Six Chicks Fall Decor

It's October 6, the day when the Limelight DT brings you fabulous inspiration for your Fall and Halloween home decor projects! :) Be sure to use the links in my right sidebar to view all of the fabulous projects brought to you by our Design Team, including our fabulous guest designer Sarah Martina!!

What can be an easier (yet still elegant!) fall gift than this? This project is no more involved than affixing several of the new Stampendous Fall Trees Copper Stickers to the lovely eggplant-colored mug and bowl that I picked up from Ikea. Super-cheap and quite beautiful! I have not yet tried it, but these Class A'Peels stickers claim to be dishwasher-safe. I do apologize for the HORRIBLE photos! It has been raining non-stop, and I'm not the best photographer!

Sketch 31 WINNER!!

The winner of the Limelight Sketch and Product Challenge is... JILL! :) Jill is actually a good friend of mine, so I'm so thrilled for her! Here is her fabulous card here...


She used the new TaDa EIEIO line! ;) Here are some of my other favorites! :)

Toni:



Janice:


Katie:


Elise:

WCMD Photo Scav Hunt WINNER!

Thanks to everyone who played along with my WCMD Photo Scavenger Hunt! What fun! :) The winner of the $10 worth of Limelight products is gloflo46! Please e-mail me with your address and choice of goodies! :)

Here are a few of my favorite pics.... Starting with my absolute FAVORITE!!!!

Ashley wrote "Hi Mandy" on her patio!!!! AWESOME!


So cute!


Cat made a Scrap Girl in the lower right corner. A SCRAP GIRL!! :)


This just makes me giggle!


I mean, WOW! Someone did this with sidewalk chalk!


Like Katy said, I remember when this made great fashion sense! Good times! :)

See you tomorrow, blog world! If you haven't linked your card for the Limelight Sketch and Product Challenge, there's still time! Really, you have until tomorrow afternoon. :) I won't be pulling a winner of the new TaDa stamp until then...

It's the Limelight World Card Making Day Celebration!

It's a long title, but it's EXCITING!!! The Limelight WCMD Celebration is finally here! What is WCMD? Read HERE for a little clarification, then come back for TONS of festivities, games, and prizes!!! We have a full day of fun planned with our design team and some friends, so relax and stay for a while!

Before I officially get started, I want to remind you of a couple of things:
1- The Limelight Sketch and Product card challenge is open through Sunday night! Enter your card this weekend!!
2- Check out LimelightPapercrafts.com for fabulous WCMD sales! Shimmerz is Buy 1, Get 1 Free! 12x12 Patterned Paper is Buy 3, Get 1 Free!

Now for the FUN!!!
Today we will be playing a much-loved game from last year.... the PHOTO SCAVENGER HUNT!!! I have a list of items that you must find (or arrange!) and take pictures of them! Post your pictures on your blog, and leave a link to that post here on this blog post! If you don't have a blog, don't worry! Simply e-mail your pictures to mandy@limelightpapercrafts.com! All will be considered! So what's in it for you? Besides the fun and laughs we'll share, one lucky RANDOM winner will get to choose $10 in products from the Limelight Papercrafts store! You have until Sunday at 8:00 p.m. to link or e-mail your photos!
Photo Scavenger Hunt Items:

1. Mismatched socks
2. A card using no ribbon
3. Your favorite drink
4. Something that begins with the first letter of your name
5. Sidewalk chalk art
6. The funniest thing you can find

Here are the links and details for our DT and friends' challenges! Enter as many challenges as you'd like!

Ryann Salamon - Scrambled Word Game.
Prize: Cosmo Cricket Nutmeg 6x6 paper pad (BRAND NEW! Coming to the store within a few days!) and a package of Basic Grey Bling It Ruby/Tangerine Square Rhinestones

Lee Murphy - Design Team Project Matching Game.
Prize: Clearsnap BabyCakes Design Adhesives & Cotton Candy Glitter

Sarah Martina - Blurred Photo Game.
Prize: Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses 6x6 paper pad & Stitched Brads

Becky Carafa - Buttons in a Jar Guessing Game.
Prize: Jillibean Soup Flour Tortilla Bean Stalks, Small Spring Fling Bean Seeds, Red Cool Beans

Amy Castellano - Name All of the Limelight Products on the Card.
Prize: Selection of 10 sheets of 12x12 Basic Grey patterned papers from the Eerie, Indian Summer, and NOOK AND PANTRY (not yet released!) collections, 1 sheet Eerie Mini Monogram Stickers

Jennifer Taylor - Yards of Ribbon Guessing Game.
Prize: Pink Cat Studio Itty Bitty Halloween stamp set

Lisa Henke - Find and Seek.
Prize: Stampendous May Flowers clear stamp set

Ashley Newell - WCMD Hostess Trivia Game.
Prize: Unity Stamp Co. Gratitude=Joy stamp set

Crystal Birr - What's In the Scrap Bag?
Prize: Kaisercraft Pina Colada collection 12x12 patterned papers, Pina Colada clear stamp set, Die Cut Elements, and Embroidered Badges

Misti Oblander - Stamp & Card Search.
Prize: Unity Stamp Co. Vintage Ledger single stamp, Basic Grey Teal/Aquamarine Pearls, and Limesicle Sparkle Fibers

Have fun! And please feel welcome to e-mail me at mandy@limelightpapercrafts.com if you have ANY questions!

Etsy Inspired Challenge NEXT Saturday!

Because of all of the World Card Making Day festivities, we'll be back NEXT WEEK, October 10, with a new Etsy Inspired Challenge for you!

Be sure to check out all of the great things Limelight is giving away! :)

Limelight Sketch 31: Texture

Happy Thursday, everyone! Welcome to another round of the Limelight Sketch and Product Challenge! Our focus for this week is on TEXTURE, and with all of the wonderful textures available at Limelight Papercrafts, it was hard for me to LIMIT myself to just a couple! LOL!

For my card base, I used Rich Razzleberry. I matted a piece of Indian Summer patterned paper onto Soft Suede cardstock. I used the brand new Stampendous velvet damask leaves stickers! Boy, are they ever soft and luxurious! Trust me, they are worth trying! We have them available in black, mocha, and olive. I just arranged and stuck mine directly onto the patterned paper. I used three black circles, and popped up leaves from the Unity Simple Blessings stamp set. Have I told you how much I adore this set? You had me at "pumpkins and leaves"! A length of black silk ribbon was tied around for a little more texture and fall warmth, and that's it!


The Details:
**Use the sketch above and dress it up with some TEXTURE!!
**Key word for SCS upload is LLPC031
**Post a comment with a link to your card right here on this post by Sunday, October 4, at midnight (or before winner is drawn Monday a.m.).
**PRIZE ~ One lucky winner will receive the BRAND NEW TaDa Itsy Bitsy stamp!


PLEASE REMEMBER!! Come back this Saturday for a whole BUNCH of World Card Making Day games, festivities, and PRIZES!!!

Etsy Inspired Guest Designer!

I am so thrilled and honored to share with you that I am the Etsy Inspired Challenge GUEST DESIGNER for the month of October! I was so excited when Ashley asked me to design for them, and I cannot wait to share some fun and creations with you this month!!

For this post, I only thought it would be fitting that I create a card for this week's Etsy Inspired Challenge, challenge #55. This challenge is featuring The Salty Cat Co. Etsy shop (a NC store! WOOT! WOOT!). Salty Cat has lots of gorgeous jewelry, and I chose this piece as my inspiration...


The cardstock I used is actually shimmery silver cardstock (SO PRETTY!! And on sale for only 0.25 each!!), but the lighting was not cooperating. ;) I'll choose to blame the lighting and NOT the photographer! The stamp set I used is the new Winter Swirls set from Papertrey Ink. LOVE it! The star stamp captured the stars in the square piece of the ring. Hope you enjoyed my card and that you check out my next post for a fun Limelight Sketch and Product Challenge! :)

Stamps: PTI Winter Swirls. Paper: WorldWin Silver Ore Petallics, Chocolate Chip, TaDa Twinkly Tidings - Sparkling Spruce. Ink: Chocolate Chip.