La La Weekly Wednesday Challenge #23 - Gift Card Holder

Hello! I am Kim and I am your hostess this week. Welcome to another great La La Weekly Wednesday Challenge! We are on challenge #23 already! Boy, time sure flies when we are having fun with all the super adorable images at the happiest stamping place, La La Land Crafts!

Did everyone have fun with last week's Fancy Folder challenge? I sure did and all our DTs had a blast checking out all your beautiful creations! Thank you so much for playing along with us! You all sure rock each week's challenge!

This week I have a fun one for everyone as well! Guess what it is? Make a GIFT CARD HOLDER! Everyone likes to receive gift cards and what's a better way to make this a little more special? You guess it, a handmade gift card holder!! So come on, let's play along! These will come very handy! :D


Here's what you need to do to participate:

1) Create a NEW card for the challenge. You are more than welcome to combine challenges!

2) You may use any stamps, but if you've got some La-La Land stamps,
why not show them some love?!

3) Link your project to Mr. Linky below
by Monday, February 1, 2010 at 11:59pm PST (GMT-8).

4) Be sure to link directly to the blog or gallery post featuring your entry!

5) If you post your card on Splitcoaststampers, please use keyword: LLWWC23.
If you are also using a stamp from La-La Land Crafts, please use BOTH keywords LLLC and LLWWC23.

6) Create the link to this challenge (link back to us) in your blog or gallery post

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

and.......one lucky winner will win BIRTHDAY CAKE LALA!

To get you started, here are some inspirations from our DT and GDT.

Kim - Birthday Cake Lala

Jane - Birthday Lala

Elena - Birthday Cake Maya



Kristine - Love Note Rosie


Lisa - Lotus

Maureen - Rosie Sitting With Cat



Kathy - Birthday Present Rosie


Cheryl - Window Lala

Pam - Winter Lala

Oh, my the way, if you don't know yet, we have a special going on at our online store right now! For every three stamps you purchase from now to January 30, 2010, you get a FREE FOURTH stamp of your choice! Don't miss this awesome deal so hurry, place your order today!!!

Edited to Add: If Mr. Linky is hiding, please leave a comment with the link to your entry instead. Thanks!

1. Gina 2. rinat 3. Sharon (aka celticrafter) 4. Angela D 5. jovita

6. ZacksNana 7. 1LuvnMama 8. Gena Justice 9. Katherine 10. SAZCreations

11. Pattie G 12. Kimmie 13. Kris 14. Alicia 15. mimms

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Winners of Challenge#22 - Fancy Folds

Hello to everybody! It's me again, Elena and I'm here to announce the winners of La-La's Weekly Wednesday Challenge #22 – Fancy Folds Cards. But first, we want to thank everyone who entered this challenge. We enjoyed visiting your blogs and look at your fabulous projects! It was very difficult to pick the TOP 3, because so many talented crafters are out there! But it had to be done, so here they are:

Gorgeous Easel card by Erin - look at all of the layering and distressing!



Fairy Valentine Side-Step card by Renata - love all the dimension and depth she created!



And what a sweet Stair-Step card by Adrina - love the cute puppy and all the hearts!



Adrina, you are also the winner of the prize for this challenge - Rosie With Book!




Congratulations to all of you Ladies! Please e-mail Irina for your Top 3 button.

Thank you again for playing with us! Please, come back tomorrow for our new La-La Land Wednesday Weekly Challenge!

Happy Birthday Kathy!

Hello! Today is a very exciting day in our La-La Land family; today is Kathy’s Birthday! Happy Birthday, Kathy!!! May your day be filled with wonderful surprises and lots of happiness!

In order to make this day extra special we decided to make a special post about Kathy and showcase some of her cards. When I visit Kathy’s blog I always enjoy looking at her cards, and choosing a favorite from all of my favorites wasn’t easy. :) Her water coloring is absolutely stunning; she really does an amazing job in this technique! She always puts so much creativity in creating layouts – distressing, pretty embellishments, beautiful layering and perfect sentiments– that’s what makes her cards one of a kind!

And here is a preview of Kathy’s cards at La-La Land Crafts...

August - Fairy Lala

September - Rosie With Teddy Bear

October - Witch on the Broom Rosie

November - Pumpkin Lala

December - Down the Slopes Rosie

January - Porsha

We also prepared a little surprise for our Birthday Girl. Our DT chose one of the cards from Kathy’s blog as an inspiration and created a Birthday card for her:

Kim
Lisa
Kristine
Elena
Jane
Maureen

Don’t you just love them? Aren’t they all fantastic? And now it’s time to visit Kathy’s blog and wish her Happy Birthday!!!

Thank you so much for stopping by and celebrating this day with us! See you tomorrow with a new La-La Land Weekly Challenge,

Elena

Winners of Challenge #21 - Shaped Cards

Hi everybody! It's Maureen and I'm here to announce the winners of La-La's Weekly Wednesday Challenge #21 - Shaped Cards. But first, we want to thank everyone who entered - it was such a pleasure seeing your fabulous creations and you all made it extremely difficult to pick the Top 3! But it had to be done, so here they are:

Kris with this adorable cupcake card:


Kim with this fabulous snowy card:


And Jeanet with this totally awesome 3D triangle card (you need to check out Jeanet's blog post to see more views of her amazing card!):


Jeanet, you are also the winner of the prize for this challenge - Happy Maya:


Congratulations, Ladies! Please email Irina at info@lalalandcrafts.com for your Top 3 button!

Thank you again for playing along! Please come back later tomorrow for our next La-La's Weekly Wednesday Challenge!

They are HERE and a Special Offer!!

We told you that the stamps from our new release will be available on January 20th, but they are already HERE!! You can place your orders on our website now (please disregard pre-order note, it will be removed shortly). Here is the link.

And, to make this news even sweeter, we have a special offer you!!!

Buy three, get one FREE!!

Between now and January 30th, when you purchase three stamps from our online store, you will receive a FREE stamp of your choice!! Just let us know your choice in the Notes section upon check out!!

Hugs!!

La-La's Weekly Wednesday Challenge #21 - Shaped Cards

Hello everybody and welcome to another La-La's Weekly Wednesday Challenge!

It's Maureen and I'm your hostess for this week's challenge! Before I get to the challenge, I'd like to thank everyone who played in our Blog Hop last week! Don't forget to check each blog to see if you won a prize!

For my challenge, I would like to see shaped cards - any shape other than a rectangle or square.

Here's what you need to do to participate:

1) Create a NEW card for the challenge. You are more than welcome to combine challenges!

2) You may use any stamps, but if you've got some La-La Land stamps,
why not show them some love?!

3) Link your project to Mr. Linky below
by Monday, January 18th, 2010 at 11:59pm PST (GMT-8).

4) Be sure to link directly to the blog or gallery post featuring your entry!

5)If you post your card on Splitcoast stampers, please use keyword: LLWWC21.
If you are also using a stamp from La-La Land Crafts, please use BOTH keywords LLLC and LLWWC21.

6) Create the link to this challenge (link back to us) in your blog or gallery post

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


One lucky winner will get the stamp I used on my card this week, Happy Maya:


To get you started here are some examples from the DT and Guest DT:

Maureen ~ Happy Maya



Jane ~ Lotus


Elena ~ Cupcake Rosie


Kathy ~ Whiskers Sleeping


Kim ~ Sitting Lala


Kristine ~ Teddy Bear Lala


Lisa ~ Love Note Rosie


Pam ~ Happy Maya


Cheryl ~ Window Lala


We hope you'll play along with us! I can't wait to see all of your shaped cards!

1. Lou 2. lizb42 3. IRIT 4. Kris 5. April Rose 6. rinat 7. smileyr 8. Katherine

9. Itzuvit 10. Annette Bowes 11. Clare Prezzia 12. Dailly 13. Victoria 14. Kerstin 15. Pattie G 16. Lisa V

17. Caroline 18. Sandra P 19. Kim Mc (Living in Paradise) 20. Sharon Zeches 21. libeeti 22. Jenny 23. Jeanet

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The winner of the INTO THE NEW YEAR WITH THE NEW RELEASE Blog Hop

I hope you have enjoyed our INTO THE NEW YEAR WITH THE NEW RELEASE Blog Hop.. I know all of us here at La-La Land Crafts had fun!! We appreciate all your comments!!

Before announcing the winner, I would like to show you all the gorgeous cards from our Design Team and the Guest Designers.. just in case if you missed the Blog Hop..

Heart Lala by Cheryl Rowley


Lotus by Jane Matsumoto


Porsha by Kathy Page


Birthday Present Rosie by Pam Sparks


Cupcake Rosie by Kristine Breach


Sweet Friends Rosie by Elena Joldersma


Cupid Maya by Maureen Wong


Birthday Cake Maya by Lisa Hjulberg



Now.. onto the winner of the Blog Candy!!! I used random.com to generate the winning number..


#26!! Sandra P., you are the WINNER!!! Here is what Sandra said in her comment:

"Sandra P said...
This was my first ever blog hop and it was sooooo much fun! Every single card was inspiring and each stamp was used perfectly.
Out of all the stamps, Lotus is my absolute favorite. She reminds me of my daughter. Thanks for an uber fun blog hop and a chance to win these beauties!"

Sandra, please email me your mailing address to receive Lotus, the stamp of your choice!!

Thanks again to everyone!!

Hugs!!