So, if you follow me on Instagram or Facebook you might have seen me post this photo back in late June…
I told people at the time that I had to keep my secret a little longer (I did tell my dogs and cat because I just couldn’t help myself…) and it was SO hard but it’s finally time to share that I am the newest design team member of Lil’ Inker Designs!!
Aaaahhhh!! You should have heard the shrieking in my house when I read the email invitation from Laura! I am so excited to join the Lil’ Inker Designs family and work with the fabulously talented design team! So, without further ado, here we are with the July release!!
We are releasing coordinating dies for a previous stamp set, two stamp sets with coordinating dies, one cover up die, and four stand-alone die sets! And the best news, everything is available right now! So I won’t be at all offended if you head over to Lil’ Inker Designs and shop! But then you should most definitely come back and hop along with the whole team for a chance to win one of three $15 gift certificates! I’ll have the giveaway details and hop info at the bottom of my post!
Today I’m featuring cards using the Alphabet Gem dies (that coordinate with the previously released Alphabet Gem stamp set), the Happy Birthday Border die, and the Quilted Stitched Spirals Cover Up die.
I put together a quick video to show you these three products (unfortunately I didn’t have time for a tutorial for my cards) but I hope you enjoy this short introduction!
For my first card I used the previously released Alphabet Gem stamp set with the Alphabet Gem dies, the Center Point Chevron Cover Up die, and the Girl’s Best Friend Diamond die.
I wanted the texture of the cover up die without a lot of visual distractions so I die-cut it with white cardstock and adhered it to a white card base. Next I die-cut the diamond with silver glitter paper and matted it on silver metallic cardstock. I die-cut the letters from white cardstock with the coordinating dies and then stamped the letters onto the die-cut shapes and heat-embossed them with silver embossing powder.
I also die-cut the same letters from a dark grey cardstock to create a shadow effect for each letter. Then I adhered the diamond over a tangle of silver metallic thread, adhered the letters with foam mounting tape, and added a sprinkling of clear and metallic silver sequins to finish the card!
My next two cards are kind of variations of each other using the Happy Birthday Border die and the Quilted Stitched Spirals Cover Up die! 🙂
I love the combination of peachy coral and grey so I die-cut a light shade of peachy cardstock with the cover up die. Next I die-cut the sentiment border die with a darker shade of peach cardstock. Then I ran the bottom half of the darker cardstock through my Big Shot with the cover up die which left the sentiment un-embossed. I trimmed them down and layered them on a dark grey cardstock panel. I adhered that panel to a white card base and added a few sparkling clear sequins.
I followed the same steps for my second card but used shades of teal and decided to make the teal more dominant in the design. Here’s a closer look at the Happy Birthday Border die:
I really love the look of that cover up die, too! So that’s all I have to share today! Make sure to come back tomorrow to see more of the new release!
You should have arrived from the Lil’ Inker Designs Blog and Stephanie is your next stop. If you get lost you can find the full hop list below! Leave a comment on each stop along the hop and three random commenters will win $15 gift certificates to Lil’ Inker Designs!
- Lil’ Inker Designs Blog
- Jessica Frost Ballas —> YOU ARE HERE! 🙂
- Stephanie Gold
- Lisa Henke
- Heather Hoffman
- Jennifer Carter
- Angel Rivera
- Joy Taylor
- Amy Kolling
- Karen Baker
- Chrissy Larson
- Sarah Jay
- Link to shop the July release!!!
Thanks so much for visiting and have a wonderful day!
Interested in the products I used? To make them easy for you to find, I have listed them below. (Affiliate disclosure can be found here). Your purchases help keep my blog running and I thank you for the support!)
Big congrats!! Now your doggies and cats don’t have to keep the secret.. . Wonderful creations.. I always love to see what you create..
Congrats and welcome
to the team! I love that
Happy Birthday border
die, looks great on your
lovely cards.
Carla from Utah
WOW!!!!!! Those cards are amazing and fabulous, Jess. I love your style a lot with the background die!
I told you you’d be doing great things! Happy for you! Congratulations!!
Congratulations! Your cards are great! I love the ‘Happy Birthday’ die as I love things in straight lines!
Yay!!! So excited to have you officially on the team. Love your creations!! Really love how you used the birthday banner die.
Love that swirl background and those new letters are awesome!
Love the blue color combo one.
Congrats Jess! I am really excited to see you over at Lil’ Inker Designs! Beautiful cards to show off some of the new stamps and dies! I love the Happy Birthday cards, and the color combos are awesome!
WOW! I love your cards. These new products are so inspiring. The quilted spiral background is a favorite.
Congratulations! Your designs are great 🙂
Congratulations! Well deserved! Your cards are GORGEOUS! I am loving those quilted stitched spirals! I probably won’t have time to do the blog hop but wanted to stop in and say Congrats!
Congratulations! Jessica. Look forward in seeing more of your beautiful cards.
Congrats on joining the Lil’ Inker DT!
Jess, your post, video and projects for today were absolutely perfect – like you’ve been with LID forever!!! I’m so impressed with it all. Thank you so much!!!
Laura
Stunning cards! I love the Spiral Cover Up die especially & the blue cards really shows it off beautifully!
congrats girl!!
I am really enjoying seeing what you are making for Lil’ Inker Designs! Congratulations!!!
Congrats on joining LID! What lovely creations you’ve come up with (as usual!)!
These are such fun and simple cards. Thanks for sharing!
Yay!!! Congratulations on your new DT position!! Your cards are just awesome – perfect masculine cards (who says men can’t have stitching on their cards?!) 🙂