Welcome to InKing Royalty’s August Blog Hop! This year’s Blog Hop themes are inspired by a single word – and this month our projects are centered around VACATION. While many are reminiscing about their summer vacations, others are looking forward to the long weekend just around the corner. 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.

If you are a regular visitor to my blog you know that I just returned from an awesome vacation.  I did a Viking Riverboat Cruise down the Rhine River.  We started the trip with a few days in Amsterdam.  Of course this made me immediately think of the Winds of Change stamp set for this Vacation theme.  Alas, I have recently made a card using the windmill.  I still had to use that set.  So here is another Amsterdam memory.

One of the things I love about the various European cities I have been to are the gorgeous flowers everywhere.  Amsterdam was especially colorful.  And there were bicycles EVERYWHERE !!!  The bicycles were more dangerous than cars when crossing streets.

I chose the bicycle as the focal point of my card but wanted a special background as well.  So I picked the Come Sail Away Designer Series Paper in the blue pinstripe as my background.  I used Memento Tuxedo Ink to stamp the flowers as well as the bicycle.  I colored all with the Stampin’ Blends.

COLOR COMBINATION:

I know this seems a bit of an odd color combination.  My reasoning was to match the tulips, so I needed a pretty green.  The blue for the bicycle was from a movement in Amsterdam.  They are adding blue bicycle tires because some believe they make the bicycles easier to see.  Apparently that is debatable, but we did see quite a few with blue tires.

Here are a couple of my vacation photos as well.

Thank you for stopping by today.  I hope you’ll hop along to the next stop on the blog hop, Robyn 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!

Thank you for hopping along with us.  If you get stuck during the Blog Hop, please use this line-up as a guide:

1. Brian King at Stamp with Brian
2. Candy Ford at Stamp Candy
3. Sheryl Sharp at Sharp Notes by Sheryl
4. Jennifer Spiller at Westside Paper Creations
5. Lynn Kolcun at Avery’s Owlery
6. Linda Krueger at The Stamp Coach
7. Pam Morris at Tap Tap Stamp
8. Julie DiMatteo at The Paper Pixie
9. Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
10. Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
11. Robin Myren at Songbird Designs by Robin

HOST CODE

My August Host Code is VYEQARFN.  Please use this code for orders under $150.00.  I will have a small perk for those with orders over $50.00.

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SUPPLIES:

Winds Of Change Cling Stamp Set – 149357

Price: $24.00

Come Sail Away Designer Series Paper – 149481

Price: $11.50

5/8″ (1.6 Cm) Burlap Ribbon – 141487

Price: $7.00

Purple Posy 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 150881

Price: $8.75

Granny Apple Green 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 146990

Price: $8.75

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

Price: $9.75

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad – 132708

Price: $6.00

Purple Posy Light Stampin’ Blends Marker – 149564

Price: $4.50

Granny Apple Green Light Stampin’ Blends Marker – 146876

Price: $4.50

Seaside Spray Dark Stampin’ Blends Marker – 149568

Price: $4.50

Snail Adhesive – 104332

Price: $7.00

Stampin’ Dimensionals – 104430

Price: $4.00

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