Inkin With Dink

Alaska card swap

Hello Stampers!  While I was on my Alaska incentive trip, I signed up to participate in a card swap.  Today I thought I would share with you the cards that I received in my swap!  

This card was made by Carol Nordquist.
This card was made by Alicia Graham.

 This card was made by Diana Kelvin.
This card was made by Jill Taylor.
 This card was made by Tina Zinck.
 This card was made by Karen Barber.
 This card was made by Elaine Pelletier-Brown.
 This card was made by Laura Milligan.
This card was made by Jannette Shaw.
This card was made by Diane Squires.
This card was made by Karin Braxton.
This card was made by Janet Munden.
This card was made by Carol Johnson.
This card was made by Mary Polcin.

This card was made by Marcia Gay.
This card was made by Kristine McNickle.
This card was made by Tamra Davis.
This card was made by Alison Okamitsu.

This card was made by Maureen Rauchfuss.
This card was made by Sandi Hartka.

I hope you have been inspired by these swaps!

 

July card classes

Hello Stampers!  Life has been on crazy street lately, and I'm not to a stopping point yet!  Make a card Monday has been postponed a day so today I wanted to share the cards that we will be making in the month's card classes!

Classes are:

Tuesday, July 10th  10:000 a.m.  Hobby Lobby - Arnold

Tuesday, July 17th  6:00 p.m.  Hobby Lobby - Arnold

Please RSVP and bring your own adhesive!  Hope to see you soon!

 

June card class

Hello Stampers!  Have you heard the news?  If you are a subscriber to my newsletter then you have already heard that I have changed the number of cards that we will be making in my monthly card classes!  We will now be making 8 cards, two each of four designs!  Why the change?  I just decided that I really appreciate all of my customers and I wanted to show you!  Plus, many of you have told me in the past that you like to save a sample of your cards for ideas.

Here are the cards that we will be making in this month's classes:

The cost of this class is $15, or free with a minimum purchase.  

Tuesday, June 12th  10:00 a.m.   Hobby Lobby - Arnold

Tuesday, June 19th  6:00 p.m.  Hobby Lobby - Arnold

Please RSVP and bring your own adhesive!  Hope to see you at class soon!

Make a Card Monday - Delightfully Detailed Laser-cut Specialty paper

Hello Stampers!  I obviously tried to cram too much into my day yesterday and couldn't get it all done, so today I'm playing catchup!   I'm so excited about my Make a Card Monday video today!  I will be showing you how to make 10 cards from each of the full 12 X 12 sheets of the new Delightfully Detailed Laser-Cut Specialty Papers.  This paper is so beautiful!!!  Here are the cards that I made from just one sheet of this 12 X 12 paper:

 Night of Navy cards
 Cherry Cobbler cards
 Blackberry Bliss cards
 Shaded Spruce cards
 Cajun Craze cards

And here is my video that shows how to make these beautiful cards:

 

 

After you have watched my video, leave me a comment.  I will be doing a drawing to win a FREE card!

Fruit Basket and Thoughts & Prayers samples

Hello Stampers!  I wanted to showcase a couple more retiring stamp sets today!  

One of the sets that I'm really going to miss is the Fruit Basket stamp set.  This set was in the Occasions catalog.

 

It also comes as a bundle and has coordinating punches.

Another stamp set that I am really going to miss is Thoughts & Prayers.  This set makes beautiful sympathy and get well cards.

And here are some samples:

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look!  If you would like to order either of these fabulous stamp sets, just hop over to my Inkin With Dink online store and be sure to use the hostess code EPXCQ3PT and you will receive some embellishments from the new catalog!!

Leave me a comment and I'll draw a name to win a FREE card!

 

 

Guy Greetings & Flower Shop

Hello Stampers!  Today I thought I would share with you a couple more retiring stamp sets.  If you haven't checked out the retiring list from Stampin' Up! yet, here it is.  All of the stamp sets are guaranteed availability through May 25th.  Retiring accessories are only available while supplies last!

Here are some samples using the Flower Shop stamp set:

 This card was made by Pat B.

 I made this card for a swap I participated in.

Here are some samples using the Guy Greetings stamp set:

 I made this card for a class.

 I made this card for a class.

 This card was a swap by Kim Vogel.

I will be holding a So Hard To Say Goodbye event on Saturday, May 5th.  We will be at Faith Lutheran Church from 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.  The cost of the event is $15 or FREE with a purchase.  We will be making 5 make n' takes, playing games, and socializing!  Please RSVP and I hope to see you there!

Leave me a message and let me know which of these two stamp sets you like the best!  I will be drawing a name to win a FREE card!

Cool Treats and Birthday Blooms

Hello Stampers!  Have you been checking out the retiring stamp list?  There are tons of sets that Stampin' Up! will be saying goodbye to at the end of May!  Here is the list in case you missed it.

Over the next few weeks I will be periodically showcasing some of the sets that are retiring.  Today I'm going to be showing Cool Treats stamp set and Birthday Blooms stamp set.

Here are some samples made with the Cool Treats stamp set.  This is also the set that I'm featuring in my online class this month, so if you are thinking you absolutely need it, register for my online class so you will receive a kit to make 5 cards with it too!

 This is a tag that I made at a class I attended.

And here are some samples using the Birthday Blooms stamp set.

 This card was made by Karen.

 This card was a swap made by Kelley Strate.

 This card was made by Sandy Carlson.

 This card was made by Karen.

I'm holding a It's So Hard to Say Goodbye event on Saturday, May 5th.  We will be at Faith Lutheran Church from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.  The cost of the event is $15 and we will be making 5 projects using retiring stamp sets.  We will also play games, socialize, and just have fun!  Please RSVP if you can make it to the event!  I hope to see you there!

Thanks for stopping by!  Leave me a message and let me know which of these two stamp sets is your favorite!!  I will draw a name to win a FREE card!

 

Card Ministry cards

Hello Stampers!  Once a month I hold a card ministry at my church.  I have a co-leader who helps design the cards that we make every month.  We have several individuals who come every month and help us make all of the cards.

Would you like to see some of the cards that we make?  Here are some of the cards from this month's event:

Leave me a comment and let me know which card design you like the best!  I will choose a name from the comments to win a FREE card!

Alaska Achievers Monthly Blog Hop

Hello Stampers!  Welcome to the Alaska Achiever's Blog Hop for the month of March!  Those participating in the hop today are Stampin' Up! demonstrators from all around the world that have achieved the prestigious Stampin' Up! incentive trip that only a limited number around the world achieve. This month's theme is Sale-a-bration and Occasions catalogs products.

Today I thought I would showcase one of the items that came out in the second round of Sale-a-bration rewards.  It is the Springtime Foils Specialty designer series paper.

This designer series paper is gorgeous and makes beautiful cards!  Here are a couple of the cards that I made with it:

You are also able to color this amazing paper with our Stampin' Blends!  

I made a video showing how easy it is to color this designer series paper:

 

This is the card background that I made in the video:

 Thanks for joining us for this amazing hop today - I know that you are going to be inspired by what the other designers have done. Make sure that you don't miss any of these amazing blog posts. Remember you are currently at my blog - Dina Lanzendorf. So check the list below to see who is up next.

Hold on to Hope sympathy card

Hello Stampers!  I co-lead a card ministry at my church, and every month we get together to make cards for the church to use as well as for the Ronald McDonald Houses in St. Louis and now for the Fischer House at the Veterans Hospital to use.  My co-leader and I both design 3 - 4 cards for the ladies to work on when they attend our sessions.

We set it up so there are a variety of tasks to be done including cutting, stamping, adhering, coloring, etc.

Here is one of the cards that I designed for this month:

 I love the new Hold on to Hope bundle!  The stamp set is pretty in itself:

 but the framelits make gorgeous crosses!

Here is another project using the bundle:

 

Thanks for stopping by!  Leave me a comment to get your name into the drawing for a card!  I'm giving one away every day!

Stamp-a-stack

Hello Stampers!  I am holding a Stamp-a-stack class later this month!  It is a great way to get lots of cards done in a short amount of time!  In class we will be making 10 cards, two each of five designs.  We will make masculine and feminine birthday cards, sympathy card, wedding card, and a thank you card.

 

Class will be:

Tuesday, March 27th  6:00 p.m.  Hobby Lobby - Arnold

Please RSVP and bring your own adhesive.

Painted Harvest samples

Hello Stampers!  Well I was whisked away this weekend to see my daughters, so no work got done!  Instead I spent the weekend shopping, baking, doing crafts, and watching our favorite shows!!  It was so great to see them both and spend time with them!  I miss them both so much!

I did not get a chance to show you some other alternative projects using the Painted Harvest stamp set.  So, here they are:

I love the way this card turned out!  For the flowers I used Soft Sky and Marina Mist.  The middle of the flower was stamped in Sahara Sand.  Beautiful sympathy cards!!

These are fun little bags I made for my crop in September.  I try to make a little pillow gift every month.  I simply stamped the flower in Daffodil Delight and Crushed Curry and punched it out with a circle punch.  Our 2" X 8" cello bags hold the bite sized candy bars just perfectly!  So fun!

Thanks for stopping by!  Don't forget that I'm making my Mail A Card Monday on my Inkin With Dink Stampers Facebook group tomorrow at 11:00 a.m.  Click on the link to join our fun group!!

 

Painted Harvest sympathy cards

Hello Stampers!  I was busy making cards last week for some upcoming classes, and I pulled out the Painted Harvest stamp set.  I had fun trying different colors combinations on the flowers!  

Here are three color combinations that I tried:

The far left one is Wisteria Wonder for the background color and Perfect Plum for the highlights.  The middle card is Blushing Bride for the background color and Calypso Coral for the highlights.  The far right card is Pool Party for the background color and Marina Mist for the highlights.  The leafstamps are Pear Pizzazz and Wild Wasabi.

Which combination do you like the best???  Leave me a comment and let me know!  I'm thinking the purple card is the one I will use for class, unless it us unanimous for another combination!

Thanks for stopping by, and don't forget to leave me a comment and vote!  I'll draw a winner next week and the winner will win the card in the color combination of their choice!!

 

Thoughts & Prayers sympathy card

Hello Stampers!  I have always loved the Thoughts & Prayers stamp set, and I was so glad when it carried over into the catalog again.  This stamp set makes the most beautiful sympathy and get well cards!  And so easy too!

Here is one that I recently made for our card ministry at church:

We made these in all of the new in-colors!  So pretty!

Thanks for stopping by!