Inky Bee Stampers

It’s Thursday and you know what that means! Time for another Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop! If you are hopping over from Terry Lynn’s blog, welcome, and thanks for stopping by!

For today’s Hop I’m using a stamp set from the upcoming Mini Catalog (available for customer orders beginning on Sept 6) – the Shop the Town Stamp Set. I saw this stamp set in the catalog and had to have it! It is a stand-alone stamp set but it coordinates with the Let’s Go Shopping Dies from the Annual Catalog! I also used some of the new Shining Brightly 12″ x 12″ Specialty Designer Series Paper from the new Mini Catalog. This specialty paper is breathtakingly beautiful!

We have a fun fold challenge for today’s Hop and I’m calling my card for today a Vertical Joy Fold.

I started off with a large card base in Night of Navy that measures 8-1/2″ x 4-1/4″ and is scored at 3″. I matted some of the Shining Brightly Specialty Designer Series Paper in a Very Vanilla and gold design to Very Vanilla cardstock and adhered a panel to the inside of the card base as well as the outside 3″ flap.

The second card base, also in Night of Navy, measures 9″ x 3-1/4″ and was scored at 4-1/2″. I matted a Night of Navy print with gold stars to a Very Vanilla mat and this panel was adhered to the front of the small card base. To create the Joy Fold card, the small card base was adhered to the inside panel of the large card base. You can see how the card fits together in the profile photo below.

The house images from the Shop the Town Stamp Set were stamped onto Basic White cardstock using Tuxedo Black Memento ink. I used a variety of Stampin’ Blends markers and the Color Lifter Stampin’ Blend to color in the images. The houses were die cut using the coordinating dies from the Let’s Go Shopping Dies and then adhered together. Two snowbanks were die cut from the dies in the Horse & Sleigh Dies set and after a quick trim, were adhered towards the bottom of the die cut house.

Before adhering the house and snow to the card front, I used my 2″ Circle Punch to punch out a circle from Distressed Gold 12″ x 12″ Specialty Paper. The circle was adhered towards the upper left of the small card base front and will serve as the moon rising up behind the house! I then adhered the house and snow to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

From the Shop the Town Stamp Set sentiment “Christmas magic is in the air” I stamped only a partial sentiment of “Christmas magic” onto a Very Vanilla sentiment label. The sentiment was stamped to the left of the sentiment label in Night of Navy ink and I cut a banner on the right side of the sentiment label. The label was adhered to the outside of the flap on the large card base using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I stamped the remainder of the sentiment, “is in the air” in Night of Navy ink onto the inside panel. Just below this sentiment, I stamped the small wreath image in Tuxedo Black Memento ink and colored the image in with Stampin’ Blends. The inside panel was then adhered to the inside of the small card base.

To finish up the card, I partially stamped the Christmas tree image onto the envelope front and colored in the image using Stampin’ Blends. A coordinating piece of the Shining Brightly Specialty Designer Series Paper was adhered to the envelope flap, and I trimmed the excess paper away from the flap. A gold Festive Pearl was added to the doorknob of the house on the card front. A single gold Adhesive-Backed Star Trinket was adhered just above the house in the stary sky.

I had so much fun creating this card for you today! Special shout out to Mary, Faith and Rosie who helped me with some design decisions on this card! This is definitely one of those cards you would reserve for a special family member or a cherished friend! You can download complete instructions for this card by clicking on the image below.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog! 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!

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

Ready to Join the Stampin’ Up! Family?

If you’re looking to join the Stampin’ Up! team as a demonstrator, come join my team! As a demonstrator you can earn 20%+ off products and there is no pressure to maintain demonstrator status if you decide it’s not for you. We have many hobby demonstrators who strictly maintain their demonstrator status just for the discount, and other demonstrators who wish to grow a business. Either way, we have loads of FUN! Look at all of the smiling faces!

And August is a great time to join because you will get early access to the upcoming Mini Catalog and products! Becoming a Demonstrator offers some other great benefits, too:

• 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. If you’ve already made up your mind and you’re ready to join, click on the image below.

It is Time to Redeem Your Bonus Days Coupons!

You may have collected one or more Bonus Days coupons during the month of July. It is now time to redeem those coupons during the month of August! Redeem your coupons in the Online Store from now through August 31, 2023.

If you placed an order through the Online Store during the month of July, then you received a $5 coupon for every $50 you spent. You will have received the coupon codes via email. If you don’t see your coupon code emails, then check your spam folder. Here are the details:

Redemption Period: 1–31 August 2023

Ordering Deadlines – Phone: 31 August 2023 at 6:59 p.m. (MT); Online: 31 August 2023 at 11:59 p.m. (MT)

• 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.

Be sure to redeem those Coupon Codes! Ready to shop now? Click on the image below to go to the Online Store.

Kits Sale During the Month of August! Save Up to 30% Off!

You can save up to 30% on amazing kits from the Kits Collection by Stampin’ Up! during the month of August! The Kits Collection contains a wide variety of options too! Here are the details:

• Sales Period: 1–31 August
• Ordering Deadlines – By Phone: 31 August 2023 at 6:59 p.m. (MT) or Online: 31 August 2023 at 11:59 p.m. (MT)
• The sale only applies to the Kits Collection by Stampin’ Up! (it does not include Paper Pumpkin kits).
• All order types qualify for this promotion.
• There is no limit to how many kits may be purchased.
• The kits will be up to 30% off as indicated on the website.
• No discount code necessary—the discount will be applied automatically.

If you are a new crafter or a really busy crafter, kits are an excellent option. Everything you need to complete the kit is included!

View the flyer for the Kits Sale promotion by clicking here.

August Host Code

Use my current Host Code and receive a free gift from me valued at $8 when you place an order of $25 or more (before shipping and tax). If you place an order greater than $150, do not use the Host Code as you will be eligible for Stampin’ Rewards (but you will still receive the free gift from me!). Use my August Host Code – D9JFXU4E.

I offer other Customer Rewards programs, too! To learn more about Inky Bee Stamper’s customer rewards programs, visit my Customer Rewards page here.

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