Welcome to InKing Royalty’s January 2023 Blog Hop! If your craft projects aren’t already filled with hearts, then you might be behind the eight ball. No worries – we are here to help. We are excited to share our heart-filled creations with you 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.
The Hearts theme was an easy one to follow with the fabulous new Country Floral Lane Suite of products in the new Mini Catalog. I loved this Suite as soon as I saw it and hope you will as well.
Stamps and Punches
My card is sort of a Heart Bouquet. And is not at all what I had planned originally! The Country Bouquet Bundle is a Punch Bundle. That was where I was originally headed. Then I saw the floral heart that I have used and changed directions just a bit. I did use the leaves from the punch. They are slightly hidden by the bow.
However, the floral heart intrigued me and I had to give it a try. It is a two step heart with the flowers and greenery separate. The flowers are stamped using Sweet Sorbet Ink and the greenery is Pear Pizzaz. Sadly with this being a punch bundle, I had to cut out the heart myself. Since a heart is mostly straight lines that was not a huge undertaking. I did use the leaves from the stamp set in Pear Pizzaz as well and punched them using the Country Bouquet Punch. Then decided it needed more greenery to look like a bouquet. So out came the Boughs Punch for the background greens. This punch has been getting a lot of use from me of late.
Papers
To continue with the Sweet Sorbet and Pear Pizzaz, I went with a striped piece of DSP. It is from the Country Floral Designer Series Paper that is also included in the Suite of products. I layered the striped DSP onto a piece of Basic White and then to the base card of Pear Pizzaz.
Finishes
There are several final add on touches to complete this card. First is the sentiment. It is from the Country Bouquet stamp set as well. So this is a one set card basically. I love that!! But it is die cut with a die from the Beautiful Trees Dies. It is nothing flashy, and just has a bit of an embossed border around the edges.
The most notable of the finishes is the beautiful bow. The Sweet Sorbet Metallic Ribbon is so pretty and extremely easy to work with. Due to that I went a bit out of the norm and created a three strand bow. I love how it really pops up. And the final touch is the Festive Pearls scattered around. There are some on flower centers of the heart, and one on the sentiment.
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you’ll hop along to the next stop on the blog hop, Sheryl Abernathy at Elegant Sentiments. 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
- Jan Dufour at Stamp Me Silly
- Renae Novak at Blessed by Cards
- Lynn Kolcun at Avery’s Owlery
- Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping ← YOU ARE HERE
- Sheryl Abernathy at Elegant Sentiments
- Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
HOST CODE
My January Host Code is HEMUVZZK. Please use this code for orders under $150.00. I will have a small gift for those with orders over $50.00 in addition to the Perk Rewards Program. You can read all of the information at the top of the page in the Menu Bar under SHOP / Perks.
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:
That is adorable – so Springy and snappy and sassy. The flowers in the heart remind me of some ConTact paper I used on my shelves back in the 60’s – sweet memories.
Jackie, I love the pretty heart bouquet you created. So fun! Enjoy your day!
Wonderful heart bouquet, Jackie! Love the colors.
Beautiful card! Your triple bow is amazing! I’ve been doing double bows, but the triple really makes the bow stand out. Thanks!
Jackie, I love it. I love how you pulled all the colors together!!
I love it when a good plan falls apart and comes together in such a beautiful way! Don’t worry stampers, cut, move, stamp until you like it.
It’s a beautiful thing.
I love everything about this card! The colors are striking, the textuure is fabulous and the design is spot on. Nice work!
SO sweet, Jackie! I adore your card – your heart is beautiful! So glad you hopped with us today!