Two For One!

Happy Friday!!!
And yay for the long weekend!  A little while ago I had seen this tutorial (for diecut inlays as she so aptly named them) by the Queen of Cardmaking Jennifer McGuire and I was absolutely in love with the outcome that I had to make one myself.  For my cards I used a double inlay to make it a little different, and I LOVE the results...

I love how you can get two cards from one technique too!  Double score!  My colors were inspired by the Mama Elephant Photo Inspiration Challenge:

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Mama Elephant Bling Stamp Set
Dies: My Favorite Things
Sequins: V's Sweet Ideas
Rhinestones: TPC
Stickles
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Watermark Ink Pad
Black Sparkly Embossing Powder
Glue Stick: Xyron
Glossy Accents
Black Ribbon

*I am also entering this into the Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes Challenge
Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have an amazing weekend!
Happy Crafting!
Lisa

Make A Wish... Birthday Challenge at SweetStamps.com

Hello and welcome to this weeks challenge at SweetStamps.com!  First I want to give you a huge thank you to all of you that joining out Anything Goes Challenge, some amazing entries for sure!!!  This week the challenge is Birthdays!!!  Who doesn't need a Birthday card in their stash to give out?  And of course there is a prize of a $20 shopping spree to their awesome store so it's a win win situation!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Candle Wish Duo, Dot Bitty Background
Inks: Shades Ink Spots: Fuschia Fizz, Montego Bay, Buttercup, Peapod, Papaya
Twine: The Twinery
Water Brush
Watermark pad
Clear Embossing Powder 

I am also playing along with the seize the birthday anything goes challenge!

Hope to see you play along this week!
Happy Crafting!
Lisa

The One and Only PTI Card...

So I was only able to squeeze in one card for all of the fun that was had on their blog with stamp-a-fair... such is life sometimes!  But I did enjoy watching all of the videos and seeing what all of you had made!  Amazing inspiration for sure!  So I played with the sugar coated challenge!  Mainly because I just love all things shiny so I couldn't pass it up!

I was so bummed that you can't really see the sparkle and shine in my photos, but no matter how I seemed to take the photo it just wouldn't show up as it does in person! boooo! 

Supplies Used:
Stamps: PTI (Garden of Life and Natural Beauties)
Ink: PTI and Shades Ink Spots
Glitter
Glossy Accents

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great start to your week!
Happy Crafting!
Lisa

Reminder Day

We interrupt this crafty blog to share some challenge reminders and what you can win for playing along...

V's Sweet Ideas Challenge - Use Twine - $20 gc to Freckled Fawn!

Whimsical Twist Challenge - Use Your Favorite Anything - $15 gc to Whimsical Twist (she carries pre-orders too, yay!!!)

SweetStamps.com Challenge - Anything Goes - $20 gc to SweetStamps.com (stamps, inks, papers, dies, you name it their store has it!)

So start getting crafty and enter your stuff for some amazing prizes!!!  I know I sure would if I  could!
Happy Crafting!
Lisa

Pool Days Layout

Happy Hump Day, yay!!!  I'm popping in real quick to share a layout I made based on My Scraps N More Sketch #41...

Supplies Used:
Patterned Paper: Echo Park
Stickers: (arrows) Quick Quotes, (Letters) American Crafts, (circle design and sentiment) Echo Park
Button
Twine: The Twinery

Have a splashtastic day!
Happy Crafting too!
Lisa

Pile On the Sweetness with Verve

*This is my second post so make sure you check out my post below for more information on the SweetStamps.com Anything Goes Challenge and how you can earn your chance for a $20 shopping spree!

Now onto some more sweetness... I have made this card based on the latest Verve Diva Dare Challenge: Pile On the Sweetness:

Making this card took some time for me because I am not a typical layering type of girl.  So this challenge really took me out of my comfortzone and had the wheels a turning my friends!  But that's the point of challenges, no?

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Verve
Patterned Paper: Simple Stories
Ink: Memento and PTI
Die: Spellbinders
Sharpies
Stickles
Foam Squares
Lacey Ribbon

* I am also entering this into the Seize the Birthday Challenge: Anything Goes and The Paper Girls Challenge: Photo Inspiration

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Thanks so much for visiting and have a spectacular day!
Happy Crafting!
Lisa

New Artsy Fartsy Stamps from SweetStamps.com and weekly challenge!

I just love new stamps, don't you?  Recently I received a few sets of the newest Artsy Fartsy Stamps (which are on sale I might add), and I am tickled pink that they are now in clear stamp form!!!!  yay!!!  Don't get me wrong I love all types of stamps, but clear are my favorite and these new stamps just have me dancing in my chair thinking about them.  Anywho, today is a new challenge at SweetStamps.com and it is a favorite: ANYTHING GOES!!!  yay!!!!    What can you win? How about a $20 shopping spree where you could pick up some of these new stamps for yourself among so many other crafting goodies!  How can you play?  You can use anything and this week make anything... really, I don't think it can get any easier than this folks!  And if you use a SweetStamps.com image or diecut you get a double entry!!!

Here is my take on the anything goes challenge:

 

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Artsy Fartsy (Fireworks and Funky Flowers 2-Step)   (Best Wishes Sentiment)
Inks: Shades Ink Spots
String from my stash

And I just have to add I LOVE the Shades Ink Spots... they stamp so clearly, clean off easily with out staining, and I love the variety of colors... so if you are in the market for some new inks I highly recommend these!

Can't wait to see your creations... remember ANYTHING GOES... literally!
Happy Crafting!
Lisa

Whimsical Twist Challenge: My Favorite... Prize too!

Hello and welcome to the second challenge at Whimsical Twist!  This challenge is based on your favorites, which could mean you favorite photo, paper, embellishments, memories and so on... such a fun challenge and an easy one for everyone to take part in!  I chose to work with American Crafts' Dear Lizzy lines because they are one of my favorites and so are these photos...

 

You can find lots of the new AC Dear Lizzy Polka Dot line in the pre-orders area and make sure you check out the other great pre-order items from the latest CHA releases!  So much that I could just drool and stare all day!  Don't forget there is free shipping over $50 and low shipping rates for anything under!  Hope to see your take on the challenge!
Happy Crafting!
Lisa

Because It's Your Birthday!!!

If you didn't see that I have a layout being featured on the Whimsical Twist Blog I would love for you to go visit me over there!  Make sure you check out their new store with pre-orders and a 15% off your entire order coupon!!!  Plus, did I mention super low shipping rates and free shipping when you spend $50?!?!  Amazing!

Now onto the fun card I'm sharing here today!  This card is based on the Lil' Inker Designs Birthday Challenge... yay!!!!

Supplies Used:
Patterned Paper: MME
Stamps: Lil' Inker Designs (notebook paper, stars and doodles) and Verve (sentiment)
Ink: Shades Ink Spots
Rhinestones: K & Co.

Hope you have a wonderful weekend and Happy Crafting!
Lisa

Featured on Whimsical Twist Blog

Hi!  Today I have a layout being featured on Whimsical Twist 's Blog, so I would greatly appreciate any comments you might have on their page!!!  While you are there make sure you check out their cha pre-orders and products already available, fabulous shipping deals too! PS - there is a sale going on with 15% off your total purchase!!!  Seriously, what are you waiting for?!?!?!?!
See you over there and Thanks so much!
Lisa

Seize The Cupcake! And in 10 minutes too!

Yay!  I am finally able to post some crafty goodness!!!  I have been wanting to play so badly with the 10 Minute Craft Dash Birthday Bash Challenge, but just wasn't finding the time to squeeze it in!  But fear no more, I DID IT!!!!  I had just gotten this cute cupcake stamp set from Verve and knew that the 10 Minute Birthday Challenge would be perfect to use it on, and so I did:

Time: 9 minutes 43 seconds ( I know I just barely made it!  And I should have been done sooner, but I wanted to pull out the sequins at the last minute and ended up just dumping them all over the table so I could find the colors I wanted hehehehe!)

Supplies:
Stamps: Verve
Ink: Memento and Shades Inkspots
Copics and Sharpies
Sequins: V's Sweet Ideas
Washi: Darcie's
Stickles

Hope you are having a fabulous week so far!  I'm so excited to be going to Archiver's tomorrow, so hopefully I will get lots done!!!
Happy Crafting!
Lisa

SweetStamps.com Monthly Technique Challnge: Masking

Happy Wednesday!  It's that wonderful time of the month again where we play along with the month long technique challenge at SweetStamps.com, and this month the technique is: Masking!  I love masking on my projects, so this was fun for me!  I wanted to make a clean simple card that really shows the beauty of this technique...

Supplies Used:
Stamp: Artsy Fartsy Bicycle with Flower Basket
Inks: SweetStamps.com Shades Ink Spots
Post It Note
White Ribbon
Corner Chomper

To begin I stamped my bicycle in black on the bottom left, and then I stamped it again on a post it note.  I then fussy cut the image out of the post it note and used this as my mask for stamping the rest of the bikes!  I like having blank cards sometimes so they can be used for any occasion!  Can't wait to see what you'll make for this challenge!
* I am also linking this up the Addicted to CAS: summer challenge
Happy Crafting!
Lisa

Bling Challenge at SweetStamps.com

I just love a good bling challenge and I was totally stoked when I saw this one on the schedule at SweetStamps.com... but rather than over power my card with rhinestones galore (and mark my words there is nothing wrong with that if you do hehehehe) I chose to use them as little accents in this card I have created:

Supplies Used:
Patterned Paper: Fancy Pants Hopscotch Collection (flowers) Crate Paper (text)
Stamp: SweetStamps.com Thank you Sentiment
Ink: SweetStamps.com Shades Ink
Dies: SweetStamps.com Betty's Bloom, Fancy Leaves, Pretty Petals
Rhinestones: KaiserCraft

How can you play?  Just use any product you own and create something based on Bling!  If you use a SweetStamps.com Image you will get a double entry... and what can you win?  How about a $20 shopping spree to their store?!  Woo hoo!  Papers, Stamps, and Inks Oh my!

Happy Crafting and check back tomorrow to see what the monthly challenge will be too!
Lisa

ME Challenge Take #4 (and a winner too!)

In my humble opinion this may be one of the best cards I have made yet, and no matter what the outcome of the Mama Elephant challenge may be I am so proud of this card... I hope it brightens your day too!

 

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Mama Elephant
Ink: Memento
Die: Memory Box
Stickles

On a side note I let mister random.org choose my winner from the Whimsical Twist Blog Hop and he choose #22, which is Teresa Kline!  Please shoot me an email Teresa and I'll have your goodies shipped right away!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I wish you a wonderful rest of your day!
Happy Crafting!
Lisa

A Favorite Card

I have a new favorite card at the moment and it happens to be the card I made based on the latest Runway Inspired Challenge...

Stunning inspiration, no?

 

Supplies:
Vellum
Patterned Paper: (red) Glitz
Stamps: WPlus9 (flowers) and Technique Tuesday (sentiment)
Ink: PTI, Memento, and Staz-On
Die cuts: WPlus9
Spray Ink: Mister Huey in Charcoal

Hope you like this as much as I do!  And thank you for taking the time to visit and leave me some love!
Happy Crafting!
Lisa

Mama Elephant Challenge Take #3

Happy Friday and thanks for visiting me as I share my third take on the new Mama Elephant Challenge:

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Mama Elephant
Ink: Shades Ink Spots and Memento
Waterbrush
Watercolor Pencils
Twine: The Twinery
Rhinestone: K & Co.

I wish you all a wonderful Friday and hope you enjoy your weekend!
Happy Crafting!
Lisa

ME Challenge Take #2

I'm back with my second take on the latest Mama Elephant Challenge:

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Mama Elephant
Die: Lawn Fawn
Inks: SweetStamps.com Shades Ink Spots
Rhinestones: Recollections
Black Seam Binding
Tim Holtz tiny stappler

Have a great rest of your day!
Happy Crafting!
Lisa

Newest Mama Elephant Challenge!

This is already my second post of the day so make sure you check out my one layer beauty if you get a chance!

I'm so excited that Mama Elephant has a new challenge up!  I just LOVE their stamps especially their quirky sentiment ones!  So of course I will be playing along and I hope to get a few in because the chance to be a Guest Designer for them is like a dream!  Here is their challenge inspiration:

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Mama Elephant
Ink: SweetStamp.com Shade Ink Spots, Memento
Sequins: V's Sweet Ideas
Rhinestones: TPC

I am also entering this into the Anything Goes Challenge at Simon Says Stamp

Thanks so much for stopping by today!
Happy Crafting!
Lisa

Lawnscaping One Layer

I just love making one layer cards sometimes they can be the trickiest and that's what makes it so fun!  You have to get your creative mind working on what you can do differently and how to add depth without layers.  With that said I am playing along with the Lawnscaping One Layer Challenge and the Addicted to CAS: Summer Challenge...

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Lawn Fawn
Ink: PTI and Distress Inks
Paint brush
Pen: Zig

I am also entering this into the Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes Challenge
Thanks so much for stopping by and hope you have a creative one today!
Happy Crafting!
Lisa

Silhouette Challenge at SweetStamps.com

Welcome to a new weekly challenge at SweetStamps.com!  This week the challenge is Silhouettes!!!  How to play along: use ANYTHING you have as long as it fits our theme, but use a SweetStamps.com product and get an extra entry!  What will you win? a $20 shopping spree for some amazing goodies in their store!  So here is my take for this challenge:

 

Supplies:
Stamps: Flower Bunch Silhouette
Ink: SweetStamps Ink Spots Buttercup and Reflecting Pool
Pearls: Kaiserscrapbook
Sticker: SRM
Ribbon

I am also entering this into the Simon Says Stamps: Anything Goes Challenge
Can't wait to see your entries!
Happy Crafting!
Lisa

A Whimsical Twist Blog Hop!!! *Prizes too!

Welcome to Whimsical Twist's first challenge! We thought it would be a lot of fun to also have a Blog Hop to celebrate our first challenge! How does that sound?

During the Hop you will be visiting blogs from several of our fabulous design team members. You will find so much inspiration on the way, that your head might explode!

The hop will start at the Whimsical Twist blog and end at Sharm's blog. If you are just joining in, be sure to go to the Whimsical Twist blog to start. If you get lost along the way, just look at the list below to get you hopping in the right direction.

And you can't have a Blog Hop without giveaways and this one is no different! In order to be entered into the giveaways, you will need to be sure you leave a comment on each blog on the hop. Whimsical Twist will also be giving away a $15 gift certificate to the shop to one random hopper! We will be announcing the winners of our giveaways on August 12th, so be sure to watch for the announcements.

Without further ado, let's get this celebration started!

Our first challenge is inspired by summer!

And here is my take:

While I do not currently have many products from the Whimsical Twist store ( don't you worry your pretty little heads I have some huge orders coming soon hehehe! ) I want to share some of my favorite products in the store... and did I mention shipping?  ONLY $2 shipping in the US for up to $20 worth of products,
 check out all of the details here!
Now some favorite products in the store:
Sequins - who can get enough of these things?  And at only a dollar, yes please!
MME Enamel Dots - and just wait til she gets the new MME in soon!
OA Travel Girl line - so chic
AC Dear Lizzy Lucky Charm stickers - love all Dear Lizzy lines!

And be on the look out for so much more to come with all of the CHA lines she will be carrying soon.

Now if you have made it this far then I think it is only fair that you get a little something for reading all of this and taking the time to hop along with us so I am offering up a little package of embellishments as shown here, please leave a message and make sure to check back on the 12th to see if you are a winner! (I would love if you would like to follow me and see more of my work in the future, but I'm not going to force you to hehehe!)

Now please continue to hop by going to visit the beautiful and amazingly talented: Alexandra Polyzou .

Here is the complete line up if you get lost: ( you can also find this at the Whimsical Twist Blog)

Lisa Lahiff 

Alexandra Polyzou  

 Sandi Pressley 

Amanda Johnson

Ashley Hamm 

Taniesa Vlasak 

Charissa Miller   

Kimmie Rishebarger 

 Sharm Nidyanandan 

 Laurie Danielle 

Lisa Wilkinson 

Thanks so much for hopping with us and hope to see your creations in the new challenges!
Happy Crafting!
Lisa

Happy Friday and a little WPlus9 Mood Board Challenge

Happy Friday!!!  Have you seen my exciting news yet?  I am a part of the first Design team at Whimsical Twist!!! yay!!!  See the announcement here!  Make sure you stop by on the 5th for our first blog hop where you can win lots of goodies!!!

Now today's project was made based on the latest Mood Board Challenge at Wplus9...

And here was my take:

Supplies Used:
Embossing Folder: Crafts Too
Stamps and Dies: Wplus9
Ink: PTI and SweetStamps.com Shades Ink Spots
Circle Dies: Spellbinders


I am also entering this into the Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes Challenge

Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a wonderful weekend!!!
Happy Crafting!
Lisa

V's Sweet Ideas Monthly Challenge

Hello and welcome to this month's challenge at V's Sweet Ideas: Twine!  I love playing with twine and V's Sweet Ideas has some fabulous colors in stock, so I hope to see you all join in!

Supplies:
Patterned Paper: MME
Stamp: CC Designs and Mama Elephant
Copics
Ink: Memento
Twine: The Twinery

I am also entering this into the Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes Challenge!
Thanks for stopping by and can't wait to see your creations for this month's challenge!
Happy Crafting!
Lisa