February Release Hop Day 3!

Hello, Lil' Inker Friends and thank you so much for joining me here for the third and final day of our New Release Blog Hop.

If you're just joining us today, I invite you visit our Day 1 and Day 2 Posts. Since it is the third and final day of our hop, today I will be posting product images and projects from our Design Team Members using each of the items. If you're looking for the ins and outs of our new supplies definitely check out the last two blog posts or stop by our shop as we have detailed product descriptions for each of the new items. Thanks!

 Bunny Buddies Die & Stamp Bundle

 

Brush Script Spring Word Dies

Cat Treat Stamps

Cat Treats Dies

Quilted Stitched So Sunny Die

Rustic Spring Stamps

Rustic Spring Dies

Color Blocking Die

YOU NEED TO WATCH THIS!!! ;) Jen Carter made this excellent video for you showing you everything that can be done to your card fronts with our new Color Blocking Die. In just a few minutes you will see why you need this die in your crafty stash!

Sweet Celebration Stamps

Sweet Celebration Die Set

 Celebrate Word Die

Here are projects I made for today but haven't shared yet and they're some of my favorites for this release!!!

Above I started with a grey card base which I die cut with our new Quilted Stitched So Sunny Die and then using the Sweet Celebration Stamps and Dies I created my stamped, textural focal point, banner, sentiments and flowers. The banner has a slight wave to it but the stamps do not so when I add my stamp to my acrylic block I curve it a bit to better fit my banner. It's so easy to do! Definitely give this a try when you're stamping too. 

My second card features our Brush Script Spring Word Dies and Sweet Celebration Dies. Also making an appearance here is our oldie but goodie Fringe Flower Die. I forgot how much i loooooove making felt flowers with this die!!! Yippeeee!!!! My card base was die cut with our Cover Up Die Stitched Woodgrain - also a personal fave. I love how this one came together!

Last but certainly not least because it's actually my favorite card from this release is this card made with Sweet Celebration Stamps and Dies, Celebrate Word Die and Quilted Stitched So Sunny Die. I started by stamping flowers and leaves several times and experimenting with colors and I settled on a black as the accent to my flowers for this project which I thought worked well when I decided to add a black sentiment banner. Isn't this so pretty?!! I'm so proud of it! It's a keeper!

I hope you're loving everything you see here!!!

Would you like a chance to win THIS ENTIRE RELEASE?????????

We're giving away this entire release to one lucky winner and this one is AWESOME to win because it's a prize value of almost $170!!!!!!! All you have to do to be eligible to win is leave comments for our Design Team members along you way as you hop today! Yup, that's it!! Just make sure you leave them by Sunday 2/26/2017 11:30 PM EST.

Ready to get hopping? Here is a list of everyone participating today:

Laura Pryor/LID Store Blog <<----You are here

Amy Kolling

Angel Rivera

Chrissy Larson

Heather Hoffman

Jen Carter

Jessica Frost-Ballas

Karen Baker

Lisa Henke

Sarah Jay

Stephanie Gold

Don't forget to swing by our store. We've given a detailed description for all the new release items. We've even provided you with a stamp and die index for our new Sweet Celebration items you won't want to miss and that's also where you can see the project gallery for each new item!

Thank you so SO MUCH for all your positive feedback and enthusiastic comments. It's what I'm going to choose to focus on and relish in today. The time you take out from your day to positively communicate with me is so greatly appreciated!!!

Thank you, all!!!!!!! See you super very soon!! This was certainly a fun release!!!

February Release Hop Day 2

Hi there friends and welcome back to day 2 of our February Release Hop!

Here, once again is everything new to the store this week. Before I do that, if you want and in depth review of each item or if by chance you're just joining us today see my Day 1 Post or visit our store to see the item descriptions. Today, I'm going to give you a bulleted list of the best things to know about each item for a fast read.

 Bunny Buddies Die & Stamp Bundle

 - great for all recipients but designed with kids, especially boys, in mind

 - a total value: 2 2x3 sets and 2 dies bundled together equals savings!

 - fun to color and an awesome, slightly hipster theme

Brush Script Spring Word Dies

 - a must have

 - fabulous script font and perfectly oversized words for Spring and Easter

 - pair with stamps in your collection to create clever phrase

Cat Treat Stamps

 -UBER cuteness here to stamp and color

 - lots of themes and uses here; friendship, birthdays, love and more

 - I can't get enough of coffee. How about you? ;)

Cat Treats Dies

- will purrfectly (had to!) cut out the coordinating stamps with ease

 - fussing cutting is a big thumbs down!

Quilted Stitched So Sunny Die

 - easiest and fastest way to add texture to your paper crafted projects

 - actually cuts into paper so design really pops, as opposed to embossing

 - fun, sunshine like pattern and will coordinate with just about anything already in your collection

Rustic Spring Stamps

 - sweet follow up to Rustic Christmas

 - who doesn't love a sweet bunny for Spring and Easter?

 - lots of accessories to make this set really fun to use and create scenes with

 - simple but useful greetings really compliment the set but lets you focus on the images

Rustic Spring Dies

 - perfectly cuts out all the images in the coordinating stamp set

 - coordinating dies are a total time saver and gives you perfect cuts!

 - the bunny die here is extra special. The arms cut "up" so that the bunny can hold one of its accessories. Love that!

Color Blocking Die

 - totally fun and clever way to bring the color blocking fashion trend right into your craft room and paper crafted projects. 

  - can be used horizontally or vertically on A2 sized card bases

 - be sure to check out the project gallery for this item so you can see what it can really do!

YOU NEED TO WATCH THIS!!! ;) Jen Carter made this excellent video for you showing you everything that can be done to your card fronts with our new Color Blocking Die. In just a few minutes you will see why you need this die in your crafty stash!

Sweet Celebration Stamps

Sweet Celebration Die Set

 Celebrate Word Die

 - a stand out for sure in our line of stamps and dies focusing around the word celebrate

 - a follow up to our popular Warm Welcome Dies and Stamps

 - flowers are just so fun to stamp and die cut and create with

 - this wreath ROCKS in this heart shape

 - the Celebrate Word Die is also great on its own

Ready to see some projects today?

Here I started with our new Color Blocking Die to create an interesting layout using card stock and patterned paper. It was actually really easy to do. Then I focused on the bicycle in the Rustic Spring Stamps. Notice how I added the eggs to the basket? It's an accessory image included in the set. There are actually three different stamps you can use in the basket. Love that! I also stamped and die cut the happy word stamp and stamped the Easter word on vellum. Simple, sweet and it didn't take much time at all!

Here I used the exact same supplies as above but I chose to feature the bunny from the Rustic Spring Stamps and using my die which also cuts around his arms I was able to have him hold a carrot which is also included in the set. As you can see I also used the Color Blocking Die to create my card front but I chose to add texture to my aqua panel with the Quilted Stitched So Sunny Die. Also featured here is our Dual Stitched Egg and Easter Greeting Die which is the Happy Easter greeting die you see here. Lovely!

These three projects were so fun to make  and definitely didn't take too much time at all!!! I hope you love them!

Would you like a chance to win THIS ENTIRE RELEASE?????????

We're giving away this entire release to one lucky winner and this one is a DOOZY to win because it's a prize value of almost $170!!!!!!! All you have to do to be eligible to win is leave comments for our Design Team members along you way as you hop today! Yup, that's it!! Just make sure you leave them by Sunday 2/26/2017 11:30 PM EST.

Ready to get hopping? Here is a list of everyone participating today:

Laura Pryor/LID Store Blog <<----You are here

Amy Kolling

Angel Rivera

Chrissy Larson

Heather Hoffman

Jen Carter

Jessica Frost-Ballas

Karen Baker

Lisa Henke

Sarah Jay

Stephanie Gold

Don't forget to swing by our store. We've given a detailed description for all the new release items. We've even provided you with a stamp and die index for our new Sweet Celebration items you won't want to miss and that's also where you can see the project gallery for each new item!

Thank you SO SO SO SO much for all your comments and feedback yesterday. You really made my day! We'll see you tomorrow for our third and final day of our release hop.

Lots of love,

February New Release Hop Day 1!

Helloooooo there!!! Welcome to Day 1 of our February New Release Hop!!

I'm so very excited to bring you these products! Let's get right to it!

First up is this duo of super cool bunny stamps and dies we're calling Bunny Buddies. You will receive two 2x3 stamp sets and 2 coordinating dies making this bundle a great value! These guys are too hip to hop and so fun to color! They're perfect for any recipient, of course, but were designed with kids in mind and intended to give off a hipster vibe!

Our Quilted Stitched So Sunny Die is a must have for those of you who LOVE this line of dies in our store.  This die creates some seriously awesome texture on card fronts and more. The pattern is delicate but intricate and is a true show stopper! We design these dies so that the finished metal die is exactly and A2 size. So, pre-cut your card base, then line this die up to the front side and with one pass through your machine you'll have a gorgeous, stitched pattern! This one's perfect for Spring, don't you think?

We're so excited to bring you this Cat Treats stamp set! This set was illustrated especially for our Lil' Inker friends and I hope you love it. Aren't these the sweetest images? You'll love that these cats can represent so many different card-giving occasions. Check out the cat friends taking a selfie, coffee cat and party cat! Each image has some purrrfect greetings (lol) that you'll love using!!

Below are the coordinating Cat Treats Dies to our Cat Treats Stamps. We of course had to give you a die set to purrrfectly (had to, LOL) cut out these adorable images!

Our Color Blocking Die is something really super-unique that we think you'll love experimenting with. It's a die designed with interesting card layouts in mind all while using a trendy and fashionable color-blocking design most easily. Precut an A2 card base in one color or many. Line up this die across your card front and cut and then use the pieces to create a colorful and interesting layout. Have a look at our graphic here so you can see what this die will do for your card fronts and don't forget to visit the project gallery on our website to see how awesome this die can be.

RUSTIC SPRING!!!!! Certainly a Spring follow up to our popular Rustic Christmas Dies and Stamps. This time, we're featuring a sweet bunny, bicycle with basket and sweet row of houses are our main images. There are small images in the set that you can add to the basket of the bike which is super fun and of course we've included a tree, some grass and flowers - all the images of spring. We kept the sentiments simple, but lovely as well as purposeful.

Our coordinating Rustic Spring Die Set really brings the stamps to life especially in the bunny's case. We've included some extra cuts around her arms so that when die cut the bunny can hold one of three images; the carrot, flower bouquet or long flower with leaves. Cool, right?! I love love love these sweet images!

Here is our new Brush Script Spring Word Dies. We've given you a trio of word dies that say Spring, Easter and Blessed in a fantastic script font. They are beautiful and easy to use. They can be used alone or cleverly paired with other stamps in your collection to create a phrase or full greeting. A must have!

Wooooot!!!!! I don't know about you but I loooved our Warm Welcome suit of stamps and dies and I really wanted to do a follow up to play with and I created Sweet Celebration! The stamp set includes a wreath done in a heart shape and the sentiments of the set focus around the word celebrate. The flowers are easy and fun to stamps and many are two steps so you'll love building colors and making these flowers your own.

Of course we've given you a coordinating Die set which features the heart wreath as a die as well as a wavy banner to splay across the front of the wreath. All of the sentiments in the stamp set stamp to fit on this wavy banner which can also be used in its own very nicely.

We've also created a Celebrate Word Die because sometimes you just have to die cut a word for a project. Am I right?! :)

I hope you love the Sweet Celebration suite of products. They're so pretty AND can be used for many different occasions including Christmas by using the Celebrate the Season phrase and some festive colored flowers. Lots of possibilities here.

What do you think?? Awesome stuff? Excited????

ME TOO!!!!!!!!

Would you like to see some projects today? Here are the projects I made with Bunny Buddies and also with Cat Treats and there is an appearance by our new Color Blocking Die in there too! Let's look!

Here's a quick little something I made with the hipster bunny in the Bunny Buddies Die & Stamp Bundle. I did some very fast water coloring with my Zigs on watercolor paper and added a sentiment which I heat embossed and snipped out with scissors. I like this sweet image SO MUCH and I love how quick and easy it was to color. My background was created with a plain green card base and the I used my Color Blocking Die to cut out a panel for layering made of thin balsa wood. I thought the wood was a great touch for this more masculine card. The embellie at the top right was made with a leaf from our Spring Flowers Die Set topped off with a button. 

The card above was also super quick and simple to make. This is a mini card at approximately 2.25 x 3-ish. I'll have to get you the exact. But I thought it was perfect as a small gift card. I started by stamping and coloring with Zigs on watercolor paper and then I used this cool bunny's coordinating die to snip him out. I quickly and easily layered him on some orange neon and aqua papers which I actually really love together! I used the happy birthday sentiment and used the word "Brah". I think this is more of a colloquialism for the work "Bro". It happens to be how my hubby refers to my son when he's talking to him and being silly. It's a perfect card to slip into my son's birthday gifts. He's going to be 9, NINE in just a couple of weeks. Where does the time go???? MY BABY!!! I digress....LOL!!!

I hope I get more time to play with this AWESOME AWESOME stamp set called Cat Treats!! OMGSH I am obsessed with the adorable cat images in this set!! Here I used the coffee cat to create a sweet little card. This cat holding the coffee cup is...well....amazing!! I'm actually working with a new illustrator and I wrote to her and told her, among other things, that I wanted a cat holding a coffee cup and she just NAILED IT!!!!!!!! The little saying on kitty's cup is a separate stamp - just fyi -  and I really like that option!!! I paired this with the sentiment coffee is my catnip which I thought was cute and funny! Also making an appearance here is our Silly Stitched Dies which I used to create that awesome border around my card base.

What do you think???? I hope you're loving everything!! I'm really proud of all of the stamps and dies we're bringing you with this release. I hope they make you squeal with delight! HA!!!

Would you like a chance to win THIS ENTIRE RELEASE?????????

We're giving away this entire release to one lucky winner and this one is a DOOZY to win because it's a prize value of almost $170!!!!!!! All you have to do to be eligible to win is leave comments for our Design Team members along you way as you hop today! Yup, that's it!! Just make sure you leave them by Sunday 2/26/2017 11:30 PM EST.

Ready to get hopping? Here is a list of everyone participating today:

Laura Pryor/LID Store Blog <<----You are here

Amy Kolling

Angel Rivera

Chrissy Larson

Heather Hoffman

Jen Carter

Jessica Frost-Ballas

Karen Baker

Lisa Henke

Sarah Jay

Stephanie Gold

I'm so lucky to work with these incredibly talented ladies. You know what's most impressive about their skills? They are all so consistent!!!! I honestly don't even know how they do it! But I'm thrilled that they do, LOL!!! Thank you ladies for all of your consistently awesome and beautiful work!!!!

That will do it for me today. I'll be back tomorrow with another post and more projects. 

Don't forget to head to our website for a closer look at everything you love!

Thank you so much for your support and encouraging feedback!

Lots of love,

You Made It Monday Vol. 33

It's time for another You Made It Monday!  We are super excited to share some more amazing creations that you, our costumers, have created and shared with us online.  You Made It Monday is now a monthly feature and there are prizes!!!  That's right!  If you're featured in our You Made It Monday post you will receive a $10 gift certificate to Lil' Inker Designs!  Isn't that awesome??

You know how much we love seeing what you create with the amazing products in the Lil' Inker Designs store.  You never cease to amaze us with your talent and creativity. Here is just a sampling of the awesome creations you have shared with us lately.

I was really in the Valentine's spirit when I went exploring this month and apparently you guys were too!  Just look at this adorable treat packaging from Janelle, @wallstreetcraft.

Isn't this totally adorable.  I can totally imagine it filled with conversation hearts or another cute Valentine candy.  The color and pattern combo is adorable and Janelle really made our Be Mine Greeting Die shine!  The best part, this isn't the only Valentine's packaging Janelle shares in her Instagram feed!  Make sure to check it out.

Next up, this amazing card from Michele!  You simply must check her out on Instagram, @mfergu01.

Don't you just love that soft airy heart shaker?  Gorgeous, and accented with a little heart from our Fringe Scalloped Heart Dies...just perfect!  The addition of a sentiment from Perfect Pairs Stamps really takes this card over the edge.  Thanks so much for sharing your amazing creation with us, Michele!

Speaking of the Perfect Pairs Stamps, check out this adorable card from Jane, @jane.clempson.

Don't you love when a set of stamps can be more than what it was planned for?  Perfect Pairs Stamps can totally be so many different things!  Valentine, anniversary, wedding, thinking of you, and even an adorable birthday card!  Just look at the amazing background Jane create and cut using a die from Border Builders.  I just love her coloring!

Another great example of stretching your stamps comes to us from Michelle, @_michelleomurray.

Check out this pocket full of Inky Flowers.  I love how Michelle turned this set into a Valentine set and in a pocket too.  Super cute!  I love her layers and the dimension of the popped flowers.  Then she finishes it off with the addition of Silly Stitched Dies to create a great frame for this card.  Just perfect, Michelle!

The final Valentine creation I'm going to share with you comes from Patti, @pattisstampingstudio.

In case you didn't know, our Kitty Hugger Die & Stamp Bundle is PURRfect for classroom Valentines and SO much more!  Just look at these adorable kitties from Patti.  I love how she put the sentiment on a heart beside the kitty.  I also adore the coloring on her orange and white kitty.  Those spots are perfect and the addition of the white accents on the other kitty bring so much extra life to the face.  LOVE! 

We hope you enjoyed this small glimpse of the amazing creations you guys are sharing using Lil’ Inker Designs products.  I can’t wait to see what else I discover in the weeks to come.  As I mentioned above.  You can expect to see You Made It Mondays on the first Monday of each month, unless it's a new release day, then we'll bump it to the next Monday.

We want to make sure you know how much we appreciate you sharing your creations with us and others so, I will be awarding the 5 featured You Made It Monday participants each month with a $10 Lil' Inker Designs Gift Certificate! I'm so excited about this! You also get to proudly display our special blog badge showing that you were picked as a feature!

If you're featured here in a You Made It Monday Post then you are a WINNER!!!!

To claim your prize, email me at lilinkerdesigns@gmail.com with subject line You Made It Monday Winner and add the "Volume" number as listed in the title of our blog post. So these winners will write in the subject line:

You Made It Monday Vol. 33 Prize Winner

To be a part of our You Made It Monday feature be sure to use (hashtag) #lilinkerdesigns so we can find you on social media and the internet.  5 people will be featured each month and if you are featured you win a $10 store credit to Lil' Inker Designs - yahoooooo!!!!!

We loved your work this week and we're so happy to see it!     

See you soon and happy crafting!!!!