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Angels of Peace-Make It Monday #30

Christmas 2021, Make it Monday Videos /

It is time for another Make It Monday tutorial and so today, I bring to you a multitude of angles. Just kidding, only one beautiful angel. This is a great Christmas set, but I really love it because you can also use some of the sentiments for a Thank You card.

The larger sentiment on this card is from the For Unto Us stamp set, very Holidayish! And I just love how the Basic Jewel Rhinestones add the right amount of sparkle!

Supplies and Directions

PDF Tutorial make It monday #30

Thanks for stopping by!
Until next time, be blessed, Renae

Angels of Peace
156365 $21
Night of Navy
147110 $7.50
Night of Navy
100867 $8.75

Basic White CS
159276 $9.75
Watercolor Pencils
141709 $16
Basic Jewel Rhinestones
144220 $5
Stampin’ Adhesive
152813 $8
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Happy Anniversary to Me! Favorite Things Friday

2 Comments / Just Because Cards /

One of my absolute Favorite Things is being married to the most wonderful man in the world, or in the entire Solar System, as my daughter used to say….when she was three year old. LOL

Really, I am very blessed to be celebrating 33 years with my beloved husband today! Wow! I am not sure where those years went, but I know I am extremely blessed and the honeymoon continues! We have two beautiful children who are now young adults.

Time certainly has marched on and I am loving each new chapter of my life with my beloved. I created this card especially for him and thought I would share it with you too. I just love this adorable little owl from the Frightfully Tag Dies.

I began with a Misty Moonlight cards base and added a layer of Basic White cardstock. The branches and the leaves are from the Birds and More stamp set. I used Soft Suede for the branches and Old Olive for the leaves.

I also took a blending brush and some Balmy Blue Ink over the Basic White CS to add a soft sky look. I am not sure if you can see that in the picture, but it is quite lovely in person.

Unfortunately in all my Stampin’ Up! toys I do not have a large Happy Anniversary stamp, so this one is retired, so sorry! But the Misty Moonlight Ink is still available. The greeting is stamped on Basic White CS and cropped with the Stitched Rectangle Dies.

I hope you have a blessed day. Create something beautiful to share with others!

Thanks for stopping by!
Until next time, be blessed, Renae

Frightful Tag Dies
156492 $27
Misty Moonlight
153118 $7.50
Misty Moonlight
153081 $8.75
Basic White
159276 $9.75
Basic Black
121045 $8.75
Balmy Blue
147105 $7.50
Blending Brushes
153611 $12
Soft Suede
147115 $7.50
Old Olive
147090 $7.50
Stitched Rectangle Dies
151820 $35
Stampin’ Adhesive
152813 $8
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Peaceful Cabin-Snowy Christmas

2 Comments / Christmas 2021 /

Today’s card reminds me of a cabin in Tahoe. What a perfect weekend this would be to spend time in a far off cabin surrounded by snow. Throw in a fireplace, a bottle of wine and a few Hallmark Movies and I am there! Oh and of course no alarm. LOL

Supplies

  • Basic White CS- 5½ x 8½, (card base), 3 ¾ x 5, 4 x 5  
  • Basic Black C3-7/8 x 5-1/8
  • Shaded Spruce CS-4 x 5¼
  • Peaceful Cabin Bundle
  • Shaded Spruce Ink
  • Early Espresso Ink
  • Memento Black Ink
  • Stampin’ Cut n Emboss Machine
  • Stampin’ Seal Adhesive/Liquid Glue
  • Stampin’ Dimensionals

Directions

  • Score card base in landscape position (aka longer side) at 4¼. Fold and burnish to create card.
  • On 4 x 5 White CS panel stamp cabin in Early Espresso Ink and then crop cabin and several snowflakes with coordinating dies. 
  • Stamp trees in Shaded Spruce ink on 3 ¾ x 5 panel of white and use Stampin’ Dimensionals to attach cabin.  Add snowflakes and stamp sentiment using Memento Black ink.
  • Layer the white panel to Basic Black CS and then to Shaded Spruce panel.
  • Attach all layers to card front.
  • Decorate inside as desired.

This really is a perfect snow scene. I love the soft touch of the added snowflakes. This card looks complicated, but honestly it was really easy. If you got an assembly line going, this could be the perfect holiday card!

Thanks for stopping by!
Until next time, be blessed, Renae

Peaceful Cabin
156816 $54
Stampin Cut n Emboss
149653 $120
Basic White CS
159276 $9.75
Basic Black CS
121045 $8.75

Shaded Spruce
146981 $8.75
Shaded Spruce
147088 $7.50
Stampin’ Adhesive
152813 $8
Stampin’ Dimensionals
104430 $4
Early Espresso
147114 $7.50
Memento Black
132708 $6
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Harvest and Hope-InKing Royal October Blog Hop

36 Comments / Blog Hop, Fall-Halloween-Thanksgiving Cards, Weekly Wednesday Videos /

Welcome to InKing Royalty’s October Blog Hop! During this year’s blog hops, we are having fun with our stamping favorites – our favorite themes for seasonal cards and projects. This month’s projects center around Harvest & Hope, so prepare yourself for gratitude and love in Fall-themed projects. 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.

Sorry no Weekly Wednesday video as I am taking care of my mother in law for a week or so and that means no time to film, but I am excited to share with you two cards for our blog hop today.

The first card was made by my friend Cherie who came to visit earlier this month. This is actually a card she made on our World Card Making Day Weekend. Cherie is super great at creating very intricate cards! Thanks Cherie! I will do my best to give you directions.

Supplies and Directions

Nature’s Harvest Bundle
Basic White CS– 5½ x 8½ (card base). Score in landscape position 4¼.
Cherry Cobbler CS -4 x 5¼
Basic White CS 3¾ x 5 -Emboss with Time Worn Type Embossing Folder
Crumb Cake Ink
Soft Suede Ink
Blending Brushes-Use brushes to apply Crumb Cake Ink over embossed images
highlight some areas with Soft Suede Ink
Cork Paper-2 x3. Layer on top of embossed/inked layer
Pear Pizzazz CS-2 x 4 Crop leaves with dies from bundle
Nature’s Harvest Bundle-Stamp greeting in Memento Black Ink and crop with die in bundle
Attach to card front w/Stampin’ Dimensionals
Stamp flower, crop with dies and use Stampin’ Markers to color: Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight, Garden Green, Pear Pizzazz
Wrap Diamond Weave Ribbon @ 4 ½ around embossed and Cherry Cobbler layer and then attach to card front

The second card is a super simple Thanksgiving card that I created using the Beauty of the Earth Designer Series Paper pack.

I began with a Cajun Craze card base and used Cajun Craze Ink for the Happy Thanksgiving greeting. The greeting is from the Banner Year stamp set. I am telling you this crazy little set is so stinkin’ versatile!

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

Thanks for stopping by!
Until next time, be blessed, Renae

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. Sheryl Sharp at Sharp Notes by Sheryl
  3. Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
  4. Lynn Kolcun at Avery’s Owlery
  5. Renae Novak at Blessed by Cards
  6. Jan Dufour at Stamp Me Silly
  7. Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
  8. Pam Morris at Tap Tap Stamp
  9. Robin Myren at Songbird Designs by Robin
  10. Marilyn Jones at Stamp with MJ
  11. Ann Murray at Murray Stamps Ink

Don’t forget about today’s 24 Hour Sale!

24 Hour SALE flyer

Sale ends at 12:00 Midnight (Mountain Time)

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24 Hour Stamp Sale Begins Tomorrow

Sales and Announcements /

Tomorrow, October 20 will be a super fun day, not only is it the InKing Royal Blog Hop, it also begins the 24 hour stamp sale with select cling mount stamps discounted 15%. All of the cling mount sets in the annual catalog will be discounted, so grab your catalog and start making your list now.

Wednesday October 20 only…..24 hour sale……..Don’t forget if you are placing an order that is under $150, please use the current host code: VU3EXANE

To make your wish list, here is the flyer with all the discounted stamp sets. Have fun!

24 Hour Sale flyer

Remember…….

  • The sale will run for 24 hours, October 20th only!
  • The 15% discount will apply to select cling stamp sets only.
  • Every cling stamp set from the 2021–2022 Annual Catalog (excluding the Host stamp sets) will be discounted!

Thanks for stopping by!
Until next time, be blessed, Renae

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Holly Jolly Wishes & Stitched Stars-Make It Monday #29

Christmas 2021, Make it Monday Videos /

It is time again for another Make it Monday tutorial. If you love stars you are going to love today’s video. Not only do both of these cards use the same star dies, they also share greetings from Holly Jolly Wishes and Designer Series Paper from the Tidings of Christmas paper pack in the July -December 2021 mini catalog.

I love the soft look from the Soft Succulent cardstock and when you pair it with Evening Evergreen, it is so elegant. I cannot wait to experiment with these colors using the Evening Elegant bundle.

Supplies and Instructions

Make It monday #29

Thanks for stopping by!
Until next time, be blessed, Renae

Holly Jolly Wishes
156362 $21
Stitches Star Dies
150653 $38
Stitched So Sweetly
151690 $32
Tidings of Christmas
155718 $11.50
Stampin’ Cut n Emboss #149653 $120
Soft Succulent
155776 $8.75
Evening Evergreen
155574 $8.75
Evening Evergreen
155576 $7.50
Basic White CS
159276 $9.75
Stampin’ Adhesive
152813 $8
Stampin’ Dimensionals
104430 $4
Glue Dots
103683 $5.25
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Empty and Little-Sunday Wisdom

Sunday Wisdom /

When we empty ourselves and become little, we allow God to fill us and we become so much more.  John and James kind of missed the point that Jesus came to serve, not to be served.  Jesus wanted James, John and all his followers, us included, to understand that His glory was most fulfilled when he emptied himself for others. 

So what does that kind of humility and glory look like?  How can we imitate Christ’s love? As we strive to humbly serve others, let us always live in the hope of the resurrection and recall how God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son for you and for me.

So today, let us be empty and little, so we can be filled and blessed!

Thanks for stopping by!
Until next time, be blessed, Renae

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Good-bye Summer but not Shaded Summer!

2 Comments / Flowers-Birds-Butterflies-Nature, Just Because Cards /

The days are getting shorter and soon we will say farewell to those summer days, but the good news is we don’t have to say good-bye to the Shaded Summer stamp set, at least not yet! So here is a super sweet card my friend Cherie made for me so I thought I would share it with you.

Cutting Measurements

All Measurement=inches  CS=Cardstock DSP=Designer Series Paper  Landscape Position=Long side   Portrait Position=short side

Supplies

  • Garden Green CS- 5½ x 8½, (card base), 2 x 2 , 3 ¾ x 5 (2)
  • Melon Mambo CS-4 x 5¼ Smoky Slate CS- 4 x 5¼   
  • Basic White CS-3¼ x 4¼, 1 x 1
  • Shaded Summer Stamp Set
  • Garden Green and Melon Mambo Makers-floral image
  • Garden Green Ink-greeting
  • Stitched So Sweetly Dies
  • Tasteful Label Dies
  • Stampin’ Cut n Emboss Machine
  • Stampin’ Seal Adhesive/Liquid Glue
  • Stampin’ Dimensionals

Directions

  • Score card base in landscape position (aka longer side) at 4¼. Fold and burnish to create card.
  • Layer Mambo Melon CS to card front.
  • Next use the Stampin’ Cut n Emboss machine to crop the White CS panel using the Stitched So Sweekly Dies.
  • Color the floral image with Mambo Melon and Garden Green markers and stamp in the center of White CS.
  • Attach White panel to card front.
  • Stamp greeting in Garden Green on Basic White CS and crop using the Tasteful Label Dies. Crop Garden Green circle using same die set and layer together. 
  • Use Stampin’ Dimensionals to attach circle greeting to card front as shown.
  • Layer 4 x 5¼ piece of White CS to inside and decorate as desired.

Thanks to my friend Cherie for making this card for today’s post. I hope you enjoyed! Have a blessed weekend. Create something beautiful and be awesome!

Thanks for stopping by!
Until next time, be blessed, Renae

Shaded Summer
155783 $23
Stitched So Sweetly
151690 $32
Tasteful Label Dies
152886 $31
Stampin’ CutnEmboss
149653 $120
Melon Mambo CS
115320 $8.75
Garden Green
102584 $8.75
Basic White CS
159276 $9.75
Markers-Brights
147157 $30

Garden Green Ink
147089 $7.50
Stampin’ Adhesive
152813 $8
Stampin’ Dimensionals
104430 $4
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Snowman Season-Favorite Things Friday

Christmas 2021 /

Wow, there are only 70 days until Christmas, that is just a little over two months! I absolutely love Christmas and one of may favorite holiday decorations is snowmen. They are so stinkin’ cute!

I was super thrilled when Stampin’ Up! decided to carry over the Snowman Season set and these adorable little snow creatures are the star of today’s Favorite Things Friday!

Snowman Season 150458 $18

Cutting Measurements

All Measurement=inches  CS=Cardstock DSP=Designer Series Paper  Landscape Position=Long side   Portrait Position=short side

Supplies

  • Basic White CS- 5½ x 8½, (card base), 3 ¾ x 5 (2)
  • Smoky Slate CS- 4 x 5¼   
  • Snowman Season Stamp Set
  • Artistically Inked Stamp Set
  • Smoky Slate Ink
  • Memento Black Ink
  • Picture This Dies
  • Stampin’ Cut n Emboss Machine
  • Stampin’ Seal Adhesive/Liquid Glue

Directions

  • Score card base in landscape position (aka longer side) at 4¼. Fold and burnish to create card.
  • Layer Smoky Slate CS to card front.
  • Stamp marble image from Artistically Inked in Smoky Slate ink over one piece of 3 ¾ x 5 white panel and use the Stampin’ Cut n Emboss machine to crop out circles using the Picture This Dies.
  • Stamp snowmen in Memento Black ink on second piece of 3 ¾ x 5 white panel so they are peeking out the circles.  I used a pencil to lightly draw around each circle so that I would know exactly where to place the snowmen.  Stamp, color and erase your pencil lines.
  • Layer the circle white panel to the snowman white panel and attach both to card front.
  • Decorate inside as desired

I really do love the Picture This Dies. I was thinking of creating a card using the Back On Your Feet set. It would make a super sweet get well card. Stay tuned for that in the next few weeks or so. Until than, create something beautiful and be awesome!

Thanks for stopping by!
Until next time, be blessed, Renae

Snowman Season
158341 $18
Picture This Dies
155559 $34
Smoky Slate CS
131202 $8.75

Smoky Slate Ink
147113 $7.50
Memento Black
132708 $6
Basic White CS
159276 $9.75
Artistically Inked
154542 $24
Pumpkin Pie Combo
154897 $9
Highland Heather Combo
154887 $9
Smoky Slate Combo
154904 $9
Stampin’ Cut n Emboss
149653 $120
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Peaceful Cabin Fall & Summer Cards-Weekly Wednesday #10

Fall-Halloween-Thanksgiving Cards, Happy Birthday, Weekly Wednesday Videos /

Well if you have not had a chance to order the Peaceful Cabin bundle, you are going to want to do that soon. It is the perfect bundle to create a quiet winter scene, but I am excited to share with you today’s video on how to create a fall and summer card using this bundle.

Summer and Fall with Peaceful Cabin Bundle


For most of my life, with an exception of a few years in California, I have lived in the Mid-West. I love the changing of the four seasons and that is probably what I missed most about living in San Francisco. No Snow! Wherever you live, the Peaceful Cabin is sure to bring you a changing of the seasons.

Supplies and Instructions

FREE Tutorial Weekly Wednesday #10

This Bundle is one of those rare versatile sets that allows our creative juices to run free. I am secretively hoping they come out with a sister set that has tiny flowers, birds and bunnies to create a fun summer scene. We shall see……

Thanks for stopping by!
Until next time, be blessed, Renae

Peaceful Cabin Bundle
156816 $54
Beauty of Friendship
155834 $52
Beauty of the Earth
155841 $11.50
Stampin’ Cut n Emboss
149653 $120
Blending Brushes
153611 $12
Basic White
159276 $9.75
Balmy Blue
147105 $7.50
Pear Pizzazz
147104 $7.50
Crumb Cake
120953 $8.75
Early Espresso
119686 $8.75
Soft Suede
115318 $8.75
Stampin’ Adhesive
152813 $8
Add All to Cart

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