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!

Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #368

Welcome to the next Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #368!  This week the theme is a fun color scheme! The sponsor & prize is from A Day for Daisies.

I started my card by diecutting the white panel with a Silly Stitched die after I had printed the image on to my cardstock.   The Hello at the top was die cut out of patterned paper.

 The digital image I used from A Day for Daisies is called Chubby Flower Garden.  I colored the image using copic markers and used a colorless blender to add the dots.

The colors for this card were based on the above inspiration photo. I hope you'll join us this week for the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #368!  Thanks for stopping by!

Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #367

Welcome to the next Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #367!  This week the challenge is to use a tropical theme on your card!  Our sponsor this week and the prize is from Your Next Stamp.  I hope you'll be able to play along!

I was inspired again by the cupcake image.  I started my card by die cutting the mat with a Center Point Chevron die (LOVE this die!!).   I stamped my pineapples from Concord & 9th, they matched the theme perfectly!

Now that sentiment...that lovely black "celebrate" is die cut is from Your Next Stamps called Fancy Celebrate die.  And the sentiment underneath is from a great mix & match stamp set, also from Your Next Stamp, called Whatnot Sentiments Set Four.  There are beautiful fonts and lots of options for sentiments!

Here is the challenge photo to provide inspiration for this challenge.

I hope you'll join us this week at Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #367!

Thanks for stopping by!

Jesus Loves You

Hello!  I have updated my Stamps/Dies/Inks for Sale Page!  There are lots of new items added and lower prices too!  Click on the tab under my blog header that says Stamps for Sale or click here!  You'll find items for sale from Papertrey Ink, Verve, Whimsy, Reverse Confetti, Simon Says Stamp, etc, etc, etc...  Thanks for looking!

For today's card I used the one of the new Faith Words dies from Frantic Stamper.  I started by making the frame with the Elementals #14 Square Basics.  I love this die with the scallop detail!

For the sentiment I die cut "Jesus" from Faith Words #3 and then used the MFT sentiment to finish it off (from Cheerful Blessings).  I added the largest heart from the Country Heart die set.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Paper: Fancy Pants Millie & June