LotV 3 little reindeer

The new Lili of the Valley release is due on Wednesday and it’s full of adorable little Christmas stamps as well as other fun things such as background papers. This time the stamps will be available as both .png and in lighter colours so you can colour them in no-lines without it being too fiddly. Great, right?

I wanted to make a slimline card using the three little reindeer. I coloured them up in no-lines and once it was pretty much all done, I decided that I wanted to use a printed sentiment to go with. I had already made the card front double thickness and painted white around the edge as well as finished colouring up the image so I was prepared for the printing to go bad. In fact I just did a quick eye measurement for the positioning of the sentiment as I thought it would just ruin what I’d made. (It’s only paper, right, so have to give it a go anyway, haha.) It worked out perfectly and the placement looks like it was done a lot more carefully than it was! I definitely don’t recommend doing it this way, though, haha!

The sentiment is from the Christmas Circular and more sentiments. I removed the word Christmas to make room for my chipboard and then moved the two snowflakes a little bit further down. I also drew in a few extra stars to make them cover more of the card panel. Finally I glued on three enamel stars. Let’s have a close-up of it.

And a close-up of the reindeer. You can see what colours I used below.

Copics used: E41, E42, E43, E44, YG93, YG95, YG97, YG99, R24, R27, R29, R59, R89, BG93, BG96, BG99, C0, C1, C2, YR23, YR31, E34, RV10, RV32, RV34, E70, E71, E74, E77, N9, W0, W1, W3

Winter shaker as my final LLLC DT project

At the start of last year I made my very first La-La Land Crafts card. Now, 81 projects later, I’ve decided to step down off the design team as my time isn’t quite as predictable as before and it’s more difficult to commit to another half a year. It’s been fun to challenge myself with all the different themes and releases along the way. Thank you so much for having me as a part of your team!

For my final project, the theme is shaker card. I’ve decided to go with a clean and simple winter/Christmas card, if a shaker card can even be deemed as CAS… The white main background on the card is embossed using the snowflakes stencil to give it a bit of a texture.

Here is a photo of the card laying flat and the beads are all over the shaker area.

Stamps:
Winter Coat Molli
Happiest of Holidays clear stamps

Stencil:
It’s Snowing

Dies:
Photo Elements
Three Christmas Trees
Merry Christmas

Copics used: N0, N1, N3, N5, N7, N9, B91, B93, B95, B97, E000, E00, E02, E13, E15, E70, E71, E74, E77, R32, R35

LLLC Ballerina Box

Friday again already and that means La-La Land Crafts day. This week we are to make something 3d, so I decided to make a box card. I have made one of these before, last year, for a boy, so this time it’s girly girl.

Stamps:
Tutu Cute
Good Vibes Only clear stamp
Just For You background stamp
Hello Lovely background Stamp
Shine Bright background stamp

Dies:
Pierced Scalloped Ovals
Double Stitched Ovals
Tutu
Ballet Slippers
Stage Curtain
Double Stitched Stars
Jingle Bells Wreath
Mini Butterflies

Copics used: E41, E42, E43, E44, R81, R83, R85

LLLC: Make a wish

For our La-La Land Crafts project this week we were to use background stamps and stencils. I’ve used two different background stamps and one of the stencils along with two of the clear stamp sets for my project. You can find a list of all the products at the bottom of this post. I’ve used various distress inks for the background stamps, and the circles were embossed. I finally found my embossing mat. I wonder how many years it is since I last used it.. could be as many as 4 or 5 and then I think I only used it a couple of times. I’ll try to do better at embossing like that from now on!

Here is another photo, a bit closer, so you can see the embossed circles better.

Stamps:
Be Unique clear stamp set
Dream Come True clear stamp set
Just For You background stamp
Hello Lovely background Stamp

Stencil:
So Many Dots

Dies:
Small Stars
Long Flags
Stitched Nested Circles

Copics used: W0, W1, W3, W5, R20, R24, R29, Y11, Y19, G03, G09, B32, B34, B37, V12, V15, V17, RV52, RV55, RV09, BG70, BG72, BG75

LLLC: Tropical Paradise

It is Friday and that means it’s time for another La-La Land Crafts inspirational post. The theme we had to work with this week was Tropical Paradise, and I’ve done my own twist on it using older dies and one of the first background stamps they released.

Stamps:
Tropical Marci
Seas the Day background stamp set

Dies:
Photo Elements
Hello Tag
Mini Butterflies

Copics used: (skin) E0000, E00, E02, E13, E15, (hair and coconut) E21, E25, E29, E35, (pink) RV17, RV52, RV55, RV69, (yellow) Y13, Y38