Lil' Inker Designs Release Day 2: Shaking it Up!

Welcome back to day 2 of the Lil' Inker Designs release!  If you are following along in the blog hop you should have come from Heather Campbell's blog and if you'd like to start at the beginning, visit Laura'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!

Up first is a card I made using the Piece of Me stamp set and the coordinating Puzzle Pieces die set. Don't you just LOVE the puzzle dies?  I really like that you can use them separately or connect them all together to make an actual puzzle!  I used the On the Diagonal die for the strip across the card that I stamped the sentiment on.

My 2nd card today features the sequins from the Scattered Sequin die.  They are perfect for making your own custom shaker cards!  It was so fun to find papers to match my card that I could cut the sequins from!  I used several different types of paper for the sequins:  metallic, glitter, vellum, regular card stock & hologram paper.  I die cut the dual stitched stars onto patterned paper that had been cut with the largest circle from the Stitched Mats Circles die set and stamped the sentiment from the Shiny Happy Sentiments stamp set.  

The new products that I used on these cards are shown below and all are available in the Lil' Inker store right now!

Don't forget to comment to win!  The more blogs you comment on, the better your chances are of winning!  There's plenty more inspiration to see using these sets and we'll be showcasing projects through Wednesday!  Your next stop on the hop is over to Karen's blog!

This week the challenge over at Simon Says Stamp is to make anything but if you can use something by Lil' Inker Designs!  So, I am entering these over there!

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies not listed above

Stamps & Dies: All Lil' Inker Designs

Love You To Pieces Cards
Ink: Fresh Ink Provincial Gray
Cardstock: PTI Soft Stone & Harvest Gold, SU! Strawberry Slush & Coastal Cabana, MFT Orange Fizz
Embossing Powder: Filigree White Art Powder

Today You're the Star Card
Patterned Paper: Echo Park Splendid Sunshine
Glitter Paper: DCWV
Ink: Fresh Ink Navy

Lil' Inker Designs Release: Interactive Cards!

Hello everyone!!  It's time again for the Lil' Inker Designs Release festivities!  Yea!! All of the products being shown are currently available in the Lil' Inker Designs store already!  If you are following along in the blog hop you should have come from Heather Campbell's blog and if you'd like to start at the beginning, visit Laura'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 have quite a few photos for today's post, so hang with me for some exciting announcements at the end!

One of the new stamp & die sets that LID is releasing this month is so fun!  It is one of my favorites!  I LOVE interactive cards, they are so fun for the recipient and this stamp/die set has so many options on how it can be used!  The new Unscramble This stamp set and the coordinating Peek-a-boo die have lots and lots of possibilities as you'll see as the design team reveal their projects!  

For this card I embossed the sentiment from the set on the peek-a-boo die cut-out (it scores a line and cuts out 3 sides so you can lift the flap!).  The puzzle is on the outside and when you lift the flap...

On the inside when you lift the flap, the answer to the puzzle is "Congratulations".  I used another new product on this card as well!  See those sequins?  Yes, that is a new die too called Scattered Sequins!  You can use the sequins flat or you can shape them into a cupped shape.  I found for the glitter paper that I liked them the best flat.  Can you imagine all of the papers you can use with this die?  Now there's no need to have sequins in every imaginable color, you can cut your own to match your project!  And, the other fun part with this die is that the "negative" part of the die is a rectangle with stitched circles so you can use that piece in a totally different way!

After I "finished" my projects for this release (or so I thought) I had another idea for an interactive card I wanted to make.  

I love waterfall cards!  LOVE!! They are so fun.  But the style seems dated to me.  So, I got a little inventive and found a way to change up the old waterfall card to make it "new" again!  Here's the start of the card.  To make the tag I used the Folding Tag Die and cut off the folding part.  I stamped another sentiment included in Unscramble This on the tag and then adhered two of the Puzzle Piece dies from another new die set (and yes, they do fit together)!  There is no need to put a paper strip clear up to the top of the card front but I decided for this design I like it best this way.

I added a few different sizes of the sequins from the Scattered Sequins die to the front.  See that little half circle tab?  The recipient pulls on that.  (That was cut with the smallest Anytime Tags die.)

When they pull on the tab it opens to the next page where they find another interactive element.  I die cut the 2nd to smallest Stitched Mats Rectangles die for this piece.  I stamped the sentiments from the Unscramble This set.  

When you lift the flap, this is what you find.  The heart is embossed from the Stay Beautiful stamp set.

Pull that tab again and you get the last page and a little message on the pull tab!  This smallest tab was die cut from the Stitched Mats Rectangles smallest die. (In hindsight, I wish I would have added patterned paper to the back of the 2nd tab so it had some color and not just the rustic white cardstock.  

Here's the card in action and my first video! :)

Would you like to see the new products I've used?

We have some exciting news to share!  We have THREE new team members joining us this month!

Please welcome three talented ladies:

Lea Lawson

Lisa Henke

Mary Dawn Quirindongo

Sadly, this also means we are saying goodbye to another talented LID designer, Suzanne.  I love her work so much and will miss her contributions to this team!  And let me tell you, she is as sweet in person as she is on her blog too!  I wish her much happiness in all she does!

The challenge over on Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge is Anything Goes and if you have Lil' Inker Designs products to use them on your card.  I'm entering these cards over there!

Don't forget to comment to win!  The more blogs you comment on, the better your chances are of winning!  There's plenty more inspiration to see using these sets and we'll be showcasing projects through Wednesday!  Your next stop on the hop is over to Karen's blog!

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies not listed above

Congratulations Card

Dies: Lil' Inker Designs Stitched Mats Rectangles, Mini Bow 

Cardstock: SU! Coastal Cabana, PTI Rustic White, DCWV Glitzy Gold

Patterend Paper: Simple Stories DIY Boutique

Embossing Powder: Ranger Super Fine Detail Black & Gold, Zing Rouge

Waterfall Card:

Cardstock: PTI Melon Berry, Rustic White & Ocean Tides, DCWV Glitzy & Glitter Matstack

Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye Nob Hill

Embossing Powder: Ranger Super Fine Detail Black & Gold, Zing Rouge

Happy in Love

Hey everyone!  Yesterday was my very first day of Summer Break!  Yippee!! I finished up all of my work in the school office and relaxed yesterday!  It was SO NICE! :)  My daughter had her first t-ball game of the season last night and it was just a good day!

Today I am sharing a card that I'll be entering in the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Blog Challenge.  This week is featuring Lil' Inker Designs products so I thought it was a perfect week to play along!

This card was stamped with the Lil' Inker Designs Spot on Spring Stamp set.  This set has such cute options in it and more of those wonderful, large scale sentiments!  I used Avery Elle ink (which is a wonderful ink if you haven't tried it yet!!) and stamped the images on watercolor paper. I added in a few flat sequins to the mix as well.  The dotted lines under "Happy" are from the It's Today Right set.

Here's another view.  A few of the images I stamped off once before stamping on my paper so it is very hard to see them when I took a picture, but you can barely  make out the outlines in this photo (above the Happy).  Anyway, you can see them in real life, lol!

If you like Lil' Inker Designs, be sure to stop by next week as we kick off another release!! You are going to love it!  I've been having a great time preparing for this one!

I hope you have a wonderful day!!   Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps:  Lil' Inker Designs Spot on Spring, It's Today Right?

Dies: Lil' Inker Designs Stitched Mats Rectangle

Inks: Avery Elle

Sequins: Cartwright Sequins

Papertrey May Blog Hop Challenge: Have a Beautiful Day

Hello!  Today, at the last minute, I decided I wanted to play along with the PTI blog hop!  It was the perfect day to do so as it was just a quiet, lazy day at home after church this morning and what better kind of day to pull out the craft supplies!

The theme for this month was to create a card using aqua & melon!  I love those colors together!

I used the beautiful butterfly dies from PTI called Life is Beautiful.  I LOVE, LOVE the size of the butterflies in this set!  I really like that this one is so large and detailed!  Beautiful indeed!

I had fun creating this background too!  It's so easy to pull out a few key colors but not overshadow the main focal point.  The sentiment I stamped with black StazOn ink and then embossed the "beautiful" in gold.  I really like how you can still see the background through the vellum.

Here's the inspiration piece we were working from.

I hope you enjoyed this card!  Thank you for stopping by today!  If you'd like to participate or see the other entries in the blog hop, visit Nichole's blog!

Supplies

Stamps:  PTI Life is Beautiful

Dies:  PTI Life is Beautiful, PTI Center Stage

Paper: Crate Paper Style Board, Dear Lizzy Day Dreamer, DCWV Glitzy, vellum

Ink: Jet Black StazOn

Other: Ranger Fine Detail Gold Embossing Powder, Doodlebug & MME Enamel Dots