The Forever Fern set really does make me smile! I love the earthy tones of green and the stamps look so real. This may be my all time favorite stamp and I do hope it will carry over to the new annual catalog.

Soon the retired list for our current catalog will be available and I will post it here for all of you. So be sure to follow me so you will not miss that post!

I love the paper and I love making my own designer series paper using this set. Check out the Forever Fern 4 part video series on my You Tube Channel! CLICK HERE to watch the first video!

• Begin with a Shaded Spruce card base that measures 5½ x 8½. In landscape position, (aka the long side) score at 4¼”.  Fold and burnish.
• Cut a 4 x 5 ¼” piece of Soft Sea Foam cardstock. Before you attach it to the card front, cut a 2 x4 piece of Forever Greenery Designer Series paper and layer it to the lower portion of the Soft Sea Foam panel.
• Wrap a piece of the Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon (pictured on page 161 in the annual catalog) around the Soft Sea Foam panel, covering the seam of the designer series paper.
• Next cut a 3 x 3” piece of Forever Greenery Designer Series paper and attach it to a 3 ¼ x3 ¼” square of Shaded Spruce cardstock.  Attach the squares to the upper portion of the card front layering over the Soft Sea Foam layer, the designer series paper and the ribbon.
• Attach the decorated Soft Sea Foam layer to the Shaded Spruce card front.
• Use the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss machine and the Layering circles to cut a Shaded Spruce and a Basic White circle. Stamp the greeting in Memento Black ink on the white circle and glue the two circles together.
• Attach the circle embellishment to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals.  I tied a bow with using the Crinkled Seam Binding ribbon and added it to the card front with a mini glue dot.

I hope you have a chance to check out the Forever Fern Video series on my You Tube Channel! CLICK HERE for my channel!

Welcome to InKing Royalty’s March 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 feature Flowers & Fauna, a brilliant starting point for so many 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.

I love flowers, but I do not have a green thumb, so I can create flowery cards instead. This card will be going to my mother-in-law who is currently living with her daughter in Virginia Beach. Before COVID, mom was living half of the year with us and the other half in Virginia Beach and now that she can no longer travel, I try to send her a card a week.

Today’s card was created especially with her in mind. I used the Art Gallery Bundle and the Vine Design Dies and am hoping that it brightens her day!

• Begin with a 5 ½ x 8 ½” piece of Basic Black cardstock.  In landscape position (AKA-long side), score at 4 ¼”, burnish and fold.
• Cut a 4 x 5 ¼” piece of Calypso Coral cardstock and use the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss machine to dry emboss it with the new Painted Texture embossing folder.  Attach to the card front using liquid glue.
• Use the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss machine with the rectangular die from Vine Designs and crop it out using Basic Black cardstock.  Layer it on top of the Calypso Coral panel using liquid glue.
• Stamp two large flowers from the Art Gallery Bundle onto Basic White cardstock scraps and cut them out with the coordinating dies form the bundle. I stamped the more solid stamp in Calypso Coral ink and stamped off on some scrap paper before stamping on my white cardstock.  Stamp the accent for the large flower in Calypso Coral ink without stamping off so it has a darker contrast.
• Again use some Basic White cardstock scrap to stamp the leaves in Mossy Meadow ink.  I stamped several with full ink and several by stamping off to create a lighter looking leaf.
• Layer the first flower and the leaf to the left side of the card and attach directly to the Vine Design layer. Attach the second flower and the leaves using some Stampin’ Dimensionals.  The little black accent in the center of the flower is from Pretty Perennial set.
• Stamp the greeting in Memento Black ink and punch it out with the Classic Label punch.  Optional: Add one small Matte Black dot to the left of the greeting!

• Cut a 4 x 5 ¼”piece of Basic White cardstock and stamp the leaf image in Mossy Meadow and the small flower in Calypso Coral directly to the cardstock. 
• Stamp the greeting in Memento Black ink. I used the Lovely You set. I also used the splatter image from Forever Fern to add some dimension.   
• Stamp an additional small flower in Calypso Coral on some Basic White cardstock and crop it out using the coordinating die in the Art Gallery Bundle.  Layer on the first flower using a Stampin’ Dimensional.

Thank you for stopping by today.  I hope you’ll hop along to the next stop on the blog hop, Joanne Brown at The Inky DragonJoanne Brown at The Inky DragonJoanne Brown-The Inky Dragon. 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. Candy Ford at Stamp Candy
3. Rachel Brumley at Artistic Designs by Rachel
4. Sheryl Sharp at Sharp Notes by Sheryl
5. Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
6. Renae Novak at Blessed by Cards
7. Joanne Brown at The Inky Dragon
8. Julie DiMatteo at The Paper Pixie
9. Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
10. Lynn Kolcun at Avery’s Owlery
11. Pam Morris at Tap Tap Stamp





















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