La-La Land Blog Candy Winner!

Happy weekend to you all! Sorry I'm late in posting the winner of my La-La Land Crafts blog candy that was originally posted on 07/18..... Luka with Truck. I've been on vacation visiting my mom in WA and thought I was flying back to OK on Tuesday, but we actually flew back Wed. The past few days have been rough trying to get readjusted to the time difference. It's only a 2 hour difference, but man it felt like I was hit by a freight train. Part of that may have been because we had to get up at 3am on the day we flew out to get to the airport on time. Wowzers that was tough for a 5-year-old....poor guy was exhausted!

I want to say that I loved all your amazing comments on my Pilot Luka card! I wish I could give you all a stamp, but unfortunately I don't have that kind of money. :( I really do appreciate the wonderful things you all had to say. I will have some more candy coming soon so keep coming back, okay. Now, on to the winner...................

Jacqui !!

(jacqui' bunnyears blog)

Congratulation Jacqui!! Email me your mailing address and I will get your candy in the mail to you! It will have some additional goodies with it! :)

Have a great weekend and don't forget to check back here on Monday for another La-La Land Crafts Inspiration Monday!!

Hugs,
Rosie

CropStop Challenge #31-SKETCH

Happy Thursday everyone!! It's August already, and it's my month to post projects at CropStop....YIPPEE! I have some more great news: I have a 10% off coupon code (CTRB-2) for you to use at CropStop during checkout that you can use on any dollar amount....the beauty of the coupon code is there is no minimum order...YEA!!

The summer just flew by, didn't it?!?! I'm a little shocked that school will be starting soon for my little man. He starts full day kindergarten this year! Kind of exciting and kind of sad at the same time.

I've been on vacation the past couple of weeks visiting my mom in WA. It was a wonderful break from the over 100 degree weather we're experiencing in Oklahoma. The weather was in the 70s and 80s....gorgeous! I'll post pictures later of my mom's beautiful garden....it's absolutely amazing and a lot of hard work. She's almost 68 and does all the yard work herself. I'll have pictures up in a couple of days. :)

This week's challenge at CropStop is a sketch challenge by our wonderfully talented Gloria! Here's my take on the sketch using Tilda with 3 Flowers. The dps came from the Paper Studio Affinity paper pack. The cream cardstock is from CTMH. The sentiment is from a new Workshop-On-The-Go stamp set from the new CTMH catalog. I stamped it in white, but it didn't show up very well. So, I went over the letters with an Inkssentials White Opaque Pen....PERFECT! The butterfly border on the top and bottom was made using the MS Monarch Butterfly Deep Edge Punch.

I colored Tilda with 3 Flowers with Copics and did my shading with chalk. I added Stardust Stickles to her clothes. The rolled paper roses are made from CTMH cardstock and covered with Diamond Stickles.

Here's the side view. I punched out additional butterflies using the MS Medium Double Punch, added Diamond Stickles, and raised the wings when I glued the bodies down. I also raised Tilda on pop-dots along with the square frame she's on.

CHALLENGES ENTERED:

Magnolia-licious Highlites-Use Only Paper

It feels great to be back in my craft room.....that is one thing I truly missed while on vacation!! I had some posts scheduled while I was on vacation so it may not have seemed like I was MIA....technology is great! This month is going to be a busy one so keep checking back okay. I'll be having more candy too. :)

Big hugs to you all!

Rosie

Inspiration Monday-Tearing

Aaaaaaarrrrgggg Matey, it's another La-La Land Crafts Inspirational Monday showcase for you. If you head on over to the La-La Land Crafts Blog you can see the awesome creations from my fellow DT sisters. :) La-La Land Crafts is posting inspiration every Monday & Friday, so you'll see tons of ideas using the fabulous Marci & Luka stamps. You can participate too and upload your creations to the Gallery! We would love to see your work! So get your La-La Land stamps out and join us in our weekly inspiration. :)

The inspiration today is Tearing. I decided to use one of the brand new stamps called Buccaneer Marci (who was released at CHA)! I loved the Pirates of the Caribbean movies....come-on who doesn't LOVE Captain Jack Sparrow?!?! So, when I saw the theme this week was Tearing....I thought of old maps....which then led me to this cute, little gal.

Today, it also my friend Bety's birthday...HAPPY BIRTHDAY BETY!! My friend Bety likes skulls and crossbones (not sure why) so since this was posting on her birthday she was part of my inspiration too. Love ya girl!

And it's also Marci's 1-year birthday today!! Hard to believe it's been a year already since this little cutie had her official release day. I remember back in September 2010, I won the entire Halloween release which started my love for these amazing stamps. So stay tuned for birthday FUN, cause our little Marci is finally ONE!! LaLa Land Crafts will be having some blog candy soon so keep an eye out.

Coloring Medium: Copics & Chalk
Skin: E000, chalk
Lips: R29
Hair: E29, E25, E33
Black Areas: BV23, black chalk
Gold Areas: YR23, Gold UHU Glitter Glue
Skirt: R29, R24
Bag: E55, E25
Scope: BV23, C3, Liquid Glass

The black card base and red cardstock came from my stash. I tore the edges of the map dp (from the Paper Studio) and then rubbed Vintage Photo Distress Ink around the edges. I also tore the middle strip of skulls paper (the Paper Studio) and inked the edges also with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. The ribbon came from my stash. The paper doily came from Walmart's cake decorating section. It was originally white, but I rubbed chalk and ink over it to distress it. The white pearls are from CTMH and the large pearl button came from a bag of buttons from the Paper Studio. The flowers are WOC and Recollections. Those black flourishes in the corners are stickers I got from Walmart (I think EK Success?).

Here's a side view. I raised Marci with pop-dots. Oh, I almost forgot to mention, I put jewels/pearls in her bag....I thought it added some cuteness to her plain bag, hee hee!

Have a great week! Don't forget, you have until midnight tonight (CST) to enter my blog candy drawing. Leave a comment on the post from July 18th to be eligible. I plan on doing the drawing tomorrow.

Hugs,
Rosie

CropStop Challenge #30-Anything Lace!

The challenge this week at CropStop is to use that LACE! You know....that stuff you've been hoarding cause it's just too gorgeous to use, LOL! I love lace, but sometimes find it difficult to incorporate onto my card. I'm getting better about it and after seeing the inspiration from my fellow Creative Team sisters, I'm ready to work up a project. I've seen some awesome rolled lace flowers I been wanting to try out. I'm on vacay right now, but believe me when I get back I'm going to give it a try!

If you've made a project with lace head over to the CropStop blog and link it up for a chance at the gift certificate drawing!

See you all soon! If you haven't scrolled through my blog lately I hope you scroll through to check out my LaLa Land cards! I've got some candy up for grabs on the July 18th post. You have until August 1st to leave a comment under that post to be eligible.

Hugs,
Rosie :)

La-La Land Crafts Inspiration Monday-Center Step Card

Today is another La-La Land Crafts Inspirational Monday showcase for you. If you head on over to the La-La Land Crafts Blog you can see the awesome creations from my fellow DT sisters. :) La-La Land Crafts is posting inspiration every Monday & Friday so you'll get to see tons of ideas using the fabulous Marci & Luka stamps. You can participate too and upload your creations to the Gallery! We would love to see your work!! So get your La-La Land stamps out and join us in our weekly inspiration. :)

The inspiration today is to make a Center Step Card. You can find the directions here. I decided to use one of the brand, spanking new stamps released at CHA called Cowgirl Marci.....YEE HAW! I live in Oklahoma and we've got lots of Cowboys, Cowgirls and Rodeos so this little gal is gonna get inked up quite a bit around these here parts, LOL!

Coloring Medium: Copics & Chalk
Skin: E000, chalk
Lips: R20
Hair: E37, E33, E00
Brown for hat, vest, belt, boots: E55 & chalk
Rope: E55 & chalk
Buckle: C3
Pink for boots: R32 & chalk
Scarf, Dress, band for hat: Paper-Pieced

The cute cowgirl and paisley dps came from the Paper Studio....I LOVE them! I used a CMTH stamp to make the belt buckle. I just colored some cream cardstock with Copic E55 and then sponged on Walnut Stain Distress ink over the top. Then I stamped the buckle image with Versamark and added Zing Rose Embossing Powder. I cut a strip of cream paper for the belt, cut the end into a triangle and added small holes. I colored the strip with E55 and crinkled it up. Then I sponged on Walnut Stain Distress Ink to give it a weathered look.

For the final touch I added white poppies from WOC. And, I raised Tilda and the buckle on pop-dots.

Have a great week and see y'all back here on Monday for some more inspiration! Don't forget to enter my blog candy (post under 07/18).

Hugs,
Rosie

CropStop Challenge #28-Rosettes & more Rosettes

Have you been over to the CropStop blog today? There's a new challenge up which is to use rosettes on your project! I love Rosettes and sooooo wish I was able to participate in this challenge! Isaiah and I are visiting my mom in WA. I gotta tell ya I'm loving the 60 degree weather!! It's a wonderful break from the heat wave happening in Oklahoma.

I'll be back soon, but in the meantime you should create something for me while I'm out and link it up to the CropStop blog.:) I'd love to see what you make!! Come back here and leave me a link to your Rosette creation in the comments section and I'll send one lucky person something.

Hugs!
Rosie

CHA RELEASE--lots of NEW La-La Land Stamps!!

This week is a huge one for those in the crafting business....it's CHA week in Chicago! What does that mean for you? Well.....it's the week that Craft & Hobby businesses showcase their new products/inventions. If you happen to be one of the lucky ones who's attending CHA, then you should definitely look for our booth to meet the owner, Irina (she is one talented lady!). There will be some amazing make-and-takes as well (trust me, I've seen them and they are AWESOME)!!

For La-La Land Crafts, it also means a HUGE release of NEW stamps!! There are 3 new La-La Land Crafts collections being released at CHA: Fairy Tale Collection, Halloween Collection, and a Christmas Collection...we're talking about 14 new stamp in total! If you want a chance to win a $25 gift certificate to the store and a set of 12 Copic markers, head over the the La-La Land Crafts blog to find out how to enter.

Today, I'm showcasing Prince Luka and Princess Marci from the Fairy Tale Collection.

Coloring Medium: Copics & Chalk
Prince Luka:
Skin: E000, challk
Hair: E29, E25, E33
Crown: G24, G21, B00, stickles, clear rhinestones
Clothes: G24, G21, B00, C3, colorless blender, stickles, clear rhinestones
Boots: E24, E55, E29

Coloring Medium: Copics & Chalk
Princess Marci:
Skin: E000, chalk
Lips: R20
Hair: E29, E25, E33
Crown: B00, pearls, stickles
Dress: G24, G21, B00, colorless blender, stickles, pearls

Aren't they adorable?!?! I wanted to create a fairytale scene so I picked these glittery papers from My Minds Eye Wonderful Christmas paper pack. It's full of non-traditional Christmas papers. I thought these whimsical, glittery trees were perfect for my fairytale scene. I had the metal word Imagine and the brads in my stash. I cut a border around the Albert Einstein quote from some striped paper in the same pack using SB Parisian Motifs, but it kind of got lost in the background. Since I mailed it before I viewed the pictures, I couldn't go back and change it.

Here's a side view so you can see some of the dimension. I cut out some extra trees and raised them on pop-dots. I also added pop-dots behind Prince Luka, Princess Marci, and the framed quote. The blue ribbon with gold border was also from my stash. I used the Bow-Easy to make my perfect bow.

Now, be sure to head on over to the La-La Land Crafts blog to see more DT creations using stamps from the new release. Don't forget to read the rules on how to enter the drawing for the gift certificate and copic markers!

Also, I have some blog candy up for grabs....check my post from Inspiration Monday (yesterday) and leave a comment under that post to be in the drawing. Good Luck!

Happy Crafting!
Rosie

La-La Land Crafts Inspiration Monday-One for the Boys & use brads/eyelets

Today is another La-La Land Crafts Inspirational Monday showcase for you. If you head on over to the La-La Land Crafts Blog you can see the awesome creations from my fellow DT sisters. :) La-La Land Crafts is posting inspiration every Monday & Friday. My fellow DT members are split into two teams, Team Monday and Team Friday, so you'll get to see tons of ideas using the uber-CUTE Marci & Luka stamps. You can participate too and upload your creations to the Gallery! We would love to see your work! So get your La-La Land stamps out and join us in our weekly inspiration.

The inspiration today is to make a BOY card and incorporate brad and/or eyelets. I decided to ink up Pilot Luka.....I think he's so cute in his cardboard box plane! When my nephew was little he used to make all sorts of stuff out of cardboard. My nephew is now 15 and over 6 feet tall so fitting in a box now is quite ridiculous, but he still likes to make things out of paper towel rolls! He's very creative! My little boy has quite the imagination also so I can absolutely picture him playing airplane in a cardboard box. :)

Coloring Medium: Copics & Chalk
Luka:
Skin: E000, chalk
Hair: E29, E25, E33,
Hat & Clothes: E29, E25, E33, E37, C3, Liquid Applique
Box: E55, chalk, B93, YR04, R29

Tuffy:
E000, chalk, E25, E55, C3, R29, R24

Did you notice all the brads? Those airplanes in the corners are fabric brads from the Paper Studio...pretty cool, huh?! I also have small light blue brads in the corners of the center strip and light brown brads on the Stars embossed cardstock. I rubbed orange chalk over the stars to bring out the embossing.

I added light blue anchors for the plane propellers and secured them with a dark brown brad. The dps are from K&Company. The kraft cardstock is from Recollections and the light blue cardstock was from my stash. All the paper edges are distressed with Walnut Stain Distress Ink.

I used a Martha Stewart border punch to make the sentiment tag. The word "Soar" is a CTMH stamp. The rest of it is my handwriting. I raised Pilot Luka and the panel behind him with pop-dots for added dimension.

Okay, are you ready for some more blog candy? Today, I'm offering up Luka with Truck! If you want a chance at winning this handsome fellow, please leave a comment on this post. This candy will be up for two weeks, so you have until August 1st (midnight, CST) to leave a comment. I would love for you to advertise this candy on your blog, but it's not necessary to win. I will do the drawing on August 2nd. If you make a project during this time and post it to the GALLERY, come back and leave a second comment to increase your chances of winning. Since this candy is going for a longer period of time, I will add some additional goodies along with it. GOOD LUCK!
Have a great week! Don't forget to check the La-La Land Crafts blog on Friday for more inspiration. Oh....and I almost forgot.....this week there will be tons of new releases for CHA!! I will have a card up tomorrow showcasing two of the new stamps....WOO HOO!

Hugs,
Rosie

Winner of Marci with Rose

Hi y'all! Just wanted to stop in and let you know that the winner of my La-La Land Crafts Blog Candy-Marci with Rose is...........................

SHEILA
http://2pawprints.blogspot.com

Email me your mailing address and I will get your blog candy in the mail.

Don't forget tomorrow is another La-La Land Crafts Inspiration Monday. If you would like the chance to win a LUKA stamp, come back tomorrow and leave a comment on my Inspiration Monday blog post. I will keep the new candy open for about two weeks this time and also add additional things to make it a bigger prize. Good Luck!

Hugs,
Rosie

CropStop Challenge #27-It's Sketch Time

Sorry this post is late (it's been a hectic week), but I just wanted to remind you all that you have until 11:00 PM EST tonight to link your SKETCH creations to CropStop to be in the running for a gift certificate to the store. Now.....go get busy! :)

Hugs,

Rosie

La-La Land Crafts Inspiration Monday-SKETCH

Have you checked out the La-La Land Crafts Blog today? If not, then you haven't heard my good news yet......I'm an official DT member for La-La Land Crafts.....YEA!!!! I was asked a couple months ago to be a guest designer for June and July. Then, just recently Irina asked if I would like to stay on as a full time member. I'm soooooo giddy with excitement!! I've loved these stamps since the moment I saw them and this is a great honor for me! They are absolutely adorable and fun to color up. To top it all off, there are going to be lots of new stamps coming out soon. As a matter of fact, Irina will be showing off these new releases at CHA....so if you're going you should definitely check out her booth!

Every Monday and Friday, the La-La Land Crafts Design Team will be showcasing a new inspirational theme.We would love for you to play along so we can oooooh and ahhhhh over your creations using La-La Land Craft stamps. Please link your projects to our Customer Gallery so we can view your fabulous work.

This week's challenge is a
SKETCH
(by our fabulously talented Michele)

My wonderful SIL, Brooke, celebrated her birthday on June 28th and she loves home-made things. I usually try to make her something either for her birthday or for Christmas. Usually though, I'm a day late and a dollar short...life just seems to get in the way, KWIM?! Well, once again, I'm late, I'm late...for a very important date. We've actually been trying to get together for months now, but the summer has been hectic for both of us. Hopefully, when my little boy and I get back from visiting my mom, we'll get to spend more time with them. Anyways, this card is for you Brooke!!

For my card today, I used the adorable Darling Marci.

I did a little paper-piecing for her dress and colored her with Copics and Chalk.
Skin: E000 & chalk
Lips: R32
Hair: YR23, YR21, YR31
Clothes: Paper-pieced and shaded with chalk
Shoes: R32, BV23, chalk

My cardstock, background floral dp, and dp for her dress came from Close to my Heart "Sophia" paper pack (X7131B). I love that everything in the paper pack coordinates so I don't have to do a long search for matching dps. The dp paper is also printed on both sides in different colors. You can view CTMH products at http://www.closetomyheart.com/. If you see anything you need, just let me know. :)

The pink striped paper and green polka dot paper is from Michaels "Recollections" line. The felt flower border came from Hobby Lobby. It was part of their Easter decorations. The striped ribbon came from Michaels. The large rose is from Recollections and the rest of the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts. I punched the leaves from a Stampin Up bird/branch punch. All the paper edges have been distressed with Walnut Stain Distress Ink.

Here's a side view:

If you stuck it out to the end of this post then boy do I have a surprise for you! I'm giving away some blog candy......a Marci with Rose stamp along with a few extra goodies!!
Want a chance to win? Leave me a comment and advertise this candy on your blog. Since I'm going out of town soon, this candy will end this Friday, July 15th at midnight, CST. I will announce the winner on Saturday. If you join our sketch challenge this week and upload a card by midnight Friday, then come back here and leave me another comment and you'll be entered in the drawing twice. :)

Have a great week!

Hugs,
Rosie

La-La Land Crafts Inspirational Monday-Monochromatic with splash of one color

Happy 4th of July! I'm on my way back from my Anniversary Weekend today. Hubby and I got married on July 3rd....12 years ago. Hard to believe it's been that long! He's an amazing guy and I'm so blessed to have him as my husband!

Today is another La-La Land Crafts Inspirational Monday showcase for you. Head on over to the La-La Land Crafts Blog to see the awesome creations from my fellow DT sisters. :) If you haven't heard, La-La Land Crafts is posting inspiration every Monday & Friday. My fellow DT members are split into two teams, Team Monday and Team Friday, so you'll get to see tons of ideas with the Marci & Luka line of stamps. You can participate too and upload your creations to the Gallery! We would love to see your work! So get your La-La Land stamps out and join us in our weekly inspiration.

The inspiration today is to make a Monochromatic card with a splash of one color. I felt Marci with Rose was perfect for this challenge. I decided to try something different and stamped Marci on cream cardstock with Memento Rich Cocoa Ink. I colored her hair with Copics E25, E33, & E00. The pink areas were colored with R81 and the green with G24. The rest of the coloring/shading was done with chalk.

I used cream/brown for my monochromatic theme and my splash is my favorite color....pink. I distressed all the paper edges with Walnut Stain Distress Ink. To bring in some additional oomph, I used two different Martha Stewart Punches: Vintage Floral and Embroidered Floral Edge. The large pink flower in the corner is from Recollections. The lacy ribbon/rose border was a long 12" strip that I cut down and is also from Recollections. The white flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts. Can you believe, I didn't use one sheet of designer paper?!?!?

The sentiment is from Heartfelt Creations Classic Message that I got from CropStop. The circle frame around the sentiment is from Fiskars Wishes All Around. I embossed them with Zing Rose Embossing Powder and then rubbed Walnut Stain Distress Ink over the cardstock. Marci and the sentiment are raised up on pop-dots.

Well, that's it for me. I hope you have a great 4th of July! I'm going to spend the day catching up with my 5-year-old to hear about his weekend adventures with his amazing cousins. A huge thank you to my wonderful SIL who took him for the long weekend so the hubby and I could celebrate our Anniversary!

Hugs,
Rosie

CropStop Challenge-Show Us Your National Colors

This week's challenge at CropStop is to show us your National colors. I live in the U.S.A. so that means red, white & blue! It's also approaching the anniversary of our Nation's Independence Day, July 4th. To top it all off, my 12-year wedding anniversary to the most wonderful, supportive, loving, and AMAZING man is July 3rd! We've been together a total of 17 years and I love him more now than I ever have. Furthermore, he's an awesome father and very hands on with our son, which makes me appreciate and love him even more. To say the least, I am very blessed!

Today, I decided to use Tilda in Star Dress....she's very patriotic waving her flag....perfect for this challenge! I colored her with Copics and then did the shading on her face and clothes with chalk. I added Stardust Stickles to the red areas of her dress, hair bows, and white stars. I also added Glossy Accents to her white shoes to give them that patent leather look.

I made another Circle Easel Card and got the directions from Norma's Blog here. I used my SB Classic Scalloped Circles Large, Scor-Pal and Scor-Tape to put the card together. The dp on the top is from Creative Imaginations and the dp on the bottom is from The Paper Studio. The red, felt ribbon is from Michael's "Celebrate It" line. The glittery, blue swirls are made by Jolee's. The star embellishment on the ribbon and the sentiment are Americana Grand Adhesions Dimensional Stickers from K&Company.

The red chipboard frame is from CTMH. It started off white and I inked it with red ink. The white dashed lines are embossed on the chipboard and show through when you add the ink. The white pearls are also CTMH.

Here's a side view. I raised Tilda up on pop-dots.

Well, that's it for me! I've got a busy weekend ahead of me. Hubby has already got a hotel reserved for the Anniversary weekend, but didn't tell me which one. We are keeping this one low-key since we're heading to WA to see my family in a few weeks. I do know that there will be a little shopping involved. I'm always wanting scrapbook stuff, but this time I might venture out and do something different....we'll see, LOL!

Have a great weekend and see you back here on Monday!

Hugs,
Rosie

La-La Land Crafts Inspirational Monday

Did ya have a great weekend?? I hope so! We celebrated my now 5-year old son's b-day on Saturday. We had a "BATMAN" party at our house with 2 blow-up water slides (there's a story behind having 2 slides...part of it revolves around me running over the first slide and dragging it down the road last year....funny now....not so funny when it happened), bouncy thing, and about 30 people (13 of them were kids). I'll come back later in the week and post pictures. :)

It's Monday and another La-La Land Crafts Inspirational Monday showcase for you. Head on over to the La-La Land Crafts Blog to see the awesome creations from my fellow DT sisters. :) If you haven't heard, La-La Land Crafts is posting inspiration every Monday & Friday. My fellow DT members are split into two teams, Team Monday and Team Friday, so you'll get to see tons of ideas with the Marci & Luka line of stamps. You can participate too and upload your creations to the Gallery! We would love to see your work! So get your La-La Land stamps out and join us in our weekly inspiration.

The inspiration today is to "Make a Circle Card." I decided to use the ever-so-sweet Darling Marci.

Isn't she a cutie?! I colored her with Copics, Chalk & Stardust Stickles. You can see the details at the bottom of my post. Her dress is actually paper-pieced and then I did the shadowing with chalks.

Here's the front view of the card. All the paper is from Close to My Heart. I love that their paper packs have cardstock and dps together.....all designed to coordinate! It definitely makes designing a card or scrapbook page much quicker & easier!! At different points throughout the year, CTMH will have special kits they release and this one was called Miracle. It had coordinating embellishments (ribbon, brads, buttons) and embossed-resist chipboard pieces (butterfly and frame). You just rub ink over the chipboard pieces and the white design shows through.

You can see better here on the frame around the sentiment. I used CTMH Sweet Leaf ink and rubbed it on the chipboard frame and the white scroll lines appeared. The sentiment is also from CTMH. Now, are you wondering where did that part of the card come from, I didn't see it in the pics up top? Well......

Surprise....it's a Circle Easel Card! I found an awesome tutorial on Norma's Blog: From My Craft Room. Since this is my first ever Circle Easel Card I kept it simple and didn't do the swing part on the bottom of the card, but I think I'll try it on my next one.

The flower is from WOC. The rhinestone swirls and white pearls came from my stash. I hope you enjoyed my card and I wish you all a great week ahead!

Card Recipe

Stamp: Darling Marci (La-La Land Crafts)
Papers: CTMH Miracle
Copics:
Skin: E000 & chalk/Lips: R20
Hair: E49, E29, E33
Dress: Paper-pieced & chalk
Bow/Trim on Dress/Shoes: B00 & chalk
Accessories: SB Scallop Circle, WOC flowers, Rhinestones (my stash), Pearls (my stash)

Hugs,
Rosie

Happy Summer!

Hip, hip hooray....it's almost FRIDAY! Actually for me, this Friday is coming way too fast. I feel like this week is flying by....probably because I have 50 million things to do before Saturday. My little boy, Isaiah, turned 5 on Tuesday, June 21st...the first day of summer! Yes, he was born on the 1st of day of summer five years ago and he's brought me so much joy and sunshine since then. The hubby and I took him to Chuck-E-Cheese on Tuesday and spoiled him pretty much all day....so much so that he thinks Tuesday was called "Isaiah Day", haha!

He had a great time and said he wished his birthday was every day. I don't think our bank account could handle that, LOL! We're having his birthday party at the house this Saturday with family, friends, and lots of kiddos. We have two blow-up water slides so there will be lots of wet & wild fun! Unfortunately, my house is a disaster because I've been working on DT cards, so I have lots of cleaning up to do before then....UGH!

The challenge this week at CropStop is to use "Summer" as your inspiration. I decided to use Happy Tilda....she's just so happy about summer and Isaiah's birthday party, haha! I think this image is adorable and so versatile for various celebrations. She just makes me smile...almost giggle!

She's covered in lots of Stardust Stickles. I also added Glossy Accents to her shoes to give them that shine. For the background scene I used a free digital image from Make It Crafty called Rainbow Landscape Set. The scene is colored with Copics and the sky and grassy areas are shaded with chalk. I also cut out additional cloud shapes, added liquid applique to the top to give them the puffy look and raised them on pop-dots.

I used my SB Labels One and traced the template to make my window. I used my X-acto knife to cut out the window and around the roses. The flowers in the corner are from Wild Orchid Crafts. The beautiful ribbon came from CropStop. The beautiful dp with roses is from Pink Paislee Sweetness. The sentiment came from two different Close to my Heart stamp sets and stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

You can see better in the side view where I cut the window out of the front of the card and attached my scene to the inside. I also used pop-dots behind Tilda. The pink polka dot paper came from my stash. I used Scor-tape to put my card together. You've got to try it...it's amazing!! I use it for all my 3-D projects too because it holds like nothing else! The other great thing....you don't need scissors to cut it! You just tear off what you need....easy peasy!

I hope you get a chance to play along in our CropStop "Summer" Challenge this week. We also have an additional contest going on until June 30th for our "Celebrate Summer" blog hop. You can see all the details on this contest here. Each Creative Team member has a different challenge for you. The more challenges you complete and link up before June 30th, the more chances you have at winning some awesome prizes!! I hope to see you there!

Have a great week my friends!

Hugs,

Rosie

La-La Land Inspirational Monday-Pearls, Lace & Punches

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It's Monday and another La-La Land Crafts Inspirational Monday showcase for you! Head on over to the La-La Land Crafts Blog to see the awesome creations from my fellow DT sisters. :) If you haven't heard, La-La Land Crafts is posting inspiration every Monday & Friday. My fellow DT members are split into two teams, Team Monday and Team Friday, so you'll get to see tons of ideas with the Marci & Luka line of stamps. You can participate too and upload your creations to the Gallery! We would love to see your work! So get your La-La Land stamps out and join us in our weekly inspiration.

Today, I'm using Marci with Rose.

I think she's just the sweetest thing...with her fancy hat and holding her rose. She reminds me so much of my mom. My mom is an amazing woman and she loves her hats and her gardening! Her backyard should be featured in Better Homes and Gardens. The work she puts into it is overwhelming, but it's the most beautiful backyard in the world. I just wish I had inherited her green thumb. Everything in my flower beds in practically dead, LOL! I plan on visiting her this summer so I will take pictures and post them when I get back.

Here's a side view. I used pop-dots behind the paper doily and behind Marci.

Card Recipe

Stamp: Marci with Rose (La-La Land Crafts)
Papers: Anna Griffin, The Paper Studio, Recollections Cardstock
Embellishments: Recollections Flowers, WOC flowers, Jolee's Pearls, Lace Ribbon, Paper Doily
Tools: Martha Stewart Monarch Butterfly Double Punch (medium & large), Martha Stewart Swirling Lace Border Punch
Coloring Medium: Copics & Chalk
Skin: E000/chalk
Hair: E29, E25, E33
Hat/Dress/Shoes: E33, chalk, RV91, RV34, RV32, stardust stickles

Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving me your sweet comments. You are all amazing! Have a fantastic week and if you make any projects using these awesome stamps be sure to link them up to our gallery! Also, I'll be having some La-La Land candy on my blog soon so don't forget to check back. :)

Hugs,
Rosie