La-La Land Crafts Inspiration Friday - Hey Girlfriend

Good morning! Each Monday and Friday the design teams from La-La Land Crafts bring you a new and inspirational theme.

This week our theme is


HEY GIRLFRIEND

and each of the DT and guest DT have used one of the fabulous stamps from the Girlfriends Collection. 

We also have some very exciting news for you - La La Land Crafts have released their very own collection of  DIES!!! Check them out HERE!!!, and check out the YouTube video HERE

 On my card I have used Ally. 

I've coloured her up with Copic markers - 

Skin - E00,11, R20

Hair - E23, 25, 27

Clothes/Shoes - BG11, 13, 15

Jewellery - Y21, 26, 28

- before trimming her out and adhering her onto my card with 3D foam dots.

Papers: My Mind's Eye

Image - Ally from La-la Land Crafts

Rose Trim/Doily - Stash

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts

Tools: Sewing Machine. 

Check out what the other ladies have created over on the La-La Land Crafts Blog. Don't forget to link to link your La-la Land Crafts creations up to the Customer Gallery and be in with a chance to win our monthly   prize.

Challenges -

Crafty Ribbons - Flowers

Do You Stack Up? - Use a flower

Little Miss Muffet Challenges - Flowers

S J Papercrafts - Favorites

Digi Doodle Shop's Best - Bingo

Whimsy Inspiration - Add Dimension

Creative Card Crew - Sentiment as Focal Point

Deep Ocean Challenge - What a Wonderful Woman

Have a wonderful day!

Sandie

xx

Waltzingmouse Stamps May Release Waltz

And we're Waltzing!! Welcome to Waltzingmouse Stamps May Release. In just a few minutes all three new sets - Half Pint Heroines, Compact Sentiments pt.2 and Compact Family, will be in the Waltzingmouse Store for you to purchase. To keep you amused, lol, while we await the store's opening the design team are having a blog hop.. and the hop starts right HERE on Claire's blog where there is full list of participants in case you lose your way. 

I have 3 cards to share, as I just can't get enough of these fabulous sets.

First up - Compact Family. I have also combined with Say it Loud to make the perfect sentiment. I used Beaded Ovals nestabilities dies behind the sentiment. 

Next I combined Compact Sentiments with Compact Family and Very Vintage Labels 25. I cut out my sentiment with Labels 25 Nestabilities Dies.

My last card should come with a government warning.. or at least a warning to protect your eyes! lol. I went bold and bright with oranges and cerise pinks to showcase Half Pint Heroines

There will be a prize of a stamp set of choice from a random drawing from comments left on the design team blogs. You will have until May 11th 11:59 PM, 5:5 9AM Central, 3:59 AM Pacific and 6:59 AM Eastern to complete the hop. The winner will be announced on May 12th on the Waltzingmouse blog. 

Now hop on over to Julia's blog to see what she's got for you.... 

Happy Hopping!!

Sandie

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DT Whiff of Joy and WINNER

Mornin' bloggers! I hope you all had a great weekend. We had a bank holiday here yesterday so it was a 3 day weekend for us. Back to the grindstone today :) 

Before I get to my card today I want to announce my winner of the Make it Crafty Blog Hop. As stated in my post the prize is the digi scene I used on my card. You can find it HERE :) Mr. Random thingy worked his magic and has chosen Mandy of A little bit of Glitter. Congratulations Mandy, Zoe will be in touch with you. 

Now, on to my card which is a DT card for Whiff of Joy, on which I've used Sharing Comfort - one of the new stamps from the Heartfelt Condolences collection.

Papers - Basic Grey

Image - Sharing Comfort from Whiff of Joy

Flowers - Whiff of Joy & Wild Orchid Crafts

Ribbon & Halfpearls - Whiff of Joy

Tools - EK Success Border Punch

Colour Medium - Copic Markers

Challenges - 

Great Impressions - Anything goes

Let`s Ink It Up - Bling

Cupcake Inspirations - Photo Inspiration

Card a Day Blog - Sympathy Cards

I Brake for Challenges - Flowers

Joanna Sheen Challenge - Flower Power

Scrap It Girl - Flowers

Unique Crafters Challenge - Ribbons and Fibers

Sandie

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Waltzingmouse Stamps May Release Previews Day 3

Good morning!! I hope you've all been enjoying Waltzingmouse Stamps' May release previews. Today we are previewing the final set in the release - Compact Sentiments Part 2. All 3 sets will be released tomorrow evening (GMT) and the design team will be having a blog hop to celebrate. 

The sentiment I've used on my card has to be my very favourite from the collection.
I smile just reading it, lol. I stamped it out with Stampin' Up black ink and double layered it on classic and scalloped circle nestabilities dies. The papers are Basic Grey, Little Black Dress. 

A close-up .... 

Again, here is the full list of ladies participating today. Go check out their amazing creations....

Anya Schrier
Beeca Feeken
Belinda Chang Langner
Clare Buswell
Julia Aston
Jennifer Holmes
Kelly Schirmer
Laurie Schmidlin
Lynn Mercurio
Mona Pendleton
Sandie Dunne
Claire Brennan - Owner
Tosha Leyendekker

Sandie
xx

Waltzingmouse Stamps May Release Previews Day Two

Welcome to day two of the Waltzingmouse Stamps May Release previews. This month, three new sets will be released. The sets will be available for sale in the WMS webstore on Tuesday, May 8th. Until then, the design team will be previewing one set per day. 

Today's set is Compact Family. 

I love that this set is chock full of male sentiments along with female sentiments - makes creating male cards MUCH easier :D 

I used Very Vintage Labels No.25, stamped with Evergreen Bough distress ink, and cut out using the coordinating Labels 25 Nestabilities. 

My papers are from Crate Paper Inc. and they are the Brook Collection. To embellish I've simply added some tickets, flossed buttons and large flatbacked pearls. 

I also made this smaller card using another of the sentiments along with Very Vintage Labels 5 and Labels 5 Nestabilities dies. 

The papers are Melissa Frances's and I've used Kraft cardstock as my base. I added some lace, satin ribbon and a single cherry blossom for embellishment. 

Be sure to check out what the other Design Team members have to share with you today featuring Compact Family. 

Here is the full list of ladies participating today - 

Anya Schrier

Beeca Feeken

Belinda Chang Langner

Clare Buswell

Julia Aston

Jennifer Holmes

Kelly Schirmer

Laurie Schmidlin

Lynn Mercurio

Mona Pendleton

Sandie Dunne

Claire Brennan - Owner

Tosha Leyendekker

Thanks for dropping by, be sure to come back tomorrow for our third and final preview of the new release. 

Sandie

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DT Make it Crafty - Come and Play

Hi all! This is my 2nd post today - if you're looking for Day One of Waltzingmouse Stamps May Previews keep scrolling down or click HERE. 

Today I posted a new card over on the Make it Crafty Inspiration blog, featuring one of their fabulous new Under the Sea images, by a new illustrator - Marina, called Mermaid Lola . 

This wonderful collection is available as separate images and also as premade digi scenes for those who don't have the means to create scenes themselves.

I coloured my image with Copic Markers - Skin: E00, E11, R20. Hair: E21, 23, 25, 30, 33. Tail/Top: BVoo, 01, 02, 11, 13. BG10, 11.  I also added some Star Dust stickles along the tail and onto my flowers.

Papers: Prima Meadow Lark

Image: Mermaid Lola

Sentiment: Waltzingmouse Stamps - Half Pint Heroes

Flowers and Lace: Wild Orchid Crafts

Pearls: The Hobby House

Challenges - 

A & T Digital Designs Challenge - Anything Goes

I Brake for Challenges - Flowers

Scrap It Girl - Flowers

Freshly Brewed Monthly Challenge - Tic Tac Toe*

Catch The Bug - Anything goes

Crafty Ann's - Stitching

Sandie
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Waltzingmouse Stamps May Previews - Day One

Good morning and welcome to day 1 of Waltzingmouse Stamps May previews. Over the next 3 days we will be previewing 3 new stamp sets so make sure you join us each day. We also have a competition, and the more entries we get the more could you win!! You can check out all of the details HERE. 

Today the design team are showcasing a much awaited set - Half Pint Heroines!!

You can create 6 different characters from this one set. It is also FULL to the brim of accessory stamps and matching sentiments. I can definitely see this set being a firm favourite among our Waltzingmouse fans - right up beside Half Pint Heroes. 

I masked my little girl to have her standing in front of the super cute elephant. They've been coloured up with copic markers -
Skin: E00, 11, R20.
Hair: E21, 23, 25.
Elephant: C1 through C7.
Dress: RV10, 21, 23.
Bunny: B02, 05, R12, colourless blender. 

On the inside I have stamped a finishing sentiment. 

And here is the full list of design team ladies who are participating in the previews today - check out what they've created with our Half Pint Heroines :)

Anya Schrier
Beeca Feeken
Belinda Chang Langner
Clare Buswell
Julia Aston
Jennifer Holmes
Kelly Schirmer
Laurie Schmidlin
Lynn Mercurio
Mona Pendleton
Sandie Dunne (Me!)
Claire Brennan - Owner
Tosha Leyendekker

Paper - Dovecraft 'Princess Fairytale'

Cardstock - Bazzil

Images - Waltzingmouse Stamps

Lace, Flowers & Leaves - Wild Orchid Crafts

Don't forget to drop by tomrrow for another May Release Preview!!
Sandie
xx