World Card Making Day! and a prize!

It's that time again!  World Card Making Day!

Who's making cards today?  We are!  We are!  At LCOM, we love this day.  It's a day were you can catch up on all your card making.  And with Christmas right around the corner (oops! did we say that??!!!), today is the day to get them done!!

We're sharing cards with you today to get you going!

Yes, we mentioned a prize, didn't we?  Join in on the fun!  Share the cards you've made today with us and you could win a 5$ gift certificate to the Let's Capture Our Memories store!

You have until October 31, 2013 to link up your cards using our InLinks button at the bottom of this post.

Happy World Card Making Day!

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Help the Let's Capture Our Memories Design Team celebrate...

SUMMER!

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SWING INTO SUMMER!

 A new summertime themed card challenge will be posted

EVERY Thursday in June!

Join us for all the summer fun!

Welcome Back

Welcome to the weekend!

If you're anything like me you are feeling just a little more tired than you have been for the past two months.  The start of the new school year always seems to arrive too quickly, and feels like a whirlwind of activity, with countless forms to be filled out and returned, and a the usual school newsletters, and other pertinent information to be reviewed.

For the past few years I have been making cards to send along with the girls on the first day of school.  My hope is that a simple card will help their new teacher to feel valued and appreciated as he/she takes on a new set of students for the next 10 months of the year.

This year I created super simple "Welcome Back" cards using Lily Bee Design Double Dutch collection, and my hexagon punches. 

Rather than my usual habit of creating one-of-a-kind cards, this year, I decided to stick to the same design on all 4 cards changing it up just a bit between the two colours.  
Simple, yet cheerful.

Supplies used:

Lily Bee papers

Creative Impressions ribbon

October Afternoon buttons

 Some of the items are from my stash, like the white trim, and office supply tags, but the rest can be found in the shop.  

Speaking of the shop.  Have you noticed the Echo Park collections in there? 

So Happy Together, 

Chillingsworth,  

For The Record 2 - Documented & Tailored, as well as 

Very Merry Christmas 

have all been added and are ready for purchase.  Hope you get a chance to head over there and grab some for yourself.

Enjoy your Saturday, and happy creating!

It's that time of the month...

... yep, the time when I share with you a few cards I made using the scraps and bits of this month's products!

If you remember, I have been playing with the Crate Paper Random Collection all month long...and lovin' it!

Here are a couple cards I made using the collection.

 I just love the diecut shapes - this frame is amazing all pop dotted up for dimension!

I love love that huge diecut butterfly, along with a few hits of stickles! I did the same thing on this card with a smaller diecut butterfly:

 and the Studio Calico butterfly stickers are great with this line too! I love the kraft colour!

When you are using great products, you can keep it simple. For this card, I just tied some ribbon and a few mini die cut tags:

For the last card, I wanted to take advantage of the gorgeous double sided paper and made a flower for the centre of the card:

 It is really easy to make! Just punch some circles out of patterned paper, and fold ..

line them up in a circle and voila!

Supplies used:

Crate Paper Random Collection

Crate Paper - Pattern

Crate Paper - Modern

Crate Paper - Victoria

Crate Paper - Textile

Crate Paper - Designer Cuts

Crate Paper - Phrase Stickers

Crate Paper - Alpha Stickers

It's almost the end of November - man- where did the month go!!! I can't wait to see what the rest of the Marketing Team has up their sleeves for December.. should be lots of great projects to come!!!

A little more Lilybee!

Cards

by Nicole Nowosad

Supplies:

Lilybee Happily Lost

Patterned paper:

Stroll

Lilybee Happily Lost collection pack

Jillibean Soup corrugated frames

 Prima Eminence Collection flowers

white Bazzill cardstock

 

 Patterned Paper:

Hammock

white Bazzill cardstock

Prima Eminence Collection flowers

Tattered Angels glimmer mist in Tattered Rose and Patina

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It's that time of the month again where I share a few cards that I made with SOME of the scraps from my May goodies!

The colours in the Happily Lost pack are just perfect for cards/layouts for any occasion!

I really love the look of the Jillibean Soup corrugated frames on the front of cards. Tie a little twine or string with a mini tag makes a super cute card!

On the last card, I made the doily with a circle of white cardstock and a corner punch!  Then, I added one of the gorgeous and alterable Prima flowers to a few of the cards!

Here is the flower normally - which is pretty darn pretty on its' own!

... and here it is after I sprayed a little glimmer mist into the cap and dabbed a q-tip into the cap..then I dabbed a little of the mist onto the flower.  The patina blue near the middle and the rose pink colour around the edges.

I think it adds a nice easy hint of colour. :)

Hope you enjoyed the cards... and hey - it is almost JUNE!!!!

Check back soon for more inspiration from the LCOM Marketing Team!

Cards

Cards
by Nicole Nowosad

Supplies used:

Echo Park Little Girl

Echo Park Little Girl diecut stickers

Heidi Swapp Bling

White Bazzill cardstock

Tulle

Ranger Stickles

Best Creations Foam Squares

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Hi everyone - are you enjoying all the Marketing Team creations as much as I am!!!

I just wanted to hijack the blog today to share some quick cards I made with some of the leftovers from my Echo Park Little Girl pack !

I have this theory in 2011- I need to use more scraps. I save almost every scrap - and that is just crazy and getting out of control! lol SO, I promised myself in 2011 that I would make 1 card for every layout that I do. I couldn't resist making a few cards with Little Girl.

I have said it before - the patterns and colours are SO FUN! And really - not just for little girls. They would make awesome birthday cards, thank you's and many more different reasons! 

One thing I used on every card that is a true hidden gem in the LCOM store are the Best Creation Foam Squares. I know - adhesive Nicole, you are going to blab about adhesive  - yes I am...

HELLO - they are $ 1.50 for a large sheet! Who can resist that good of a deal.

Lately, I have been using more and more foam squares on my projects, a super easy way to add a little dimension to your pages and cards !

Stay tuned for more fabulous ideas from the rest of the Marketing Team - and a new month, means new ideas and new products too!