25th of January - Winning Cards!

CONGRATULATIONS!!! Today is the 25th of the month, so looking at the entries and votes...

Terry D.

Your Christmas Card Challenge entry got the most votes!!
I'll post a picture here of your prize. It's in the mail to you!

Congrats!!!

Your comments are always appreciated!

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Vote for Your Favorite!

Did you get too busy to enter this month?? February's challenge is coming!

Come on and vote for your favorite card in this month's challenge.
Scroll down to the post, and click on the card to vote!!
Voting closes January 24th.

THANKS so much!
**Christmas is coming! Tee Hee!


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January's Challenge Is Almost Due!

Only 2 days left to enter your cards!!!!! Click HERE for a direct link to the post!

Remember, you can enter
until midnight the 20th...
voting runs from
the 21st to the 24th, with
a winner announced on the 25th!!!

How, you ask?? Directly under the post, is an advertisement.
Directly under the advertisement, you see a little blue froggy looking character in an oval box.... click on that... it says Add a link. When you click on it, you'll see the html box pop up to enter your cards!

I can't wait to see them!!!!!

****Remember, I am not NOT eligible for prizes.... but I put in the first linky to get things rolling!


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January New Occasions Catalog Stamp Camp Candy Project

Here's a quick post showing the candy project I've designed for our January Stamp Camp! It holds 4 Hershey's Nuggets... just enough for a gift.

The embossed hearts also show a technique I used a few years ago in a craft fair.

Please enjoy!!

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January New Occasions Catalog Stamp Camp

This card is one of two projects of mine we will make January 14th at our Occasions Mini Catalog Stamp camp. Robin will have 1 card, and 2 treat projects, and so will Kathy!

I LOVE the scented embossing powder! This card uses the Cherry. It lasts a LONG time!!!

Another project will post later this week. Chocolate, anyone??

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The 2012 Christmas Card Challenge! January

Here it is!!! The FIRST 2012 Christmas Card Challenge for January.

Please refer to this POST by clicking HERE for all the rules and regs for participating in this challenge. (They're easy!!)

Post the above logo on your blog, and link back to this post so when people click it, they can go right from your blog here, and so on and so forth.
OK.... so here it is!

January 2012's challenge is: Ornaments!
Make your 6 cards including ornaments, post it to your blog, and use the linky (at the end) in this post to link back here.

Remember you have until midnight on the 20th with voting starting on the 21st through the 24th! The winner will be announced on the 25th.


Here are my two pictures for this Challenge. I really LOVE these ornaments!
Christmas trees and the ornaments are some of my absolute favorite things at Christmas time, and here's a chance that on Jan. 5th your tree is still up and you're looking at some ornaments! Ours is! We're taking it down a little later this week. :)

I used the Cuttlebug to emboss the background red paper with Musical Flourish, and then Cherry Cobbler ink to highlight the embossing. White, red, and green rhinestones highlight spots on the ornaments. I used the Ultimate Crafter's Companion to tie the bows, and DCWV paper from the Merry Christmas stack at the bottom.
Did you stamp your envelopes? I did, but didn't take a picture. Next time!!

SO.... write up your card/inspiration etc. and include your post above in the linky!
GOOD LUCK!!


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My Sister's Birthday Card

My sister Gail is CRAZY for purple! How could I not have a purple birthday card for her? As I've been crafting, I found out she also loves the heat embossing and the smooth surface it leaves... so I took the new Stampin' Up cupcake image and some Elegant Eggplant craft in with clear embossing powder, and had a good time! I used red glitter paper to cut out the cherry, and 3 markers to give some pink frosting accents; Pink Pirouette, Pretty in Pink, and Regal Rose.

It's difficult to see, but the matted purple piece is popped with dimensionals, and so is the hand-cut cupcake image.

Happy Birthday, Gail!


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Design Team - Open Call!

Have you decided it's time to become part of a Design Team?

Do you LOVE creating things, and don't know what to do with them?

This is a fantastic opportunity to take care of both of these issues you're having!
1. Become part of an amazing Design Team.
2. Donate your creations to people who desperately need help!

The Lime Light Design Team is currently having an Open Call for Design Team members. We are a charity based DT, donating all of our creations to helping others. Take a look at our Blog, and come and join us!

As a LLDT member, you have the unique opportunity to use your creative abilities to helping people less fortunate than yourself - AND gaining great satisfaction in the process due to the gratitude we receive from these projects.

Take a moment and follow one of the links I placed in the above post and add your application to the list.

Your comments are always appreciated!

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Gift Card Holders, and a Story!!

So here are two gift card holders I made for gifts for my parents.... to put gift cards in.
The thing is, these are the SECOND gift card holders I made for them.... the first ones were STOLEN! They were placed in a blue mailbox near our house, and when they envelope got to my sister, it was taped shut, and a horse Christmas card was in it.

A couple of things.... 1. I sent along a $50 gift card in one of them, and my sister was going to put a card from a local restaurant in the other one. 2. I would NEVER send a horse Christmas card!!!

Next.... I spent 1 hour 10 minutes on hold with the post office when we discovered this (before Christmas).... and they were SUPPOSED to call me by the 29th after they "investigated". I've had no return phone call, but I do have a "case number".

I'm about to go to our local media to get some action. I've heard of two other incidences like this... one in Alaska where an entire bag of mail was left on the side of the road, and things opened and stolen out of it. Don't these people realize it's a federal offense to steal from the mail?????

Well..... above you have a picture of the two newest gift card holders I made. I'm sorry I didn't take pics of the first set.... they were SO pretty!!!


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