Stampin’ Up! Simply Zinnia Sending Flowers for the Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop

Good Morning and welcome to the Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop! One of my current favorites is the Stampin’ Up! Simply Zinnia bundle because of it’s beautiful flowers. But today, I focused on the sentiments to go with the beautiful Flowering Zinnias designer series paper. You can find the supplies I used along with card stock cuts at the bottom of my post.

We have a pretty sketch challenge this week:

I embossed a panel of Flowering Zinnias designer series paper with the Zinnias 3D embossing folder. I used a sponge dauber to apply Blackberry Bliss ink to the raised edges of the panel – It makes the embossed flowers pop and provides an interesting effect with the background grid. I adhered the panel to the front of a Blackberry Bliss card base with liquid glue.

I adhered a floral panel of Flowering Zinnias designer series paper to a Blackberry Bliss mat so that it just showed on the sides and bottom. I popped the layered DSP panel onto the card with dimensionals, lining the top edge up to match the card sketch.

I stamped the sentiment from the Stampin’ Up! Simply Zinnia stamp set using Blackberry Bliss ink on a Melon Mambo strip and adhered it to the card with dimensionals. I finished the card with three shiny sequins.

For the inside of the card, I stamped the single flower from the Stampin’ Up! Simply Zinnia stamp set using three times stamped off Blackberry Bliss ink. I trimmed the side with a strip of DSP and adhered the panel to the inside of the card with Stampin’ Seal.

The Stampin’ Up! Simply Zinnia bundle is part of the Online Exclusives Flowering Zinnias Suite. It’s a beautiful and colorful suite that is so versatile and any card you make with these products is sure to bring a smile!

On with the Hop! Click on the Next Blog button to move forward to see the beautiful project Karen Ksenzakovic has created.

If you get lost along the way, here are the participants for the hop:

• Amy Koenders
• Mary Deatherage
• Jaimie Babarczy
• Karen Finkle
• Akiko Sudano <– You Are Here
• Karen Ksenzakovic
• Tara Carpenter
• Terry Lynn Bright
• Carol Buckalew
• Nel Thames

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Thanks for stopping by and Happy Stamping!

Akiko

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Cardstock Cuts for this project:

• Blackberry Bliss – 4-1/4″ x 11″ card base, scored at 5-1/2″
• Melon Mambo – 1/2″ x 4″ (label)
• Basic White – 4″ x 5-1/4″ (inside panel)
• Flowering Zinnia DSP – 4″ x 5-1/4″ (front background), 3-1/2″ x 4-1/4″ (floral panel), 3/4″ x 4″ (inside trim)

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Stampin’ Up! products used in this project:

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