Welcome to InKing Royalty’s August Blog Hop! This year’s Blog Hop themes are inspired by popular songs – this month’s song is “Dog Days Are Over.” While we still feel the heat from a long, hot summer, August is a perfect time of year to start planning our Fall-themed cards. The projects in our hop will showcase Autumn, back-to-school and warm colors – you might even see a dog or two! We are excited to share our creations with you today! After you read my post, I hope you’ll hop over to the next person on the list at the base of this post.

I racked my brain for an End of Summer type card and kept coming up blank.  Then I went out to fill the bird feeders and thought of the Blue Sunflower card I did previously.  The light bulb came on!!!  So I did an updated version of that.  You can see the original card HERE.   For the updated version I thought of a big sigh of relief .  School has started back, all the before school and last minute chores are taken care of, and you can just take a breath and relax.  That is  relax for the few minutes before the holiday season begins!

Painted Harvest, 144783

I played around with different items across the front of this Double Z Fold Card.  I kept coming back to the sentiment from Colorful Season “Just Breathe”.  I love that and it totally described what my idea of the Hop Theme is.  Since it was too large to stamp on the strip running across the front, I fussy cut around the sentiment.  I was pleasantly surprised that I really like how it came out.

Here is a picture of the card opened.

I left the sentiment spot blank.  I felt like there were actually two sentiments and that gives me room to write a short note to the recipient.  But when you make it, feel free to add another sentiment!  As always, the list of supplies I used are at the bottom of the post.

COLOR COMBINATION:

MEASUREMENTS:

• The base is 4 1/4 X 11, scored at 2 3/4, and 5 1/2.  Z fold and burnish
• The Mango pieces are 4 X 5 1/4, 2 @ 2 5/8 X 4
• The Wood DSP pieces are 3 7/8 X 5 1/8, 1 @ 2 1/2 X 3 7/8, and a white at 2 1/2 X 3 7/8
• The base strip is 1 X 11, scored at 2 3/4 and 5 1/2. Z folded and burnished
• The strip pieces are:  Mango: 7/8 X 5 1/8, 2 @ 7/8 X 2 1/2 . DSP is 3/4 X 5, 2 @ 3/4 X 2 3/8

Thank you for stopping by today.  I hope you’ll hop along to the next stop on the blog hop, Robin Myren at Songbird Designs by Robin. There’s lots of inspiration to be found in this group – and you don’t want to miss it!

1. Brian King at Stamp with Brian
2. Nina King at InkPaperSequins
3. Lynn Kolcun at Avery’s Owlery
4. Rachael Shedeed at Bluebonnet Stampin’
5. Pam Morris at Tap Tap Stamp
6. Julie DiMatteo at The Paper Pixie
7. Shawn de Oliveira at Shawn Stamps
8. Candy Ford at Stamp Candy
9. Linda Krueger at The Stamp Coach
10. Sheryl Sharp at Sharp Notes by Sheryl
11. Robbye Hamilton at Miss Hammie’s Crafts
12. Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
13. Robin Myren at Songbird Designs by Robin
14. Denise Hoepfner at The Mountain Magpie

SUPPLIES:

Painted Harvest Photopolymer Stamp Set – 144783

Price: $21.00

Colorful Seasons Photopolymer Stamp Set – 143726

Price: $27.00

Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits Dies – 142749

Price: $31.00

Garden Impressions 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper – 146289

Price: $11.00

Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack – 144177

Price: $11.00

Blueberry Bushel 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 146968

Price: $8.50

Mango Melody 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 146989

Price: $8.50

Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 100730

Price: $9.75

Blueberry Bushel Classic Stampin’ Pad – 147138

Price: $7.50

Mango Melody Classic Stampin’ Pad – 147093

Price: $7.50

Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin’ Pad – 147111

Price: $7.50

Stampin’ Trimmer – 126889

Price: $30.00

Paper Snips – 103579

Price: $10.00

Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals – 144108

Price: $4.00

Snail Adhesive – 104332

Price: $7.00

Supply List