Inky Bee Stampers

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

My card for today’s Hop was created using the Christmas Classics Bundle, Joy of Noel Dies, and the Shining Brightly 12″ x 12″ Specialty Designer Series Paper. The Christmas Classics Bundle and the Joy of Noel Bundle both contain beautiful images, sentiments and dies for creating holiday cards (although I didn’t use the Joy of Noel Stamp Set on this card). The Shining Brightly Specialty Designer Series Paper is in gold, Very Vanilla and Night of Navy and is breathtaking! I will be ordering at least two more packs of this paper…one pack is not enough!

Here is the sketch challenge for today’s Hop…

I started off by adhering one of the Very Vanilla and gold prints from the Shining Brightly Specialty Designer Series Paper to a black mat, then adhered this to a card base in Pretty Peacock. Pretty Peacock and Lost Lagoon are great “greens” for holiday images! I then used the holly image from the Christmas Classics Stamp Set to stamp this image two times onto Lost Lagoon cardstock using VersaMark ink. I sprinkled gold embossing powder over the stamped images and used my Heat Tool to set the embossing powder. The coordinating die from the Christmas Classics Dies set was used to cut out the images.

From the Joy of Noel Dies set, I used the pine bough image and cut two pine boughs from Distress Gold Specialty Paper and two from Pretty Peacock cardstock.

I then stamped the “Merry Christmas” sentiment from the Christmas Classics Stamp Set onto a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock measuring 3-5/8″ x 1-1/8″. Notice the unusual shape on the ends of the sentiment label? This was a happy accident. I used the Very Best Trio Punch and punched a “fancy” corner on each corner of the sentiment label. The sentiment label was just the right width to give me the pointed ends on the label. Like I mentioned…happy accident! I love the look! The sentiment was stamped in Pretty Peacock ink.

I pre-fit the die cut pine boughs onto the card front and when I was happy with their placement, glued them to the card front. The sentiment label was adhered to the left of the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals. I then tucked in the gold embossed holly leaves on opposite ends of the sentiment label, making sure to tuck the ends under the label.

For the inside panel I stamped the pine bough image in opposite corners of the panel – once in Lost Lagoon and twice in Pretty Peacock. An additional sentiment was stamped just to the top left of the panel and then the panel was adhered to a black mat. This unit was then adhered to the inside of the card.

The pine bough image was stamped onto the lower corner of the envelope front in Lost Lagoon and Pretty Peacock. A coordinating piece of designer series paper was adhered to the envelope flap and the excess paper was trimmed away from the flap.

Lastly, I added several gold Pastel Adhesive-Backed Sequins to the card front to finish up the card. I don’t think you can go wrong using this gorgeous paper and images for your holiday cards. I had a lot of fun creating this card for you today and I hope you like it and I hope you enjoyed another sneak peek of products that will be available from the Mini Catalog on September 6!

You can download, save and print the pdf tutorial 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
• Akiko Sudano
• 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. Item numbers for products available on September 6 are included on the supply list of the pdf tutorial linked above.