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Tuesday, February 4, 2014

February New Release Hop Day 2!

Well, hello there! Welcome to day 2 of our new release!


If you're just joining us today, here's a quick recap of what you can expect to see us designing with this week and what's new in the store....


This is a terrific and oh so useful set of rounded stitched tags that can be used on anything anytime! We left the hang hole options to you so that these could be used either as tags or sentiment panels. We LOVE options. You'll love these tags!



The next in our series of similar dies, Cloudy Sky Die cuts a series of clouds which appear to be floating across the sky (or your card front). This die can be used in so many ways! To cut away clouds from your card base or the pieces it cuts can be used on projects too. We even included stitching on some of the larger clouds in this set so that they coordinate with the stitched clouds in our Rainbows & Clouds Die Set (which is currently sold out but will be returning right about 2/12. This die can be used on an A2 card base with either a vertical or horizontal because of the clever way it's designed! We love that this one little die has SO MANY OPTIONS!


Our new Give a Hoot Gift Card Holder Die is a MUST HAVE!  Open up his wings which fold on the score lines to reveal a gift card tucked inside under his beak. You can even add a little ribbon or twine to secure everything together. This die can be glued to a card or used by itself. It's just so cute! And you can even give him a face with lots of expression using the eye pieces we've included. LOVE this little guy!


It's Today, Right?  is a really fun set meant to wish anyone in your life a happy anniversary, say I love you and MORE! We just love the stick figures included in this set. These cuties just make it all come together! You'll love the cute font and simple, but trendy elements included as well.


Stay Beautiful is meant to encourage and inspire and be compassionate. It's perfect for when you need something a little more than a traditional or simple greeting. I think it's a FABULOUS addition to any stampers collection. You'll love the beautifully coordinated fonts and additional stamp images designed to accompany these sentiments.



You asked and we listened! Here is a set of four Dual Stitched Hearts Dies!!! YAYY!!! That's right, these dies cut stitched hearts but leave behind our unique stitching detail around the negative as well. It's like getting two die sets in one! We've done them in a trendy and updated heart shape and you'll notice they coordinate with our Floating Hearts Die which is currently out of stock but will be back on or about 2/12.

Isn't this an eclectic and fun batch of goodies? We think so!!

How about some projects for today?? I have some cards which use our newly released stamp sets! Check em' out!


Here I used the It's Today, Right? stamp set. I stamped the main greeting in rainbow colors on a white panel which I layered over an aqua base and I stamped my little couple holding hands and the sentiment on a stone panel tied with some twine and added some enamel dots.
I just LOVE these little characters! They're such simple little figures but they show such emotion I think! I love how this one turned out. Isn't that a funny saying too. Happy Anniversary. I'm so glad you asked for my number. LOL!!!!


Here I used our gorgeous new Stay Beautiful Stamps along with our Spot On Stamps. Do you own Spot On? You SHOULD! It's one of my FAVE sets of ALL TIME!!! See how nicely the sentiment here from Stay Beautiful worked as a sympathy card?  It's a very versatile stamp set and it coordinated perfectly with the stamps in my Spot On set.


Here I used our new Stitched Hearts dies. This is the largest die seen here and I used the Best. Move. Ever. stamp from our It's Today, Right? set. I love how some of these sentiments just work alone for a love themed card!

So------what do you think?

I don't think I mentioned this yesterday so let me talk about it today. Right now we have a TON of things that are out of stock which will return on or around February 12th. If there are things you want from this release but you're also waiting for somethings to restock - here's what I suggest. Place an order today for our new release items and add a note in the comments to seller section at check out requesting that I hold your order. When you're notified on or around 2/12 regarding the out of stock goodies place a second order. I will see both orders in our system, combine them together and refund your second shipping. VERY IMPORTANT - in order for this to work correctly you MUST add a note to hold your first order. Also, international customers might only receive a partial refund of shipping. Refunds will be completely determined by the total weight of your items combine. Rest assured we're giving you back as much of that duplicate shipping as possible and in most cases, all of it.

If you have questions about doing this or if you submitted your order without the note to seller, please email me at lilinkerdesigns@gmail.com. Thanks!

Ok, so I'm about to send you on your way. Here's the line up....

Alicia Thelin  - up next!

Before you go, three $15 store credits are up for grabs. You're eligible to win if you leave comments for our design team members along your hopping today. We will randomly pick one of our designer's blogs as our secret prize blog and select all winners from comments left there. So be sure and leave at least one comment for each designer this week - of course the more the better :)

Ok, thanks so much for stopping by today and we'll see you tomorrow for our final hop day!


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Monday, February 3, 2014

February New Release Hop Day 1

WOOO HOOOOO!!!!! It's HERE!!!!!! Happy day 1 of our new release hop!



We have some awesome new goodies for you! Are you ready?? Let's get right to it!


FINALLY! A set of stitched tags from LID!!!! Woo hoo!!!! Our brand new Anytime Tags are awesome! This is a set of four tags and four separate hang hole dies. We did the hang holes separately so that you can use these not only just as tags but also as sentiment panels! You know we love options! You'll receive two different shapes of hang hole dies as well; ovals and circles. The smaller sized dies are used for the smaller tags. These holes can be reinforced using the die cut pieces from the larger hang hole dies. The larger ones are the hang holes for the larger tags. 


The next in our series of similar dies, our Cloudy Sky die is the perfect and easiest way to create a "sky" full of clouds with just one pass through your die cutting machine. You can also use the negative pieces for other projects. Some of the larger clouds are even stitched and coordinate perfectly with the clouds in our Rainbows & Clouds Die Set. This is definitely a fun and useful little die! And because of the way it's designed it can be used across the 4.25" width of an A2 card base or on the longer 5.5" side. We love that we thought of that option for you! :)


Oh. BOY is this die FUN! This is our brand new Give a Hoot Gift Card Holder Die. His little wings open up to reveal the gift card hidden inside! You can add a glue dot to hold your gift card in place but that's totally optional because your card will fit securely under the owl's beak. You can also dress this little guy up with a little twine or ribbon through his wings to keep your gift closed and of course we've included some additional pieces to create his expressive eyes. What I love about this die is that it can be cut from one small sheet of paper and needs only minimal assembly. Of course he's stitched for added fun and detail!



I needed to make a few anniversary cards not that long ago and I realized that we needed a stamp set here at LID for this occasion! I came up with this oversized Happy Anniversary sentiment stamp and smaller supporting sentiments which are cute and even funny and perfect for the love of your life, your parents or even a favorite couple. The best part about this set is not only this casual and fun font but the super cute stick figure couples! WAIT until you stamp with this set. You're going to LOVE it and I bet you'll be wanting more of these little figures in other sets! Just you wait! :)



Stay Beautiful (which I've enlarged so that you can read all the detail included in this set) is meant to encourage and inspire. It's the perfect stamp set for those "i don't know what to say" moments like if someone is going through a difficult time or even if someone just needs a cheerful reminder that they're loved. I love this set and I even found that it worked well for sympathy cards too. I think it's a great addition to your collection of stamps because sometimes you need more than just words.



YESSSSSSSS!!!! FINALLY!!! Here is a set of four heart dies featuring LID's EXCLUSIVE Dual Stitching Detail!! I can hear you cheering :)   These dies are phenoms and are designed specifically to coordinate with the heart shapes featured in our Floating Hearts Die. I happen to this this heart shape is uber modern and trendy. I may, however, be a tad biased, LOL! But either way you'll love them! I think these ones are going to go FAST!

What do you think? Some great goodies here, right?

How about some projects? I just had to share this with you today so you can see how awesome our new Give A Hoot Gift Card Holder is! 


Here he is all finished and tied up. I cut his body from sand colored card stock and stamped him with a diamond from our Darling Diamonds Stamp Set. I then cut out his eye pieces from white and yellow card stock and assembled them as shown and completed them with a little stamping instead of just strictly paper. I added his beak in a pumpkin colored card stock also for a little added something and tied him up with purple baker's twine.


See how the card fits neatly under his beak and under the other little flap below? It's a pretty snug fit too although you can add a glue dot to secure your card in place. Right behind where the card sits it a strip of paper not cut away by the die and it can be added there although I've found I've not had to do this.  I had the idea for this die I was trying to think of a completely creative and new way to give a gift card that could be cut from one sheet of paper and only required limited assembly and there is where I ended up! I looooove this trendy little guy! I think you will LOVE using this die to dress up all of your gift cards!


Here I used our new Anytime Tags to cut away a window for a sentiment from our new Stay Beautiful set. I added the stitched detail to my card base with my Stitched Mats: Rectangles and the front is stamped with a funky scallop stamp from our Mom & Dad Sentiments Stamp Set. I heat embossed my sentiment on vellum and added it behind my window. I stamped a heat and added a little rhinestone for a little something extra. Of course I included this  cute little boxing gloves stamp which I colored with Copics, fussy cut and added to my font.

Ok, so since it's day one I'd like to share one more card with you before I send you on your way.


This card features the largest heart from our new Stitched Hearts Die Set but it's created also using our Cover Up Die: Pieced Chevrons. I cut different colors of chevrons and assembled them and then cut the whole thing with my heart die. The sentiment is from our Modern Mehndi set.

Ok, so FUN RELEASE, right?!

Before I send you along, we will be giving away three $15 store credits as prizes from this release! Be sure and leave some comments along the way! We'll be picking one of our DT's blogs as the secret prize blog from which we pick our winners. If you comment on that designer's blog you're chances of winning will skyrocket!!!!!!!

Here's today's hop line up....

Laura/Shop - you are here
Alicia Thelin  - up next!


Be sure to also head over to our store to get your favorites from this release. We do have a lot of previously released products which are currently out of stock. They will return!! I'm expecting to restock 90% of OOS products on or about February 12th. And Modern Mehndi Stamps should be here on or about the same time. Thanks for your patience!


We hope you like everything you see here today! We'll see you tomorrow for day 2!

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Saturday, February 1, 2014

Pre-Release Sneak Peek!

Gooooood morning, Lil' Inker Friends! Happy weekend!

We're getting ready for our brand new release beginning on Monday, February 3rd!


We're releasing 2 brand new stamp sets, 2 die sets and 2 individual dies! What a haul!

I thought I would stop by and share a quick sneak peek of a couple lil' things we'll be releasing on Monday.! What do you say?

I made my first trip to CHA this year just a few weeks ago. It was an AMAZING time. I hadn't been on a plane in almost 10 years so this was a really big trip for me especially where I traveled alone. I have to say I got a little teary when I first walked into the convention center. I don't know if it hit me that I was across the country or the fact that it was an enormous space filled with crafty goodness and like-minded ladies who love it all just as much as this gal. Whatever the case, the experience was incredible and the best part about it was meeting ALLLLL the people you "know" from the internet and our little crafty world and meet them in real life.

I met Tiffany Johnson in the bathroom, LOL! Of course I was a little starstruck and it took me a minute to realize I was SO INTRUDING on her "me" time away from her busy post at the Faber-Castell booth. We chatted and it was lovely and I gave her one of the stamp sets from our new release!

Tiffany made this card using our brand new "It's Today, Right?" Stamp Set. Make sure you head on over and read her blog post about our meet-cute in the bathroom! LOL!


This is a really cute set focusing on anniversaries! I needed to make an anniversary card not that long ago and I realized that this was a topic sorely lacking here at LID. This set contains one large sentiment and several, adorable and fun supporting sentiments done in a perfect font and contains these cute little figures to go along with everything. I think the images are the BEST part of this set!

I was so excited when I saw this card on Tiffany's blog! It was so cool to see this there. Thanks, Tiffany!

Ok, how about one more lil' thing? Just a snippet, you know, to keep you guessing!



What do you see here? Clue - It's something you've been waiting for!!!!!!!!!

See you VERY SOOOON!!!!!!!! Are you excited? I AM!!!!!!

Don't forget that our hop begins right here on the blog at www.shoplilinker.blogspot.com!

Thanks for stopping by!

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Thursday, January 23, 2014

We Have a Winner! Reveal Hop Re-Cap

Good morning, Everyone! Did you see the amazing, I mean seriously amazing projects from our designers last week during our New Design Team Member Reveal Hop?I have a prize winner to announce, but I thought I'd share their projects here first....


Alyssa Scritchfield - this might be my favorite card from her of all time!


Soft, muted and just lovely from Karen Baker


No words - just pure gorgeousness from new Designer, Kristen Foreman


Adorable and colorful from Jen Carter


My card :)


Super cute layout from Alicia Thelin


Clean crisp and GENIUS from Sarah Jay


LOVE the pop of color from Suzanne Dahlberg


Love every inch of this from Amy Kolling


Super FUN from new Designer, Heather Campbell


Super cute and fun from Heather Campbell


Gorgeous and CLEVER too from New Designer, Maureen Merritt


So pretty from Maureen Merritt


Love this from Maureen Merritt, she ROCKS the Mehndi set!

That's a whole lotta goodness going on there! :)

Would you like to see if you're a winner??  

New Designer, Kristen Foreman's Blog was chosen as our secret prize blog and Random.org was used to pick one out of 30 winners. Look what number popped up...


Katherine , you are our prize winner!


You've won a $15 store credit at Lil' Inker Designs! Congratulations!

You can email me at lilinker designs at gmail dot com. Use the subject line Reveal Hop Prize Winner and I will email you your store credit code!

Thank you to everyone who stopped by to help us welcome our new team members, Kristen Foreman, Maureen Merritt and Heather Campbell! We're so excited to have them all on our team!!

So a few house keeping items......there are some things out of stock now and we are working very hard to get those back in the store for you as soon as possible!

Also, we hope you'll join us.....


That's right! We'll have a whole new crop of goodies for you with a sneak peek or two on February 2nd. We'll be releasing two stamp sets, two individual dies and two die sets!

Ok, thanks for stopping by today and we'll be seeing you VERY SOON for lots of FUN!!!!!


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Thursday, January 16, 2014

Stamp Nation Birthday Bash Celebration!

Hi there Lil' Inker Friends! How is everyone? Wasn't yesterday's hop so much fun? If you missed our three new Design Team Members revealed in yesterday's hop please be sure to check out THIS POST. We revealed three new and amazing design team members and we're celebrating their joining us with a Lil' Sale!



I'm here today because LID is helping Stamp Nation celebrate their 3rd Birthday! 



Catherine Pooler has an amazing video on her blog today demonstrating two cards featuring our Modern Mehndi Die Set and Modern Mehndi Stamp Set and is giving away a prize package from LID containing both the Modern Mehndi goodies as well as our popular Spot On Stamp Set and coordinating Connected Circles Die - a prize package worth over $50!


 








Want to win these goodies? Head on over and visit Catherine HERE and hear about all the details!

Also, Stamp Nation has a promo right now for a three day trial membership for only $1! AMAZING! You can watch loads of stamping videos and tutorials and gain tons of inspiration! 


Enjoy! Thanks so much for stopping by today!



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Wednesday, January 15, 2014

New Design Team Members Reveal Hop & SALE!


Well, hello there!! We have been keeping some VERY BIG news under wraps for a while now and I'm so excited to be here today to shout it from the rooftops.... WE HAVE THREE NEW AMAZING DESIGN TEAM MEMBERS TO REVEAL TODAY!!!!!  Wooooo hoooooo!!!!

With today's one day hop to celebrate and welcome our new designers we thought it would fun to have a sale as well!! We'll get to the details in just a few minutes.

First, I'd like you to put your hands together to welcome our first reveal...........


Here is a little about Kristen in her own words...

Hey y'all! My name's Kristen Foreman. I have lived in a few different states from FL to WA and now San Diego, CA. I am happily married with our German Shepherds, Bree and Brody. I am a Registered Nurse and work at one of the hospitals here in SD! I enjoy spending time with my husband and friends. I started paper crafting about a year ago and I have quite the collection of supplies in my craft room. :) I hope you'll enjoy my creations!

I am so impressed with Kristen's work. I can't wait to see she does with her LID goodies! I think her photography is pretty stellar too! You can check out Kristen's Blog, Kristen Foreman Designs (formerly So Posh Creations).


Our second reveal is none other than.........


I was truly so excited when I saw that Maureen applied to be part of our team. Her cards are gorgeous and bursting with creativity! Here is a little about Maureen in her own words:

Hello there, I am so excited and honored to be joining the incredibly talented Lil' Inker Design Team!   Thank you Laura for this wonderful opportunity!  I'm a wife and mom living in Northeastern Pennsylvania with  three Siberian cats.  I love nature and being organized, VERY organized.   I often say, "I live my life like I make my cards, clean & simple".  Admittedly, I'm a perfectionist.  I truly found my passion when I discovered stamping over 7 years ago.   Clean & Simple is my style, but I admire all styles of design.   When I'm not stamping, you can find me cleaning (haha), hiking with my family, doing Tae Kwon Do with my oldest son (we just received our brown belts!) or snuggled up with my iPad watching Netfilix.   

Woo hoo for Maureen! If you're not already familiar with her blog Mama Mo Stamps you've got to check out Maureen's gorgeous, clean and simple creations!

Last but certainly NOT least is.....................


Heather's designs are as adorable as she is. I had the pleasure of meeting her this past weekend when I went to CHA! Here is a little bit about Heather in her own words:

Hello!  My name is Heather Campbell and I live just outside of Seattle with my husband Dave and our two children, Parker & Molly.  I work full time as a Manufacturing Engineer for one of the world's top aerospace manufacturing companies and I’m also a Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking magazine Go-to Gal.  I absolutely love my job but I definitely need a creative outlet.  I've always been crafty and dabbled in scrapbook, both digital and physical. I stumbled into card making/paper crafting in 2011 when I decided I needed a hobby that I could do with limited amounts of time, require minimal space in the house, and not make much of a mess.  Yeah, obviously I had no idea what I was getting into but I am so glad I did!  I am thrilled to be joining the Lil’ Inker design team!

Head on over to check out Heather's lovely blog and creations at Parker & Molly

I am so incredibly excited to have each and every one of these crafty ladies joining our team! Thanks, Ladies! I'm looking forward to all things crafty with you! WELCOME!!!

I made a little something to share with you today...





Are we having fun yet?


How are about now? :)

Yes, we are having a sale beginning today through January 19th as part of our new team member welcome celebration! Enjoy 15% off your entire order by entering the code LID15 at checkout now through 1/19. This code must be entered in your shopping cart screen at the time of purchase and may not be applied to previously placed orders. Head on over to our store to enjoy your shopping code!

We are up to great things here! I can't wait for our next release with our new team additions. We'll see you February 3rd with a whole new crop of goodies!

Oh, and how can I forget. We're giving away a $15 store credit to one lucky commenter. So leave some love along our hop today in order to be eligible!

Here is a list of everyone participating in our hop today. 

Alicia Thelin - http://aliciathelin.com/ - UP NEXT!
Alyssa Scritchfield - http://critterlyss.blogspot.com/
Maureen Merritt - http://www.mamamostamps.com/
Suzanne Dahlberg - http://freshlynoted.com/


Enjoy and see you soon!

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