ways you can join in on the La-La Land fun...our Facebook page, our Facebook group where we invite you to post your own La-La Land creations, on Twitter, and our official Pinterest page!

Inspiration Monday - Be Inspired

Hi All...

Debbie here today and this week the teams are working with an inspiration photo, check it out......

And here are the amazing projects from the girls....

JOY

Stamps: Popsicle Marci, Pinata Luka for Sentiment
Die: Flag Banner 

Copics

Skin: E000, E00, E02, E11, E13, R20 , R22

Hair: W1. W4. W7

Hat: B06, B14, B37, R35, R37, R39

Glasses: C1. C3, C5, C7

Outfit: R35, R37, R39, W1, W4, W7, B06, B14, B37

Shoes: R35, R37, R39, B37

Bucket: R35, R37, R39, Y13, Y15, Y19

Popsicle: Y13, Y15, Y19, E35

DEBBIE

Stamp: Heart Ballon Marci with Present 

Dies: Birdhouse, Open Leaf Flourish, Garden Bench, Rolled Rose Small and Medium 

Copics Used

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

Hair - Y21, E53, E33, E11

Clothes - C4, C2, C00, R29, R27, R24, R22, R21, 100

Balloon - B18. B16, B14, B12

Present - B18. B16, B14, B12, C4, C2, C00

JENNIFER

Stamps: Marci with Umbrella, Bumble Bee Marci for Sentiment, Sunny Day Background Elements
Dies: Heart Doily Border, Folding Banners

Copics

Face E0000,E000,E00,E01,E11,R20

Coat, Umbrella, Hat and Boots - Reds R24,R27,R29,R59

Coat, Umbrella, Hat and Boots- Blues B34,B37,B39

LINDA

Stamp: Marci with Umbrella

Die: Wrought Iron Fence Die

Copics:
Skin: E11, E21, E01, E00, E000, R11, R20

Clothing and shading: R32, R35. R56, B23, B24, B27, W0, W01, W03

ANNE-MAREE
Stamp: Singing Luka
Dies: Flag Banner, Heart Treble Clef

Copics

Skin E50 E51 E11 E02 ROO R20
Clothes R37 R56 R59 B23 B26 B28
Shoes N1 N3 N5
Microphone N1 N3
Hair N1 N3 N5 N7 N9

SILVIE

Stamp: Nautical Marci
Dies: Flag Banner, Rolled Rose Small and Medium, Rolled Rose Large, Steampunk Heart Cogs, Steampunk Clock

Copics

C5, 3, 1, 00; B000, 0000

C5, R39, 37, 35, 32

Shoes: E59, 35, 31, ; C3, 1

Hair: E29, 25, 53

Skin: E04, 11, 01, 000, 0000; R21, 20

Shell: E49, 09, 08, 02

Remember, you can join in on all the La-La Land Crafts fun over on our Facebook Page, where you can also post your own La-la Land Crafts creations. You can also find us on Twitter! 

Happy crafting!

Debbie and the Team Monday gals

xXx

Inspiration Friday - About a Boy

Good morning! It's Sandie here with this weeks inspiration Friday - 

About a Boy

If you haven't checked out Team Monday's creations, just click HERE or keep scrolling down.

Now let's see what Team Friday came up with..

Vicky

Stamp: Letter to Santa Luka

Dies: Christmas Tree die, Heart Fence die & Flag Banner die

Copics & Prisma Pencils

Skin ~ E000, E00,E21, R11 & R20.

Hair ~ E11, E13 & E15.

Jacket & Hat ~ E50, E51, E53, E40, E41, E13, E15 & Light & Dark Umber Prisma Pencils.

T/Shirt ~ YG91, YG93, YG95 & Black Prisma Pencil.

Scarf ~ E07, R24, R27 & Black Prisma Pencil.

Jeanette

Stamp: Darling Dragon Luka

Dies: Spiderweb Border

Copic Markers:

Skin: E000, E00, E01, E11, R20

Hair: E31, E33, E35

Purple: V20, V22, V25

Green: G21, G24, G28

Liz Marsden 

Stamp: Letter to Santa Luka

Copic Markers:

Skin, E000, E00, E11, E21, R30, R11

Hair - E50, E51, E53, E55, E57

Hat - E30,E31, E33, E34, E35

Trousers/ scarf - YG91, G94, YG63

Jumper - E41, E42, E43

Jacket - E70, E71, E74

Shoes - E41, E42, E43, E44, E70, E71, E74

Letter - W0, W1, W3, R17, R27, R46

Tracey P

Stamp: Bathtime Luka

Copic Markers

Skin: E000, E00, E21, E11, R30

Hair: E21, E25, E29

Bath: W00, W2, W4, W6

Claws: Y21, YR23, YR24, W4, B39

Bubbles: BG000, BG0000, BG72

Boat & accessories: E21, E25, E29, B32, B34, B37, B39. G40, G43, G46

Ground: W2

Sue 

Stamps: Luka with Flowers, Cupid Marci (sentiment), Rose Faerie Marci (Sentiment)

Dies: Book Tabs and Labels, Decorative Corner Die, Heart Doily Border, Open Flourish Die, 

Pretty Poinsettia, Steampunk corner die, Steampunk Heart cogs, Berry Flourish, Bridge Die, 

Cattail die, Folding Banners die, Garden Bench Die, Grass Border die, Heart Banner Die, 

Heart fence die, Heart Treble Clef Die, Heart tree die, Lotus Die, Scallop border die, Stitched Scallops border, Stitched Tabs die, String of hearts border, Tulip border, Water Lily, Street Lamp, Palm tree, Butterfly set 1, Cloud, Sun and Island set

Copics:

Skin: E000, E00, E11, R01, R02, B60

Hair: E41, E42, E43, E51

Greens: G21, G24, G28, YG63, YG67

Yellows: Y13, Y15, Y17, Y35, Y38

Blues: B91, B93, B95, B97, B99

Greys: W00, W1, W3

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Have a great week,

Sandie & Team Friday

xxx