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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Blog Hop Winners Announced!

Click on the Lime Light link at the right
to see the winners for our Blog Hop!!

It took awhile, but it was worth the wait..
2 grand prizes, and 7 runners-up!

Watch in January for our first project of 2011!

Your comments are always appreciated!
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Extended Blog Hop!

WONDERFUL news!

I just heard from our fearless leader Gracie, that our blog hop is being extended until midnight on Sunday! (December 19, 2010).

Keep on hopping!!! I am thoroughly enjoying all your comments, and compliments on my work, and I'm looking forward to stopping by all your sites as well!

Two posts down you'll see the directions, and link to the next stop on the hop!


Your comments are always appreciated!

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THANK YOU!

Thank you for participating in our Lime Light Charitable Design Team Blog Hop!

I loved reading every single comment, and as Gracie posted over on the team blog, our winners will be announced on Monday!

I'm so excited to hear more of your comments on my blog and projects... and in time, to check out all your blogs!

THANK you again!


Your comments are always appreciated!

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Lime Light Charitable Design Team OFFICIAL Blog Hop!

Greetings to those hopping from the Lime Light Charitable Design Team blog.

Welcome to Sue's Cricut and Crafts blog. My name is Sue and for the past 2 1/2 years I've been posting my Cricut creations and other crafts on this blog. Early on in my time with my Cricut, Gracie from the Imagine That blog asked me to write some articles for beginning Cricut users, and it took off from there!!!

I do love my Cricut, and when my husband and I bought our house last year, one of the rooms HAD to be my Cricut room! It was an absolute requirement.

I wanted to join in on a Design Team, and Gracie asked if I would be a member of the Lime Light Design Team. I started as a regular member that first year, and have been so honored to stay on since and take on some extra duties (training director, etc.) In Oct. 2008 we completed our first project as a team: cards & bookmarks for soldiers. We have gone on to do many things, as you saw on our team blog. I'm always excited to get to visit our new team members blogs and get to know them every year... what amazing talents they ALL possess! I hope you can get a good glimpse of some of their best work on this hop.

The team members are contributing product & some absolutely gorgeous creations to the winners of this blog hop. Some of those products were donated from their LSS and other sources. I want to thank Making Memories for the gorgeous paper (it's all two sided or specialty paper), embellishments and kits.

I am donating a stamp set from a company I love SO much, Kitchen Sink Stamps. I use them along with my Cricut to create some projects that get WOW's when I show them!

That's not even the tip of the iceberg if you've watched the slide show in the announcement post. The ladies on this team are so selfless, and you'll get a good taste of that as you hop through the blogs.

You will be continuing on to Tropic Luv, Cards in Paradise -- and you are in for a treat!

SO, take a peek at my Cricut and Craft creations, leave a comment on this post, and become a follower on this blog (and each blog you visit tonight) to be eligible for our awesome prizes!

There is a time limit, so don't wait too long!!

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December 17th Blog Hop, with AWESOME Blog Candy!!

As you can see by the title, the Lime Light Charitable Design Team (of which I am a card-carrying member since the very beginning!) is having a blog hop this Friday at 8PM.

We want you to get to know us and what we do as a team, so we are having a blog hop so that you can visit the various team members' sites.

We also have a couple of the top Cricut bloggers on the net -- Everyday Cricut and Pink Cricut, that will be stops along the way. The team came together a few years ago because of our love of Cricut, and we wanted to give you a couple of bonus's as these sites are top notch when it comes to Cricut creative inspiration.

At 8 PM CST on Friday, we'll be posting the instructions on how you get from blog to blog and what you need to do when you get to each blog (COME TO THE LIME LIGHT BLOG FIRST FOR INSTRUCTIONS).

All simple stuff. Now, here's the fun part. We'll be giving away some very nifty prizes, including a grand prize stash worth over $150. And because I can't wait, I'm giving you a peek at the prizes. So sit down, take a look at the goodies, and then join us Friday at 8 CST for a fun time!

Your comments are always appreciated!
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Design Team Search! Come Join a GREAT Team!

Do you see all the GREAT projects done on the design teams around the internet and think, "I could do that! I want to do that!"

Well, here's a chance to join a GREAT team that does good work all around the United States.
We've done projects for the Holocaust Museum, cancer survivors, Ronald McDonald houses in Tennessee, raising money for playground equipment through our creations, and so MANY more!

Our Design Team Leader Gracie is currently taking applications for the Lime Light Design Team. The applications run from November 11 through November 21, 2010 for the next calendar year's team.

Our members skills and abilities range from semi-beginners in paper crafting to the professional level. We're looking for positive, motivated crafters who want to make a difference with their craft!

Check out the Lime Light Design Team's website for more specific details on how to apply for our great team!


Your comments are always appreciated!

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Lime Light Butterfly Project Revisited!!

This is the second go-round of our Lime Light Design Team project for the Houston Holocaust Museum.

Click HERE for the rules and regs of this project. I contacted one of the project directors the first time we had a DT call for butterflies, and she did say that Stickles was alright to use, though the rules state no glitter.

I made 10 butterflies for this project. Each one has lots of details... inking, Stickles (only one one) pearls, and rhinestones.

The last time Mom was here visiting, there was a big sale at Michael's, and I cleaned out the clearance racks (with additional 10% off) of the packages with 1/2 pearls, rhinestones, and lots of other goodies... and this was the PERFECT project to use those pearls and rhinestones.







Your comments are always appreciated!
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Lime Light Design Team August Project -Cards for Soldiers!

Our Lime Light project for this month was to make Cards for Soldiers! I always love doing these projects!

There are a total of 25 cards, all ready for someone's birthday! How cool to get a card with your own birthday number on it! I was even able to make them all identical because the cards are so small, I could get all 5 out of one 12x12 sheet. That doesn't happen often!!

Using the challenge from My Pink Stamper, I got out the Pomegranate ink (I really LOVE that color!) and used my star wheel behind Elmo, Cookie, and Big Bird! It was a WHEELIE great challenge! One I'll use often, for sure.

Again, I used one of my shortcuts to make the face pieces. I cut all the eyes, noses, all of Big Bird's face pieces in white, and used my Stampin' Up markers to color in the pieces. Saves SO much aggravation with cutting those teeny tiny things!! I used: Elmo's nose: Only Orange, for Big Bird: Pink Passion for his eyelids and tongue, and Real Red for his mouth. Cookie's cookie is colored in Close to Cocoa.

Though we can't use glitter, I used my black glaze pens to make the eyes shiny, and the white to mark the highlight, and Brilliance Blue ink so the Happy Birthday was nice and shimmery.

I'll apologize for the glare, I already had each card individually wrapped before I took the pictures. They're in a protective covering to make sure they make the journey safely!!

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Our July Project... Lime Light Design Team and the Cancer Coaltion!

Our Design Team task for July, 2009 was to make cards and journals for the Delaware Breast Cancer Coaltion. The workers and counselors send cards to the cancer survivors, and they in turn send cards out to their family and friends. They also use journaling as a way to chronicle their journey back to recovery!

I'm a little lost for words on this one. I just hope they like the cards and the journals are helpful!!

So.... here are some pictures of the 40 items I sent out for this task.

Here are the 10 journals I made for this task.

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Cards and Crafts for Cancer Survivors!

At the bottom of my post you'll see a link to our Lime Light site. You can also click on the logo directly to the right as well.

We are currently working on cards, card sets, altered notebooks to be used as journals, etc. for our newest project!

WHY do you ask?? It's to support a group of cancer survivors! What an amazing cause!
We are making cards for the counselors and staff members to give to the patients andcards for the patients to send to their families. We're also making journals so the patients can chronicle their own journey... sometimes talking just HELPS!

The lady we are sending the project items to also does monthly craft classes!!! HOW FUN!

I'm in the process of finishing up my items for this LLDT project... and I'll be posting them soon!!

Why is this project so personally important to me?? My aunt Darlene (Dad's sister) passed from cancer - it was a shock since the family wasn't told until very late so there wasn't much time to think. I also have a work colleague that is currently in remission YAY YAY YAY and has undergone some reconstructive surgery. We've been with her through her fight, and she's come through it very well!! She's a tough one for sure!! :) SO, working on this particular project has some quite personal meaning.
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Welcome to all the NEW Team Members!!! UPDATE!

I'm so excited to welcome our new Lime Light Design Team members!
Their names are:

Crystal - http://www.scrapcandydesigns.blogspot.com/
Diana - http://www.dianasausomecreationsetc.blogspot.com/
Terry - http://www.inspire-a-tion.blogspot.com/
Lorraine - http://www.coldwaters2.blogspot.com/
Lisa - http://paperpastiche.blogspot.com/
Bonnie Rose - http://www.alifeunrehearsed2.blogspot.com/
Peg - http://www.pegscraftingcorner.blogspot.com/
SammyeJo - http://www.62cards.blogspot.com/
Joy - http://www.obsessedwithscrapbooking.com/
and.....
Roberta! http://prairiefairy.blogspot.com/


and our returning LLDT members :
Lori - http://www.livlaughscrap-leedle.blogspot.com/
Melanie - http://www.corney-lane.blogspot.com/
Randi - http://www.randijc.blogspot.com/
Leah - http://www.paperblossoms.blogspot.com/
Gracie! - http://www.everythingcricut.blogspot.com/
Ruth - http://www.ruelysicreativecards.blogspot.com/
Chris - http://www.mudmaven.blogspot.com/
Tammy - http://www.ladybugandcompany.blogspot.com/
Sue - me.. http://www.suescricutandcrafts.blogspot.com/
Sandra - http://www.t42originals.blogspot.com/

WOW!!!! We now have 20 team members! That's AMAZING, AWESOME, SPECTACULAR, PHENOMENAL, and any other of those super words you can think of!

Just imagine what the 20 of us do when we put our creative energies together! It's VERY exciting!

So check their blogs, and support our team anyway you can... even commenting on the Lime Light blog, or our own blogs helps!


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Post 10 of New "Old" Things - Military Cards for the Lime Light Design Team

This post contains cards and bookmarks from October, 2008... a little shy of one year ago! I realize I never posted these on my blog.... so here they are!!

All of the above cards were to go directly to the Marines, and I wrote a personal message inside each card.

I sent an equal number of the Thanks cards and bookmarks so each Marine that got a card from me had a card and bookmark to send to a family member or friend of his choosing.

Just a little over the year ago, I was a new Lime Light Design Team member! Our very first task was Cards for Soldiers - only this wasn't just a simple task! It was a 3 fold task which made it even better.

Please enjoy.

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Lime Light Design Team - Animal Shelter Project!

In an earlier post about this challenge, I promised a more complete view of some of the things I made for this project. Though this isn't everything, it shows a lot of the things I made to help the animal shelter raise money for caring for the animals.

I got this stamp on ebay, and couldn't resist. People do keep birds as pets too!!

These are the Joy-Fold cards for kitties, and...

the Joy-Fold cards for doggies!

Corner bookmarks

I made a BUNCH of these post-it-note holders!!! I also got most of these kitty stamps from ebay as well... along with some other kitty stamps I had in my stash.

3 more bookmarks made with the jumbo paper clips.

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