CTS #195

Good morning everyone!  I hope you are having a great week so far.  I had a wonderful weekend packed with crafting, shopping, and amazing times with some amazing ladies!  I wouldn't trade our time at the Craft House for the world.  Every time I get to attend a Stamping Away weekend, I leave with a big smile on my face that just won't go away.  There is nothing like hanging out with so many fun and talented women to get your crafty mojo going.  I feel so lucky to get to attend and so thankful that Amy and Laurie put so much of their time and effort into ensuring we have a great time.  Just look at all these happy faces (and Jill's happy forehead, he he).

What a great time!  You can have a great time this week by playing along with our sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch.  Here's my take on the sketch:

I started my card this week by choosing patterned papers to layer.  I loved this floral with the polkadot but to ensure you see the separation of top and bottom as well as you do in the sketch, I also added a vellum layer.  I cut the floral paper with the Fringe Scalloped Border Builder Die Set and the vellum with a similar shaped Dual Dotted Border Builder Die before layering them on the polkadot paper.  Next, I stamped and cut some flowers using  Fresh Cut Flowers and the Fresh Cut Flowers Dies.  I arranged these on the card front along with a yellow Hello Word Die cut.  A touch of white with my gel pen and some pearls finish the card off nicely.  I hope you like it!

Thanks so much for checking out my card this week and I hope to see you over at CAS(E) this Sketch!  It's a fun challenge and I just know you'll love it!  Here's what I used for my card today:

Lil' Inker Designs March Release 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 these last couple products.  Hopefully, you started out at the the Lil' Inker Blog so you don't miss a stop on the hop and have come here from the amazing Karen's blog.  If you are feeling a little lost, make sure you hop back to the Lil' Inker Blog to get back on the trail of fun.  You can also 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!

My first project is a little something sweet using the Dual Stitched Egg & Easter Greeting Die and the Egg & Flower Stamps.

I found this awesome jar in the Target dollar section and knew it was perfect for Easter!  I started my tag using the leftover cut from my Kraft Pillow Box from yesterday's post.  I had cut a window using Dual Stitched Egg & Easter Greeting Die so I had a perfect little egg shape to stamp and emboss Egg & Flower Stamps unto.  I embossed in white and colored my flowers with copics.  I wasn't trying to be too neat with my coloring because I liked how it looked when color got on the embossing.  Here's a closer look:

I used a hole punch to turn my egg into a tag and attached it to my jar with some green ribbon.  My next project is a boxed set of birthday cards I made using Fresh Cut Flowers Stamps, Fresh Cut Flowers Dies, and packaged in the new Clear Gift Boxes. 

I  started this card on a piece of turquoise cardstock and arranged my floral design on my Misti.  I started with the white embossed layer and slowly added in additional elements from Fresh Cut Flowers Stamps.  I cut a couple flowers from a smoky brown cardstock using Fresh Cut Flowers Dies.  I added these to the layers along with some enamel dots and finished off the card with a sentiment from Awesome Blossoms Stamps which I had trimmed and stamped.  I packaged my cards in the new Clear Gift Boxes with matching envelopes and I'm pretty sure this little gift is going to my mother-in-law.  Here's a closer look at my card:

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 hope you enjoyed out new release!  We love sharing these awesome products with you!  Be sure to keep hopping, here's the list:

Laura/Shop

Lea Lawson

Karen Baker

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

Jen Carter

Amy Kolling 

Lisa Henke

Sarah Jay

Heather Hoffman 

Don't forget you can check out the new release right now in the Lil' Inker Store! Here's what I used for my projects today: