sunshine girls... LDRS Creative hop day 2

July 05, 2018

sunshine girls... 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)!

We have TWO new paperpads bursting of colours, with awesome patterns all ready for your projects called You Are My Sunshine (from TLC Crafting) and Sweet Summer! There are FIVE clear stamp sets that are oh-so-sweet: Shore Lucky, Lemonade, Ants Pants, A New Beginning and Heatwave (two sets from Cre8tive Cre8tions)! But wait, you're about to die for... FIVE new die sets that can be used as accessories or full backgrounds: Sunburst, Scalloped Rectangle, Sun & Clouds, Surfing Waves & Sandy Beach, Waves & Clouds. And for the first time at LDRS Creative, you can grab them in bundles, because you KNOW you need them all!

Full release

Half release Sweet Summer

Half release You Are My Sunshine

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

Each day we are giving away a $50 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 July 10^th.

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

Save 25% on the new release* and use code Jul25

(*Coupon valid until midnight EST 7/8/18, not on bundles)

Now let's get to what you came here for... Inspiration!

Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White; acetate

Stamps: LDRS Creative Heatwave, Lemonade

Ink: LDRS Creative Little Boy Blue, Alloy, Raven, Watermark; Uniball Signo White; Gellyroll Clear Star

Coloring: Copics

Skin-E000, E30, BV000, R11

Hair-E53, E55, E44, E59, E49

Grays- T0, T1, T3

Blues-BG0000, BG10, BG72

Pinks- R00, EO4

Dies: LDRS Creative Waves and Clouds

Other: Amuse Simple Stick powder; silver leafing

OMGOODNESS!

Isn't she STUNNING?!?!? I LOVE this Heatwave girl! And she is so fun to color!

To create the striped border, I used the tiny background stamp from the new Lemonade set, and did some repeat stamping... It's really easy to line this stamp up and build a long border with it! I used a sparkly gel pen to draw lines between each stripe both to add to the pattern, and to cover up any slight misalignments. I then used the Cloud die (from Waves and Clouds) to create a fun edge to my layered pieces.

These new dies from LDRS Creative have not been cut apart. For those of you who might be new to dies like this, don't worry..

All you need is a good pair of wire snippers (Check your local craft store in the beading section, thats where I got mine)

Simply snip off the little bars that are connecting the dies. You can then file down any remaining sharp edges. Then they are ready to use!

On the inside of the card, I added some foiled feathers... I wanted to be able to see them when the card was closed, so I cut off the bottom part of the front panel of my card and replaced it with some acetate... Now the inside and outside are pretty!

Making your own foiled patterns is EASY!

Start by inking up your stamp with some LDRS Creative Watermark ink, and stamp it on your project.

Next, cover it with some heat and stick. The powder will stick to the Watermark ink just like regular embossing powder.

Heat it up just until it turns clear and shiny. Don't over heat!

Quickly press some Silver leafing over the image and allow to cool.

Gently rub off the excess leafing.. I'm using a dry sponge.

Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White; DCWV Holiday Glitz; LDRS Creative You Are My Sunshine

Stamps: LDRS Creative New Beginning

Ink: LDRS Creative Raven, Little Boy Blue; Copic Mulitliner; Gellyroll Clear Star

Coloring: Copics

Skin- E33, E35, V17, R14, E04

Hair- C6, C8, C10, 100, B16

Blues-BG000, FBG2, BG07, B99, BG11

Oranges- YR01, YRO2, YRO4, R14

Greens- YG99, YG17, YG03

Eyes- YR24, E99, E59

Dies: LDRS Creative Scalloped Rectangles

Other: rhinestones

In't this New Beginnings girl SO PRETTY?!?

I I love her polka dotted shirt!

The Scalloped Rectangle dies are Perfect for creative layers! You can use all of them together, or just use the ones you want!

Can you see that FABULOUS patterned paper? That's from the new You Are My Sunshine paper pack! I love that this paper pack has a great blend of bold and slightly muted colors in it! It gives it great balance!

These little butterflies are made using the heart dies from the Scalloped Rectangle die set! I love finding new ways to use my supplies! I cut 2 hearts out for each butterfly, and only added glue to their tips. This lets the wings pop up! I then added some tiny rhinestones to create the body. Simple and fun!

Hop along and leave a comment so you could win!

Day 2:

LDRS CREATIVE BLOG

Kassi Hulet {you are here}

Alanna Moses

Meg Russell

Erika Zacchello

Jeannie Lieu

Jane Savage

And make sure to be back tomorrow for more inspiration!

See you soon!
~Kassi

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