Paint Your Dreams

Hi, here's another card I'd like to share with you. This is Artist Marci from La-La Land was just supposed to be a practice coloring exercise but I kinda like how the bandana turned out so I just kept on coloring.

I feel so bad that I'm so bad in listing down colors, especially since this was a practice coloring exercise. I'll try to list what I can remember.

Shoes - T1, T3

Bandana and Inner Clothes - R01, R02, R32

Coat - RV04, RV06, RV66

Skin - E00, E01, E02

Here's to painting our dreams!

Spring Marci Kit of the Month

Hi! I'm sharing another project I made using last April's kit of the month from La-La Land. I used Close to My Heart Pennant Frame for this project, retired Close to My Heart Skylark papers for the frame which was cut using Cricut Artbooking at 9.5" RDS. The picture background also used Skylark papers.

The clouds and sun I stamped using La-La Lands Sunny Day Background Elements. I used Stitched Slope and Hills from Simon Says Stamp, Mini Flower Dies from The Stamps of Life.

Clouds - B00

Sheep - C1, C3, R01, R02

Bunny - W1, W3, R01, R02

Marci Dress - Y02, Y06, Y08

Skin - E00, E01, R20

I can't remember what I used for the hair and flowers, and I'm not even 100% sure if I got the skin colors right. I swear on my next project I will write down what colors I used. 

The filigree flowers and leaves are from dies that come with the kit. 

I am hanging this on my craft room wall. I am so in love with the filigree flower dies! 

I wish I have the correct lighting to take a better picture of this project. 

Enjoy!

La-La Land Crafts May Product Kit

I am so happy that the May Product Kit from La-La Land has finally arrived! Just want to share what comes with the kit this month.

The theme is Birthdays, and it features "Celebrate You Marci". I am so in love with all the Marci stamps I can't seem to get enough of it! They actually added more stamps on their Retired section online today with an extra 40% off  and of course, I had to get the ones I like. I'm a bit bummed since I just got a ton of it a couple of weeks ago, and some of them went to the retired section. But anyway, it happens, right?

Back to this month's kit, as you can see it includes "Celebrate You Marci", a lot of accessories like the cake, gifts, sentiments, and did you see the dies?? I love that it comes with a word die, and numbers that fit inside the balloon die. I can't wait for the weekend to start creating some projects!

I think out of all the kits out there, La-La Land's carries an incredible value. I'm not a big fan of other kits that are paper and embellishments heavy. After all, paper you can get anywhere, and they do go on sale quite often, but coordinating dies like this with such cute stamp images you can use over and over again...need I say more? :)

Do What Makes You Happy

I love the sentiment "Do What Makes You Happy". I think this card actually fits me and my current situation. I was having the time of my life coloring in the flowers, and then the message kinda hits home.

I've been so depressed at work for the last year and have thought about just quitting and doing what I love, or taking a break for awhile to find myself again before heading back to the work force. Anyway, before I even get more depressing, let's go back to how I made this card.

I used Close to My Heart's Wavy Blooms stamp set and colored it with Copic markers. I made the beautiful blooms and turned it into a background piece for this card. Don't you just love these blooms? I had an absolutely great time coloring them!

This is what the actual stamp set looks like.

D1651 Wavy Blooms

Coloring Backgrounds

I've been hooked on adult coloring books for some time now, and I try to color when I have time. I bring a pack of markers with me to work, hoping to catch some off time every now and then so I can de-stress and color. Unfortunately it's all a fantasy. I carry 5 packs of markers with me and a couple of coloring books, yet I take them home everyday untouched. There's just not enough break or time at work to even sneak in a couple minutes of coloring. Anyway, I digress. The adult coloring books I like are the Secret Garden and the Enchanted Forest by Johanna Basford. I love the intricacies of these books so when I saw this Botanical Backgrounds (D1645) stamp set from Close to My Heart, of course I have to have it! I love coloring the leaves, don't know if they're right or not, but just the time spent in peace coloring like a kid makes me feel good. The bottom border piece of this card is from that stamp set.

I used Pierced Rectangle STAX for the front piece from MFT, and stamped flowers from Shower Flowers (C1612). I love this Shower Flowers stamp set too. I get to mix and match the flowers and create my own. For this one I used Sorbet, Topiary and Buttercup (retired) colors. The background paper I believe is Flaxen.

Hope you guys like this piece!

National Scrapbooking Month - Taste of Summer

Close to My Heart's promotion this month is all about the Taste of Summer. I thought I'd order myself this paper pack and coordinating stamp set since the fruit theme looks so cute. It's only for the month of May, and yes, I am very late in promoting. I hadn't planned on it really, but keep seeing all these posts from fellow consultants and I guess you could say I started salivating for these juicy citruses.

Below are a couple of cards I made using the Taste of Summer Paper Pack and coordinating Stamp set.

Here's what the papers look like for $8.95 a pack.

And here's the coordinating stamp set for $17.95.

Aren't they just the cutest? The colors on the paper are so vibrant!! The strawberry one is by far my favorite!

Click here to learn more about the campaign.

La-La Land April Club Kit

This is my first ever Club La-La Land kit, and this is my first attempt at creating something that came with the kit.
I just love the filigree flower dies, and the leaves too.

Here's how the kit comes, and what it contains.

It contains 2 stamps, one is Spring Marci, and the other stamp are the accessories. It also comes with 5 dies. The monthly Product Kit costs $40. What's cool about it the stamps are not available for purchase until after a year. That's not really a big deal for me, I signed up mostly because of my love for Marci and of course the cute dies that come with it.

I can't wait for this month's kit to arrive, though I have to create a couple more using April's Spring Marci. I have a few ideas in mind, just need time to sit and create. Hope you guys like this!

Happy Birthday My Friend!

Today is one of my good friend's birthday. I made this card for her and since purple is one of her favorite colors, I loaded it up with different shades of it. This is another one of my favorite Marci stamps, but then again I don't think I have a not favorite one. They're just all sooo cute! I colored Birthday Marci using Copics, and used word dies from Simon Says Stamp for "Wishing You".
I used Big Top stamp set from Close to My Heart for the Celebration banner and Happy Happy Bday sentiment.

To my good friend, Happy Happy Birthday!

Ladybug Marci

This was one of my very first La-La Land crafts Marci cards. After a few weeks I still don't know how the design team over at La-La Land come up with those super shabby chic intricate card designs! I guess the key is having different kinds of themed dies, but this was all I could come up with with my stash. Truthfully it takes more time to do the accessories than coloring Marci herself! And that's frustrating me a bit. Anyways, here's my initial take on Ladybug Marci. I colored Marci using Copic Markers, and you can't see it but I did put Wink of Stella clear glitter on her black spots.

This is a step card, and the flowers were cut using daisy punches, which I colored in using Spectrum Noir markers, and the tree was from a Treetop stamp set from Close to My Heart. When I've collected enough themed dies by joining Club La-La Land, I hope I'll be able to heavily accessorize my future Marci cards.

Exotic Flower Coloring

I've been collecting and obsessing about adult coloring books and remembered Close To My Heart has a stamp set that sort of looks like some of the images. This is a hostess rewards set, and the only way to get it is if you host a gathering. Leave a comment or visit my Close To My Heart site if you want to know more about how to host a gathering.

I used a variety of Spectrum Noir markers to color the entire image. The sentiment is from the stamp set D1616 Happy Day.

D1616 Happy Day

B1477 Exotic Flower

Telephone Marci Gatefold Card

It's getting harder and harder to find some time to craft lately. I can't seem to find any more spare time to do what I love to do. Saddens me that I wasn't even able to create Mother's Day cards, or birthday cards for dear friends of mine celebrating their birthdays this May.

I will keep trying my best to sneak in a project or two here and there. For today, I have a gatefold card featuring La-La Land Crafts' Telephone Marci.

Enjoy!

Simple Pleasures

I'm so excited to share today's card. Here's one of my very first La-La Land Crafts Marci stamps. Like I mentioned before, I'm new to Copics and have mostly just been playing around with colors, techniques and the likes. This Marci on A Swing stamp seem to be a good way to start. I know people generally put what Copic pens they used, but since I'm a beginner and was mostly trying things out, I failed to really list down what colors I used while coloring. Same goes for all the other images I've colored. But I promise I'll get better at listing them down.

The flowers are from Lawn Fawn Blissful Botanicals stamp set, and I can't remember which stamp set I used for the butterfly. Forgive the overall look, I was really after coloring using Copics. Please bear with me.

Hope you still like it though! Don't you just love how cute Marci is? Being on a swing and looking so carefree, how I wish I can have moments like that still. :)