Good morning and welcome to the April release for Lil’ Inker Designs! We’re introducing a bunch of gorgeous 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 April release! That’s correct…one lucky commenter will win everything! There’s more details on how to win at the end of my post! Today I’m sharing three cards I created for this release!
My first card features the GORGEOUS Wreath of Roses stamp set! I stamped it onto watercolor paper with versamark and heat-embossed it with gold tinsel embossing powder. Then I watercolored it with zig clean color real brush markers and a damp paintbrush before die-cutting it with the coordinating die. Next I ran a piece of off-white natural cardstock through my big shot with the Stitched Quatrefoil cover up die to create that awesome textured background! Then I stamped a sentiment from Best Blooms with versamark and heat-embossed it with gold embossing powder. I adhered it to the wreath and then used foam mounting tape to adhere the wreath to the background. To finish the card I added a sprinkling of metallic gold sequins!
The first week of May is Teacher Appreciation week and the Apple Shaker die and Apple of My Eye stamp set are perfect to create teacher appreciation cards!
I wanted to create the look of a faux chalkboard as the background of my card. First I die-cut grey cardstock with the Silly Stitched Rectangle dies and then smeared a little white pigment ink on the background with a dauber. I stamped the sentiment using the new Pretty Painted Alphabet set and heat-embossed it with white embossing powder. Then I die-cut the background kraft cardstock using our Stitched Woodgrain cover-up die and adhered the chalkboard to it.
Finally I die-cut the Apple Shaker using red and green cardstock and filled the shaker with lots of coordinating sequins!
I love those cute apples! And you could alter the die slightly or use different colored cardstocks to create peaches or tomatoes! LOVE!
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 April release!
Happy hopping!!
- Lil’ Inker Designs Blog
- Amy Kolling
- Chrissy Larson
- Heather Hoffman
- Jennifer Carter
- Jessica Frost-Ballas —> You are here!
- Karen Baker
- Lisa Henke
- Sarah Jay
- Stephanie Gold
- Lil’ Inker Designs Shop
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Gorgeous cards, Jess! LOVE them!!!
love the rose wreath
Beautiful cards Jessica! How fun it would be to win all of these stamps and dies!
Love that card, the shaker is AW….SOME!
Beautiful work. Thank you for sharing.
The Apple die set is so cute! Beautiful cards.
Wow, that first card! I love the combination of paper and stamps. You can make magic happen!
Love the wreath . I’ve been considering investing in gold embossing powder and you’ve made up my mind for me! Beautiful card!
Apple shaker is so creative…just moved that to gotta have list!
I love all your work, Jessica, but right now I’m head-over-heels for the apple shaker card! As a retired teacher, I always loved apples from my students. This card would make a perfect gift! Can’t wait to make some for my still-teaching friends!
Such pretty cards.
I love everything about your first card…the gold embossing, the background, the beautiful wreath, etc. And the shakers are so fun!!
I love your cards! Especially the apple. Just adorable!
What wonderful cards. I like the apple thank you cards for teachers.
Adore your apple shaker/teacher thank you cards!! Pinned the idea!
Jess, your first card is STUNNING, the Wreath of Rose’s is beautiful! Your apple shaker cards are too cute for words, absolutely ♥ THEM!
OMG, I just love your cute shaker apples!! And how
perfect for a teacher gift! The wreath of roses is one of
my favorites of this release & you colored it so beautifully.
Love the gold embossing.
Beautiful cards! Love the apple shaker!
Such a beautiful wreath!!! The apple shaker card is perfect for my daughter in law who is a teacher!
Love your cards. The shaker card is cute but the wreath of roses is just beautiful.
I love this! Thanks for alerting me about this new release. I honestly love each and every piece in this release. I’m new to Lil’ Inker Designs. I love how your cards turned out. The first definitely caught my eye. And the apple card – super cute!! I ‘need’ those for my girls’ teachers. 🙂
beautiful cards! love the rose wreath!
Your wreath card is so elegant. Just beautiful.
Love the cards. I really need the wreath set and the quatrafoil cover plate.
Your wreath is beautiful. I love the apple shaker cards. Any teacher would love to receive a card like them!!
I love all these cards!! Your gorgeously colored wreath with the subtle background is just stunning, and those chalkboard apple shaker cards are amazing!! Thanks so much for sharing.