just sharing the love of LID...

Celebrating THREE years!

Hi!

LID is celebrating our 3rd Birthday! 

We are celebrating the combo of two high school friends 

that reconnected via Facebook 

and now have been creating stamps and dies together 

for THREE years! 

WHOOOOO HOOOOO for us!

Our Birthday celebration is being kicked off with a birthday challenge hop!

 Lil Inker Design's Celebration & Challenge Hop

 

allllllll the details are here on Laura's amazing Blog & that where the hop starts!!!!!!

Check it out right now!

I, as usual, am so busy working on bringing Laura's ingenious ideas to you, 

that I do not have much time to blog... :(

But I had to mark this special occasion with a super quick POST!

Lastly I just want to thank LAURA 

my partner in crime, 

for giving me the opportunity to create amazing new products! 

She is............... 

always inspiring, 

exciting, 

creative, 

sweet,

has become a very dear friend

and is always the most 

FUN!!!!

Let's toast to many more years to come LAURA!!!!

Please also go to our store to see all the things we have created over the past three years!!

And as a bonus

We are having a birthday SALE in the store:

Now through August 31st 

if you spend $50 or more

you will receive 10% off your order 

when you use the code LIDIS3A

if you spend $100 or more

 you will receive 15% off your order 

when you use the code LIDIS3B

**These codes are entered in your shopping cart screen 

before proceeding to PayPal for payment. 

These codes MUST be entered at the time of checkout 

in order to take advantage of the offer.**

Thank you so much

 for stopping by and supporting Lil' Inker!!!!!!! 

=}

enjoy

~ariana 

(aka: ag)


a while ago now but a good pic of ag AND lp together!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AND one from THIS WEEK!!!!!!!

many changes in a short time ;)

Quick Hi!

Hello Just hopping in to share how big my boys are getting!

I'm so busy behind the scenes at LID with the ingenious Laura that I haven't 

posted anything in soooo long!

I hope you are doing well...

Today is day one of the Lil Inker Design's April Hop! 

It's no joke! 

Stop in to see what the amazing design team has in store for you!

I hope you love all the items as much as I love creating them! 

here are the latest and greatest LID products:

ahhhh and now the eye candy  

these are from this past week, 

and Happy Easter to you and your family!

~enjoy~

=}

ariana

Announcing my collaboration with armasasi

armasasi
meaning: a lovely thing

beautiful, handmade items for you or someone you love!

I am excited to announce that I am collaborating on designs 

with my long time friend, for her etsy shop armas asi. 

This new partnership celebrates her new line of beautiful and 

custom designs, to include digital prints, scrapbook paper, and more! 

the store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/armasasi

the blog: http://armasasiwa.blogspot.com/

the facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Armasasiwa

a few enticing examples, just in time for holiday shopping!

hand made yellow print glass pendant

Graphic 'A' - Digital Typography Print

Graphic 'T' Digital Typography Print

~enjoy~

=}

ariana

Lil' Inker's Design Team March Blog Hop

Welcome to the week long BLOG HOP!!!


Check out the Lil' Inker Deigns Shop Blog for TWO new releases this week!!!


Starting with...... C O F F E E
You know you L O V E it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am soooooo busy cooking up new art for Laura's overflowing think tank,
that I do not even have much time to BLOG.


oh well... my mac is calling me.....
have a wonderful HOP week!

~enjoy~

=}

ariana

Lil' Inker Design Team January Blog Hop

W E L C O M E to Day four!

This is the second day where we are featuring a set from our '2 Cute ink' line of stamps! 

They feature wonderful illustrations with custom sentiments! 

Today I am showing off our Sweet Bee Set! 

This is the partner to our Cutie Cat Set seen here.

If you have arrived from Emily's Blog you are on the right track, if not, hop back to Laura's blog to hop in order. Be sure as always to comment on every one's blog and be eligible to win... one $10 LID store credit OR the cat and bee set from our '2 Cute ink' line! 

 REALLY?!?!?!? Isn't she just too cute for words!!!

I love her!!! <3 <3 <3

In my SECOND use of Copic markers I really wanted her be to be different. 

The peachy-pink face is just what I wanted. 

I then tried my first attempt at paper piecing her lil' body stripes together. 

I used different papers for each stripe AND her tiny lil' stinger/tail! 

I hope in my detail pictures you will notice the black sparkly paper! love it!

I added a jewel to her paper pieced butterfly, 

and some green grass from the Cutie Cat set.

For the rest of the card, I took some red paper embossed with a heart pattern 

and the purple stock I used for one of the body stripes. I die cut our large sentiment flag 

from the Flags and Tags Set. (that you must get before they are GONE here) 

With another, go to die from the Flags and Tags set, 

I cut a swirly tag out of some paper that says 

"bloom twitter flutter grow frolic BUMBLE spring blossom" randomly,

 AND has lil' flowers too! 

You all know me and my typographic papers! hehehe!

Could it be any more perfect??? 

OH yeah!!! Just add our BEEautiful sentiment "Just Bee-Cuzzz" 

and the coordinating scalloped border and TA-DA instant Valentine's Day Card! 

Finished with a flowing bow. 

Here are a few more detail pictures for my 2 CUTE Card...

Next on the hop trail is the Lil' Inker Designs Store where you can go buy this adorable Bee! If you want more details see the store blog here as well!

Tomorrow, check back in with Laura FOR the ALL NEW and EXCITING............ 

Bonus Goodies Friday! 

Lil' Inker designs is releasing an amazing set of all new Valentine's Day themed products. 

There will be a set of dies and two stamp sets! 

Thanks for stopping by!

I really do appreciate all the comments!!!

~enjoy~

=}

ariana

Lil' Inker's Design Team January Release!

W E L C O M E to Day two!

This is the second day of featuring the amazing new stamp and die set Flags and Tags.

If you have arrived from Debby's Blog you are on the right track, if not, hop back to Laura's blog to hop in order. Be sure as always to comment on every one's blog and be eligible to win... one $10 LID store credit OR a prize from our 2 cute ink line! Check back in with the team tomorrow to see what's next from our 2 cute ink collaboration!

Just look at all we have as part of the Flags and Tags set!

there are 21 stamps and 3 steel dies: 1 Large v-notched flag measuring 5.4" x 2.5", 
with a clear center piece to allow easy alignment and release for die cut. 
A double ended v-notch banner die measuring 3.75" x .5", that fits
perfectly across our curly tag measuring 2.9" x 1.6".

Then to further enhance these wonderful dies 

we have a HUGE set of 21 coordinating stamps. 

There are 3 background stamps, 2 borders, 12 gorgeous sentiments, 1 to/from stamp, and 3 accents! Now that is a ton of versatility!!!!!! I really think this is our best set to do date, there is so much to choose from! Now I just got to craft with all of these goodies Sunday! 
I created a card and a bookmark/tag. 

Take a look, my father's birthday happens to be on Valentine's Day 

so this card is a multi-tasker! I really wanted something masculine, 

and even though there is a bit of swirly curly red, 

I think it represents a celebration of my dad and Valentine's Day!!

Here are some more pictures of it!

Next up is a cute, quick and fun tag that could be used as a bookmark! When Kiernan saw my tag, he said "mom, can you make me a bookmark too?!" :o)
What a good idea that is! right!? So I punched a hole and added a felt ribbon.

I can't wait to make my lil' reader an extra special bookmark VERY soon!

Next on the hop trail is the Lil' Inker Designs Store where you can go buy this colossal set of FUN! If you want more details see the store blog here as well!

Tomorrow, check back in with Laura and see what's up for the third day of the hop, more items from Lil' inker designs with agdesigns (me) featuring art by 2 cute ink.

LASTLY............ an all new feature for the LID team HOP...
Bonus Goodies Friday! Lil' Inker designs is releasing an amazing set of all new Valentine's Day themed products. It will be a set of dies and two stamp sets! Check back Friday, January 20th to see MORE!!!

Stay tuned my friends!

~enjoy~

=}

ariana

LID Design Team December Blog HOP

Lil' Inker's Design Team December Release!

We are featuring the amazing collaboration of LID and Heidi Schwoerer of 2 Cute Ink.

W E L C O M E...

If you have arrived from Teresa's blog you are on the right track, if not, hop back to Laura's blog to hop in order. Be sure as always to comment on everyone's blog and be elligible to win...

Our Grand Prize: each of our three new stamp sets to be revealed this week!!!! 

So, 2 Cute Ink is the first artist created line to be featured at Lil’ Inker Designs! Artist Heidi Schwoerer, of 2 Cute Ink, will be releasing exclusive designs with LID!

We’ll be releasing some of Heidi’s existing images as well as brand new illustrations and sentiments. These will be manufactured in our customary clear stamp format. This is such a wonderful collaboration of Laura, Heidi and myself!

Today is the second day of the Hop! We are featuring my FAVE.....

Arctic Friends!


now in a past life I was a collector of penguins so this image brings me way back :O)


AND


now that I had an amazing Sunday with my partner in crime Laura


I can officially say I have used and NOW love...
Copics!!
Thanks LP!


(and oh how I love to color with my best pal 
Kiernan <3)


So I colored away and felt that Copic are like watercolours, and so fun! I also use the Sentiment Flag Die and border stamp that you can buy at the LID Store, on the last stop of todays HOP. While you are there take a peek around and get your lil hands on my new FAVE my lil' Arctic Friends! Be sure to visit the other DT gals this week for the rest of the HOP and 2 more Fabulous Stamp sets featuring 2 Cute Ink!


And now the pictures, that really don't do justice to my friends! 
and waaahhhh my cutie sparkles are lost! :((


Oh well, still love my first forray into the Copic world!!!!!!

Stay tuned my friends!

~enjoy~

=}

ariana