Lil' Inker Designs July Release: Day 1

Hello!  It's time for a new Lil' Inker Designs release! The new products are already available in the  Lil' Inker Designs store!  If you are following along in the blog hop you should have come from Heather Hoffman's blog! There are three $15 gift certificates to the LID store up for grabs, so the more blogs you comment on, the better your chances are of winning!  Today, I have 2 cards to share.

This first card is made using a WONDERFUL new set that I have fallen in love with called Doodled Daisies Stamps and they coordinate with the Doodled Daisies Dies.  Honestly, I had to stop myself from using this set on every single card!  Not only are there these beautiful doodled flowers but some gorgeous sentiments (which I'll share later on this week & you can see in the image of the sets at the end of this post).  To color these flowers I used a mixture of watercolor paints and distress inks (used as watercolors) on top of white embossing. 

The large "Thanks" is another new die, this one from the Everyday Words Tag Dies set.

For this card I used the Doodled Daisies Stamps and the Doodled Daisies Dies but in a very different way than I did on the first card.  To start this card I used the very cool new Quilted Stitched Spirals Die that stitched a fun, fun pattern into the patterned paper. 

I used the new Boxed Up: So Happy for You die, cut in orange, and then layered the Doodled Daisies Stamps and the Doodled Daisies Dies on top.  This time for the flowers, I stamped the solid image with ink (on 2 of them) and then the coordinating detailed outline image on top in a darker ink.  For the turquoise flower I stamped the outline image onto colored cardstock.

 Doodled Daisies Stamps

Doodled Daisies Dies

 Quilted Stitched Spirals Die

Boxed Up: So Happy for You die 

Everyday Words Tag Dies

All of the Lil' Inker products that I've used (and more!) are available to purchase right now in the Lil' Inker Designs store!  Your next stop on the blog hop is over to Angel Rivera's blog!

Thank you SO MUCH for joining me today!  Be sure to come back tomorrow for more previews of the new products!

ShowCASe Your Style Flying High

It's time for another ShowCASe Your Style Challenge!  This week the theme is based on an inspiration photo that I have shared at the end of the post.

I took inspiration from the photo by using the hot air balloons & clouds and also through the colors in the photo.  I stamped the balloons from the new Clearly Whimsy Up, Up, & Away stamp set and cut them out (there is a coordinating die set available here too).  I stamped the fun little banner onto the largest balloon that is included in the stamp set.  The sentiment is from Up, Up and Away Sentiments.  I also die cut those wonderful clouds using the new Stitched Clouds die set.  I love those swirly clouds!  

I hope you'll play along with us!  We would love to see your creations using stamps from the Clearly Whimsy line, but all products are welcome to be used and no one is disqualified from winning!  The challenge is open for 2 weeks.  You can link up your cards and see the other DT samples by clicking here.  There are prizes up for grabs too, so be sure to check that out too!

Have a great day!  

Other products used:

Patterned Paper: Avery Elle The Everyday Collection, Heidi Swapp September Skies

Cardstock: PTI White, Soft Stone, Melon Berry

Ink:  Amuse Ocean & Papaya; Fresh Ink Coral; Avery Elle Raspberry & Truffle