Welcome to the first Inky Friends Blog Hop.  We are a group of Stampin' Up! Demonstrators who have gathered to introduce the Stampin' Up! 2017-2018 Annual Catalog with some of our favorite offerings from the new catalog.  To see the line up of Stampin' Up! artists participating in the hop, click here.  If you are traveling forward through the hop, you've arrived from Yapha's blog where she featured the Coffee Cafe' stamp set.  If you are traveling backwards through the hop, you just had some undersea fun with Tanya with the Magical Mermaid.  It really doesn't matter which way you travel through the blog hop, though; all the blogs are linked in a circle and eventually you'll visit all the stops by clicking on the NEXT or PREVIOUS buttons contained in every blog post.  I hope you enjoy your travels!

Anyone who knows me knows that I have a serious love affair with flamingos--especially the tacky pink variety.  I've been collecting them (or my family has been gifting them to me) for many years.  Right now they seem to be all the rage.  It's no wonder.  They are just so darn cute with those big bodies, gangly legs, and gorgeous pink/coral colors.  When I first started thumbing through the new catalog, you can imagine my excitement when I saw the Fabulous Flamingo stamp set.  It went to the top of my must have list--the great news was that I was able to WIN the stamp set at a Stampin' Up! event within just a few minutes of seeing the stamp set for the first time.  I was over the moon excited!

I have two projects to share with you featuring this fun stamp set.

Supplies I used to make this card -- 

Stamps:  Fabulous Flamingo, Touches of Texture; Inks:  Blushing Bride, Calypso Coral, Flirty Flamingo, Marina Mist (Re-inker), Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz, Sahara Sand, Soft Sky; Cardstock:  Crumb Cake, Marina Mist, Soft Sky, Whisper White; Embellishments:  Flirty Flamingo 3/8" Striped Grosgain ribbon; Adhesives:  Fast Fuse, Mini Glue Dots, Multipurpose Liquid; Tools:  Stampin' Trimmer, Simply Scored Scoring Tool, Bone Folder Paper Snips, Aquapainter

Supplies I used to make this card -- 

Stamps:  Fabulous Flamingo; Inks:  Berry Burst; Cardstock:  Berry Burst, Whisper White; Designer Series Paper:  Foil Frenzy Specialty, Color Theory Stack; Embellishments:  Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Linen Thread; Adhesives:  Fast Fuse; Tools:  Stampin' Trimmer, Simply Scored Scoring Tool, Bone Folder, Paper Snips

I'll be back soon with the details for making these projects, so please return for another visit.  

To visit the next stop on the hop, click the NEXT button to visit with Tanya and the Magical Mermaid or the PREVIOUS button to visit with Yapha for a Coffee Cafe' break.