Good Thursday morning stamping friends welcome to our Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop. If you are starting with me, thank you, I hope you will stop by everyone’s blog to see the awesome projects they have created this week. If you are hopping over from Mary’s blog, thank you for stopping by. This week we have a Theme Challenge to work with. If you’d like to see a quick video on how I made this card, Click Here to go to my Instagram Reels. Here is my card using this week’s theme.

I used the new Stampin’ Up! Thoughtful Octopus Stamp Set for my CAS card today. This set will be available starting May 5th.

This is our theme for this week

Using the Blending Brush, add Golden Glow Ink to the bottom of the Basic White panel. Stamp the sand image from the Thoughtful Octopus stamp set in Golden Glow Ink along the bottom of the panel. Stamp the octopus image from the Thoughtful Octopus stamp set in Barely Blush Ink on top of the sand. Stamp the dot images from the Thoughtful Octopus stamp set in Crisp Cantaloupe Ink on the octopus.

Stamp the greenery images from the Thoughtful Octopus stamp set in Peaceful Pine Ink along to the sand. Stamp the seahorse image from the Thoughtful Octopus stamp set in Golden Glow Ink on the octopus’ tentacle. Add a few of the Barely Blush 2025-2027 In-Color Dots to the card front.

Stamp the thought bubble image in Hydrangea Hue Ink, stamping off on scrap paper once, above the octopus image. Stamp the sentiment from the Thoughtful Octopus stamp set in Hydrangea Hue Ink in the thought bubble. Adhere the Basic White panel to a Crisp Cantaloupe mat then to the front of the Barely Blush card base.

On a panel of Basic White, stamp the sentiment from the Thoughtful Octopus stamp set in Hydrangea Hue Ink. Stamp the seahorse image next to the sentiment in Golden Glow Ink. Using the Blending Brush add Golden Glow Ink to the bottom of the panel. Stamp the sand image in Golden Glow Ink over the blended ink. Stamp the greenery images from the Thoughtful Octopus stamp set in Peaceful Pine Ink on the bottom of the panel.

Decorate a Basic White Medium Envelope to complete your card. Stamp the sand image along the bottom front of the envelope in Golden Glow Ink. Stamp the greenery images in Peaceful Pine Ink and the seahorse image in Golden Glow Ink. Stamp the Octopus image in Barely blush Ink on the envelope flap and the dot images on the octopus in Crisp Cantaloupe Ink.

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Now that you’ve seen my card, let’s get on with the hop! Click the next button below to hop over to see what Tara has created. Happy Hopping

Just in case you get lost along the way, here is a list of the team members involved in the hop today.

Amy Koenders

Mary Deatherage

Karen Ksenzakovic You Are Here

Tara Carpenter

Terry Lynn Bright

Nicole Bloxom

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Card stock cuts for this project:

• Brely Blush Cardstock 5 1/2″ x 8 1/12″(card base scored & folded at 4 1/4″)
• Basic White Cardstock (2) – 3 3/4″ x 5″ (card front & inner liner)
• Crisp Cantaloupe Cardstock (2) 4″ x 5 1/4″(card front & inner liner mats)

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