Monday, June 11, 2018

LID June Release Day 2 - Plaid, Shakers, and Babies, Oh My!

Hello! Welcome to Day 2 of the blog hop to celebrate the BRAND NEW June release at Lil' Inker Designs! There are SOOOO many incredible new stamps and dies in this release - and if you like coffee, kitties, or babies - you are going to LOVE this release!!! 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!

Today I have FOUR cards to share - all baby theme! Lots of this release is geared toward baby cards, and I couldn't resist building up my stash a bit - I created two each of boy and girl cards!


This first card also uses the fabulous Cover Up Die: Perfectly Plaid. This die is genius! You die cut it twice, and rotate one layer 180 degrees - and it makes a plaid design like this! I layered together a lighter and darker aqua over a dark gray cardbase for this card!


I also used the new Baby Word Tag Dies - only I trimmed the tags off with scissors so I could just use the words. I die cut each word once from white cardstock, blended some coordinating ink over the bottom of each word, then die cut again from white fun foam and layered together to make them super dimensional. Finished off by covering them with a thick coat of Crystal Glaze to make them shine, and feel even more dimensional!


For the second boy card, I used another new favorite - Baby Onsie Shaker Die - to make a shaker card!


I love how this cuts the stitching on both the negative, AND the positive of the die cut! Perfect for making an entire shaker full of sparkliness like this.


Layered it on some Lawn Fawn Gingham pattern paper, filled it with Mini Iridescent Star Confetti from Pretty Pink Posh, and finished off with a heat embossed sentiment from the darling new Little Ones Stamp Set on a strip of gray cardstock that I hand trimmed into a banner.


Now - onto those girl cards!


For this first one, I again used the new Cover Up Die: Perfectly Plaid, only instead of die cutting, I used embossing pads to create an embossed background! I added some soft pink distress ink blending over the top to make a focal point area.


I die cut the Baby Onsie Shaker Die from pattern paper, and this time used the positive die cut. I heat embossed a sentiment over the top, again using the Little Ones Stamp Set, added some jute string behind, and mounted that panel on a pink cardbase.


And finally, combining these two new dies and new stamp set one more time for the second girl card:


This time I die cut the Cover Up Die: Perfectly Plaid frome white cardstock two times, ink blended over the top of one of them, layered them together, and trimmed the edges slightly smaller than my pink cardbase. This allowed me to attach them together behind the onesie and leave the edges more free floating for a whimsical look.


I used the positive die cut from my shaker card above, and stamped a sentiment from Little Ones Stamp Set over the top with a soft gray ink. Simple and fun!


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!!!


41 comments:

  1. Love all of these sweet baby cards!

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  2. The Perfectly Plaid Die Cover Up is genius. All your baby cards are adorable but I especially love the pink paper-pieced onesie on the embossed plaid background!

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  3. All your baby cards are so sweet! Love those big words on the plaid background. Simple but such impact.

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  4. I love the plaid backgrounds...perfect for these sweet baby cards!

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  5. Lovely cards, Heather. I love that plaid die!!
    Love those cute shakers.

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  6. These baby cards are just adorable, Heather! Great sentiments.

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  7. The plaid girl card might be my favorite. It is really sweet!

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  8. These are ALL adorable!! Great inspiration for a fabulous new release.. Thanks for sharing!!

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  9. Absolutely adorable baby cards! Love all these ♥

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  10. Wow, you made plaid the perfect backdrop for that adorable Onesie!

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  11. Such sweet and cute card! Love this release!

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  12. your cards are sweet and adorable!

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  13. Adorable cards! Awesome release! The shaker card might be my fav! I have a thing for them đŸ˜‚

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  14. Such sweet baby cards! I love plaid and gingham on baby cards so you got me at the word go.

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  15. Your cards are so pretty, love the baby cards!

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  16. Adorable cards!! I am going to be a great-aunt soon...so may be needing a few of these!! Love that Plaid Die!

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  17. I love, love, love the baby cards..I think this die set is my favorite!!

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  18. oooh these baby cards are just what I am looking for for inspiration - thanks for sharing:)

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  19. Wonderful baby card designs. My fave is the onesie shaker.

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  20. Your projects are amazing! That plaid die. Be still my heart!

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  21. Your cards are fabulous. Love how you used the plaid background die.

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  22. Awww!!! How cute!!! Love so much these sweet cards!!!

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  23. Wow !! You’ve made a very cool set of baby themed cards !! And the die-cut plaid backgrounds is absolutely incredible !!
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  24. That plaid cover-up die is my favorite in this release.-Maria Giselle B.

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  25. I like how the word dies you can use as a tag or just cut off, like you did in your card. I just love baby cards, and yours are so amazing! I want to buy it all, the plaid, word, and shaker dies!

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  26. The plaid die is genius and your use of it for these sweet baby cards is fabulous!! I love "the snuggle is real" sentiment!

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  27. How cute are these! Your baby cards are adorable & I love that plaid die.

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  28. SO very sweet!!! Love all of these. That plaid die makes it so easy to make a cool layered textury card ... LOVE all of the different looks you've gotten with them!

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  29. Such sweet baby cards - love how you used the fun foam for extra dimension on the Sweet Baby Boy card which is my favorite.

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  30. I love these cards!! The colors you used are just gorgeous. That plaid background die is just amazing.

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  32. Love that die cut.
    The layering of colors is great.
    the Onsie's are darling.
    Fantastic cards.
    thanks for sharing.
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  33. The onesie cards are so sweet, but the multi cat stamp and die set are my favorite from this release.

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  34. Wow wow the effect with the plaid cover up is amazing!

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