A Blog Named Hero Celebrates 5 Years!

Hi there, friends! Laura from Lil' Inker Designs here today to help A Blog Named Hero celebrate 5 years!! WOW!!!!

There are tons of companies offering prizes to celebrate and loads of crafty posts for you to read today and be inspired! Isn't that fun??

Lil' Inker Designs is giving away a $35 gift certificate to celebrate!  WOOT!!!! Keep reading to see how you can be eligible to win.

I have a project to share with you today using stamps from 
Lil' Inker Designs.

I started by using my Ranger Distress Oxide Inks and the Doodled Daisies Stamps  from and just got stamping on dark grey card stock.

Once I was happy with my layout I used my white Craft Ink pad from Stampin' Up and stamping the coordinating flower pieces over the solid color images.

Then, I used the Sending You Stamps to create my greeting which I heat embossed with white embossing powder.

Here's a closer look at the stamps I used today to create my project.

Here's more info about the giveaways up for grabs today...

A Blog Named Hero is so thankful for our wonderful sponsors and collaborating companies!  Several companies decided to help us celebrate our fifth anniversary with giveaways and they were so generous that we decided to spread the love over both hop days with different prizes to be won each day!  Giveaway prizes total more than $500!  To win, leave a comment on each hop stop.  We will select winners randomly from different blogs so the more blogs you visit each day, the greater your chances of winning!  And be sure to visit the Saturday post from A Blog Named Hero for the list of Saturday hoppers and prizes!  Comments must be left before 11:59 PM EDT on Tuesday, March 28th and winners will be announced on March 30th.

Today's prizes include the following: 

• $50 gift card to Simon Says Stamp
• $50 gift card to Gina K Designs
• $25 gift card to Winnie & Walter
• $25 gift card to Lawn Fawn
• $20 gift card to Avery Elle
• prize pack from Mama Elephant
• gift card from Studio Katia
• one Online Card Class of your choice
• one set of distress oxide inks from Jennifer McGuire Ink
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Good luck and happy hopping!!

To continue on this crafty and fun journey, head on over to Kelly Szafon's blog.

Thanks so much for stopping by to visit me today!!! Enjoy!

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Flashback Friday!

Good morning, Jess here for Flashback Friday!!

Each month a member of our design team will be stopping by with a Flashback Friday post and will share a project using a previously released stamps or dies as the focus of the post - and to celebrate our flashback item or items featured will also be on sale for a limited time! Hooray!! :)

And you're in luck because I just couldn't limit myself to one item so you get a special sale on three goodies from Lil' Inker Designs today!!

I wanted to play with the Spring Flowers Dies and Perky Posies Dies and as you'll see I ended up getting a little carried away!  So here are the sets I used today:

Perky Posies Dies

Sending You Stamps

Spring Flowers Dies

I decided to choose a color palette, die-cut all the flowers using those colors, and then just started arranging!  

 For my first card I arranged flowers in the cool shades of teal, light blue, grey, and navy over the Quilted Swirl Stitched Pattern Die and then added the sentiment using our brand new Brush Script Valentine's Day Word Dies.  I also added a handful of sparkling clear sequins to finish the card!

My second card is more of a garden of flower dies over the same Quilted Swirl Stitched Pattern Die ;) I stamped part of the sentiment from Sending You Stamps onto white cardstock and trimmed it into a label.  I adhered it over the flowers with sparkling clear sequins and added the rest of the sentiment die-cut from Brush Script Valentine's Day Word Dies!

My next card was my attempt at CAS!  I kept the background plain and stamped the sentiment from Sending You Stamps!  Then I added a single flower and a few sparkling clear sequins.

My final card is a tighter arrangement of the floral dies focused mainly on the center of the Quilted Swirl Stitched Pattern Die card panel.  I added a bold sentiment using the Everyday Word Tag Dies (I cut off the tag loop) and a sprinkling of sparkling clear sequins!

I hope this inspires you to look at these dies in a new way!  And if you don't already own them then head over to Lil' Inker Designs and take advantage of Laura's fabulous flashback sale! :)

For a limited time only (through February 3rd, 2017 EST) or while supplies last all three of our Sending You Stamps, Perky Posies Dies and Spring Flowers Dies are 15% off! No code is necessary to take advantage of the special pricing on these items. Just add them to your cart and SAVE!

Thank you so much for joining me today for Flashback Friday!! Have an awesome and crafty weekend!

~Jess