A Lil' Spring and A Deal!

Good morning, guys!  I was really feeling this warm weather we are having and decided to get a little springy!  It was great timing since I really wanted to share a special that is going on over at Lil' Inker Designs.  You can get the Hello, Awesome Stamp Set and Awesome Word Die free this month (while supplies last) with a $75 purchase! 

Now, through February 28th, 2018 (EST) or while supplies last, place an order of $75 or more and receive the Hello, Awesome Stamp Set and Awesome Word Die - a value of $15.95!  Just add both items to your cart and apply the code AWESOME at checkout!  Simple as that!  Now here's the springy card I created to share this news!

I used some Jane Davenport Mermaid Markers to create the watercolor stripes on my background.  They were super easy to use and I LOVE how bold the color is.  I used a water color pen to add some splatter and react with the markers.  So fun!  Next, I stamped and colored my bunny and carrot from the Rustic Spring Stamps.  Next, I used the Rustic Spring Dies to cut my images and placed the carrot in my bunny's hand.  I added the image to my background with some foam tape before using the Awesome Word Die to cut a portion of my sentiment.  I cut it several times and layered the cuts to give it dimension and finally stamped the remainder of my sentiment using Hello, Awesome Stamp Set.  Here's a closer look:

 
Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you like my card for the day and will check out the awesome deal at Lil' Inker Designs.  Have a great weekend!

Laura's Birthday & Lil' Inker Designs Anniversary Bloghop!

Hello everyone and happy birthday, Laura and Lil' Inker Designs!!!!  If you are just stumbling on my blog then maybe you haven't heard but the Lil' Inker Designs design team decided to surprise our fearless leader, Laura, with a little birthday bloghop to thank her for everything she does for us.  We are super excited to share with you all some our favorite Lil' Inker Designs creations and we hope you'll enjoy the hop as much as we enjoyed sneaking around to plan it.

First up, I want to make sure you know about the awesome sale Laura is offering to you guys TODAY ONLY!  Check it out:

Make sure to check out the Lil' Inker Blog to read all the details!  Now it's time for me to share some of my favorite cards from my time with Lil' Inker Designs.  It was not easy to choose but I went ahead and stuck to birthday cards!  :)

I did some mass die cutting to make this card using the Awesome Blossoms Dies.  Then I stamped them with Awesome Blossoms Stamps in various shades of ink.  I love how you can layer the stamps or not layer them and they still look just as awesome!  I added my flowers to a Stitched Mats: Dual Stitched Square that I had cut and stamped with a sentiment from Awesome Blossoms Stamps.  I chose this black pattern paper and mounted my focal point at an angle to match the angle of the words.  Finally, I trimmed off the overhang to finish the card.  Still one of my favorite cards!

This card from the most recent release will always be a favorite!  I actually started this card playing around with all the different combos of dies and stamp options available using Doodled Daisies Stamps and Doodled Daisies Dies.  These are really fun to play with and I enjoyed mixing and matching solid stamps with the image stamps.  When my desk was full of flowers, I realized I better figure out what I wanted to do with them all.  I found this green pattern paper that reminded me of the doodled quality of my stamped images so I went with that for a card base.  Next, I new I was dying to use the Happy Birthday Border Die so I cut it from black to make it really stand out against the green.  I added it to my card front using some foam tape so I had plenty of room to arrange flowers in front and behind the cut.  I laid all my flowers out so I could get the alignment of the swirly sprig just right before stamping it in black on my patterned paper.  Next, I fastened all my blooms to my card.  All done!  One more:

This final card just made me think of Laura!  She could totally pass for 29!  :)  I couldn't wait to use these Dotted Tag Dies!  They are SO cute.  So, I cut a tag out of a fun navy patterned paper and added a star from the Stitched Stars Die Set.  I stamped my sentiment from Keep It Sassy Stamps around my star and the Awesome Word Die that I added to build my full sentiment.  I added a ribbon and then put my tag on this card front cut using the Dual Dotted Rectangles Dies.  I added another cute stamp from Keep It Sassy to finish off my sentiment just below the tag before adding a little bling to the card as a finishing touch. 

I hope you enjoyed my creations and will join the rest of the team on the hop.  Don't forget to check out the sale in the Lil' Inker Store.

Laura/Shop

Heather Hoffman

Jessica Frost Ballas

Sarah Jay

Stephanie Gold

Joy Taylor

Angel Rivera

Lisa Henke

Amy Kolling

Jen Carter

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

Karen Baker

Ariana Grant

Have fun on the hop and happy birthday, Laura!!!!  Here are the products I used for these creations:

   

   

   

   

Lil' Inker Designs December 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 new products with you!  I think you are really going to enjoy this release.  It's packed with fun, as always!  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 Heather'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 is a card I created using the Inky Flower Stamps, Dual Dotted Circles, and With Sympathy Word Die.

I started this card with a piece of watercolor paper cut with Dual Dotted Circles.  How awesome is this cut!  I feel like it adds almost a matted look without having to actually mat it.  Next, I stamped my circle with the gorgeous flowers from the Inky Flowers Stamp Set and used some water colors to color them in.  I painted some of my water color on the drip stamps in the set and stamped those also for a little extra interest.  Next, I layered a vellum and a black With Sympathy Word die cut to help the black stand out just a bit more.  I had a perfect focal point now to layer on my black card base textured with the Quilted Stitched Pattern Die.

Next up, is a card I created using Dotted Tags Dies and Keep It Sassy Stamps.

I couldn't wait to use these Dotted Tag Dies!  They are SO cute.  So, I cut a tag out of a fun navy patterned paper and added a star from the Stitched Stars Die Set.  I stamped my sentiment from Keep It Sassy Stamps around my star and the Awesome Word Die that I added to build my full sentiment.  I added a ribbon and then put my tag on this card front cut using the Dual Dotted Rectangles Dies.  I added another cute stamp from Keep It Sassy to finish off my sentiment just below the tag before adding a little bling to the card as a finishing touch. 

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

Sarah Jay

Laura Williams

Heather Hoffman

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

Amy Kolling

Lisa Henke

Maureen Merritt

Karen Baker

Leah Lawson

Jen Carter

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:

 

 

 

Light It Up Blue!

Good morning everyone!  Today is a special day, it's the Light It Up Blue For Autism Awareness Bloghop!  I'm very happy to be a part of this amazing bloghop and if it opens the eyes of just one person or teaches someone a little something, it's a huge success in my mind.  It just warms my heart to be a part of a hobby that is full of people with such big hearts.  Autism touches the lives of a few very special people in my life and I'm blessed to know these unique and amazing individuals as well as the strong and amazing family and friends that support them in everything they do.  I hope my little blog post can put a smile on their faces, at least for a day.  Love you guys!

We have so many fantastic sponsors that have shown their support for Autism Awareness and you can see the complete list here:  Light It Up Blue For Autism Awareness Bloghop.  If you would like a chance to win a prize from one of these fabulous companies leave a comment on this blog, and any of the other blogs participating in today's hop!  Winners will be chosen at random and will be announced on Monday April 6.  To participate in the hop and to see all the other participants entries, make sure to check out this link.  Here's my blue for the day!

I used some fun blue patterned papers and cardstock to make these stars pop.  The stars are the Stitched Stars Die Set from Lil' Inker Designs and I took full advantage of their double stitching to use the negatives on my card front to peek through to the chevron paper behind.  After I layered my stars, I went to work on my sentiment using Hello, Awesome Stamps and the Awesome Word Die, which I LOVE!  I embossed the "Wow! You're" in white on navy vellum and then added the "Awesome" diecut.  I cut around my sentiment and added it and some extra bling to really light the whole card up!

I hope you enjoyed my card today and I hope you'll join us on this amazing bloghop!  For more information about autism, make sure you check out Autism Speaks.  Here's a look at what I used for my card: