Welcome to InKing Royalty’s March Blog Hop! Today’s hop is filled to the brim with projects that celebrate Spring and Summer. With inspiration from Katrina & the Waves’ song “Walking on Sunshine,” we’ve created projects that share the joy and excitement that accompany warmer weather. We are excited to share our projects with you. After you read my post, I hope you’ll hop over to the next person on the list at the base of this post.

You know how I like to mix and match products. For my card, I used 2 bundles and 3 Designer Series Papers (DSP) to create a summery scene by the sea. The waves are from the Sweet Soiree DSP. The table is from the Wood Textures DSP. The tumbler is from the Delightful Daisy DSP – I think I saw one just like this recently in a store.

Whether you remember the song or not, be sure to check it out here:

Here’s what I made:

Here’s what I did:

Cut and scored with my Stampin’ Trimmer:

• Marina Mist card stock (CS) cut to 4-1/4″ x 11″, then scored in half at 5-1/2″
• Sweet Soiree DSP cut to 4-1/4″ x 2-1/2″
• Wood Textures DSP cut to 4-1/4″ x 1-1/4″
• Whisper White Cs cut to 4″ x 5-1/4″ for the inside of the card

Stamped with the Pocketful of Sunshine stamp set:

• sentiment in Marina Mist ink onto a scrap of So Saffron CS
• glasses in Basic Black ink onto a scrap of Real Red CS

Stamped with the Coffee Cafe stamp set:

• cup in Peekaboo Peach ink onto a scrap of Delightful Daisy DSP
• straw from a scrap of Whisper White CS

Die cut using the Pocket Framelits:

• glasses
• rays of sunshine from a scrap of So Saffron CS

Die cut using the Coffee Cups Framelits:

• stamped cup
• just the top part of the cup from a scrap of Whisper White CS

Cut using Paper Snips:

• rim of the cup from the Whisper White die cut piece

Cut using the Starburst Punch:

• sentiment

Colored using a Stampin’ Write Marker:

• lenses of glasses in Basic Black

Assembled the card:

• burnished the fold in the card base with a Bone Folder
• Sweet Soiree DSP glued onto the front of the card base
• white rim of the cup glued onto the DSP cup
• cup glued onto the Wood Textures DSP
• glasses glued onto the Wood Textures DSP and the cup
• cup, glasses, and Wood Textures DSP adhered onto the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals
• straw glued onto the card front with the bottom part under the cup
• sentiment sun glued onto the front of the card base, then trimmed away the excess with Paper Snips
• sun rays glued onto the front of the card base

Here’s the hop:

Use this list if you get lost along the hop. Be sure to check out all the stops, because you don’t want to miss any of the projects made by this amazing group of stampers!

1. Brian King at Stamp with Brian
2. Candy Ford at Stamp Candy <– YOU ARE HERE
3. Imogene Thomas at MomoMakes.com
4. Lisa Pretto at Ink Big Academy Stamps
5. Robbye Hamilton at Miss Hammie’s Crafts
6. Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
7. Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
8. Robin Myren at Songbird Designs by Robin
9. Nina King at InkPaperSequins
10. Shawn de Oliveira at Shawn Stamps
11. Pam Morris at Tap Tap Stamp
12. Denise Hoepfner at The Mountain Magpie
13. Julie DiMatteo at The Paper Pixie
14. Rachael Shedeed at Bluebonnet Stampin’
15. Jennifer Spiller at Westside Paper Creations
16. Lynn Kolcun at Avery’s Owlery

Here are today’s main colors:

You can click on each one to see all the products that come in that color!

Here’s what I used:

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