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Sunday, April 22, 2018

LID April Release Day 1 - No Borders

Hello! The day is finally here to start sharing projects with the BRAND NEW April release at Lil' Inker Designs! There are a ton of fun new stamps and dies to share! You can find the entire new release HERE!


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!


My first card I used the new One Love Stamp Set - it makes me want to add John 3:16 over the top of it - love the heart shaped earth! For this first card, I stamped and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder on watercolor paper, then added a wash of watercolors over the top in two different colors.


Once that dried, I tore the edges for some texture and mounted it on a white cardbase. Sentiment is heat embossed on a strip of black cardstock, and a few clear droplets are the final finishing touch!


Next up - I thought this sentiment was a PERFECT fit for this image to turn it into a graduation card!


For this card, I used two different colors of Fresh Inks to do a bit of ombre blending on the image. I used my MISTI to keep it lined up, and stamped several times for a nice solid impression and good blending between the colors.


 I then stamped my sentiment and stars from Grad Class (a previous release) and added the year with the new Grad Class 2018 Supplement. (These are on sale together for a bundle price - or if you bought the Grad Class set last year, you can purchase just the Supplement to bring it up to date for this year!). 


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!

Now...how would you like to win the ENTIRE new release?!?!?!? WOW - some lucky winner is going to be VERY happy! Make sure and leave a comment here before hopping along to the next stop - and leave comments at each stop for a chance to win!


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!!!


43 comments:

  1. Awesome cards today. I love the heart world.

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  2. Lovely cards and
    great new items
    in the release.
    Carla from Utah

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  3. Oh wow,the first card with those soft colours and waterlook, amazing. The second card equally amazing.

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  4. Heather both of your cards are awesome and the sentiment with each design is a perfect match for them! Love these ideas. Great inspiration my dear, well done!

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  5. Wow - two very different cards using the same stamp set. I love both but the watercolor wash in the first is so pretty!

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  6. Lovely cards! Such versatility in one set. I love the
    graduation card's colors, all the stars, the whole
    design is really cute.

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  7. Your card designs look organic and effortless, yet so elegant. Love the thoughtful sentiments from Lilinker.

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  8. Your watercolor technique on the first card is beautiful! Thank you for sharing.

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  9. Love the interest you created in your backgrounds! Lovely cards.

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  10. Great colors and love the heart shaped earth.

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  11. Beautiful color combinations. I love this technique, TFS

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  12. I love them both! The Grad card is perfection!

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  13. Both cards are beautiful, Heather. Love the technique you used. And the graduation card - perfect!!

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  14. Those are truly gorgeous! I Love them!!

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  15. Fantastic cards! I love your design for the first card - so stunning!

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  16. Beautiful cards! Love that you used the same stamp with 2 different techniques. Love the water color resist!

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  17. Love the colors on the heart.
    Fantastic cards.
    thanks for sharing
    txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  18. Heather- beautiful cards...two totally different looks with the same stamp. Love it! I got a little choked up on the first one joined with the beautiful sentiment, and can't think of a better pairing than the Grad Class with a world of love awaiting a new grad. Absolutely fabulous!

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  19. Great cards. I'm a sucker for hearts and your cards definitely hit the mark!

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  20. I love these fun and pretty cards and I can't wait to see what the design team came up with the next few days!

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  21. Ok, that's it...I am in love with the heart shape world stamp! What a creative idea for a stamp and your cards are just awesome with it! I need this stamp! Thanks for the chance to win!

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  22. Great cards! Love how you used the heart shape world stamp for the grad card!

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  23. SQUEAL!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE these and the New One Love Stamp Set!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)

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  24. Pretty color combos on your One Love cards! Beautiful new set!

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  25. Gorgeous colours! Love the flower layout.

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  26. Wow! Your cards are really gorgeous!!!

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  27. Heather, what you've done with the One Love Stamps here is truly amazing! The second one combined with the Grad Class 2018 set is genius!!!

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  28. your first card is stunning, I love it!!!

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  29. Lovely cards with these new products.

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  30. Really love the graduation card. Thanks for the inspiration!

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  31. Lovely cards, wonderful graduation card. Thanks for sharing!

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  32. Such a fun stamp! Love the colors on both cards ♥

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  33. What a fabulous graduation card. Pretty and inspiring!

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  34. Fabulous cards!! Love the One Love stampset a lot!! Thanks for your inspirations :)

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  35. What beautiful cards. I think the globe is my favorite set of the release. Thanks for sharing.

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  36. I love the One Love stamp! It looks great with the watercolor on your first card. Beautiful projects!!

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  37. That’s such a wonderful duo of cards !
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