Christmas Giveaway!

Hey everyone!  How are you!?  Tonight I will have a new post up on my blog for Lil' Inker Designs!  But for today, I want to share a giveaway with you!

How about a custom-made button ring from my Etsy shop, Jen's Ink Spot!  You can choose any of the $11 rings (or less) from My Etsy store OR customize one in the colors you would like OR you can choose one of the adjustable resin rings I have in my store too.

Want so see some examples?

How can you win?

Easy!

1.  Become a follower of my blog.  You can see the follower list on the right.  If it doesn't show up, you may have to refresh the screen, sometimes it will play hard to get!  Leave a comment letting me know that you follow me (or have already followed me).

For extra entries:

1.  Leave me a comment on this blog post.

2.  Share about this giveaway on Facebook or Twitter.  Leave me a comment letting me know where you shared it at!

That's it!!  Very easy!  The contest will stay open until Friday, December 16th at Midnight.  I will announce the winner this weekend so be sure to check back to see if you were the winner!

In the meantime, if you need some unique Christmas gifts, visit my Etsy shop and check out all the different options!  What a fun stocking stuffer these rings would make!

Thank you for visiting!

Rainbows & Lil' Inker News

Hi!! There is exciting news to share about Lil' Inker Designs today! But first, I wanted to share a card!

I made this several months ago and it's been sitting in my folder waiting to be shared.  The rainbow is from Lil' Inker Designs.  Oh my! I LOVE those rainbow dies! This rainbow was made with scraps. I keep all of the my rainbow "extra" pieces in a clam shell and when I need to throw together a quick card I sort through it looking for the perfect colors and sizes.  Love it!

The grid background is from Market Street Stamps.  They have the best background stamps!  They fit the entire card front!  The sentiment, a personal favorite, is from Verve.

So...have you heard what next week is?  It is a new release from Lil' Inker Designs!  But, this month, LID brings you something fresh and new...

2 Cute Ink is the first artist created line to be featured at Lil’ Inker Designs! Artist Heidi Schwoerer, of 2 Cute Rubber Stamps, will now exclusively release her designs at Lil’ Inker!  Lil' Inker will be releasing some of Heidi’s existing images as well as brand new, never released, irresistibly adorable images! All stamps sets will be available in LID's customary, but fabulous, clear stamp format and will feature sentiments designed by Laura and Ariana of Lil’ Inker Designs with ag designs done in a perfectly fun coordinating font!

There will be three stamp sets released this month and they are cute, cute, cute!

If you would like to see a few sneak peeks, visit the Lil' Inker Designs blog!  The Design Team will be sharing posts every day next week, December 12th - 16th.   I will have a post on Tuesday, Thursday & Friday to share what I've made for this release!

Enjoy your day!!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies

Stamps:  Verve Making a Statement, Market Street Stamps Pretty Perfect Grip

Dies:  Lil' Inker Designs Rainbows

Paper:  PTI & From Stash

Other:  Button, Rhinestones, Twinery Twine, pop dots

Bloom

Market Street Stamps is having a Block Party to celebrate their new release and I decided to play along!

The challenge was to create any card using Market Street Stamps.

I used most of the MSS that I have!  I stamped the grid background & the carrots/ground from the Homegrown set with Amuse's Fern ink and the sun with Amuse Buttercup ink!  Let's pause right here for a commercial break...

Amuse Inks...no I don't sell them but I bought a few with birthday money and I LOVE them so far!  I bought colors that matched PTI and I love, love, love the way that the ink looks!  It makes such a nice crisp image, they are gorgeous, gorgeous colors! If you need some good inks, give Amuse a try!

...commercial break over! :)

Here's a closeup.  I used The Twinery's Mandarin twine to stitch the carrots.  I love how they look plump and ready to pick!  I also tied a strand of Denim twine around the grass to add another pop of color.  The grass is cut with Amuse Sage felt (have to recommend the felt too!  It is thinner than PTI's but cuts really well!)  using PTI's In the Meadow die.

To create the sun, I used the Market Street Stamps Here Comes the Sun background stamp and stamped just a portion of it on my panel.  It was such a perfect fit!  I love how I can use the whole stamp as a background or just a part of it for smaller areas! 

I hope you had a great weekend!! Thank you for coming by!

Sweet Season's Greetings

Hey everyone!! Sorry it has been so quiet around here! I've been working on projects though to share with you at a later date!  Today I wanted to share a card I made with the products from the last Lil' Inker Designs release.

You know how much I've enjoyed using fabric on my projects lately and this one is no exception.  I cut the tree from Holly Jolly out of some fabric that I love!  I cut it out twice so it would have a front and a back and also cut out a piece of Pellon Wonder-Under to adhere the two pieces together. 

Here's why I did that:

The Christmas tree comes off the card and is a pin.

I sewed the pin onto the backside of the tree (very crookedly apparently!!).

I love how these trees look cut out of vellum!  Such a soft, wintry feel.

Thank you for stopping by today!  Keep your eyes open because Lil' Inker Designs (LID) will be having another release soon!  More on that to come!