Rick Adkins

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Inspiring Iris Thank You Card Facebook Live Mini Class

Hello everyone, it's time for this weeks Facebook Live Mini Class! This week I am going to share with you how to make my April Thank You Cards featuring the Inspiring Iris Stamp Set and the outgoing 2018-2020 In Colors.

During this weeks Facebook Live Mini Class I am going to be making one of the five thank you cards I did for my customers that ordered in April. I decided to use one of my favorite new stamp sets in tonight's mini class. Irises are one of my favorite flowers and I had to have this set when I saw it last April. We have the power to inspire people just as they inspire us. Create beautiful inspiring projects with the Inspiring Iris Stamp Set.

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In case you've never joined me for Facebook Live, I go live every week, (typically on Wednesday at 8:00 pm CST) on my Facebook business page with one to three projects. Everyone is welcome to join!

If you were unable to join me live I will have uploaded the video here afterwards. If you are viewing this post by email you may have to click here to see the video.

This Weeks Projects:

This week I am only going to show you how to make one of the thank you cards in one of the colors because they were all made the same. You can check the PDF for the measurements.

All of the details for today's
project can be found on the
project sheets here.

They have all the products I used and measurements for each color of my April Thank You Cards.

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Product List

Inspiring Iris Photopolymer Stamp Set [149268] $21.00	Lovely Lipstick Classic Stampin' Pad [147140] $7.50	Lovely Lipstick Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [147179] $3.75	Lovely Lipstick 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Grosgrain Ribbon [146952] $6.00
Lovely Lipstick 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146970] $8.75	Grapefruit Grove Classic Stampin' Pad [147142] $7.50	Grapefruit Grove 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Grosgrain Ribbon [146954] $6.00	Grapefruit Grove Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [147181] $3.75
Grapefruit Grove 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146972] $8.75	Pineapple Punch Classic Stampin' Pad [147141] $7.50	Pineapple Punch Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [147180] $3.75	Pineapple Punch 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Grosgrain Ribbon [146953] $6.00
Pineapple Punch 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146971] $8.75	Blueberry Bushel Classic Stampin' Pad [147138] $7.50	Blueberry Bushel Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [147176] $3.75	Blueberry Bushel 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Grosgrain Ribbon [146950] $6.00
Blueberry Bushel 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146968] $8.50	Call Me Clover Stampin' Pad [147139] $7.50	Call Me Clover Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [147178] $3.75	Call Me Clover 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Grosgrain Ribbon [146951] $6.00
Call Me Clover 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146969] $8.50	2018-2020 In Color 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [149618] $11.50	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100730] $9.75	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $6.00
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Refill [133456] $5.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $5.25	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.00

Make a Splash Thank You Card Video Tutorial

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share a super cute card with you using the host/hostess stamp set Make A Splash from the January - June Mini Catalog from Stampin' Up!. This is a fun little stamp set and I am sad that it's a host set because it means it will retire at the end of the catalog period. So if you like this fun little whimsical stamp set the way that I do you may want to get it with your host rewards ASAP. Host Stamp Sets can only be earned with Host Rewards (Stampin' Rewards). with a qualifying order of $150 or more. Just because it says host doesn't mean you have to have a party or event you can simply earn Stampin' Rewards by placing a qualifying order in my online store and use the earned rewards towards one of the host only stamp sets or other products. Here's a look at my card.

Make a Splash Host Stamp Set, Mango Melody Whisper White Whisper White Thick Cardstocks, Mango Melody Classic Ink, Pool Party Classic Ink, Rick Adkins Stampin' Up!

Tips & Tricks:

This is a quick and easy card to create and can be recreated in mass production if you need a lot of cute simple thank you cards to send out. You can even do the stamping that I share in the video onto a piece of 12" x 12" Whisper White cardstock and cut it down and have a lot of card fronts at one time instead of stamping them one at a time. One of my favorite techniques is to stamp my own designer series paper in custom colors and images that I love. When I saw this set in the back of the January - June Mini Catalog I knew I had to have it. I just loved the little goldfish so much; plus it's kind of hard to have live goldfish in the house when you have a couple kittens. Kittens and goldfish do not play nice together. I am just saying. After stamping all my little beauties in a triangular format it was time to start putting the card together.

I added the stamped designer series paper (3 3/4 x 5 Imperial 13.9cm x 9.5cm metric) to a Mango Melody mat that I cut at 4 x 5 1/5 (14.4 cm x 10 cm). I then stamped the sentiment onto a piece of scrap Mango Melody Cardstock and added it to the card front with a couple Stampin' Dimensionals. I then added everything to my Thick Whisper White Card base that I cut at 4 1/4 x 11 scored and folded in half (29.7 cm x 10.5 cm). And that finished off my card. I told you it was super quick and easy to do.

Video Tutorial:

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Thanks for dropping by today, I hope that you are inspired to try this simple stamped quick and easy card. I know that you will love the Make a Splash Stamp Set. Create a fun scene in a fishbowl with the Make a Splash Stamp Set. The sincere phrases are perfect for greeting cards to express support and friendship.

Happy Stampin'

Rick Adkins

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