La-La Land Crafts You Are One Smart Cookie

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Hello! Happy Friday. I am hopping right back into crafting. It's been a busy week getting all these projects. I am enjoying the time in my craft room. 

Today I am sharing a card for La-La Land Crafts Team Friday. Our theme this week is Critter Fun. La-La Land Crafts has LOTS of critters. The newest of which is a monkey! If you missed the monkey's debut, you can see him in my last blog post HERE.

I decided to pair Baker Luka with the adorable hamsters from the Eat More Cake Clear Stamp Set.

I have had Baker Luka colored and sitting on my craft table since he was released a few months ago. I knew exactly what I was going to do with him. I just needed the time and energy to make the card. 

I used the Everything is Rosy Layering Stencil to create the patterned paper. Then I cut the center out with the Double Stitched Squares Die to create a frame. 

I cut the Electric Mixer out using the Spring Has Sprung Paper Pack. The colors were not the right ones for this card so I colored over the patterned paper with Copic Markers. You can still see the pattern, which I love.  

Products used...

Baker Luka Rubber Stamp

Eat More Cake Clear Stamp Set

Spring Has Sprung Paper Pack 

Everything is Rosy Layering Stencil

Long Flags Die

Double Stitched Squares Die

Electric Mixer Die

Stitched Zigzags Die

Copic Markers

Skin: E04, E11, E21, E00, E000, E0000

Hair: E49, E09, E15

Hat/Tshirt: W5, W3, W1, W00

Jeans: B99, B97, B45, B93, B91

Shoes: E29, E25, E33

Apron: 110

Cookies: E29, E25, E33, E31

Pan: C6, C4, C2

https://www.lalalandcrafts.com/?AffId=4

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Reneabouquets Pegasus

Good morning! I am excited to share today's project with you! A magical mixed media Pegasus. 

My daughter, Echo, just had to have this Pegasus. So, we bought it. She immediately started working on it. She got as far as coloring eyes on it and part of the tail. Then it sat in my craft room for six months. I finally asked her if I could decorate it for her. She was super excited about that. 

I started by putting a few coats of gesso on it. Echo had colored on the Pegasus with Sharpies. The color just kept soaking through the gesso. I decided that I wasn't going to fight that after about 4 coats of gesso. Thankfully, the dark colors did lighten quite a bit. 

Once the gesso was dry, I went crazy adding flowers. You know I love me some Reneabouquet flowers! 

Next, I added the Beautiful Board Heart Bits, Skeleton Leaf Bits, and the Small Butterfly Flourish. Then it was time to add a little texture to the wings and hooves. I first put down a layer of Mod Podge and then sprinkled it with Teal Glass Microbeads. After the first layer of microbeads was dry, I added another layer. 

More drying time! This is the worst part. I am so impatient! 

Once the Mod Podge and microbeads were set, I gave the entire Pegasus one more coat of gesso. After that was dry, I added the butterflies and the Beautiful Beads Unicorn Candy Iridescent Pearls.

Reneabouquet items used...

Beautiful Board Small Butterfly Flourish 

https://www.reneabouquets.com/product-page/beautiful-board-small-butterfly-flourish-set-of-4-laser-cut-chipboard

Beautiful Board Beautiful Bits Skeleton Leaf

https://www.reneabouquets.com/product-page/beautiful-board-beautiful-bits-skeleton-leaf-laser-cut-chipboard

Beautiful Board Beautiful Bits Shabby Hearts

https://www.reneabouquets.com/product-page/beautiful-board-beautiful-bits-shabby-hearts

Astrial Pink Premium Glitter Glass Butterflies

https://www.reneabouquets.com/product-page/astrial-pink-premium-paper-glitter-glass-butterflies

Butterfly Kisses Aurora Borealis 

https://www.reneabouquets.com/product-page/butterfly-kisses-aurora-borealis-pink-double-side-printed-butterflies

Beautiful Beads Unicorn Candy Iridescent Pearls

https://www.reneabouquets.com/product-page/1-6-ounce-beautiful-beads-unicorn-candy-iridescent-pearls

Teal Glass Microbeads

https://www.reneabouquets.com/product-page/1-ounce-teal-glass-no-hole-microbeads

Mini Orchid Pink Paper Roses

https://www.reneabouquets.com/product-page/mini-orchid-pink-mulberry-paper-roses-and-leaves-set

Reneabouquets

https://www.reneqbouquets.com/

Reneabouquets Etsy Shop

https://www.etsy.com/shop/Reneabouquets

Reneabouquets Blog

https://www.reneabouquets.blogspot.com

Reneabouquets Facebook Page

https://www.facebook.com/Reneabouquets.comandEtsy/

Reneabouquets Artists With An Edge Facebook Group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/ArtistsWithAnEdge/

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a craftastic day!
Hugs
          Tina

La-La Land Crafts May 2018 Club Kit Release

Good morning all! Today is the release of the May 2018 La-La Land Crafts Monthly Club Kit!
Let me tell you, I am in love with this Kit! You will be too!



It's gnomes!!! The kit has gnomes! They are so stinking cute! And the dies...some of my favorites! Here's a picture of everything that comes with this months La-La Land Crafts Monthly Club Kit.

I had so much fun creating cards with this kit. I cut most of the dies out using white cardstock and then colored them with Copic markers. Coloring the dies totally brings them to life!

I used the new La-La Land Crafts Wood Plank Background Stamp for the background paper. I am so happy that La-La Land Crafts has started making these background stamps! You can use them on anything!

Here are the coloring details for the first card I made with the La-La Land Crafts Monthly Club Kit...

Copic Markers:

Skin: E04, E11, E00, E000, E0000

Hair: E25, YR27, E11

Grass: YG03, BG93, G94, G99

Dress: E53, E51 E50, R81, G94

Hat and Shoes: R81, RV00, RV0000

Mushroom House: E31, E50, R81, RV00, RV0000

Flowers and Mushrooms: R81, RV00, RV0000

On to the second card made with this Months Club Kit. It's a Joy Fold card. If you sign up to get the La-La Land Crafts Monthly Club Kits, you will get tutorials made just for subscribers by the design team. Including the cutie below. To get May's Club Kit, you have to sign up TODAY! 

Coloring details...

Copic Markers

Skin: E04, E11, E00, E000, E0000

Hair: E29, E25, E11

Dress: B99, B97, B95, B93, Y19

Yellows: Y19, Y15, Y11

Greens: YG03, BG93, G94, G99

Flowers: E25, E33, Y19, Y15, Y11. 

Mushroom House: E25, E33, Y19, Y15, Y11.

The Club Kits from La- La Land Crafts have a minimum value of $70.00.

 There are 3 options when signing up for the Club Kits. You can subscribe to get the entire Club Kit at $39.99 plus shipping or just the Club Kit Stamps at $19.99 plus shipping or just the Club Kit Dies at $29.99 plus shipping. 

So, what are you waiting for?!? Sign up today! You don't want to miss out on any more cuteness! If you use this link, I will get credit for you signing up...http://www.lalalandcrafts.com/Club-La-La-Land-Crafts_c_35.html?AffId=4

Reneabouquets March 2018 Spring Mood Board Facebook Challenge

Good morning! We are already into March...March means spring right? Nope. Not here in Alaska. It means snow. At least this year it does. We had minimal snow all winter, but in the last couple weeks we have gotten about 2 feet of it. I don't mind though, I love the snow. It is so pretty, bright and sometimes, when the sun hits it just right, it sparkles like glitter. 

I am ready for warm weather and pretty flowers, however. Which is the reason for the theme of the Reneabouquets March Spring Mood Board Challenge. 

For the challenge inspiration, I made a mixed media canvas using aprox. one ton of Reneabouquets items. Seriously though, take a look at the long list at the bottom of this post! 

Here is the Spring Mood Board for the March challenge. 

I was inspired by the flowers and soft colors in the mood board. Which is why I used tons of Reneabouquets Mulberry Paper Flowers.

I have been wanting to do an altered paint brush for the longest time. Not sure why I waited so long to do it, but I sure love how it turned out on this canvas. 

I used many Reneabouquets Beautiful Board pieces, glitter glass, pearls, and butterflies. Every item used from Reneabouquets gives this piece endless charm. 

To make the soft colors, I painted over everything with gesso. I did a couple of layers to achieve the look that I wanted. 

After the gesso had dried I placed the Beautiful Beads Coppered Teal Iridescent Pearls on the canvas. I love these pearls! They are even more gorgeous in person than they are in the picture.

I was able to create lots of yummy textures on my canvas by using stencils, Ranger Tim Holtz Opaque Crackle Texture Paste and sand. I simply mixed sand straight into the Ranger Tim Holtz Opaque Crackle Texture Paste and then used the Ranger Ink Dina Wakley Media Palette Knife Set 

to spread the mixture over the stencil. 

The little dots you see here are made out of hot glue. Genius right?!? Yep, that was my 6 year olds idea. She is an artist herself. I love that she enjoys helping me with my projects. 

Please come and join us in this fun Spring Mood Board challenge! You can find the event HERE in the Reneabouquets Facebook group.  The random winner will receive this prize package...

Challenge Rules

1. Create a 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 March Spring Mood Board 2018 themed Facebook challenge event by March 28, 2018. 

4. Check back in the event post March 30, 2018 to see if you have won the random drawing.

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

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

6. Have fun!

Reneabouquets items used...

Beautiful Board Small Lacy Heart Frame 

https://www.reneabouquets.com/product-page/beautiful-board-small-lacy-heart-frame-laser-cut-chipboard

Beautiful Board Quilling Flourishes

https://www.reneabouquets.com/product-page/beautiful-board-quilling-flourishes-set-of4

Beautiful Board Tiny Victorian Scroll Pattern

https://www.reneabouquets.com/product-page/beautiful-board-tiny-victorian-scroll-pattern-laser-cut-chipboard

Beautiful Board Beautiful Bits Skeleton Leaf 

https://www.reneabouquets.com/product-page/beautiful-board-beautiful-bits-skeleton-leaf-laser-cut-chipboard

Beautiful Board Small Quilling Leaves

https://www.reneabouquets.com/product-page/beautiful-board-small-quilling-leaves-laser-cut-chipboard-set-of-6

Beautiful Board Sweet Tweets

https://www.reneabouquets.com/product-page/beautiful-board-sweet-tweets-laser-cut-chipboard

Beautiful Board Beautiful Bits Shabby Hearts

https://www.reneabouquets.com/product-page/beautiful-board-beautiful-bits-shabby-hearts

Beautiful Board Small Elegant Accents

https://www.reneabouquets.com/product-page/beautiful-board-small-elegant-accents-chipboard

Beautiful Board Beautiful Bit Bricks

https://www.reneabouquets.com/product-page/beautiful-board-beautiful-bits-bricks

Beautiful Board Small Brick Elements

https://www.reneabouquets.com/product-page/beautiful-board-small-brick-elements

Shabby Dream Pink Cotton Crochet Lace

https://www.reneabouquets.com/product-page/shabby-dream-pink-cotton-crochet-lace

Sweet As Candy Glitter Glass Butterflies

https://www.reneabouquets.com/product-page/sweet-as-candy-glitter-glass-butterflies

Ranger Tim Holtz Opaque Crackle Texture Paste

https://www.reneabouquets.com/product-page/ranger-tim-holtz-opaque-crackle-texture-paste-4-oz

Tim Holtz Layering Stencil Bricked

https://www.reneabouquets.com/product-page/tim-holtz-layering-stencil-bricked

Ranger Ink Dina Wakley Media Palette Knife Set 

https://www.reneabouquets.com/product-page/ranger-ink-dina-wakley-media-palette-knife-set

Beautiful Beads Coppered Teal Iridescent Pearls

https://www.reneabouquets.com/product-page/6-ounce-beautiful-beads-coppered-teal-iridescent-pearls

Teal Chunky Glitter Glass

https://www.reneabouquets.com/product-page/2-ounce-teal-chunky-glitter-glass

Tiny Treasures to the Uranusi And Back Glitter Glass Dragonflies

https://www.reneabouquets.com/product-page/tiny-treasures-to-the-uranusi-and-back-glitter-glass-dragonflies

Winter White Curly Roses Mulberry Paper Flowers Set

https://www.reneabouquets.com/product-page/winter-white-curly-roses-mulberry-paper-flowers-set

Mini Dusty Pink Mulberry Paper Roses Leaves Set

https://www.reneabouquets.com/product-page/mini-dusty-pink-mulberry-paper-roses-leaves-set

Teal and White Roses Leaves Mulberry Flowers

https://www.reneabouquets.com/product-page/teal-and-white-roses-leaves-mulberry-flowers

Winter Berry Curly Roses Mulberry Paper Flowers

https://www.reneabouquets.com/product-page/winter-berry-curly-roses-mulberry-paper-flowers

You can find Reneabouquets here...

Reneabouquets

https://www.reneqbouquets.com/

Reneabouquets Etsy Shop

https://www.etsy.com/shop/Reneabouquets

Reneabouquets Blog

https://www.reneabouquets.blogspot.com

Reneabouquets Facebook Page

https://www.facebook.com/Reneabouquets.comandEtsy/

Rubbernecker Stamps Christmas Tree Card

Good morning! Christmas is almost here! I am working like a crazy women to get some homemade gifts done for my family. 

Had to take some time out for a little coloring R&R =) 

This gorgeous Christmas Tree and Magic of the Season stamps are from Rubbernecker Stamps. 

After I colored the Christmas Tree with Copic markers, I added little dots with a white gel pen for snow. The tree reminds me of a tree that is along the highway here in Alaska. The tree is in the middle of what we call Hay Flats. It is a single tree standing alone. Every year, in December, the tree is decorated with lights by someone in the community. The decorator wants/wanted to remain anonymous. If I remember correctly, someone found out who he was and they ended up doing an article about it in the paper. Anyways, every time I see this tree it brings a huge smile to my face. To me, this is what Christmas is about. Loving your neighbor and spreading cheer however you can. This one man brings cheer to thousands of people every year by doing something as simple as putting lights on a tree along the highway. 

What if we all tried to do something simple to spread a little bit of cheer every day? We may not affect thousands, but we could change one persons day. Brighten on persons Christmas Season. 

The Church I belong to is doing 25 days of Service. Join us in spreading cheer this season. Do something to help someone everyday for the rest of the month. It doesn't have to be something huge. It can be as simple as giving someone a shoulder to lean on or a listening ear. We can all do service of some sort. 

One of the service projects that my kids and I are doing along with a few church friends, is volunteering at the Special Santa's Workshop. It's a program here that shops and fills wish lists for local families in need. It's an amazing program. They help thousands of kids every year. Volunteering there is something we look forward to every year. 

I'd love to hear how you've brightened someones Christmas. Come back and tell me all about your service! Also, hop on over to the Rubbernecker Stamps Blog to see what the rest of the DT came up with for Sweet Sunday Team Inspiration. 

Rubbernecker Stamps products used...
Christmas Tree
Magic of the Season

Copic markers used

Greens: G99, G94, BG93, YG11

Yellow: Y11, Y19

Breast Cancer Card - With Rubbernecker Stamps

Hi there! I am sharing a card made with the Courage Doesn't stamp from Rubbernecker Stamps today. 

This sentiment made me think of cancer when I saw it. Fighting a disease, especially cancer, is a fight that takes a lot of courage. 

A crafty friend of mine shared a sketch book that she had published. I was so excited for her. When I started looking through Inspired By The Sketch Volume 1, I found lots of cute sketches. 

Using card sketches is not something that I have done in the passed. I wanted to give at least one of Cristena's sketches a try. 

OMG!! I created this card in a matter of minutes. Using a sketch makes crafting so much quicker! I didn't spend an hour placing embellishments and moving them around a hundred times before I was happy. I looked at the sketch and slapped the card together. 

I am so excited about how fast this card went together. I will be using lots more sketches from Inspired By The Sketch Volume 1.

Pop on over to the Rubbernecker Blog to check out this months challenge. Enter to have a chance at winning some free Rubbernecker Stamp goodies. 

See you all again soon! 

Rubbernecker Stamps

http://www.rubbernecker.com/

Cristena Bange 

Inspired By The Sketch Volume 1

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Winter Themed Tag - With La La Land Crafts

Good morning all! So excited to be coming to you with my first guest designer project for La La Land Crafts! I have been having a ton of fun working with their images. 

The theme this week is create a tag. I used Winter Molli Rubber Stamp. She is just the cutest! 

I colored Winter Molli with Copic markers and put in some highlights with a white gel pen. 

Copics: 

Skin: E04, E11, E21, E00, E000, E0000 Blush R20

Hair: E49, E20, E25

Jacket, Hat, and gloves: R89, R29, R24, R05

Fluffy White Parts: W8, W5, W3, W1

Boots: 110, C8, C6

I created a little winter scene for Winter Molli using the La La Land Crafts  Three Christmas Tree Dies. I love this die! You can use it in so many ways. AND the La La Land Crafts dies are super sharp. You can cut out more than one set of Trees at a time by layering medium weight card stock and running it through your die cut machine. 

Here's a closer shot of those gorgeous Christmas Trees. Each one is inked with a little Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress ink. 

The base of the tag is the back from the package of Spectrum Noir markers. 

It's about 12 inches long and pretty sturdy. Perfect for a tag. I covered it in white cardstock and then decorated. Super simple! 

Thank you so much for stopping by today. Please hop on over to the La La Land Crafts Blog to see what the rest of the DT made up for today's challenge. 

Have a craftastic day! 

La La Land Crafts products used...

Winter Molli Rubber Stamp

Three Christmas Tree Dies

May Your Christmas Be Merry and Bright - With The Cutting Cafe

Good morning! We are focusing on Christmas this week at The Cutting Cafe. 

I used a couple of different files to make this card. The Christmas Tree Trio Shaped Card and the

Snow Flake Shaped Card

The sentiment is one that comes with the Christmas Tree Trio Shaped Card file. 

I used the individual trees from the Christmas Tree Trio Shaped Card to create a little forest. Each tree was cut out with my Cricut Maker, inked with gathered twigs distress ink and then sprinkled with dry embossing powder. 

The white dry embossing powder is a great addition to any project you would like snow on. 

I made the snowflakes from the Snow Flake Shaped Card. Each snowflake is less than an inch big and was cut out with the Cricut Maker. They cut out perfectly.

Thank you so much for stopping by today. I hope you will stop by The Cutting Cafe Blog to see what the other design team members made. If you leave a comment on the inspirational post, you will be entered in a chance to win three free files of your choice. 

Have a craftastic day! See you again soon =)

Hugs, 

           Tina

Reneabouquets Shabby Chic Christmas Tree

Good morning! My Aunt recently gave me some old Christmas decorations. In them was a plastic cone. Immediately, I thought of a Christmas tree. What could be better than a Christmas tree?  A Shabby Chic Christmas tree of course! 

And the perfect place to get all of your Shabby Christmas tree decorations? Reneabouquets! The Beautiful Bits - Shabby Hearts and Beautiful Bits - Stars make perfect ornaments. 

I used four of the beautiful laces that Reneabouquets carries and layered the plastic cone with them. 

Reneabouquets Trim Tattered Rose Pleated Tulle

Doily Lace White 2 & 1/4 Inch Wide

Rose Crown Lace White 2 Inch Wide

Reneabouquets Trim Timeless Vintage Ivory Lace

I had to add a couple Shabby Pink Roses Glitter Glass Butterflies and Sweet Pea Glitter Glass Butterflies butterflies too. They were the perfect finishing touch.

My six year old told me that my tree didn't look like a Christmas tree at all. "Maybe a Valentine's tree" she said.

Either way, I love how it turned out. 

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a craftastic day! 

Hugs, 

        Tina

Beautiful Bits - Shabby Hearts

https://www.reneabouquets.com/product-page/beautiful-board-beautiful-bits-shabby-hearts

Beautiful Bits - Stars

https://www.reneabouquets.com/product-page/beautiful-board-beautiful-bits-stars

Reneabouquets Trim Tattered Rose Pleated Tulle

https://www.reneabouquets.com/product-page/reneabouquets-trim-tattered-rose-pleated-tulle

Doily Lace White 2 & 1/4 Inch Wide

https://www.reneabouquets.com/product-page/doily-lace-white-2-1-4-inch-wide

Rose Crown Lace White 2 Inch Wide

https://www.reneabouquets.com/product-page/rose-crown-lace-white-2-inch-wide

Reneabouquets Trim Timeless Vintage Ivory Lace

https://www.reneabouquets.com/product-page/reneabouquets-trim-timeless-vintage-ivory-lace

Shabby Pink Roses Glitter Glass Butterflies

https://www.reneabouquets.com/pink-butterflies

Sweet Pea Glitter Glass Butterflies

https://www.reneabouquets.com/product-page/sweet-pea-glitter-glass-butterflies

You can find Reneabouquets here...
Reneabouquets

https://www.reneabouquets.com/

Reneabouquets Etsy shop

https://www.etsy.com/shop/Reneabouquets

Reneabouquets Blog

http://reneabouquets.blogspot.com/

Reneabouquets Facebook Page

https://www.facebook.com/Reneabouquets.comandEtsy/

Rubbernecker Moose Clear Stamp Set

What do you look for in a stamp set? What makes you buy one stamp over another? 

When I first look at stamps, I am drawn in by the cute ones. Before I purchase the stamp I stop myself (I really have to say think about this, Tina. Or I would be buying stamps like crazy). So I stop myself and think about how often I will use the stamps. Can I use them to make multiple cards that are different? 

With the stamp set I am using today from Rubbernecker Stamps, I have been able to create very different cards. Take a look...

This snowy cabin scene is the second card that I have made with the Rubbernecker stamp set 3013 KKCS Moose . The first card I made using the 3013 KKCS Moose set is the moose card below. You can read more about that card HERE.

Here is a picture of what comes with the 3013 KKCS Moose set.

I used the trees from the 3013 KKCS Moose set on both of the cards. 

When I look at this set I see many different card possibilities. Which save's me some money. 

I am looking forward to making many more cards with the 3013 KKCS Moose set. 

 I have been learning about masking stamps. I tried the technique for the first time with this card. It really gives you more possibilities and freedom with your stamps. 

I colored the image using Copic markers and a couple techniques that I have learned from taking Kit and Clowder online coloring classes. I really enjoy doing these classes (when I force myself to make time for coloring.) I learn something new in every class. 

Copic markers used

Sky: B99, B29, B16, B14, B12, BG53, B00, V06, V05, V01, YG07, YG11

Snow: V22, B60, BV000

House: E49, E25, E35, E31, E09, C1, C3, C5

Trees: G99, G94, YG, 67, YG03

You can read about today's card and enter Rubbernecker Stamp Challenges HERE. Remember, each day of the week has a new project from different design team members. You are sure to get loads of inspiration! 

Thank you so much for popping in for a visit. I will see you again soon. 

Hugs, 

      Tina