LID December Release - Girl's Best Friend

Hey there, blog friends!!  Welcome to the first day of the December Lil' Inker Designs release posts!!  We've got 4 new stamp sets & 6 new dies, and tons of amazing projects to share with you over the next three days!!

For today's post I am focusing on the following new items: Girl's Best Friend stamp set, Girl's Best Friend Diamond die, Alphabet Gems stamp set & Cover Up die: Faceted.  There's lots of gold & sparkles to be seen on my two cards tonight, so let's get right to it!

I peeked the same products on a card of mine earlier this week.  This card was created in a similar style but without the galaxy style background.

For this card I started with an A2 purple card base.  I blended pink & purple watercolors for the background, and then diecut the diamond from it once dry.  I used a little bit of washi tape to put the diamond diecut back in its place on the background, minus the facets.  This way the gold glitter paper could show through!  After that I stamped the smaller gems & the star trails directly to the watercolor background.  After accenting with some jewels, it was finished!

My next card uses super shine & some glittery gold, along with red & orange watercolor.  The colored jewels were a perfect blingy touch!

I cut an A2 card base from white cardstock to start.  Then I diecut the faceted cover plate from shiny gold paper, and adhere it to the card front.  I added watercolor to some of the facets very lightly at first, then added more concentrated drops of paint here & there to make it look more interesting.  I stamped & heat embossed the sentiment to vellum, then stitched it to the right side of the card.  All that was left was to add some jewel accents as finishing touches!

Do you want a chance to win a $15 gift certificate to Lil' Inker Designs to put towards your purchase this month?  {Seriously...who wouldn't?!}  Then be sure to hop along to each of the designer's blogs & leave a comment.  The more blogs you visit & comment, the better your chances are at winning!!  Here is a link list in case you need the whole thing:

Laura/Shop
Amy Kolling

Chrissy Larson
Erin Lee Schreiner

Jen Carter

Karen Baker

Kristen Foreman
Laura Williams
Lea Lawson - YOU ARE HERE
Lisa Henke
Mary Dawn Quirindongo

Maureen Merritt

Sarah Jay

Thanks for checking out my cards today!!  If you want to see more of what I will be creating this December, be sure to like my Lea Lawson Creates Facebook page, and become a follower of my blog in the right hand column! :)

Have a great start to your weekend! 

Until later,

~L.