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 “Celebrate Spring”, 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 Spring with some gorgeous flowers from the Dainty Delight Stamp Set and Dainty Delight Dies! I also used some of the pretty Regency Park 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper to compliment this spring-themed card. Did you know that wildflowers are among some of the first flowers to bloom in the Spring? It’s true!

I started off by adhering a piece of Regency Park Designer Series Paper in a Petal Pink basket weave print to my card base in Sweet Sorbet.

Two of the wildflower images from the Dainty Delight Stamp Set were stamped onto a white panel using Tuxedo Black Memento ink. I varied the height of the flowers across the panel. I then used Stampin’ Blends in Petal Pink, Sweet Sorbet and Granny Apple Green to color in the images. The panel was adhered to a mat in Sweet Sorbet and this unit was adhered to the card front. The panel was centered left to right horizontally but was dropped towards the bottom vertically.

I used the large and small label dies from the Something Fancy Dies set to cut out labels in Sweet Sorbet and Basic white, respectively. I stamped the sentiment onto the white label and adhered this label to its Sweet Sorbet mat. While I was die cutting, I cut two of the Queen Anne’s Lace flowers from scraps of Petal Pink cardstock and used a small scrap of the designer series paper to cut out a large, medium and small flower. The Queen Anne’s Lace flowers were adhered to the stamped panel and I trimmed the stems down so that they were flush with the bottom of the white, stamped panel. The designer series paper flowers were adhered to either side of the sentiment label.

I adhered a length of burlap ribbon across the top of the stamped panel then adhered the sentiment label over top of the ribbon strip. The sentiment label overlaps the top of the stamped panel.

On the inside panel I stamped the Queen Anne’s Lace image and colored the image in using Stampin’ Blends. The panel was adhered to a mat in Petal Pink then this unit was adhered to the inside of the card.

The same Queen Anne’s Lace flower image was stamped onto the envelope front and colored in. A piece of coordinating designer series paper was adhered to the envelope flap and I trimmed the excess paper away from the flap.

To finish off the card I added Iridescent Pastel Gems to each of the small flowers decorating the sentiment label and added a few additional gems among the stamped flowers on the card front.

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today! I hope you enjoyed my card. You can download, save and print a pdf tutorial for this card by clicking on the image below.

Let’s get back to the hop! You can click on the previous button and that will take you to the bottom of the blog list or click on the next button to visit Karen Finkle’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!

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

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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!

There is not a better time to join my team than now! By joining my team you’ll be a part of an amazing and fun community and you can count on my full support as a member of my team! Did I mention that we have a lot of fun? It’s true!

I’m available to answer any questions you might have so feel free to reach out to me via email at http://www.inkybeestampers@gmail.com. I would love to chat with you!

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March 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 March Host Code – QYAWQE9K. Note: If you spend $150 or more, do not use the supplied host code as you will be eligible to receive Stampin’ Rewards (you’ll still receive the free gift, though).

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 links for each item that will take you to my online store.