Thursday, January 14, 2021

Welcome, Lou!

Hi everyone! We're absolutely thrilled to share that Lou Z is joining our design team! Lou will begin creating with us on February 1st so get ready to see some awesome projects! Please give her a warm welcome and be sure to visit her blog, JemLou Productions, and leave her some love!

Without further ado, here's Lou...



I'm mother to a beautiful girl (nearly 14) and handsome boy (11-1/2) and wife to a loving and supportive husband. I have been crafting since I was a girl, but it really took off when I was living in the States and wanted some "cheap" gifts - so I started collecting crafting materials and tools. I got into digital scrapbooking in Germany just before our little boy was born and documented the first two years of his life, including the rest of the family. We started a family website and so all the blogging on there is about the family and what we are doing (it desperately needs some attention, and I am going to try and get the kids involved this year)! When we finally moved back down to Australia, all the craft stuff had travelled from the States to Australia via Germany - so then I got into making cards and colouring with Copics and other mediums. I started my card shop on Etsy in 2011. I enjoy colouring (I have been a member of Kit and Clowder's monthly classes since the beginning) and trying to use my stash, although I am still collecting (lots of Power Poppy stamps and La-La Land Crafts stamps and dies!) and I need to start listing some items on my shop!

 I am on the Winter Wonderland and Lil Patch of Crafty Friends DTs, and Colour Crazy as an extended guest DT member. I have also been on the creative team of Weeds and Wildflowers Designs which was a digital scrapbooking company. I was also on the Merry Christmas Challenge DT and the Not Just Cards DT.

 I post on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/JemLouProducts/ and need to get my Instagram up and going. I also have Pinterest - https://www.pinterest.com.au/jemlouproducts/ but it needs an update!



Welcome aboard, Lou! We're delighted to call you teammie, and we look forward to lots of Christmas crafting with you!

Hugs,
Leslie & the DT

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

MLCCB #29 Winner & Top Picks

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Hi everyone and welcome back to the Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog! Another huge thanks to everyone who played with us in last month's challenge! I think you'll agree we had some pretty amazing Christmas entries, and it's time to announce our Winner and Top Picks!

Our WINNER is...
(chosen by Random.org)

And our TOP PICKS are...
(chosen by Darlene in order of entry)

CONGRATS TO YOU ALL! :D

You've all created absolutely gorgeous projects that are well deserving of Winner and Top Pick honors! Be sure to grab your badges from the Badges page above to display on your blogs!

Don't forget our MLCCB #30 - January Anything Christmas Goes is going on right now! Grab your paper, scissors and embellishments, AND... don't forget to check out our sister blogs, Love to Scrap Challenge BlogLove To Craft Challenge Blog, and Mix It Up Challenge Blog - we'd love to see you there, too!

Hugs,
The Merry Little Girls

Friday, January 1, 2021

MLCCB #30 - January Anything Christmas Goes

Hi everyone and welcome back to the Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog where our challenges are always Anything Christmas Goes! Thanks to everyone who played with us in last month's challenge! We absolutely loved seeing all your festive Christmas creations! Be sure to check back on the 5th of this month for the announcement of our Winner and Top Picks!

The Merry Little Girls have been busy creating some pretty amazing Christmas projects to inspire you to play along with us this month! Get ready to "ooh and ahh"...

Feel free to visit our designers' blogs for all the details on their DT inspiration projects and to let them know you love what you see - they would absolutely love it! :)

As a reminder, you can enter up to five projects in our challenges! And be sure to check out our sister blogs, Love To Scrap Challenge BlogLove To Craft Challenge Blog, and Mix It Up Challenge Blog where you can can enter up to five projects in each of these challenges as well! We'd love to see you there! :)

This challenge will run all month long, ending at 4:00 PM Mountain Time on the last day of the month, so dig into your Christmas stash and come play with us!

Hugs,
The Merry Little Girls