Good morning and welcome to the August 2017 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 August 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 two cards I created for this release!
Both of my cards today use the GORGEOUS florals from Encouraging Words and a similar palette with different mediums!!
I started by stamping the largest flowers and foliage from Encouraging Words onto a piece of watercolor paper with versamark and then heat-embossed them with white embossing powder. Then I filled in the empty spaces with the smaller elements until I had a floral pattern across the entire paper. Next I wet the paper liberally and then watercolored it with aged mahogany, worn lipstick, and chipped sapphire distress ink. I also used a gold watercolor paint from my Finetec palette to add a little shimmer. Once it dried I added a light wash of chipped sapphire to the background and let it dry. Finally I added splatters of distress ink and gold watercolor.
While that was drying I stamped the sentiment from Ever onto dark maroon cardstock and heat-embossed it with white embossing powder. I trimmed it down to a fishtail banner and added the rest of the sentiment die-cut from the Ever dies with gold glitter cardstock. I adhered the banner to the card with regular ATG adhesive and then used foam mounting tape to adhere the glitter cardstock.
My second card is a sort of a play on the first card! I stamped the florals from Encouraging Words using dye inks that resembled the color palette of my first card. Again I started with the largest elements and then filled in with the smaller elements. I stamped the sentiment with dark navy blue ink and added white dots of varying sizes with tonic nuvo crystal drops in gloss white.
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 August release! Good luck!
Happy hopping!!
- Lil’ Inker Designs Blog
- Angelica Suarez
- Amy Kolling
- Chrissy Larson
- Heather Hoffman
- Jennifer Carter
- Jessica Frost-Ballas —> You are here!
- Karen Baker
- Lisa Henke
- Sarah Jay
- Lil’ Inker Designs Shop
Thanks so much for visiting and have a fabulous 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!!
 Lil’ Inker Designs Ever Word Die Shop at: LID |
 Lil’ Inker Designs Ever Stamps Shop at: LID |
 Lil’ Inker Designs Encouraging Words Stamps Shop at: LID |
 Lil’ Inker Designs Encouraging Words Dies Shop at: LID |
 Lil’ Inker Designs Modern Mandalas Stamps Shop at: LID |
 Lil’ Inker Designs Modern Mandalas Dies Shop at: LID |
 Lil’ Inker Designs Hello Dino Stamps Shop at: LID |
 Lil’ Inker Designs Hello Dino Dies Shop at: LID |
 Lil’ Inker Designs Fringe Scalloped Tag Dies Shop at: LID |
 Lil’ Inker Designs Eat Cake Stamps Shop at: LID |
 Lil’ Inker Designs Eat Cake Dies Shop at: LID |
 Lil’ Inker Designs Deco Edge Border Dies Shop at: LID |
 Lil’ Inker Designs Hello Beautiful Cover Up Die Shop at: LID |
I like your very lovely cards….beautiful!
Beautiful work with those beautiful floral set!
Stunning back grounds!!!!
These cards are stunning:)
Both of your backgrounds look amazing! I love how the sentiments are still the most important part of the card!
Loving these! Sooo pretty!
I really love them both. 🙂 I like how the second card played on the stamp – it all came together perfectly!
That wonderful “Ever” die is just the best!
These cards are lovely. Your muted color choices really make the images and sentiments stand out!
The colors on both cards are gorgeous! And I really love the new release. It has so many wonderful things!
Love the florals!!
Beautiful cards, Jessica! Love the color palettes and designs!
Love both the cards…you have created a wonderful background…And that Ever die is super awesome..
I’m loving the “Ever” die. I love the size of it on the card. Thank you for the great cards.
BEAUTIFUL cards!
WOW – your FABULOUS florals DELIGHT and INSPIRE, such an EXCITING mosaic!
Once again, beautiful work!! Thank you for the inspiration!!
Amazing cards, love the Ever die!
Very pretty! Love the colors & the added spatters!
Flowers, flowers, flowers! Can’t get enough! These are great stamp sets. Thanks for sharing your talent.
Gorgeous cards! Great products! Fantastic release! 🙂
These are both so pretty! I love the floral backgrounds you’ve put together!
Great cards! I really love the you are so loved card, it will definitely cheer someone up!
Cards are so soft and pretty using the flowers and foliage, the Ever’s font is nice, and the sentiments are inspiring.
So pretty! Love those flowers and the colors you used!
This new floral set is very beautiful! Your cards are lovely!