Lil' Inker Designs October Release Blog Hop Day #3

Well, it's the last day of our new release hop at Lil' Inker Designs and I'm super excited to show off my last project but before we get into all that I have to make sure you are coming here after visiting Sarah.  If not, head on over to the the Lil' Inker Blog so you don't miss a a stop on the hop.  You won't want to miss a thing!  While you are visiting the Lil' Inker Blog, make sure you go check out the Lil' Inker Store where all of the new release goodies, and a whole lot more, are ready and waiting for you to put in your cart.  Now it's time to show off some of my favorite products of this release!  I've only got one set of projects today but I think you'll really like it.

I went a little crazy with the Triangle Treat Holder Die.  How could I resist though?  They are just too much fun! 

I just couldn't wait to create an adorable Santa with the new Make A Santa Die & Stamp Bundle.  I cut out my beard and gave it a little texture with the Cover Up Die:  Stitched Woodgrain.  It was so cute with the heart positioned right in the middle of Santa's beard!  When I had all my Santa pieces cut (including an extra hat cuff which I cut in a flesh tone to use as Santa's face),  I assembled them all on my red Triangle Treat Holder.  Santa's hat needed a little extra fun so I added some holly using Holly Jolly Dies.  I tied my treat holder closed with some red and white twine and a glittery "WISH" from Holiday Word Die Tags and a sentiment from the Make A Santa Die & Stamp Bundle on a Sentiment Flag Original Die.  What fun way to give someone a little treat or to even use as an ornament! 

I couldn't stop at just one Triangle Treat Holder.  I cut two more our of fun festive Christmas paper and tied them with the same red and white twine as Santa.  I attached glittery cuts from the Holiday Word Die Tags and then a little extra shine with golden bells from the awesome Jingle Bell die set.

They look so cute spilling out peppermint candies or even all tied up like the one below.

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

Maureen Merritt

Amy Kolling

Karen Baker

Laura Williams

 Jen Carter

Sarah Jay

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

Lisa Henke 

  Heather Hoffman 

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:

Lil' Inker Designs October New Release Hop Day 2!

It's day two of the Lil' Inker Designs New Release Hop and I get to share even more fun goodies with you today!  I'm sure you've already been eyeing all the awesome new items since, lucky for you, you can get it all right now in the Lil' Inker Store.  You should have come here from the amazing Karen Baker's blog.  Hopefully, you can still see after she blinded you with her awesomeness!  If you didn't, don't miss out on anything and make sure you start at the beginning of the hop by going to the Lil' Inker Blog.  For now, I'm ready to show off some more fun stuff!

First up, I made a cute card using the Ornamental Christmas Stamps and Ornamental Christmas Dies.

I started by creating a frame for my card using Dual Dotted Rectangles.  Then I cut two stockings out of my card front using the Ornamental Christmas Dies to make windows for a shaker card.  I then stamped my stocking in the center in black for a focal point using Ornamental Christmas Stamps.  After adhering acetate to my stocking windows, adding foam tape, and filling them with sequins, I added some fun black and white patterned paper as the background of my shakers.  I ended up with a simple, fun, and slightly elegant card.  Can't beat that!
 
Next, for a little more Christmas fun, I used the Oh My Ornament Dies and the All the Christmas You'll Ever Need Stamps to create this fun card.

I started by cutting ornament upon ornament from various colors of paper using the Oh My Ornament Dies.  I love being able to cut the hanger separate and I decided to use some silver paper for them to get a little shine on the card.  I cut a larger ornament from some glitter paper to hold my sentiment from the All the Christmas You'll Ever Need Stamps.  This set is serious all you could possible need sentiment wise and I LOVE how they are arranged and decorated.  There is a ton of fun to be had with this stamp set.  I strung my ornaments on some twine and hung my larger ornament from this twine with another piece of twin.  The ornament are free floating on this card and I think it adds just a little extra fun!

You get a third project today, can you believe it?  I just couldn't help myself from dressing up a gift bag with the Oh Deer Christmas Stamp Set.

I started this fun tag with a cut of red and a cut of vellum using the Lollipop and Pencil Treat Holder Die.  I just love the shape of this for tags and it has the perfect spot for ribbon!  I stamped my deer image from Oh Deer Christmas Stamp Set in a permanent black ink and then colored on the backside of my vellum with copics.  I love how it gives an almost frosted look to the coloring.  Next, I embossed some of the snow around the edges of my tag with white embossing using some of the berry shapes for larger snow flakes.  I finished it off with a big red ribbon which looks just amazing on my chevron bag.

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

Lisa Henke

Amy Kolling 

Jen Carter

 Heather Hoffman 

Laura Williams

Sarah Jay

Karen Baker

Chrissy Larson <---Yup, that's me!!! 

Maureen Merritt

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:

 

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:

It's Your Birthday, DONUTS! ;)

Good morning, everyone!  Happy Thanksgiving eve.  ;)  I have a quick card set to share with you and I wanted to do it before I gorge myself on turkey and the fixings tomorrow.  I make lots of birthday cards... I mean TONS!  Our church sends out birthday cards to all the congregation members and I make every single one.  I LOVE IT!  It gives me a chance to try out new ideas and practice my mass producing skills.  It also doesn't hurt that making all those cards TOTALLY justifies needing more supplies.  Darn...shopping.  I made some fun cards this time around but I wanted to share this one with you because it is simple and so easy to make for boys, girls, men, or women.  Can't beat a card like that, right?  Well, here it is:

See what I mean?  Simple and easily adaptable.  I used the Lil' Inker Designs Eat More Donuts and Fancy Feathers stamp sets to create these cards.  I started with some cream cardstock for a base and stamped my sentiment and donut ring in chocolate brown.  Then I went crazy with different frosting colors (these two were my favs).  I added some fun enamel dots to add a few extra "sprinkles" to the card.  They turned out super cute and you can crank these out in no time which is one of the things that I love about the Eat More Donuts set.  It looks awesome if you keep it clean and simple but you can totally gussy it up and make it fancy too.  LOVE!

I hope you enjoyed my cards and that you have a wonderful time with your family and friends this holiday.  Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Sunshine on a Cloudy Day

It's COLD here!  Luckily, it is supposed to warm up for the weekend.  Hey, I'll take 40 right now!  ;)  I had this idea for a card using the Border Builders die set from Lil' Inker Designs floating around in my head for awhile but just couldn't get it on a card for some reason.  Then, I saw our 100th sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch and it clicked.  When paired with Sun Sentiments and the Sunshine Die, the Border Builders die set helped me make a perfect second take on sketch #100.  What do you think?

I cut the Border Builders die set out of different gray papers for my cloudy day and the Sunshine Die out of a nice happy yellow.  I tipped my clouds in different directions when I stuck them down and made my sun peek out amongst the clouds.  My background is a stencil that I laid on this blueish cardstock then dabbed with my versamark ink pad.  It gave a subtle but not perfect look which I actually kind of like.  The sentiment, from Sun Sentiments, was just perfect and a little bling finished the whole thing off rather nicely.

I hope you like my extra take on sketch #100 and how I used all these fun Lil' Inker Designs products.  Here's hoping I see a little sun today.  ;)

Playing With Snowflakes & Sketches

I couldn't resist it.  I told you that I love CAS(E) this Sketch #98, right?  Well, I was getting the winners' post together and just had to play with the sketch one last time.  As luck would have it, I love the card I created this time also.  I'm telling you, some sketches you just can't lose with.  I think you'll agree.  It didn't hurt that I used the AMAZING new Cover Up Die:  Snowflakes from Lil' Inker Designs.  Can you really make a bad card with something so awesome?  I'd like to congratulate the winners for Sketch #98 and I hope you guys are having as much fun with our sketches as I am.  Enjoy!

So I flipped the sketch on edge for this card and I cut the Cover Up Die: Snowflakes die out of a light gray cardstock.  I cut that into two pieces and adhered the larger piece to the top and the smaller piece to the bottom of my darker gray cardstock.  After trimming off the excess die cut, I added a glittery Joy Word Die, a patterned paper banner, and vellum banner embossed with a portion of a sentiment from the Sun Sentiments Stamp Set.  I added a few enamel dots and I now have another amazing take on the sketch.  I hope you like it and enjoy checking out the winners over at CAS(E) this Sketch.  Have a great one!

Lil' Inker Designs October Release Day 3

Hi everyone!  Today's the last day of the Lil' Inker Designs October Release blog hop.  I'm super excited to share my creations with you today but also bummed that the hop is over.  Luckily, I have more creations up my sleeve to share with you a bit later.  ;)  You should have gotten here via Amy's blog.  If not, you might want to go to the Lil' Inker blog to make sure you start at the beginning and don't forget, all of these awesome products are already available in the Lil' Inker Store.

First I want to share what I made using the Limited Edition Gift and Note Card Holder Die.

I used some fun ribbon to package my coffee and then die cut the Limited Edition Gift and Note Card Holder Die from a light weight red cardstock to fit my gift card.  I decorated the front of my gift card holder using the previously released Holly Jolly Dies.  Then I layered a sentiment which I stamped after masking off a portion from the Big Christmas Stamp Set over a strip of green glitter tape.  I stamped a greeting from an older set called Holly Jolly Sentiment Stamps on the inside flap.  I just love how it all came together.

Next up, I had some fun with the Baubled Christmas Tree Die and Stitched Script Holiday Word Dies.

 I used two tones of wood paper for this card and I LOVE it!  I used Stitched Mats:  Rounded Rectangle Dies to cut the cherry wood and then used Stitched Script Holiday Word Dies to add my sentiment to the bottom after die cutting the main image with the Baubled Christmas Tree Die.  I added this to a natural color of wood and then added all the little cut pieces back to show off the negative image of this die.  I inked up the edges with some distress ink to add a little depth.  A little bling in some of these fun circles and you have a lovely little card.  

My final card uses the amazing Seasonal Stars Die Set.  I LOVE this die set and this is my favorite card that I have created in a very long time!

I used the Seasonal Stars Die Set to cut out brown, red, and turquoise cardstock.  I added these to my pearlized card base, added a strip of vellum, and the Joy Word Die from a previous release cut from gold foil cardstock.  Simple clean and WOW...those stars are AMAZING!  

 

Thanks so much for joining us for my first ever release blog hop with Lil' Inker Designs.  I'm SO excited to be joining this team and getting to share the amazingly fun stamps and dies with you guys.  It's been a blast and I hope you will check out the rest of the ladies on the hop.  Leave some comments along the way also for a chance to win one of the three $15 store credits that Laura is giving out.  Here's the blog hop list:

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

Have a great day and don't forget you can get the new release right now in the Lil' Inker Store!