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 “Love”, 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!

I created this card using the lovely Adoring Hearts Bundle along with the beautiful Forever Love 12″ x 12″ Specialty Designer Series Paper and a little Gold Foil. The Adoring Hearts Dies come with a Hybrid Embossing Folder but that folder was not used for this card – only the dies. The card base for this card is cut, scored and folded like a Tri-Fold card, however, one of the front panels is glued down so it becomes more of a Z Fold card. I started with a card base in Very Vanilla cut to 11″ x 5-1/2″ which was scored at 4-1/4″, 7″ and 9-3/4″. The slender panel formed at the 9-3/4″ score line was then adhered to the adjacent panel using liquid glue. Refer to the illustration below.

I selected a trellis print and a leaf print from the Forever Love Specialty Designer Series Paper and adhered panels to Pool Party mats. The panels were then adhered to the card base panels #1, #2 and #4.

Gold Simply Elegant Trim was looped onto the card front and adhered down with a small amount of Stampin’ Seal. On a Very Vanilla sentiment label measuring 2-1/4″ x 2-1/4″ I stamped the large heart and leaf image from the Adoring Hearts Stamp Set in Pool Party ink. The “I adore you” sentiment was then stamped in the center of the heart in Pretty Peacock ink. I adhered the sentiment label to a Gold Foil mat, and the label was then adhered over the looped trim using Stampin’ Dimensionals. The sentiment label slightly hangs over the card front so Stampin’ Dimensionals were only applied to the left side of the sentiment label.

I used the three-heart die from the Adoring Hearts Dies to cut out three small hearts from Gold Foil. This die provides three individual hearts plus a negative of the hearts. The three individual small hearts were adhered to the card front – two on the sentiment label and one just above the sentiment label.

On the inside panel, I stamped the large rose image in Pool Party ink towards the top of the panel. An additional sentiment was stamped over the rose image in Pretty Peacock ink. The negative Gold Foil heart die cut was adhered to the bottom of the panel. The panel was then adhered to a Pool Party mat then adhered to the inside on Card Panel #3.

The rose image was partially stamped onto the envelope front and a piece of coordinating specialty designer series paper was adhered to the envelope flap with the excess paper trimmed away from the flap.

The pretty images from the Adoring Hearts Bundle and the beautiful Forever Love Specialty Designer Series Paper creates a very elegant card suitable as an “I Love You” card, or a Valentine’s Day card. If you would like to recreate this card you can download, save and print the pdf tutorial by clicking on the image below.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog! Let’s get back to the hop! You can click on the previous button and that will take you to Nel’s blog or click on the next button to visit Mary’s blog. Or you can click on any name in the list below to jump to that person’s blog. Enjoy the Hop!

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

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Ready to Join the Stampin’ Up! Family?

If you’re looking to join the Stampin’ Up! team as a demonstrator, join during Sale-A-Bration for some added benefits! During Sale-A-Bration (January 4 through February 29) you can join my team using one of the options below:

Option #1:

• Pay $99 USD for your Starter Kit
• Choose $125 worth of products of your choice in your Starter Kit
• PLUS receive the Stampin’ Glass Mat Studio for FREE (a $60 value) (Item #163987)

Option #2:

• Pay $99 USD for your Starter Kit
• Choose $125 worth of products of your choice in your Starter Kit
• PLUS receive an additional $30 worth of products of your choice in your Starter Kit
• That’s a total of $155 worth of products for just $99!

Of course, there are other great benefits to becoming a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator, such as free shipping on your Starter Kit, a 20%+ discount on demonstrator orders, early access to new catalogs and promotion information, early ordering of new products, no pressure to sell products and my full support as a valued team member!

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! And there is no better time to join than during Sale-A-Bration!  You can contact me at inkybeestampers@gmail.com. If you’ve already made up your mind and you’re ready to join, click here.

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The new January-April 2024 Mini Catalog and Sale-A-Bration Are Here!

Products from the new January-April 2024 Mini Catalog are available now! There are lots of new goodies covering everything from Valentine’s Day, Easter, Spring and everything else in between! Sale-A-Bration has also started and runs from now through February 29! Sale-A-Bration is a special time of the year where you can earn free products with your purchases! You can view both the Mini Catalog and the Sale-A-Bration brochure by clicking here.

SHOP:

Choose a FREE Sale-A-Bration product from the January-February 2024 Sale-A-Bration brochure with every $50 or $100 you spend (before tax and shipping).

HOST:

Host a qualifying party and select an additional $30 in FREE products. When you host a party during Sale-A-Bration, you get to earn FREE products of your choice! With any order of at least $300 (party sales or personal sales) you get to choose an additional $30 worth of products from any current catalog for free!

JOIN:

If you’re looking to join the Stampin’ Up! team as a demonstrator, join during Sale-A-Bration for some added benefits! During Sale-A-Bration (January 4 through February 29) you can join my team using one of the two options listed in the above article.

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January Paper Pumpkin Kit – Lovely Lavender

Tomorrow, January 10 is the last day to subscribe to Paper Pumpkin if you want to receive the Lovely Lavendar Paper Pumpkin Kit. This kit is perfect for love-themed cards for special occasions, Valentine’s Day, anniversaries, and more! And, the kit coordinates with the Perennial Lavendar Suite Collection (Item #162613) which can be found in the January-April 2024 Mini Catalog.

Kit Details

• Makes 8 cards: 4 each of 2 designs with 8 coordinating envelopes
• 4 bonus tags that punch out from the card front
• Precut paper pieces and linen thread
• Coordinating colors: Garden Green, Pretty Peacock, Lost Lagoon, Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape (Classic Stampin’ Spot), Berry Burst

New Approach to Paper Pumpkin!

Beginning with the Lovely Lavender Paper Pumpkin Kit, Stampin’ Up! will be releasing a die Add-On that will not only coordinate with the January kit, but also the February and March kits as well! At the beginning of each quarter, there will be a new die Add-On that will coordinate with the kits for the current quarter (available while supplies last). By purchasing the Add-Ons, you will be able to stretch your creativity in using the Paper Pumpkin kits even further!  To view the current Paper Pumpkin flyer, click here.

Subscribing to Paper Pumpkin

Not a Paper Pumpkin subscriber yet? What are you waiting for? Subscribe to Paper Pumpkin today to receive your very own all-inclusive crafting kit each month. Kits include card projects, tags and gift packaging! When I say the kits are all-inclusive, that is exactly what I mean. You will receive everything in your kits that you will need to complete the projects, including ink, paper, adhesives and embellishments! Click on the image below to subscribe to Paper Pumpkin today!

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January Host Code

Use my current Host Code and receive a free gift from me valued at $8 when you place an order of $35 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 January Host Code – KF7EDVKT.

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Products used to create today’s project which are available now, are included below.