Inky Bee Stampers

It’s time for Amy’s Inkin’ Krew Blog Hop! If you are starting off the Hop from my blog today…Welcome! Our theme for the Hop this month is “Fall Frenzy”, and we can interpret this any way that we’d like. I know you will see a lot of inspiration from my team members in the Hop today so be sure to use the links at the bottom of this blog post to check them out! Let’s go!

My card today celebrates Fall and Thanksgiving using some upcoming products from the Sep-Dec 2023 Mini Catalog, including the Autumn Leaves Bundle and All About Autumn Specialty Designer Series Paper. I also used the Timber 3D Embossing Folder to provide some texture and ink blending on the leaves to give them a glow!

I began by adhering a wood grain pattern panel from the All About Autumn Specialty Designer Series Paper pack to a mat in Early Espresso, then adhered this to the front of a Pumpkin Pie card base. A 1-1/2″ x 5-1/2″ strip of Early Espresso cardstock was embossed using the Timber 3D Embossing Folder and adhered to the left of the card front. The embossed wood grain on this panel provides some nice texture.

Using the Autumn Leaves Dies, I cut out five small oak leaves and two of the smaller leaves from the set. I used a sponge dauber to blend Old Olive ink around the edges of the oak leaves and the two smaller leaves. A separate sponge dauber was used to blend Pumpkin Pie ink onto the centers of the oak leaves. Four of the ink blended oak leaves were adhered to the embossed panel. I used three lengths of Linen Thread and tied a large, loopy triple bow. The bow was adhered to the lower third of the card front, and just to the right of the embossed panel, using a small amount of Stampin’ Seal. The sentiment was adhered over the bow using a double stack of Stampin’ Dimensionals. The remaining oak leaf was partially adhered to the lower right of the sentiment and the portion of the leaf hanging over was supported with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The two smaller leaves were tucked slightly under the top of the sentiment label.

On the Very Vanilla inside panel, I partially stamped the oak leaf image in Old Olive ink – twice in opposite corners of the panel. I used a sponge dauber to blend Pumpkin Pie ink onto the centers of the leaves. The panel was adhered to a mat in Early Espresso then adhered to the inside of the card.

The same oak leaf image was stamped onto the envelope front in Old Olive ink and Pumpkin Pie ink was blended onto the centers of the leaves. A coordinating piece of designer series paper was adhered to the envelope flap and the excess paper was trimmed away from the flap. Adhesive-Backed Speckled Dots were adhered to the card front.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! Be sure to visit all of the other blogs linked below for more inspiration. I had a lot of fun creating this card for you! The Autumn Leaves Bundle, All About Autumn 6″ x 6″ Specialty Designer Series Paper and the Adhesive-Backed Speckled Dots will be available from the Sep-Dec 2023 Mini Catalog beginning on September 6 for customers .

You can download, save and print a pdf tutorial for this card by clicking on the link below.

Let’s get back to the hop! You can click on the previous button and that will take you to Karen K’s blog or click on the next button to visit Akiko’s blog. Or you can click on any name in the list below to jump to that person’s blog. Enjoy all of the eye candy in today’s hop!

• Tara Carpenter
• Mary Deatherage
• Karen Ksenzakovic
• Carol Buckalew (You are here!)
• Akiko Sudano
• Terry Lynn Bright
• Ann Louise Fodgaard
• Amy Koenders

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.

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. You can locate item numbers for the upcoming products used on this card on the linked pdf tutorial above.