Inky Bee Stampers

It’s Thursday and that means that it is time for another Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop! I’m looking forward to seeing the projects in the Hop this week…I know the projects will be inspirational as always! If you are hopping over from Terry Lynn’s blog, welcome and thanks for stopping by!

This vividly painted card was created using the Gorgeous Garden Dies, Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper and three ink colors!

We have a color challenge for this week’s Hop! I used four of the five colors – Lost Lagoon, Pool Party, Calypso Coral and Crushed Curry.

I started off by die cutting the floral die from the Gorgeous Garden Dies from Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper. Because the watercolor paper is a little thicker than cardstock, I ran the die through my Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine several times.

I used my larger stamping blocks and dabbed ink from my ink pads onto the blocks in Lost Lagoon, Crushed Curry and Calypso Coral. A small amount of water was added to each ink as I was ready to use it. The flowers were painted in Crushed Curry, the berries in Calypso Coral and the leaves in Lost Lagoon. After the panel was fully painted, I then focused on the flower centers. I used clean water to wet the flower centers and painted Calypso Coral just around the area that was painted with clean water. I cleaned my brush in water, then brushed water around the edges of the flower centers I just painted to encourage the Calypso Coral to blend with the Crushed Curry of the flowers. The panel was then adhered to a Basic Black card base using small drops of glue.

From the Botanical Layers Stamp Set, I stamped the sentiment “Thank you for everything onto a Pool Party sentiment label. The label was then adhered to a Basic Black mat and the sentiment label was adhered to the lower right corner of the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Using the large leaf image from the Botanical Layers Stamp Set, I partially stamped this image onto the upper and lower corners of the inside panel in Lost Lagoon ink. The inside panel was then adhered to a mat in Pool Party and adhered to the inside of the card.

The same leaf image was partially stamped onto the envelope front and envelope flap in Lost Lagoon ink. I tied a small bow from Linen Thread and adhered the bow just behind the upper left corner of the sentiment label to complete the card.

I hope you enjoyed my card today! The black card base really makes the colors pop on this water-colored panel. If you would like to recreate this card, click on the image below for the pdf tutorial which includes complete instructions.

Let’s get back to the Hop! If you’re joining the hop from my blog, be sure to use the navigation links below to see more creativity and inspiration! You can click on the Next button to go to Amy Koenders’ blog and the top of the blog hop list or click on any name in the list below to visit that person’s blog. Enjoy and happy stamping!

• Amy Koenders
• Mary Deatherage
• Jaimie Babarczy
• Karen Finkle
• Akiko Sudano
• Karen Ksenzakovic
• Terry Lynn Bright
• Carol Buckalew (You are here!)

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Becoming a Demonstrator offers some great benefits:

• 20%+ Discount on your demonstrator orders
• Be a part of a fun and supportive team and the Stampin’ Up! community
• Early access to new catalogs and promotion information
• Early ordering for new products
• Be a hobby demonstrator or start a business
• No pressure to sell products
• My full support when you join my team

If you have questions about what it means to be a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator, feel free to reach out to me…I would love to chat with you! I can tell you that my time with Stampin’ Up! has been wonderful and the Stampin’ Up! community is the absolute best…supportive and fun! You can contact me at inkybeestampers@gmail.com.

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Bonus Days End Soon!

Bonus Days ends on July 31…in just a few short days. Earn a $5 coupon code for every $50 you spend in the online store. Read on for the details!

Important Note: Make sure you save all your coupons because you can redeem them (and we mean ALL of them) between 1–31 August.

There’s no limit to how many coupons you can earn! Here are the details:

• Earning Period is July 6-31, 2023
• Earn a $5 (USD) coupon for every $50 spent (before shipping and tax).
• All coupon codes will be emailed right after a qualifying purchase has been made. Customers can shop, purchase, and earn coupons as a guest if they provide a valid email at checkout.
• If a participant earns multiple codes from a single order, they will receive one email with multiple codes. If they earn multiple codes from multiple orders, they will receive separate emails for each code earned.
• All order types qualify for this promotion. Phone and email orders still require an email address.
• Orders that are started before the promotion begins will not count toward earning coupon codes. For example, if you add items to your cart before 6 July and wait to purchase until that date or later, then those items will not qualify towards earning coupons. You must add items to your cart and complete your purchase during the earnings period. There is no limit to the number of coupon codes participants can earn per order or throughout the duration of the earning period.
• Redemption Period is August 1-31, 2023.

Additional Information:

• There is no limit to the number of coupon codes participants can redeem on an order during the redemption period. If using multiple codes, they must be separated by a space.
• Coupons may be redeemed one time only.
• Coupon codes may be redeemed for any product (excluding Starter Kits, demonstrator supply items, and Paper Pumpkin month-to-month subscriptions).
• New prepaid Paper Pumpkin codes may be discounted using Bonus Days coupon codes.

Don’t forget to save all coupons you have earned so that you can cash them in during the month of August!

July Host Code

Did you know that you can purchase supplies from me to make your own beautiful creations? And if you use my current Host Code, you will receive a free gift from me valued at $8 when you place an order of $25 or more (before shipping and tax). Use the July Host Code – VMRNHT24. To learn more about Inky Bee Stamper’s customer rewards programs, visit my Customer Rewards page here.

Products used to create today’s card is included below along with a link for each item that will take you to my online store.