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Hey crafty friends!! Exciting news!!  I'm teaching my very first LIVE card Class on April 8th and would love for you to join the fun and craft along with me!!!    Class includes 2 cards (one is my interactive SWINGING piggies card) plus coloring and I'll share some of my favorite tips to get more from your dies and stencils.  I'll be using mostly the Club Kit from this month and Dec 2022 Kit but... even if do t want to use these kits in particular, you can still learn how to make this interactive card and pick up tips to use in your own designs!!   WHAT'S INCLUDED: • 2 Copic Coloring Classes! Marci on a Swing and piggies from Such a Ham Rubber Stamp. • 2 Cardmaking Classes! One of the cards is interactive with a "swinging" mechanism!  • PRIVATE Facebook Class Group with unlimited access to class materials, including all video tutorials • PDF files with Cutting/Scoring and Diecutting Guides (your homework) • Personal ASSISTANCE and UNLIMITED ACCESS to all Class

Today I have an Easter card featuring the brand new  Easter 2023 Release   at CottageCutz!  This release has some really beautiful Spring and Easter flowers including lilies, tulips and daffodils, some nice crosses and a tomb, and also some cutesy bunnies & frogs and lovely birds and butterflies, things you can use for more than just Easter - and all the dies in this release are  30% OFF!    My card is a 5.5" square top folding card. I used the  He is Risen w/ Empty Tomb die , the  Spring Tulips die , and the  Grass Slimline  dies for this card.  I recorded how this came together, but ran out of time to do a voice-over, so here's a quick-time video with music if you'd like to see how I made it.  ☺  If you can't view the video here, please  click here.  I hope this inspires you to create something beautiful with your favorite CottageCutz dies!   ~Kristine PRODUCTS:    

Hello hello!  It's my turn to host Tutorial Thursday at La-La Land Crafts and today I've got a video tutorial for this CUTE hexagon box! You can decorate your box with these adorable bees from the   Just BEE-cause stamp set   like I did,... OR the  Honey Bear stamp set  would be super cute with this 'honeycomb' box too... or even just flowers ... or whatever your heart desires!☺    Even if you don't have an occasion to gift this to someone, it'd be great for storing those tiny die-cut pieces leftover from projects - and it's super cute sitting on your desk or craft table. PRODUCTS: Just Bee-cause Clear Stamp Set Color Me Happy Paper Pack Double Stitched Hexagon Die Scalloped Hexagon Die Inverted Scalloped Hexagon Die Daisy Die Spring Blossoms Small Die Ticket Die Nested Frames Large Die Double Stitched Squares Die Large Birdhouse Die (for leaves) CUTTING & SCORING: White Cardstock:  CUT 11-3/4" x 2-3/8"  --- SCORE 1/2" along short side; 

Hello crafters!  March Kit-of-the-Month is here and is very CUTE with 3 li'l piggies, Marci on a swing, and some build-a-tree dies with a reversible swing!  So I just HAD to make an interactive SWINGING card *squeal* ☺   I also used the Flowers on a Hill die from December 2022 kit, both as a border in the background and I cut some apart to put in the tree top and in grass.  Stay tuned as I've made 2 more cards using this adorable kit and will be showcasing those in the days to come.  In addition to the Club Kit (listed below), I've also used: Color Me Happy Paper Pack Summer is Here Stencil Set Forest Die Flowers on a Hill (Dec. 2022 Kit -  you have option of adding this kit on if you are a subscriber) -COPIC MARKERS- Pigs: R00, 20, RV10, E0000, E000 Eyes: BG45 Flowers: RV10, 06 -Distress Oxide Ink- Wild Honey -Ranger Dylusions Shimmer Spray- Fresh Lime Marci on a Swing Rubber Stamp Such a Ham Rubber Stamp Tree Trunk Die  Swing Die (valued at $79.99) Two Purchase Options

Hi there!  My card today is an easy Hexagon Pop Up card featuring some cute Easter dies from CottageCutz.  This style of card was a li'l harder to photograph, but it's pretty cute when displayed and squishes flat-ish to fit into an envelope.   I will share my design steps below, but if it's easier to watch a video, you can watch Sam's here . I used heavy 100 lb cardstock for my springy mechanism that makes it pop out to its hexagon shape, and if you do not burnish the folds, it pops out even more!  However, this also causes the front panel to lean backwards more.  If I had used a lighter weight like an 80 lb. it might stand up more, but then the hexagon would be more wide than deep.  You'll get that idea once you make one ☺  Sam actually has a few variations of this hexagon pop up and I think I'll like another version a bit more where the main image is vertical in the back and the front is more like a box card with shelves.  I'll try that soon! I've lis

I recently got some new-to-me Easter stamps and dies from La-La Land Crafts and played today!  This is not something I did for an assignment, it was just for fun.  Can you tell this shaker is a BIG BUNNY BUTT?  That's what I was going for ☺  I've been seeing similar ones online and just had to give it a go!   It might have made more sense to go with all white or white and greys inside the shaker for his body/butt, but I thought it was cuter with white pink and yellow to match the colors in the papers.  • I dry embossed the white background with one of the stencils from the Daisies on My Mind stencil set and I really like the effect!  • I manipulated the Double Stitched Rectangles Die and Scalloped Rectangles die to make them into squares. • I used the feet, ears and the top of the carrot from the Build a Bunny die and the Double Stitched Dome Die and Scalloped Dome Die for bunny's butt!  All the products are listed and linked below. PRODUCTS: Oh, Crop! Clear Stamp S

Today's card was super fun and QUICK! I die cut the Painty Heart from white cardstock, then added Distress Oxide Inks to each section and misted with water for that fun spritzy distressed look!  And this artsy cow... adorable!   I didn't cut my Layered Thank You dies apart.  You have that option so that it cuts a whole border piece and then you can glue the letters on top, but I left the dies attached and I added Distress Oxide ink on the letters and then inlaid them so it doesn't have that extra dimension, kwim?  ☺  This card makes me H A P P Y !  Have I mentioned I love rainbows?! Hop on over to the  La-La Land Crafts BLOG  or our   FB Fan Group   for more inspiration! PRODUCTS: Crafty Friends Clear Stamp Set Color Me Happy Paper Pack Layered Thank You Die Painty Heart Die Rounded Stitched Rectangles Die Left Pocket Die COPIC MARKERS: Cow: C7, C3, R00, R11, E0000 Apron:  G20, YG03, YG06, V04, RV10, BG45 DISTRESS OXIDE INKS: Wilted Violet, Broken China, Mowed Lawn, Twist

Today I have an   Easter card featuring the CottageCutz  Spring Bowl w/ Eggs .  I'm getting this done just in the nick of time so am keeping this short and sweet ☺ Products I used:       Happy inking! ~K

Happy Friday!!  Our inspiration theme this week at  La-La Land Crafts   is  B I R T H D A Y  using one of the February Releases! I had this idea to try a shaker card using the new Flowy Rainbow die (from the Painty Release), and the easiest way I could figure to do it was to add back in some of the colors over the acetate to hide the foam strips that separate each color.  It worked!  And isn't Fairy Marci so pretty?!!  This was fun to make.  Here's a few process photos... I colored some of the white rainbow stripes and glued those onto the acetate.  I also put back in the white "spacer" strips just so I can glue the next colored one in exactly the right spot (it's just laying in there) - then I pulled the white ones back up.   I embossed the sentiment in white on black cardstock, then die cut with the scalloped sentiment label die.  And for the HBD, I die cut it twice from white cardstock, colored with Copics, then inserted into the outline from the 2nd cut. ☺  Th

Hello crafters!   I have another Perpetual Calendar to share.  This was actually my first one I attempted, and already gave it away.  I wanted it to be brighter more Spring-like colors, but it turned out much more muted than the one I  posted yesterday ... but I still like it and my recipient loved it! For this one, I made it pretty much just like Norma's instructions, not veering off too much (unlike yesterday's) so I will just point you to her blog post with templates and share below some of my process photos.  All products are listed and linked at the end of my post. Thanks for looking!  Have a CRAFT-astic day!  ☺ DISPLAY CASE: CREATING BLOCKS/CUBES for numbered days: BARS FOR MONTHS: LLLC PRODUCT I USED: Heart Locket Marci Rubber Stamp A Good Day Clear Stamp Set Every Year Calendar Clear Stamp Set Awakening Paper Pack Jingle Bells Wreath Die Spring Blossoms Small Die Bold Numbers Die Scalloped Sentiment Labels Die Stitched Nested Circles Die Hop on over to the  La-La Land