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Here Come the Balloons for February InKing Royalty Blog Hop

Feb 17, 2021 | Blog Hops, Playful Pets Suite, Playful Pets Suite | 22 comments

Welcome to InKing Royalty’s February 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 balloons, so you are in for a celebratory treat. 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.

My card features the Playful Pets Suite found on page 40 of the Annual Catalog. Those of you that are familiar with this suite are going to say,” Hmmmm, I don’t remember balloons in that suite.” You would be correct. There are no balloons, but there is a big ‘ole dog that is just dying for some balloons to hold! Here’s my card:

Isn’t he adorable? Here are the details:
*Start with a Thick Basic White card base
*Add a piece of Real Red measuring 4 x 5 1/4 in.
*Add the DSP measuring 3 3/4 x 5 in.
*Use the Balloon Bouquet Punch to punch out one balloon from the Playful Pets DSP and another from
the Regals DSP Pack.
*Glue a piece of the twine from the Playful Pets Trim Combo Pack to the back of each balloon with Tombo Multipurpose Liquid Glue
*Glue the small balloon to the DSP panel. Pop up the large balloon using Stampin’ Dimensionals
*Fussy Cut the dog from the DSP and pop him up with Stampin’ Dimensionals. Make sure you adhere the balloon strings with a glue dot and situate your dog so that his paw is “holding” the balloons.
*Stamp the sentiment from the Pampered Pets stamp set on a 1 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. piece of Basic White cardstock with Real Red ink. Die cut with the Stitched So Sweetly die. Adhere to the panel.

Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you’ll hop along to the next stop on the blog hop, Pam Morris at https://taptapstamp.blog/febroyalhop There’s lots of inspiration to be found in this group – and you don’t want to miss it!

Hugs,
Robin

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Poinsettia Place Suite for InKing Royalty Blog Hop

Nov 18, 2020 | 2020 August-December Mini Catalog, August-December 2020 Mini Catalog, Christmas, Poinsettia Petals Bundle | 24 comments

Welcome to InKing Royalty’s November Blog Hop! During this year’s blog hops, we are enjoying a year of celebrations. This month’s projects celebrate Christmas, which – believe it or not – is just around the corner. Please prepare yourself for lots of beautiful projects that share the joy of this holiday. 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.

There are so many beautiful bundles in this year’s August-December Mini-Catalog, but my favorite is the Poinsettia Petals Bundle. Here is my card featuring this gorgeous bundle:

Here are the details:

The poinsettia is stamped in VersaMark on Petal Pink Cardstock and then embossed with white embossing powder.
The berries are stamped in VersaMark on Mint Macaron Cardstock and then embossed with white embossing powder.
The sentiment is stamped in Soft Suede ink.
The center is three of the Wonderful Gems.
The background is done on Watercolor Paper. I saturated the top 2/3rds of the piece with my Water Painter. I then did a watercolor wash using Pool Party ink. A used my stamp pad lid as my palette. Finally, I ground sea salt over the top of it and let it dry. After drying, I wiped off the excess salt. I love the way it turned out! I hope you do too!

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!

Hugs!

Robin

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August InKing Royalty Blog Hop

Aug 19, 2020 | Uncategorized | 25 comments

Welcome to InKing Royalty’s August Blog Hop! During this year’s blog hops, we are enjoying a year of celebrations. This month’s projects celebrate Autumn Weather, so prepare yourself for projects that are filled with warm tones and beautiful nods to the upcoming change in weather. 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.

Fall is the time of year when the weather starts to cool down and we gather up the last of the bounty from our gardens. My card today features the Autumn Goodness Bundle found on page 48 of the August-December Mini Catalog. I love the beautiful stamps in this bundle but I love the dies even more-especially the wheelbarrow die featured on my card today.

My card is a super easy fun fold! The base of the card is a 5 1/4 in. x 5 1/2 in. scored at 1 in. on the 5 1/4 in. side. The fold becomes a flap for another part of the base which measures 4 in. x 4 in.

Other details: 1. The wheelbarrow is stamped in Soft Suede on Crumb Cake cardstock. The veggies are stamped in Memento ink and colored with Stampin’ Blends. Both images were cut using the die cuts.

2. The DSP used on the sides/inside of the card is the Gilded Autumn Specialty Designer Series Paper found on page 45 of the Autumn-December Mini Catalog. The strips are 1 in. x 4 in.

3. The Very Vanilla pieces measure 3 in. x 3 and 3/4 in. and 4 in. x 5 1/4 in.

4. The pretty copper ribbon is part of the Basket Weave and Metallic Ribbon Combo Pack. I can be found on page 45 of the August-December Mini Catalog.

Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you’ll hop along to the next stop on the blog hop, Linda Krueger at https://thestampcoach.com/ There’s lots of inspiration to be found in this group – and you don’t want to miss it!

Enjoy the rest of the Hop! Robin
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June InKing Royalty Blog Hop

Jun 17, 2020 | 2020-2021 Annual Catalog, Birthday, Blog Hops, Occasions | 13 comments

Welcome to InKing Royalty’s June Blog Hop! During this year’s blog hops, we are enjoying a year of celebrations. This month’s projects celebrate the 4th of July – the projects are inspirational, patriotic and filled with reds, whites and blues. 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.

Who doesn’t enjoy a 4th of July celebration?! I have a friend who really loves the 4th because his birthday is on the same day as our country’s. He is a no fuss kind of guy, so I have made a quick and easy card for him. Here’s my card:

I chose the new stamp set, Happiest of Birthdays to take center stage on my card. The bold font hops right off of the card front!

My friend is going to like the color combo of Misty Moonlight, Whisper White and Real Red – traditional colors for this special holiday.

The Real Red background was created with the Buffalo Check background stamp. I don’t know about you, but I have a hard time getting the image of this stamp straight, even with the Stamparatus. Nothing looks worse than a crooked plaid! I also wanted the dark squares of the image around the outside. I got around it by inserting a 6 x 6 in. piece of Whisper White in the Stamparatus. I stamped the image and then trimmed to get the part of the image I wanted.

I popped up my sentiment with Dimensionals and added a couple of Star Designer Elements and that’s it! I think my friend will like his card and I hope you do too!

Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you’ll hop along to the next stop on the blog hop, Candy Ford at https://stampcandy.net/blog/. There’s lots of inspiration to be found in this group – and you don’t want to miss it!

Until next time, Robin

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