Welcome to InKing Royalty’s August Blog Hop! Can you believe it’s already time for schools to start back up?! The return to school after summer vacation is a really big deal for students, teachers, school workers and the parents who are left home alone. To honor this big event, we have created projects with a back to school theme. We are excited to share our creations and hope you love them! After you read my post, I hope you’ll hop over to the next person on the list at the base of this post.
This has been one of the hardest themes for me to wrap my head around! Celebrating Back To School is not anything I have ever participated in since I do not have children. However, I love seeing the creative photos taken each year to document back to school. And that is what I based my card on.
Stamps
Considering the theme, I was concerned I did not have appropriate stamps for this card. Hopefully what I created fits the idea! Since back to school is a big deal, especially the first year of school, I thought that was Headline worthy. So out came the Breaking News stamp set. The large newspaper is stamped and then cut out. For the sentiment I went with the Days To Remember stamp set. It is the one like a calendar builder. And the sentiment from the set seemed a good fit, as it is a Day To Remember.
To add to the “newspaper article”, I went back to my first day of school. Apparently I was very hard headed and only wanted to wear my cowgirl outfit! So seeing the little princess in the Scary Cute stamp set seemed appropriate. This same card could work for an invitation or even baby shower with these same images. But I hope it works in your imagination for First Day of School.
Colors and Paper
To coordinate with the little princess, I needed bright female colors. Thee were found in a piece of the Tea Boutique 6X6 Designer Series Paper. From there it progressed to the card base of Polished Pink and layer of Tahitian Tide. This resulted in the little girl being pretty in pink. And to add more to the newspaper article, I added a few balloons to continue the celebration.
A finishing touch is Tahitian Tide Metallic Ribbon for a layered bow. It was wrapped twice around the card and then a double bow was added. The last touch is a few embellishments. To keep the colors equal I went with two each of the 2022-2024 Matte Dots in both Tahitian Tide and Sweet Sorbet, alternating size and color.
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you’ll hop along to the next stop on the blog hop, Pam Morris at Tap Tap Stamp. 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:
- Brian King at Stamp with Brian
- Candy Ford at Stamp Candy
- Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping ← YOU ARE HERE
- Pam Morris at Tap Tap Stamp
- Marilyn Jones at Stamp with MJ
- Jan Dufour at Stamp Me Silly
- Jessica Atchison at Stampin with the Atchisons
- Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
- Renae Novak at Blessed by Cards
- Robin Myren at Songbird Designs by Robin
Mini Catalog and Sale-A-Bration
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Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed today’s project and will come back. I do read and reply to all of the comments individually. They mean a lot to me. Please reach out if you have a question.
Smile and Keep On Stamping,
Jackie
SUPPLIES:
How fun, Jackie! What a great combination of stamps to build a card perfect for this theme. Love it!
I love the little Halloween girl and the colors you used for this very sweet card. Enjoy your day!
Such a cute card! I love the little girl.
This has got to be the cutest card you have ever made. I am totally CASEing this. I love the sweet colors and never would have used this set this way. I LOVE it!
I love this card, Jackie. Your combination of products is just fabulous! Wonderful!
Jackie this card is perfect for back to school! It turned out beautifully!
Great card Jackie! I agree this theme was hard and I have children. LOL