Good morning and welcome to the first 2018 release for Lil’ Inker Designs! We’re introducing a bunch of fabulous love-themed 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 the entire January release! That’s correct…one lucky commenter will win everything! There’s more details on how to win at the end of my post!
My card today uses two techniques that might be a little familiar if you visited my blog this weekend…dry-embossing and colored pencils! 😉 I love the pop of texture that you get from dry-embossing and I’ve been hooked on my colored pencils recently! To start I ran the new Forever Heart Die Layer 1 through my big shot with an embossing pad on grey cardstock. Then I stamped the Love and Honey floral heart onto white cardstock and colored it with my polychromos pencils. Once I was finished coloring I restamped the heart with versafine and heat-embossed it with clear embossing powder for a crisp edge before die-cutting it with the coordinating die.
Next I die-cut the ‘forever’ sentiment from the Forever Heart Die Layer 1 set three times with a dark red cardstock that matched the darker shading in my coloring. I glued them together and then set them aside to dry while I worked on the rest of the sentiment. I stamped part of the words from the older Girl’s Best Friends set with versafine and heat-embossed it with clear embossing powder. I trimmed that down to a fishtail banner and adhered it behind the floral heart. Then I adhered the floral heart to the dry-embossed background and finished by adding the sentiment word!
And that’s it for day 1! I’ll be back tomorrow with more! 😉
You should have arrived from Jennifer and Karen 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 one lucky commenter will win the entire January release! Good luck!
Happy hopping!!
- Lil’ Inker Designs Blog
- Amy Kolling
- Chrissy Larson
- Heather Hoffman
- Jennifer Carter
- Jessica Frost-Ballas —> You are here!
- Karen Baker
- Kimberly Rendino
- Lisa Henke
- Lil’ Inker Designs Shop
Thanks so much for visiting and have a fabulous day!
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Wow!! That looks stunning against the gray! Love these new releases!
WOW, this is a stunning card, Jess!!
Beautiful! Color combo & gorgeous coloring! Love that you used that new die to get the impression on black! So beautiful!
beautiful card, Jess! Love the subtle debossed heart…
Beautiful card and colouring!!!
Wonderful coloring. Such an elegant card!
Really cool. I like how you used the background heart and the colorful heart on top. What a great release (as usual) from LID. Love it!
This card is absolutely gorgeous! Love the beautifully colored blooms. And use of the die for the embossed background is really great.
Beautiful cards.
Such a great idea to place the floral heart within the embossed heart. I love the colour palette on this card.
What’s not to love! wonderful release… Diana O emichaels12@hotmail.com
Beautiful card! Love the colors of those gorgeous flowers!
Love your color choices! The depth they add is so pretty!
SQUEAL!! LOVING LOVING LOVING the Looks of the New Release and your AMAZING Inspiration!! THANKS SO MUCH for sharing and for the chances to WIN!! Have a FABULOUS Release Week!! =)
Loved your card.. The colours you used are gorgeous!
Simply stunning! I’ve been hooked on my pencils lately, as well – such fun!
Your cards are very nice, so glad I found your blog 🙂
Looks like I’m going to have to break out my colored pencils. Fabulous card!
Amazing card! I love it!
That foral heart done in pink and gray is beautifully elegant!
Very pretty Jessica. The floral heart really stands out against the dark grey background! Very striking effect!
Sammibug aka Samantha Houp aka Sammi
Beautiful Jess, love how you layered this card
So pretty. I love the colors and design. Just lovely.
fantastic and beautiful card!