polkadots and flowers... LDRS Creative hop day 2

November 29, 2018

polkadots and flowers... LDRS Creative hop day 2

Hello my fabulous friends!

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 on their blogs and our own LDRS Creative Youtube channel (make sure you subscribe)!

In this release, we are celebrating love and friendship, being on Cloud #9 with sweet new products!

There are FOUR stamp sets that are oh-so-sweet: CLOUD NO.9 from Cre8tive Cre8tions, LOVE IN BLOOM, BEAUTIFUL BLOOMS, and HANGING OUT from our very awesome Polkadoodles line!

We also have FOUR new die sets that will help you get a professional look in no time, thanks to the LOVE LETTER LACE ENVELOPE, the FAIRY FANTASY LACE ENVELOPE, the EYELET LACE RECTANGLE and the BUILD-A-CARD GARDEN ESCAPE die sets.

Who's ready for mini hybrid inks? We are adding two sets of our very popular Hybrid inks in a mini version, perfect for ink blending, stenciling, stamping, colouring and embossing: COUNTY FAIR and SUMMER SHORE.

Lastly, because we wanted to show you how all the products come easily together, we decided to rerelease the Sincerely Yours 6x6 paperpack. It has so many fantastic patterns; give them a try!

And you can grab the entire release in bundles, because you KNOW you need them all!

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

Each day we are giving away a $30 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 December 4th.

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

Save 15% on the new release*, including already discounted bundles and use code LOVE15

(*Coupon valid until midnight EST 12/2/18)

And now, for what you came for...

Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White; LDRS Creative Sincerely Yours

Stamps: LDRS Creative Love in Bloom

Ink: LDRS Creative Pink Tutu, Lipstick Jungle, Scarlet Rose, Olive Branch, Key Lime Pie, Watermark

Dies: LDRS Creative Garden Escape

Other: LDRS Creative Stamping Mask Paper; Ranger Perfect Pearls

Layering stamps are a EASY way to create images with lots of detail and dimension without the fuss!

Lining up the layers is easy, and you don't have to have things lined up perfectly, and it still looks great!

It's hard to photograph, but the sentiment was stamped in Watermark ink and covered in Perfect Pearls. It catches the light and sparkles, but you can still read it IRL when the light isn't catching it... It's just really hard to photograph!

These layering stamp flowers are REALLY easy and fun! Let's take a look at using them...

Start by creating masks for the flowers... They don't have to look pretty, they just have to be made.

Stamp the base layer (the stamp with the most surface area) in your lightest color of ink.

Stamp the second layer in your second darkest ink.

Quick tip: When aligning your layering stamps on your project in a stamp positioning tool, place a piece of acetate down on your project.. This will protect your project form ink, water, etc while allowing your to figure out where exactly the stamp needs to go.

Stamp the third layer (the stamp with the least amount of surface area) with the darkest ink

Quick Tip: You don't always have to have multiple shades of ink. If you have a stamp positioning tool, you can build up layers of color by stamping over the same place (either with the same color ink, or different colors of ink) to achieve the end result. Here you can see the difference between one layer of ink and two layers of ink.

Cover the flowers with the masks. Stamp the stem and leaves.

I wanted the panel to have a fun edge, but still fit on a standard size card... So I used the Build a Card die set to create a partial panel.

The butterflies were stamped in Watermark ink and dusted with Perfect Pearls. They are hard to photograph, but IRL, they add a subtle and beautiful shimmer element!