BLOG CANDY - Support La-La Land Crafts KIDS

As you probably already know, a couple of months ago we started another La-La Land Crafts blog, the one that is FOR KIDS and BY KIDS.  We call it La-La Land Crafts For Kids.  This blog was started with the idea to have a place for children to share their love to create with our stamps.  We have a page there where you can read about our wonderful Hostesses - we got four girls of ages 8 to 12 who share their creativity with you by posting their projects on the blog frequently.  We have bi-weekly contests for children too!!  And, everyone who participates earns some Marci Money!!   How fun is that?

Now you must have be wondering what all of this has to do with the BLOG CANDY :-)  Well, we would like to get more exposure to our new blog to show children that their work is being seen.  Please show them your support by displaying our LLLC4Kids Badge on your blog, join our Facebook page and most of all please visit our LLLC4Kids often and leave them some love by commenting on the posts and contest entries.

Our Blog Candy today is nothing else but our last rubber stamp release!!  Yep, one lucky person will WIN ALL eight STAMPS from our October 2011 Release!!

Here is what we ask you to do:

1. Grab the code (below the picture) for our LLLC4Kids Badge and display it on the sidebar of your Blog.


<a href="http://lalalandcrafts4kids.blogspot.com" target="”_blank”"><img border="”0”" src="http://i738.photobucket.com/albums/xx28/Kristine_InkSomething/LLLC4Kids/LLLC4KidsBadgeC4.png" /></a>

2. Subscribe to our LLLC4Kids Blog.  Click HERE.

3. Join our LLLC4Kids Facebook Page.  Click HERE.

4. After completing as many things as you can do from the above, please leave a comment on this post to enter into the drawing.

You have until October 31st to enter.  We will announce the WINNER here on our blog on November 1st.

Thank you so much in advance for your support!!

Hugs!!
:) Irina

2011 Birthday Blog Hop for Marci & Luka!

HIP, HIP, HOORAY, Marci and Luka had a BIRTHDAY!

On August 1st, our Marci and Luka finally turned ONE!

We want to thank each and every one of our customers for your continued excitement and support as we celebrate this amazing milestone! We couldn’t have done it without you, and we want you all to know…YOU ROCK!!

Are you ready for some birthday FUN?!

To celebrate this momentous occasion, we have a special surprise for you!! We’ve brought back some La-La Land Crafts’ alumni and friends to celebrate Marci and Luka’s birthday with us….YIPPEE!

On top of our special guest bloggers, we are offering up a HUGE BLOG CANDY for this exciting event.

Take a look at this prize package!!

collage made using Smilebox

This Blog Candy contains the following: ~ Set of 12 Copic Markers in NEW 2011 colors ~ Spica Glitter Pens (set B) ~ Pack of X-Press It Blending Cardstock ~ New Scor-pal ~ Pack of ¼” Scor-Tape ~ 3 sets of 12x12 Basic Grey Collections paper packs ~ $20 gift certificate to the La-La Land Crafts Store To be eligible for this FABULOUS blog prize, you must follow these 3 easy rules: 1. Become a follower and/or subscribe to our Blog. 2. Display a picture of our Blog Candy on your blog with a link back to THIS POST. **if you don’t have a blog, please spread the word 3. Leave ONE comment BELOW after completing the blog hop answering this question: “Which stamp used on the projects in this hop is your favorite?” You have until August 31st to leave your answer below in our comment section (one comment only please). We will draw the winner’s name on September 3rd. Now let’s get on with our AWESOME hop!! La-La Land DT Becca ~ http://beccascraftycorner.blogspot.com Cindy ~ http://cindyhaffnerscorner.blogspot.com Jana ~ http://stampwithjana.blogspot.com Jeanette ~ http://jeanette-happythoughtsinkspots.blogspot.com Karen ~ http://reallifeinpictures.blogspot.com Kim ~ http://craftymakes.blogspot.com Rosemary ~ http://rosemaryscreations.blogspot.com Sandie ~ http://sandieshores.blogspot.com Trisha ~ http://tbearstouch.blogspot.com Alumni/Friends 1 Luvn Mama ~ http://luvnthejourney.blogspot.com Alice ~ http://aliceslittlewonderland.blogspot.com Cheryl ~ http://inktrap.blogspot.com Eva ~ http://evafromca.blogspot.com Jan ~ http://jans-gonestampin.blogspot.com Jennie ~ http://jenniebstampin.blogspot.com Kim ~ http://piggyandminniemouse.blogspot.com Leanne ~ http://liloshaggymoto.blogspot.com Maureen ~ http://mycasestudies.blogspot.com Pops ~ http://popscards.blogspot.com Renate ~ http://hapagirlren.blogspot.com Shantaie ~ http://www.inkingpink.com Arlene ~ http://butterflykisseswithlove.blogspot.com LLLC -- please leave one comment and let us know your favorite stamp from the hop! Much love and hugs to you all! And a big THANK YOU from Marci and Luka too!

a CONTEST with a SWEET PRIZE {36 COPIC SKETCH MARKERS}

Voting is now CLOSED!! Thank you so MUCH to everyone who participated in the Card Contest and to those of you who voted!! Click HERE to see who WON!!  :-)

Just because we can...  Just to be a tease...  We are showing you the PRIZE first!!  

And what a prize it is!!  A FULL 36 SET of SKETCH COPIC MARKERS!!

How can you get it??  We decided that it would be so very appropriate to have a CONTEST for you as one of the way to celebrate Marci's and Luka's First Birthday!!

What's the Contest? 

Create a Birthday themed card or project with our stamps. 

We have so many stamps to choose from, it should be so easy for you!!  

We will give you until the end of the month to post your cards right here on our blog using the link on the bottom of this post.  

You can make as many cards as you and post them here as many times as you want during the month of August to increase your chances of winning!!  And with a prize like that you will probably want to enter a few times ;-)

And the best of all, we will let you, our fans decide which project deserves to win!!   We added this super cool feature to allow you vote on the entries.  FUN!!  You will need to "like" the ones you think are the best and the project with the most "likes" will WIN!!  So, if you enter, you might want to ask your friends and family to come here to our blog to vote for you.. just saying...
IMPORTANT UPDATE!!  We have now removed the voting option as we found out that it didn't work correctly.  Therefore, the vote count on the previous entries will not be taken in the consideration.  We are sorry for the inconvenience.  You can now leave comments to vote for your favorite project.  One vote per project please.    


Contest ends on August 31st, but you can vote on your favorite entry until September 5th!!  On September 5th we will count the likes and announce the winner.  Oh, I mean the lucky owner of the new Copic Markers ;-)  

Let the best card win!!

Voting is now CLOSED!! Thank you so MUCH to everyone who participated in the Card Contest and to those of you who voted!! Click HERE to see who WON!!  :-)

CHA Blog Candy WINNER

WOW!!  We got so many comments on our CHA Blog Candy!!  Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who took the time to comment on our NEW Release and to leave us some love!!  Much appreciated!!

We picked a random winning number and the winner is..

#206

Congratulation Kellan!!  Please contact us with your information to claim your prize.

Hugs!!

Irina

Copic Blog Candy - NEW Winner!!

Since we haven't heard from the winner of our Copic Blog Candy, we picked another WINNER!!  

The winning number this time is 92.  

CONGRATULATIONS Denise!!  

Please email us to claim your 12 FREE COPIC MARKERS!!

We have a WINNER!!!

We did it!!  We now have over 1,000 fans on our Facebook page!!  Woohoo!!!  Thank you SO MUCH to all of our fans!!  We appreciate each and every one of you!!

We got 280 entries into the drawing for 12 COPIC Sketch MARKERS and the lucky winner is..

...

...

#204!!

Laurie you are the WINNER!!  

Please contact us at info@lalalandcrafts.com within 3 days to claim your prize.  If we do not hear from Laurie, we will pick another person.

Hugs!!

Would you like to WIN 12 COPIC MARKERS??!!

We had a Survey on our Facebook Fan Page to find out what coloring mediums are being used the most when it comes to coloring our images.  We got 200 votes!!  WOW!!  And here are the results:

Copic Markers - 131

Distress Inks - 9

Prisma Pencils - 23

Other (mainly Promarkers) - 37

Well, the reason we had this survey is because we wanted to know what to give away ;-)  Now we know!!

That's right!!  We are giving away 12 Copic Sketch Markers to one lucky person!!!

Here is the list of the colors:

Y21, YR24, R81, E35, E57, YG17, YG25, B02, B05, B66, V95, V99

There are three ways to enter into the Drawing and you will get one entry for each option!!

1. Subscribe to our Blog

2. Become a follower of our Blog

3. Follow us on Facebook 

Please leave a comment under this post for each of the options that you participate in* (one option - one comment, two options - two comments, three options - three comments).

*if you already subscribe, follow the blog and/or follow us on Facebook you too can participate, just let us know in your comment/s.

We will draw the winner once we reach 1000 Fans on our Facebook page.

We would appreciate it if you would mention our Blog Candy on your blog.  If you don't have a blog, please spread the word to some of your crafting friends :-)   The more people participate, the sooner we will draw the winner!!

Good Luck to All!!

Hugs!!

Birthday Party Blog Hop & Prize

**Please note:  this post will stay at the top until the end of the hop on Sunday.  Please scroll down to view the wonderful eye candy posted daily by our DT!


Welcome to our Birthday Party Blog Hop!
It's our DT sister, Lisa Hjulberg's birthday this week and we're celebrating her with virtual birthday party in the form of a blog hop!

Happy (belated) Birthday Lisa!! 

 Let's play a game called "Lisa's Favorite Things"!! Some of the DT brought "virtual gifts" to the party (some of Lisa's favorite things!) ... all you have to do is

1. Hop to all the DT's blogs
2. Leave a comment on each blog
3. Collect the "virtual gifts" along the way (write em down!).
4. At the end of the hop you'll want to email Irina 5 "gifts" you found on the hop.

At the end of the hop, we will have this GIFT for one of you!

Including:

- Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses paper pad

- Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses layered stickers

- BoBunny Chunky Charms

- Santa Marci

- 2 Digi stamps of winner's choice!

 You will have until Sunday night to email Irina with your answers.  Winner will be announced Monday.

Lisa, we hope you will enjoy this special hop in your honor and know that we're all thinking of you and wishing you lots of love, peace & happiness (and of course LOTS of crafty supplies and friends to craft with!)

Let's get started!!   From here you will want to go to Debbie P's Place

 

In case you get lost along the way, here is our blog hop order. 

BLOG HOP ORDER:

LLLC Blog

Debbie

Kim Y.

Cindy

Alice

Kim D.

Kris

Jana

Irina

Shantaie

LLLC -- please leave a comment and let us know you hopped!

And last but certainly not least... don't forget to stop at  LISA 's- the birthday girl!!  ☺

Remember to gather a list of 5 "virtual gifts" along the way, and email Irina no later than Sunday night so you will be entered to win a fabby prize package!!

Be sure to check out our DT posts below for even more inspiration!

Blog Candy Winner!!!

We had lots of entries into the blog candy contest...and were happy to see everyone LOVES the new release as much as we all do! And the winner is....

Drumroll please...

Congratulations to Dawn Edwards of Crafting on the Prairie who won the Christmas release blog candy pictured above!! Dawn, please email Irina (irina _ ca at msn dot com) with your snail mail address to claim your prize!

Day 8 - LaLa's Birthday Beach Bash

Welcome to Day 8 of our week-long Birthday Beach Bash & Blog Hop!!

Today is the last day of our hops, but... the great news is that you've already seen TWO brand new stamps in the MARCI line and are both available as digis right now in the shop!! Also, we'll be showing you a new Marci every week until the release date, September 15th when they will all become available in rubber!! Woohoo! They are super cute and if you missed it, Irina has been sharing some amazing cards on her blog with miss Marci!

Okay, for our hop today, we want you to check out these fun summer cards by our DT and be sure to leave them comments as they are all doing their own drawing to win a free stamp!!

Then be sure to come back here and tell us "What stamp would you like to see join the LaLa family?"

Jana
Karen
1LuvnMama
Kristine
Eva
LLLC

We will be drawing a winner tomorrow from all those who did all the hops this week!! So be sure to go back and do the quick hops and leave comments along the way!! This is what you could win...

Remember, you only have one more day to buy BIRTHDAY MARCI in the shop as a digi, and you'll have a few more days to buy BALLERINA MARCI. Get them before they're gone!!

BIRTHDAY MARCI

BALLERINA MARCI

Come back tomorrow to see if you're the winner of the prize package... and be sure to stop by the DT's blogs to see if you won their free stamp! THANK YOU for celebrating with us all week! *Ü*

Day 7 - LaLa's Birthday Beach Bash and a NEW MARCI

Welcome to Day 7 of our week-long Birthday Beach Bash & Blog Hop!!

What a fun beach party... it wouldn't be the same without all of YOU!! Thanks so much for joining us and helping LaLa Land celebrate their first birthday!! Before we get to our BLOG HOP for today and our WINNER from the last game, I'm very excited to say that Irina has decided to share a new stamp with you in the "Marci line"...

BALLERINA MARCI

She will be available for ONE WEEK ONLY in our shop as a digi! Here is the link!!

So did you all guess what La-La took to the beach? Why her sand bucket and beach ball of course!! *Ü* I know, I know... NOT a tough game, but we wanted it to be super simple for you so you could have that chance at winning!! Our random winner of prize package #2 is...

Jerusha!! Congratulations!!! Please email Irina your mailing address to claim your prize!!!

NEW HOP:

"Please tell us what stamp you'd like to see join the LaLa Family!" We do have some super cute new releases in the making as we "speak" but we also want to know from you guys what you'd like to see! So please hop along to these DT members and then come back and share your ideas with us! Remember to leave comments along the way for your chance to win free stamps!!

Irina

Cheryl
Jan
Kim
Maureen
LaLa Land Crafts - come back here to leave your answer!

This is what we have as a prize for you for this last Blog Hop of our Birthday week celebration :-)

And before you go... there's just a couple more days to buy Birthday Marci as a digi in the store before she disappears for a while! *Ü*

"BIRTHDAY MARCI"

Day 6 - LaLa's Birthday Beach Bash & BLog Hop

Welcome to Day 6 of our week-long Birthday Beach Bash & Blog Hop!!

So are you enjoying this birthday party so far?? I sure am. Lots of creative inspiration and excitement over Irina's new stamp line featuring miss Marci!! Super cute!! And these last couple of days we've had our alumni DT join us for the hops! Fun fun!!

We're posting a new hop every day this week, Aug. 1-9. They are all very short hops, but very worth your time! If you missed out on our past games and hops this week, please CLICK HERE and scroll down through the posts to follow along! Remember to leave comments on all the blogs along the way because there's lots of "mystery party favors" (ie. free stamps) to be given away!!

Our Current Game:
"What did LaLa take to the beach?"

Hop along to these design team members' blogs and find what LaLa has in her hands and then come back to leave your answer back here in your comment!!

1LuvnMama
Maureen Wong
Sue Kment
Cheryl Valadez
Kristine Breach

LaLa Land Crafts - come back here to leave your answer!

A winner from this game will be drawn TOMORROW for this fabulous prize package, and then our last game will begin. The more you play along and leave comments, the more chances you have at winning!

And here is our little Marci now!! Just a few more days to buy her as a digi in the store before she disappears for a while! *Ü*

"BIRTHDAY MARCI"

Day 5 - LaLa's Birthday Beach Bash {ALumni Hop}

Welcome to Day 5 of our week-long Birthday Beach Bash & Blog Hop!!

If you missed out on our past games and hops this week, please CLICK HERE and scroll down through the posts to follow along! It's worth it to take the time to go back and do all the hops!! They are short, but full of summer fun and creative inspiration! Remember to leave comments on all the blogs along the way because there's lots of "mystery party favors" (ie. free stamps) to be given away!!

Our Current Game:
"What did LaLa take to the beach?"

Hop along to these design team members' blogs and find what LaLa has in her hands and then come back to leave your answer back here in your comment!!

Jana Weaver
Paul Ford
Katie Tate
Kim Yu

LaLa Land Crafts - come back here to leave your answer!

A winner from this game will be drawn on Saturday for this fabulous prize package, but be sure to come back each day for new DT to hop to!! The more you play along and leave comments, the more chances you have at winning!

SO, have you all seen the super cute cards Irina has been making using the new BIRTHDAY MARCI?!! Have you found her in the store and bought the digi yet?? She will only be available as a digi for a few more days!! She will make a come-back in rubber along with 4 or 5 more Marci stamps on September 15th, so please mark your calendars now for this special release!!

"BIRTHDAY MARCI"

April Release Peeks, and a CONTEST!!!

We have some new stamps coming to La-La Land tomorrow, and you are going to LOVE them! We have 2 new characters coming out in the digital stamp line along with an old favorite, and 4 new rubber stamps. Below we have some peeks of our new images from several of our designers and guest designers. Tomorrow we'll have the full cards, along with the images for you to view and BUY! We hope you'll like them as much as we do!

Now for some fun...included with each sneak peek below is a little unfinished rhyme. I have left spaces for the number of letters in each correct word, just email the 7 words to info@lalalandcrafts.com
and YOU could win a $25 credit to the La-La Land Crafts boutique to buy these gorgeous new stamps, or some amazing older ones - it's up to you! But don't delay, you have only until midnight Pacific time TONIGHT (Tuesday) to get your entry in, because we'll announce the winner tomorrow when we share the full images (and cards) for all these new stamps! Good luck!

A new La-La who enjoys exploring underwater caves

but here she is flitting through the salty sea _ _ _ _ _.

This cute little guy is feeling quite ducky

when he gets a bone he's also quite _ _ _ _ _

This sweet new Rosie might make you wary

but don't you worry, she's a good _ _ _ _ _.

A fun new Maya peeking in today

don't you just love her flower _ _ _ _ _ _ _?

This elegant new La-La I must confess

is heading to a ball for she's a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

Another sweet Rosie and it's only fitting

for her to be resting, so here she is _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

Another new character with a smallish rat

please welcome to La-La Land Sherman the _ _ _

Now make sure to leave a comment here AND send your answers in to mailto:info@lalalandcrafts.com right away for your chance to WIN $25 to spend in the La-La Land Crafts Boutique!

The WINNER of SPRING IS HERE Blog Hop

For this week's challenge please scroll down to the post below or click HERE..

Oh, what fun it was to read all of your comments about our new release!! Thank you SO MUCH to everyone!!!

I have picked a lucky number using random.org..

Jo, you are the WINNER!!! Here is what Jo said in her comment:

Jo said...
Super fun blog hop! I had a great time! The DT work is so fabulous and inspiring! Yay for instant gratification and going DIGITAL! :)

Congratulations Jo!! Please contact Irina with the "secret" phrase to collect your prize :-) .


Hugs!!

Hippity Hoppity Hooray! Spring Is Here BLOG HOP

Welcome to La-La Land Crafts' SPRING Release Blog Hop!

You asked and we listened!! We are going DIGITAL!!! All of our images in this release are available as digi stamps!! We can't be more excited to move into this direction. No, we are not going to stop making the rubber stamps.. We are expending our collection by providing you with more options for your paper crafting needs!!

*If you are new to Digi Stamps and not sure how to use them, we have two great tutorials for you right HERE.

To celebrate the release of our new Spring DIGI stamps, we are doing a bunny trail blog hop! Like Peter Cottontail, you need to hop, hop, hippity hop along our blogs. Members of our Design Team and our Guest Designers have made their cards with one of SIX new Spring DIGI stamps, which they are now showing on their blogs.

To make the Blog Hop even more fun, along with the cards you will find some clues (a secret word or two) on every blog. When you follow the order of the Blog Hop and get to the end, you will have collected all of the words and will be able to put them together into a sentence. When you are done, you will need to come back to La-La Land Crafts Blog and leave your comment under this post.

What's in it for you?
Besides seeing all the gorgeous cards from our Design Team? The winner of the Blog Hop will receive all the goodies in the picture below!!!

- Webster's Pages 6" x 6" Lullaby Lane & Life's Portrait Combo Pack
- Prima Flowers Athena Flowers Coral pack
- Spellbinders Tulips Impressabilites

- Flower Soft in Sweet Pea
- Three packs or Mark Richards jewels

- our Sweet Friends Rosie stamp

What's even more? While on your treasure hunt for secret words, you might even find some more treats offered by our designers!

Best of all, I have some great news for you!! All of these DIGITAL stamps are already available for purchase in our online store at $4.25 per image or get ALL SIX for $20.00 as our limited time Spring Bundle... an AWESOME savings of 20%!

What do you have to do to join our Blog Hop?

* Start your Blog Hop here at the La-La Land Crafts' blog.

* Each DT Member will guide you to the next Blog during the Blog Hop.

* Collect all of the secret words and put them together into a sentence.

* The final stop is back here at La-La Land Crafts Blog where you have to leave your comment under this post. IMPORTANT!! Do not reveal your answer in your comment! We will contact the winner for the answer. If the answer is incorrect we will draw the winning number again.

One entry per person please. We will draw the winning number from all the entries next Wednesday, March 10th , around 10 am PST. Everyone is welcome to participate, even if you don't have a blog! We will ship internationally too!

We would really appreciate it if you could help spread the word about our Blog Hop on your blog or just by the word of mouth if you don't have a blog :-)

Before I let you go onto your Blog Hop, I would like to show you the card that I had made with the new digi stamp called Easter Maya :-) Can you say ADORABLE!!!

I printed the image at 3.5" onto Bazzill Coconut Swirl cardstock and colored with Copic Markers. More details about this card can be found on my personal blog here.

I won't hold you any longer, I know you are ready to hop ;-) Your first secret word is... Hopping

Now.. Hop, hop, hippity hop over to Jane's blog to find your second clue!

oh.. and if you get lost along the way, here is the list of all the stops that you need to make :-)

Jane
Maureen
Lisa
Jana
Kristine
Sparkle
Kathy
1LuvnMama
Kim
Irina

Good luck to all!!!

Hugs!!

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!!