Here in St. Louis, the weather is beginning to warm up, so I thought I would share a summer like card with you. My card today begins with a Cinnamon Cider card base and features the stamps in the Seas the Day Bundle found in the January – June mini catalog. I added a layer of Balmy Blue to compliment the water.
To create the sand and water scene I used our Blending Brushes, Cinnamon Cider and Crumb Cake ink for the sand and a light layer of Pacific Point Blue for the water. The fish and crab are stamped in Calypso Coral and the starfish in Bumblebee.
I added a little greenery with Mossy Meadow and also stamped the greeting in Mossy Meadow. The happy birthday is from Artistically Inked. This is such a great bundle with so many possibilities. I hope this card gets you in the mood for summer.
Thanks for stopping by! Until next time, be blessed, Renae
Once a month I volunteer my time and my crafting supplies by teaching a card class at a local nursing home. It is a lot of fun and I am always amazed at how the residents love creating hand-stamped cards. They have a hard time cutting and punching things so I try to have most things prepared, but the Stamparatus has been my favorite tool to use with them because it is so easy for them to feel success. I have a few men in the group which is super fun!
I would say the most difficult thing about working with this group is coming up with really simple cards. I have about 10 regulars and I am slowly stretching them out of their comfort zone. We actually used embellishments last month and this month I am introducing Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Here is the card I created for my sweet stamping friends.
I began with a 5¼ x 8 piece of Basic White cardstock and folded it in half. If you want to score before folding, score in landscape position at 4″ in. I mounted it on a 4¼ x 5½ panel of Real Red cardstock to create a backing for the card. My nursing home friends prefer white cards, so I added the back because we all need a splash of color.
I randomly stamped the red hearts at the top of my card and added the torn Garden Green cardstock to the bottom. The square Real Red measures 2¼ x 2½ and the white-2 x2¼ . It is hard to tell in the photo, but I did stamp and fussy cut the bowl. I thought it would be easier if they stamped the cherries and then added the bowl on top of them. I did stamp and pre-cut all the bowls for them.
The Happy Birthday is from Biggest Wish and I loaded that on the Stamparatus, so they could stamp as many times as they wanted giving a nice dark black greeting, plus they really love the how easy the Stamparatus makes it for them, especially those who are suffering from arthritis or recovering from a stroke.
Project Supplies and Measurements
Basic White CS- 5½ x 8 (card base)
Basic White CS-2¼ x 2½, 1 x 1
Real Red CS- 4¼ x 5½
Garden Green CS-4 x 5½
Measure of Love Stamp Set
Biggest Wish Stamp Set
Real Red Ink
Garden Green Ink
Memento Black Ink
Stampartus
Stampin’ Dimensionals
Stampin’ Seal Adhesive or Liquid Glue
Thanks for stopping by! Until next time, be blessed, Renae
Hello my friends, I am excited to share with you our Make it Monday video tutorial on how to get the most out of your Stampin’ Up! punches. This week I will share with you three techniques and three cards using the Everyday Label punch and the Fancy Me Label punch from the 2021-2022 annual catalog! Enjoy!
Gotta love Fridays! Today I am featuring the Sweet Ice Cream set and the angled card design using some of our popular designer series papers in the Friendly Hello Bundle. If you missed this weeks Make it Monday tutorial, it is all about angled cards. CLICK HEREto see that video.
I began today’s card with a Fresh Freesia card base and the Fresh Freesia patterned paper in the Friendly Hello Bundle. There are still a few more days left to get this paper pack for FREE! CLICK HERE TO SHOP NOW
Project Supplies and Measurements
Fresh Freesia CS- 5½ x 8½ (card base)
Basic Black CS- ¾ x 5½
Friendly Hello DSP- 4¼ x 4¼ ( cut diagonally-not corner to corner)
Crumb Cake CS- 1 x 4
Basic White CS- 4 x 5
Sweet Ice Cream stamp set
Ice Cream Cone Builder Punch
Soft Suede Ink
Fresh Freesia Ink
Memento Black Ink
Stampin’ Dimensionals (optional)
Stampin’ Seal Adhesive or Liquid Glue
For directions on how to cut the designer series paper, plus four other angled card designs, check out myMake it Monday #47 video. I hope you enjoy creating angled cards as much as I have. It is such a great way to utilize our designer series paper. I love that one 4¼ x 4¼ square creates two cards!
Happy Stamping!
Thanks for stopping by! Until next time, be blessed, Renae
Welcome to InKing Royalty’s February Blog Hop! This is a great time of year to build your stash of handmade birthday cards, so we are sharing birthday-themed projects with you today. 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.
My cards for this month’s blog hop feature the Artistically Inked Bundle in the 2021-2022 annual catalog. I had so much fun creating with this bundle, I couldn’t stop myself, so today, I am sharing all three cards with you.
I wanted to create a birthday card using the Gold and Rose Metallic Specialty Paper. You will find this hidden gem on page 135 in the 2021-2022 annual catalog.
Card #1
Begin with a Very Vanilla card base. Add a 4-1/8 x 5- 3/8″ piece of Basic Black cardstock to the card front and a 4 x 5¼ piece of Gold Metallic CS. I used the Stamparatus to add the greeting in Memento Black Ink to a 3¼ x 4½ piece of Very Vanilla CS. The flower is stamped in one of our new In-colors, Polished Pink. I cropped the leaves and the center of the flower from the Gold Metallic CS.
For my second card I used the left over Gold Metallic CS to crop the leaves and create a strip across the middle of the card front.
Card #2
I stamped and cropped two flowers in Very Vanilla CS and layered them together with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The bottom section of the card front was created by stamping the marble stamp image and Polished Pink ink on Very Vanilla CS.
My final card is simply stamping. I began with a Gorgeous Grape card based and stamped a variety of floral images at the top and bottom of a Basic White card panel in Gorgeous Grape Ink, Fresh Freesia, Old Olive and Daffodil Delight inks. I added the Happy Birthday greeting from Sweet Ice Cream in Memento Black Ink.
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you’ll hop along to the next stop on the blog hop, Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping. 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:
Today’s card was created for my daughter’s roommate, who absolutely loves plants. This is a perfect card for anyone who has a green thumb! I love plants and a well groomed yard, but I am just not good at growing things, so these plants are perfect for me.
I began with a Crumb Cake card base and added a layer of Cajun Craze that I dry embossed with the Brick and Mortar embossing folder. I stamped a few of the pots with Cajun Craze ink and a few with Shaded Spruce. I decided to add a mixture of stamped greenery and Designer Series paper images.
I used Very Vanilla for the hanging pot and added Happy Birthday in Memento Black. This is a really great bundle and while it looks really involved it did not take long to put together. You can choose your plants to be all designer series paper, all stamped images or a combo as I did in the image above. Either way, I am sure your green thumb friends will love it.
Project Supplies and Measurements
Crumb Cake CS- 5½ x 8½ (card base)
Cajun Craze CS-2 x 5½
Basic White CS-5½ 8½ (for planters)
Very Vanilla CS-1½ x 3
Shaded Spruce CS- 1 x 3
Bloom Where You’re Planted Designer Series Paper
Plentiful Plants Bundle
Cajun Craze Ink
Shaded Spruce Ink
Memento Black Ink
Stampin’ Cut n Emboss Machine
Brick and Mortar Embossing Folder
Stampin’ Seal Adhesive or Liquid Glue
My daughter and her roommate live in Chicago and they just got hit with a ton of snow, so I am hoping this fun card filled with lots of summery greenery will be a ray of sunshine for both of them.
Thanks for stopping by! Until next time, be blessed, Renae
Hey my stamping friends I am so sorry I forgot to post yesterday. It has been a crazy week with a big project at work and I kinda forgot it was Friday! YIKES! I guess because I was working and typically I am off on Fridays!
The end of the month is always Stamp Camp time, so I thought I would share with you a card we created for this month’s class. There is still time for you to get the January Stamp Camp Virtually!
All you have to do is place an online order through my store minimum a $25 (before shipping/handling/tax) and use the current host code 4CW6QDVV. I will email you a pdf instruction sheet for all of the projects we create at stamp camp which includes supplies, measurements, instructions and photos! It is still Sale-A-Bration, so if you bump up that order to $50 you will get the January Stamp Camp Class projects and a FREE Sale-A-Bration product!
Hurry time is running out! You only have until midnight on January 31st to get this month’s class projects emailed to you. Our current host code is: code is: 4CW6QDVV Happy Stamping!
Thanks for stopping by! Until next time, be blessed, Renae
Wow, so hard to believe it is already Monday again. Where does the time go? It seems like weekend fly by more quickly than ever. This weekend was particularly quick as I spent most of the weekend in the backyard with my hubby and son splitting wood. Yes, you read that correctly, I got my lumberjack on and helped split wood on Saturday and Sunday.
We had a few trees taken down this summer and decided to keep the wood for our fireplace. Of course we might still be in the backyard if my brother did not come over to help us! Thanks bro!
My card today has nothing to do with being a lumberjack, fireplaces or even winter. I decided to share a bit of spring with you to hopefully get you in the mood for warmer weather! Today’s video tutorial features a new set from the January – June 2022 winter catalog, Wildflower Path.
If you have seen some of my more recent posts then you might be if love with the Awesome Otters Sale-a-bration set. They are so adorable.
Another adorable friends set is the Turtle Friends stamp set in the 2021-2022 annual catalog. You will find this sweet set on page 56. And even better it is a bundle, so you can save 10%.
Don’t forget to apply the host code when ordering: C77FJQM2. Thanks for shopping with me! Have a blessed day!
Turtle Friends Bundle # 155819 $30.50
Supplies
Garden Green CS- 5 ½ x 8½, 2-7/8 x3-1/8
Basic White CS-2 ¾ x 3
Granny Apple Green CS-3 ½ x 4,
Turtle Friends Bundle
Hammered Metal Embossing Folder
Stampin’ Blend Combo Markers- Granny Apple Green, Blackberry Bliss and Crumb Cake
I began with a Garden Green card base and used the Hammered Metal embossing folder to add some texture to the card front. I stamped the turtle outline and the shell with Garden Green ink and used some Stampin’ Blend Markers to add color. The ground shadows were created with the Crumb Cake Blend Combo.
The greeting is stamped in Memento Black ink on the Granny Apple Green cardstock and layered to the Garden Green and Basic White panels. Clean, simple and quick is always a favorite. This sweet card was super easy and quick card which makes it the perfect go-to card for birthday favorites!
Thanks for stopping by! Until next time, be blessed, Renae
Today’s card features the Flowing Flower stamp set in the January – June 2022 mini catalog. It is one of those amazing distinctive ink sets. I just love the details on these images.
I began my card with a Blackberry Bliss card base and added another layer of Blackberry Bliss that I dry embossed by running it through the Stampin’ Cut n Emboss machine using the Tasteful Textures embossing folder.
The greeting is from Flowing Flower, stamped in Blackberry Bliss ink, cropped with the Layering Circle dies and mounted on Blackberry Bliss and Crushed Curry cardstock and then attached to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals.
The ribbon across the upper half of the card was from my retired ribbon stash, so if you do not have that, you can just add a strip of Crushed Curry cardstock instead
Thanks for stopping by! Until next time, be blessed, Renae
