Curtain Call Tropical Trip Reminder

There is still time to play along with us over on the Curtain Call Challenge Blog. I have another card inspired by the Tropical Trip theme. It made me think of these gorgeous tropical flowers in the paper. I then was inspired to use the Happy Harbor stamp set by Reverse Confetti. 

I am linking this up with the Cutting Edge Challenge #8, too. I loved the layout and the flowers. I layered up the Love Note scallop with Diagonal Stripe-pretty panel and Class Act. 

Here's the inspiration photo for the Cutting Edge Challenge.

And here is the Curtain Call Challenge inspiration. Come play along. 

Have a great day. Get crafty!

Lil' Inker Designs July Release

It's the final day of samples for the Lil' Inker Design July Release. So that means it's also the final day to leave some comments for a chance to win a PRIZE!   You can purchase all of the new stamps and dies in the LID store NOW. 

Hopefully you arrived here from Lea Lawson's blog. If not, you'll want to head on over to the LID Blog. Laura's got all the details there about the new release and the prizes you can win. 
 I went soft and pretty with my card today. The gorgeous new Sketched Floral stamp set and matching Sketched Floral dies are sooooo fantastic! Not only are the flowers beautiful, but there is an amazing font for the sentiments. I stamped that along the bottom. 

I LOOOVE the Anytime Tag Die set and Stitched Mats-rectangle dies. They were the perfect backdrops for the rest of the the LID goodies I added to this card. I use the Smile Word Die (if you didn't pick those up last month, be sure to pop one or ALL of them in your cart this time) because it was a great match with the sentiment I used.

 Here's a close up of the flower and the other dies. I just love the detais on that flower. 

I also, finally got the gorgeous new Fancy Feathers stamp set inked up! I am In.LOVE. There are matching dies, too for easy cutting! I paired these up with the wonderful Seriously Word Die. I used the negative space here. Be sure to save the little word pieces to fill in the letter loops (like the e, s, l, and y ). 

I first die cut a white square with Stitched Mats-squares, then stamped the two Fancy Feathers. After the ink was dry, I went back to my die cut machine and cut out the word "seriously" .

I added another Fancy Feather, this time stamped on vellum and then used the die to cut it out. I stamped a sentiment from Fancy Feathers onto a Pinking Edge Sentiment Flag. I added more color with some Pretty Pink Posh sequins. 

I was inspired by The Cutting Edge challenge no.5. So I'm linking that up HERE. Also, here is the inspiration photo for that challenge. I loved the negative space of the word "love" and the cluster of flowers around it. 

Be sure to leave comments at each of the DT blogs....the more comments you leave, the better your chances to win one of 3 Lil' Inker Designs Gift certificate! 

Here's a closer look at the graphic of the beautiful Sketched Floral I used today. I love that there are matching dies AND with the custom stitching LID is known for! Awesome!

I'll send you on your way......Mary Dawn Quirindongo is up next!

Thank so much for all the love you have left for me this week. It always means a lot to me! You all are the BEST!

RC-For You {The Cutting Edge Challenge no.3}

I was inspired by The Cutting Edge Challenge. It's a new challenge blog and it's been lots of fun so far. They post an inspiration photo and you just have to use die cuts in your creation. Easy Peasy! I love my dies!

I loved all the white space and the rainbow of cut out hearts on the inspiration card (see below). I reached for the Tag Me, too Confetti cuts. It's awesome, have you seen it? The tag is super cool with the scalloped edge and I can't refuse scripty die cut words. Yep! They are included in this die set. 

I cut up a rainbow of card stock strips and glued them down. Then I placed my word dies on top and ran it through my Vagabond. Then I cut the words two more times with just white card stock. I layered up the pieces and glued them together to give some depth to my words, with the rainbow colors really popping! This also gives lots of stability to the skinny words and allowing me to add the dimension I LOVE without having to cut up teeny tiny foam dots. 

 I also loved the white space on the card and added embossed dots in the background. The word "happy" from Celebrate Cake were stamped repeatedly across the red card stock strip. A bakers twine bow and enamel dots finished this one off. 

I'm also linking this up to the Moxie Fab World- Wonderful Words Challenge: word dies.

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Stamping with Friends {diagonals}

Stamping is more fun with friends. Since most, if not all, of my stampy friends live far away from me getting together to stamp rarely happens. BUT thanks to the amazing thing called the internet and social media, I am always connected to them. I love that!

 Every once in a great while I get to do a Friendly Challenge with my friends Jackie and Becky. We like to keep it simple and it's just for fun. Becky challenged us to include some kind of diagonal element to a card. I used a bold color combo-Bermuda Bay, Soft Navy, and Lemon Drop card stocks. 

I am playing along with the new Challenge blog, called The Cutting Edge. ummmmm, it's a challenge blog dedicated to DIE CUTS!!! I think I use dies on almost all of my cards. I was inspired by Amy's card, the bottom left one.  I'd love to be a guest designer, so I'm throwing my hat into the ring. So fun!

I used the Reverse Confetti set, Winning and the Oh, My Stars Confetti cuts on my card today. I just love that star border. One of my star panels was created with a Star Stencil from Simon Says Stamp. I sponged on some distress ink in different shades of yellow. 

I needed a little WOW! factor, so I accented the sentiment with more star dies from Oh, My Stars in silver glitter paper.  Wondering where that sweet little outline star image came from? I used the cut and re-cut method. I first used the negative star from the border die (cut from silver glitter paper) and then lined up the small star die on top of it. I then ran it through my Vagabond again to cut it out. love it! A few enamel dots completed the look. 

Be sure to stop by Becky's Blog and then Jackie's Blog to see how they used the diagonal on their cards. 

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