Soccer Thank-you's

It's the end of soccer season once again. We have a tournament this weekend and then we get a break until Aug. I love that I can come up with a cute, fun, and different soccer card each year for our coaches, thanks to my stamps. This year I kept it CAS and used sweet little Billy by Pink Cat Studios. Mandy has a great stock on Pink Cat stamps and I've been a fan of Billy's since the beginning. With a house full of boys, how could I not. LOL! I used the soccer Billy from the Sporty set and decided not to color him, and used a fun pop of color with this October Afternoon dp. I think it's from one of their first lines- Detours. Our team was lemon yellow this year, so I added a strip of that color just for fun. Finished it off with some twill and burlap string!

Stop by the Limelight store and see what other fun Pink Cat Studio stamps are there-Mandy just got a whole new batch in!

Limelight SALE!

I have been trying to get this post up for days and figured today was a good day. I made this just for fun, AND because there are some sweet Easter/Spring stamps on sale this week, thru FRIDAY at Limelight Papercrafts!!!!

ON SALE NOW (through Friday, 3/19):
*All Pink Cat Studio stamp sets (mini-sets, too!) 20% off!
*TaDa Festivus Bunny Hop paper only $0.55 per sheet!
*Select Easter stamps and sets 20% off:
Funny Bunny clear set
Bunny Fluffles
Bunny Wagon
What a Pal Bunny
Chick Ears clear set
Chickie Hop
Edible Easter Border
Basket o' Goodies
Bitty Easter Blessings
Saved
Basket Trio

Paper is and ribbon is by Jillibean soup and you can get those in the store too! Seriously, Limelight Papercrafts is chuck full of goodness! Happy Shopping! Oh, and check back tomorrow for a great sketch and product challenge. Hugs, Lisa

Loved the CAS51 Challenge This Week!

Seriously, I embraced the CAS challenge over at SCS this week and have made.....wait for it.....12 cards because of it. The challenge was to use designer paper on a CAS card. Easy 'nough!!!! Now I do admit, 8 of the cards were the same, quick design and I was able to mass produce them in 20 minutes (including cutting!). Joshua has some birthday thank-you's to write, so I had to get these made. Love my Jillibean Soup Dp-alphabet soup and soup staples. I get mine at Limelight Papercrafts!

I put these together while watching basketball practice. Senitment is from the {ippity} set, Just Wanted to Say! These next two I did earlier in the afternoon. And you can see, my thank-you notes evolved from this next one-same card, just added a ribbon and the HB stamp from Life's Little Moments (also by {ippity} .....WANT SOME! I'd be happy to help you get these fabulous stamps in your hot little hands!!!!)

and then there's this fun card using the gorgeous Sweet Pea dsp by SU. Sentiment is by PTI-Signature Greetings!

You'll have to wait till Friday to see what I did on my other two. I must say they are my FAVES of the day!!! Happy hump day! Hugs, Lisa

A Surprise Sunday Post

I have been working on this card a little bit each day this weekend and I finally put it all together. Do you know Joanne B? Of course you do, don't we all???? and if you've been here long enough you know how much I adore her work. Well, last week she posted an amazing watercoloring tutorial and a little challenge. I couldn't resist! And she just sweetened the pot, I would have played regardless, but it's doesn't hurt that there's a MFT gift certificate and stamps up for grabs!!!!
I used the sweet little Pure Innocence girl, Start the Day with Whee! from MFT. Isn't she just the cutest????

So for Joanne's challenge I was inspired by the :

watercoloring

stitching

Pure Innocence stamps

I am also in love with the newest Basic Grey line, Origins. It is soooooo ME!!!! I love greens and browns and those shades of yellow with the pop of black here and there-deeelish!!!! The little felt pieces are the mathcing Woolies! Oh,and check out that bit of brown ribbon-ahhhhh! It's faux suede with a ruffled edge!!!! Get yours at Limelight Papercrafts.

Here's what's on sale right now!

Open Stock 12x12 Patterned Paper: BUY 2, GET 1 FREE! (Please specify your choice of free papers in the Comments section during checkout. Free paper must be of equal or lesser value.)
Selected Past Unity Store Kits $26
Cosmo Cricket Oh Joy! Crafting Kit ONLY $10!Selected Basic Grey, Cosmo Cricket, and other products at major savings!

This coming Thursday is another sketch and product challenge and I'll be showing more from this fabulous line by Basic Grey. You don't want to miss it! Plus there will be a prize involved!

See you tomorrow for the H{ippity} Hop! Hugs, Lisa

A great sketch and some new papers!

I couldn't resist making two cards with this weeks CAS sketch from the Clean and Simple blog. This is sketch 72!!! I told you the other day, maybe it was yesterday that I had some new October Afternoon papers coming to me. I'm in love!!!!! Two of the lines that Mandy just got in are Christmas/Holiday papers-Very Merry and restock of Good Cheer. Don't you fret!! There are still plenty of reasons to get them now (even though Christmas is only 8 days away).

1) well, winter is here for at least another 3 months, plenty of time to use the snowflakes and such.

2) you can scrapbook Holiday and winter pages anytime of year

3) There are patterns in the paper packs that have nothing to do with Holiday times or winter-they're just too cute not to use. Let me show you.

My first card uses 3 different designs from the Very Merry line. I also added some of these fun Basic Grey pearls and another sentiment from the Unity Nov. Store kit of the month, believe in fairy tales. It's nice, non-traditional-lovey-kind of card. And just in case someone wants to know, the cute lacey trim I got from PaperManiac! I got some fun ribbons and lace from there the other week.

Then I did this card with a little incentive to pull out some more felt this week. The Cards Blog called for a challenge to see what you could do with felt or fabric (fabric is still on my must-get some-in-my-stock list). I used it as a strip and accented it with some red stitching. I used one of the snowflake designs from Very Merry and made a fun, girly card. The sentiment is from PTI, Signature Sentiments by Dawn McVey. I think the felt helps give this card a nice warm feel with the snowflake theme. See my popped up ones? I added subtle detail by punching out a few extra snowflakes with a 1/4 and 1/2 circle punch.

Soooooo, there you have it-Holiday paper that's not just for Christmas. Go get you some!!! I'll be back to tomorrow with a two-fer on Friday!!! Hugs, Lisa

CAS45-embrace the curves

It was a way to use it challenge for the CAS thread this week-use curves on your card. I'm really liking the look of the fun rolling hills on cards. I've done quite a few over the past few months, and there are lots of different ways to achieve the look. I decided to keep it simple and justcut mine free hand. I always do at least two layers to help give dimension. I also like to sponge some ink on the edges. The olive dp is Nutmeg by Cosmo Cricket and those cute little owls are from the Unity November Store Kit of the Month....believe in fairy tales. You can still get those stamps (I'm still working my way through all the images-so many stamps, too little time. LOL!) and those fun papers at Limelight Papercrafts. Mandy also got in some new October Afternoon goodies (mine should be here today, so I get to show them off later this week). Super easy card, and pretty straight forward. It is CAS afterall!

Enter Noel at checkout and receive 20% off your entire order!!!!

Hugs, Lisa

ahhhhhh, a little rest for me!

Just a little, I've got more projects to work on and of course all my holiday card making to finish up. Today I thought I share a super cute and super CAS card. It's been awhile since I've done one and it was quite refreshing. I'm letting the Eskimo Kisses Stitched brads by Basic Grey brads and the gorgeous Moss silk ribbon shine on this card.

I love it when you can use a couple fabulous embellishments to create a fabulous card. The sentiment comes from the Unity Store KOTM, this one is the Oct. 09 kit....wonderful you. This took me 5 minutes to make! Seriously!

Find it all at Limelight Papercrafts. On sale through Wednesday , 12/10:
All Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses, Nook & Pantry, and Wassail - 15% off!
All Pink Paislee Mistletoe & Co. - 20% off!
Open Stock Jillibean Soup 12x12 patterned papers - Buy 3, Get 1 Free! (Enter your choice of free Jillibean Soup papers in the Comments section at checkout!)

Hugs, Lisa

Footballs and Birthdays

My oldest missed his best friend's birthday this past weekend while we were in MI. We picked his friend up a little something anyway, so I had to finish it off with a card. The boys all just started with basketball, but it's still ALL football in their spare time. They play it at lunch, after school, on the Wii.....football, football, football. All Joshua wants for Christmas are pro football jerseys. Which is fine by me-NO toys! So, I pulled out little Mr. Sporty Billy from Pink Cat Studio and made a football, birthday card with him. I almost always keep my designs simple on the kids b-day cards. The kids don't care about the card, but I do, so I make it anyway. Joshua wanted Billy's uniform to be black and red for their school colors. I also used a button, twine and paper from Jillibean Soup, the Alphabet Soup.
Don't forget, shop with Limelight this week and Enter TURKEY in the promotional code box at checkout to receive 15% off your entire order! Also, EVERY order placed this week will automatically receive a surprise goody from Limelight!

Limelight Project Parade!!!

It's November 6 and time for another project parade with Limelight Papercrafts! This month we are giving thanks. This year for Thanksgiving we are hosting dinner. I haven't done it in 3 years and for the first time in 12 years Tim is actually off on the holiday!!! I know a lot of families have the tradition of going around the table and say what they are thankful for. I think that would weird out my family, so I thought it would be good for everyone to do this in a different way. When they get here I'll hand them a strip of paper so they can write down something they are thankful for. This way they are not put on the spot. I totally cased this idea from the front cover of my very last Stampin' Success magazine. Here's what I made.

Yes, I used the Sept. Store Kit again by Unity, (HEY did you see Sept. and Oct. store kits are both on sale for $28!!!) I just love the leaf and acorn images paired up with that sentiment. Button is from Basic Grey, ribbon is Bazzil, and the brown twine is by Jillibean! Here's what the strips look like. I fancied them up with some matching images.

I even did a card to coordinate! When I first created this project, I thought we were going to my SIL's for dinner and I knew the card would be for her, but now that I'm having dinner I guess I can send the card to me!!! lol, nope, I just have another card for my stash. Here's the card created with some of the same products. I did add the beautiful journaling block from that same kit!

and one more close up of the note holder.

Be sure to hop on over the the Limelight Store and do a little shopping. Mandy always has the latest and greatest... THIS WEEK'S SALES*The entire Basic Grey Eerie line is 40% off! WOW!

*The entire Pink Paislee Twilight line is 25% off!

*Unity Build-a-Turkey stamp set $18!

*Unity September and October store kits ONLY $28!WHAT'S NEW!

*The Unity November Stampin' Store Kit, Believe in Fairytales, is now available! The October and November kits are on sale now, so be sure to pick those up, too, if you haven't already!

*Basic Grey Nook & Pantry!! (I personally love the Do Me a Favor Kits!! They areCUPCAKE-shaped and come with ribbon!!)

*We have new May Arts ribbon now in stock! Included are new colors of twill and 1.5" silk ribbons and Faux Suede Ruffled Edged ribbon! The super-popular coffee bean print twill ribbon is now back in stock, too!

But before you do, stop by the rest of the DT's blog and leave some love. Mandy, Amy, JenMarie, Ryann

I'm off to see what Thankful projects they have created, come join me. Give a nice warm welcome to our November Guest Designer, Kerry Angeles. Yeah, so glad to have her join us!!

Hugs, Lisa

Friday, Post #3, and Friends with Flair

I'm back, with my thrid and final post for today, it is Friday after all, lol! Here is my Unity creation with one of my favorite images and sentiment from the October Store KOTM, Wonderful You. I don't know why, but this was the first image that caught my eye. Maybe it's because I don't have anything like it and it's a smaller and oh-so- cute.
Are you a SCS Fan Club member? I have been for over 2 years now mainly for the instant uploads and being able to upload on Sundays, BUT another huge perk is access to the Dirty Dozen gallery. IT'S AMAZING!!!! There are also some challenges that members are aloud to play along in and this month has really grabbed my attention. It's all about circles and treats. I'm always drawn to circles and treats of course. So I've got a round card and in all fairness it has been a while since I've done one. I used some of the gorgeous Jenny Bowlin papers that came in the Scrapping KOTM.

I also finally used the new, FREE, backgrounders. To stick with the circle theme, I used the one with all the little tiny open circles, they reminded me of the little bubbles that might be bubbling up from the love potion. And of course I finished it off with one of my button-bow combos. Seriously, I've tried to leave off the buttons, but my bows feel so naked when I do, so I always end up tying one on. Be sure to check out Angela's blog or the FWF signup in the Unity forum for the full list of bloggers with Unity goodness today!

and if Angela's specials over at Unity weren't enough for you yesterday, be sure to stop by Limelight Papercrafts. Mandy has lots of Unity on sale (along with other Halloween goodies!), PLUS if you suscribe to her newsletter, here's what else you can get:

And just for our newsletter subscribers, order the Unity October (or September) store kit of the month and choose another Unity single or kit $8 or less for FREE! Just enter your choice of free stamp kit at checkout

Hugs, Lisa

Unity Bachelor Week 5

Good Monday morning to ya! I'm keeping this short, I'm still half asleep and I'm cold. Brrrrr, our weather was unseasonable cold with our first frost of the season yesterday. Good thing is, we are supposed to get temps back up in the 60's by mid week.

The Unity Bachelor challenge this week is to use something from around the house you wouldn't normally use on a card. I looked through my Unity stamps (this is how I usually get started on a challenge-see what I've got and then think what might work). I guess I was cold and hungry cuz I saw the Jolly Little Winter set and then hit my cupboards. I decided to use Kosher Salt and sugar to make some snow.

I stamped the hilly/fence background image twice, once on the circle kraft piece and again on a scrap piece. I covered the scrap piece with strips of redline sticky tape and then sprinkled on the Kosher salt. It looked great as is, but I felt there was a bit of open space between chunks of the salt, so I filled those in with sugar. Here's a close up.

The other detail I just love (well, aside from the new ribbon from MFT. The perfect Plaid ribbon bundle is awesome!) is the red stitching. WOW! I changed out the thread in my machine (something I have rarely done) and think the pop of color is just the perfect touch this card needed. The stamps and paper (Cosmo Cricket,jolly by golly) can be purchased at Limelight Papercrafts.

Now through Friday, 10/23, take advantage of extra savings on selected Fall and Halloween stamps, papers, and embellishments! Click on the SALE tab to check it out!

I also did up the inside of the card and forgot to take a picture of it. I added more strips of paper, red stitching and the Let it Snow sentiment. Thanks for stopping by! Hugs, Lisa

Unity and Friends with Flair !!

I'm away from my stamp room again. My parents are visiting and sleeping down there, my craft room is my guest room when I have company. Good thing is, I got to clean it up a bit and now I can't wait to get back down there and stamp again. Thankfully I'll have Sunday afternoon to work on a few projects, since Tim is working. You came for the Unity card, didn't ya? Well here it is. I used this fabulous sketch from the 2 Sketches 4 You blog. I've seen them floating around for quite some time and have never done one. My dear friend, Kristin and I try to virtually stamp together once a week or so and this week she challenged us to pick a challenge we have never done before. That's why I took the time to work with this one. I used some fun October Afternoon dp along with the fun pin cuschion image and sentiment from the Oct. Store Kit...Wonderful You (get it all at Limelight Papercrafts!) All righty, I'm outta here. Be sure to see the full list of FWF participants HERE. See you on MOnday! Hugs, Lisa

Friends With Flair!!!

Yeah! for a short week. It's Friday again, already! I have a fun weekend planned with some great stamping friends. Becky Carafa is arriving at my house tonight and then we meet up with Crystal Birr and Kristin Moore in the morning for Stampin' Up! Regionals right here in Cincinnati!!! If you are going tomorrow morning, come find us. I know we would all love to meet more online stamping friends in the flesh!
This is post #2 for today, scroll down for my Stamp Something challenge card. I got in again this week for the Unity Friends with Flair Blog Hop! I was soooo happy when Mandy at Limelight Paper Crafts got in the Bevy of Butterfly set. I got it a few months ago with my KOTM coupon from Unity, but now you can order it a Limelight!!! I whipped up two cards using these fabulously sweet butterflies.
And this one is a CASE from Becky. She made this card for a Fall to Layout sample and I was lucky enough to get it in the mail!!! I just love these papers by Cosmo Cricket, Early Bird.
Oh and I'll tell you again, Mandy has the Sept. Store KOTM too. Did yo see it on my post earlier this week? NO, well here it is again! I love that Chicks Rule sentiment with coordinating birdie!Mine is on it's way......EEEEEE! Just in case you needed to be enabled any further, you can count on me. I'm happy to oblige. Off to see all the other Unity friends. See the full list of participants here on the SCS thread. Angela should have it up on her blog too. Hugs, Lisa

Stamp Something-Fave Embellishments!

If you haven't noticed the theme this month at Stamp Something, it's all about favorites. I love that so many of you commented on how hard it was to pick your favorite stamp last week. It was like asking you to pick your favorite child. LOL! This week was even harder for me-use your favorite embellishment. So you know what I did, I used all my faves....buttons, ribbon, and designer paper from one of my new favorite vendors (Jillibean Soup)! Come play along with the Stamp Something Challenge this week for a fabulous prize from our sponsor, Quixotic Paperie.
You can find the paper, the felt pieces (bean seeds) and buttons all at LimeLight Papercrafts. The layout comes from Clean & Simple blog, Fall to Layout #58. See you back in a bit with my Unity, Friends with Flair post. Hugs, Lisa

Limelight Sketch and Polka dots!!!!

Happpy Thursday! I am feeling much better today (thanks for all the hugs!) and I will fill you all in on the details later. I'm in a happy place now, so that 's what's important! Here's the fabulous sketch for you to work with this week. Yes, it's Limelight sketch day with a product focus on DOTS!!! I added lots of dots to my card. The paper is Cosmo Cricket, Early Bird. I paired it up with the adorable little Giggle Grove Bird and the Hello sentiment from Tiny Trinity (both by Unity). I finished it off with a few little dew drops and some pierced dots.

Have you seen??? Mandy got in some new Unity rubber!! Come play along with the sketch challenge for a chance to win a prize! Here's the deets:

***Use the sketch provided and think Dots...polka dotted paper, ribbons, dew drops, droplets, embossed dots...any kind of dots!

**Key word for SCS upload is LLPC029.

**Post a comment with a link to your card on Mandy's post by Sunday, Sept.6, at midnight (or before winner is drawn Monday a.m.).

**PRIZE ~One lucky winner will receive winner's choice of Jillibean Soup Cool Beans (buttons)...brown, green, or red.

You have to check out the store !! Here's what's on sale: Through 9/6/09

*All Basic Grey stamp sets on sale!
*Basic Grey cardstock packages only $14!
*Stampendous Fergie Pad only $6!
*Select Unity Stamp sets on sale!

But before you do that, stop by my fellow DT member blogs and leave them some love. Mandy, Amy, Lorie, Lee, JenMarie, Ryann, and our Septmber Guest designer Ann Cox!!!

Hugs, Lisa

Moxie Fab-Fun & Cute

I think a lot of my cards are this style. I'm just drawn to cute and whimsical images. It helps when you have just the right paper, like this darling Jillibean Soup dp. It's from their new Christmas line, Grandma's Christmas Soup. I've been using my PTI holiday sets for most of the sentiments I've been stamping. Add a bow, a button and a gingham scalloped edge and this screams cute to me!

Check out the Moxie Fab challenges. There was a new one posted each day last week! Hugs, Lisa

HHH-texture and doodles!

No chit chat today....I'm way behind, but did have a productive morning (non-stamping related)! I played along with both hip hop challenges yesterday and I started some holiday cards. I even squeezed in a scrapbook page thanks to the texture challenge and the yummy new corrugated alpha by Jillibean Soup. There is an unofficial theme to this week's hip hop hangover blog hop-trees! I got lucky and had my doodle card with the elegant tree stamp already completed when I read the idea about at themed HHH. So here you go!

Ric Rac, stamp, rhinestone and paper can all be found at Limelight Papercrafts! In case you didn't know.....Mandy is going to be carrying the new In-Store Only stamp kit starting Sept. I've gotten a little sneak peak and OMG!!! You are going to love it, wait, who am I kidding, of course you'll love-we're all a bunch of Unity addicts!!! lol! Okay, so here's my page. I used the Unity scrapbooking kit, Confessions and Frame This alpha.
Off to feed the kiddos lunch! Hugs, Lisa

MFT and Limlight Goodies!!!

Over the weekend, I worked on the MFT challenges. I already shared the flopsey card, so I have this one for the sketch challenge. I decided to focus on the sentiment, it's a nice big one and I just adore it. The stamps are from Rainy Day Friends. I added the fun paper pieced umbrella for an extra embellishment. Papers and button are June Bug by Basic Grey-they just make me happy. Get yours at Limelight Papercraft. Mandy and Drew(the behind the scenes guy) have been rockin' the store lately, filling it with all kinds of new yumminess!!! I've got NEW Jillibean stuff coming today (another order with more new goodness in on it's way to the store soon!) and Cosmo Cricket, too. We just found out last night she's getting......wait for it.....the new Unity Store Only monthly kits!!!!! I sooooo {{{heart}}} this store!

SALE this week is Simple and Good!!!!

8/24/09 - 8/30/09Happy Back-to-School Days! Enter the code APPLE at checkout to receive 15% off of your ENTIRE order!
hugs, Lisa

CAS Masculine!!!

This week the CAS challenge is to make a masculine card. YIKES!!! I always struggle with a manly, masculine card. You would think I would have it down by now, with all the men in my life, lol!!! I can do boy cards, though and that's the route I took with this one. The layout is from Kristina Werner, and the more I look at this card I the more I think of Becky Carafa. I think it's the colors, they are Becky colors and I love them-soft sueds, ripe avocado, ocean tides with a touch of pumpkin! I got my latest order from Limelight and couldn't resist Sporty Billy any longer! I combined some words from a few of the sentiments included in the set to create this sentiment. I say this all the time for some reason, so I had to put it on this card. We are just starting up fall soccer, so I know this card will come in handy for the first day of games next week. The orange star is actually from the die cut shapes from October Afternoon, Road Maps.

Here are the Limelight specials this week!

-Basic Grey and October Afternoon stamp sets 20% off

-All Stickers (including Chipboard Stickers) 20% off

-Basic Grey June Bug line 20% off (entire line)

Keep checking back, Mandy has LOTS of new stuff coming in very soon! Hugs, Lisa

HHH with Bling!

So this is the last of my CAS challenge cards from Monday's challenge. I saved it for today since it is Hip Hop Hangover and it is a Unity card of course. This pocket is so fun to work with and thanks to Jackie (she's one talented chica!) I came up with this card. I just love how she did her pocket on this card, so I CASED that. Image stamped in Vintage Cream ink on Night of Navy cs then crumple it up to give it a real demin look. The Bling (kaiser rhinestones) and designer paper (Basic Grey June Bug) can be found at Limelight Papercrafts. I also used some of this yummy ribbon and Kaiser rhinestones, that you can get from the Limelight store, too. I was able to stamp one quick one yesterday for the Unity Hip Hop Challenge-Wing It. You had to use a Unity image with wings, I used this birdie and sentiment from Hodge Podge of Happiness. Love it! Speaking of Limelight.....Did you see their SALE this week? Well, go check it out! Hugs, Lisa