Guest Design Team Announcement (December 2017- February 2018)

We are so grateful and humbled by all of the Amazing submissions for our Guest Design Team Call!   We would like to THANK ALL OF YOU for your interest in our team!  Because we had so many talented designers apply, it made it a very tough decision to choose.  We've already contacted those who've been accepted as Guest Designers for this term.  Don't despair though if you haven't heard from us - we are keeping the list for the future considerations!  But for now...

please join us in WELCOMING our DECEMBER 2017-FEBRUARY 2018 GUEST DESIGN TEAM that will be joining our Fabulous Design Team!

We are so excited to introduce you to our new Guest Designers! You can click on their names below to see some of their Gorgeous work!

Sabrina Lamarina

Meg Russell

Tina Goodwin

A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to our NEW GUEST DESIGN TEAM and thanks again to everyone who applied!

Tutorial Thursday - Open Card

Hey everyone! Guest designer Stephanie here with you today to show you a very quick and simple shape of card, opening by the middle. I don't know if you're like me, but I always end up doing the same shape of cards, same sketch, etc., so I decided to jazz things a little bit on a video (!!) with a funny creation opening from the middle. 

You can't really see it on this picture, but when you untie the grey silky ribbon, our World Traveler Luka gets to reveal something!

Hi, Luka!

Close-up on some embellishments...

The inside of the card...

Ok, now the fun part! Click on the arrow to start the video! Oh and I apologize in advance, in order to have it running below 10 minutes, I had to go...like.....really really fast, eheh!

La-La Land Crafts products used:

World Traveler Luka rubber stamp

Street Lamp Die

Stitched Nested Circles (set of 7) dies

Diamond Wire Die

Copic used:

Skin (E000-00-21-11-13-04, R20)

Hair (E42-44-47-49)

Leather hat and boots (E31-33-35-37-39)

Clothing (BV20-23-25-29, C5, R24-27-29, YG93-95-97-99, W1-3-5-7-9)

Globe (BG10-11-13-15, E70-71-74-77-79, C3-5-7-9)

I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial and we would love to see your creations using this tutorial if you make any!

You can find us on our Facebook Group and Page and you can also see all of our Design Team creations on our Pinterest Boards. 

Meet Our Spring Guest Designers!

Good evening!  Last Sunday you got to see some fabby creations by our two newest Guest Design Team Members, and so now we'd like to officially introduce you to them!!  Renate and Leanne will be with us for our Spring term.  These girls, along with some of our design team, volunteered at the La-La Land Crafts booth at CHA, so some of you had the privilege of meeting them IRL!  =)  So without further ado, here's a little about Renate...

Renate

Hello, my name is Renate' (that's Reh-nah-tay). I am a native L.A. "kid" and live happily with my wonderful boyfriend and loving dog. I started stamping in the 1980's and spent most of my time making decorative albums for myself and friends. Since elementary school, I have loved making gifts for others and began altering many different items, as well as making cards. My love for crafting never fully went away, but definitely took a back seat for a while. But in creating 130 invitations (along with RSVP cards, programs, table numbers, and name cards...the whole shabang!) for one of my best friend's wedding several years ago, my love of creating found new life. It reminded me why I loved creating so much in the past. There is no better gift than to bring a smile to someone's face with something handmade. I am completely new to blogging, but with the encouragement of good friends (especially by super buddy Leanne) and the absolute support (and crafty helping hand) of my man...I am entering this new world. Can't wait to share the smiles!

You can visit Renate at her blog, hapagirlren humbly handmade

and here's a little about Leanne!

Leanne

I've always loved drawing, arts, crafts, sewing, crocheting, pretty much just making things. I started out with art classes & drawing in Middle school, when I got to High school it was all about sports and photography, sad to say I never could get back into drawing and I envy those that do. I tried scrapbooking, but I found it was too stressful and I didn't have enough patience nor energy for it. Then my good friend, Renate, introduced me to cardmaking.. I loved it! I have added other projects than just cardmaking, but I think cardmaking is my first love. It's something that I enjoy and has kept me busy when I'm not working. I am really excited to be a guest designer for Irina & La-La Land Crafts, and really looking forward to working with the DT. I hope you all like what I share. Mahalo! :)

You can visit Leanne at her blog, Finding My Groove
 

They will be posting on Sundays, so you will get to see more of their creations tomorrow! 

Welcome to the La-La family ladies!

Ballerina Jewelry Box Tutorial by Nicole Zarra

Good Sunday morning to you!!  Drawer Boxes are very popular projects right now and you've seen a few on our blog here before as well.  We've gotten a lot of requests for a Tutorial on how to make it and it has been on our To-Do List for a long time now!!  When Irina saw one of the entries in our Customer Gallery, she just had to invite the designer to share her tutorial with all of you!!  Without further ado..

Meet our Guest Designer-for-the-day... Nicole Zarra!

Hi! I'm Nicole, I'm a 25 year old, stay at home mother of 2 and engaged to a wonderful man who supports me on all my paper crafting addictions lol. I got my first scrapbooking set when I was 14 and I was hooked ever since. I love teaching and inspiring others to make beautiful creations. Im my spare time, when im not being a full time mommy and house wife, I teach paper crafting projects at my local scrapbooking store and spend as much time in my crafting room as possible. I hope I can inspire you to make wonderful creations of your own.

Ballerina Marci Drawer Box Tutorial

by Nicole Zarra

You need 2 pieces of chip board 6x6 inches.

You need 4 pieces of cardstock 6x6 inches

You are going to paste the cardstock on both sides of the chip boards above.

Now we're going to make the drawers.

Cut cardstock at 4 15/16 (length) x 4 1/8 (width) inches, cut 4 of these.

Score at  4 (length) and  3 3/16 (width).

Cut as shown above.

Glue as shown above.

Fold the 4 corners, and your first drawer is almost done.

Add a mat to the front of your drawer, 2 (length) and 3/4 (width) inches.

I've mounted Tim Holtz Hitch Fasteners on each drawer.

Now on to the outside of the drawer.

This panel is 7 5/8 x 3 1/8 inches

Scor at 1 inch, 3 5/16 inch,  4 5/16 inch and 6 5/8 inch

You will need 4 of these.

Fold and glue as shown above.

This is what it should look like.

We will now glue the drawers on the bottom of the box.

 

Add glue to the top of the drawers.

Then add the top of your box.

Add an easel card to the top of your box, and you are done:)

FANTABULOUS Nicole... thank you for sharing your awesome tutorial with us today!  I hope this inspired all of you and if you make one, please come share it with us in our customer gallery!  We'd love to see yours =)