Happiness Always

My husband came home the other day with a handheld sewing machine for me! I got this one from Target, and I'm finding it VERY easy to use. I am NOT a seamstress by any means! LOL! But the $15 price tag was the biggest draw...

Anyway, I made SEVERAL of these yesterday to be included with orders. If you ordered from Limelight yesterday, chances are THIS is the card you received in your order! :) I will be back in a bit to post a winner of the Webster's product of your choice! If you haven't entered in the drawing yet, GO ENTER NOW! :)

Stamps: Whimsical Words (SU). Paper: Kraft, Hawaiian Shores (PTI). Ink: Pitch Black Adirondack. Accessories: White thread, Green at Heart Bloomers.

Webster's Pages - PRIZE!

It's a great day to SHOP!!!! Not only do we have fabulous deals going on right now.....

The BIG Buy 2, Get 1 FREE Sale! (through 4/11):

*Open Stock 12x12 Patterned Paper

*Ribbon by the Yard (Ribbon Packs and Burlap String not included)

*Rub-ons

*Stickles Glitter Glue

*Individual Rubber Stamps

AND....
PREORDER your April Unity Store Kit NOW! Only $29.99 before they arrive! Half Kits available, too!

BUT NOW WE HAVE WEBSTER'S PAGES, TOO!!
Yep! We have all of these lovelies in the store...




On this first order with WP, we stocked up on the new paper pads (note that you get 2 collections in the Lullaby Lane/Life's Portrait paper pad, and you get 3 collections in the Garden Gala, Seaside Retreat, Nature's Storybook paper pad!), all of the coordinating Fabric Fancies, and the Sparklers!

I am personally in *LOVE* with the glitter sparklers! How pretty are those!!

So... WANNA WIN A WEBSTER'S PRIZE??? ;)

Leave me a comment here on this post by midnight tonight (well, before I pick a winner Friday morning, at least!) telling me what your favorite thing about Spring is! The winner will receive their choice of their favorite (one :)) Webster's Pages product at Limelight! So what's your favorite thing about Spring?? Mine? Summer's comin'... ;)

Love and Laughter

I just love this picture. :) Cuz I took it on the beach this past weekend. Hee hee! I am just loving my copy of Paper Crafts Magazine's Go To Sketches. I just ADORE using and creating sketches, and so this was a no-brainer for me that I'd *need* this issue! LOL!

This card is based on a sketch from Jessica Witty. I love the circles...So many possibilities for dressing this up OR keeping it simple. I simply used a white cardstock base (slightly smaller than standard), six various PTI buttons (the Hawaiian shores "button" is actually two buttons...one inside the other!). The sentiment, stamped in Adirondack Pitch Black, is from the March Unity Store Kit, Adventures in Happiness. **PSST!! There are only a FEW left...and you NEED this set!** :)

Simple, happy card. Love that. ;) Have a wonderful day!

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Fabulous FABRIC!

Good morning, and happy 6th of the month! It's a beautiful day... Warm weather, birds singing, DUKE WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP! ;) And we have some GORGEOUS fabric-themed projects to share with you today for our monthly DT challenge!

As you probably know if you read my blog, I LOVE having a plan for an easy project or two for when those birthdays and gift-giving occasions sneak up on me! I have made fabric brad rings before (the easiest thing in the book!), but since the beautiful new BG Green at Heart collection is at hand (pun intended!), I decided to whip up a few of these rings again. I'll be using them for some teenage girl birthdays coming up.... Oh, and I *might* keep one for myself too. Hee hee! See the bling:


Hmm. I shoulda polished my nails or something for you all!

I simply cut the brad prongs off of the back of my Green at Heart Stitched brads, applied some E600 glue, and finally popped it onto a silver ring blank (I buy mine on Etsy from Bunnysundries). It's really THAT easy! My only suggestion is to really let these dry for at least a good 30 minutes to an hour. I think the E600 glue says 15 minutes, but I find that you really want to leave it alone a bit longer in order to let it set.

Now, of course you'll need a cute box for a handmade gift like this, and we have just the thing at Limelight... White takeout boxes! (Betcha didn't know we had these...although they're on clearance, so get 'em fast if you like 'em!) I creased and assembled the box (it comes flat and prescored). I glued on a heart punched from the Green at Heart patterned paper, then layered on a Green at Heart Bloomer! Bloomers are the coolest thing...they are thick (but not too thick that you can't mail them), layered fabric flowers. They're embellished with buttons and thread stitching! So pretty!!! I threaded a length (about half of a yard) of Purple/pink Textured Ribbon. This style of ribbon is one of our best-sellers, and it really goes with so much! We carry it in several colors. The edges of the box are inked in Orchid ColorBox ink.

Please be sure to check out the wonderful creations from the entire team, including our Guest DT Member, Savannah!

Jennifer Taylor - Fabric Hairbow

Lynn Miller - Eyeglasses Case

Lisa Arana - Hostess Gift Bag

Lisa Henke - Vintage Fabric Embellies

Christi Snow - Camera Strap Cover

Savannah O'Gwynn - Sewn Aprons

Also, be sure to do some spring SHOPPING! Limelight has a great Buy 2, Get 1 Free Sale going on! It's really as good as it sounds! Mix and match, everything listed here is buy 2, get 1 FREE! Enter your choices of free items in the Comments section at checkout, please. :)

The BIG Buy 2, Get 1 FREE Sale! (through 4/11):

*Open Stock 12x12 Patterned Paper

*Ribbon by the Yard (Ribbon Packs and Burlap String not included)

*Rub-ons

*Stickles Glitter Glue

*Individual Rubber Stamps

Sketch 44 WINNER!

Happy Monday! I hope you are enjoying weather as wonderful as ours is today! :) 85 degrees right now! :)

The lovely winner of this week's sketch and product challenge is NANCY! Nancy, e-mail me your address, and I'll zip out three packages of rhinestones your way. :) Here's Nancy's GORGEOUS card:

And here are a few of the wonderful submissions we saw for this sketch! :)

Janice M:

Tami:


Janice (Scrapaddict):

Paper Pad WINNER!

The winner of their choice of 6x6 paper pad, chosen from posts on Christi's paper piecing tutorial, is Basement Stamper!!

Basement Stamper, please email me with your choice of paper pad and your address! Congrats!

SKETCH 44: RHINESTONES!

It's Thursday again, and we have a very special Sketch and Product Challenge for you! This is a sketch that really works well for Easter cards, so if you have any last-minute Easter cards to make, here you go! I often like to use an entire sheet of cardstock in one sitting, so I created two cards using many of the same materials using this sketch.

I used the new Basic Grey Green at Heart papers for these cards. These colors are so fresh, and the patterns are so fun! This is surely a favorite of mine. :) The card base is PTI's Berry Sorbet, and the trim at the bottom is Spring Moss. The Spring Moss is punched using the SU Scallop Border punch.

For the first card, I used my Egg Die to achieve the intended egg shape on this sketch. I stamped a flower spray from the Unity Bevy of Butterflies set. The butterfly, attached with a pop-up dot, is from the same set. I stamped the "friendship" sentiment, from the March Unity Store Kit, Adventures in Happiness, using an SU label punch (can't remember what this one is called!). The card is embellished with a little Lavender glitter and SPLIT PEA RHINESTONES! (Our focus!)

The second card features a large butterfly from the same Bevy of Butterflies stamp set, also glittered in lavender. I stamped part of a sentiment from the PTI Egg Hunt set so that this card can be used for ANYTHING!! The rhinestones featured on the sketch are Wine in color, and did you notice the Split Pea RHINESTONE ANTENNAE?!?!? I am so very proud of that! Love the detail that adds! :) (Yep, patting myself on the back!)

All right! Now it's your turn, and I cannot wait to see what you come up with!

The Deets:

**Use the sketch above and try to incorporate your favorite RHINESTONES!!

**Key word for SCS upload is LLPC044.

**Post a comment with a link to your card right here on the challenge post by Sunday, April 4, at midnight (or before winner is drawn Monday).

**PRIZE ~ One lucky winner will receive three packages of rhinestones!!