It’s Day 3 of the Lil’ Inker Designs release hop, and today we’re featuring the Fanfare Scalloped Border die and the Spot On stamp set, which also coordinates with the previously released Connected Circles die. If you’re hopping along with us you may have arrived here from Sarah Jay’s blog, and you can always head back to the Lil’ Inker Designs Blog to start the hop from the beginning.

I used the Fanfare Scalloped Border die on some patterned paper, but first I adhered it to some lightweight cardstock because I wanted the little curved pieces to stay inside the die to give a more solid look to the diecut. I also trimmed the end on the left side:

There ya go for today!

Your next stop on this hop is Taheerah’s blog! Happy Hoppin’!

Suzanne

Hi there! Thanks so much to everyone for their kind words about my new blog! Some of you had questions about “the switch” to WordPress, so I am planning a post about that for you later this week. In the meantime, don’t forget to enter my giveaway in the post below.

Today my hubby and I went to visit my grandma and then we went to Harvard Square to window shop and get some iced coffee from Au Bon Pain - the one that was featured in “Good Will Hunting.” It was a great day that ended with dinner with my dad and the rest of the family for Father’s Day. I came home and made this little card for the June Avery Elle Challenge:

Using the Poppy collection from Little Yellow Bicycle and Avery Elle’s Simple Tags: Everyday set, I came up with this little birthday card following Nina’s sketch.

Have a great night!

Suzanne

Just popping by to let you know that I’ve posted a card over on the Neat and Tangled Stamps blog today - it’s a card that was inspired by Day 5 of Pattern Play. Head on over to check it out!

Thanks & Happy Monday!
Suzanne

It’s Design It Monday at Precious Remembrance, and I’m sharing this wintery thank you card that I made using the Thanks Stamp Set. If you’d like to read more about how I made my card, please head on over the Precious Remembrance blog.

I have to tell you that I LOVE these stamps and you should really check them out!

How was your weekend? Did you have fun? On Sunday night I went to a “Master Class” about Bare Minerals at the mall, and I have to say that I had an absolute blast. If ever there is one in your area, you should go!

Hugs,
Suzanne

I have a confession to make. I think this Fish More set from Wplus9 is just about the best thing since sliced bread. It is just so fun to play with. Today I needed a card to send to some friends who took me to dinner the other night…at a fish restaurant, and here’s what I came up with using some inspiration from this week’s Retrosketches Challenge.

I used some patterned paper from My Little Yellow Bicycle’s Splash collection, along with inks from A Muse Studio. The banner was diecut using Wplus9′s Banner Trio die, and the brown twine is from Hero Arts.

Love the orange and blue together! I hope my friends like the card. I will admit to not eating any fish at our dinner, though, because I am a sucker for fried clams; since hubby’s alergic to those, I eat them any chance I get when he’s not around. Have a wonderful day and thanks so very much for stopping by.

Hi everyone and welcome back to Day 2 of the Clear and Simple Stamps Collection 4 Release! If ever there was a warning to go up on this blog this is it: I love the beach, and everything that comes with it: clams, shells, seagulls. {Love.} It follows that I love beach stamps, so this is a very photo-heavy post because today we’re featuring oodles of new beachy stamps!

Today we are showcasing the new beach themed image, sentiment and background sets! Growing up, we spent our summers going to Cape Cod, and these stamps brought back so many wonderful memories for me.

My first project is a baby-themed card and favor combo that was inspired by all the nautical horizontal stripes that are being sold in stores right now. I used the Clear and Simple Stamp set called Create-a-Plaid to stamp the stripes in blue ink and added sentiments from Baby Sentiments to match the adorable whale image from the new set called Seaside Sentiments 1.

The favor is a lollipop shaped out of blue hair elastics, and is finished off with a handcut tag decorated with the same whale and sentiments from the same sets used on the card. Very easy!

For my next project, I went a slightly different route, thinking about couples that might be headed off on a honeymoon or vacation together.

I used the Beach Bum stamp set to stamp the waves, which were masked and shaded with Distress Inks. I used patterned papers to dress up the design a little bit, and scored the card base with my Scor-Pal.

The matching tag was done similarly, but with twine and pearls to finish off the look. I am somewhat new to distress inks, but found them very easy to use. I’ve been inspired SO much by my wonderful and dear blog friend Danielle Daws.

For my next project, a card and a bookmark, I really wanted to showcase one of the beautiful quotes that is included in these sets. I stamped and heat embossed the starfish image repeatedly across the bottom of both, and then edged everything with white ink.

The knotted jute twine is a trick I learned in a class with Kim Hughes a few months ago - I thought it would go very well with the beach theme.

Are you still with me?

Here is my last card using the new Caning Weave background stamp, which was heat embossed and then filled with Distress Inks. In case you’re interested, I have prepared a very quick tutorial showing you how I did this, but I am going to post it as a separate post so I don’t totally overwhelm you. I want you to see what everyone else has made with these great sets first!

Thanks so much! Happy Friday!