Inspired By: signs of fall/ Lil' Inker Designs

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Acorns... I'm a sucker for them so you can bet that every fall, there will most likely be an inspiration photo using acorns. Of course you don't have to include them in your project. How does this inspire you? acorns? fall? leaf? colors? trio?

I LOVE the mix of blue and gold (yes, I am a Michigan girl) and the texture from the acorns. The beautiful Reap a Harvest stamp set and Reap a Harvest Dies (it looks like it is out of stock, the dies are there tho. You could easily re-create this card with the Fall Foliage stamp set) was the stamp set I reached for from my stash. 

I stamped the outline images in Navy ink onto a piece of Premium Polar White card stock cut with the Silly Stitched dies and gave a splattering of golds and yellows to the background. I then embossed the acorns, hard to capture the shimmer in the photo, with some copper WOW embossing powder. I used Copic markers to color up the long leaf images and added the sentiment in Navy ink onto a strip of Mist card stock. To complete card front, I tucked in some copper cord behind my main images and added the finished panel to the top of some kraft card stock cut with the Stitched Woodgrain Cover Up. 

Thanks for stopping by today. 

Be sure to check out the Inspired By Challenge blog 

for the details and to see what the design team has created.

Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

Quick post today, as I didn't want you to miss out on any of the fun. Lil' Inker Designs is a proud Super-Sponsor of the Fall Coffee Lovers Bloghop! Find out all the details over on the Coffee Lovers Blog. 

Participate in this amazing hop and you'll be in the running to win a $35 Store Credit Prize from the Lil' Inker Designs Store.  

I made a card for the occasion and am excited to share it with you. I used a mix of LID products including Coffee Cozy Die set, Acorn Dies,  Stitched Woodgrain Cover Plate, Reap a Harvest stamps and Dies, and Pinking edge sentiment flags, and Stitched Mats-circles. 

Thanks for stopping by! Have a fabulous weekend. 

Lil' Inker Designs and CardMakers Fall Blog Hop

Hello my stampy friends.I have a treat for you today. It's a two post Monday, be sure to scroll down for the Count Down to Confetti, day 1 post. 

I've got some Lil' Inker love for you today with a fall theme. LID has teamed up with CardMakers Blog for a fall blog hop. All the details are on the CardMaker Blog. 

Hopefully you have arrived from Chrissy's Blog. 

I'm super excited to show off some new products releasing later this week from LID. The sweet little acorn is a revised set, Nuts About You and the coordinating Acorn Dies. I just love how Laura made this set just a little more versatile without losing any of the cute factor!

Check out those leaves.....yep they are new and you'll be able to purchase them Oct.8! I LOVE them....stitched leaves have been on my wish list for a long time. The die set is called Leaf Love. 

Up next is Mendi Yoshikawa

Don't forget to leave comments along the way. There is a LID gift certificate up for grabs, just in time for the LID October release on the 8th! thanks so much for stopping by today!

Catered Crop {Hello Stripes}

 **please scroll down for my TCPTues challenge card**

There is a cool Catered Crop Recipe Swap up on Linda's blog. I'm squeezing this one in today. It's the  End Zone Recipe Swap with a great sporty inspiration photo. Yes, inspiration can come from anywhere!  I couldn't decide on which striped paper to use, so I pulled a few different patterns and the Retro Sketch no.138 to make this card. 

I used the Lil' Inker Design Hello Word Die along with the MFT Fall Leaves Die-namics. I touched all the edges with some Tea Dye distress ink. I tied the two leaves together with a kraft burlap bow. 

Here's a detail shot. 

Thanks for stopping by today. LID sneak peeks start tomorrow. Join me for some great holiday cheer!

Curtain Call {note of thanks}

**please Scroll down for the Poppy Sketch 12 challenge**

It's time for a new Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge!

Aren't the colors beautiful?? I was super excited to do some watercoloring with them. 

I used my acrylic block and inked it up with MFT premium dye ink in Paver Red, Tangy Orange, Fuse Green, and Kraft ink. I did each color one at a time, spritzed it with water and then stamped it onto watercolor paper. 

photo source:  flickr.com

I then used my Reverse Confetti stamps, Class Act and matching Confetti Cut dies. I added some Prima leaves and a button-twine bow combo. While I am NOT ready for fall, I sure love how this card turned out. 

Lovely Leaves Designers

Amy Kolling
Amy Sheffer
Amy Tsuruta
Gayatri Murali
Kim Singdahlsen
Laurie Willison
Lisa Henke
Marisa Ritzen
Maureen Plut
Monika Davis
Sarah Gough
Sheri Gilson
Stacey Schafer
Tenia Nelson
Tracey McNeely

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Stop by the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Lovely Leaves for the challenge details and to play along with us!

Reverse Confetti {October Blog Hop}

Hello October (cooler weather—yay!) and Hello REVERSE CONFETTI Fans! It’s the 8th of the month –Blog Hop time!

 Are ya’ll ready to savor some sweet inspiration? Take some time to enjoy this month’s creative Blog Hop from Reverse Confetti. Last month’s release was all about fall and spooks and today we are inspiring you with projects and cards using those stamps and any other previously released stamps from Reverse Confetti. Along with the Confetti Crew (our fabulous design team), we’ve also invited some extra friends to join in on the action!

The hop started over on the Reverse Confetti blog, and you should have made it here from Taheerah Atchia’s blog (she's been a Fetti Fave!). It would be worth your while to start at the beginning of the hop, so you don’t miss a thing. We have tons of inspiration for you to see using all of Reverse Confetti’s amazing stamp sets! 

I was inspired by all the fall sets to do a little catching up with my Project Life album. I pulled these Instagram photos from last year and finally got them documented. I used A LOT of Reverse Confetti stamps. This is a photo heavy post. Grab a cuppa something good and enjoy. 

I am happy to say I only used cardstock, stamps, and ink on this double layout. I let all the fabulous stamps and my photos do the work here today. Ok, so there are a few dies I used (for the notebook edge, speech bubble, and a 1/4 circle punch), but THAT's it! No other embellies!

 Here is a close up shot of the left side of my layout. I'll share  some detailed shots of each of the pockets. Since I used 4x4 square instagram photos, I needed to mount each of my pics onto a 4x6 cardstock  base. That gave me the perfect opportunity to customize each insert. 

Here is a look at the titles I added. Stamps I used are Forever Fall, Lighthearted Alphabet, and some Arrows-n-elements. I like to stick to a core color scheme for my full layout. This helps tie it all together. Here I used orange, purple, kraft, black and white for both my inks and papers. 

 The middle pockets are all 3x4, so I cut my picures down to that size as well as my cardstock. I used these as some journaling spots. The orange one, was all stamped with Whole Lotta Dots in Sweet Tooth ink and then that beautiful quote and woodgrain heart from Forever Fall. 

The kraft pocket insert was created with the Count Your Rainbows stamp set. I made a custom list to journal, making the numbers co-inside with my photos. You can see that on my list, I stamped the round numbers in purple ink and then stamped them again in black ink, and then punched them out attaching them to my photos. I am so happy I kept my teeny little 1/4 inch  circle punch. It was a perfect fit for these numbers. 

I needed a little something for this pocket, so I added some orange and purple arrows (Arrows -n- elements)  along the edge of my photo. Love those polka dots!

Here is a close up of the right side of my layout. 

You'll see a lot of the same elements on this side of my layout. I love using Lighthearted Alphabet to make my own titles. A few arrows and hearts (I Like You) complete the picture of our sweet puppy. He was 15 weeks old, here. 

I snapped this fun picture of two of my boys with their best buds. I used more Lighthearted Alphabet, Whole Lotta Dots and added a few little acorns from Forever fall. I need a little something extra on the left side of this pocket, so I stamped that frame from Arrows-n-Elements.

I love this quote from Count Your Rainbows. The polka dots (from Whole Lotta Dots)  in white ink on the kraft ink make my heart happy. 

I used some of my favorite images from from Forever Fall, along with the Halloween sentiment from Spooky Sentiments to make a stamped topper for my journal insert. I added a few white stamped hearts from Arrows -n- Elements. 

I stamped another fun quote from Spooky Sentiments and added a few custom Jack 'o lanterns with the pumpkins from Spooky Cuties and Forever Fall. 

My boys had fun making a spooky house out of ginger bread and decorated it with lots of candy. The creepy, rickety fence and bats from Spooky Cuties were the perfect accents to show off this photo. 

 

How would you like to win some Reverse Confetti goodies of your very own? Leave a comment on each stop along the way for a chance to win a $15 gift certificate to REVERSE CONFETTI. Comments are open until Thursday, October 10th at 2pm CST, and the winner will be announced on the Week in Reverse post on the 11th over on the Reverse Confetti Blog!

  

  

  

  

A few things before you hop along though, just to keep you “in the know”…

• SKETCH FOR YOU TO TRY (SFYTT)—Play along with us each month for your chance to win the ENTIRE NEXT RELEASE and to be invited to play along with the Confetti Crew as we sneak peek and hop with all the new stamps. Click HERE for more details and link list.
• ‘FETTI FINDS—Link your REVERSE CONFETTI creations to the link list posted on the Reverse Confetti blog each Monday. (Note: Reverse Confetti stamps are required for ‘Fetti Finds.) A ‘Fetti Fave will be announced on the Reverse Confetti Blog from that months’ entries. The ‘FETTI FAVE will receive the ENTIRE NEXT STAMP RELEASE and be invited to play along with the Confetti Crew as we sneak peek and hop with all the new stamps. Click HERE for more details and link list.

Celebrate the creative side of you!

 I hope you’ve enjoyed hopping with us today. 

Be sure and hop with us on the 8th of EVERY MONTH for more REVERSE CONFETTI inspiration! Now it’s time to hop on over to our SFYTT Winner,

 Nancy Thomas’s blog. 

If you get lost along the way, you can find the hop order and list of all the 

participating designers over on the

Reverse Confetti blog.

Thanks so much for sticking with me! I always appreciate your comments. Have a great Tuesday!