Welcome to InKing Royalty’s March Blog Hop! This year’s Blog Hop themes are inspired by a single word – and this month our projects are centered around GREEN. We are excited to share our creations with you today – there’s a wonderful variety of styles and occasions celebrated in this hop! After you read my post, I hope you’ll hop over to the next person on the list at the base of this post.

When I was trying to come up with an idea for the green theme, I thought of leaves and grass first. Then military. Saint Patrick’s Day is over so I didn’t want to go there. Then I thought of money. (If you’re outside the US you probably have different colors of currency, but here in the states we only have the one color: green.) I thought of making a money holder. Then I remembered the Pocketful of Sunshine stamp set has a stamp of a folded up bill! So I had my stamp set, and coordinating dies, picked out.

Then I had to decide which color of green. The pocket brought to mind a shirt I saw very recently that was green plaid, and had a lot of different greens, so I used that for inspiration. To loosely mimic the plaid, I wove together strips of card stock in assorted greens for the background. I used a Floral Romance Seal as a coin.

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Here’s what I made:

I think it’s interesting to see all these greens together like this. Lemon Lime Twist looks yellow; Shaded Spruce looks blue; and Mossy Meadow looks brown.

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Here’s what I did:

Cut and scored with my Stampin’ Trimmer:

• Very Vanilla Thick card stock (CS) cut to 4-1/4″ x 11″, then scored in half at 5-1/2″
• various size strips of CS: Lemon Lime Twist, Granny Apple Green, Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive, Garden Green, Mossy Meadow, Shaded Spruce, Tranquil Tide,  and Call Me Clover

Stamped with the Pocketful of Sunshine stamp set:

• pocket stitching in Shaded Spruce ink onto a scrap of Call Me Clover CS
• sentiment in Shaded Spruce ink onto the pocket
• money in Shaded Spruce ink onto a scrap of Soft Sea Foam CS

Die cut using the Pocket Framelits Dies:

• pocket and money

Assembled the card:

• burnished the fold in the card base with a Bone Folder
• wove strips of CS together and held them together on the back with tape
• cut the woven CS to 4″ x 5-1/4″, then glued it onto the front of the card base
• glued pocket onto the woven layer
• tucked the stamped money into the pocket and glued into place
• tucked a self-adhesive gold seal “coin” into the pocket

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Here’s the IRBH Green Blog Hop:

Thank you for hopping along with us today. I hope you’ll hop along to the next stop on the blog hop, the amazing Jennifer Spiller at Westside Paper Creations! There’s a lot of inspiration to be found in this group – and you don’t want to miss any of it!

Thank you for hopping along with us. 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 Shawn Stamps
3. Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
4. Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
5. Candy Ford at Stamp Candy <— YOU ARE HERE
6. Jennifer Spiller at Westside Paper Creations
7. Pam Morris at Tap Tap Stamp
8. Julie DiMatteo at The Paper Pixie
9. Robin Myren at Songbird Designs by Robin
10. Robbye Hamilton at Miss Hammie’s Crafts
11. Denise Hoepfner at The Mountain Magpie
12. Lynn Kolcun at Avery’s Owlery

By the way, today is the first day of Spring here in the northern hemisphere! Happy Spring!

And Happy Autumn to all my friends in the southern hemisphere!

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Here are today’s 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.

Pocketful Of Sunshine Photopolymer Stamp Set – 143719

Price: $17.00

Pocket Framelits Dies – 143750

Price: $25.00

Call Me Clover 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 146969

Price: $8.50

Lemon Lime Twist 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 144245

Price: $8.50

Granny Apple Green 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 146990

Price: $8.50

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

Price: $8.50

Old Olive 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 100702

Price: $8.50

Garden Green 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 102584

Price: $8.50

Mossy Meadow 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 133676

Price: $8.50

Tranquil Tide 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 144246

Price: $8.50

Shaded Spruce 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 146981

Price: $8.50

Soft Sea Foam 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 146988

Price: $8.50

Very Vanilla 8-1/2″ X 11″ Thick Cardstock – 144237

Price: $7.75

Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin’ Pad – 147088

Price: $7.50

Floral Romance Seals – 148789

Price: $8.50

Multipurpose Liquid Glue – 110755

Price: $4.00

Bone Folder – 102300

Price: $7.00

Stampin’ Trimmer – 126889

Price: $30.00

Big Shot – 143263

Price: $110.00

Magnetic Platform – 130658

Price: $40.00

Supply List

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Today is the last day!

Preorder the Geared Up Garage Manly Card Online Class!

• Make 6 masculine cards at home in your PJs!
• 2 each of 3 designs
• manly designs for birthday, Father’s Day, or just to say I love you
• Limited spots available

Click on the image below for details:

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