Here's some Pie!

A pretty simple card with an adorable flopsy image, Sweetie Pie. I stamped him on kraft and colored with Copics. His hat was stamped on white cs, cut out and popped up for a real-like fit! I was feeling like cherry pie, so I paired him up with some October Afternoon, cherry hill paper. The green is Kiwi, ahhhhh, how I miss this color. I normally don't stock up on SU In Color papers, but I'm so glad I got an extra pack of this color last June. It's one of my faves! Hugs, Lisa

H{ippity} Hop.....Ippity on it's Way!

welcome, welcome! It's the first ever ippity blog hop and we've got a fun little name for it. It's a H{ippity} Hop!!!!! Lots and lots of ippity inspiration coming your way. If you are just getting started, be sure to start from the begining so you don't miss any of the fun. The full list of H{ippity} Hoppers can be found HERE on the {ippity} blog.

Like what you see? Want to get some {ippity} stamps in your hot little hands? Shop Here!!!! A $50 order still earns you a FREE {ippity} $15 set!

Today I used the Because of You set and made a love card. Lots of layers, lots of stitching, a fun layered heart sentiment. The papers are Beloved by My Minds Eye (you can get these too from me and {ippity}, just let me know). Finished it off with a pretty bow, some lace and a loopy edge! This set is so chuck full of awesome images that work well together or than can stand on their own for many different card ideas!

Now off you go, the next stop from here is Kelly at Freckled Cutie! Have fun! Hugs, Lisa

Six Chicks Project Parade!!!

Good Morning, Happy Sunday and Happy December 6!!!! It's that time of month again when the Limelight DT get's to dazzle you with our monthly projects. This month our theme is anything to do with Calenders. Right away I knew what I wanted to do.

I have this neighbor who is wonderful about remembering birthdays. She sends a little something to each of our family member's on their special day. I want to be better at remembering birthday's, so I have been wanting to make one of these birthday date folders for some time. I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to make myself a little something cute to help me remember all the birthday's in my life. It was so easy to do with all the coordinating products Limelight Papercrafts carries. Actually, that was the hardest part for me, choosing which papers I wanted to use. I went with the Jillibean Soup products, most of them from the Lentil Soup line. Chocolate and olive are two of my favorite colors to work with so I knew this would be perfect. The template is a My Timeless template, it's the Recipe Wrap Up. There are 4 little pockets on the inside which hold the lined, month cards. I then can write the person's name and their birth date for their birthday month and I now have them all in one place. Here's a close up of the monthly cards. The template I used had the year printed on them, so I covered 'em up with a 3/4 circle since I don't need this 1 year, I get to use this over and over.

There are many different panels you can decorate on this template, I left a few of them plain, used 4 of them for the pockets and then did up 2 of them with large paperclips if I needed to add any notes or bits of paper along the years.

So here you have it, a great way to make a coordinated birthday date book. here's all the supplies I used:

CS: Kraft, olive, and chocolate chip cs, Jillibean Soup dp

Ink: white gel pen

Accessories: Bean stalks, cool beans, scalloped border punch, various circle punches, janome sew mini.

Be sure to see what the rest of the team came up with for this month's challenge. It's the perfect time to get started on next year's calender projects!!!!

Limelight Papercrafts Blog ~ Mandy
Altered Ambitions ~ Christi
Caffinated Cropper~ Amy
dahlhouse designs ~ Lisa
My Little Creative Escape~ Lisa
RyannMarin Designs ~ Ryann
Taylor~Made by... ~ JenMarie

and our December guest: JULIE SMITH

Limelight Papercraft specials:

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!)

Happy Birthday Stamping Bella!!!

This is so cool! Stamping Bella is celebrating it's 3rd Birthday and we are all invited to join in the fun. There are 80+ bloggers joining us today! Welcome to the Bella Birthday Bash Blop Hop sponsored by Stamping Bella! If you've just happened upon my blog, you can CLICK HERE to start from the beginning at Bloggabella.

Prizes??? Of course!!!! Here's what I did for you today. I feel soooo clever and YES, I'm patting myself on the back for coming up with the idea. I needed to make a little girl soccer card so you know what I did? I morphed 2 stamping Bella stamps from the Green Bean Baby line-Coco has a Cuppycake and Jackson the Champion. With the help of my stamp-a-majig and some masking AND lots of trial and error, I think I got it pretty good. But, hint, hint, Emily, we need a girly soccer player for this line too! ;) The girls were a black and white team, so I stuck to those colors and put them on a kraft card base. I'll stop with the chit chat and send you on your way. Enjoy all the Bella inspiration today, I know I will! Next up is Lindsy!
Three gift certificates for $100 in Bella Bucks will be hidden along the hop, but we’re not telling you where so be sure to leave some love as you hop!!! Make sure you leave comments on every post so you have a chance to win!! The winners will be announced on Monday, December 7 at the Stamping Bella Blog. MWAH!Hugs and MWAH, Lisa

FWF and Stamp Something Together

I'm tired of blogging this week. Is it bad of me to admit that? Do you ever just get tired of being connected to the computer? I spend way more time on this computer than I should. Most days it's my best friend and keeps me connected to my friends, but other days I know I'd get sooo much more accomplished if I just walked away. lol!
It's Wednesday, and I'm scheduling my posts for the rest of the week. I'm hoping that will make me feel better and keep my computer time limited for the next few days. I just need a break. But I also don't want to leave you all hanging and I committed to some projects so I'm here with a combo post today. And I'm happy to do so.

I was hearing my neglected Unity stamps calling my name. My November KOTM has gone practically untouched, so I was inspired Tuesday to ink up an image from there. I also got a "had to have cuz it was too good a deal to pass up" Bright & Merry Winter Wishes inky. It really bothers me when I buy a stamp set and it doesn't see ink for weeks. I'm normally better about things like that ;)

The Stamp Something Challenge this week is Giltz and Glam! I added lots of silver Kaiser rhinestones and Christmas Red stickles glitter to this card. Stop by the Stamp Something blog and come play along this week. There's always a chance to win a prize!
Here's my card using the Just My Type sentiment and type writer image from the Nov. KOTM. I had that felt heart made up a week ago and never used it, so I was happy to find a home for it on this card.
Nothing like getting a head start on my Valentine's Day cards. Thanks for visiting today! See the full list of Friends With Flair participants Here or Here (Angela's blog).

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

MFT December DT Blog Hop!

Welcome to the December Release Blog Hop for My Favorite Things. Hopefully you arrived here from Melody's blog. I know she dazzled you with something fabulous. If you just stumbled upon me, I'm delighted you're here but, be sure to go back to Kim's blog and start from the beginning! Also, make sure to leave comments at all blogs involved tonight. There is secret Blog Candy hidden on someone's blog! You want a chance at a prize, right?!!!!
It was hard to decide what to share here tonight, so I saved my favorites for tonight. I hope you like them too! I am head over heals for the Pure Innocence line. I hope soon to see some adorable little boys in the future. For now, I'll keep having fun with the girls.
One great thing about these sets is that you get two different sentiments with each image. I used the Heart Stipes girl along with her "best friends" sentiment. I stamped the girl image twice, side-by-side to make this adorable little girl pair. I picked out the purple pattern paper from the Memory Box, butterfields, paper pack that is included with the Oct. MFT Kit, Thinking of hoooo? for the giant scalloped circle I layered behind the girls. Finished it off with some black perfect plaid ribbon and lace. I know you keep seeing me use it, but that ribbon is truly fabulous, so be sure to add some to your shopping cart if you haven't already!Next up is another one of the sweet girls, this time Fairy Girl. I used a different pattern from the same Memory Box paper pack and kept the earthy feel of it by mounting it on a kraft, Fossil notecard. It's a time saver, the scallops are already there!
Now off you go, Christina is up next!!!! I'm off to see the rest of the the MFT yumminess! It's been fun. See you later! Hgus, Lisa