Good morning and welcome to the first day of the September release for Lil’ Inker Designs! We’re introducing a bunch of adorable Halloween, Autumn, and Thanksgiving stamps and dies and they’re all available right now! I love that Laura doesn’t make you wait to shop the new release…so I totally understand if you want to go shop now, but make sure you come back and comment for a chance to win a $15 gift certificate to Lil’ Inker Designs! Today I’m showcasing Reap a Harvest stamps and dies, Pumpkin & Flower Greeting stamps, and Dual Stitched Pumpkin & Grateful Word die set!
And here’s my first card:
If you’re a regular reader of my blog you know that I absolutely LOVE autumn so I fell hard for these stamps and dies! To create this card I started by die-cutting the Dual Stitched Pumpkin from kraft cardstock and then stamped the Pumpkin & Flower Greeting Stamps onto the pumpkin before heat-embossing it with gold tinsel embossing powder. I also die-cut the Grateful word and the pumpkin stem and heat-embossed them with the same gold tinsel embossing powder. Next I colored the flowers with colored pencils and then set it aside to work on the rest of the card.
Then I took a piece of textured white cardstock and stamped some of the greenery and acorns from Reap a Harvest in a circular pattern before heat-embossing them with gold tinsel embossing powder. I trimmed down the sides of the white cardstock and adhered it to a dark red cardstock panel. Finally I adhered the pumpkin with foam mounting tape and then glued the word die and pumpkin stem onto the pumpkin.
My second card features Reap a Harvest stamps. I started by stamping the greenery in a random pattern all across my cardstock with versamark before heat-embossing it with white embossing powder. Then I applied a wash of distress inks in Seedless Preserves, Spiced Marmalade, and Squeezed Lemonade for an unusual autumn palette. I left a little bit of a white border which helps keep the painted edges softer. Next I stamped the sentiment from Reap a Harvest onto black cardstock, heat-embossed it with white embossing powder, and trimmed it down to label size. I adhered it to the watercolored panel with foam mounting tape and added a sprinkling of sparkling clear sequins. Finally I adhered the watercolored panel to a white card base!
And that’s it for me for day one! I’ll be back tomorrow with a trio of Walking Dead-themed cards! 😉
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Love the colors!
Really nice cards…great designs as well as colors.
Gorgeous cards, Jessica!!! Love the pumpkin one especially with the floral touches and the diecut sentiment. Love how you kept it CAS.
Gorgeous creations!! Love the pretty fall colors of the first one and the bright background you created in the second.
Beautiful cards. I love the pumpkin and flower greetings. I love the gold embossing, so elegant.
love the embossing on both cards!
I love Autumn too. Fabulous cards. I really like the gold embossing on the pumpkin.
Two beautiful cards!
Oooo pretty! Very nicely done.
Beautiful cards! I love Fall too. Thank you.
I love all the glittery embossing on your card and these great new fall stamps!
Really pretty cards, you are a great artist.
Love the embossing
on this stamped pumpkin!
Very pretty card,
Carla from Utah
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Fab fall cards.
Beautiful card. The touch of gold really makes me think of Autumn.
Great cards! It’s neat that they’ve come out with a pumpkin set along the same lines as their floral Easter eggs. Thanks for the inspiration!
Absolutely love both of your designs…great use of the images and the gold tinsel EP makes the images pop nicely. And your photography really shows it off, too. The distress inked background with the yummy non-traditional palette is perfect and whimsical. Both are good examples how the same images are versatile and of your creativity. Thanks for sharing.
I love what you did with that Reap A Harvest stamp set on both cards. I totally love the Fall feeling I get from the first card but I also must say that your second card is a brilliant use and mix of colors. You’re incredibly talented. I’ve always marvelled at your projects.
Beautiful Autumn cards!! Love all of the gold and sparkle on the first one and the color combo on the second card is absolutely FABULOUS!!!
Both cards are beautiful & I absolutely LOVE the Reap & Harvest set!
Jess, I love both of your cards! I love Fall, too. The colors are just beautiful as they are in your cards. The tan pumpkin with gold tinsel embossing is very pretty. The brightly colored card with white embossing is also very pretty. I just started following you and I’m so glad. I enjoy your artwork and I have not come across Lil Inker Designs before. They are so cute! My poor bank account!
Gorgeous fall theme cards, Jess. Love the pumpkin!
Love the embossing and coloring on ther pumpkin. The watercolored background is gorgeous! Love those colors.
Tgese are fabulous fall cards. I especially like the gold tinsel embossing.