Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #382

Welcome to the next Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #382!  This week the challenge is to use the provided color scheme (shown below) on your card or project and it just happens to be a Halloween color inspired challenge.  Our sponsor this week and the prize is from 7 Kids College Fund.  All of the details, including prize information, can be found on the Cupcakes Inspiration blog.  I hope you'll play along!

As soon as I saw the inspiration photo for this color challenge I knew right away what I wanted to create!  I pulled out many dies from my stash to create this fun card!  I started by creating his eyes using Dual Stitched Mats: Circles. I love the stitching around the circles to provide more detail. I also used 1/2 of a circle from the same die to create his nose and then I cut it in half.  The black part of his eyes were made using the smallest Fringe Scallop Circle die.  I "fluffed up" the scallops to add some more detail.  The inside of the eye was made from a piece of the Baubled Christmas Tree Die!  It was the perfect size for the inside!  The sentiments are from Boo & Faces Stamps and Clean Lines: For the Guys.

For the hair & mouth I used the same die set, Border Builders.  I cut the mouth twice to get the dual stitching.

Here's this week's inspiration photo with the challenge colors.

I hope you'll join us this week for the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #382!  Thanks for stopping by!

Lil' Inker Designs Christmas Release: Day 3

Welcome back to the last of the Lil' Inker Designs Christmas release!  If you are following along in the blog hop you should have come from 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!  All of the products are currently available in the Lil' Inker Designs store, so you can start shopping now! :)  

Lil' Inkers is offering a BIG prize this release! The ENTIRE New Release to one commenter! To be eligible you must leave a comment on each Design Team blog each day of the 3 day release.  Comments must be left by Sunday, October 30th at 11:30 PM EST.

I have 2 cards to share today.

I went with a bold color scheme for this one!  Since I was going with a night theme I also wanted to bring yellow into the card to show stars and moonlight.  I started by die cutting the white watercolored panel using the Dual Dotted Squares Die set.  I then used my Zig Real Brush pens to watercolor the background.  I stamped that fun script sentiment from the follow up stamp set called All the Christmas You'll Ever Need 2.  The blue background for the card was simply made by die cutting the Cover Up Plate: Diamond Lace and then backing it with bright yellow cardstock.  

For my last card I used the gorgeous new Tis the Season Stamp Set.  I embossed the image with gold glitter embossing powder onto a vellum panel that had been die cut using the Stitched Mats: Side Stitched Rectangles die set (I used the same set to die cut around the outside edge of the card as well).  

After embossing, I colored the vellum on the back side with copics to give it just a subtle hint of color.  Then, I embossed the sentiment in red and tied the panel to the card with shimmer twine from The Twinery.

All the Christmas You'll Ever Need 2

Tis the Season Stamp Set

Cover Up Plate: Diamond Lace

Dual Dotted Squares Die set

Stitched Mats: Side Stitched Rectangles

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 Stephanie Gold's blog.

I'm entering the first card in the Simon Says Stamps Anything Goes Wednesday Challenge this week!

Lil' Inker Designs Christmas Release: Day 2

Welcome to day 2 of the Lil' Inker Designs Christmas 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 my friend Amy Kolling's blog. 

And guess what??  Laura has just told the team that she has decided to offer a BIG prize this release! The ENTIRE New Release to one commenter!  To be eligible you must leave a comment on each Design Team blog each day of the 3 day release.  Comments must be left by Sunday, October 30th at 11:30 PM EST.

Today I have three cards to share.

The first card uses two of my favorite products from this release!  I again pulled out the Rustic Christmas stamp set & the Rustic Christmas die set to make the trees and that adorable bear that I colored with copics.  I added the little stocking hat from the set and put a tiny pom pom on top.  The stars are also included in the set.  I die cut the beautiful Believe from the Brush Script Christmas Word Die Set.  I put all of that on top of a Pinking Edge Sentiment Flag die that was cut from vellum.

I love non-traditional Christmas colors and that is what inspired this card.  I started by die cutting the Baubled Christmas Wreath in several colors of cardstock, including the white to serve as my frame.  I inserted the various colors into the holes and added some sequins along the way.  The Merry Christmas Border Die is also new and an easy way to add a sentiment.  For my mat I used a Silly Stitched Die to add some pattern around the sides.



For my last card I decided on a shaker card. I used the smallest Stitched Christmas Trees Die to cut out the shape in the card front.  I then used that as a template to stamp & emboss the coordinating tree image from the Filled Christmas Tree Stamp Set.  The cool thing about this stamp set is that you can use the large Christmas tree images to stamp both sizes of Christmas trees, large and small!  Just ink up only the top part if you'd like a shorter tree or the whole stamp for a large tree!  It also includes two sizes of tree trunks as well!  That beautiful sentiment is another new die called Merry Christmas Word die.

Here is a shot where you can see the embossed image inside of the tree better.  It was hard to capture in the photo.  It has so much beautiful detail!

 Rustic Christmas
Rustic Christmas die set 

 Baubled Christmas Wreath
Brush Script Christmas Word Die Set

Filled Christmas Tree Stamp Set 
 Stitched Christmas Trees Die
*The cool thing about this stamp set is that you can use the large Christmas tree images to stamp both sizes of Christmas trees, large and small!  Just ink up only the top part if you'd like a shorter tree or the whole stamp for a large tree!  It also includes two sizes of tree trunks as well! *

Merry Christmas Word die

Merry Christmas Border Die

Silly Stitched Die

Pinking Edge Sentiment Flag die

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!!

Lil' Inker Designs Christmas Release: Day 1

Hello!  It's time for the Lil' Inker Designs Christmas 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 Sarah Jay's blog!  

And guess what??  Laura has just told the team that she has decided to offer a BIG prize this release! The ENTIRE New Release to one commenter!  To be eligible you must leave a comment on each Design Team blog each day of the 3 day release.  Comments must be left by Sunday, October 30th at 11:30 PM EST.

Today, I have 2 cards to share.

So...let's start with my absolute FAVORITE set of the release!  It was the first set I started playing with and also the last because I couldn't put it down!

This card was made with one stamp set called Rustic Christmas.  Oh. My. Word.  I LOVE this set so much!  And I can totally see it being used year round, not just for Christmas.  I first stamped my houses where I wanted them, masking off as I needed.  I then die cut the houses, car, tree & star with the Rustic Christmas die set and colored the images in with copics.  I added the stitched hills using the Border Builders Die Set.   Love how it all turned out!



My second card features another fun(ny) set in true Lil' Inker style called Moody Santa.  I die cut the Santa using the coordinating Moody Santa die, stamped the image and then colored it with copics.  For the banner, I die cut it using the Vintage Ink die and then stamped the coordinating image from the Vintage Ink Stamp Set.  The sentiment is from the Moody Santa stamp set.  For the background I thought it would be fun to show a BIG RED X!  So I pulled out the Cover Up Die: Center Point Chevron and paper pieced the red polka dotted paper into the "x" pattern.   

The Lil' Inker Design products I've used on these cards are listed & linked below:

 Rustic Christmas

Rustic Christmas die set

 Moody Santa

Moody Santa die

 Cover Up Die: Center Point Chevron

Border Builders Die Set

 Vintage Ink Stamp Set

Vintage Ink die

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 Heather Hoffman's blog!

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