Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #369

Welcome to the next Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #369!  This week the challenge is to use a Great Outdoors theme on your card!  Our sponsor this week and the prize is from My Grafico. All of the details, including prize information, can be found on the Cupcakes Inspiration blog.  I hope you'll be able to play along!

What a fun card to make!  I used several digital items from My Grafico on my card, starting with that adorable camper!  The banner was also from that same Cool Caravans set and I changed the background to yellow which is a nice option when using digital images.  The rest of the card was created with patterned paper Jillibean Soup.  The top part was embossed with a stitched die.

I hope you'll join us this week for the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #369!  Thanks for stopping by!

Wonderful

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Hello everyone!  I hope you are enjoying this summer day!  I'm (sadly) counting down to going back to work...next Monday I start up again in the school office.  I love my job but I wouldn't complain about another few weeks of summer break, lol!  And here I am talking about summer and today's card is one for Fall!  Now I'm definitely not ready for that yet! :)

This card was made with a few dies recently released from Frantic Stamper.  I used the Large Pumpkin Die and colored it with my zig markers. I love the details that are cut into the die cut!  I placed the pumpkin on top of a piece of patterned paper that I die cut using one of the Stitched Corner-Cut Tags.  I used a few pieces of patterned paper to create the sentiment and added some enamel dots to finish it off.

Thanks for joining me today!  Hope you have a wonderful summer day!

Lil' Inker Designs July Release: Day 3

Welcome back to day 3 of the Lil' Inker Designs release!  If you are following along in the blog hop you should have come from the sweet Amy Kolling'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!

I really like this new Happy Birthday Border die!  The places that are "open" on the words are just so unique!  Here I used it at the bottom of my card as the border.  To create my scene I used the largest of the Stitched Mats Rectangle Dies to create the stitched border and then a smaller rectangle die to cut out the inside.  I die cut various sizes of balloons from the Balloon Dies die set & the string with the Balloon Strings Die.

For this last card I took a masculine approach and used the Happy Birthday Border die stacked on top of each other.  I die cut using various papers, the bottom patterned paper is from the Tribal Chic Paper Pack.  I also die cut three stars from the Seasonal Stars die set, also from patterned paper from the Tribal Chic Paper Pack.

Happy Birthday Border die

Seasonal Stars die set

 Balloon Dies

Balloon Strings Die

Stitched Mats Rectangle Dies

Tribal Chic Paper Pack

Thank you so much for visiting this week!  Don't forget to leave a comment to win.  The more blogs you comment on, the better your chances are of winning!  All of the Lil' Inker products that I've used are linked above & are available at the Lil' Inker Designs store now!  Your next stop on the hop is over to Chrissy Larson's blog!

Lil' Inker Designs July Release: Day 2

Welcome to day 2 of the Lil' Inker Designs Release!  All of the products being shown today are currently available in the Lil' Inker Designs store!  If you are following along in the blog hop you should have come from the Lil' Inker Store 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 two cards to share.

I used several new products on this card.  I started by using the new Alphabet Gem Dies (that coordinate with the cool Alphabet Gem Stamps that were previously released!).  I wanted to use them in a different way, so instead of stamping the images on to the die cuts, I just left them as is.  I liked the artsy feel it gave the letters.  The little bird & the sentiment are stamped from the The Little Things Stamp set that is adorable!  I love the fonts for the sentiments.  The bird, bird's wing & the gold striped leaf are die cut with the coordinating The Little Things Die set.  The clouds are from the Cut it Out Clouds & Accessories Die set.

For my second card today I used the fun new Fringe Scalloped Circle Dies to make sunflowers!  I love that these are dual scalloped!  I die cut the center from my wood paper (that had been die cut with one of the Stitched Mats Rectangles dies) and the yellow patterned paper with the same sized circle die.  The wood mat is popped up with dimensionals.  I die cut the smallest circle from the Fringe Scalloped Circle Dies to make the inside part of the flower.  For the stem I used the Sketched Floral Die Set & for the leaves I used the Awesome Blossom Dies.

That sentiment with the cute font is from the Doodled Daisies Stamp set!  I love the fun sentiments in this set!

The Little Things Stamp set

 The Little Things Die set

 Alphabet Gem Dies

Alphabet Gem Stamps

Fringe Scalloped Circle Dies

 Doodled Daisies Stamp set

Awesome Blossom Dies

 Sketched Floral Die Set

 Cut it Out Clouds & Accessories Die set

 Stitched Mats Rectangles dies

Thanks for visiting my blog today!  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 Sarah Jay's blog. Don't forget to leave a comment for a chance to win a gift certificate!!