Happy Birthday LIMELIGHT!

Don't forget ~ Limelight Papercrafts turns one on Monday!
We're gonna PARTY! And that means games and giveaways for YOU!
Be sure to check back Monday for all the FUN!

Here's a card to celebrate!

Still lovin' Birthday Chic and the Basic Grey Offbeat 6x6 paper pad.
I embellished with some basic grey Buttons and tulle to jazz it up!

Go HERE to see how to WIN some of the NEW Shimmerz Spritz from Limelight!

See two posts below for the Sketch challenge...prize is a 6x6 or 8x8 paper pad!!

Pssst...NEW Kaisercraft Rhinestone colors will be at Limelight on Monday!

Recipe:
Stamps ~ Unity: Birthday Chic
Paper ~ white, chocolate chip, Basic Grey Offbeat
Ink ~ adirondak espresso
Accessories ~ tulle, buttons, scor-pal, dimensionals

It's HHH with Unity!

It's Hip Hop Hangover!!!
It was a Fabulous Hip Hop yesterday with Unity Stamp Co...hope you were able to be there.

Here are my two challenge cards from yesterday:

This was for the 'knots' challenge...

Stamps: Love in the Air


And this was for the 'newest stamps' challenge...

Stamps: Little Sprout


Recipe for Love card:
Stamps ~ Unity: Love in the Air
Paper ~ white, pink piourette, SU Banbury
Ink ~ versafine, sponged bashful blue
Accessories ~ Lush Pearls, white satin ribbon, nesties, dimensionals

Recipe for Sprout card:
Stamps ~ Unity: Little Sprout
Paper ~ white, kraft, Raspberry Tart
Ink ~ versamark, craft white, memento, copics
Accessories ~ top note die, ribbon, dimensionals

Sketch Time **PRIZE**

You do it....You can CUT that patterened paper!! ;)

Instead of hoarding that beautiful paper...we all need that push to get us to share the patterned joy with others through our handmade cards!
Today is another installment of the Limelight Sketch and Product Challenge, and we want you to USE that patterned paper!
The lovely Lee Murphy has created another sketch for us, and what a perfect sketch it is for using your favorite papers!

The Details:
**Use the sketch provided and think PATTERNED PAPER!
**Key word for SCS upload is LLPC022.
**Post a comment with a link to your card right to THIS POST on Mandy's blog by
Sunday, May 31, at midnight (or before winner is drawn Monday a.m.).
**PRIZE ~ One 6x6 or 8x8 Paper Pad!
(Winner is chosen randomly from all participants.)



These papers are from the Basic Grey 6x6 Offbeat paper pad.
I {HEART} these papers!
The panels are popped up on dimensionals.
Oh, by the way ~ I used Baja Breeze to layer under the 'background' piece...matches perfectly!

I stamped 'happy birthday' from the Unity set: Birthday Chic in Adirondak Espresso onto vellum cardstock.
The vellum cardstock is popped up on the panels with dimensionals and I 'covered up' the adhesive with Chocolate Pearls.



The ribbon under tha panels is the 1.5" Satin Scalloped Edge Brown by May Arts.
I finished off the corners with more Chocolate Pearls.

Limelight Papercrafts turns 1 year old!
Don't forget about our ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION on Monday!
Be here for games, prizes, and sales!!
Also, check out THIS POST to see how you can win a prize NOW! (think SHIMMERZ)

See the post below for this week's SALE!

Be sure to check out the rest of the Limelight Chicks to see their Fabulous Creations!
Limelight Papercrafts Blog ~ Mandy
Live, Laugh, Love, Create ~ Lorie
My Little Creative Escape ~ Lisa
The Inked Spot ~ Ryann
My Reality ~ Lee
Caffinated Cropper ~ Amy
Tsurata Designs ~ Amy

Recipe:
Stamps ~ Unity: Birthday Chic
Paper ~ white, vellum cardstock, Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze, Basic Grey Offbeat
Ink ~ Adirondak Espresso
Accessories ~ Chocolate Pearls, 1.5" Satin Scalloped Edge Brown Ribbon, dimensionals

NEW Stuff in at Limelight!!

Limelight Papercrafts has some new goodies in!
Take a peek:

NEW October Afternoon Cherry Hill and Ducks in a Row is in the Limelight!!



AND...this is the new Shimmerz Spritz!


Tomorrow is a Sketch...which means a PRIZE!
Our product focus will be on patterned paper!
One lucky (random) winner will receive one 6x6 or 8x8 paper pad of their choice!


Weekly Specials 5/25/09 through 5/31/09:

-All Ink Pads 30% off!!

-All Robin's Nest Dew Drops 20% off!

Bright Birthday!

Put on your sunglasses! ;)
I used Basic Grey's Lime Rickey papers to paper piece the present and for my background paper.

This fun set is Birthday Chic by Unity.

To embellish the present I used Green Rick Rack and Yellow Rhinestones. (these are a great lime color)

I used White Tulle for some fun and whimsy.
And added more Yellow Rhinestones to the sentiment.

Limelight Papercrafts Weekly Specials 5/25/09 through 5/31/09:
All Ink Pads 30% off
All Robin's Nest Dew Drops 20% off

Recipe:
Stamps: Unity: Birthday Chic
Paper: white, pumpkin pie, green galore, Basic Grey Lime Rickey
Ink: memento
Accessories: rhinestones, tulle, nesties, border punch, cb d'vine swirls folder, dimensionals, green rick rack

Everyone Twinkles

This was for a Unity Hip Hop Challenge last week...stars!

Recipe:
Stamps ~ Unity KOMs
Paper ~ white, ruby red, cardstock vellum, The Paper Studio
Ink ~ Night of Navy
Accessories ~ jumbo eyelet, ribbon, red rhinestones, canvas cuts

First DeNami Card!

LOVE these DeNami chickies! My first DeNami stamp!

I added some stickles to the confetti, balloons, cupcakes and some hats!

The little 'design' thingy w/ the cupcake on the right is dp.

Thanks for visiting!



Recipe:
Stamps ~ DeNami - Happy "Bird"-day Chicks
Paper ~ white, rose red, both dp pieces are from the Imaginesce - All Kinds of Happy line
Ink ~ versafine, su markers, copics
Accessories ~ curved rectangle nesties, fiskars threading water border punch, cb swiss dots folder, white organdy ribbon, lavender grossgrain fibbon, dimensionals

Fabulous Butterfly

This is for CC218.
These colors definitely stretched me outside my comfort zone!

I am so in LOVE with Unity's April KOM!!!


Recipe:
Stamps ~ Unity: wispy grass, simply said, April KOM
Paper ~ white, only orange, summer sun, SU dsp
Ink ~ old olive, summer sun, only orange
Accessories ~ rhinestones, ribbons, stampe, top note die, dimensionals

Thanks a Latte!

This was for a paper piercing challenge over on StampTV...and I ended up winning!

I chose the Out West set for my win and can't wait to ink it up!

LOVE this Coffee Twill!!

Recipe:
Stamps ~ Gina K Designs: My Cuppa' Joe
Paper ~ vanilla, We R Memory Keepers
Ink ~ memento
Accessories ~ coffee twill, piercer, circle punch, dimensionals, glue dots

Go VOTE!

How cool is this?!!
It's sooo Unity... You can vote for images to be in a future set!!!
GO HERE to vote.

Pssst...My FAVORITE is Cottage Flowers, so I think you should vote for that! ;)

Time to get Sketchy! **PRIZE**

Good Thursday morning, everyone!
It's time for another Limelight Papercrafts Sketch and Product Challenge!
And this week, the focus is on TULLE!



Some of you may not have any tulle *gasp!*
Well, we want to change that by giving away some tulle to one lucky winner!
And for this challenge, if you don't have tulle, don't worry!
Use another ribbon, lace, cloth....or even a tulle skirt image!
OR...skip the tulle all together.
We still want to see what you can do with this sketch!

The Details:

**Use the sketch provided and think TULLE!
You can CERTAINLY be flexible with your interpretation of tulle, and you may definitely skip it if you don't have any!!
In fact, we hope you win if you do not have tulle....because we'll get to send you some!

**Key word for SCS upload is LLPC021.

**Post a comment with a link to your card to Mandy's blog by Sunday, May 17th, at midnight (or before winner is drawn Monday a.m.).

**PRIZE ~ Five yards of tulle of the winner's choice! (Winner is chosen randomly from all participants.)



I used my favorite cupcake stamp: 1,2,3,4 Thousand Cupcake Calories by Unity!
I colored them in with Copics.



The sentiment stamps is by Odd Bird Planet: Happy Birthday (whimsy)

The green paper is from the Sugared 6x6 pad and the stripes are from the Offbeat 6x6 pad ~ both by Basic Grey.

I embellished with White Tulle and Basic Grey Buttons!
I love how the Tulle adds FUN and WHIMSY!

Don't forget...here's how you can get some FREE SHIMMERZ from LIMELIGHT PAPERCRAFTS!
Every order of $35 or more (before shipping, please) will receive one FREE jar of Shimmerz Paint!
Please enter your choice of color in the Comments section at checkout.
If your color choice is not available, or if no selection is made, we will choose a jar of Shimmerz to include for you!


Thanks for visiting me today!
Be sure to check out the rest of the Limelight Chicks to see their Sweet Creations!
Limelight Papercrafts Blog ~ Mandy
Live, Laugh, Love, Create ~ Lorie
My Little Creative Escape ~ Lisa
The Inked Spot ~ Ryann
My Reality ~ Lee
Caffinated Cropper ~ Amy
Tsurata Designs ~ Amy


Recipe:
Stamps ~ Unity: 1,2,3,4 Thousand Cupcake Caolories; Odd Bird Planet: Happy Birthday (whimsy)
Paper ~ white, chocolate chip, vellum cardstock, Basic Gray: Offbeat, Sugared
Ink ~ Memento, stazon, copics
Accessories ~ Basic Grey buttons, white embroidery floss, White Tulle, nesties, cb d'vine swirls folder, dimensionals

Move Mountains

This wonderful verse is Move Mountains by Unity.

The paper is from the Granola 6x6 pad by Basic Grey.

I embellished with Ribbon and Bronze Rhinestones.

Don't forget...here's how you can get some FREE SHIMMERZ from LIMELIGHT PAPERCRAFTS!
Every order of $35 or more (before shipping, please) will receive one FREE jar of Shimmerz Paint!
Please enter your choice of color in the Comments section at checkout.
If your color choice is not available, or if no selection is made, we will choose a jar of Shimmerz to include for you!


Recipe:
Stamps ~ Unity: Move Mountains
Paper ~ vanilla, carob cream, BG Granola
Ink ~ Adirondak Espresso
Accessories ~ bronze rhinestones, ribbon, nesties, dimensionals

Happy Mother's Day!

Recipe:
Stamps ~ A Muse
Paper ~ Kiwi Kiss, Very Vanilla, Cardstock Vellum, SU Urban Garden
Ink ~ StazOn black
Accessories ~ Scor-Pal, Circle Punch

It's Hip Hop Hangover!!

Hope you made it to Unity's Hip Hop yesterday!
Here are my two challenge cards...

It's a challenge to do a challenge!
I chose CC217.


This one was tough for me, make a card using scraps!

I found that Kraft 1/2 top note in my scraps....the green and BG urban prairie scraps...
That ribbon was a scrap tied on my lamp... and I had a few loose pearls floating around on my desk...
And I just LOVE this set ~ Hey Chick

Don't forget...here's how you can get some FREE SHIMMERZ from LIMELIGHT PAPERCRAFTS!
Every order of $35 or more (before shipping, please) will receive one FREE jar of Shimmerz Paint!
Please enter your choice of color in the Comments section at checkout.
If your color choice is not available, or if no selection is made, we will choose a jar of Shimmerz to include for you!


Recipe for CC217 Card:
Stamps ~ Unity: Birds of a Feather, KOMs, Everlasting Romance
Paper ~ white, kraft, su dsp, cardstock vellum
Ink ~ versamark, momento, stazon, ballet blue, garden green
Accessories ~ ribbons, jumbo eyelet, brads, top note

Recipe for scrappy card:
Stamps ~ Unity: Hey Chick
Paper ~ white, kraft, green galore, Basic Grey Urban Prairie
Ink ~ momento
Accessories ~ ribbon, pearls, ek sucess border punch

Limelight Project Day!

It's the 6th of the month...so that means it's Limelight Papercrafts Project Day!
This month's theme is BABY!

This gift set uses one of my new favorite stamps: Love Ewe by Unity.
The designer papers are all from the new Wistera 6x6 pad by Basic Grey.

First up is the card:

The pearls are Snow and the ribbon is Sheer Twinkle Ribbon ~ and it is so very shimmery!

Next up is the Stationery Folder:

Here you see more yummy Sheer Twinkle Ribbon, Snow Pearls and some fabulous Basic Grey Wisteria Buttons.

And here is one of the cards from the inside (there is a set of 8 identical cards inside the folder):


For these I used a scallop square nestie to make an embossed 'frame' for the darling sheep.
The ribbon is one of my favorites ~ Sheer White Polka Dot.

Lastly is the burp cloth:

I stamped this with stazon BEFORE reading that it is not good for fabric... ;)
So...I've got to do some research about what ink to use for fabrics before I do any more!

I added a beaded pen using Wisteria paper to match to finish off the ensemble.

I just know you are in love with this precious sheep!
Head on over to Limelight Papercrafts to snatch him up...and here's how you can get some FREE SHIMMERZ!
Every order of $35 or more (before shipping, please) will receive one FREE jar of Shimmerz Paint!
Please enter your choice of color in the Comments section at checkout.
If your color choice is not available, or if no selection is made, we will choose a jar of Shimmerz to include for you!

Thanks for visiting me today!
Be sure to check out the rest of the Limelight Chicks to see their Sweet Creations!
Limelight Papercrafts Blog ~ Mandy
Live, Laugh, Love, Create ~ Lorie
My Little Creative Escape ~ Lisa
The Inked Spot ~ Ryann
My Reality ~ Lee
Caffinated Cropper ~ Amy
Tsurata Designs ~ Amy

Recipe:
Stamps ~ Unity: Love Ewe; SU: Curvy Verses
Paper ~ white, perfect plum, Basic Grey Wisteria
Ink ~ Momento, StazOn, Copics
Accessories ~ Snow Pearls, Wisteria Buttons, Sheer Twinkle Ribbon, Sheer White Polka Dot Ribbon, ek success border punch, nesties, dimensionals, burp cloth

Unity's 'FIRST' Birthday Fun!

This is for USAC2...Unity's 'FIRST' challenge.
I'm so pleased w/how this turned out!

There are pearls (mango, lush) and rhinestones (aquamarine) in the background and on the butterflies.

The Verse is from Something Within.

Check in tomorrow...it'll be the 6th of the month ~ that means a special project from the Limelight Chicks!

AND...see below post to WIN some PRIMAS!

Recipe:
Stamps ~ Unity: Something Within, Oct KOM
Paper ~ white, tempting turquoise, SU Rainbow Sherbet
Ink ~ versafine onyx, apricot appeal, tempting turquoise, Bic Mark Its
Accessories ~ nesties, SU twill, pearls, rhinestones, dimensionals

Limelight GIVEAWAY!

Go HERE to the Limelight Blog to see how you can win 'em!


Also going on this week at Limelight Papercrafts:
FREE SHIMMERZ!
Every order of $35 or more (before shipping, please) will receive one FREE jar of Shimmerz Paint!
Please enter your choice of color in the Comments section at checkout.
If your color choice is not available, or if no selection is made, we will choose a jar of Shimmerz to include for you!

HHH - Planting Hope

This was for the Edge challenge at Unity's Hip Hop yesterday!

I used Plant a Tree.
Colored with Copics and Bic Mark Its.

Thanks for visiting!

SEE BELOW POST FOR HOW YOU CAN WIN SOME PEARLS!!!

Recipe:
Stamps ~ Unity: Plant a Tree
Paper ~ white, kraft, green galore, orchid opulence, dcwv
Ink ~ black, copics, bic mark its
Accessories ~ nesties, ribbons, fiskars threading water punch, dimensionals