Age is Irrelephant - Simon Says Stamp

Good morning! Today I'm sharing a cute and simple birthday card using some stamps and dies from Simon Says Stamp - I recently purchased the super cute Punny Animal sentiment stamp set and the Grassy Edges wafer die and wanted to put them both to good use!

I started off this card by stamping the elephant from Wild Cuddly Critters on my white cardbase, then stamping it again on masking paper, carefully cutting it out, and masking off the elephant image. I then blended a distress ink background with Salty Ocean distress ink, also adding some splatters of the same ink. I peeled off my mask, and then colored the elephant with Copic markers.

I then die cut several of the Grassy Edges die from Green Apple cardstock, and layered them across the bottom, one over the other. Finished off with one of the hilarious sentiments from the Punny Animals stamp set heat embossed on a thin strip of black cardstock, and mounted with foam on my card!

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Bright Happy Gnome Card - Reverse Confetti Wednesday in the Works

Good morning! I have a new edition of Wednesday in the Works on the Reverse Confetti Blog and YouTube Channel this morning sharing this fun and bright way to stretch a holiday stamp set for other uses! I hope you'll go check it out!

Thanks so much for stopping by - have a great day!

LID February Release Day 3 - Dog Years

Hello! Welcome back to the 3rd and final day of the hop to celebrate the BRAND NEW February release at Lil' Inker Designs! This is such a sassy and fun release - and a fresh mix of new products! 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 a super simple and ADORABLE card featuring the new Dog Hugs stamp set - I KNOW this one is going to be popular!

For this card, I stamped the main image on white cardstock and die cut with the coordinating dies. I stamped LOTS of the little gifts and colored them in a rainbow, die cut them with the coordinating Dog Hugs dies, then tucked them into the arms of the dogs that die cut with the coordinating dies - there are lots of accessories to tuck in there, and that die is optional as well! So versatile!

I added a touch more color around the image with the same rainbow of Copic markers, just to tie and pull everything together.

Finished off by mounting that entire panel on a soft gray cardbase, and adding the perfect sentiment from Sassy Pants stamp set!

Your next stop along the blog hop is Jennifer Carter - head over there next to finish the hop before you go shopping!

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:

Lil' Inker Designs Blog

Amy Kolling

Chrissy Larson

Heather Hoffman (you are HERE)

Jennifer Carter

Karen Baker

Kimberly Rendino

Lisa Henke

Lil' Inker Designs Store

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!!!

Happy Wedding Day - Simon Says Stamp

Good morning! As I mentioned with a card post earlier this month, recently had a request to add a few more wedding cards to my stash of cards, so once again I pulled out a favorite die from Simon Says Stamp, a simple sentiment, and this time an alcohol ink background - and put this card together! I used one single color of alcohol ink to create this background, just adding blending solution and blowing it around with an air blower until I was happy with the result.

Hard to capture this in the photos - but this is a peek-a-boo shaker card! I used the basic heart outline from Deco Heart Wafer Die to cut a window out of my panel of Yupo paper with alcohol ink design on it, then cut a matching window on my white cardbase. I tucked the colored heart on the inside of the card, then created a double sided shaker window! These next couple photos show how it looks opened up:

I filled the shaker window with sparkly Pretty Pink Posh Iridescent Mini Heart Confetti, then glued the detail die cut from Deco Heart Wafer Die on the outside of the acetate on the front of the card using tiny bits of Ranger Multi-medium Matte. Isn't it fun and sparkly?!?!?

Finally, I die cut the Big Happy Wafer Die from white cardstock and adhered that on the front, then added a heat embossed sentiment from All My Love stamp set to finish off!

I love the fun twist of a see-through window. Just a little something extra special!

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

LID February Release Day 2 - Another Year Older

Hello! So back for day 2 of sharing projects with the BRAND NEW February release at Lil' Inker Designs! This is such a sassy and fun release - and a fresh mix of new products! 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'm back with a card featuring LOTS of the new release goodies all on one card!

This one uses the unique and fun Sassy Girl Die to create that fun focal point. I die cut each of the layers from white cardstock and used Copic markers to color them in. I die cut the crown from gold glitter paper, and adhered all the layers together, stamping the eyes on with the coordinating Sassy Girl Stamp Set.

It is a little hard to see in the photos, but I die cut the new Mod Circles Cover Up Die from white cardstock, and then used an Ivory cardstock for the base that was just barely off-white. Perfect for a touch of neutral contrast.

I added a stitched oval cut from white cardstock to anchor my image, and also used it to hide the adhesive behind - so the Mod Circles background is only adhered behind the oval which gives it a bit of a free floating feel. Finished off with a sentiment from the new Sassy Pants stamp set heat embossed on a strip of black cardstock!

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:

Lil' Inker Designs Blog

Amy Kolling

Chrissy Larson

Heather Hoffman (you are HERE)

Jennifer Carter

Karen Baker

Kimberly Rendino

Lisa Henke

Lil' Inker Designs Store

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!!!

Alcohol Ink Painting - on the Unity Stamp Company Blog

Good morning! Stopping by today with a quick look at my set of cards for this week's video tutorial on the Unity Stamp Company Blog this morning! This is the second in a series of tutorials featuring alcohol inks in different ways! You can check out all the details HERE!

Thanks for stopping by - have a wonderful day!

LID February Release Day 1 - Hello Gorgeous

Hello! So excited to start sharing projects with the BRAND NEW February release at Lil' Inker Designs! This is such a sassy and fun release - and a fresh mix of new products! 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 paired up a couple of the new sets to stamp out this loose floral wreath in some fresh and fun colors!

All the florals and leaves came from the fun Sassy Girl Stamp Set. This set is mainly a coordinating stamp set for the Sassy Girl dies - but I loved all these little images tucked on there and wanted to use them! 

I totally stamped this freehand - building it up one image at a time. I started with the purple and pink flowers, adding some small ones in a soft coral color as well. Then I came in with the leaves and greenery and added those.

I finished off with my sentiment from the fun Snarky Shadow Hello Stamp and Die Bundle. I love the clever effect of being able to stamp the drop shadow on the hello - and all the add on sentiments were super fun as well! I popped the hello up on a bit of foam adhesive for a touch of dimension on this otherwise one layer card!

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:

Lil' Inker Designs Blog

Amy Kolling

Chrissy Larson

Heather Hoffman (you are HERE)

Jennifer Carter

Karen Baker

Kimberly Rendino

Lisa Henke

Lil' Inker Designs Store

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!!!

Sending Love - Technique Tuesday

Good morning! I'm back today to share a fun card using an previously released item that I hadn't had a chance to use yet, paired up with a couple new items from Technique Tuesday! All products from this January release are available at Technique Tuesday in the new product category HERE.

Today's card is super clean and simple, but I love the way the Paper Airplane on the Border Die works with this sentiment!

I used a simple blue and white color combo - with just a touch of black for the sentiment.

The sentiment is from Lots of Sentiments Stamp set, and die cut with the coordinating Oval & Rectangle Stitched Labels Dies - a bit of foam adhesive between layers adds the perfect touch of dimension to finish this off!

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

Birdie Nest Mailbox - on the Pretty Pink Posh Blog

Hello! Just dropping by with a little peek at a bright and happy card I have up on the Pretty Pink Posh blog this morning - you can check out the details HERE!

Thanks for stopping by - have a wonderful day!

Altenew Feburary 2019 Blog Hop Winner

Good morning! It's time to announce the $30 gift certificate winner from the February 2019 Altenew release blog hop!

I used Random.org to pick my winner:

Please contact Altenew at winner@altenew.com by 2/28/2019 with the subject line "Altenew February 2019 Stamp/Die/Stencil Release Blog Hop Winner from Heather Hoffman's Blog.

Thanks so much for all the lovely and sweet comments, and to all who hopped along! Have a wonderful day!!!

Watercolor Branches Sympathy Card - Simon Says Stamp

Good morning! Sharing a super simple sympathy card that I made this past week using a beautiful die and stamped sentiment from Simon Says Stamp. Since sympathy cards are always hard to make when you need them, I always try to make sure I have some in my stash so they are ready when needed. I love how this simple design works so well with the sentiment on this card.

I started off by die cutting the Clustered Leaves Wafer Die from Watercolor Cardstock - trimming out the center and being left with two different leaf sprigs. I then did some ink smooshing with 3 shades of distress ink on each of them. It's hard to see the variation in the photos, but it adds some great depth with the different colors. The purple leaves used Milled Lavender, Seedless Preserves, and Wilted Violet. The blue uses Weathered Wood, Stormy Sky, and Chipped Sapphire.

Once those dried nice and thoroughly, I planned an arrangement I liked for them on a white cardbase, and carefully adhered them down. I then stamped a simple sentiment from Sketched Flowers Stamp Set - I love the elegant font on this stamp set!

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

Stenciled Candles - Reverse Confetti Wednesday in the Works

Good morning! I have a new edition of Wednesday in the Works on the Reverse Confetti Blog and YouTube Channel this morning featuring these super simple, one layer, easy to mail birthday cards with a bit of stenciling and sparkle! I hope you'll go check it out!

Thanks so much for stopping by - have a great day!

My Hero - on the Heffy Doodle Blog

Good morning! Just popping by with a peek at a little card I have posted on the Heffy Doodle Blog this morning! You can check out all the details HERE - I'd love if you pop over there and leave some love!

Thanks so much for stopping by - have a wonderful day!

Soft Alcohol Ink Backgrounds - on the Unity Stamp Company Blog

Good morning! Stopping by today with a quick look at my set of cards for this week's video tutorial on the Unity Stamp Company Blog this morning! I'm kicking off a serious of tutorials featuring alcohol inks in different ways, and today is the first installment! You can check out all the details HERE!

Thanks for stopping by - have a wonderful day!

For the Happy Couple - Simon Says Stamp

Good morning! I recently had a request to add a few more wedding cards to my stash of cards, so I pulled out one of my favorite dies from Simon Says Stamp, some distress oxide inks, and a simple sentiment, and put this card together!

I started by blending a trio of distress oxide inks on a panel of white cardstock - I used Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick, and Aged Mahogany. I then smeared a coat of Nuvo Blizzard Glitter Drops over the top to add some sparkle, and set that aside to dry.

I die cut the Simon Says Stamp Corbel Heart from another panel of white cardstock, then trimmed it down with the largest Stitched Rectangle Die. Once the other panel dried, I mounted it over the top of the blended distress ink.

Finished off by heat embossing a tiny sentiment from Floral Bliss on a strip of black cardstock trimmed into a banner, then mounted that with foam adhesive over the top. Finally, I mounted that entire panel over a Slate cardbase for extra contrast! Can you see the sparkle in the negative space of the die?

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