Scrap-Mart Holiday Blog Hop Day 4

First off, did you see our NEW RELEASE?!?! We have some new stamps in our STORE right now....just in time for the Holidays!! You can also see some AH-MAZING inspiration from our wonderful Design Team HERE.

 
Hello and thank you for joining us for the Scrap-Mart Holiday Blog Hop.

Scrap-Mart has teamed up with these fabulous manufacturers to bring you a week long blog hop dedicated to Christmas-themed projects!

Boss Kut 

October Afternoon

The Rubber Cafe

Canvas Corp

Want2Scrap 

La-La Land Crafts {you are here}

Sizzix 

JustRite Stampers

Each of the generous manufacturers will have prizes for you along the way so be sure visit and complete the hop each day from Dec. 5th through Dec. 10th to be eligible to win. If you are just joining in, be sure to head over to the Scrap-Mart blog to start the hop from the beginning. 

 We are giving away a $10 store credit every day of this week-long hop! To be eligible, all you have to do is be a FOLLOWER of our blog and leave ONE comment under each post throughout the week..... EASY PEASY! We'll do a random drawing from all the comments left each day.
We will be showcasing Holiday Cards from our AMAZING Design Team all week long for this hop based off this PHOTO for Inspiration:

Jo Neville using Snowboard Marci

Skin : E13, E11, E000, E00, R20 and R21
Hat, Jacket, Snowboard : B99, B97, B95 and B93
Trousers, scarf and gloves : Promarkers Warm Grey 4, 3 and 2
Shoes : Warm Grey 5

Sandie Dunne using Snowboard Luka

Copic Markers -
Skin - E000, 00, 01, 11. R20
Shirt/Snow hat - B21, 23, 24, 26
Pants/Shoes - E41, 42, 43, 44
Shirt/hat/Gloves - G21, 24
Snowboard - YR14, 18, 21. Y00, 02
Snow Goggles - Y1, 3, 5. 7

Your next stop after us is Sizzix!

Have a wonderful week and check back here tomorrow for more inspiration. Don't forget you can also upload your cards to our Customer Gallery all month long to be eligible for a gift certificate to the store.

Happy Hopping

Sandie & the LLLC Team

xxx

Tutorial Thursday - Square Christmas Cracker

Good morning. Today we have a tutorial by our Guest Designer Jo Nevill. Jo made a wonderful Square Christmas Cracker for her GDT project last week and very kindly prepared a tutorial to show how it's done. 

Supplies-
12” x 11” patterned cardstock for cracker
2 x end stiffeners  - 2” x 11”
1 x centre stiffener – 3½” x 11”
Nestabilities square (measuring 1 1/8”) or square piece of card measuring 7/8th” x 7/8th”

How To - 
Score the patterned cardstock and all the stiffeners along the 11” edge at 2.5”, 5”, 7.5” and 10”

Attach the two end stiffeners to the ends of the cardstock and the centre stiffener to the centre of the cracker.

Using the centre square of the Nestabilities square die or your template square, draw **diamonds across the score lines making sure the centre of the diamond runs through the score line.  Also make sure the points of the diamonds are also lined up.  When you get to the end of the cardstock, draw a triangle shape as shown.  Repeat this both ends of the cracker.

Score three lines, one line above the top of the diamond shapes, one through the centre of the diamonds and one below the diamond shapes.

Fold all the score lines and at the ends make two mountain folds and a valley fold.

 Assemble the cracker and fold the ends.

Embellish as desired, and add your favourite La-La Land Crafts image. Add ribbon on both ends and your cracker is complete

**You can make the diamond shapes larger so that the ends of the cracker “pinch” more and can be used as a proper cracker when a snap is added to the centre.  If adding a snap, attach the snap with a small amount of glue or tape to the centre and each end of the snap otherwise it will not snap when pulled!.

 Thanks so much for stopping by today. We do hope you will try your hand at one of Jo's Crackers - and don't forget to link up in the customer gallery if you do.
xx