PCFTeam Christmas Bells Scavenger Hunt

I am one of the participating shops in the PCFTeam Christmas Bells Scavenger Hunt. Here is the link to the blog describing the event: http://www.pcfteam.blogspot.ca/2012/11/christmas-bells-scavenger-hunt.html.

The Hunt will begin on Saturday, November 17 at 6am EST and will run until Saturday, November 24th at 3am EST.

Here are all the rules you need to know for a chance to win fabulous prizes from the participating shops.
There are 28 shops in the hunt (please see the list below). You will search through each shop to find the graphic above in one of their listings. Each listing description will have a link to the next shop in the hunt. 
Keep a list of each shop in the hunt in the order you are sent to them. When you reach the last shop of the hunt submit your list to Maya at bki[at]hotmail.ca.
This will give you one entry to win one of 6 prize packs (each containing 5 prizes, a $50+ value ). If your submission is incorrect you will be notified for a chance to re-do it and try again.


Not satisfied with just one little entry?? Here’s how you can earn more!
Add each shop to your Favorites as you go through the hunt. (You need an Etsy account for this) You must Fav all the shops to earn this extra entry. 
Fav at least one item from each shop in the hunt to earn another entry!
Post about this event on your Blog to earn 5 more entries!Tweet about this event to earn 5 more entries!Post about this event on Facebook to earn 5 more entries!
That means you could earn up to 18 entries!!


For these entries to be valid, email that you have Fav’d the shops and listing(s) and send the appropriate Blog, Twitter and FB links to Maya at bki[at]hotmail.ca.


Not enough??? Still want more??? 
Well there’s a Super Duper Grand Prize Pack to be won as well! One lucky person will receive a prize from each of the participating shops…that’s a prize pack valued at over $300!!
How do you enter? Well, that’s simple. Each purchase you make from a PCF team member (www.etsy.com/teams/10036/promoting-creative-friends/members) will earn you one (1) entry for each dollar amount you spend. And each purchase from a shop in the scavenger hunt will earn you two (2) entries for every dollar spent. The more you shop, the more chances you have to win!
For each entry to count, please send all purchase transaction links to Maya at bki[at]hotmail.ca.

Winners will be chosen on Sunday, November 25th and will be notified by email a day or two after. They will be given the link to the shops and the prizes they have won. Details on how to claim their prizes will be in the email. Shops will be notified of their winners also so there will be no confusion when prizes are claimed. No personal information will be given to the shops, just the prize winner names.
A winners list will be post on www.pcfteam.blogspot.ca and on the team FB page, www.facebook.com/pcfteam


If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Maya at bki[at]hotmail.ca


CHECK the PCFTeam Blog: www.pcfteam.blogspot.ca ON NOVEMBER 17 FOR THE STARTING SHOP!
List of participating shops:
1) bkinspired.etsy.com
2) SandrasCardShop.etsy.com
3) AlwaysPrettyPaper.etsy.com
4) CreationsByJanetUSA.etsy.com
5) duchando.etsy.com
6) ageratum.etsy.com
7) supercraftylady.etsy.com
8) accrochet.etsy.com
9) buffalocreekcrafts.etsy.com
10) WendysWonders127.etsy.com
11) ThisandThatCrafter.etsy.com
12) toppytoppyknits.etsy.com
13) rocknbeads.etsy.com
14) gumpastegarden.etsy.com
15) KatKeRosCorner.etsy.com
16) JemLouProductions.etsy.com
17) LadyBugCo.etsy.com
18) ceraminic.etsy.com
19) posiesandpoppies.etsy.com
20) TexasLils.etsy.com
21) reddragonapothocary.etsy.com
22) GoviGirl.etsy.com
23) susansbeadhappy.etsy.com
24) mightymadgecreations.etsy.com
25) TheColorfulClover.etsy.com
26) ILovedClover.etsy.com
27) pigswife.etsy.com
28) icancu2.etsy.com

Christmas Gift Tags

Here are some Christmas Gift Tags I made using Copic-coloured Sunny Christmas Marci and one of the new La-La Land Crafts Christmas 2012 Stamps: Christmas Elf Marci.

The red gift tags are from my stash (I think I bought them at a craft fair last year).

The sentiments: "Deck the Halls" and "Merry Christmas" are adhesive ribbon from Jo-Ann Essentials.

Both Sunny Christmas Marci and Christmas Elf Marci are fussy cut and attached with pop dots. The gift tag is finished with Baker's Twine from KoKoVanilla

Sunny Christmas Marci was coloured pretty much the same as previous, click here for the link to the colours used.

Christmas Elf Marci was coloured as follows:

• skin: E000, E00, E02, Lipstick Spica (lips)
• hair: E31, E33, E35, clear Spica
• hat and dress: R20, R22, R27, YG00, YG03, YG17, Y17, YR04, clear Spica (red dots)
• tights and shoes: R20, R22, R27, YG00, YG03, YG17, YR04, clear Spica (buckles)
• holly and berries: R20, R22, R27, YG63, YG67, clear Spica
• candy cane: R20, R22, R27, YG00, YG03, YG17
• background: BG000

These gift tags and more will be for sale in my Etsy shop: JemLou Productions. Click here for the link.

These will also be displayed on the La-La Land Crafts Customer Gallery and their Facebook page.

Thanks for looking! :)

Christmas Cards

I am starting to get some new Christmas stuff into the shop....here are some little Christmas Cards I made using Copic-coloured Sunny Christmas Marci and Santa Marci (La-La Land Crafts).

These cards are follow ons from the ones featured here: Christmas in July.

Both images were digitally stamped on to x-Press It paper (LimeTart), then coloured with Copics pens.
As the Copic pen comes through the x-Press It paper a piece of Christmas paper is attached to the inside of the card.
Red sparkly envelopes (Envelope Solutions) are included.

For Sunny Christmas Marci, I used:

• skin: E00, E02, Lipstick Spica pen
• hair: Y11, Y15, Y17, E31
• dress and thongs: R20, R22, R27
• reindeer headband: R20, R22, R27, RV13, E35, E37
• lights: B05, R35, V17, G05, Y17, E35, E37
• background: V000

For Santa Marci, I used:

• skin: E00, E02, Lipstick Spica pen
• hair: Y11, Y15, Y17, E31
• hat, dress and tights: R22, R27, Clear Spica pen
• vest, boots and hairbands: G05, G07, Clear Spica pen
• stocking: R27, G07
• holly leaves and berries: YG67, R27
• candycane: G05, R27
• panda: W3, W5, R20 (nose/ears)
• background: V000

These cards will be shown on the La-La Land Crafts Facebook page and in the Customer Gallery.

Both these cards and more will be listed on Etsy in my shop: JemLou Productions, over the following weeks. Click here for the listing.

Thanks for looking! :)

Mighty Monday 17 - Treasuries

I put together a treasury for the PCFTeam Mighty Monday 17:
More Autumn Finds.
The other shops will be putting together treasuries of their own, featuring my shop.
Here they are:

1. Promoting Creative Friends October 15 by Theodora with my Reindeer Card
2. Totally Autumn by Coral and Coral with my Reindeer Card
3. Purple and Orange by Carole with my Purple Heart Card
4. Autumn Hues - Mighty Monday 17 by Kim with my Have a Wicked Halloween Card
5. Fun Fall Finds by Karen with my Reindeer Card
6. Orange You Glad It's Autumn? by AMarigoldLife with my Have a Wicked Halloween Card
7. Monday Managerie by Pat with my Happy Birthday Dinosaur Card
8. The Seasons; they are a' changin'! by Angie with my Have a Wicked Halloween Card
9. Mighty Fine Treasures by The Barrett's with my Ohhh Christmas Tree Card
10. Christmas Gifts by Fuesun with my Pack of Four Small Reindeer Cards
11. Etsy Artisans Love Purple by Denise with my Thank You Card
12. Mighty Mighty Earthy Monday by Heather with my Pack of Five Christmas Gift Tags
13. Fun Fabulous #8 by Audrey with my Pack of Four Small Snowman Cards
14. BeautiFALL by Shoshi with my Another Merry Christmas Card
15. Shades of Autumn by Scotti with my Happy Birthday Dinosaur Card
16. I wish I had these by Amy with my Bee Happy Card

Thanks for looking! :)

Little Halloween Cards

Here are some Halloween Cards I made using Copic-coloured Witch Marci, Pumpkin Marci and Luka with Pumpkin (La-La Land Crafts).
Each character is digitally stamped on to x-Press It paper, then hand coloured with Copics pens and Spica pens. Then the coloured image is fussy cut and adhered to a small card made of textured card stock (DCWV).

I used the following Copics pens:

Witch Marci:

• skin: E000, E00, E02, Lipstick Spica
• hair: red - YR02, YR04, YR07, E08; brown - E33, E35, E37; hairband - V09, clear Spica
• clothing and hat: V12, V15, V06, V09, YR16 (buckle), clear Spica
• tights: YG03, G05
• shoes: C7, 100, YR16 (buckle), clear Spica
• pumpkin: YR02, YR15, YR16, clear Spica
• broom: E33, E35, E37, V09
• background: B000

Pumpkin Marci:

• skin: E000, E00, E02, Lipstick Spica
• hair: red - YR02, YR04, YR07, E08; brown - E33, E35, E37 
• outfit, shoes and hat: YR02, YR15, YR16, YG03, YG06, YG09
• lollipop: BV00, BV02, BV04, clear Spica
• pumpkin: YR02, YR04, YR07, clear Spica
• background: B00, or G00

Luka with a Pumpkin:

• skin: E000, E00, E02
• hair: red - YR02, YR04, YR07, E08; brown - E33, E35, E37
• jacket: YG63, YG95, YG67
• pants: E31, E33, E35
• boots: E33, E35, E37 
• hat: E31, E33, E35, YG63, YG95, YG67
• pumpkin: YG03, YG06, YG09, YR02, YR15, YR16, clear Spica

These cards will be featured on the La-La Land Crafts Facebook page and the Customer Gallery.

These cards are for sale on Etsy in my shop: JemLou Productions. Click here for the link.

Thanks for looking! :)

Happy Travels with Travel Marci

Here is my latest card:

I coloured Travel Marci monochromatically with Copics markers as this was a challenge on the La-La Land Crafts Facebook Page.
I then used Cardabilities latest sketch for inspiration:

Travel Marci (La-La Land Crafts) was digitally printed on to x-Press It paper (LimeTart), then coloured with the following Copics Pens: E51, E53, E31, E33, E35, C1 (background).
The card base is Kraft (Envelope Solutions), a piece of blue textured cardstock (DCWV) was attached to the card, then strips of a paper from a Spring Stack (DCWV) from many years ago were hand-cut as banners and attached to the blue cardstock with Washi Tape (LimeTart). Travel Marci was attached with pop dots and "happy travels!" was hand written with Chocolate Spica pen.
This card is displayed on the La-La Land Crafts Facebook Page and the La-La Land Crafts Customer Gallery.
This card is for sale on Etsy in my shop: JemLou Productions. Click here for the link.
Thanks for looking! :)

Have a sunny day with Summer Luka

Here is another card for this weekend.....

I drew inspiration from Paper Makeup Stamps again this week and used the sun from Jen's Sunshine.
The theme at Paper Makeup Stamps was "keep cool". I have had Summer Luka (La-La Land Crafts) for a little while now and wanted to use him, so after looking at the La-La Land Craft Blog, I saw a beautiful card by Debra James with an awesome background of beach huts, with Summer Luka and the sentiment "have a sunny day!" I tried to draw a beach hut, but then I remembered I had this palm tree stamp from Nitwit Collections (freebie with my Australian Simply Cards magazine).

Summer Luka is digitally stamped on to x-press it paper, as is the sun. The palm tree is stamped directly on to the card, which reminds me that I should adhere a piece of paper to the underside! I have also coloured the background with blues for the sky and yellows for the "sand".
The Copics pens I have used for Summer Luka are:

• skin - E00, E11, E02
• hair - YR20, E33, E35, E37
• clothes - R35, R37, B02, B05
• floaties - Y02, Y15, YG03, YG63
• turtle - G02, G05, Y00, Y15
• flippers - Y02, Y15
• goggles/snorkel - BG000, BG10, BG15

For the sun, I used: Y11, Y15, Y17, R02 (cheeks), E02 (tongue).

For the palm tree, I used: E35 & E37 (trunk), E08 (coconuts), G02, G05 (leaves).

For the background sky, I used a combination of BG10, BG000 and B00. For the sand, I used Y02.

The sentiment is hand written in pitch black Spica pen.

This card will also be displayed in the La-La Land Crafts Customer Gallery and on the La-La Land Crafts Facebook page.

This card will be for sale on Etsy in my shop: JemLou Productions. The link to follow.

Thanks for looking! :)

Sunflowers Birthday Card

Here is my card for this week:

I have drawn inspiration from Cupcake Inspirations Challenge: Cupcake Inspirations #172. Here is the inspirational photo:

I also used a sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches: TMS #158 and the twist: Birthday!

I have used:

• a white square card and envelope from Envelope Solutions
• Chef Marci and some sunflowers (both from La-La Land Crafts) digitally stamped on to X-press it paper, hand coloured with Copics pens and fussy cut.
• a triangular piece of paper from a Spring Stack (DCWV) from quite a few years ago!
• "good friends eat cake" stamp (polka doodles - freebie from Australian Simply Cards) stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa ink
• four rhinestones from KaiserCraft coloured with Copics

The Copics Pens I used were:

• skin: E00, E11, E02, lipstick Spica pen
• hair: YR20, E33, E35, E37
• clothes: BG000, BG10, BG13, BG15
• cake: Y00, Y02, G05, RV14, lipstick Spica pen
• piping bag: Y00, Y02
• background: V000
• sunflowers: Y02, YR07, Y28, E37, G05
• rhinestones: BG15, BG13, RV14, Y02

This card will also be displayed on the La-La Land Crafts Customer Gallery and the La-La Land Crafts Facebook page.
This card will be for sale on Etsy in my shop: JemLou Productions. Link to follow (as usual, I need some better photos!)

Thanks for looking! :)

Riding by to say Hi with Tricycle Marci

Here is my latest creation using inspiration from Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #171 for the colours: blue and yellow, Cupcake Craft Challenge #203 and Paper Makeup Stamps Challenge #47 for the theme: The Great Outdoors and Endless Summer, respectively.
So here is my card:

Here is the inspirational photo from Cupcake Inspirations:

I have used a square white card and envelope from Envelope Solutions.
I have digitally stamped Tricycle Marci, the sentiment "Riding by to say Hi" and the fence from La-La Land Crafts and the sun from Jen's Sunshine, part of a set of digital stamps for charity from Paper Makeup Stamps.

I have printed on X-press It paper and coloured everything with Copics pens.
The Copic pens I used are:

• Tricycle Marci 
• skin: E50, E51 and lipstick Spica pen
• hair - E31, E35, E37
• shorts/headband - B02, B05
• top/hair bow - Y11, Y15, Y17
• bike - BG000, BG10, BG15, C1, C3, C5
• basket - E31, E35
• panda - C1, C3, C5, R20, lipstick Spica pen
• Fence
• wood - E31, E35, E37
• stones - W1, W3, W5, E35
• grass - YG63, YG67
• Sun
• Y11, Y15, Y17
• cheeks - R02
• tongue - E02

Everything was coloured on the edge with B00.

I also made an addition to this card, as I thought it was lacking something in the middle!

I digitally stamped the sunflowers from La-La Land Crafts, then coloured them with the following Copic pens:

• stems/leaves - YG03, YG63
• flowers - Y02, YR07, Y28, E37

I think next time, I'll add the sunflowers and fence together before I print! Too much fussy cutting!! :)

This card is for sale on Etsy in my shop: JemLou Productions. Here is the listing: Riding By to Say Hi! Card.

This card will also be displayed in a few places:  La-La Land Customer Gallery and the La-La Land Crafts Facebook page.

Christmas in July Scavenger Hunt

CHRISTMAS IN JULY SCAVENGER HUNT!
Over $360 in prizes to be won!
The contest will begin at 9:00am EST on July 21st, and will run until midnight July 31st
There are 34 participating shops, and all will have a hidden picture, in one of their listings, that you will have to "hunt" to find! Each of these shops has donated a prize worth at least $10; that is a minimum of $360 in prizes!!! There are 7 prize packs available to be won, each worth a minimum of $50. Winners will be chosen at random by random.org, based upon the number of complete entries received.

********************HOW TO ENTER*******************
First go to: pcfteam.blogspot.ca and look for the link for the starting shop. Find the candle image in one of the listings and then follow the link to the next shop on the scavenger hunt list! Every time you find the hidden picture, that item description will give you a link to the next shop. As you go through the shops, make a list of all shops in the order that you are given them. At the very last shop, you will be given an email address; you will send your completed list to this address. If anything is incorrect, you will be notified, and given a chance to re-do the hunt again to get it right!

***********WANT MORE CHANCES TO WIN? READ ON!!!**************
Everyone who sends a complete shop list, in the correct order, will receive one entry to win a prize pack.
If you "FAV" all the shops in the hunt, you get another entry.
If you "FAV" one item from each of the shops in the hunt, you will get a third entry.
If you promote the event on your Blog, on Facebook, Twitter, etc, and send Nichole (kidd.robin [!at] ymail.com) a link to the promotion, you will get 5 extra entries!

****SUPER DUPER PRIZE PACK DETAILS- MINIMUM $360 VALUE *****
In addition, all the participating shops have donated second prize! All 36 prizes have been combined into one HUGE prize pack. This pack is valued at a minimum of $360!!! The winner of this super duper prize pack will be drawn from entries made by shopping at PCF Team (Promoting Creative Friends Team) shops during this event. Each dollar spent at a PCF Team shop during this event will earn you one entry...each dollar spent at one of the 36 shops in the hunt will earn you 2 entries. The more you shop, and the more you shop the more chances you have to win! Please send transaction links of all purchases to Nichole at kidd.robin [!at] ymail.com. Please include the transaction links, dollar amounts for each purchase, and the shop name you purchased from.

Winners will be chosen on Aug 3rd :) They will be announced on Nichole's blog at: ciaraandcompanybowtique.blogspot.com/, on the PCF Team blog at: http://pcfteam.blogspot.ca/ and on the PCF Team Facebook page at www.facebook.com/#!/pcfteam, and will also be notified via email.
Good luck and have a very Merry Christmas in July!
Go to www.pcfteam.blogspot.ca to learn the starting point.

***** all entries and PCF shop purchases must be submitted by midnight July 31st....and NO entries will be accepted after this time***

Afternoon Tea Invitation

I made an invitation for a High Tea for my mum's birthday.
I printed this fantastic stamp from JustInkLined on x-press it paper and then coloured the cupcakes with Copics pens. I then adhered the image to a gold square card.
Here is the finished card:

Here is a close up of the colouring:

I used the following Copics pens:

• cupcake papers: RV10, B00
• cupcakes with cherry: R27, V000
• cupcakes with strawberry: R27, E50
• cupcakes with lemon icing, choc bits and lime: Y00, E35, YG00
• cupcake with chocolate swirls: E50, E35, E37
• cupcake with pink icing and marshmallows: R20, V12
• cupcakes with apricot icing at the back: E93
• cupcake with blue icing at the back: B00

The actual invitation, I printed on vellum and adhered on to the inside of the card.

I think I'll print some more and play around with the colouring of the plate! And perhaps add the tea pot from the stamp set.

Thanks for looking! :)

Christmas in July event

Use CIJ10OFF to receive 10 % off your order at JemLou Productions. This includes custom orders.
Shipping is reduced too for the Christmas in July events.
Also there is a Christmas in July Scavenger Hunt starting Saturday 9 am EST.
Come along and enjoy the fun! :)

Good Friends Eat Cake

Here is my latest card using inspiration from Cupcake Inspirations Challenge 169.
Here is the photo:

and here is my take on it:

Here is a close up of the coloured stamp:

I have used a freebie stamp from Australian Simply Cards by polka doodles, including the sentiment.
Both were stamped with Memento tuxedo black ink.
The stamp with the girl and cupcake was stamped on to x-press it paper and coloured with Copics pens.
The Copics pens I used were:

• skin: E00, E02
• hair: Y15, Y17, E11
• dress and hat: RV10, RV13
• cake: Y00, V000, B00, V12
• roses: YG67, R20, R22
• shadow: C1
• around the heart and on the sentiment: Black Spica pen

I have used a Kraft card from Envelope Solutions.

Also, I attached three Rhinestones from KaiserCraft, that I coloured with V12, B00 and RV13.

This card is for sale in my Etsy shop: JemLou Productions. Here is the link: Good Friends Eat Cake Card.

Thanks for looking! :)

Bee Happy

Here is the latest Cupcake Inspirations Challenge Photo:

What a yummy looking cake!! :)

Here is what I have done:

I used a kraft card and envelope.
I digitally created a scene from Watercan Marci, the bee and "Bee Happy" sentiment, the fence and sunflowers from La-La Land Crafts. Then I printed it on x-press it paper and coloured it with Copics pens.
The pens I used were:

• skin: E00, E02, Lipstick Spica for lips
• hair: Y11, Y15, Y17, R22 for hairbands
• dress & hat: R20, R22, R27, YG00, YG03
• boots: YG00, YG03, white gel pen for the spots, R22 for inside
• watering can: B00, B02, B05
• path: W1, W3, W5, E35
• fence: E31, E35, E37
• pots: E11, YR04, YR07
• sunflowers: YG03, YG63, Y02, YR07 (tip blended!), Y28, E37
• bee: Y15, Y17,  C1, C3, C5
• sky: B00
• grass: YG63, YG67

This card will also be displayed in the La-La Land Crafts Customer Gallery and will be for sale on Etsy in my shop: JemLou Productions. Listing to follow - I need to take some better photos! :)

Thanks for looking!

LOU :)

I won!!

Just found out that my Enjoy Your Flight Card with Pilot Luka has won at Cupcake Inspirations!

How exciting, it is the first time I have submitted a card to Cupcake Inspirations and it is the first time I have won something!! :) Here is the announcement: Cupcake Inspirations - Challenge 167 Winner
I get to put this lovely blinkie on my blog:

It is down on the right side of the page.....Pretty cool! :)

Pilot Luka - Enjoy Your Flight

Here is my latest creation:

I have sort of used the last sketch from Card Patterns - #172:

I am very sorry to see Card Patterns stop producing sketches.....they were always great! Thank you!

Also, the colouring and theme are based on Cupcake Inspirations - #167:

I have used a digitally stamped Pilot Luka from La-La Land Crafts which I have hand coloured with Copics pens. Luka is attached to a paper from a freebie from Australian Simply Cards - Travellight by We R Memory Keepers. The card base is Kraft from Envelope Solutions. A kraft envelope is also included.
For the colouring with the Copics pens, I used:

• E00, E02 - skin
• R20 - mouths, tongue, nose and cheeks
• R22, R27 - red
• B93, B95, B97 - blue
• B00 - background blue sky
• E31, E35, E37 - brown
• Y28 - gold stars and tag
• C1, C3, C5 - grey box

Here is a close up of the colouring:

This card is shown in the La-La Land Craft Customer Gallery and is for sale in my Etsy shop: JemLou Productions. Click here for the link.

Thanks for looking! :)

Sugar and Spice Marci Happy Day Card

Here is my card for the latest sketch from Card Patterns: Sketch 169:

Here is the sketch:

Unfortunately I missed the cut off for posting my card by about 6 mins!!! Oh well, at least I have a new card!! :)

Anyway, I have used the following:

• a kraft card and envelope from Envelope Solutions
• some blue textured card stock from DCWV, cut into a banner and then used on the envelope
• a piece of floral paper (I have no idea where it came from!), inked on the edge with Aquamarine Vivid! ink
• a glittered die cut by from Making Memories
• Sugar and Spice Marci (La-La Land Crafts) digitally stamped on to X-Press It paper and then hand coloured with Copics pens (hair: E35; skin: E00; lips: lipstick Spica pen; headband, dress and shoes: B02, B05, RV13; spoon: E31; cupcake: E31, RV10, R35)
• 'happy day' stamp from inkadinkado stamped in Aquamarine Vivid! ink.

This card are also displayed in the La-La Land Crafts Customer Gallery.

This card is for sale on Etsy, in my shop: JemLou Productions. Click here for the link.

Thanks for looking! :)

Christmas in July

I'm getting ready for the Promoting Creative Friends Christmas in July event.
I just sent these four cards to the two lovely ladies that are organising the Christmas in July Scavenger Hunt:

All four are coloured with Copics pens! I am still working out the whole shading thing! :)
Also, because the Copic pens go through the paper, I adhered a piece of Christmas paper to the inside front part of the card.

So I have used Sunny Christmas Marci and Sunny Christmas Luka digital stamps from La-La Land Crafts, printed on X-Press It paper, which I have coloured with Copics pens (skin: E00; lips of Marci: Lipstick Spica pen; hair: E35; Marci's dress, headband and thongs: R32, R35, E31, E02/RV13; lights that Marci is holding: B05 (string), YG00, B02, R35, YG03 (top), RV10, YG00, B02, YG03 (bottom); Luka's clothes, hat and thongs: YG03, B02, B05, Clear Spica pen; Luka's presents, bag and candy cane: YG00, B02, E31, R35, YG03, RV13).

The tags were in my stash (I bought them from a Craft show last year), the Baker's twine is from Koko Vanilla Designs and the Merry Christmas stamp is from Jo-Ann Craft Essentials, stamped with Rich Cocoa ink by Memento/Tsukineko.

These cards/tags are also displayed in the La-La Land Crafts Customer Gallery!

I will definitely make some more of these (perhaps with more Christmassy colours!! :)) and list them on Etsy in my shop: JemLou Productions.
Thanks for looking! :)

Christmas in July and another Scavenger Hunt

In the Promoting Creative Friends Team on Etsy, we are doing Christmas in July....we are also doing another Scavenger Hunt, amongst other events.
Here is a cute picture of a pig, advertising the Scavenger Hunt:

More details to follow.....I need to finish off my gifts and send them first! :)
My shop will be participating in the Scavenger Hunt event.

Hopefully I will post something over the next couple of days with some new items for the Christmas in July event!

PCF Team May Flowers Scavenger Hunt

The PCF Team on Etsy is having a great event for May! It is called the May Flowers Scavenger Hunt! This hunt will run exactly the way the April Flip Flop hunt was ran; so if you joined in on all the fun of that one, you are one step ahead of the competition….woohoo! 

There will be 33 shops, and all will have a hidden picture that you will have to "hunt" through their shop items for! Each shop has donated a prize worth at least a $10 value; that is a total of $330 plus in prizes...woohoo!!! There will be a total of 7 prize packs given out (winners will be chosen at random by random.org, based upon number of entries correct and complete entries we have)...each prize pack will consist of 5 prizes...so each winner will get a prize pack of at least an incredible $50 value…how about that? The contest will begin at 9:00 EST on May 21st, and will run until midnight June 4th!

***** all entries and PCF shop purchases must be submitted by midnight June 4th....and NO entries will be accepted after this time***


********************HOW TO ENTER*******************
Go to: CiaraCompanyBowtique.etsy.com and look for the listing that says “Starting Point.” This will give you all the details..and the first shop on your hunting adventure!

This is the starting point for this event!!! From here, you will then follow the links to the next shop on the scavenger hunt list! Every time you find the hidden picture, that item description will give you a link to the next shop. As you go through the shops, make a list of all shops, in the order you are given them. At the very last shop, you will be given an email address; you will send the completed list to this address. If anything is incorrect, you will be notified, and given a chance to re-do the hunt to get it all right! :)

***********WANT MORE CHANCES TO WIN? READ ON!!!**************

Everyone who sends a complete shop list, in the correct order, will receive one entry to win a prize pack. 

If you "FAVE" the shops as you go through (you have to fave every single shop...this means having an Etsy account, and adding each one of the 40 shops to your "favorite shops" list…simply click on the tab to the left that says ♥add to favorites), then you get another entry.

If you "FAVE" one item from each shop as you go through (again, you have to fave an item from every single shop...to do this...when you have a single item from a shop pulled up…look to the right, and click the ♥icon that says "favorite"), then you will get a third entry.


If you BLOG about the team event, and send Nichole (info above) a link to the blog post, you will get 5 extra entries!

So, you have the opportunity to receive a total of 8 entries to win a prize pack in total!

****SUPER DUPER PRIZE PACK DETAILS-$330 VALUE AT MINIMUM*****

In addition, all shops are donating another prize...all 33 of these prizes will be combined into one HUGE prize pack. This pack will be valued at a minimum of $330!!! The winner of this super duper prize pack, will be the drawn out of entries from shopping with PCF Team shops during this event. Each dollar spent at a PCF Team shop during this event will earn you one entry...each dollar spent at one of the 33 shops on the hunt list, will earn you 2 entries. The more you shop, and the more you shop with the 33 shops on the list, the more chances you have to win! Please send transaction links of all purchases to Nichole at kidd.robin [!at] ymail.com...thanks! Purchases not submitted will not be counted! I cannot calculate your entries, if you do not send me purchases...I need transaction links and dollar amounts for each purchase, and the shop name you purchased from.


Winners will be chosen on June 11th :) They will be announced on Nichole's blog at: http://ciaraandcompanybowtique.blogspot.com/, on the PCF Team blog at: http://pcfteam.blogspot.ca/2012/03/pcf-team-spring-promotion-event.html/, on other member's blogs, on the PCF Team Etsy Group: http://www.etsy.com/teams/10036/promoting-creative-friends and on the PCF Team Facebook page. You will also be emailed for shipping information if you are a winner! You can join us on Facebook to keep up to date on this event, plus all of our ever-so-cool upcoming events...we always have something in the works! :) Our PCF Team Facebook page can be located at: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pcfteam


If you love this event, let us know...we are thinking of doing them often...let us know you want us to! :)


Good luck; and we hope to see you there! 



PS: my shop JemLou Productions is one of the shops that is participating in the May Flowers Scavenger Hunt, so if you win, you will receive something from my shop!!! Go check it out now!!! :)
The starting point is CiaraCompanyBowtique.etsy.com. 

Spots and Stripes, Card and a Gift Bag!

Here is a card and bag combination! It is my first gift bag.....I have had the base kraft bag for a while now, but just not had an idea for what to put on the gift bag......until I saw this great sketch on Cardabilities and the challenge of spots and stripes on the La-La Land Crafts blog.
So here is the sketch from Cardabilities:

And here is what I have done.......
the gift bag:

the card:

The Kraft bag is from kraft selection.
The Kraft card and envelope are from envelope solutions.
The striped paper and paper with circles are both from DCWV.
The white ribbon with pink spots is from Craft Essentials.
Digital stamps of Heart Balloon Marci and Heart Balloon Luka (both from La-La Land Crafts) are printed on x-press it paper, then hand coloured with water colour pencils. They are then cut out and attached with pop dots.
The card has "Happy Birthday" stamped in Ultramarine ink (Vivid!).
The gift bag also has some baker's twine (from Koko Vanilla Designs) tied in a bow around one of the handles.

These two are for sale on Etsy in my shop: JemLou Productions. Here is the link to the card and here is the link to the gift bag.

They will also be posted to the La-La Land Crafts Customer Gallery.

Thanks for looking! :)

Happy Day Heart Card

Here is my latest creation, using a couple of challenges. The sketch came from Card Positioning Systems and the colour scheme came from colour q.
Here is the sketch:

and here is the colour scheme:

The card is a white textured card stock from houseofpaper.com.au. I had a felt heart from Rainbow Lollies that matched some of the colours, then I added some paper frills (doodlebug designs inc) and stamped "happy day" in grey ink. I also added some glitter to the turquoise paper frill.
So here is my finished card:

The card is blank inside and a white envelope is included.

The card is for sale in my Etsy shop: JemLou Productions. Click here for the link.

Thanks for looking! :)

My latest creations....May

These little cards have been used for a while as gifts....but I thought that I should actually try and sell some! Especially as a lot of love and hard work goes into creating each one!
LaLaLand Crafts digital stamps of Marci and Luka are printed on to card and then hand-coloured with water colour pencils and Spica glitter pens. Then I include a little envelope from Envelope Solutions.
Here are some of the ones that have already been sent as gifts or samples:

Then here is another idea I had, where I cut out the hand-coloured image and adhere it to coloured card stock:

I have actually included samples of these cards in my PCF Team May Scavenger Hunt items, so if you participate in the May Scavenger Hunt and win, you will receive one of these cards!
These cards would actually make great Thank You cards or perhaps even little gift tags.

These cards will also be displayed in the La La Land Crafts Customer Gallery.

Once I decide on how to list these, I will post a link to the listing on my Etsy Shop: JemLou Productions.

Thanks for looking! :)

Happy Birthday Dinosaur Card

Here is my latest creation using the latest sketch on Card Patterns.
Here is the sketch:

Here is the finished card:

Here is a close up of the dinosaur, tree and sentiment:

I have used:

• a square white card and envelope from Envelope Solutions

• a square of double-sided paper from NitWit Collections (free gift from Simply Cards), cut in half, then "sewed" on to a square piece of card stock (DCWV) 

• dinosaur, palm tree and Happy Birthday stamp all from NitWit Collections (free gift from Simply Cards). The dinosaur was stamped with Memento Black ink on to xPress It paper and hand coloured with water colour pencils. Both the palm tree and Happy Birthday circle were stamped with coloured ink from PSX on to some white card stock. The palm tree was coloured with water colour pencils.

The card is blank inside and comes with a white square envelope.

This card will be for sale in my Etsy Shop: JemLou Productions. Come back later for the link.

Thanks for looking! :)

Luka with Flowers Thank You Card

Here is my latest creation for the Card Patterns challenge. Here is the sketch from Card Patterns:

Here is my card, featuring Luka with Flowers from LaLaLand Crafts. He is printed on X-Press It paper and hand coloured with water colour pencils.

I have used:

• a kraft card and envelope from Envelope Solutions (need to get some more!!)

• A piece of paper from Webster's pages (free gift from Simply Cards Magazine) cut in a banner shape and inked on the edges with aquamarine Vivid! ink

• a piece of textured card stock from DCWV, with rounded corners and inked on the edges with aquamarine Vivid! ink

• a smaller piece of card stock stamped with thank you in aquamarine Vivid! ink

• some flowers stamped in Violet Vivid! ink and glitter glue

The inside of the card is blank.

The envelope has a small piece of the paper attached to the bottom left corner of the front of the envelope.

This card will be for sale in my Etsy Shop: JemLou Productions. Come back later for the link.

This card will also be displayed in the LaLaLand Crafts Customer Gallery.

Thanks for looking! :)