Tuesday, January 15, 2019

LID January Release Day 3 - Hugs and Love

Hello! Welcome to the final day blog hop of the BRAND NEW January release at Lil' Inker Designs! Such fun products in this release - totally full of love and Valentine's Day goodness! You can find the entire new release HERE!


I have two more cards to share with you today using the new release - and a few great items from previous releases! Today I'm using the new Bear Hugger Die and Stamp Bundle (with a bit of a twist to show another way to use it!), the Perfect Pairs Additions Stamp Set, Quilted Stitched All Heart Die, and Sending My Love Word Die!


First up, I wanted to use the darling new Bear Hugger for a card, but unless I wrapped them around something, the arms were just too long for what I wanted on my card front. So...I did some partial die cutting to shorten those arms up! So make note - this is not how the die cuts on it's own, but it is SUPER easy to trim those arms down. I wanted to do a video - and may still post a quick one on my Instagram sometime soon - cause it's a little hard to explain with words, but would take a few seconds to show how in a video. 


I used a plaid background stamped with Cozy Plaid (from the last release in December), and mounted the bear on an aqua oval die cut with Stitched Mats: Ovals, and added a heat embossed sentiment underneath using Perfect Pairs Additions stamp set.


And continuing on with the same color combo apparently - a nice simple card up next!


For this card, I die cut the front of my card using Quilted Stitched All Hearts Die, and added a few black splatters with my Pinkfresh Liquid Watercolors. In hindsight, I wish I'd added just a few less splatters, but it still added a fun bit of texture to the cardfront, so I just decided to go with it.


I die cut the Sending My Love Word Die from aqua cardstock, and mounted that over the front for a nearly one layer card - nice and flat and easy to mail!


This photo shows the texture a little closer and better - I'm especially loving the new Quilted Stitched All Heart 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!

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!!!



27 comments:

  1. Love how you used
    the bear hugger!
    Cute card and the
    second card is so
    lovely.
    Carla from Utah

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  2. I love what you did with the heart background!

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  3. Love your little bear with the great plaid background. Sending Love on that great background is so pretty.

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  4. Awww!!! All your cards are so stinkin' cute!!!

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  5. Great colors on your cards and I like the plaid background on the first. Would love to see a video on shortening the arms.

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  6. Awesome cards! Love the adorable Bear Hugger card with the plaid background! Pretty heart design background for your second card also! Love the word die!

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  7. Love the comfort sentiment and that the bears arms reach the oval frame perfectly!

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  8. I just love the colors that you used today. The black with the pop of green just really made everything look so cute!

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  9. I LOVE THE TEAL and Black! What a fun color combo!

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  10. Love this cards and the sentiment!

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  11. Love the color combo you used on the cards. Makes for a cute set! That bear is adorable!

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  12. I love the black, white & aqua. Great combo and sweet card!

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  13. That bear is too cute! And I love the large font and how it really stands out against the background you created.

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  14. Such beautiful cards. Especially love the second one. Those mega sentiment dies are fabulous!

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  15. Love the bold plaid. Makes a fantastic
    background. The other card has a plain
    background that highlights the sentiment.
    Great cards. thanks for sharing
    txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  16. I love the color that you choose for your cards!

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  17. More wonderful cards and I love aqua blue and black together! Love the splatters on the 2nd card just gives it great texture.

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  18. Two awesome card designs, great mix of new & previous releases. Thank you for sharing.

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  19. The plaid stamp is so pretty. Looks like designer paper, not a stamp. Love your color schemes on these cards.

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  20. The colors work beautifully on both cards. Love the wide embrace of the darling bear.

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  21. I love the black and blue together on both cards. I really love the plaid background with the bear and the little bit of blue.

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  22. Wonderful cards! I love the sending my love card!

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  23. This color combo is so pretty! That Bear Hugger is so sweet and I like the way the big scripty word dies can carry the whole card.

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