This is my second blog hop in two days. Well, actually, it’s my second hop in 12 hours! I love hops! It’s fascinating to see all the different things hoppers come up with using the same theme. Scroll down to see the list of hoppers.

For today’s project, I used all five of the 2017-2019 In Colors along with the Sunshine Sayings stamp set, Sunshine Wishes Thinlits Dies, and Butterflies Thinlits Dies, to create a sweet card for any loved one. It may look time consuming to cut and glue all the little strips of card stock, but it took an amazing short amount of time – less than 5 minutes!

You can get all 5 colors of card stock in one pack ( 4 sheets of each color) instead of buying a whole 24 sheet pack of each color! Both options are in the Here’s what I used section below.

It’s Time for InKing Royalty’s monthly blog hop! This month’s theme is Color Me Happy, and we are featuring the new 2017-2019 In Colors. You can click on each color below to see all the products that come in that color.

Here’s what I made:

Here’s what I did:

Cut and scored with my Stampin’ Trimmer:

• Fresh Fig card stock (CS) cut to 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″, then scored in half at 4-1/4″
• Tranquil Tide, Fresh Fig, Powder Pink, Lemon Lime Twist, and Berry Burst CS cut to 1/8″ x 4-1/4″ strips – about 7 of each color
• Whisper White CS cut to 5-1/4″ x 4″ – 3 pieces

Die cut using the Butterflies Thinlits:

• the largest butterfly from the top layer of Whisper White CS – I used the negative space, so I still have the detailed butterfly to use on another project
• I used the Precision Base Plate with the Big Shot to get a cleaner cut from this intricate die

Die cut using the Sunshine Wishes Thinlits:

• “sunshine” from a scrap of Whisper White CS
• “sunshine” from a scrap of Tranquil Tide CS

Stamped with the Sunshine Sayings stamp set:

• sentiment in Tranquil Tide ink onto the top layer of Whisper White CS, using the Stamp-a-ma-jig to line it up

Assembled the card:

• one solid 5-1/4″ x 4″ Whisper White layer glued to the inside of the Fresh Fig card base
• 1/8″ CS strips glued onto the other 5-1/4″ x 4″ Whisper White CS layer, alternating the colors, then it flipped over – extra bits trimmed from around the edges (see below)
• die cut Whisper White layer glued onto the CS strips
• Whisper White die cut sentiment glued onto the Tranquil Tide one, slightly offset
• die cut sentiments glued onto the die cut Whisper White CS layer

Here’s the hop:

If you get stuck during the Blog Hop, please use this line-up as a guide:

1. Brian King at Stamp with Brian
2. Shawn de Oliveira at ShawnStamps
3. Jennifer Spiller at Westside Paper Creations
4. Lynn Kolcun at Avery’s Owlery
5. Lisa Pretto at Ink Big Academy Stamps
6. Louise Sharp at LouiseSharp.com
7. Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
8. Julie DiMatteo at The Paper Pixie
9. Robin Myren at Songbird Designs by Robin
10. Candy Ford at Stamp Candy
11. Rachael Shedeed at Blue Bonnet Stampin’

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Here’s what I used:

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