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InKing Royalty Blog Hop

Oct 18, 2017 | Uncategorized | 11 comments

 

Thankful Thoughts InKing Royalty Blog Hop

Welcome to InKing Royalty’s October Blog Hop!  There are so many ways to say, “Thank you!” – today’s blog hop is filled with projects that share our gratitude.  Stampin’ Up!’s catalogs (both the Annual Catalog and the Holiday Catalog) are filled with so many fun products that help us show our gratitude – and 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.

Here’s my grateful card:

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To make the background paper I used the Painted Harvest stamp set.  I  first masked and stamped the leaf trio using Old Olive, and layered the details in Old Olive as well.  I then turned to the sunflowers using the Painted Harvest stamp set, I used only Elegant Eggplant by stamping off the first layer of the flowers.  I then used full strength for the second layer, and I am thrilled with the way they turned out.   When I finished, I realized I wanted to have a little extra something in all the white space, so I stamped off Old Olive and just used the detail part of the leaf stamp in just a few select places.

For this card, I pulled out Old Olive for the base and thought, eh ~ not the pop I wanted.  Then I put it on Elegant Eggplant and literally said “WOW” out loud (and to myself but  I didn’t answer, so it’s all good).   I punched out a Pretty Label from the base piece (no one will ever see all the ugly behind the Whisper White), stamped my greeting and cropped it so that the rectangle just shows the label on the top and bottom.  Added a piece of jute ribbon, some linen thread behind the label, and popped on a set of leaves from the Leaf Punch.  All kinds of mini-dimensionals were used.  Love those things!  A card with 2 layers of the minis will mail just as easily as a card with a single layer of the regular dimensionals.

My list of supplies, which I now realize sounds much more complicated than it was, is as follows:

Old Olive, Elegant Eggplant, Smoky Suede (center of flowers) ink pads

Old Olive, Elegant Eggplant, Whisper White cardstock

Painted Harvest and Paisleys and Posies stamp sets

Burlap ribbon, Linen Thread, Pretty Label Punch, Leaf Punch, and mini-dimensionals.

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.  The next blog is Shawn de Oliveira at https://www.shawnstamps.com/2017/10/thankful-thoughts-blog-hop/If you get stuck during the Blog Hop, please use this line-up below as a guide.

Have a Peachy day!

Sue

 

  1. Brian King at Stamp with Brian
  2. Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
  3. Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
  4. Shawn de Oliveira at Shawn Stamps
  5. Jennifer Spiller at Westside Paper Creations
  6. Denise Hoepfner at The Mountain Magpie
  7. Robin Myren at Songbird Designs by Robin
  8. Lynn Kolcun at Avery’s Owlery
  9. Karen Browning at KarenZBrowning.com
  10. Robbye Hamilton at Miss Hammie’s Crafts
  11. Julie DiMatteo at The Paper Pixie
  12. Racheal Shedeed at Bluebonnet Stampin’

GDP# 105 color challenge

Sep 24, 2017 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

This week’s Global Design Project’s color challenge is to use Peek-a-Boo Peach, Tangerine Tango, and Lemon Lime Twist.  My submission card is take 2 for the challenge, even though the color combo was bright and semi-Springtime, which is how my first card turned out.

For take 2, I used the Peek-a-Boo Peach and Tangerine Tango for the sunflowers and Lemon Lime Twist for the fern leaves.  Early Espresso was used for the center of the flowers and the base of the card.  I wound up having to use the tiny 5 dot stamp in a random pattern to cover up a couple of “oops” marks.  The label also helped.  I love layering the Pretty Label Punch and this time I added  Stitched Shapes circle as the bottom layer, which really makes the greeting front and center.

This stamp set is fabulous, and I have seen some really out-of-the-box cards using it on Pinterest and demo sites on facebook.  I’ve recently fallen in love with the two step tiny acorn stamps and will be sharing a card featuring them later this week!

Here’s my card:GDPcolor

Here’s the challenge:

Have a Peachy day!!

Painted Harvest for CTS # 247

Sep 4, 2017 | Uncategorized | 1 comment

I have been working on Thanksgiving cards and, so far, no two are the same layout.  I love, love, love the Painted Harvest Suite!   The sunflowers are stunning and I’ve seen them in so many color combinations.  My combo for this card was a base of Tangelo Twist and topped with Cajun Craze.

To match the rotating bars on the sketch, I used the fern stamp from the set and stamped 3 times without re-inking, and then repeated for each section.  The greeting is the same one I have used for all my Thanksgiving cards, and probably will for all of them.  I used the new Label Punch for the sentiment and then trimmed it down, same for the matted border.

I used Whisper White even though the DSP is Very Vanilla, but I only have a sliver of the DSP showing under the Whisper White front.  I felt like it needed something, so I put the piece of the Tangelo Twist ribbon under the sunflower, which is popped up on the dimensionals, as is the greeting.

Here’s my card:

CTS #247

Here’s the challenge sketch:

Have a Peachy day!

 

gather and give thanks for Paper Players 359

Aug 30, 2017 | Uncategorized | 2 comments

This new Painted Autumn DSP is beautiful, the colors remind this resident of Florida of my childhood autumns on Long Island.   For this card, I used one sheet cropped into an oval shape to match the sketch from Paper Players #359.  I also used the Painted Harvest bundle set for the leaf, the sentiment, and the label punch.   I really like the shape of this punch, and it will be used often long after the holidays are over.  I’ve been punching multiple layers for underneath the greeting using this punch and the Pretty Label punch, which allows the sentiment to pop off the DSP.  The leaf is a two-step process, and I finished it with the Early Espresso ink pad and a blender pen for a soft outline.   I really wanted something to add a bit of something-something without taking away from the gorgeous colors, so enter the burlap ribbon under the labels.   Simple and clean layout, and I think it is easily recognizable to see the #PP359 sketch.

Here’s my card:

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Here’s the #PP359 sketch:

Have a Peachy day!

 

August, 2017 InKing Royalty Blog Hop

Aug 23, 2017 | Uncategorized | 11 comments

 

 

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FALL FAVS

Welcome to InKing Royalty’s August Blog Hop!  Today’s Blog Hop is filled with projects inspired by some of our favorite Fall-themed products.  What fun!  Stampin’ Up!’s catalogs (both the Annual Catalog and soon-to-be-released Holiday Catalog) are filled with so many fun products for the Autumn holidays – and 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.

Here’s my card:

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I initially made this card for last week’s Global Design Project 100th card challenge but decided to save it for this blog hop.  I CAS(E)d my fearless upline, Brian King, using some fabulous new products available in the soon-to-be-released holiday catalog.  I chose this colorful DSP for the background of the card  because the colors just match what I remember from FALL  when I was growing up on Long Island (I live in Florida now and completely miss experiencing seasons actually change).  The Painted Autumn DSP has some fabulous paper designs and colors, and I highly recommend adding it to your holiday catalog wishlist!  The base is Lemon Lime Twist, with another layer of Early Espresso under the DSP, which allows the DSP to pop right off the card!

The Leaf Punch coordinates beautifully (as all SU punches do!) with the Painted Harvest stamp set.  The leaf stamp is a two-step set, and I stamped the base in Cajun Craze and the details in Early Espresso on a Very Vanilla base, then punched it out.  I used mini-dimensionals to pop the leaf, but allow it to lay under the label.  CUTE!

I also used the new Every Day Label Punch for the Lemon Lime Twist top piece and 2 Early Espresso pieces used to create the mat.  The layered label is popped up with dimensionals.  When I was doing a “dry run” of the card, I realized that I needed something under the labels, so I grabbed my Lemon Lime Twist ribbon, stamped my greeting from the Painted Harvest stamp set, and then attached everything together.  I’m happy with the result.  The DSP really is the star of the card, and keeping the rest of it simple, but it’s definitely not plain.

Thank you for stopping by today.  I hope you’ll hop along to the next stop on the blog hop, Jennifer Spiller @ Westside Paper Creations. There’s lots of inspiration to be found in this group – and you don’t want to miss it!

Have a Peachy day!

Sue

​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. Kim Jolley at Stampin’ Artfully
  5. Julie DiMatteo at The Paper Pixie
  6. Robbye Hamilton at Miss Hammie’s Crafts
  7. Lisa Pretto at Ink Big Academy Stamps
  8. Lynn Kolcun at Avery’s Owlery
  9. Robin Myren at Songbird Designs by Robin
  10. Racheal Shedeed at Bluebonnet Stampin’
  11. Shawn de Oliveira at Shawn Stamps
  12. Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
  13. Jennifer Spiller at Westside Paper Creations