Reasons to smile!

Good morning!!

Have you ever had the urge to give someone a card, ‘just because’? Maybe, someone gave you a reason to smile…..maybe you need to give someone a reason to smile!

Well, I have a couple of cards to share with you this morning and I hope they will give you reasons to smile! I created these cards using a bunch of goodies from LCOM and I wanted to show you how easy and quick it is to put together a simple card for that special someone!

These are cards to give to someone….’just because’….and I actually have a couple of people in mind who are just the perfect recipients for both of these cards!

Supplies used for both of these ALL come from the LCOM store!

Bazil Basics White cardstock

Crate Paper - Peppermint/ Candy Cane

Crate Paper Peppermint Chipboard

Crate Paper Peppermint Trims

Crate Paper Peppermint border

My Mind's Eye - Happy Day Buttons

October Afternoon Sticky Keys

And stitching using my sewing machine!

See how easy it is to make someone smile! Now go create a card and don’t forget to share it with us!

Stop by the LCOM forum too! I promise you…you will meet lots of great friends and be so inspired! And we want to meet you!

Have a smile-ful day!

Some More Ad-Libbing

Hi Everyone,
I'm back with a fun mini-album using Bo Bunny's FABULOUS Ad Lib Line! A couple of months ago, my daughter was given an assignment in her art class to design a flag for Youth Art Month, which is a nationally recognized program here in the U.S. Much to our surprise, her flag design was chosen to represent the State of Massachusetts! We were so excited! It was a whirlwind of ceremonies, letters of congratulations all culminating in a trip to Washington, DC for the flag raising ceremony with the other state winners. She was also invited to meet with a Congressman and a Senator from Massachusetts! It was such an exciting time that I had to capture it all in a mini album, and the Ad Lib colors and embellishments were a perfect background!

I started out with a 6x12 canvas album from Prima's Donna Downey Line. I painted the canvas pages of the album and added the ribbon trim to coordinate with the Ad Lib Papers. I also scanned her flag design to make it part of the cover.

I decided to keep the pictures black and white since the papers were so colorful. I used the clear inserts of the album to hold newspaper articles and envelopes I made to hold all of the letters, invitations and ceremony booklets.

She even made the local newspaper!



There were so many keepsakes, I decided to make envelopes to hold them all!

Does anyone recognize that flower embellishment??


This envelope holds the congratulatory letters she received from state and town officials.



It really was an experience to remember! I've listed my supplies below. Make sure to check out LCOM for all of the wonderful Ad Lib goodies soon!

Supplies Used:
Ad Lib Collection Pack
Ad Lib Buttons
Prima Donna Downy Canvas Album
Chipboard, Rub-ons, Dimensional Stickers and ribbon: Bo Bunny Ad Lib
Cardstock: Bo Bunny Double Dot: Mint, Sunflower, Ocean; Double Dot Ledger: wild berry
Stamps: SU Spunky Alpha Stamps, MFT Typewriter alpha
Banner Die: MFT Fishtail Banner
Twine: Karen Foster
Paint: Adirondack Dabbers in Lemonade, Pool, Aqua; Jenni Bowlin for Ranger in stick candy and cough syrup.
Brads: SU

Ad Libbing

Hi Everyone! I'm back with a layout using one of my all time favorite lines... Ad Lib by Bo Bunny. Bo Bunny has always been one of my favorites, and Ad Lib is definitely in my top five!

Last June we took my daughter to her first concert, Taylor Swift. It was quite a night! Taylor came down into the audience and actually hugged my daughter! She was speechless! (which if you knew her is quite a feat!) I wanted to document as much as possible so I decided to make the journalling a major part of the design of my layout. I saved the ticket stubs and wanted to include them in the layout as well. For the title, I traced her autograph and added the little banner for color. To complete the layout, I doodled and added some of the fantastic Ad Lib rub-ons. I've listed my supplies below. This was a really fun and easy layout to complete! I'll be back at the end of the month with an Ad-Lib mini album. In the mean time, stop by LCOM and check out all of the great Ad Lib papers and embellishments!

Supplies used:

Ad Lib Paper: Improv, Pebbles, Scribbles, This n That, Verbiage, Vertigo, Wild Thing, Ad Lib
Other Paper: Bo Bunny Double Dot Cardstock in Sunflower
Rub-ons: Bo Bunny Ad Lib
Twine: Karen Fosters Scrapper Spools - Midnight
My Favorite Things Banner Die

Kathy

Mimi

Mimi by Kathy Skou

Supplies Used
Paper
Echo Park For the Record: Picket Fence, Fancy Floral, Table Cloth, Red/Cream Solid, Green/Green solid

Trim
Maya Road Yellow Ruffle Edge Trim

Embellishments
Echo Park For the Record Alpha Stickers, Maya Road Zipper Trim, Maya Road mini canvas banner, Petaloo Dragon fly

Hi Everyone!

I'm so excited to be here with my first post for the LCOM Marketing Team!! I was so lucky to get to work with Echo Park's For the Record. This is a fabulous collection. The colors are "retro" which I LOVE!! I thought they coordinated perfectly with this picture of my mother and daughter I found from last summer.

With names like tablecloth and fancy floral, I felt I couldn't do a layout without stitching!! I also had a lot of fun with the embellishments. The flowers were made by adding some scoring tape to the zipper trims and winding them around.

The Maya Yellow Ruffle trim was perfect for a banner topper and the Alpha letters fit perfectly on the pennants!

To complete, a friend found the cutest little dragon fly, which matched my mom's shirt. I spritzed him for color and hand stitched the little swirl.

That's it for today, I'll be back next week with a new layout using Echo Park's For the Record. Stop by LCOM today to peek at all of the fun papers and embellishments from this line!

Kathy

New Product Alert!

We have a shipment of Jillibean Soup
that has been listed and will be ready for sale
Friday March 4th at 7am!

Blossom Soup
Dutch Mustard Soup
Spotted Owl Soup
These papers are sooooo yummy!
Diecuts, journal sprouts, cardstock stickers and pins!

Visit Our New Products Section under

march 4th

you'll also notice under Pattern Papers
--- we have a Clearance Section!

ECHO PARK is here!

Two fabulous NEW Collections from ECHO Park have arrived at LCOM!

I canNOT wait to get a little creative with these fabulous new papers....
Take a peek at this timeless collection --- FOR THE RECORD

and how precious is this collection for Easter photos.. so Cute!

CLICK HERE to Purchase!

Pink Paislee has arrived in the shop!!!!

Here are just a few examples of the Pink Paislee goodies that have arrived at the LCOM shop this week! Click HERE to find the new lines:Bayberry Cottage, 365 Degrees, Artisan Tape, Albums and much more!

Hope you all had a wonderful time celebrating NSD! Be sure to upload all of your beautiful creations in our LCOM Gallery!
Cheers,
Steph

Tim Holtz + Sizzix= Fabulous!

Hello LCOMers! Hope you are all having a lovely weekend!

I thought I'd pop in and put a quick post up about these amazing goodies in our PreOrder section!!! Have you seen the Sizzix/Tim Holtz goodies??? I'm in awe of them, they are so different than any other diecut out there! Now's the time to order them and get 25% off! Grab them while you can HERE

Happy Scrappin'!
Cheers,
Steph

Featured Product ~ Dear Lizzie

Check out some of the new Dear Lizzie products that are now in stock! Aren't they adorable, so soft and elegant! Hurry and grab these while you can, they are selling out fast!

Hope everyone is having a great week! Don't forget to check out the "Scrapivor" contest results in the forum tomorrow, lots of friendly competition going on! Who will go to Tribal Council this week???

Check out the LCOM forum to find out!

Cheers,

Steph