Nov 28, 2018 | InKing Royalty Blog Hop |
Welcome to InKing Royalty’s November Blog Hop!
This year’s Blog Hop themes are inspired by popular songs – this month’s song is “We are Family.” As you might guess, our Blog Hop today is filled with projects that are inspired by family – we have a wide variety of projects today! 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.
Live and Learn (at least I hope I did!)
If you are like me, there are times you think you will wait to order a specific product/bundle. Then, when you go to place your order, the products are gone. Just gone before you ordered. Well, that’s exactly what happened with the Signs of Santa die set and DSP. Just gone.
However, I had ordered the stamps, and I wanted to make a sweet Santa card with this set for each of my (2 year old and 1 year old) great-nieces. It took me three times to get something with which I was happy, but I had so much fun creating this card, and the coloring was extremely relaxing.
Here’s the outside and inside of my “We are Family” card for my great-nieces:
Signs of Santa
So.much.fun. I hope this sweet Santa card inspires you to color your own images from this fabulously adorable set. I used Real Red for Santa and Mrs. Claus, the ribbon, and the cardstock.. The greens are Shaded Spruce, including the mats) and Soft Sea Foam.
One of the elements that caused me to try, try, and try again was Swirly Scribbles “snow”. Even though I wanted the snow to be Whisper White, I also wanted it to stand out just enough to be seen. When I finally decided to crop the Swirly Scribble from the Glossy White cardstock I was able to get the look I wanted for the snow.
I needed to figure out something that would keep the presents from floating on the snow. Thankfully, I have a Stamp-a-ma-jig and used that for the ridge of the snow line under the presents. I used my Basic Black Stamping Write marker to color just that ridge line on the pole stamp. It was easy to line up the ridge using the Stamp-a-ma-Jig,
Falling snow was a necessity, but I knew I couldn’t use the Sofly Falling embossing folder since I was coloring each stamp. I fell back on to a technique I copied from my upline, Brian King (check out his post before you leave this hop!), and used the Fine Tip Glue Pen to place drops of glue simulating snow falling.
Adding Bling!
Finally, I wanted some subtle bling on the card. Therefore, I pulled out my Wink of Stella clear and gold pens. Santa’s belt buckle was the only place where I used the gold Wink of Stella. Layers of the clear Wink of Stella are on the trim and pom pom of Santa’s hat, the snow on the pole, and Mrs. Claus’ dress. Wink of Stella is very difficult to photograph, but I hopebits of sparkle show up on the following photos:
Coloring is Relaxing
I hope you try to create your own cards using the wonderful stamp set, which is still available. Santa LOVE! I took my time, relaxed, and colored. I think it turned out pretty cute. What do you think? Leave a comment letting me know why you enjoy coloring. Can’t wait to hear your reasons!
Don’t forget to keep hopping!
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you’ll hop along to the next stop on the blog hop, Julie DiMatteo at http://thepaperpixie.com . You don’t want to miss all the inspiration that can be found in this group!
Thank you for hopping by my blog!
Sue
- Brian King at Stamp with Brian
- Candy Ford at Stamp Candy
- Robbye Hamilton at Miss Hammie’s Crafts
- Lynn Kolcun at Avery’s Owlery
- Allison Okamitsu at Nice People Stamp
- Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
- Jennifer Spiller at Westside Paper Creations
- Nina King at InkPaperSequins
- Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
- Julie DiMatteo at The Paper Pixie
- Shawn de Oliveira at Shawn Stamps
Jul 18, 2018 | InKing Royalty Blog Hop |
Welcome to the InKing Royalty Blog Hop for July!
This year’s Blog Hop themes are inspired by popular songs – this month’s song is “I Don’t Want to Wait ’til Christmas.” We are half-way through the year, so there’s no better time to start thinking about the joy of Christmas. 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.
What to Do When You Have Next to Nothing Current for Christmas?
I tend to be more of a non-traditional Christmas colors person. The blues and silvers for Christmas make me happy. Last year’s Old Olive, Whisper White, and Basic Black Christmas DSP made my heart sing! Therefore, when I first saw the Under the Mistletoe DSP in the 2018 – 2019 annual catalog, I didn’t think I needed to order it right away.
The InKing Royalty Blog Hop, with the theme of “I Can’t Wait Until Christmas” rolled around in my head for about a week. Mind you, we have sold our house and close this Friday. We don’t close on the house we are buying until August 9, which just happens to be my second day of school with my new students. We have some options as to where to stay for the 20 days between closings, but there are other events happening during that time as well. Stress abounds around here right now, and then I started wondering what I could do for a Christmas card while in the middle of packing up the house Since my paper share DSP is the only (!!) current Christmas product I have, I needed to be inventive.
Then I realized that the Poppy Parade and Shaded Spruce colors are fabulous and don’t feel like traditional Christmas colors. Score! Next, I needed to figure out what to do with just the DSP. Enter the eclipse card, but I wanted to put a twist on the original design.
The Results
Here are the cards I made for this Blog Hop using the Under the Mistletoe DSP:
These cards were both made from the same piece of the DSP. I just love these colors and patterns, and am anxious to get my DSP sale order including this paper!
A note about the logistics of this pair of cards: it was necessary to crop NOEL out of both sides of the DSP. It would not work to just crop the letters out and flip them over. Lining up the letters using the Large Letters Framelits is the most difficult part of this card. When I was done, I had the elements for two cards, and putting it all together is the easy part.
Every time I look at the polka dot card I feel like I am missing something underneath “NOEL”. I will have to figure out what I can add to the front of the card. I’ve got a few ideas I am considering, but don’t think I will make a decision before the blog hop starts.
Take It Up a Notch
I knew I needed to add some extra elements to the card using current products. First, I grabbed the Faceted Dots and used the small black ones to embellish some of the stars on the bells. I still needed something, so next I grabbed my fine tip glue and put a small dot on each of the small trios of blue dots. For the polka dot card, I put small dots of glue on random large and small Poppy Parade dots.
Here’s a close-up of the faceted dots and the small trios of blue dots:
Eclipse Card Tips
If you’ve never made an eclipse card before, let me share some tips I’ve learned along the way.
It is much, much easier to line the letters up using a metal ruler on the Big Shot magnetic plate. 
This ruler has a cork underside, which allowed me to use the cork as a stopping point for my letters. 
I only used one layer of strips of foam tape, which I cut down to size. If you are not using a coordinating paper for the letters, it helps to use two layers of foam tape. A word to the wise: don’t try this with dimensionals. Take my word on this, it will save yourself time and frustration if you use foam tape,
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you’ll hop along to the next stop on the blog hop, Robby Hamilton at Miss Hammie Crafts. 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:
- Brian King at Stamp with Brian
- Julie DiMatteo at The Paper Pixie
- Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
- Robbye Hamilton at Miss Hammie’s Crafts
- Jennifer Spiller at Westside Paper Creations
- Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
- Rachael Shedeed at Bluebonnet Stampin’
- Pam Morris at Tap Tap Stamp
- Shawn de Oliveira at Shawn Stamps
- Candy Ford at Stamp Candy
- Imogene Thomas at MomoMakes.com
- Nina King at InkPaperSequins
- Lynn Kolcun at Avery’s Owlery
Have a Peachy Day!
