LDRS Creative July Release Day 1

Hi friends. I'm thrilled to be hopping along with the DT from LDRS Creative today celebrating their July release. Read below for how you can win a $100 gift card and save 25% on your new release order.

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)

I am so excited to share my card projects with you all over the next 3 days. This release is amazing and perfect for summer crafting. I have so many more ideas. For today, I have two cards to share with you today. For my first card, I used the super fun Sunburst Rectangle die as the focal point.

Hands down, this is my favorite product from the new release. I am itching to do an inlay technique with it and for some reason, I want to cut it out of lots of colors of glitter paper. :) 

I started by die cutting the die using my favorite paper from the new You are my Sunshine paper pack. I adore the stripes and the fun colors.  There are a ton of great designs in the paper pack and the paper is very sturdy. It is much more substantial than most patterned papers.

Tip:  Use a metal shim with your cutting machine to get a great impression with this intricate die.

After I had run it through my machine, I added lots of small pieces of foam tape to the back of the die as I knew I wanted this panel to have some dimension. I'm not going to lie. It was a bit tedious but I love the dimension it gives.

Tip:  Remove the backing off the foam tape to make it easier to adhere, especially around the center circle.

I then took my A2 top folding card base and stamped a sentiment from the super fun Heatwave stamp set using the Raven hybrid ink. I love the mixed font of this sentiment.  This ink is new to me and I have to tell you that I love it. It is so crisp and black and since it's a hybrid formula, will be perfect for all sorts of coloring mediums.

Lastly, I adhered my die cut panel on top of my card base and this super CAS but fun card is complete.

I also have a second card to share with you today featuring the awesome Scallop Rectangle dies. I left my dies connected and each of the white panels you see below is cut from the die collection.

I adhered the outer two frames directly to my card base and then popped up the inner frame with some foam tape.  I then took the Hello Word die and die cut it 5 times for a nice substantial word embellishment.

FYI - as of July 4th, 2018, the Hello Word die is currently on sale for 50% off - just $4.99.  I've used this die twice already and am in love with it and how it has the little flowers as part of the word.

Here's a close up look of all the frames. I should note that the outside stitched line was added with a die from my stash.

And here's a closeup of the sentiment and inner frame with its dimension.

Hop along and leave a comment so you could win! 

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Kassi Hulet

Alanna Moses {you are here}

Meg Russell

Jeannie Lieu

Jane Savage

And make sure to be back tomorrow for more inspiration!

Thank you so much for stopping by today. I'll be back tomorrow! Crafty hugs!


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