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
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