Tuesday, January 9, 2018

LID January Release Day 3 - Love is just a Word


Hello! Welcome back to the third and final day of of a fun new release at Lil' Inker Designs - and it's time to break out the love and Valentine's theme cards - as well as the ever needed birthday cards like I made for today! You should have arrived here from Chrissy Larson - if you stopped by here you can refer to the entire blog hop at the bottom so you don't miss a stop or a chance to win the amazing giveaway. I also have links to all the new products I used on today's cards!


For today's card, I went soft and simple - and tried my hand at a bit of no-line style coloring. I don't feel super good at it yet, but it is definitely better than my first attempt at least!


I started by stamping the large floral heart from Love and Honey stamps with SSS Barely Beige Ink, then die cut the word love with Love is Love Dies. I then colored the remaining part of the image with the words removed. I reattached those letters, popped up with foam adhesive, then covered them in with a nice thick coating of Crystal Glaze - actually two layers, allowing them to dry in between!. Finished off with a sentiment from Love is Love stamps - I masked off the small "love" from the stamped sentiment so that it would work well with the large die.


Your next stop along the blog hop is Jennifer Carter - head over there next to finish the hop before you go shopping. See you tomorrow with more projects and fun!

And now the really fun part! One lucky person is going to win THE ENTIRE RELEASE! Winner will be chosen from comments left along the hop - so the more comments you leave, the better your chance of winning!


Here is the entire Blog Hop line-up - make sure and check out each stop and leave your comments:

Heather Hoffman (you are HERE)

Product links are all below - including affiliate links where possible, which simply means if you use one of the links below that I receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!!!


47 comments:

  1. SQUEAL!! LOVING LOVING LOVING your BEAUTIFUL Card!! <3 <3 <3 THANKS SO MUCH for sharing and for the chances to WIN!! Have a FABULOUS Release Week!! =)

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  2. The floral heart design makes a beautiful background! Lovely card!

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  3. That’s a wonderful, very elegant card !
    [margessw(at)icloud(dot)com]

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  4. The floral heart stamp is so beautiful!

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  5. I love the popped up LOVE! It is going on my wish list for sure.

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  6. Oh Heather, not only is your card gorgeous but the sentiment is one of the best I have ever seen avaible, ANYWHERE! Oh my I love that sentiment. Beautifully done.

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  7. Such a soft and delicate card!! Well done!!

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  8. Love the subtle beauty of this card! Great release to inspire creativity!

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  9. I love how you placed the love diecuts on top of the floral design, so pretty!

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  10. The soft colors look great. I like how you put the die cuts over it. Nice.

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  11. I WANT this card! It is so pretty. Thanks for sharing

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  12. The pastels and the hearts, oh my, I am in LOVE with these cards and products.

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  13. Goodness- you never disappoint do you?! That card is fresh and beautiful! x

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  14. I think your card is so stunning! Love
    the soft coloring you did.

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  15. I think your no-line coloring came out beautifully! Don't be so hard on yourself. The yellow roses, especially, look amazing!

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  16. Lovely sentiment and I like the colors on the heart.

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  17. Very pretty. Love how you used the image in the background. Your colors are perfect

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  18. Such a beautiful card! I love the soft flowers behind that fabulous die-cut word!

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  19. What beautiful colouring of the flowers. Really love the effect it gives the LOVE letters!

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  20. Those bold letters make a great focal point!

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  21. Beautiful card! Love that you chose yellow for these flowers and white bold "love" statement!

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  22. That subtle bouquet as a background is Perfect!

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  23. Gorgeous card, Heather! Love the design! Especially like how you used the Love and Honey floral heart behind the love sentiment die.

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  24. Really love these. The placing of LOVE in front of the flowers is great now I don't think I'd of thought of putting it I the front but now i will lol. Thankyou. Xx😀xx

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  25. Simple, yet so elegant with the muted colour palette. Thanks for sharing your creativity.

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  26. What a beautiful card! The sentiment is too precious!

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  27. OMG, Heather! Your card is so lovely it makes my swoon!!

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  28. This is so beautiful! I'd've had a hard time covering up the flowers, but it is gorgeous!!

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  29. Heather, your card is just stunning! Love the soft flowers behind the die cut!

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  30. Such an elegant card, the colours look stunning on the main bouquet, you did so well to resist colouring all the images in, I wouldn't be able to lol.

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  31. Gorgeous card. Love the soft coloring.

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  32. Love the stamping of the heart stamp as a lovely pastel background.Perfect background for the love sentiment.

    Sammibug aka Samantha Houp aka Sammi

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  33. Loving this release! Your cards are beautiful.

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  34. My favorite kind of card, clean and simple. Beautiful work.

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  35. A very creative card. Lov the sentiment!

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  37. This card is stunning!! Love the elegant layering.

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  38. Love the stamps/dies and your design is so lovely.

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  39. The floral heart is so beautiful!

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