Stitched Mats!

Welcome back to another great release day with Lil' Inker Designs!! Have you just LOVED what you've seen so far!?  I think that Laura has truly outdone herself!  Party hats, balloons, coloring stamp sets and now today we are showcasing Stitched Mats which is such a cool concept and has such a fun and unique look!

Today on the hop you should have come from Laura Nehring's blog.  If you would like to start at the beginning, be sure to visit Laura Pryor's blog.

You probably noticed these mats on one of the cards I posted on Monday.  I just couldn't resist using them!

For today's card I paired the stitched mats with another new die set, Party Hats.  Take a look at that fun mat that the partying coffee cup is sitting on.  Isn't that stitched detail just the coolest?  And I failed to mention the fun sentiments on Monday that are included in the "You're Invited" stamp set.  This one is so fun!  The bottom part says, "Thank You For Making My Day Special (The Real Gift Was Seeing You)".  And another of my favorites from the set is "We're Blowing Up the Balloons and Icing the Cake to Celebrate Your Birthday"!

 Can you just imagine with me what images and/or die cuts that you have in your arsenal that you could pair with these adorable party hats?  Acorns, so many of your coloring images, cupcakes, and even the new balloon dies from Lil' Inker would be fun with a party hat! So, I thought why not put a party hat on a coffee cup!? 

These new mats come with 6 nesting dies.  The largest one doesn't cut out the rectangle, but it makes the stitched lines as a border all around your card front.  Isn't that COOL?

Here is the smallest mat die in action.  I used it for tabs on the side of the card.

One last card for today.  This one uses the new Balloon Dies which rock!  I used the Stitched Mat die for the cloud background.  I then used the star balloon die cut (which means that you also have those cute little stars left over after you cut out the balloon shape to use on another project!) for my balloons and tied Twinery twine for the balloon tails.  

Don't you just LOVE that Stitched Mat detail?  And those adorable balloon dies!!  The sentiment is also from the "You're Invited" stamp set.

Don't forget that we are giving away some prizes this week! We have 2 secret prize blogs and we'll be giving away two $10 store credits and a choice of stamp sets from the new release to two more winners! 

Your next stop on the hop is to Mary's blog!  

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you enjoyed the cards!

Party!!

Hello!! Wow, I have been a way for a while, huh!?  Life has just been so busy but I'm seeing some down time now and excited to get back to crafting again more regularly!   

Welcome to another great release from Lil' Inker Designs!! We have some FUN stuff you are going to want to have in your hands soon!   We are teaming up with the Lil' Inker Designs Color Team for this release so not only do we have dies & coordinating stamp sets, but we also have cute new images from the Color Line! 

 If you are following along with the blog hop you should have come from Judith Gowdy's fun blog!  If you would like to start at the beginning, visit Laura's blog!

 So without further ado, let's get on to the sneak peeks!

First up is a card made with the Party Hat die set & You're Invited stamp set!  These little party hats are adorable and so versatile! You can mix and match the patterns or make a solid hat! For this hat I used the solid party hat die, the dotted party die, the fringe border & the star puff at the top.   That cute little scalloped border if from the new "You're Invited" stamp set!  Very cute!  The sentiment is also from that set!

 Here are the product graphics so you can see all the possibilities!

Isn't the fringe on the bottom of the hat cute?  For party hat fringe, I used origami paper which is very thin and I like how it turned out.  It isn't as stiff as cardstock so it "fringes" really well!  I also used this on the side of my card too (the solid green).  To cut the fringe on the side of my card, I used the Lil' Inker Fringe Flower Die and cut it in half.  I also did this with the polka dotted cardstock.  Then, I used my fingers to puff the fringe up and attached it to my card.  This carried the fringe, party theme throughout the entire card.

 

For this next card, I used one of the balloon dies to create a pumpkin!  There are so many fun shapes of balloons and I bet that they would all make fun pumpkins, but I used sort of an oblong shaped balloon. I cut three of the balloons in orange and one in brown for the stem and then layered them all.  

Here's a closeup of the pumpkin and that fabulous sentiment is from the Acorn Stamp Set.

Here's a look at all of today's new products!  Come back on Wednesday & Friday to see more fun stuff being released and visit the design team all week to see samples using lots of new products!  These products are already available in the Lil' Inker Store, so be sure to grab your sets soon!

Also, be sure to comment on the blogs along the way!  Two secret blogs will have winners drawn from the comments left, so the more you comment, the better your chances are of winning!  Two commenters will have a chance to win a stamp set of your choice from the new illustrated sets and two more commenters will win a  $10 store credit!  

Your next hop on the blog is to Laura Nehring's blog!

Thanks for stopping by!

You're OWL Old??

Hello and welcome!! I am excited to be joining the Lil' Inker Designs new Color Team for this super fun release today!  If you are following the blog hop, and you'll want to because there are prizes involved, you should have come from Laura Nehring's blog!  If you would like to start at the beginning, be sure to visit the Lil' Inker blog!

I was able to design with the cutest little owl set (you know I love owls, right?)!  It is called Birthday Owl and is already for purchase in the Lil' Inker Designs store along with several other new stamp sets that the Color Team will be debuting all week!

 I decided my owl needed to be pink!  I cut the balloons out of patterned paper & popped them up with pop dots, added glittered stickles to the polka dotted hat and glued a small pom pom on top.  Just a little bit of dimension goes a long way.  That pink and white stripe at the bottom is washi tape.  I love how easy it is to add a little extra with just a strip of tape!

Here is a look at the complete set.  I love the sentiments included too!

 Are you wondering what prizes are up for grabs and how to win them? Two secret blogs in the hop this week will have a commenter who wins!  So the more comments you leave, the better your chances are at winning!  The prizes are: two 2 Cute Ink sets of your choice and another winner will win two Sugar Kissed Cottage sets (a NEW line from Lil' Inker Designs!) of their choice from the new release!  That's a great prize!

So to continue on with the fun, your next stop of the blog hop is over to Judith Gowdy's blog!

Thanks for stopping by!

Shine On!

Hello!! How are you all?

Sorry for the LONG absence!  I've started a new job, that will be part-time next week but for the last two weeks has been full-time.  As I've adjusted to the schedule, I found I just didn't have enough time to sit and post!  Hopefully that will change this next week as I begin a new part-time schedule!

I have several cards that I made for this past Lil' Inker release that I still haven't shared with you, so I want to show you one today!

This card was very much inspired by my favorite patterned paper collection at the time I made this last month (and it still may be my favorite today!!), Summer Fresh by Simple Stories!  I love, love this paper and it is so much fun combining the different patterns.  I have used a lot of Lil' Inker products on this card including :

Sunshine Die (large)

Rainbows & Clouds Dies

Sentiment Flag Original Die

Sun Sentiments Stamp Set

The sun on this card is actually interactive in that I made it so that it can spin.  That is kind of hard to demonstrate on a still photo, but you can see in the closeup how it is popped up.  I attached some thin chipboard to the back side of the cardstock so that it would spin.  A little bit of a fun element.

Thank you for visiting today! I will have a post up on Tuesday for another new release from Lil' Inker, this time I'm posting with the Lil' Inker Color Team for a cute, cute new release that you won't want to miss!

Have a great weekend!