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by Becky Roberts on Nov 20 2020
Hello and Happy Friday Stampers!
Becky Roberts from Inking Idaho here with a card using almost all of the new snowflakes. That's what happens when you can't decide, you use them all!
They are so beautiful it really wasn't hard.
I started with the big snowflakes by cutting them in vellum. Then to hide some of the adhesive I used, I placed a few of the smaller snowflakes on top. I cut them in vellum, white cardstock and silver mirror paper.
The tiny snowflake is stamped in black in and is from the Ho Ho Ho stamp set.
Here are the products used on this card.
Snowflake Lydia
Leave it in the comments below if you know who this snowflake was named after! Ü
Snowflake Alice
Winter Snowflakes
Fancy Christmas Sentiments
The gorgeous sentiment is embossed in white and is from the Fancy Christmas Sentiments stamp set. The sentiments in this set are so pretty...and fancy!
Thank you for joining me. Please follow me on Instagram for more inspiration.
Happy Friday!
Becky
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by Becky Roberts on Oct 30 2020
Hello Stamping Friends, Becky Roberts here from Inking Idaho.
Since tomorrow is Halloween, I thought I would share one more spooky project with you using the haunted house from A Spooky Day.
The house is colored with Copic markers and die cut. The background is ink blended with Distress Oxide inks and the Life Changing Blender Brushes. Once that was complete, I stamped the tree, clouds and the kids.
A Spooky Day
A Spooky Day has a coordinating die too!
Life Changing Blender Brushes
For more creative ideas, I invite you to follow me on Instagram.
Happy Halloween!
Becky
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by Becky Roberts on Oct 08 2020
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Happy Friday Stampers!
Becky Roberts from Inking Idaho here with a spooky good card and candy holder for October.
This Frankenstein is big and bold with fun sentiments!
Not gonna lie, he sort of gave me nightmares as he would surprise me on my desk a time or two while I was working on him!
I made the background with Distress Oxide ink and Life Changing Blender Brushes. I die-cut four squares to make a window and added a window sheet behind it. The window is popped up on foam tape and Frank is behind it. I simply stamped him on green cardstock and embossed in black. No coloring, no shading, no nothing!
For this guy, I stamped on Copic friendly cardstock and colored with Copic Markers.
The finished box size is 1-3/4" x 4".
Cut your cardstock to 7-1/4" x5-3/4". Score the length at 1-3/4", 3-1/2", 5-1/4" and 7". Score for the bottom at 1-3/4".
So Franken Cute
Life Changing Blender Brushes
Thanks for popping in today!
For more creative ideas, please follow me on Instagram.
Becky
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by Becky Roberts on Aug 28 2020
Hi Stamping Friends, it's Becky Roberts from Inking Idaho here today with a Halloween card.
This is Spooky Day and it makes a fun but not so scary card.
I added a spooky background with Distress Oxide Inks in Fired Brick, Abandoned Coral, Brushed Sage and Scattered Straw with the Life Changing Blender Brushes. The house and tree are colored with Copic markers and the kids, clouds and sentiment are stamped in Black Hybrid Ink Pad.
A Spooky Day
Thanks for being with me today. For more creative ideas, you can follow me on my blog and Instagram.
Becky
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by Becky Roberts on Aug 07 2020
Hello Stampers and Happy Friday!
Becky Roberts here from Inking Idaho with a pretty tulip card. We have a very, very short window of tulip growth here in Idaho, so when I see them I really enjoy them.
I stamped the Early Tulip Bouquet stamp with the Picket Fence Black ink pad. I colored it in with a few Copic markers and then hand cut it out. I turned the image over and on the backside, gently rubbed with a big ball stylus giving each flower a little bubble shape to it. Then I added a foam square to the center of each of those areas and placed it on a piece of 4" x 5-1/4" cardstock. That way it is popped up and has a little rounded shape to each flower.
I used the Fancy Kaleidoscope Stencil (one of my personal favorites!) and Distress Oxide ink with the Life Changing Blender Brushes on the card panel before adhering it to a folder card. Then I ripped it off really fast because I noticed the card was upside down...don't tell me you've never done that! *Ü*
Early Tulip Bouquet
Fancy Kaleidoscope Stencil
Life Changing Blender Brushes
Have a lovely weekend!
Becky
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by Becky Roberts on Jul 17 2020
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Happy Friday to you!
Becky Roberts here from Inking Idaho with a beautiful wedding card. Weddings might look a little different but the bride and groom still get celebrated. We have three weddings this summer that we would have attended but now we will just send a beautiful card and perfectly packaged gift...the benefits of having a ton of stamping stuff!
I used the beautiful stamp set called A Bride's Bouquet. It has this image and several great sentiments for that special day.
I colored the bouquet with Copic markers and hand cut it out. I stamped the same image directly on the card so the stems would be there and I didn't have to cut them out. I placed foam squares behind the image and gently placed it over the stamped card. I used markers to continue to color those little stems.
I added Gin & Tonic Sequins - oh how I LOVE this mix of sequins!!
Before I did all that I lightly stenciled the background with the Fancy Kaleidoscope Stencil, which unfortunately is currently sold out and the Life Changing Blender Brushes.
Life Changing Blender Brushes.
A Bride's Bouquet
Happy Friday Stampers!
Becky
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Coffee Understands with Becky Roberts
by Becky Roberts on Jun 26 2020
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Hi Stamping Friends!
Becky Roberts of Inking Idaho here today with a couple of coffee cards to share with you.
I used the stamp set Coffee Understands and the Coffee word die.
I colored the girl with Copic markers and placed her on a hand cut tag. I embossed the sentiment in white and then lightly sponged over it with Frayed Burlap Distress Oxide Ink.
Coffee Understands
Coffee Word Die
This card has the sentiments in the stamp set embossed in white for the background.
Both cards backgrounds are stenciled with Distress Oxide ink in Speckled Egg with the Flowers Stencil and the Life Changing Blender Brushes.
I stenciled first, and then embossed.
Life Changing Blender Brushes
Have you tried ink blending or stenciling with these brushes yet? Please do, you will find the application so much smoother and easier!
Happy Friday, friends!
Becky
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To The Lovely Couple Wedding Ensemble
by Becky Roberts on May 16 2020
Happy Friday Stampers!
Becky Roberts here from Inking Idaho with some brand new stamps to share with you from the May Release!
This beautiful wedding cake is from the To The Lovely Couple stamp set. It makes a gorgeous wedding card as well as Save the Date or Mr. and Mrs. There are several sentiments in the stamp set that work great with the cake.
I used the A Rose stamp as a background and colored the cake with Copic Markers.
To The Lovely Couple
The new A Rose stamp set is a super pretty one! It is great for coloring but also beautiful if you just stamp on colored cardstock. I've used it here as a background for the card as well.
A Rose stamp set and die
I used the flowers from the wedding cake to embellish the basket and filled it with paper flowers for a beautiful wedding ensemble.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Becky
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Cake Is Important To A Happy Life!
by Becky Roberts on Apr 24 2020
Hi stampers, Becky Roberts here from Inking Idaho.
Who loves cake? It seems like I've been cooking non stop lately with everyone home and I've made a few cakes the last month. My family loves dessert!! I like cake but not as much as I love coloring cakes, so today I have three cards to share featuring cake and images from the Let's Decorate Stamp Set.
I have colored the images with Copic Markers and used the dies to cut them out. The cake is popped up on Foam Squares.
Let's Decorate Stamp Set Let's Decorate Dies
I made the backgrounds using Distress Oxide ink and Picket Fence Studios Life Changing Blender Brushes.
Have you tried these yet? They make ink blending so smooth and easy!
These will make perfect birthday cards; I can't wait to send them to friends. You will love the Let's Decorate set and dies for your celebrations too. If you make some, tag me on Instagram so I can see!
Happy Friday! Becky
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by Becky Roberts on Apr 03 2020
Happy Friday Picket Fence Stampers!
Becky Roberts here from Inking Idaho with a pretty little baby girl card.
To get the onesie shape I made a few cuts. Start with a 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" piece of cardstock. Fold in half like you would for a regular card.
1. Sleeves: Measure on the sides of the card where the sleeves will go, from the top corners down to 1-1/2". Make a tiny pencil mark. From that pencil mark measure 3/4" in towards the chest. Cut on that 3/4" line.
2. Sides: From that cut 3/4" line, use a ruler to draw a line diagonally to the bottom corners of the card and then cut on that line.
3. You now have a onesie with sleeves. Use a corner rounder on the sleeves to round and soften the sharp corners.
4. Legs: I used a 1-1/2" circle punch to add the leg holes. After you make the punch, use your scissors to slightly straighten the crotch area so it look more like how the leg holes should look.
5. Neck: I used the same hole punch to create the neck opening.
6. Now it is time to decorate.
Rose Stencil
Sleeping Baby Stamp Set
I stenciled the roses and leaves onto the light pink cardstock with Distress Oxide Inks and the Life Changing Blender Brushes.
I stamped the sentiment on white cardstock measuring approximately 2-1/8" x 1". I hand cut the tag shape and punched a hole to attached to the ribbon sash.
Add jewels, pearls or little buttons to the top.
Have a lovely weekend, friends - stay safe out there!
Becky
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Picket Fence Has So Many Fun Words!
by Becky Roberts on Mar 13 2020
Hi Stamping Friends, Becky Roberts from Inking Idaho here today posting to the Picket Fence blog.
I really love the sentiments sets that Picket Fence Studios carries, so today I decided to pair them up with some of the stand alone word dies to create cards with sayings that probably weren't meant to go together but sure are fun!
Seriously OMG. NO. JUST NO.
Seriously Word Die
Always be you the world can adjust
Always Word Die
Love Ya really. truly. absolutely.
Love Ya Word Die
Coffee you make my heart skip a beat
Coffee Word Die
The sentiment sets I used are It's Peopley Out There, Favorite Notification and Seriously, Absolutely, Always
Seriously, Absolutely, Always and Favorite Notification
It's Peopley Out There
Look how fun these words are!
The background for all of these is A City in the World.
I started with a stencil background for each of them, but when I added the words, it felt kind of plain, so I stamped the background over the top.
Thanks for reading today! For more creative ideas, please visit my Inking Idaho blog or follow me on Instagram. See you next month!
Becky
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by Becky Roberts on Feb 21 2020
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Hi friends, its Becky Roberts from Inking Idaho.
Today I have a cute card to show you called Tightening Her Bra Strap. This is a fun one with a couple of snarky sentiments.
I stamped the images in Picket Fence Hybrid Black ink and colored them with Copic markers. I added all the sentiments in the white spaces.
Tightening Her Bra Strap Stamp Set
Super fun sentiments in this set.
My favorite is 'don't worry, karma will be back, she's just tightening her bra straps'.
Tightening Her Bra Strap Dies
This also has coordinating dies - no fussy cutting here!
Happy Friday stamping friends!
Becky
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by Becky Roberts on Jan 10 2020
Hi Friends, Becky Roberts here today on the Picket Fence Blog.
Have you ever shown up to an occasion just because you know there will be cake? LOL I have! Seems appropriate, right?
For this card, I used the beautiful background stamp, A City in the World. I love that it could be virtually anywhere!
The girl is stamped with the German Braids stamp set and German Braids coordinating die.
I colored her hair with Copic Markers E49, E18, E39, E17 and E13.
The flower in her hair is from the Let's Decorate Stamp set and die and colored with Copic Markers R24, R22, R20 Leaves, YG97, YG95, YG93.
Let's Decorate Stamp Set Let's Decorate Dies
The sentiment which I love so much is from the stamp set called Cheat Day
Enjoy some cake today!
Becky
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by Becky Roberts on Dec 20 2019
Hi friends, it is Becky Roberts from Inking Idaho here today.
I have gorgeous cakes to share with you, well not really, but that would be fun! I really love this set because it is classy and pretty and not just the standard birthday cake we see so often.
The images are all colored with Copic markers. The stripe background is Rough Around The Edges background stamp. The brown is a bit of Distress Oxide Ink blending with the Life Changing Blender Brushes and I have a 3/8" white organdy ribbon tied around the card.
Let's Decorate Stamp Set Let's Decorate Dies
I just love how dianty and beautiful these images are and the set has fun sentiments too! I've got a few more cakes on my blog if you are interested in seeing more.
Happy Friday!
Becky