CTS #136

Good morning everyone!  We are headed to the Iowa State Fair this morning...fried stuff on a stick anyone?  ;)  The boys are super excited and I have to admit, so am I!  I feel like a little kid.  There's just something magical about the state fair and no matter how crowded or hot, we always have a great time.  I am a little sad that there will be no chickens at the fair this year.  That's always one of my favorite spots.  I love to look at all the gorgeous breeds and pick what I want to add to our little flock.  A girl HAS to have options.  ;)  I guess I'll have to focus my attention on talking the hubby into "needing" goats this year.  Ha ha.  We'll see. 

I'm also excited to share my card for this week's CAS(E) this Sketch challenge.  You can check out the sketch on the blog and join us there by adding your card to the line up.  I'd LOVE to see what you create.  Here's my card:

My card this week was super simple but I love how it turned out!  I think I'll be doing this with some other colors and patterns.  I started with a Dip Dyed Ombre background from Lil' Inker Designs.  I used my curvy Border Builder's Die to curve my sentiment just right on my acrylic block.  The sentiment is from Mama Elephant's Photo Bomb stamp set.  I stamped my sentiment on the background and then die cut two different colors of Ombre Stripes with the Border Builder's Die and layered them around the sentiment allowing the green to peek out from under the purple.  I trimmed off the excess paper from the top and bottom and added it to a folded card base.  Super simple!

I hope you'll come join us over at CAS(E) this Sketch this week!  We'd love to see you.  Here are the awesome products I used today:

    

Lil' Inker Designs August Monthly Meetup

It's that time again!  Time for this month's, Lil' Inkers Designs' Monthly Meet Up Challenge.  I'm ready to get started.  This challenge is super special this month because it's Lil' Inker Designs' 5th birthday!!!  We are celebrating with a fun new release stamp and die set that you are going to want in your collection!  I can't wait to share my card and see what you guys create for this awesome link up!  Let's get this party started!  I'll get to all the nitty gritty of the challenge after I show you the fun new birthday products and my creation.

Are you ready for a super fun birthday release?  The Birthday Balloons Greetings Stamps and Dies are available today so you can join in the fun.  These are SO cool!  The stamps have the most awesome sentiments and designs inside the image.  I just love them!  The dies are awesome to use with the stamps and on their own.  There is SO much fun to be had, just check out my card.

I started my card with some fun cloud paper as my background then cut a piece of paper from the Ombre Stripes paper pack to pop up with some foam tape.  Then I cut some balloons using the Birthday Balloons Greetings Dies and cutting my images from colored vellum, navy paper which was impressed with the Quilted Swirl Stitched Pattern Die and finally out of white for stamping my Birthday Balloons Greetings Stamps image on.  After deciding how I would layer these balloons, I stamped my strings and attached the balloons.  I finished the card off with some stars and sparkle bling.  I hope you like it!

Now, here are the details of this awesome challenge!

• Make a new project or share something you've been working on featuring LID goodies!
• Post this project to your blog or favorite gallery. 
• Link your project to our challenge by using the InLinkz tool at the bottom of the challenge post.
• You can also win by sharing your project on Instagram and using @lilinkerdesigns, #lilinkerdesigns #monthlymeetupchallenge.
• You have through August 18th at 11:30 PM EST to link your project and share on Instagram to be eligible to win a prize.  
• Projects should exclusively feature LID goodies to be eligible to win but do not need to exclusively feature LID goodies to join our Meet Up.
• This month's grand prize is a $50 gift certificate to Lil' Inker Designs and Laura will also be giving a $25 gift certificate to one lucky Instagram poster! 
• Winners will be announced in a new blog post shortly after August 18th.

So, get to your crafty space and start playing!  We can't wait to see what you are doing with the amazing products from Lil' Inker Designs.  I'll see you over on the Lil' Inker Designs blog!  Can't wait to play along with you.  Also don't miss out on the amazing sale to celebrate this awesome occasion!  Check it out:

Here are the products I used today:

 

 

Lil' Inker Designs June Release Day 2

It's day two of the Lil' Inker Designs New Release Hop and I'm having the hardest time deciding what to share with you on what days because I think it's all SO amazing!  How's a girl to choose?  Lucky for you, you can get it all right now in the Lil' Inker Store.  How awesome is that?  Fabulous, gorgeous, awesome, they all pretty much sum up Lea's designs and hopefully you are coming here from her blog.  If not, don't miss out and make sure you start at the beginning of the hop, right here on the Lil' Inker Blog.  Now I get to show off some more goodies including the new Ombre Pattern Paper Packs.

First up, I'm going to show off Wrappers Delight: Sunburst Die and Go Confidently Stamps.

So, I had this cute little cupcake box in one of my favorite colors and I had no idea what I was going to do with it.  That is, until I saw the Wrappers Delight: Sunburst Die.  I decided this didn't have to be a cupcake box.  I could totally use it as a gift box for a special graduate that I knew would love it.  So, I grabbed my Go Confidently Stamps and set to work.  I cut the Wrappers Delight: Sunburst Die out of a fun yellow heart paper, stamped my sentiment, and attached it to the window on my box.  I used the wrapping idea of this die and wrapped it around the edges.  I love how it makes the whole box look special.  I liked it but felt like it needed a little something more.  So, I grabbed my Stitched Stars Die Set and cut some stars in coordinating colors.  I layered these on my box front and added a little bling to finish it off.  How cute will this be with a little gift wrapped in some tissue paper inside?  Just perfect!

Next up, I had some fun with the Go Confidently Stamps, Ombré Stripes Paper Pad, Party Pachyderms Stamps and Party Pachyderms Die Set.

Don't you just love the new pattern papers?  I sure do!  I used a piece from the Ombré Stripes Paper Pad for the background of this card and it is just amazing!  I paired it with a pocket scrapbooking 3x4 card that I had lying around that I knew would be perfect with some sentiments from the Go Confidently Stamps.  I positioned the sentiments on the card but it felt like it needed something even more to make it truly awesome.  I knew just the party animal to call upon, the Party Pachyderms Stamps and new Party Pachyderms Die Set.  I stamped my little guy in ombre ink to add a little more of that amazing look to this card.  Then, I finished the whole thing off with some gold stars and sequins.  So fun!

Here's a quick look at the products I used today:
 

 

I had such a good time with these new pattern papers!!  I don't want you to miss out so I thought I'd share them all again.  ;) 

   

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

Jen Carter 

Lisa Henke

Karen Baker 

Sarah Jay

Lea Lawson

Chrissy Larson <---Yup, that's me!!! 

Laura Williams 

Amy Kolling

Amy Tsuruta (Guest) 

Heather Hoffman

Maureen Merritt

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