Welcome to InKing Royalty’s May Blog Hop! Today’s Blog Hop is filled with projects that offer you a sneak peek at new items in Stampin’ Up!’s 2017 Annual Catalog. We are so excited about the June 1 release of this new catalog – it’s AMAZING – and we are excited to share our sneak peek 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.
My card for today’s InKing Royalty Hop is using items that I won at OnStage and that I got with the pre-order that us demonstrators LOVE! Is a great treat to see the catalog first and to then get to touch and play with new items.
Oh So Eclectic, Lovely Inside and Out
The sets I used are Lovely Inside & Out for the sentiment and Oh So Eclectic for the flowers and leaves. Oh So Eclectic is a very versatile stamp set and can be used singly or as a TWO STEP process. I did the two step process and stamped the leaves in Pear Pizzaz and then the top with Always Artichoke. The flower is stamped in Fresh Fig (one of the new InColors and one I LOVE!) and then secondly in Archival Basic Black. I used a Pear Pizzaz Stampin’ Write Marker to color the stem of the flower.
I added the sentiment in Pear Pizzaz and Always Artichoke and then used my friend Julie DiMatteo’s technique ( Julie’s posts are a must see, she is Number 2 in todays lineup.) I added a little splatter to the white part of the card. To do easy splatter Julie uses a marker, Fresh Fig, and flicks the large tip on the inside of the cap. It is so simple….proof is in the card that I did! I then added a couple of rhinestones just for some bling.
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you’ll hop along to the next stop on the blog hop, Karen Browning at
I am once again using retiring products. The set That’s The Tag was definitely a “sleeper” set. It was to me as well until the first time I inked it up. And now I have used it several times in the last few weeks. Some of these items will stay with me in my craft room even after the new catalog goes live on June 1. I am thinking this set will be one of those keepers!
My Thanks So Much card was part of a swap I did with my stamp club last weekend. We do a Spring and a Fall card swap each year.
That’s The Tag, 142918, $17.00
This layout is a “File Away For Later” ! When I see the sketch challenges I think of other ways to use them, like I did here. This was a challenge sketch I had made note of except it called for a stamped background. For today’s card I just replaced it with the 2016-2018 In Color Designer Series Paper Stack in Emerald Envy. The banner is the reverse side of the stripes on the DSP.
The base of this card is Emerald Envy card stock cut to 8 1/2 X 5 1/2 folded in half
The Delightful Dijon is cut to 5 1/4 X 4
The Striped Emerald Envy DSP is cut to 5 1/8 X 3 7/8
The banner is also Emerald Envy DSP and is 1 1/2 X 4 and punched with the Banner Triple Punch
The Delightful Dijon circle is punched with the 2″ Circle Punch
The stamped circle is stamped in Emerald Envy and Delightful Dijon and punched with the 1 3/4 Circle Punch
I added the Metallic Enamel Shape as a highlight
And there you go, another quick and easy card and one that can be CASED in many different ways. I hope you like this card idea and will CASE it yourself.
It’s a couple of days early, but Happy Mother’s Day to all of you. If your Mother is still with you, Please give her a big hug!! I miss my Mom every day. She was my biggest cheerleader no matter what I was doing. And I think she would have really liked this card.
Rose Wonder , 140697 & Rose Garden Thinlits,140619
I rarely make a card with only a little stamping. But this is one of those! Hopefully you will think it all works without stamping. The background of Falling In Love DSP is just so soft but screams Mom or Wedding to me. I did not want to cover up all that beauty, so I went with the “openness” of the Rose Wonder die cut.
The base of the card is Sahara Sand cut to 8 1/2 X 5 1/2 and folded in half
The Whisper White layer is cut to 5 1/4 X 4
The Falling In Love DSP is cut to 5 1/8 X 3 7/8
The rose is cut from Pink Pirouette using the Rose Garden Thinlits
The leaves are cut from Pear Pizzaz using the Rose Garden Thinlits
The Amazing Mother is from That’s The Tag set and is stamped on Whisper White and punched with 1 1/2 circle punch
The outer circle is in Sahara Sand and punched with the 1 3/4 circle punch
The butterfly is punched using Vellum card stock with the Bitty Butterfly punch
I hope you enjoyed this card and would greatly appreciate your comments. Please do not forget the Retiring List, as a few of the items I used are on that nice list!
Welcome to the Pals Blog Hop for May 2017. We are thankful you stopped by to take a look at our 2017 Blog Hop monthly themes. This month we are featuring projects that are “stepped up” by using textures or fun techniques. We hope to provide you with lots of ideas and that you enjoy our creations.
You may just be starting the Blog Hop or may have come from the previous link from the Line-up on the Pals Blog Hop listing shown below. The full lineup will help you move along from blog to blog so you may see all the projects.
Thank you for joining me on this Blog Hop! I have Technique, Texture, New, and Retiring in my card. Take a look and then I will explain!
In The Meadow, 140754, Daisy Delight (new)
This card has quite a bit going on, but I don’t think it is too much. I just ADORE the new Daisy Delight!! A must have from the upcoming catalog. And it bundles with a Daisy Punch, which is wonderful! As I said, this card is a mixture. So I will go through the details of each:
The Daisy is stamped on Shimmery White card stock , watercolored with re-inkers and the Aqua painter in Calypso Coral, Crushed Curry, and Daffodil Delight. It is then punched out with the new Daisy punch.
The flowers are from the Daisy Delight set as well.
The grass and butterflies are from In The Meadow set. It is retiring (insert sad face)! This set is so versatile.
The Petal Burst Embossing Folder was used on Old Olive card stock. And I used the reverse side instead of the “raised up” embossing for a different look.
The card base is Calypso Coral cut to 8 1/2 X 5 1/2 and folded in half.
The black layer is cut to 5 1/4 X 4
The Old Olive embossed layer is cut to 5 1/8 X 3 7/8
The smaller Black layer is cut to 3 1/2 X 3
The Whisper White layer is cut to 3 3/8 X 2 7/8
The Daisy is definitely the star of the card. The Shimmery White Card Stock is a must have in your paper supply. Without adding Wink of Stella you have a shimmer. And it is great for watercoloring without the super thickness of watercolor paper. A definite Win/Win in my book!
And did you notice the center of the daisy? That is the new Faceted Gems from the upcoming catalog as well. Isn’t that fabulous? They come in Gold and Clear and are in a couple of sizes. You really need to add these to your wish list.
As always if you have any questions or comments, I would love to hear from you!!
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Today I am showcasing a beautiful stamp set and die bundle that will be going away in a couple of weeks. It is terrible that sometimes we find something we really love just as it is retiring. And that is the case with this bundle. Here is the card I made for my Stamp Club Spring Card Swap.
Timeless Tags Thinlits Dies, 142755
This is such a sweet card and I would love to receive one like it. This bundle, That’s The Tag – 144725, was sort of a sleeper in the Occasions Catalog. I will admit it took me a while to pull it out. And I am so happy that I did. Wow! Such a quick and cute card.
The base of this card is Thick Whisper White card stock cut to 4 1/4 X 11. (It stands up better with this cut )
The Brights DSP stack is cut 4 X 5 1/4, then it cut it to 5 1/4 X 2 1/2 and 5 1/4 X 1 1/2. I then flipped one side over. (The two patterns of this DSP are on the same sheet)
The White focal layer was cut with the layering ovals die and the butterfly cut outs from this bundle
The Real Red scalloped oval is also from layering ovals dies.
After I adhered everything I took a few of the cut out butterflies and added them back to the card using a glue dot.
I hope you enjoyed today’s card and if you really love this set as I did, it is still available on the Retiring List. You can just click the link below.
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