All the Best with Lil' Inker Designs

Lil' inker Designs recently sent me some fabulous goodies to share with you! I absolutely LOVE these gorgeous flowers from the Sketched Floral stamp set. The coordinating dies make it super easy to create fantastic designs with them, too! I combined them with a bold color scheme and the wonderfully useful On the Diagonal die for this card.



I created the background by stamping the flower numerous times in black ink. I began in the middle and worked my way out from there. I love how it turned out! So bold! The stitching on the On the Diagonal die allows it to stand out and carry the die cut purple flower really well! I love that!



Be sure to check out the Lil'inker Designs blog for lots of inspiration using their adorable stamps and dies! I have to admit, I love that they are a Massachusetts based company! We don't get many craft companies based around here, so that makes me smile!

Have a Happy!

(I was given stamps and dies for this post. All opinions expressed are my own. All artwork is my own.)

You're Not My Friend

Today I have the last of my Stamping Royalty cards to share with you. Well, except for the Season's Greetings Category because I can't share that one, but you will see it in the July issue of Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking Magazine! Woot! Woot! This one was for the Friendship category. I pulled out the Highline Chalkboard Background stamp from Hero Arts/Basic Grey for a bit of fun technique play on this one!


I stamped the mint background and then, on a second panel, I stamped and clear embossed the background again. I inked over it with grey ink after embossing to get a reverse look and then used an iron to remove the embossing entirely, giving me the image in reverse. That was SO MUCH FUN!!!! I die cut the word Hello from the reverse panel and lined it up perfectly to sit on top of the same spot to make it seamless. I LOVE how this one turned out and that I ventured into new territory, too!


I hope you have enjoyed this week of my Stamping Royalty cards! I had SUCH a good time creating these and was super excited to share them, as I really put my all into them! I love them. All of them. For reals. I can't even help it.



In other news, I have a giveaway winner to announce! The winner of my Crafter's Companion prize is... Carol L! Congratulations, Carol! Please email me with your full name and mailing address so I can get this out to you!

Have a Happy!!!

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Oh, My Stars!

Happy Friday, folks!  I decided to jump in for the Runway Inspired Challenge this time around!  This is really one of my favorite challenges and I just don't get the opportunity to play very often, so I was excited to play along!

This is the inspiration photo that was provided.  My first instinct was to create something that had nothing to do with the dress, to be honest, but rather, that amazing turquoise and white background!  That one may still be to come, however, after receiving some new goodies from Simon Says Stamp the other day, I had to dive into them and ended up inspired by the dress, after all!



To create this look, I stamped a white panel with the Hero Arts Capture Prism background stamp and heat embossed it with clear powder.  I then used Mini Distress Inks in a variety of colors over the embossed image to create a colorful happiness!!!!  I then die cut the stars with the Lil' Inker Stitched Star dies.  I LOVE THESE DIES!  I die cut the stars from black cardstock to create the shadow and popped the colorful ones up on the shadow.  Then I added a few enamel dots and the sentiment from Lil' Inker Shiny Happy stamp set!  LOVE IT!



And with that, my friends, I wish you a HAPPY!