Happy Birthday to La La Land's Marci and Luka!!!

I've used the adorable Marci with Flower on my card.  Isn't she sweet.  She even comes bearing gifts...a lovely potted flower ;D

LOOK WHO'S TURNING ONE!

Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday dear Marci and Luka,

Happy Birthday to you!

I was thrilled to receive an invite to join the La La Land Craft's gang for this special hop and help them celebrate this momentous occasion.  On August 1st Marci and Luka turned one and that means it's time for a party!  La La Land Crafts would like to thank each and every one of their customers for their continued support as they celebrate this amazing  milestone!  They couldn't have done it without you, and they want you all to know...YOU ROCK!!

Are you ready for some birthday FUN?!

On top of having special guest bloggers, La La Land Crafts is offering up a HUGE BLOG CANDY for this exciting event!

Take a look at the prize package!

Customize your own photo collage

This Blog Candy contains:

~Set of 12 Copic Markers in NEW 2011 colors

~Set of Spica pens

~Pack of X-Press Blending Cardstock

~New Scor-pal and pack of Scor-Tape

~3 sets of 12x12 Basic Grey Collections paper packs

~$20 gift certificate to the La La Land Craft's Store

Visit the La La Land Crafts Blog to find out how you can be eligible to win this fabulous prize package!  It's as easy as 1, 2, 3!

Now let's start hopping!  You should have arrived from Alice's magnificent blog where you were undoubtedly greeted with something wonderful.  Your next stop will be Eva's fabulous blog where I'm sure there is some delicious eye-candy waiting to inspire you!  If you get lost along the way, don't forget to head to the La La Land Crafts blog to get back on track :D

Thanks for hopping with us today and helping us celebrate!

A New Challenge at Copic Creations! White Clothing!

Hey, everybody!  Welcome to July!  Is it just me or is this year zooming along really fast?  One minute I'm watching 'em countdown the dropping of the ball in Times Square on TV (yes, we are that boring) and the next we're whipping out the red, white, and blue, and cranking up the BBQ grills (yes, we have more than one).  We are literally half-way through the year.  At this rate, Christmas will be peeking around the corner at me, with it's blood-shot eyes (my version of Christmas is exhausted!) waiting to get some attention.  UGH!  Why do I already feel like I'm behind?  

Well, now that I've thoroughly depressed everyone...LOL...let's move on to the new challenge at Copic Creations.  This week's sponsor is La La land Crafts and they are near and dear to my heart ;D  For this week's challenge we are asking that you use your Copics to create a white piece of clothing.  

I love creating the illusion of white.  If you leave an item devoid of color, it just looks flat, but the addition of gray to mimic shadows, and the addition of a very pale color to capture light really gives white objects dimension and life.  For my card I colored Jesalyn and opted to leave her dress and shoes white.  I added C3, C1, and C0 to give areas of her dress shadows and I added BG10 to add glints of light.  The BG10 gets lost in the photos, but trust me, it's there.  I hope you'll join the challenge this week at Copic Creations and show us what you can do with white.  

Please swing by the blog and check out what the DT has been up to.  They have really worked their magic with this challenge and the cards are AMAZING!  You won't want to miss them ;D 

Join me tomorrow and I'll share another Bombshell mermaid card with you.  Until then, stay crafty!