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Lil' Inker Challenge Hop - Day 2

2013-05-20T22:01:00.000-06:00

You've made your way here from our

newest team-mates' blog, Taheerah.

Her blog is de-lish, as is she!

My card is about some

summer lovin'....

For this little beauty I used these two faves of mine:

Next in hop order is

>>>Alyssa <<<

who is joining the Lil' Inker

Design Team as a full time member!!!

Isha is joining our team too,

but you'll see her later on in the hop.

Be sure to give them a lovely welcome.

And now for the challenge...

Use the inspiration piece above to

create a project using Lil' Inker

product as your focal point.

Feel free to use other products on your project.

Add your link to the Lil' Inker Blog with Mr. Linky.

Projects links are due by June 2nd at 11:30 p.m., EST.

The prize deets:

Two honorable mentions = $10 Lil' Inker Gift Certificates

Grand Prize = $50 Lil' Inker Gift Certificate + a badge for your blog

For every 10 challenge entries there will be

random giveaways of STAMPS!!!

In addition... starting today and for the rest of the

month of May, Lil' Inker is offering 15% off of your

entire order! Use the code SUNNYDAYS.

Happy creating!

Lil' Inker Challenge Hop - Day 1

2013-05-19T10:01:00.000-06:00

You've made your way here from our

newest team-mates' blog, Taheerah.

Her blog is de-lish, as is she!

I've personally been dreaming of

sand between my toes and not

wearing sweaters each and every day.

Luckily we are almost there... Summer -

I relish the first day of flip-flops!

My card says it all...

I used Lil' Inkers Flip Flops Dies & Stamps Set:

Next in hop order is

>>>Alyssa <<<

who, as a matter of fact,

is joining the Lil' Inker

Design Team as a full time member!!!

Isha is joining our team too,

but you'll see her later on in the hop.

Be sure to give her a hearty-warm welcome.

And now for the challenge...

Use the inspiration piece above to

create a project using Lil' Inker

product as your focal point.

Feel free to use other products on your project.

Add your link to the Lil' Inker Blog with Mr. Linky.

Projects links are due by June 2nd at 11:30 p.m., EST.

The prize deets:

Two honorable mentions = $10 Lil' Inker Gift Certificates

Grand Prize = $50 Lil' Inker Gift Certificate + a badge for your blog

For every 10 challenge entries there will be

random giveaways of STAMPS!!!

In addition... starting today and for the rest of the

month of May, Lil' Inker is offering 15% off of your

entire order! Use the code SUNNYDAYS.

PDCC #182 - Gee Thanks.

2013-05-15T22:01:00.000-06:00

This week's sponsor is:

Check out The Play Date Cafe

blog for prize information.

You are gonna love this color story, I sure do!

The Play Date Cafe color story #182:

My project:

Happy creating!

Bitty Bag Make-Over

2013-05-14T09:21:00.002-06:00

A quick idea for

dressing-up

Whisker Graphics

Bitty Bags...

Try sponging over sticker letters!

Hint:

Before you place the stickers on the bag

tap the sticky side of the sticker

on your pants or shirt a couple of times.

The lint and such will

get some of the "tack" off.

Combine alphabet stickers and a stamp for

darling layering made easy.

Black Licorice Divine Twine

Bitty Bags

Ink

Sponge

Sticker Letters

Hole Punch

Happy creating!

PDCC #181 - Mad Love.

2013-05-08T22:01:00.000-06:00

This week our sponsor is:

Another color story from

The Play Date Cafe, #181:

My card:

Happy creating!

Heidi Sonboul's Signature Series Blog Hop

2013-05-06T01:00:00.000-06:00

Such an exciting day,
not only for me,
but for Heidi Sonboul too!
She has a gorgeous book
fresh off the presses.

In celebration of such
goodness wouldn't you think
that a hop of monumental
creativity is in order?!

Well then...
You are in the
right spot fo' sho'.

Check out my project using Heidi's stinkin' ca-ute
patterned paper and embellishment collection - Sunkissed:

I'm the first stop in this thriller
of a blog hop, be sure to head on down
the line and check out all the other
beautiful projects... a little birdie tells me that
there are some prizes to be had along the way.
:)

The Line Up:

GCD Studios

you are here>>>Alicia Thelin<<<you are here

Amanda Coleman

Angi Barrs

Audrey Yeager Christina Collins Christine Meyer Grace Tolman Heidi Van Laar Jennifer Chapin Julie Tucker-Wolek Katrina Hunt Kelly Holbrook Lalo IK Megan Klauer Nina Yang Pam Callaghan Rae Barthel Rochelle Spears Sara Zenger Suzanna Lee Teri Anderson Wida Miller There is a freshly painted bloggy-spot to check out all of the goodness of Heidi's new book:

http://www.heidisonboul.com/

Now, for serious...

Head over to Heidi Sonboul's new site for a chance to win the newest tool from Fiskars and her two newest collections, Special Delivery and SunKissed.

To order the book you can go here {you know you wanna}:
Happy creating!

PDCC #180 - Bracelet Splash.

2013-05-02T08:07:00.002-06:00

It's a color splash challenge

coming at you from

The Play Date Cafe

this week:

Our delightful sponsor is:

FreckledFawn.com is a lovely online shop filled with

washi tape, wood chips, paper clips and more!

My project:

This week I've been making some

simple bracelets for a local fundraiser.

You can check it out here.

Happy creating!

Blog Week Party Coming Soon!

2013-04-29T08:27:00.000-06:00

The ever-sweet Heidi Sonboul

has got a treat for you (& me)!

Her new book is making it's

scrappy debut next week.

Believe me, I've had a sneaky-peak

and you DON'T want to miss this

super-inspiring book.

So be sure to join her and me in

som blogging fun and games

May 6th through the 10th!

Happy creating!

Life is Good. Right?

2013-04-24T22:00:00.000-06:00

The Play Date Cafe

Challenge #179:

Join in the colorful fun this week,

this is a fabulous set of colors!

Our prize sponsor is...

Life isn't just "good",

it's SERIOUSLY GOOD. :)

According to my father that is.

My card:

Happy creating!

Insert Regal Promenade Music

2013-04-24T10:00:00.000-06:00

This is about as regal as I get:

Yes, I can't believe it, can you?!

I, me, Alicia Noel Brady Thelin

is a member of

Paper Crafts 2013

Stamping Royalty.

In celebration I have made a little bit-o-thanks:

{scroll down for your free printable}

My gift to you -

for all you sweeties who cheer me on -

a free printable you'll find here.

This prints one horizontal card and one vertical

card on the same page, leaving you tons of

space to add your own stamping to personalize each one.

Simply score it at 5 1/2" and cut in half to create two cards.

Happy creating!

THE Paper Cut - Online Goodness.

2013-04-21T19:01:00.001-06:00

Did you know that GCD Studios has a FREE online magazine?

Well now you do! Check it out and you'll see my first project as

a GCD Studios DT member... and lots and lots of beautiful inspiration:

Happy creating!

Just a happy note...

2013-04-19T10:03:00.002-06:00

"brad-style"

Happy creating!

PDCC 178 - Amaze"what"?

2013-04-17T22:01:00.000-06:00

Cas-ual Fridays Stamps is

our awesome sponsor this week at

The Play Date Cafe.

They were kind enough to provide

some stamps for each member

of the design team to use.

Just wait till you see the set I got!

Color Story #178:

This was actually one of the MOST fun stamp sets

to work with. The Play Date Cafe owner, Julie Murry, sent me

this set because she said it had my name all over it.

I don't know if that's a compliment or not. ;)

I had so much fun that I made TWO cards:

Happy creating!

USS #206 - Thank You.

2013-04-12T22:01:00.000-06:00

Such a simple sketch,

those are my fav.

Unscripted Sketches #206

My card:

Happy creating!

Whisker Graphics - Middy Bitty Bag Band

2013-04-11T22:01:00.000-06:00

Whisker Graphics has such darling

bags with scrumptious patterns

it seems a waste not to combine them, and that's just

what I did with a purple stripped and yellow

polka dotted Middy Bitty bag.

It only takes two Bitty Bags of the same size.

You can easily cut more than one band out of each bag.

Simply cut a band from a contrasting bag and

slip band over another bag,

Supplies:

Middy Bitty Bags

Baker's Twine

Stamps

Ink

Card Stock

Happy creating!

PDCC #177 - Nothing But Paper & Ink.

2013-04-10T22:01:00.000-06:00

I've been a bit under the weather

as of late... THANK YOU for stopping by,

it really brightens my day to think

that something I made gives you

a pause for inspiration.

The Play Date Cafe's

sponsor this week is:

and the color story, #177 -

serious yum here...

My card:

I submitted a few cards to the

Stamping Royalty contest at

Paper Crafts... so I've been on a

stamping binge for a few days.

This card is ALL stamped.

I mixed two stamp sets together for this card:

Fresh Vintage (retired) & Oh, Hello from SU!.

Colors are - Cool Caribbean, Night of Navy & Calypso Coral

Happy creating!

Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger - Magical Magnolias

2013-04-10T10:29:00.002-06:00

Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger...

haven't done one for a while.

I figured it was about time to

make something just for the fun

of a challenge, not a bit of DT work.

My card was inspired by the

gradation of the flower petals,

soft colors and mossy green stems.

Happy creating!

Cards Magazine April Challenge - Mom Card.

2013-04-09T00:01:00.000-06:00

Lil' Inker is sponsoring the latest

Cards Magazine Challenge...

Give it a go and you just might win

some of the tools I used to create my card.

Here are the colors:

Lil' Inker goodies that I used:

Happy creating!

Lil' Inker April Hop Day 3 - Mom Card.

2013-04-02T22:01:00.000-06:00

Day three of the Lil' Inker new product hop

brings us all sorts of creative goodness...

Laura's blog was the beginning, and I'm number two.

Everyone on the team is able to pick and choose

what they'd like to make, I chose to use the

Mom Word Die and the Mom & Dad Sentiments.

Mom Word Die

Mom & Dad Sentiments: Set of 18 Stamps

I used the negative of the die cut

for this cutout wood effect.

Be sure to comment to win!

Next in line is Alyssa...

Happy creating!

Lil' Inker April Hop Day 2 - Dad Coupon Book

2013-04-01T22:01:00.000-06:00

You've arrived here from Laura's Blog

(if you are following blog hop order).

Day two of the Lil' Inker April Hop

brings you projects using the new

Stitched Scallop Border Die.

Using the Dad Word Die and the

Mom & Dad Sentiment Stamp Set

I made a little coupon book for

Father's Day.

I used an old SU! set called Create a Coupon

from my stash to create the coupons.

I placed the straight edge of the scallop die

on the fold of black card stock to create a

"book binding" of sorts.

Now head on over to

Alyssa's Blog,

she's next on this

darling hop.

Don't forget to leave some

Scrappy LOVe....

you may win one of

two $10 Lil' Inker Store credits.

Happy creating!

Lil' Inker April Hop Day 1 - Dad Card

2013-03-31T22:01:00.000-06:00

It's no April Fool's here...

Hopefully you've made it here from

Laura's blog, touting the fantastic-ness

of all the goodies Lil' Inker has for us.

If not, go back for goodness sake.... ;)

There are several new releases from Lil' Inker for April.

For today's reveal I used the Dad Word Die

and the Mom & Dad Sentiments stamp set.

Be sure to follow the entire hop and make it to

the end to see the entire release.

{you know you wanna see it all!}

Dad Word Die

Mom & Dad Sentiments: Set of 18 Stamps

Simple, simple... that's usually

what I like to do for "man" cards.

I masked the ends of the scrolling border stamp

prior to inking, then removed the masks and stamped

the abbreviated image above and below the sentiment.

March yourself right over to

Alyssa's blog of awesomeness.

Be sure to leave some love all

the way through each stop of the hop

for a chance to win one of two

$10.00 Lil' Inker store credits!

Happy creating!

PDCC 175 - Classic Friend.

2013-03-27T22:01:00.000-06:00

This week, The Play Date Cafe

is proud to be sponsored by:

The challenge this week, #175:

My card:

Happy creating!

USS #203 - Another Congratulations.

2013-03-22T22:01:00.000-06:00

Unscripted Sketches #203:

My card:

Happy creating!

PDCC#174 - The Craft's Meow

2013-03-20T22:01:00.000-06:00

We will be receiving stamps from TCM so no other stamps can be used on your project this week. If you need sentiments, etc...please use die cuts, alpha stickers, etc
This will be their New Release Week as well, so we should have lots of extra traffic!!

The Cats Meow

A new sponsor for me during my

stint on the team at The Play Date Cafe...

The Craft's Meow:

There is tons of fun going on -

not only is there a brand-new release,

but it's also The Craft's Meow's

2nd Birthday Celebration!

So glad to play a small part in it.

Here's the color story for this week from

The Play Date Cafe, #174:

My card for the week using a darling stamp set

from The Craft's Meow, The Crafty Shelf:

Happy creating!

USS#202 - Congratulations.

2013-03-15T22:01:00.000-06:00

I'm here to link you up to the

Unscripted Sketches challenge, #202:

My card:

Happy creating!

scrappybetties

Lil' Inker Challenge Hop - Day 2

Lil' Inker Challenge Hop - Day 1

PDCC #182 - Gee Thanks.

Bitty Bag Make-Over

PDCC #181 - Mad Love.

Heidi Sonboul's Signature Series Blog Hop

PDCC #180 - Bracelet Splash.

Blog Week Party Coming Soon!

Life is Good. Right?

*Insert Regal Promenade Music*

THE Paper Cut - Online Goodness.

Just a happy note...

PDCC 178 - Amaze"what"?

USS #206 - Thank You.

Whisker Graphics - Middy Bitty Bag Band

PDCC #177 - Nothing But Paper & Ink.

Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger - Magical Magnolias

Cards Magazine April Challenge - Mom Card.

Lil' Inker April Hop Day 3 - Mom Card.

Lil' Inker April Hop Day 2 - Dad Coupon Book

Lil' Inker April Hop Day 1 - Dad Card

PDCC 175 - Classic Friend.

USS #203 - Another Congratulations.

PDCC#174 - The Craft's Meow

USS#202 - Congratulations.

Insert Regal Promenade Music