LDRS Creative May Release Day Two!!

Thank you for joining us on our LDRS Creative inspiration week blog hop! We are showcasing lots of gorgeous projects using products from our new release. You can even see them in action with step-by-step projects by our amazing designers! 

We have some awesome new critters with the Candibean Safari and the Polkadoodles Just Because and Sink Or Swim stamp sets, fabulous dies with the Woodland Foliage Frames, Petite Pinafore Build-A-Card, Petal Perfection Accordion and Happy Days Circle sets, and last but not least, a gorgeous Country Friends Sweet Pea Paper Pack for you to use with all your crafting projects!

Simply use the list at the end of the post to keep hopping! 

Each day we are giving away a $25 LDRS Creative gift card to one lucky hopper!  To enter leave a comment on each blog in the hop, plus follow us on Facebook and Instagram. Winners will be announced on the LDRS Creative inspiration blog on May 29^th.

For the release event we are excited to offer some great savings!

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(Coupon valid until midnight EST 5/27/18)

Hello!!!  Welcome back for another look at some of the new goodies from LDRS!!!  We continue on with the cuteness today by looking at the new die set, Build-A-Card Pinafore!!

This set is incredible!! Not only does it create a card base shaped like the cutest little dress, it comes with a ton of dies to help you decorate it!!  These dies can also be used on their own. I'll share two cards today that show you both ways!

My first example, is how to use this set as intended.  This creates a large card and so easily!

Isn't this just the sweetest??!  The layers include a scalloped top layer and a cute apron!!  The papers from the new Country Friends Paper pack are perfect for this!!  I added some flower dies at the top of the dress (which are included in this set) and the bow is from the Happy Days Die Set. Which I think is the perfect accent.  Everything being released works so well together.

That gorgeous Hello Word Die is a previously released die which is a must have!  I also added some stitching detail with a white gel pen.

After adhering everything together, I noticed that my apron was a bit crooked. That's okay. If things like this happen to you, don't stress. It's handmade and it's an original!!!  

My second card uses just the flower dies from this set.  I die cut them out of white cardstock and using Olive Branch, Dark Wash Jeans, Dand-D-Lion and Lipstick Jungle Hybrid Inks blended on some colour.

I should mention that the leaves are not in this set but LDRS carries the Fancy Flowers Dies and the Super Sprigs Die Set to help with the greenery!!

I die cut two ovals from the new Woodland Foliage Frames Set and created a floral spray along the bottom.

The sentiment is from the Safari set stamped on a die from the Build-A-Card Pinafore set. See how everything works together??!!

This card came together quickly and I adore that butterfly! A few white gel pen details finish this card!

Thank you for stopping in today and I'll see you tomorrow for our final day of the hop!!

Hop Along and comment so you could win!! Here is the full list for the hop:

LDRS CREATIVE BLOG

MELANIE SMITH

KIRSTEN  HYDE

LAURIE CASE...(you are here)

ANDREA SHELL

RALUCA VEZETEU

CAROL HELD

REBECCA KEPPEL

Laurie :)

Best Sister Ever Card with Studio Katia!

Hi everyone!!  I'm super excited to be a guest on SK blog today!! The theme is feminine or Mother's Day cards.  This was the perfect theme for me as I needed a card for my sister!  My sister is truly my best friend and has helped me out tremendously lately so I wanted to make a card to thank her for everything.

The perfect set for this card is the Best Ever stamp set and matching dies. This set will let almost anyone know that they are "The Best Ever".  To give it a feminine flare, I used the Floral Trimmings which is absolutely gorgeous.

I started by embossing the florals with some Silver Pearl Embossing powder onto some Mixed Media paper. I choose several colours of Distress Inks to colour the flowers.

I stamped twice but only ended up using one.  Here's how the colouring turned out...

I fussy cut around the entire image because at this point I wasn't 100% sure of what I wanted to do :)  

I cut down some white cardstock with the largest die from the Dotted Patterns Set 1 Die Set for a mat on my blue card base. I used the same die to cut around the floral image.  This gave me one larger floral piece along with a skinny piece.

For the sentiment, I die cut the "best" and "ever" scripty dies out of white cardstock and layered them onto the same colour of cardstock of the card base. I adhered the larger floral piece onto the bottom of the white panel and the skinny piece to the top with foam adhesive.

I also foam mounted the word dies and stamped "sister" directly onto the white panel.  I finished the card of with a generous helping of the Sparkling Crystals Mix.

I already gave this card to my sis and she loved it!!

Thank you so much to Studio Katia for having me as a guest today and thank you for stopping by!!

Stay crafty, my friends!!

Laurie