CTS #166

Another awesome Thursday and another awesome sketch!  I had to photograph my card with my phone this week so, sorry if the picture quality isn't the greatest.  However, that's a small price to pay for getting to spend quality cousin time with these crazy boys!

What a bunch of silly gooses! 

Here's the card I created for this kinda crazy sketch.

I started with a black card base to make sure my colors popped.  Next, I used Cover Up Die: Center Point Chevron to cut both a white and a red version of my chevrons.  I cut my red Cover Up in half and attached it sideways on the card front.  Then I filled in the spaces with cuts from my white cut.  I thought it needed a little extra pop on the right side so I added a red chevron instead of another white.  I added my sentiment from Sketched Floral Stamps on one of the white chevrons.  I love how graphic this card is and I think it will make a great masculine card. 

I hope you enjoyed my card today!  We are packed up in the van heading back to Iowa!  Next time you hear from me, I'll be home!  I'll see you over at CAS(E) this Sketch!  :)

Here's what I used today:

Lil' Inker Designs October Release Blog Hop 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 Christmas fun with you!  I'm in desperate need of Christmas inspiration this time of year.  I always have a TON of Christmas cards and gifts to make and I just love getting new and inspiring products to make them with?  I can't wait to show off all the new release goodies and, lucky for you, they are available right now at the Lil' Inker Store!  We have an amazing blog hop for you today so, hopefully, you are coming from Maureen'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!

First up, did I say Christmas?  Ha ha!  Well, I have a little left of autumn to show off and it is the most AMAZING leaf set you have ever seen.  Here's what I made using Leaf Love Dies and Leafy Greetings Stamps:

I started this card with a shiny rectangle cut using the Dual Stitched Rectangles die.  You really can't beat that die set and I layered a piece of black and white triangle patterned paper on top to help make my leaf that I cut using the new Leaf Love Dies from black really pop.  To say I love these leaves is an understatement.  They are FABULOUS!  Just the right stitching to make them totally versatile and so many fun leaf shapes.  They are a great addition to anyone's collection.  To make them even better, you can combine them with Leafy Greetings Stamps like I did here by embossing my sentiment (that fits on my leaf perfectly, by the way) in gold.  The combo is just gorgeous and with a little twine, the card is finished.  Simple, clean, and perfect.

Now, it's time for some Christmas fun!  You know how much I love the Boxed Up Birthday Greeting Die well, now I get to rave about the new Merry & Bright Holiday Greeting Die. 

I combined this new die with a Dual Stitched Square Die to make my focal boxed sentiment.  The Merry & Bright Holiday Greeting Die is super cool because it doesn't cut out a box with the sentiment, it cuts out the negative space around the sentiment leaving the sentiment and some stitching behind.  So it's great for cutting a ton of different ways!  I chose to make a frame with is and then layer it on my card front with is decked out with the Center Point Chevron Die.  I stuck to a simple red and kraft color scheme to keep the card looking modern and fresh but still festive.

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 gives out a $15 Lil' Inker Designs store credit to a lucky commenter each day of the hop.  It could be you.  I'm sure I'll see you on the hop and tomorrow for another fun day of release projects.  See you then!

Laura/Shop

Laura Williams 

Jen Carter

Amy Kolling 

Sarah Jay

Heather Hoffman 

Maureen Merritt

Chrissy Larson <---Yup, that's me!!! 

Karen Baker

 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:

CTS #109

Today is a big day in this house!  Not only is it CAS(E) this Sketch day and throw back Thursday, it's my hubby's birthday!  I decided to combine all of those awesome things into one post.  So, in honor of my husband's birthday, here's a TBT picture that reminds me of just how amazing he is. 

This was taken in the NICU a couple days after our oldest was born.  To say the birth was stressful, is an understatement.  I was restricted to bed for 24 hours after the c-section and Isaac was in the NICU, so I only had a short glimpse of him right after he was born.  Brent made sure to bring me videos and pictures so I wasn't missing out on all that was going on with me little guy.  He was my rock and helped me when I was scared and emotional.  I will never forget how he was and still is everything I need in a partner.  I love him SO much and I look forward to many many years with this amazing husband, father, and friend.  Love you, sweetie!

Now for my card!

I had a great time with Sketch #109 and I hope you guys will too.  I used the Lil' Inker Designs Stitched Mats:  Side-Stitched Rectangles to make a fun edge on this card and then die cut some vellum with the Cover Up Die:  Center Point Chevron.  I added this to the edge and filled in the spaces with some gold chevrons.  I stamped my two Smooches and an awesome sentiment from the Smooches stamp set which I embossed in gold and outlined with a Copic multi liner.  I hope you like my take on the sketch and will join us over at CAS(E) this Sketch for some fun this week. 

Here are the products I used for this card.  Have a great day!!

 

CTS #107

Good morning!  It's another crazy morning around here.  We are all coughing like crazy people but feeling WAY better than we have been...thank goodness!  Today's CAS(E) this Sketch challenge is awesome.  I adore the sketch and I think you are going to also.  Make sure to go check it out.  Here's my card:

I used my new favorite die for this card, Cover Up Die: Center Point Chevron.  I used just the bottom portion of the die and one of the negatives to extend the bottom chevron.  I layered this die cut on some fun patterned paper and then used some other fun embellishments I had on my desk to finish it up.  I love how it turned out and you can expect to see many more cards using the Cover Up Die: Center Point Chevron die.

I hope you have a great day and enjoyed my card using the CAS(E) this Sketch challenge and the Lil' Inker Designs new release!

Lil' Inker Designs January Release Blog Hop Day 1

It's finally that time!!!  I get to share the January Lil' Inker Designs' new release with you.  I couldn't be more excited and I just know you are going to want it all.  Lucky for you, the whole release is available right now in the Lil' Inker Store.  Amy is first on this awesome hop and, hopefully, you got here via her blog.  If not, head on over to the the Lil' Inker Blog so you don't miss a thing.  You will want to see all the amazing creations for this release.

My first card was already shown off a little by Laura on the Facebook page.  I just LOVE this one!  It uses two of my favorite new products:  Cover Up Die: Center Point Chevron and the All You Need is Love Stamp set.

It was all about the gold for this card!  ;)  I cut this gorgeous Cover Up Die in a textured gold cardstock and layered it on some peach/blush colored cardstock.  I'm loving the peach, pink, and gold color combo lately.  I knew I wanted my sentiment to be gold but I didn't want it to get lost in all the other gold so, I stamped the sentiment from All You Need is Love on vellum first with black Archival Ink.  I stamped and embossed the sentiment on another piece of vellum and then I glued the gold sentiment slightly offset on top of the black sentiment.  Next, I cut around the layered image to create my shadowed sentiment vellum piece.  It worked out perfectly and I will be doing this layering again!  Especially with these amazing sentiments!  I used All You Need is Love on my next card as well!

You may notice that I stamped this sentiment on a super cool new rectangle die with a super cool new stitched look.  You aren't crazy, that's the new Stitched Mats:  Side-Stitched Rectangles.  Isn't it the coolest?  I just love the angled stitching.  It really makes your eye focus on what's in that rectangle.  In this case, it's a gorgeous sentiment from All You Need is Love stamped in Versamark.  This card didn't need much to be amazing.  My card base is patterned using the Quilted Stitched Pattern Die and I tossed on a few enamel dots but the rectangle and sentiment totally carry this card.  

Here's a quick summary of the products I used today:

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 gives out a $15 Lil' Inker Designs store credit to a lucky commenter each day of the hop.  It could be you.  I'm sure I'll see you on the hop and tomorrow for another fun day of release projects.  See you then!

Laura/Shop

Amy Kolling

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

Erin Lee Schreiner 

Jen Carter

Karen Baker

Kristen Foreman

Laura Williams

Lea Lawson

Lisa Henke

Mary Dawn Quirindongo

Maureen Merritt

Sarah Jay

Don't forget you can get the new release right now in the Lil' Inker Store!