Lil' Inker Designs September Release

Woooohoo! I am so glad you are here! It's time for the September Lil' Inker Designs release! We have some pretty mixed in with fun and spooky. Lots of great dies to make your paper crafting projects speedy! I can't wait to share it all with you.  

Oh, wait....before I dive in, you can find all the release details over on Laura's Blog. check it out! You can find the shopping link HERE....but you'll want to wait to see what the team has to share. it's soooo good, trust me. 

Who wants a prize???

OF COURSE YOU WOULD!!! All you have to do is leave comments along your way today as you hop.  We'll pick one winner from a DT Member's blog. 

So my first card is serving double duty.....it's made with the new Fall Foliage stamp set and I am using this week's Color Throwdown Colors. You can check out the challenge over on the CTD Blog. 

I stamped the floral and leaf images with copic friendly ink and colored them up with my Copics markers. I used the Fall Foliage dies to cut them out. I thought the Perfect Palette die would be a great way to show off the pretty flowers. I love how they peek thru the cut out circle window. I stamped the sentiment from Fall Foliage onto black card stock and hit it with some white embossing power. 

I have one more card today. I just love the sunflower image from Fall Foliage. I stamped them onto some water color distress card stock and water colored them with some liquid water colors. Once they dried, I used the Fall Foliage dies to cut them out. 

I used another sheet of the Ranger distress water color card stock and cut out a Silly Stitched rectangle. I them sponged on some distress ink in Broken China and added some grass to the bottom with Crushed Olive. I kept the sentiment (from Fall Foliage) simple and stamped it in Midnight ink along the bottom and added the trio of sunflowers with foam dimensionals. It sure makes me happy. 

Here is the blog list for today!
Don't miss the awesomeness from the design team. 

Laura Pryor

Amy Kolling

Caly Person

Chrissy Larson

Heather Hoffman

Jen Carter

Karen Baker

Kimberly Rendino

Lisa Henke <<----You are here

Lil' Inker Shop

One more thing.......

Right now, through September 30th, 2018 (EST) or while supplies last, spend $75 or more in our store and be eligible to receive a Zombie Kids Stamp Set and Die Set FREE, a value of $22.95!

To redeem offer, add BOTH items (stamp set and dies) to cart and apply code FREEKIDS at checkout once order total reaches  $75. 

Offer valid 9/19/2018 through September 30th, 2018 (EST), or while supplies last. 

Plus, if you're in the United States, you'll receive FREE SHIPPING which will be applied automatically at check out once you order reaches or exceeds $75.

Here is a closer look at all the new products I used on today's cards. 

Check back tomorrow.....I have more to share!

Colour Q #280 {I'd Pick You}

I loved the gorgeous rich colors from this week's Colour Q challenge. I wasn't sure about the gold, gold always scares me, but it really made this card shine!  I pulled out the beautiful Love Blooms by Reverse Confetti. 

I used the new MFT colors, Ripe Raspberry, Wild Wisteria, and Pure Plum. I stamped the Love Blooms flowers in the pretty colors and then used the coordinating Love Blooms Confetti Cut dies to cut them out. I used gold cardstock to cut out the leaves. 

The main image panel was cut with the Documented die and I stamped whole Lotta  Dots in wisteria and the sentiment from the Love Blooms set in Plum. I also accented it with a few mini scallops from Double Edge Scallop die. 

Here is the challenge graphic. Come check it out. 

Hope you're having a great day! We had another snow day today, so we are trying to stay warm! Happy Wednesday!

Curtain Call-Something Simple Unity Challenge

**Please Scroll down for my Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge card and my RC SFYTT card**

It's a Triple post Sunday!

Welcome back. Yes, I have been busy. It has been a great last week of the month, but I'm glad to be moving on. School is out, work is done for the year, and soccer tryouts are wrapping up. I'm so grateful in the midst of my crazy busy life, I have my card making to keep me sane. I sat down to make this soft and pretty card for this current Curtain Call Challenge. 

I always am pleased and so honored to get to work with the sponsor's products. This month holds a special place in my heart. It's Unity Stamp Co. I loved designing for them for many many years and is was hard to step away from the DT a few months ago. It sure felt like visiting an old friend when I made this card. 

photo source: Pinterest

We have an awesome new sponsor, Unity Stamp Company!  Unity provided each of the Curtain Call designers with an Itty Bitty stamp set for the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Something Simple!  The LEAD of this challenge will receive a gift certificate to Unity Stamp Company!

I loved the itty bitty I got. A Floral Hello.  One, it was designed by the fabulous Angie Blom and two, the flowers were soooo pretty.

 I used really light copic markers, ones with double 0's,  to color this one up. I really wanted to play up the white on white so I wanted the colors soft and subtle. Light aqua and purple are always a pretty combo. 

I felt like using lots of circles and round elements on the card, being inspired by the roundness of the river rocks in the photo.  I used a few of my favorite Lil' Inker Designs dies. (see links below). I then stamped the sentiment onto a die cut circle with Smoke Gray ink (simon says stamp). 

Sequins and a bundle of sewing thread were my finishing touches. I have always used twine for this lasso, bundled texture look, but I've noticed some card makers out there using a thinner thread, so I reached for my sewing kit. I had some grey thread and it matched perfectly. I think it helped with the overall softness of the card. I'll be using my thread more often. 

I'm also linking this up with the current Seize The Sketch Challenge. 
Such a great sketch with endless possibilities. 

Something Simple Designers

Unity Designer, 

Amber Kroening

Amy Kolling

Amy Tsuruta

Gayatri Murali

Kim Singdahlsen

Lisa Henke

Marisa Ritzen

Maureen Plut

Monika Davis

Sheri Gilson

Sarah Gough

Stacey Schafer

Tenia Nelson

Tracey McNeely

Stop by the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Something Simple and play along with us!

I hope you come back here tomorrow. I THINK you'll be excited about the news I have to share. I know I am!!! I can hardly contain myself! woohoo!

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Garden Party and Posies

Super fun and easy. This week's Catered Crop Challenge is Garden Party! I know you all have plenty of flowers to choose from in your stash, so go for it! 

I inked up some of my favorite blooms by Reverse Confetti. I created some bright flowers with the Petals 'n Posies  stamp set and matching Confetti Cut dies. I stamp first and then cut. The dies are so easy to line up. I use a little washi tape to secure the die in place as I run them through my Vagabond. The sentiment is also from the same, Petals 'n Posies. It is such a great go-to sketch. 

I used the current Mojo Monday sketch to create this tall and skinny card. The card measures 3.75 x 5.5.

Come play along with us at Catered Crop. Here are some details you might want to note:

What’s growing in your garden? Flowers? Vegetables? Herbs? Weeds!? There’s just something so therapeutic about getting your hands dirty. For this challenge show us anything that might grow in a garden.

• Include a link to us at Catered Crop or add our button, which you can grab on our sidebar or at our {button gallery}.
• Link up and link often, but be sure you link up by 8:00 PM EST on Saturday, June 7.
• Keep the party hopping by visiting the other players and leaving comments.
• Check back with us on June 8 to see if you’ve won an opportunity to be a guest designer.

Thanks for stopping by today. I've got more fun coming up. 

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