It's Monday!!!

It's Monday!  I hope you all had a wonderful weekend.  Ours was busy but still super fun.  We got to go see the movie Trolls and, shockingly, it was really cute.  Can you tell I wasn't super excited to see it but that's what you do when you are a mom.  The boys had a blast and with a massive nerf war on Sunday, their weekend was the best ever.  Now, it's Monday and for some reason it always seems to drag on.  So, I was trying to think of a way to make it more fun.  What better way to start a Monday than with a Christmas card??  I can't think of anything better!  Ha ha! 

In case you haven't already noticed, I'm slightly addicted to the Lil' Inker Designs Rustic Christmas stamps.  I just can't help myself.  I keep reaching for them and they pair SO nicely with my holiday kit from Clique Kits.  If you haven't checked out their kits, you must!  They are jam packed with fun stuff.  I have a feeling I will be starting a subscription soon since I'm having so much fun with this one.  All the past kits look amazing too!  I used paper, stickers, and little extras (those asterisks...hello!!!) on this card.  I started with this fun paper and then started layering vellum that I inked and cut with both the Fringe Scalloped Circles Dies and Border Builders die set.  I was inspired by Jen's gorgeous card to color my city from Rustic Christmas stamps in colors that coordinate with my paper before cutting it out with the Rustic Christmas dies.  I stamped some trees on the vellum and then layered a tree sticker from my kit in front.  Next, I cut Hope from black card stock using the Brush Script Christmas Word Dies.  I added a sentiment strip and then some fun asterisks from the Clique Kit along with some clear sequins.  Here's a closer look:

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog and I hope your week is starting off on a high.  Have a great one and I'll see you here tomorrow!  Here's what I used for my card:

 

 

 

Lil' Inker Designs October Release Day #1

Hi, you guys!  It's day one of the Lil' Inker Designs New Release Blog Hop and I'm super excited to share all the new products with you!  I think you are really going to enjoy this release and all the new inspiration from our team.  It's packed with fun, as always and, lucky for you, all the new products are available right now at the Lil' Inker Store!  We have an amazing blog hop for you today so, hopefully, you are coming from Jessica's blog and if not, you won't want to miss her amazing creations or anyone's for that matter!  So make sure you didn't miss anyone and start at the Lil' Inker Blog.  Now for the fun!

My projects today feature the products that are a little more whimsical and fun in my mind.  I started with probably my favorite set, Rustic Christmas stamps and the Rustic Christmas dies.  I just love the sketchy look of these.  Totally gorgeous!

I have been hoarding this gorgeous paper since last Christmas.  I was just waiting for the perfect stamp set to make the most of it and I found that in Rustic Christmas.  It almost looks like they were made for each other.  So, I started with this cute mountain scene and added a Dual Dotted Circle cut from the Super Kids Paper and stamped with the city scene in Rustic Christmas.  Next, I stamped and cut some trees and snowflakes in matching inks using the Rustic Christmas dies.  I cut a Stitched Mats: Long & Skinny Rectangle from our Ombre Stripes Paper Pad to stamp with the sentiment and layer with all the trees around the city.  A few sequins for some sparkle and my card was complete.  Here's a closer look:

Next up, something cute and a little snarky.  The Moody Santa Stamps and Moody Santa Dies fit the bill perfectly!  I paired those with a word from the new Brush Script Christmas Word Dies.  They are GORGEOUS!

I started this card with a paper from the Tribal Chic Paper Pack.  I just loved how the colors were Christmasy but not exactly.  I like playing with different colors at Christmas.  Next, I cut this gorgeous snowflake paper with the Silly Stitched Die Set.  I layered this on my card front and added a Stitched Scallop Border using paper from the So Prickly Paper Pack.  I stamped my sentiment from Moody Santa Stamps on a graph pocket scrapbooking card and trimmed it to fit under my border but not over the snowflake layer.  Next I stamped my santa using the fun faces included in the Moody Santa Stamps and cut him out using Moody Santa Dies.  I colored him with copic and added him to my card front.  Next, I added a Brush Script Christmas Word cut in black.  My card felt like it had a little hole in it so I thought about adding presents and the perfect present was in the Party Pachyderms Stamps.  Here's a closer look:

Please note the new and awesome prize for commenting along the hop!  You won't want to miss out on this chance!  :)

I hope you enjoyed my creations and will join the rest of the team on the hop.  You'll want to leave comments along the way because Laura is giving away the ENTIRE NEW RELEASE to a lucky commenter during the new release hop.  You have until October 30th at 11:30PM EST to comment.  The winner could be you.  I hope you are enjoying our new release!  We love sharing these awesome products with you!  Be sure to keep hopping, here's the list:

Laura/Shop

Joy Taylor

 Amy Kolling

Jessica Frost Ballas

Chrissy Larson <---Yup, that's me!!!

Stephanie Gold

Sarah Jay

Jen Carter

Heather Hoffman

Karen Baker

Angel Rivera

Lisa Henke

Don't forget you can check out the new release right now in the Lil' Inker Store and you can get all the goodies I used today.  Here's what I used: