Meet our new Guest Design Team!

Before I introduce the new Guest Design Team members, I want to thank Karin Hoeve, Kim Blakey, Marcea Watkins, Paul Ford, and Sue Kment for a truly fabulous three months. It was my very first Guest Design Team and all of you will hold a special place in my heart. They delivered beautiful cards and projects for every challenge and never failed to amaze me with their talent. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

Now I would like to introduce to you our new Guest Design Team for the months of November and December!

Introducing:


Elena Joldersma

Little bit about myself. My name is Elena. I am married to a wonderful man who makes my life easier and who is a big support to me. We have one very dear son. He is our hope, our future, and joy! And of course our family will not be full without furry family member – our kitty Ginger Bell. I like to make handmade gifts. I think that they are very precious and priceless, warm and heartfelt, unique and special. When I make something for my family, friends or people that I know, I always remembering all of the moments and time I spend with them.

Last spring I found out about stamping and since that time I can’t imagine my life without it. For me stamping is not only a way of relaxing but also a fun way of studying new things, meeting new people and writing little stories. Each card has a little life and that is what makes it special.
I am very excited and happy to be a Guest Designer for La-La Land Crafts Company. It is a big honor for me and I am very thankful to Irina for believing in my abilities and me. I know that it will be a big adventure that will be enjoyable for the company and me! Come visit me on my blog, "Red Haired Girl" .

Katie Tate

I'm English but have lived in the US for the last 12 years. I currently live in North Texas. I've been married for 15 years and have 3 children, Nathan 12, Georgia 10 and Carter 3.

I've been scrapbooking for 11 years and card making for 1 year.
When I'm not paper crafting I like to decorate, cook and I also love flower arranging. I used to read a lot especially soppy romances but now I only read on vacation. I love the Internet and blogging and I love the fact I can have friends for years that I've never met! Come visit me on my blog, "Both Sides of the Paper" .

Kristine Breach

Hi, I'm Kristine Breach and reside in Oregon with my husband and 2 daughters, Carly (10) and Maddy (9). I have always loved crafts of all kinds, and these last few years stamping has become my addiction. My girls love to stamp too and they have their own little "stash" of goodies for card making. We (my girls and I) recently participated in LaLa Land Craft's Christmas blog hop and had a blast! These stamps are so cute and just make us smile! So I was soo thrilled to get this opportunity to be a Guest Designer... thank you Irina! I just celebrated my 3rd anniversary of blogging and have met some wonderful friends through this hobby. Come visit me on my blog, "Ink Something".

Moon Hulsman

I've been 40 years old for a while now ;o) and I live in Brabant ( the Netherlands) with my husband and four children. I'm on the editorial board at Cards Only magazine and you could say that scrapping has always been a hobby of mine, because now that the scrapbooks and diaries have been done the mini albums and cards are a favorite of mine! I especially like the smaller projects and love to blog because it's so wonderful to be able to share the scrap virus with all you lovely blogger's! Come visit me on my blog, "Scrapjes van Moon".

When you get a chance, please visit their blogs to see the wonderful work that they do. I am so EXCITED to have such talented ladies join our Guest Design Team!!!

Hugs!!

Challenge #10 - Ribbon!

Welcome to La-La's
Weekly Wednesday
Challenge #10!

Hello my La-La Land Crafts friends! I'm so glad
to be back as your hostess for this week's challenge.
One of my favorite embellishments is ribbon. I LOVE ribbon!
In fact, when there isn't a spot for it on my card,
I think something's missing!

So, my challenge to you is to use ribbon
on your card or project. In fact,
why not let ribbon be your inspiration!

The design team will select their top 3 favorites for each challenge.

The one with the most votes will win this

cute Santa Lala stamp!!

Plus, the Top 3 will get to put this adorable button on their blog:

Here's what you need to do to participate:

1) Create a NEW card or other papercraft project for the challenge.
Yes, you may combine challenges!
You may use any stamps, but if you've got some La-La Land stamps,

why not show them some love?!

2) Link your card or project to Mr. Linky below
by Sunday, November 1, 2009 at 11:59pm PST (GMT-8).
Be sure to link directly to the blog or gallery post
featuring your entry!

If you post your card on Splitcoaststampers, please use Keyword: LLWWC10.

If you are also using a stamp from La-La Land Crafts,

please use BOTH keywords LLLC and LLWWC10.

3) Link to this challenge in your blog or gallery post

Here's some inspiration to get you started:

Santa Lala by Lisa Hjulberg

Santa Lala by Irina Blount


Witch Lala by Jane Matsumoto

Pirate Lala by Kathy Page

Ornament Lala by Kim Yu

Christmas Rosie with Bird by Maureen Wong

Christmas Rosie with Bird by Sheila Lygo

Guest Designers

Witch Lala by Karin Hoeve

Witch Lala by Kim Blakey

Birthday Lala by Marcea Watkins

Building Snowman Maya by Paul Ford

Pirate Rosie by Sue Kment

Come join in the fun!!

This Challenge is CLOSED as of Sunday, November 1st at 11:59 pm PST (please see Challenge Rules at the beginning of this post). Thank you to everyone who has participated. The winners will be announced on Tuesday, November 3rd. We will be back with the new Challenge on Wednesday, November 4th.

1. America 2. Adrina 3. Katie Tate 4. rinat 5. Vikki 6. Lisa Foster 7. Kiki 8. irit cohen 9. Kristine B 10. Leah the Orange 11. Irene 12. liz marsden 13. Lou 14. Suzi 15. Denise Lynn 16. Lynsey 17. Kate 18. megan 19. libeeti

20. Hazel 21. ANAT SIMON 22. Jeanet 23. Craftypagan 24. Elena 25. Susie Sugar 26. lilacanglia 27. America 28. Erin... 29. Inbal Weisman 30. Pinky 31. libeeti-second card 32. Trish Lucey 33. Audrey 34. Stacie 35. Kerstin 36. Pattie G 37. irit cohen 2 38. Susie #2

39. Britt 40. Itzuvit 41. SallyB 42. Kim T 43. ineke da cruz 44. Kris 45. Christine C 46. libeeti-third card 47. Alexandra 48. Hollie@ Momiji's Madness 49. Vivi Casale 50. Lauren 51. Christine N 52. Chris V 53. Amy Liz Schultz 54. IRIT 55. Alicia

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Winners of La-La's Weekly Wednesday Challenge #9

Last week's challenge was hosted by our Jane and it was to have SPARKLE on the card/project. You can see what out Design Team and Guest Designers came up with on the post HERE.

Thank you to all who entered this week's challenge! There were so many wonderful entries to choose from!! Here are the Top Picks for this week:

Dawn of Daily Scrappin' Inspiration takes the top pick with this wonderful circle card with the large sparkly snowflake.

Then we got Kim of Kim's Card Corner with this pretty card. Love the sparkly Flower Soft for the snow!!


We also loved the masculine card with sparkle from Ann of Craftroom Creations. Wow!!


Congratulations Ladies!! Please send me your email and I will send you the "Top Three at La-La Land Crafts" badge.

Dawn, as the top pick, you also get a 25% discount at our La-La Land Crafts store! Please email me and I will let you know how to take advantage of the discount.

Hugs!!

LLWWC9 - Sparkle!

Welcome to La-La's Weekly Wednesday Challenge #9!

Hi! I'm Jane and I get to host this week's challenge!
I have just one question for all of you...
"Do you love SPARKLE?"

If you do, then this challenge is for you!
It's ALL about the sparkle!
Bring it on, crafty friends!
Glitter, bling, shimmer... it's all good!

The design team will select their top 3 favorites for each challenge.

The Top 3 will get to put this adorable button on their blog:

The one with the most votes will also get 25% off at the La-La Land Crafts online store!

Here's what you need to do to participate:

1) Create a NEW card or other papercraft project for the challenge.
Yes, you may combine challenges!
You may use any stamps, but if you've got some La-La Land stamps,

why not show them some love?!
2) Link your card or project to Mr. Linky below.
Be sure to link directly to the blog post featuring your entry

or to the gallery picture of your entry.
3) Leave a comment on our blog
4) If you link your card to Splitcoaststampers, please use Keyword: LLWWC9

**If you are using a stamp from La-La Land Crafts,

please use BOTH keywords LLLC and LLWWC9.
5) Link to this challenge in your blog or gallery post

by Sunday, October 25 at 11:59pm PST(GMT-8).
Note: If you do not have a blog and do not upload to Splitcoaststampers, you can still play along.

Just email us your card/project and we will enter it into the challenge.

Email address is on the sidebar.

Angel Lala by Jane Matsumoto

Witch on the Broom Rosie by Kathy Page

Fairy Lala by Kim Yu

Pirate Rosie by Lisa Hjulberg

Sweet Rosie by Maureen Wong

Winter Maya by Sheila Lygo


Guest Designers

Witch on the Broom Rosie by Karin Hoeve

Candy Cane Clover by Kim Blakey

Candy Cane Lala by Marcea Watkins

Down the Slopes Rosie by Paul Ford

Wizard Maya by Sue Kment

Come, join in on the fun!!

1. Vikki 2. Pinky 3. Denise Lynn 4. Stacie 5. Terry EO 6. Kiki 7. Chris Olsen 8. Kerstin 9. Chris V 10. Alicia 11. Ann Cutts 12. Kim T 13. Teri 14. Marianne

15. Dawn B.(1st timer) 16. Trish Hughes 17. Lisa V 18. Suzi 19. Kris 20. Chrissie 21. Katie Tate 22. Victoria 23. Janna 24. craftykitten 25. Tamara Bennett 26. Peg 27. Maria Matter 28. libeeti

29. raindropecho 30. Brenda 31. Alexandra 32. Stamping SAM 33. Lori Aragon 34. dragonlady 35. Erin... 36. Regina Jones 37. Denise Lynn 38. Tracey V 39. Piali 40. Brandi

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Winners of La-La's Weekly Wednesday Challenge #8

This week's challenge was to design a Winter or Christmas card/project. You can see what out Design Team and Guest Designers came up with HERE.

Thank you to all who entered this week's challenge! There were so many wonderful entries to choose from... it was quite close! Here are the Top Picks for this week:

Teri takes the first place with this gorgeous card in blues. This is the second week in a row for Teri to make our top pick!! Congratulations!!


Our second pick is Katie Tate with this amazing easel card..


And last but most definitely not least is Maria Matter with this very creative card..


Congratulations Ladies!!

Please send me your email and I will send you the "Top Three at La-La Land Crafts" badge.

Teri, as the top pick, you also get a 25% discount at our La-La Land Crafts store! Please email me and I will let you know how to take advantage of the discount.

Hugs!!

Building a Snow-Cow Maya

I just LOVE this new stamp of Maya, she looks like she is having so much fun building a snow-cow!!! This stamp is called Winter Maya and is now available in our online store.

This is my second card for our La-La's Weekly Wednesday Challenge this week, Winter/Christmas. If you would like to play along please check out this post, there are also more samples from our talented DT and the Guest Designers.





Desinger paper is from Webster's Pages. Winter Maya was colored with Copics, Flower Soft for the snow and Crystal Stickles on the "snowcow" and Maya's boots, scarf and mittens. I added Copper Brads for the snowcow's bottons. Along with Maya stamp I used the Christmas Trees stamp from Magnolia, the trees were stamped on the Designer Paper and outlined with Copic. Fiskars Border punch. EK Success Swirl punch (inside of the card).

The Winner of the Blog Hop Candy

So sorry I am late with this post, I know you all have been waiting to see who the winner of our Blog Hop Blog Candy is.. We had so much fun reading all of your comments during the Blog Hop.. We tried to be a little tricky with the sneak peeks but most of you got the answer right :-) Yes, there are 12 stamps in our newest release!! And, you can see all of the new stamps in the post below or click here, and there are also the cards that our Design Team and the Guest Designers had made!! All of the new stamps are now available in our online store.

I've used random.org to choose the number from 131 entries to the Blog Candy. And the lucky number tonight is..

...

...

...


82!!! Brandi!!! You are the winner!!! Here is what Brandi said in her comment:

"Brandi said...

I counted 12 super cute new stamps! What a wonderful release!

Smiles,
Brandi"

Congratulations Brandi!!! Please email Irina your address and your choice of three La-La Land Crafts stamps.

Want to have more fun with us? We have a weekly challenge right here on our blog, it is called La-La's Weekly Wednesday Challenge!! This week's challenge is Winter/Christmas, very appropriate for our new release :-) . To see the details please scroll down to the post below or click here.

Hugs!!

Christmas Release and LLWWC8

I have to warn you, this is the longest post ever!! But please stick with us, it's all FUN!!

We had a lot of fun with all of you visiting all our blogs during our Blog Hop!! Thank you SO MUCH for all your comments!!! The correct answer to the question of how many stamps there are in our new Christmas Release is twelve!! Twelve new stamps!! The winner of the Blog Hop Blog Candy will be announced tonight at 10 pm PST, you will just have to come back to see if you are the lucky one!!

Now.. without further ado we are going to show you what you have been impatiently ;-) waiting for.. Here are our new stamps!!! Go ahead, take a look there are also cards samples made by our Design Team and Guest Designers!!

All of the new stamps are now available for purchase in our online La-La Land Crafts store, here is the link.

Santa Lala

by Kim Yu

Winter Lala


by Sheila Lygo


Ornament Lala

by Kimmi Blakey


Candy Cane Lala

by Lisa Hjulberg


Angel Lala

by Kathy Page

Christmas Dress Rosie

by Irina Blount


Christmas Rosie with Bird

by Karin Hoeve


Rosie on a Sled

by Irina Blount

Winter Maya

by Paul Ford

Hot Cocoa Whiskers

by Sue Kment

Candy Cane Clover

by Jane Matsumoto

Christmas Kirby

by Marcea Watkins


and one more by Maureen Wong.. remember, there were two blogs showing this stamp ;-)

So, what do you think? Did you enjoy the preview as much we had enjoyed making cards with our new stamps?

Now.. onto this week's Challenge.. La-La's Weekly Wednesday Challenge #8 is Winter/Christmas.

The design team will select their top 3 favorites for each challenge.

The Top 3 will get to put this adorable button on their blog:

The one with the most votes will also get 25% off at the La-La Land Crafts online store!

Here's what you need to do to participate:

1) Create a NEW card or other papercraft project for the challenge.
Yes, you may combine challenges!
You may use any stamps, but if you've got some La-La Landstamps, why not show them some love!
2) Link your card or project to Mr. Linky below.
Be sure to link directly to the blog post featuring your entry or to the gallery picture of your entry.
3) Leave a comment on our blog
4) If you link your card to Splitcoaststampers, please use Keyword: LLWWC7
**If you are using a stamp from La-La Land Crafts, please use BOTH keywords LLLC and LLWWC7
5) Link to this challenge in your blog or gallery post by Sunday, October 18th at 11:59pm PST(GMT-8).
Note: If you do not have a blog and do not upload to Splitcoaststampers, you can still play along. Just email us your card/project and we will enter it into the challenge. Email address is on the sidebar.

1. Katie Tate 2. Leah the Orange 3. Marianne 4. Terry EO 5. Suzi 6. Julie W 7. Tracey V 8. Victoria 9. Kim T

10. Denise Lynn 11. Hazel 12. Hazel 13. Hazel (more) 14. Nikki C 15. Teri 16. Kerstin 17. Kris 18. SMK

19. dragonlady 20. Maria Matter 21. Alicia 22. Lou 23. Crafty Emma 24. Regina Jones 25. Kiki 26. Trish Hughes 27. Ann Cutts

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