Welcome to InKing Royalty’s March Blog Hop! Today’s hop is filled to the brim with projects that celebrate Spring and Summer. With inspiration from Katrina & the Waves’ song “Walking on Sunshine,” we’ve created projects that share the joy and excitement that accompany warmer weather. We are excited to share our projects with you. After you read my post, I hope you’ll hop over to the next person on the list at the base of this post.
Walking on Sunshine
I live in Central Florida and if there’s something we know, it’s sunshine. However, my relatives on Long Island, where I grew up, aren’t as fortunate and have been getting slammed with snow. While I am not a fan of the outrageous heat and humidity during our extended summer, I know we are lucky to not have to deal with snow, lots and lots of snow. This card comes from being thankful for the spring weather we have been having.
Without further ado, here’s my card:
I started with some of my favorite DSP from the Pick-a-Pattern DSP. What could be better for sunshine than Crushed Curry? I created my own DSP using the sunburst stamp from the Amazing You clear mount Sale-a-Bration set (free with a $50 purchase, ask me how). Each sunburst is Crushed Curry, which is stamped off once, and then lined up around the perimeter of the white cardstock. I used two other stamps in this set for the “Let’s celebrate” stamped in Basic Black. The “sunshine” was cropped from both black and Crushed Curry using the Sunshine Wishes thinlits from the annual catalog. I used the Basic Black to shadow the sunshine greeting, and as mats around the rest of the card elements.
Coloring Dimensionals
After adhering the black and Crushed Curry sunshine pieces together, I popped it up on dimensionals.. Mini-dimensionals, cut in half, and mounted on the back of the black layer. Lots of mini-dimensional halves. If I had been a thinking person, I would have used the Basic Black Stamping Write Marker to color the sides of all the dimesnionals before I placed it on the sunburst and white paper. However, I wasn’t a thinking person which means I had to very, very carefully try to color the sides without getting black marker on the white sunburst paper. Patience was required, but mission accomplished, as shown here:
Sunshine Wishes
For those of you still dealing with snow and winter, I am sorry. I need to wait patiently before I send this card up north. Hang in there, stay warm and dry.
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you’ll hop along to the next stop from Jackie Beers at http://BlueLineStamping.com
Thank you for hopping along with us. If you get stuck during the Blog Hop, please use this line-up as a guide, you are currently on # 6:
- Brian King at Stamp with Brian
- Candy Ford at Stamp Candy
- Imogene Thomas at MomoMakes.com
- Lisa Pretto at Ink Big Academy Stamps
- Robbye Hamilton at Miss Hammie’s Crafts
- Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
- Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
- Robin Myren at Songbird Designs by Robin
- Nina King at InkPaperSequins
- Shawn de Oliveira at Shawn Stamps
- Pam Morris at Tap Tap Stamp
- Denise Hoepfner at The Mountain Magpie
- Julie DiMatteo at The Paper Pixie
- Rachael Shedeed at Bluebonnet Stampin’
- Jennifer Spiller at Westside Paper Creations
- Lynn Kolcun at Avery’s Owlery
Have a Peachy Day!
This is such a sweet card! It makes me want summer to get here!
Thanks! Those up on the northern east coast do as well. We are blessed to be enjoying some very nice spring weather.
Such a fun card – and a great tip to color the dimensionals. I would have NEVER thought of that. Thanks for hopping with us today, my friend. <3
Thanks, Brian. Coloring the dimensionals is from Mary at Stamps-n-Lingers. Happy to share it, though.
I adore the sun burst layer you created! It is cherry and beautiful! The colored sides of the die is awesome as well! Thanks for the reminder to do that sometime! Wonderful card
Thanks very much! I love the Pick-a-Pattern DSP!
What a fun card! Coloring Dimensionals is pure genius!
Thanks, Robin. Coloring the dimensionals is actually from Mary at Stamps-n-Lingers. Happy to share!
Love this
Thanks, Rachel. I’ve always enjoyed using this die set.
Perfectly lovely!
Thank you, Denise!
Sue I have to say that you nailed this. The colors you chose and your sentiment say “Walking on Sunshine” to me.
Thanks, Robbye. I love this DSP and color combination.
This is absolute perfection! Love this so much!
Thanks, Pam.
Beautiful summery card – love what you did with the die cut!
Thank you, Candy. I love these colors.