Inspiration Friday - Add Roses

Hi! 

Tamara here today to show you the amazing projects made by Team Friday! Our theme this week is 

add roses

and here's what we made with amazing la-la land crafts products to inspire you.

Céline
Stamp : winter princess Marci
Dies : zigzag trim banner, snowflake flag banner, postage stamps (set of 4), winter branches, snowflake border, small snowflakes (set of 4), heart snowflakes (set of 2 ). 

Coloring with copics
Skin : E13, 11, 21, 00, 000, R20, 00
Hair : E59, 57, 55
Clothes and accessories : R85, 83, 81, C3, 2, 1, 0

Stephanie
Stamp : Marci with Menorah
Dies : menorah, star of David (set of 3), fancy doily border, small lacy border, stitched elements (set of 7).

 

Copic used :
Skin (E000-00-21-11-13-04, R20)
Hair (E15-18, YR23, Y21)
Clothing (B60, BV31, C3-5, RV21-23-25-29, E40-42-43, Y23-26-28, W3-5-7-9)

Alina
Stamp: Flamenco Marci (with sentiments)
Dies: heart fan, stitched nested circles (set of 7), build -a -snowman, strawberry blossoms (July 2015 Club Kit), daisies (August 2015 Club Kit).

Colour pencils:
Skin: Prisma Premier PC939, Derwent Coloursoft C130;
Hair: Prisma Premier PC 1093, PC1081. 

Tamara
Stamp: Kimono Marci
Dies: stitched nested circles, wrought iron fence, lanterns, lattice bracket.

Distress markers and ink pads used:
skin: vintage photo
cheeks: worn lipstick
hair: black soot
outfit: picked raspberry, twisted citron, black soot 

Alexandra
Stamp: Christmas Bell Marci
Dies: stitched nested circles, stitched elements, christmas ornament 3, small lacy border, small snowflakes, winter branches, heart snowflakes, large rolled rose.

Copics:
Skin: E04, E11, E00, E000, E0000
Hair: E21, E25, E29
Outfit: B97, B95, B93, B91
W5, W3, W1, W0
G24, G21, G20 

Sue
Dies: Rolled Roses Small and Medium, Rolled Roses Large, Koi Circle, Stitched Nested Circles, Christmas Ornament 2

Remember  to join in all the La-La Land Crafts fun by adding your creations to our Facebook page and for more Inspiration we are now on Pinterest.

Hugs,

Tamara

Inspiration Wednesday - Halloween / Fall

Greetings everyone. 

I'm Aga :)

Today is the first time to say Hello to you all for the first time.

Today with Wednesday Team we will inspire you with Halloween/Fall works. We hope that our works will inspire you to create something beautiful for taday.

Arlene

Dies: 
Postage Stamps Die (Set of 4), Wrought Iron Fence,
Winter Branches (Set of 2), Cherry Blossom Flower,
Stitched Scallops Border, Fancy Doily Border 

Aga 

 

Dies:
 Feathers (Set of 2), Cherry Blossom Branch, 

Heart Doily Border,  Steampunk Clock, Stitched Nested Circles,

Stitched Ribbon Die, Spiderweb Border 

Margot

Dies:
Autumn Leaves, Broken Fence,
Stitched Nested Circles, Stitched Elements

Remember to join in all the La-La Land Crafts fun by adding

your creations to our Facebookpage and Twitter and for

more Inspiration see us on Pinterest.

The Wednesday Team 

 Aga

 

Inspiration Wednesday - Anything But a Card

Hello!! Cathi here for Team Wednesday and this week our theme is: 

Anything But a Card

Let's see what gorgeous projects Team Wednesday have for you!

Anna:

Dies: Lattice Border Die, Cherry Blossom Branch Die,

Open Leaf Flourish Die, Berry Flourish

Arlene

Dies: Fancy Butterfly Die, Masquerade Mask die, Open Leaf flourish, 

Wrought Iron Fence, Stitched Ribbon Die (Set of 3), Scallop Border die

Cathi

Dies: Arched Window Die, Groovy Elements Die,
Heart Scroll Corners Die, Tall Birdhouses Die

Stamps: Beautiful Day Sentiments Stamps

Also don't forget to join in all the La-La Land Crafts fun by adding your creations to our Facebookpage and Twitter and for more Inspiration we are now on Pinterest

Cathi & Team Wednesday

xXx

Inspiration Wednesday - Spring or Easter

Hello, Anna here. Today, for the first time,

I have the pleasure of being the host of Wednesday's inspirations.

Our theme is :

Spring or Easter

. Please take a look at the beautiful projects prepared by our Team.

Arlene

Dies : Feathers (set of 2) , Open Hearts Doily Border, Stitched Elements (set of 7), 

Open Leaf Flourish , Pretty Poinsettia, Scalloped Banner , Wrought Iron Fence

Cathi 

Dies : Mon and Stars Banner , Small Lacy Border , Stitched Elements

Stitched Nested Circle , Stitched Zigzags

Margot 

Dies : Large Lacy Border , Small Lacy Border , Open Leaf Flourish, 

Berry Flourish

Anna  

Dies : Stitched Zigzags (Set of 3), Cherry Blossom Branch, Berry Flourish

I hope that our projects will somehow inspire you to make your own

beautiful and original card's. 

We will see them with pleasure in our Facebookpage and Twitter.

 For more Inspiration we are now on Pinterest

Happy Crafting!

Anna

Inspiration Wednesday: Something New

Hello!! Cathi here for Team Wednesday and this week our theme is: 

Something New

Let's check out what Team Wednesday have for you.

Anna:

Dies: Lattice Border Die, Cherry Blossom Branch Die, Open Leaf Flourish Die, Berry Flourish 

Arlene

Dies: Large Lacy Border, Stitched Elements, Heart Doily Border, Open Leaf flourish, Wrought Iron Fence, Butterflies set , Rolled Roses Small and Medium

Cathi

Dies: Lattice Border Die, Scalloped Banner Die, Berry Flourish, Picket Fence Die 

Margot

Dies : Chandelier Die , Open Hearts Doily Border Die , Berry Flourish , Fancy Bracket Die set of 4

Also don't forget to join in all the La-La Land Crafts fun by adding your creations to our Facebookpage and Twitter and for more Inspiration we are now on Pinterest

Cathi & Team Wednesday

xXx

Inspiration Wednesday- 3 Types of Embellishments

It is Sue here to share today's Inspiration with the Wednesday Team

'3 Types of Embellishments' 

Wednesday team has some more inspiration for you to make that special something!

We are welcoming a new member to Team Wednesday, Arlene (formally with Team Friday) will be sharing her LLLC die based creations with us on a Wednesday, Arlene will be a great asset to the team!

Let's see what gorgeous creations the team have to share........

Arlene
Dies: Wrought Iron Fence, Feathers, Heart Fan, Cherry Blossom Flowers, Pretty Poinsettia (leaves), Berry Flourish (leaves)

Cathi

Dies: Stitched Nested Circles, Honeycomb, Steampunk Clock, Open Leaf Flourish

Margot

Dies: Hanging Hearts and Love word, Large Lacy boarder, Feathers, Small Lacy border, Heart Fan,  Berry Flourish, Pretty Poinsettia, 

Don't forget you can play along and join all the La La Land Crafts fun over on our Facebook Page, where you can post all your La-La Land creations, remember you can also find us over on Twitter and our Pinterest boards. 

Have a great week, see you next week!

Sue and the Wednesday Team

Inspiration Wednesday- Valentine

It is Sue here to share today's Inspiration with the Wednesday Team

'Valentine' 

With love in the air, the Wednesday team has some more inspiration for you to make that special something for the one you love!
Let's see what gorgeous creations they have to share........

 Klaudia

Dies:   Stitched ZigZags, Hanging Hearts and Love word set

Kathy

Dies: Hanging Hearts and Love word set, Wrought Iron Fence, Heart Doily

Cathi

Dies: Heart Doily, Creepy Vines, Hanging Hearts and Love word set, Rolled Rose Large, Rolled Rose Small and Medium

Margot

Dies: Hanging Hearts and Love word, Large Lacy boarder, Open Leaf Flourish

Don't forget you can play along and join all the La La Land Crafts fun over on our Facebook Page, where you can post all your La-La Land creations, remember you can also find us over on Twitter and our Pinterest boards. 

Have a great week, see you next week!

Sue and the Wednesday Team

Tutorial Thursday - Die Cuts with Dimension

Hi, everyone! It's Kathy here today, with a tutorial on a few of my favorite techniques for adding dimension and texture to die cuts. I could go on for hours with fun ways to do this, but for the sake of your sanity and time, I'll limit myself to three! :)

The first is a tried-and-true technique of paper piecing and shadow layering, and I'm using the Flag Banner Die to demonstrate how a few extra steps can add a lot of interest to the finished cut.

Start by die cutting your flag banner three times - once in a dark shadow color (black here), once in an accent color (pink), and once in a white or cream top layer.

(If you choose to stamp letters or a design on the white/cream top layer, it's easiest to do it at this point, right after die cutting, before you start cutting it apart for layering.)

Using the perforated lines on the banner pieces as a guideline, trim the white/cream piece around the inside of each flag...

(If you want to ink or distress the edges of the white/cream piece, do it at this point.)

Then, using foam tape pieces, or small pop-dots, attach each white/cream banner piece inside the perforated edges of the pink banner...

Now, using a clear-drying liquid glue, attach the black banner behind the pink, offsetting just a bit to give the illusion of shadow.

*Note: you don't have to use liquid glue, but I prefer it because it leaves some "open time" to shift the top layers around until you get just the amount of shadow you want from the black piece.

And, you're done...a few extra steps, and a tiny amount of time, can give a whole new sense of dimension to your piece...the black shadow piece is subtle, but effective. It looks like the whole banner is "popped up," doesn't it? But it isn't...the black layer is flat against the background paper...

Another technique I like is using metallic rubs and sprays to give cardstock die cuts the look of distressed metal.

I'm using the Street Lamp Die to demonstrate how I use metallic rubs for this look, and then the Diamond Wire Die to show how metallic sprays can give you a totally different texture.

In my sample, I'm using Viva Inka Gold, "old gold" metallic rub. There are other products like this that work just as well, like Rub N Buff, etc. I just chose this one because it was handy to my desk at the time. :)

I should also note that I'm using 110 lb/297 g/m cardstock for these die cuts. It's not a prerequisite...I just find it easier to fingerpaint and spray on sturdier cardstock.

Using your fingertip covered with a small amount of metallic rub, *lightly* paint over scattered areas on your die cut lamp. Think about how you see metal lamp posts on the street...the whole post isn't shiny and bright...you usually see parts of the metal reflecting the shine, and others with a flat finish...that's the look I'm trying to achieve. Here's how the die cut looks after a light, random rub...

My next step was to use small pieces of foam tape to adhere the other black die cut lamp piece behind the painted one, to give extra dimension to the final product...

You can get a different kind of distressed metal look with the use of liquid metallic mists. In my sample, I'm using the Diamond Wire Die, and liquid metallic mists in dark gold and copper...

Lay the die cut pieces on your craft mat or covered worksurface, and spray away...don't worry about those puddles...they'll dry with a different intensity, and make the piece look more realistic...

I don't have a lot of patience, so I usually hit the sprayed pieces with my heat gun to move things along more quickly. :)  When dry, you'll have a piece that looks like wire that's been out in the elements for a while and has aged with a cool patina...

My final example uses the Wrought Iron Fence Die to illustrate a fun way to get an aged, shabby look to the fencing (shadow layering is also used on this piece).  Start by die cutting your fence in white (or whatever color you'd like your fence to be) and once in a darker shadow color...

No, we're not going to use ALL these mediums...LOL...I just wanted to give you an idea of how many different types of texture mediums there are out there to do this technique (heavy gesso will also work, but I forgot to lay that out for this photo and didn't realize that until I was writing up this post)...

In this case, I used the one of the crackle pastes for my fence. Lay the die cut down on your craft mat or covered worksurface, and lather away with a palette knife, or even your fingers...have fun....get messy!

A tip if you're using crackle mediums: If you're impatient like me and like to speed the drying time along with your heat gun, know that you might not get as much crackling in the finished piece as you would if you let the crackle medium air-dry. It's not a big deal on pieces like this fence that have small surface areas, but on larger pieces, you might find the amount of crackle more important to your piece.

After the piece was dry, I rubbed on some Distress Ink (in this case, Pumice Stone) to accentuate the texture created, and give the fence an old, weathered look...

The final step was to adhere the black shadow piece using small spots of liquid glue, and I have a shabby fence that you'll see on a card next month.  :)

I hope you've gotten some fun inspiration today...go forth and get messy and have fun with your die cuts, no matter what your style is!