Toadally Love To Craft: December 2018

Tuesday, December 25, 2018

December 2018 Club Kit from La-La Land Crafts

MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone!! Hoping that you are all having a fantastic day. Christmas is a relaxing day here at the Goodwin house. We open gifts in the morning, watch movies and nap until about 11:30 and then we head out to the Community Christmas Dinner to volunteer. This has been a tradition for us the last 8 or 9 years.

I love seeing all the smiling faces at the Community Dinner. So many people to talk to and laugh with. There's live music, Santa and his elves, and good food.

Now, lets get on to the reason you are here...CRAFTS! I have really enjoyed creating with the December 2018 Club Kit. I am in love with these little pandas. I think they are my favorite La-La Land Crafts critter thus far.

Of course I love them because they are way too cute, but I also love them because they are super easy to color. I am a huge fan of simple coloring. I tend not to like images that have a lot of little details.

I used Copic markers to color all the images on the cards for today.

Pandas: BV29, BV25, BV23, BV20, E93, RV00, RV0000

Cups: YR24, YR23, Y19, Y15, Y11

I used the La-La Land Crafts Scalloped Rectangle Die on both of the cards that I made today.

I am in love with Marci's outfit! When I was thinking about the daisies, I didn't intend for there to be so many. I got a little excited and put too many yellow dots on the blouse. Lol

Copic markers used...

Skin: E04, E11, E00, E000, E0000

Hair: E49, E25, E11

Shirt & Boots: 110, C08, C6, C4, C1, C00

Skirt: YR24, YR23, Y19, Y15, Y11

Phone: R89, R29, R24

There is no more time to sign up to get this kit, but you can sign up now to get the January Club Kit. You know January's kit is going to be a must have. They all are!!

Thank you for stopping by today! Have a great day!

Saturday, December 15, 2018

La-La Land Crafts December 2018 Club Kit

Hello friends! It's the 15th of the month which means the NEW LA-LA LAND CRAFTS CLUB KIT is out!! This month we have new critters! Panda bears! They are way too cute! Take a look.

I love how the panda is using the cup for a phone. Did you ever do that as a kid? It's something that we have done with our kids. They had a lot of fun with it.

I used copic markers on both of my cards. You will find the color combinations below.

Copics used...

Panda - C10, C8, C6, C4, C1, C00 E93

Cup - B26, B24, B41

Hello - C6, C4, C1, C00

Skin: E04, E11, E00, E000, E0000

Hair: E49, E29, E25, E11

Shirt: BG57, BG53, BG15, BG11

Skirt: B99, B97, B95, B93, B91

Boots: E49, E29, E25, E33, E31

Take a look at the entire kit! Talk about cuteness overload!!

There are 3 choices for Club Kit subscriptions. You can purchase just the dies for $29.99 a month, just the stamps for $19.99 a month or the entire Club Kit for $39.99 a month.

You have until the 18th to decide if you just have to have the December Club Kit. After that, if you sign up, you will be getting the Club Kit starting in January 2019.

If you have been on the fence about joining the La-La Land Crafts Club Kit, take the plunge! Every month, they just keep getting better every month.

Thank you all for stopping by. I hope you have a craftastic week!

Hugs,

Tina

Friday, December 14, 2018

Baby It's Cold Outside with La-La Land Crafts

Hi everyone! Happy Friday! I'm here with some La-La Land Crafts inspiration.

I think this may be my favorite Christmas card of the year. I used the newly released Comfy Sweater Marci. She is so beautiful. I think she really rocks the red.

I colored Comfy Sweater Marci with Copic markers. I used a new hair combination, which I am loving. You will find all the color combinations listed below.

La-La Land Crafts items used:

Comfy Sweater Marci Rubber Stamp

Jingle Bells Wreath Die

Filigree Reindeer 2

Filigree Reindeer 1

Copic markers used:

Skin: E04, E11, E00, E000, E0000

Hair: E18, E15, YR23, Y21

Red: R89, R29, R24, R32

Black: 110, C8, C6, C4

Boots: E49, E29, E25, E33, E31

Thank you for stopping by today! Have a great weekend!

Hugs,

Tina

Sunday, December 2, 2018

La-La Land Crafts New Release - Long Sweater Molli

Good morning! I hope you all have a peaceful Sunday in store for you. My day will include church, crafting and napping. Three things that make Sunday's the day I look forward to every week.

Today I worked with Long Sweater Molli. She is so pretty with her long flowing hair. And she looks amazing in purple!

Using the heart stamp from the Sweater Weather Background Stamp set, I was able to create a cute background paper that matched Molli's sweater.

List of La-La Land Crafts items used...

NEW!! Long Sweater Molli

NEW!! Happiest of Holidays Clear Stamp Set

NEW!! Sweater Weather

NEW!! It's Snowing Layering Stencils

NEW!! Large Stitched Tags Die

NEW!! Jingle Bells Wreath Die

Scalloped Rectangles Die

Long Flags Die

Molli and the purple hearts were colored with Copic markers. Below is a list of the color combinations,.

Skin: E04, E11, E00, E000, E0000, R20

Hair: E49, E29, E11

Purple: V09, V04, V01, V000

Grey: C4, C3, C1, C00

You can find the ENTIRE NEW RELEASE HERE...if you purchase through one of the links that I have provided I get a small commission =)

Thank you for stopping by! I hope that you love the new release as much as I do!

Hugs,

Tina

Saturday, December 1, 2018

Reneabouqutes Vintage Christmas Ornaments and New December Mood Board Challenge

Good morning! I am super thankful to be able to do this post today. We had a 7.0 earthquake here yesterday. Thankfully, we are all ok. All we had was a big mess to clean up. All just things. Things that can be replaced.

Anywho, we are on to a new month which means Reneabouquets has a new mood board challenge. This month, our theme is Christmas. For the inspiration project, I created three, vintage Mason jar lid Christmas ornaments.

These lids were shiny silver before I got a hold of them. I soaked them in vinegar over night and then soaked them in peroxide and coated them with salt over night. When I took them out. They were beautifully rusted. I was super excited to see the transformation. I have seen people talk about rusting things, but had never tried it. I'm sure this is something that I will be doing again. I put the vinegar in an air tight container so that I could save it and reuse it.

I cut up the Printed Beautiful Board Trellis Rose Overlay Frame to use in each of the ornaments. Let me tell you that was not an easy thing to do! That frame is soooo beautiful!

I colored the snowman's hat, scarf and nose with Copic markers. I really like the way that the markers work on the beautiful board.

The snow is a mixture of salt and glitter. I laid down a thin layer of mod podge and then sprinkled the salt and glitter mixture on the ornaments.

Now on to the mood board!

I found this mood board on Pinterest. I am in love with it! The colors, and vintage theme totally inspire me. What about this mood board inspires you? Wait! Don't tell me, show me by entering the new Mood Board Challenge in the Reneabouquets Artists with an Edge Facebook Group. Everyone that enters a project will be entered in a random drawing to win the ReneaBouquets gift package below.

Challenge Rules

1. Create a NEW project (on or off the page) that features ANY product carried in the Reneabouquets.com store or the Renebouquets Etsy Shop

2. Your project can be any style.

3. Add your project to the Reneqbouquets Artist with an Edge December Mood Board 2018 Facebook challenge event by 12:00 am Dec. 28th, 2018. Check back on the 30th to see if you have won the random drawing.

(Drawing is done on an unedited video to ensure fairness)

4. Challenge is open to U.S. Residents and International

5. Have fun!