InKing Royalty Blog Hop for February 2021

Welcome to InKing Royalty’s February Blog Hop! During this year’s blog hops, we are having fun with our stamping favorites – our favorite themes for seasonal cards and projects. This month’s projects feature balloons, so you are in for a celebratory treat. We are excited to share our creations with you today! After you read my post, I hope you’ll hop over to the next person on the list at the base of this post.

For this month’s blog hop, I’m featuring the Special Someone Bundle paired with the gorgeous Flower and Field Designer Series Paper from the Sale-a-Bration Catalog.

I bet you are wondering how I got the strings from the balloons under the raccoon’s hands? I stamped the image twice and the 2nd image I fussy cut the arms and hands only. I added Stampin’ Dimensionals under each arm and then after adhering to the raccoon, I fed the Whisper White Baker’s Twine between the two Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Card Measurements:

• Base card: 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ Basic White Cardstock. Fold in half using the Bone Folder for a sharper crease.
• Next Layer: 5 3/8″ x 4 1/8″ Crushed Curry Cardstock.
• Background DSP: 5 1/4″ x 4″ Flower & Field Designer Series Paper
• Circle: 2 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ Basic White Cardstock
• Raccoon: 2 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ Basic White Cardstock
• Balloons: 3″ x 1″ Basic White Cardstock
• Greeting: 2 1/2″ x 1″ Basic White Cardstock
• Small Heart” Scrap of Cherry Cobbler Cardstock

• First of all, adhere the Base card, Crushed Curry and Flower & Field DSP together with our Multipurpose Liquid Glue. Set aside
• Die cut the 2 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ cardstock using the Layering Circles Dies
• Attach to the card with Multipurpose Liquid Glue
• Stamp the raccoon twice. Since this is a 2-step stamp, stamp the line stamp with Tuxedo Black ink. Then, stamp the solid coordinating image stamp with Gray Granite Ink.
• Die cut one of the raccoons using the coordinating die (Special Day Dies)
• Attached raccoon to the Basic White Cardstock circle with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
• With the 2nd raccoon image, fussy cut the arms and hands using our Paper Snips. Set aside
• Stamp the balloons 3 times with Cherry Cobbler, Crushed Curry and Granny Apple Green Ink. Die cut with the coordinating dies.

• Punch a small hole in each balloon and attached about 3″ of Whisper White twine to each balloon.
• Adhere the balloons to the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals (see pix for placement)
• Attached the fussy cut image (arms & hands) to the front of the raccoon with Stampin’ Dimensionals
• Feed the twine under the hands and between the two Dimensionals.
• Stamp a greeting on the 2 1/2″ x 1″ cardstock with Tuxedo Black Ink.
• Die cut using the Stitched Layering Rectangle Dies.
• Attached to the front of the card with Stampin’ Dimensions.
• Punch out a small heart using the Confetti Hearts Punch and attached to the right side of the greeting with the Multipurpose Liquid Glue
• You’re done!

Thank you for stopping by today.  I hope you’ll hop along to the next stop on the blog hop, Genevieve Ko at Stampin4Fun. There’s lots of inspiration to be found in this group – and you don’t want to miss it!

Thank you for hopping along with us.  If you get stuck during the Blog Hop, please use this line-up as a guide:

1. Brian King at Stamp with Brian
2. Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
3. Renae Novak at Blessed by Cards
4. Lynn Kolcun at Avery’s Owlery
5. Robin Myren at Songbird Designs by Robin
6. Pam Morris at Tap Tap Stamp
7. Linda Krueger at The Stamp Coach
8. Sheryl Sharp at Sharp Notes by Sheryl
9. Julie DiMatteo at The Paper Pixie
10. Joanne Brown at The Inky Dragon
11. Rachel Brumley at Artistic Designs by Rachel
12. Genevieve Ko at Stampin4Fun
13. Shawn de Oliveira at Shawn Stamps
14. Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
15. Ann Murray at Murray Stamps Ink
16. Candy Ford at Stamp Candy