Annual Catalog 2022-2023 Archives - Songbird Designs by Robin

That’s why they call it the Blues

Jul 19, 2023 | Annual Catalog 2022-2023, Stampincutandembossfolderanddies, Sympathy, Thinking of You | 5 comments

Welcome to InKing Royalty’s July Blog Hop! We are embracing some (or all) of Stampin’ Up!’s beautiful blues for today’s hop – there are so many great ways to showcase the blues in the current color families! We are excited to share our creations and hope you love them! After you read my post, I hope hop over to the next person on the list at the base of this post.

I’m so glad to be singing the blues today with you. The two blues I chose to feature are Boho Blue and Night of Navy. Of course, I turned to the Countryside Inn Designer Series Paper for Inspiration.

I just love how these 2 blues work so well with one another! The card base is Night of Navy as well as the sentiment strip. The doily is made using the Delightful Doily Hybrid Embossing Folder. I embossed a 4×4 in. piece of Boho Blue from the 2023-2025 In Color Luster Specialty Paper. This paper just sparkles in a way you just can’t see from my photo. Take my word for it, you NEED this paper! I then used the coordinating die to cut my doily out. After running it through my die cut machine a couple of times, it turned out beautifully. I wanted a Night of Navy background so that the die cut doily would be more distinct. I took a 4×4 piece of Night of Navy and cut it with the outline die, then adhered it to the back of the Boho Blue Doily. I embossed the sentiment from Go To Greetings in white. I finished the card with 2 dots from the 2023-2025 In Color Dots.

Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you’ll hop along to the next stop on the blog hop, Sheryl Abernathy at Elegant Sentiments. There’s lots of inspiration to be found in this group – and you don’t want to miss it!

Have fun hopping!
Robin

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InKing Royalty Hop goes back to school

Aug 17, 2022 | Annual Catalog 2022-2023, Dots and Spots Die, Inspired Thoughts, Love You More Than Dies, Nothing, Nothing's Better Than Stamp Set, Uncategorized | 13 comments

Welcome to InKing Royalty’s August Blog Hop! Can you believe it’s already time for schools to start back up?! The return to school after summer vacation is a really big deal for students, teachers, school workers and the parents who are left home alone. To honor this big event, we have created projects with a back to school theme. 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.

I retired from teaching in June after 31 years. While I’m happily settling into the easy life, I have many friends who are rushing to get rooms ready for the first big day. My project today is a card that pays tribute to all those dedicated public servants who feel like summer is just getting started, not over.

Here’s the card front:

And here’s the inside:

Here’s the recipe:
Materials:
Stamp Sets
Nothing’s Better Than Stamp Set
Love You More Than Dies
Inspired Thought Stamp Set
Dies
Love You More Than Dies
Dot and Spot Die
Word Bubble Framelets (Very retired)
Ink
Coastal Cabana Ink Pad
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad
Cardstock
Bermuda Bay- Card base and 3 1/2 x 5 in.
Coastal Cabana – 4 x 5 1/4 in. and 3 3/4 in. x 5 1/4 in.
Basic White – 3 3/4 in. x 5 in. and scraps for speech bubbles.
Embellishments –
Classic Matte Dots
Adhesives –
Tombow Mono Liquid Glue
Dimensionals

Process
Card Front
1. Die cut the largest piece of Coastal Cabana Cardstock with the Dot and Spot Die. (Those dots and spots are so fun!) Adhere to the card base front.
2. Die cut 15 of the coffee cups out of the remaining piece of Coastal Cabana.
3. Adhere the coffee cups onto the remaining Bermuda Bay piece.
4. Stamp the coffee cup that is 4th down in the 3rd column with the coffee cup in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink.
5. Stamp the sentiments onto the white shapes. If you don’t have speech bubbles, any shape will do.
6. Adhere the shapes to the card front as shown in the picture.
7. Add the Classic Matte Dots.
8. Pop the finished panel onto the base with Dimensionals.
Card Inside
1. 2-Step stamp the coffee cup using Memento and Coastal Cabana Ink on the remaining Basic White Cardstock.
2. Arrange and stamp the sentiments around the cup.
3. Adhere the panel to the inside of the card base.

Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you’ll hop along to the next stop on the blog hop, Brian King at Stamp With Brian. There’s lots of inspiration to be found in this group – and you don’t want to miss it!

Enjoy your back-to-school traditions!
Robin

Thank you for hopping along with us. If you get stuck during the Blog Hop, please use this line-up as a guide: