Good Tuesday morning my stamping friends. Welcome to Amy’s Inkin’ Krew Team Blog Hop. It’s the 2nd Tuesday of the month so that means Blog Hop Day!! If you are starting with me, be sure to hop around to see everyone’s handsome projects. If you’ve hopped over from Amy’s blog, welcome to my blog and thank you for stopping by. The theme this month is “Celebrate Summer”.  We can interpret this however we want.  Here’s my card for today.

I used the Stampin’ Up! Sale-a-bration Hippest Hippos Cling Stamp Set along with the Sale-a-bration Hippo Dies for my card today.

I started by stamping the sentiment from the Hippest Hippos stamp set in Smoky Slate Ink on the top of a Basic White panel. I embossed a Basic White card front using the Into the Clouds Embossing Folder. I lightly brushed the panel using my Blending Brush and Pool Party Ink, to give it a little color. On a strip of Sahara Sand cardstock, I stamped the sand image from the Stampin’ Up! Friends Are Like Seashells Photopolymer Stamp Set in Sahara Sand Ink. I tore the top of the strip of card stock all the way across. I adhered the ‘sand’ image to the bottom of the card front using a small amount of Multipurpose Liquid Glue just along the bottom edge. I cut 3 strips of the Celebrate Everything Host Designer Series Paper. Using my Paper Snips, I cut 2 of the strips along the ‘wave’ edge. I adhered the 3 strips together using Glue Dots. I adhered the layered waves to the card front just under the ‘sand’ strip using Multipurpose Liquid Glue. I trimmed the edges using my Paper Snips.

On a panel of Basic White cardstock, I stamped the 2 hippo images from the Hippest Hippos stamp set in Tuxedo Black Ink. I colored the images in using my Flirty Flamingo, Polished Pink and Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blends Markers. I cut the images out using my Hippo Dies. Using the Hippo Dies, I cut the goggles and snorkel from a panel of Sweet Sorbet cardstock, I cut the sunglasses and umbrella from a panel of Polished Pink and Basic Black cardstock. I cut the water drops from a panel of Pool Party cardstock. I adhered the goggles and snorkel to the one hippo and the sunglasses to the ballerina hippo using Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

I adhered the hippos and umbrella to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals. I adhered the water drops to the card front using Multipurpose Liquid Glue. I adhered the card front to a Pool Party card base using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

On the inside I stamped the sentiment from the Hippest Hippos stamp set in Tuxedo Black Ink on a Basic White panel. I stamped the hippo image from the Hippest Hippos stamp set in Tuxedo Black Ink on the bottom of the panel. I colored the image using my Flirty Flamingo, Parakeet Party, Polished Pink and Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blends Markers. I adhered the Basic White panel to a Sahara Sand mat and then to the inside of the Pool Party card base.

To complete my card, I decorated a Basic White Medium Envelope. I stamped the hippo image from the Hippest Hippos stamp set in Tuxedo Black Ink and colored it using my Flirty Flamingo, Parakeet Party, Polished Pink and Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blends Markers. I adhered a panel of Celebrate Everything DSP to the envelope flap.

Thank you for visiting by my blog today, I hope you liked my card and will give it a try. Now that you’ve seen my card, be sure to hop around to see everyone’s beautiful projects. Hit Previous to hop back to Amy’s blog or hit Next to head over to Mary’s blog. You can also click on each of the names and hop around that way. I hope you enjoy seeing everyone’s projects. Happy Hopping!!

1. Karen Ksenzakovic: You Are Here
2. Mary Deatherage:
3. Tara Carpenter:
4. Carol Buckalew:
5. Terry Lynn Bright:
6. Jillian Good:
7. Sue Prather:
8. Karen Finkle:
9. Amy Koenders:

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If you need any stamping supplies, I’d love to be your Demonstrator. Just click HERE to go directly to my online store or drop me an email if you have any questions. 

MY CURRENT HOST CODE IS:   RGVNBY93

Use this host code when placing an order with me. When you order $50 or greater you will receive a free gift from me! If your order is over $150, please do not use this code, but you’ll still get the free gift. The free gift is your choice of any 1 item valued up to $10.00 from the 2021-2022 Annual Catalog or the January – June 2022 Mini Catalog!   For any orders $50 or more I will also send you my monthly class tutorials.  Click HERE or go to my Customer Rewards for more details and to see what this month’s tutorials are.

Please remember to use my current Host Code and make sure that you can see my name on the final checkout page listed as your Demonstrator when you order so that you know that you’re ordering with me and you’ll get my rewards! 

Happy Stamping, Karen

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Sweet Sunflowers

Subscribe July 11 – August 10

Here comes the sun(flower) for a crafting experience you won’t forget! The Sweet Sunflowers Paper Pumpkin Kit has so much in store—elegant watercolor designs hand-crafted by our in-house artists, TWO Classic Stampin’ Spots for a Two-Step stamping experience, and the all-new twist technique to make your floral designs come alive with depth and detail! 
And the August Paper Pumpkin Kit includes the Gold Foil Honeycomb Sheets as a FREE gift that will add the perfect golden accent to any card or project. We can’t wait to see the bee-utiful projects you’ll create! 

Item Number: 161120

This kit includes:

• All the supplies you need to create 9 cards: 3 each of 3 designs; and coordinating envelopes.
• An all-occasion stamp set to express words of gratitude, friendship, greetings and beautiful wildflower designed images.
• Specialty Vellum honeycomb shape pre-cut pieces.
• 2 Classic Stampin’ Spots (Crushed Curry and Soft Suede) for a Two-Step stamping experience with a twist!
• Paper pieces and embellishments with watercolor designs and images.
• Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals.
• FREE GIFT: 8 Gold Foil Honeycomb Sheets

Completed card size: 5-1/2″ x 4-1/4″ (14 x 10.8 cm)

Coordinating Stampin’ Up! colors: Blackberry Bliss, Crushed Curry, Evening Evergreen, Melon Mambo, Mossy Meadow, Night of Navy, Pumpkin Pie, Soft Suede

Subscribe to the July Paper Pumpkin Kit between 11 July and 10 August at paperpumpkin.com!

Note: Supplies may be limited toward the end of the subscription period.

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If you join during Sale-a-bration you will receive this awesome Making Plans Collection absolutely free. It includes a July 2022-December 2023 Making Plans Planner including an 8″ X 9 1/2″ Faux Leather Carrying Case, 5 1/2″ X 8 1/2″ Planer Pages, Monthly Divider Pages and Sticker Sheets. It also includes 3 – Creative Journals that are 5 3/4″ X 8″ and a Making Plans Photopolymer Stamp Set. Contact me for more information at creativestampingdesigns@gmail.com. I’d love to have you on my team. You can join as a hobby demonstrator just to enjoy the discount for yourself. No obligations to sell, hold classes or have a blog.

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Card stock cuts for this project:

• Basic White Cardstock 2 – 4″ X 5 1/4″ (card front & inner liner), 2 1/2″ X 4″ (hippos)
• Basic Black Cardstock 1 3/4″ X 1 1/2″ (sunglasses & umbrella)
• Polished Pink Cardstock 1 3/4″ X 1 1/2″ (sunglasses & umbrella)
• Pool Party Cardstock 8 1/2″ X 5 1/2″ (card base scored & folded at 4 1/4″)
• Sahara Sand Cardstock 3/4″ X 5 1/2″ (sand), 4 1/8″ x 5 3/8″ (inner liner mat)
• Sweet Sorbet Cardstock 1″ X 1 1/2″ (goggles & snorkel)
• Celebrate Everything Host Designer Series Paper 3 – 6″ strips(waves), 2 1/4″ X 6″ (envelope flap)

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