Blog Hop

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.

I created today’s blog hop card using the Cheerful Basket Bundle, Garden Birdhouses and Forever Fern stamp sets. Begin with a Basic White card base and add a layer of Daffodil Delight. Use the basket dies to crop a Crumb Cake basket and color it with Crumb Cake Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Stamp and crop the crafting/school tools and color with coordinating Stampin’ Blend markers and add basket to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals. The greetings are from Garden Birdhouses and Forever Fern stamp sets. Whether you are a student or a teacher, I hope you have a fabulous year.

Project Measurements

• Basic White CS- 5½ x 8½ (card base)
• Basic White CS- 1½ x 3 ¾
• Daffodil Delight CS- 4 x 5¼  
• Crumb Cake CS-3 x 3
• Cheerful Basket Bundle
• Forever Fern Stamp Set
• Garden Birdhouses Stamp Set
• Memento Black Ink
• Stylish Shapes Dies
• Stampin’ Blends Maker Combos: Crumb Cake, Smoky Slate, Highland Heather, Balmy Blue, Daffodil Delight, Real Red, Calypso Coral, Granny Apple Green
• Stampin’ Cut n Emboss Machine
• Stampin’ Seal Adhesive or Liquid Glue

I hope you’ll hop along to the next stop on the blog hop with Robin Myren at Songbird Designs. 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. Candy Ford at Stamp Candy
3. Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
4. Pam Morris at Tap Tap Stamp
5. Marilyn Jones at Stamp with MJ
6. Jan Dufour at Stamp Me Silly
7. Jessica Atchison at Stampin with the Atchisons
8. Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
9. Renae Novak at Blessed by Cards
10. Robin Myren at Songbird Designs by Robin

Project Supplies

Welcome to InKing Royalty’s May Blog Hop! Spring is just around the corner, so we are sharing Spring projects with bees and birds. 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.

First, could not decide if I wanted to do birds or bees and then once I decided I could not choose between the Hello Ladybug and the Honeybee Home bundles, so I decided to post them both.

For my first card, I simply turned this cute little Ladybug into a bumblebee. Unfortunately the Bumblebee cardstock and ink is retired, so I went with So Saffron. I added a panel of black that I embossed with the Hammered Metal embossing folder, yes, I know it too is retired, but you can use the new Hive 3-D embossing folder, I just have not received mine yet!

This card is pretty basic and easy to assemble. After you fold the card base in half cut off 1¼ from the card front to create the folded front image. I added some Daffodil Delight CS strips on the ladybug to create stripes and used vellum cardstock for the bee wings, then embellished it with a Matte Black Dot. I hope you enjoy creating with this adorable bundle.

Projects Supplies and Measurements for Card #1

• So Saffron CS- 5½ x 8½, (card base), 3 x 4
• Basic White CS- 4 x 5 ¼, 2 ¾ x 3 ¾
• Basic Black CS- 2 ¾ x 5 ¼, 3 x 4
• Daffodil Delight CS- 2 x 2 (cut 3 thin strips)
• Vellum CS- 3 x 3
• Honeybee Home Bundle
• Memento Black Ink
• So Saffron Ink
• Matte Black Dots
• Hive 3-D Embossing Folder
• Stampin’ Cut n Emboss Machine
• Stampin’ Seal Adhesive/Liquid Glue

My second card again began with a Basic White card base, but this time I added a piece of Daffodil Delight to the bottom and a strip of Basic Black across the middle to hide the seam. I was not sure how the black floral would like, but I love this bundle and decided to go for it. And, I kind of like it. Of course the bees are adorable, especially since they are not real. I added color to the bees using Daffodil Delight ink and a Blender Pen.

I do love this sentiment because it will be perfect to send to my mother-in-law. She continues to enjoy my card creations and may be my biggest fan! LOL

Projects Supplies and Measurements for Card #2

• Basic White CS- 5½ x 8½, (card base), 3 x 4
• Daffodil Delight CS- 5 ¼ x 5½
• Basic Black CS- 3 x 4, ½ x 5 ½
• Honeybee Home Bundle
• Memento Black Ink
• Daffodil Delight Ink
• Blender Pen
• Stampin’ Cut n Emboss Machine
• Stampin’ Seal Adhesive/Liquid Glue

Thank you for stopping by today.  I hope you’ll hop along to the next stop on the blog hop, Ann Murray at Murray Stamps Ink. 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. Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
3. Candy Ford at Stamp Candy
4. Renae Novak at Blessed by Cards
5. Ann Murray at Murray Stamps Ink
6. Pam Morris at Tap Tap Stamp
7. Sheryl Abernathy at Elegant Sentiments
8. Robin Myren at Songbird Designs by Robin
9. Lynn Kolcun at Avery’s Owlery
10. Jan Dufour at Stamp Me Silly

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