I’m Wildly Happy that it’s time for the Inking Royalty June Blog Hop! This year we’re featuring one word each month. June’s word is NEW, which is appropriate since this is the month when the new annual catalog went live. I imagine a lot of us will be using new products for our projects – I know I am!

As soon as the new catalog went live, I couldn’t wait to get the new Wildly Happy stamp set on page 101. It has some of the sweetest images in the whole catalog. 

I especially love the elephants. I learned a lot about these magnificent creatures when I visited the Phuket Elephant Sanctuary in Thailand a couple years ago. One of the elephants I saw was using her trunk to pull down bamboo trees – very big bamboo trees. The pattern of Garden Lane Designer Series Paper I used for the background on this card reminds me of bamboo leaves. It looks like mommy and baby are nuzzling in a cozy bamboo forest. So sweet!

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Here’s what I made:

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Here’s what I did:

Cut and scored with my paper trimmer:

• Pear Pizzazz card stock (CS) cut to 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″, then scored in half at 4-1/4″
• Garden Lane Designer Series Paper (DSP) layer cut to 5-1/4″ x 2-1/2″
• Perennial Essence DSP layer cut to 5-1/4″ x 1-1/2″
• Whisper White CS cut to 5-1/4″ x 4″ for the inside of the card base

Stamped with the Wildly Happy stamp set:

• elephants in Memento black ink onto a scrap of Whisper White CS
• sentiment in Pear Pizzazz ink onto a scrap of Whisper White CS
• elephants in Memento black ink onto the DSP layers, after they were glued onto the front of the card base

Cut using the Layering Circles Dies:

• sentiment
• a slightly larger circle from a scrap of Pear Pizzazz CS

Colored using Stampin’ Blends Markers:

• elephants in Gray Granite
• 2 pearls in Gray Granite
• 1 pearl in Mossy Meadow
• shading in Gray Granite onto the DSP layers around the elephants

Colored using a Sponge Dauber:

• edges of the Whisper White CS for the inside of the card in Gray Granite ink

Cut using Paper Snips:

• the colored elephants

Assembled the card:

• burnished the fold in the card base with a Bone Folder
• DSP layers glued onto the front of the card base, Garden Lane at the top and Perennial Essence at the bottom (then stamped the elephants onto the layers)
• colored elephants glued over the elephants stamped onto the DSP layers
• sentiment glued onto the Pear Pizzazz die cut circle
• Pear Pizzazz die cut circle glued onto the DSP layers
• colored pearls applied onto the DSP layers and the sentiment

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Here’s the hop:

Thank you for hopping along with us. I hope you’ll hop along to the next stop on the blog hop, Pam Morris at Tap Tap Stamp. There’s a lot of inspiration to be found in this group – and you don’t want to miss it! If you get stuck during the Blog Hop, please use this line-up as a guide:

1. Brian King at Stamp with Brian
2. Jennifer Spiller at Westside Paper Creations
3. Denise Hoepfner at The Mountain Magpie
4. Candy Ford at Stamp Candy <——- YOU ARE HERE
5. Pam Morris at Tap Tap Stamp
6. Robin Myren at Songbird Designs by Robin
7. Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
8. Lynn Kolcun at Avery’s Owlery
9. Robbye Hamilton at Miss Hammie’s Crafts
10. Julie DiMatteo at The Paper Pixie
11. Linda Krueger at The Stamp Coach
12. Shawn de Oliveira at Shawn Stamps
13. Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping

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Here are today’s main colors:

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

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Here’s what I used:

Click on these images for more details and to purchase.

Wildly Happy Cling Stamp Set – 149408

Price: $21.00

Layering Circles Dies – 141705

Price: $35.00

Garden Lane Designer Series Paper – 149488

Price: $11.50

Perennial Essence Designer Series Paper – 149100

Price: $11.50

Pear Pizzazz 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 131201

Price: $8.75

Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 100730

Price: $9.75

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad – 132708

Price: $6.00

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin’ Pad – 147104

Price: $7.50

Gray Granite Classic Stampin’ Pad – 147118

Price: $7.50

Sponge Daubers – 133773

Price: $5.00

Gray Granite Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack – 149537

Price: $9.00

Mossy Meadow Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack – 148547

Price: $9.00

Pearl Basic Jewels – 144219

Price: $5.00

Multipurpose Liquid Glue – 110755

Price: $4.00

Paper Snips – 103579

Price: $10.00

Bone Folder – 102300

Price: $7.00

Supply List <– Click here for a clickable and printable list!

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