Monday, September 12, 2016

Lil' Inker Designs September Release 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, lucky for you, you can get it all right now in the Lil' Inker Store.  Hopefully, you checked out all of Jessica's amazing creations before hopping here.  If not of it you get lost along the hop you can always find your spot by going to the Lil' Inker Blog.  For now, I'm ready to show off some more fun stuff!

First up, I made this elegant thank you card using Reap A Harvest Stamps and Reap A Harvest Dies.


I started by stamping and die cutting all of the amazing fall foliage in the Reap A Harvest Stamp Set.  These are some AMAZING stamps.  Just look at those acorns!!!  The Reap A Harvest Dies cut like a dream and are so easy to position.  Love it!  Next, it was time to color.  I started to go with your typical fall colors but then, I watched an episode of Peg + Cat with my littlest and the whole thing had a Japanese ink painting style background.  It was awesome looking with the monotone coloring and varying dark and light splotches.  I knew I wanted to do something similar but black seemed too harsh for such lovely images.  So, I went with blue and I LOVE how it turned out.  I added some gold touches here and there on the tips of some leaves and then got to figuring out the rest of the card.  I decided to keep with the monotone and picked a blue base and some blue striped paper to be my background for the focal images.  Next, I added a strip of vellum stamped with a sentiment from Reap A Harvest Stamp Set.  To be perfectly honest, my way of getting to this sentiment look was a bit of a mess.  I stamped first with a navy ink pad and heat set it.  When I layered that with the striped paper, it got lost.  So, I decided to see if I could steady my hands and offset some gold embossing.  Thank goodness it worked out!  I still thought it needed something to really ground the sentiment so I added a strip of gold tape that you use on your fingernails.  It was just the right thickness and gave me just the look I was going for.  With my sentiment in place, I arranged my flora all about.  Here's a closer look (you can see the blue in the sentiment well here):


Next up, I created a fun little birthday card using Super Kids Stamp Set, Super Kids Die Set, the Super Kids Paper Pack, the Wonky Rectangles Die Set, and the previously released Silly Stitched Die Set.


I went a little crazy with the pattern on this card but I just couldn't choose one paper from the Super Kids Paper Pack.  They are all so cute it was too hard to choose so I picked a few that I liked together.  Them I added some stitching using the Silly Stitched Die around the edges of my chevron card base.  Next I cut some cute layers with the Wonky Rectangles Die Set.  I layered these shapes up, hung them off the card front, and then cut off the overage.  Next, I stamped out images from the Super Kids Stamp Set and cut them with the Super Kids Die Set.  I colored my images to coordinate with the papers and layered them with some banners stamped with sentiment from Super Kids.  A little enamel heart finished it all off.  Here's a closer look:  



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!

 Chrissy Larson <---Yup, that's me!!!

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:

https://www.lilinkerdesigns.com/reap-a-harvest-stamps/#_a_clarson

https://www.lilinkerdesigns.com/reap-a-harvest-dies/#_a_clarson

https://www.lilinkerdesigns.com/reap-a-harvest-dies/#_a_clarson

https://www.lilinkerdesigns.com/super-kids-die-set/#_a_clarson
 
https://www.lilinkerdesigns.com/super-kids-paper/#_a_clarson

https://www.lilinkerdesigns.com/wonky-rectangles-dies/#_a_clarson

https://www.lilinkerdesigns.com/silly-stitched-die-set/#_a_clarson

16 comments:

  1. I really like both cards, but the blue is such a unique color and so striking!

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  2. Love that pretty Reap a Harvest set and your lovely card! Great colors! Fun layers and colors on your Super Kids card also!

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  3. Your cards make me smile. I like your unique approach.

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  5. It's hard to believe that blue and gold work so well for a FALL-themed card! But I got to say that I love this unique card, too!

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  6. I like the non-traditional colors of your lovely fall card and super cute birthday card.

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  7. Love the blue and gold card - it's so elegant! But that Super Hero bunny is my favorite!

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  8. I would never have thought to use blue--looks great!

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  9. Beautiful cards! When I first saw the blue card, I thought this was the wrong post. I LOVE it! And the super kids are adorable (love that birdie!).

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  10. Love the variation between the cards! The first one is so elegant and beautiful, and the second one is so much fun!!

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  11. Wow, just WOW! That blue card is just stunning! Perfect touches of gold. And your little super-hero is just darling!

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  12. Beautiful cards!! Love the blue one with all of its elegance and the fun colors and image of your second card with the zig zags. Such fun contrast!!

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  13. I really love the beautiful shades of blue in your card and the fun kids card!

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  14. Great cards, I especially like the blue one!

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  15. Everyone that knows me, knows I hate blue -- but your blue card is a beauty! The shade of blue with the striped paper and the vellum and the gold really compliments it. Will my friends be surprized! The birthday card is so colorful and the stamps are adorable! It's a great release from Lil Inkers. I think I love it all! Thanks for sharing your great talent

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