Inkspiration Cards

Slimline Watercolour

Posted on June 6, 2025June 6, 2025 by inkspirationwithteresa

My creative juices were a little slow with helping my figure out what I wanted to create this week. Eventually the idea of using the Beautiful Butterflies stamp set to create a slimline watercolour cards of sorts popped into my head. Some of my inkspiration also came from it being Pride month. And I thought a rainbow of butterflies would be fun. It ended up turning into a watercolour background with butterflies I coloured using Stampin Blends.

The card base is Basic Black. Then I used Bubble Bath, Fresh Freesia and Pool Party ink and a Water Painter to create a watercolour background. Once it dried, I added some speckles from the same stamp set using the same ink colours to do a sort of tone on tone stamping. I also added a sentiment from the Beautiful Butterflies stamp set using Tuxedo Black Memento ink.

For the butterflies, I stamped them all with Tuxedo Black Memento ink. Then I coloured them different colours to create a rainbow. I used Cherry Cobbler, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Shaded Spruce, Pool Party and Highland Heather. Next I die cut them with the coordinating die and popped them up with a few Stampin’ Dimensionals.

This card was fun to make and definitely fit my need to do some colouring this week! I hope you like the variation of a slimline watercolour card.

Check out another card I made using the Beautiful Butterflies stamp set here.

And don’t forget to head to my online shop for anything you need to make your own version! Be sure to post your card in the comments. I’d love to see it!

Everyday Arches

Posted on May 30, 2025May 30, 2025 by inkspirationwithteresa

Part of what I love about being a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator is all the fun I have getting together with others to craft! Especially when it’s with my team… in-person or virtually. Just recently there was a virtual get together where we got to make a few cards with some materials our large team leader sent us. And as an added bonus some of the pieces she sent to us were from dies, etc. that I don’t have. My favourite one that we made uses the Everyday Arches dies. It’s part of an online exclusive bundle that I’ve been wondering if I should add to my wishlist.

The card base is Mossy Meadow with one of the darker designs from the Country Woods Designer Series Paper pack. This is one of my favourite packs of patterned paper! So I was really glad when I saw it was being carried over. On top of the Designer Series Paper panels are Crumb Cake arches. Then on the middle arch is a smaller Very Vanilla arch with a sentiment from the recently retired Layering Leaves stamp set in Early Espresso. The foliage is from the Gallery Blooms dies and it’s all wrapped with some Linen Thread.

For the two side panels, the smaller arches have different designs from the Beautiful Gallery Designer Series Paper pack. Then on the front panel I added another sentiment from the Layering Leaves stamp set that I die cut using one of the Something Fancy dies, also recently retired. This got popped up with a couple of Stampin’ Dimensionals. And then to finish it off there are a few Pressed Flowers Motifs.

When it’s closed, all the arches line up…

And when you open it looks like this…

The Everyday Arches dies have definitely made it onto my wishlist now!

Check out another fun fold card I made here.

And if you’d like to join my team to get in on all this crafting fun there’s never been a better time! For just a couple more days you can get $220 worth of Stampin’ Up! product for only $135. Then whether you decide to make a business of it or not, you’ll get to be a part of this great community!

Let me know if you have any questions. And if you’re ready to join in, here’s where you can do it.

Sports Themed Birthday Party

Posted on May 23, 2025May 23, 2025 by inkspirationwithteresa

My youngest munchkin is now 12 years old! Holy cow! By this time next year I’ll have 2 teenagers… does anyone know a way to slow down time?! Anyway… It took my youngest a while to figure out what he wanted to do for his birthday. But he finally figured it out and we’re having a sports themed birthday party. A couple of years ago he wanted a basketball themed birthday. So as an ever hopeful scrapbooker, I saved what I used/created and was able to use some pieces for this year’s theme. I want to make my munchkins birthdays special… I also don’t want to break the bank doing it!

Whenever I can I pull from my craft stash. I also love a good free printable! And there are tons out there. It’s rare that I’m hard up to find some good printables, no matter what the theme.

Sadly I don’t have many sports themed stamps. I do still have the baseball themed stamp set that Paper Pumpkin had a couple of years ago. But that doesn’t help me this time around.

So for this year’s party I created a fun sports themed centrepiece using a few different printables I found. I also put a little something on the pillow boxes I’m using for loot bags. I think these are the last loot bags I’ll be putting together 🙁 I’m pretty sure teens roll their eyes at stuff like that… or is just my 15 year old?

Hopefully my youngest munchkin likes my interpretation of a sports themed birthday party. I still can’t believe he’s 12 years old!

Check out some of the things I put together for my oldest munchkin’s birthday a couple of years ago here.

I always use Stampin’ Up! cardstock when I’m using printables. The quality and colours can’t be beat! Stock up in my online shop!

Watercolour Painting with Stampin’ Up! Inks

Posted on May 16, 2025May 16, 2025 by inkspirationwithteresa

I think I shared here that I recently started taking a watercolour painting class. Well, I’m 3 weeks in and I’m hooked! I love it! I’m loving it so much that I went straight down into my basement after class last weekend and did some more watercolour painting with Stampin’ Up! inks. This summer I’ll look into getting my own brushes and paints. But in the meantime the range of colours Stampin’ Up! has is pretty wide, so I don’t have to worry too much about mixing colours… as long as I have them.

This week we were sketching and painting birds and tree branches. (Check out my Facebook page to see my paintings) So when I got home I kind of kept going… at least with the branches anyway. I used Pecan Pie and a Water Painter to create a few branches on some watercolour paper. Then I added a few Lemon Lime Twist leaves. But instead of birds, I painted blossoms using Bubble Bath ink. At first I thought I’d add a bird. But my creativity didn’t want to flow that way.

To get the ink colours on your Water Painter there are a few different ways. The first is to put a drop of ink refill on an acrylic block or other flat surface. This is what I prefer to do whenever possible. Another way is to squish some ink onto the lid of your inkpad. And if you have a Stampin’ Spot, you can stamp the ink pad onto a block, etc.

Watercolour Painting with Stampin' Up! inks

I’m not quite sure what I’m going to do with this piece yet. Maybe I’ll turn it into a card. Who knows?! In the meantime though, I’m going to keep watercolour painting with Stampin’ Up! inks.

Check out a recent card I made using watercolouring here.

Cheers to All the Moms

Posted on May 9, 2025May 9, 2025 by inkspirationwithteresa

This weekend is Mother’s Day. I usually make Mother’s Day cards filled with flowers. A pretty common theme. But this year I’m doing something a little different. I’m having fun with the Cheers & Sips stamp set, so I thought I’d say cheers to all the moms with a fun card using this and some of the newest In Colours. What mom wouldn’t enjoy a mimosa or a nice glass of wine this weekend?!

The card base is Darling Duckling with a Secret Sea design from the Celebratory Sips Designer Series Paper pack for the card mat. Then I have a simple piece of Basic White cardstock that I stamped some speckles around the edges with Darling Duckling, Old Olive and Timid Tiger ink. And in the centre, I have a few different cocktails that I fussy cut from the same pack of patterned paper. I also fussy cut a few of the small pink flowers to put around the sentiment.

The sentiment is from the Cheers & Sips stamp set AND the retired Dahlia Days stamp set. Then I die cut part of the sentiment using one of the Stylish Shapes dies. I popped up the cocktails and sentiment using Stampin’ Dimensionals. Then to finish it off I added a few Iridescent Foil Gems.

So cheers to all the moms out there! I hope you are spoiled… you deserve it!

Check out another card I made using the Celebratory Sips Designer Series Paper here.

And check out the Celebratory Sips suite in my online shop here.

Easy Watercolouring with Flowers of Beauty

Posted on May 2, 2025May 2, 2025 by inkspirationwithteresa

So last weekend I started a watercolour painting class. It’s someting I’ve been thinking about for a while. I’m excited to see what we create over the next few weeks, but there were definitely some parts that were frustrating. So to ease some of my frustration I did some easy watercolouring with Flowers of Beauty.

The “easy” part is that I stamped my images first and then coloured them in using a Water Painter and some ink refills. To do this I placed a drop of ink refill on one of my acrylic blocks and then used a wet Water Painter to add the colours to the cardstock.

For the flowers I used Berry Burst, Calypso Coral and Daffodil Delight. I chose those colours because they’re some of the colours from the strips of Celebratory Sips Designer Series Paper I have on my Daffodil Delight card base and Old Olive card mat. For the leaves I used Old Olive.

The sentiment is from the retired Dahlia Days stamp set. This was one of my favourites from a couple of years ago. And I can’t bring myself to get rid of it! I stamped it using Old Olive ink and die cut it with one of the Something Fancy dies. Then I popped it up using some Stampin’ Dimensionals. I also added some white twine underneath and a couple of Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

At some point I’ll share some of my creations from my class on social. So stay tuned! Come find me on Facebook and Instagram.

In the meantime I’ll keep doing some easy watercolouring with Flowers of Beauty and other stamp sets in my craft stash.

Check out another card I made using the Celebratory Designer Series Paper here.

Celebratory Sips

Posted on April 25, 2025April 25, 2025 by inkspirationwithteresa

The new Annual catalogue launches in less than 2 weeks! And while I usually like to get a new stamp set with my pre-order, the ones I really wanted weren’t included. So when I was crafting a card to go with my catalogues for customers I used a couple of pieces from the Celebratory Sips suite. It’s an online exclusive, but the patterned paper features almost all of the new In Colours. And because of that I wanted to really show it off!

I chose 4 different designs to create a background on a Very Vanilla card base. On top of that I put together a cocktail of sorts. I used Smoky Slate ink for the glass itself. Then I used Timid Tiger for the slice of orange to go with one of my strips of patterned paper. And Strawberry Slush for the strawberry.

“Cheers” is in Secret Sea and “let’s celebrate” is stamped with Darling Duck. I framed the cocktail using one of the Stylish Shapes dies and popped it up with some Stampin’ Dimensionals. Then used Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals for the “let’s celebrate”. To finish it off, instead of using the 2025-27 In Colour Flat Pearls, I used some Iridescent Foil Gems. They totally made me think of bubbles. What do you think?

Celebratory Sips isn’t a favourite yet, but I am having fun with it.

The whole suite will be available soon. In the meantime, check out the current online exclusives in my online shop.

I’m also offering an online class using this suite at the beginning of June. Contact me for more info.

Mystery Crafting

Posted on April 18, 2025April 18, 2025 by inkspirationwithteresa

So when I was at ScrapFest last weekend I grabbed a mystery bag from Byrd’s Nest Paperie. I got one from them a couple of years ago and loved all the little bits and pieces I got inside. So I decided to grab another and do some mystery crafting with it.

First thing I did was dump out my mystery bag, of course. There are some great little card, some gabric flowers and butterflies and a few trinkets. Then I pulled a few different pieces that I thought might go together.

Next I cut an Early Espresso card bae and a Crumb Cake card mat. I wanted to rough up the Crumb Cake card mat a bit though. So I tore the edges and then rubbed some Ealy Espresso ink onto the Timeworn Type 3D Embossing Folder.

On top of that I wrapped some Linen Thread around on of the cards. I popped it up with some Stampin’ Dimensionals and then added a few of the fabric flowers using Glue Dots.

I had a lot of fun with the mystery crafting project! I’m looking forward to seeing what else I can do with al the pieces I have left.

And don’t forget… there’s only a week and a half left until the new Annual Catalogue launcher! Stock up on cardstock before the price goes up and check out what’s left of the retiring product in my online shop.

And if you ever have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact me!

How to Create a Stampin’ Up! Online Profile

Posted on April 11, 2025April 11, 2025 by inkspirationwithteresa

Starting on April 15th Stampin’ Up! is launching their new rewards program. Up until now Stampin’ Up! offered rewards on bigger orders. You’d start earning free products and 50% off, etc. once an order hit $200. But now anyone who places an order of $25 or more will earn 10% in rewards to use on their next order. So if your order is $25 you’ll have $2.50 to use on your next order if you want. In Ontario these are considered like a gift card, so they won’t expire (make sure to check the rules about this kind of thing where you live). And this all happens through the Stampin’ Up! system. So now you probably want to know how to create a Stampin’ Up! online profile so you can make sure you get your rewards.

The good news is if you’ve ever placed an order with me online you’re all set. You don’t have to do anything! If you’ve never place an order online, then you’ll need to decide if you want to create an account with Stampin’ Up! or not.

To create your account all you need to do is enter your name, email address and create a password. Next you can choose your Stampin’ Up! demonstrator. Then you’re all set to update your mailing address and payment information. Now you’ll be able to check what you’ve ordered previously and see how much you have in rewards.

It seems pretty straight forward, but let me know if you need any help setting yours up. I’m happy to help!

Here’s the link to my online shop and the Stampin’ Up! website. And here’s where you can find my contact information.

I hope this answered any questions you have about the new rewards program and how to create a Stampin’ Up! online profile.

Watercolour Wash Background

Posted on April 4, 2025April 4, 2025 by inkspirationwithteresa

Lately I’ve been doing a lot of colouring. First with my Stampin’ Blends and then more recently with my Watercolour Pencils. While I was crafting some of these cards, the idea popped in my head to create a watercolour wash background. Plus I thought it’d be a great background for all the butterflies I’ve been colouring!

I’ve been using the Sketched Butterflies stamp set with my Watercolour Pencils, so I used those to help me pick my colour combination. And in Assortment 2 there’s Night of Navy and Coastal Cabana, which I thought would work well together. I used Night of Navy for my card base. Then on top of that I used some Coastal Cabana ink to create my watercolour wash background. It’s really easy to do and it looks really nice!

All you need in some Watercolour Paper, the ink refill of your colour choice, some water and a paint brush. Add a drop of ink refill onto an acrylic block or something like that to start. Then with a wet paint brush, or Water Painter in my case, pick up a touch of the ink and start spreading it over the watercolour paper. Adding more water to spread out and lighten the colour. Or adding more ink for a darker colour. You really don’t need much ink at all.

Once that was dry I stamped using Night of Navy ink. Then on top of this I added some watercoloured Sketched Butterflies which I die cut with the coordinating dies and popped up with some Stampin’ Dimensionals. The sentiment is also from the Sketched Butterflies stamp set. And I die cut that with one of the smaller Stylish Shapes dies. Then to finish it off I added a few Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

I love how easy it was to create this watercolour wash background! This is definitely a technique I’m going to use more often!

Check out another card I crafted using watercolour here.

And grab everything you need to recreate this card in my online shop. Make sure to post a pic of your card design. I’d love to see how yours turns out!

ScrapFest 2025

Posted on April 1, 2025March 29, 2025 by inkspirationwithteresa

I’m so excited to be going back for ScrapFest 2025! This will be my fourth year there and I always have so much fun. I love the chance to talk about papercrafting and Stampin’ Up!. And I’ve met some great people over the past few years. This year I’m sure will bring lots of opportunities for both of these. And maybe I’ll even make some new friends!

As usual there’s going to be lots of great vendors! There’s also fun classes, door prizes and more. I’ll of course have a Make & Take. But the only clue I’m going to give you is that it’s a fun fold card. So I hope you’ll come by and craft with me!

I’ve also been seriously purging my craft stash to bring with me to ScrapFest. I did pretty good and was really honest about what I actually need, and want, to keep in my stash. So I’ll have lots of great retired product for sale. Including stamp sets, die bundles, punch bundles and lots of retired cardstock and patterned paper.

It’s all happening on April 11th and 12th. For more details about what’s going on at ScrapFest 2025, check out their website. I imagine the crop is sold out, but there’s always lots of tickets for the marketplace. And if you buy a ticket for both Friday and Saturday, you’ll get a bag of goodies!

I’ll make sure to share my Make & Take here once ScrapFest is over. So stay tuned!

In the meantime, you can check out one of my more recent fun fold cards here.

Beautiful Butterflies

Posted on March 28, 2025March 28, 2025 by inkspirationwithteresa

Lately I’ve been wanting to do more colouring. And the Beautiful Butterflies stamp set is a great one for that! It doesn’t matter whether you use Stampin’ Blends or Watercolour Pencils, both look great. Although I may be a little biased because I LOVE butterflies, lol!

For this card design I coloured my butterflies a couple of different ways. I coloured one using just the Light Calypso Coral Stampin’ Blend. Then another with just the Dark Calypso Coral Stampin’ Blend. And one more using both the light and the dark blends. Once they were coloured and dry I die cut them with the coordinating dies and popped up two of them on the front. The other small one I put on the inside of the card.

Behind the butterflies I added some leaves from the Layering Leaves stamp set using Garden Green ink. Full strength for the outline and then I stamped off to “colour” them in. The sentiment is from the Beautiful Butterflies stamp set. It’s stamped using Garden Green ink and then I added some small ink spots using another image from Layering Leaves using Calypso Coral ink. I die cut the sentiment using one of the Something Fancy dies and popped it up so it’s on the same level as the butterflies. Then to finish it off I added a few Iridescent Foil Gems.

I love how easy it was to colour some beautiful looking butterflies! And the colour with Stampin’ Blends is so vivid.

Check out another card I made using the Beautiful Butterflies bundle here.

And grab some blends in whatever you’d like to colour your butterflies in my online shop.

Fun in the Sun

Posted on March 25, 2025March 25, 2025 by inkspirationwithteresa

It’s been a long time since my last all-inclusive vacation. And as much as I love hanging by the pool or relaxing on the beach, it’s not what I’d pick every time. But for our last family vacation we went to Disney, so this was a nice change of pace. Plus with everything since my dad died and things being pretty hectic at work, some fun in the sun is just what I needed!

I’ve been to Mexico once before… sort of. On one of our family vacations when I was younger, we hopped across the border in San Diego and spent a few hours in Tijuana. So I’m not sure if that really counts. This time we went to Cancun. The resort we stayed at was very nice and the food was really good. Even the buffet, which was sometimes nicer than our booked dinner!

My favourite part though had to be the excursion we went on. Just like with any place like this, there’s always lots of options. But I always like to experience some of the culture whenever I go away. So we went to see the ruins at Tulum and got to do some snorkeling in a local Cenote. I was so interesting learning about the history of the Mayan people, how they really valued learning and that they treated men and women as equals. And after spending all that time in the sun it felt so good to go swimming in the cool water of the Cenote.

Now I’m just hoping my tan won’t be completely faded by the time we get to summer here and I can enjoy some more fun in the sun!

Going on a plane for this vacation made it hard to take some crafting supplies with me. I did manage to tuck the Nature’s Paintings kit into my carry on though. So you can check out one of the projects that came from my in-flight colouring here.

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Nature’s Paintings Kit

Posted on March 21, 2025March 21, 2025 by inkspirationwithteresa

So last week we were away in Cancun, Mexico. A lot of fun, and relaxation, in the sun! But that meant no real time, or supplies, for crafting. And while a bit of a break was nice, I had to at least bring a little something with me. That something was the Nature’s Paintings kit. I’ve always loved colouring and especially over the past few months I’ve wanted to do it more and more. So this kit was perfect to tuck into my carry on bag!

The design I coloured for this card has a bit more to it than some of the others. But when you’re on a plane for a few hours it’s great to pass the time! For colours, I used a pair on each element. I used Granny Apple Green and Garden Green for the stems and leaves. Balmy Blue and Coastal Cabana on the bluebells… I think that’s what they are anyway. And Coastal Cabana and Night of Navy on the blueberries. Then I added a very light layer of Granny Apple Green in the background to help soften things. Once everything was coloured I used a Water Painter to blend the colours.

After it dried I stamped a sentiment in the centre from the Hooray for Surprises stamp set using Night of Navy ink. Then I cut it down to card mat size (4″ x 5 1/4″) and put it on a Night of Navy card base. To finish it off I added a couple of the smaller Paper Butterflies and a few Brushed Brass Butterflies.

Sadly the Nature’s Paintings kit has sold out. But this design can be done using any black and white patterned paper or by stamping any images you want onto a piece of watercolour paper using Tuxedo Black Memento ink. You can also use any brush with some water if you don’t have any Water Painters.

Check out another card I made using watercolouring here.

And you can grab watercolour paper and pencils in my online shop.

Uninterrupted Crafting

Posted on March 7, 2025March 6, 2025 by inkspirationwithteresa

A few weeks ago I got to spend the day with a great group of people… my larger team… for a day of crafting. There’s always good food and it’s a chance for uninterrupted crafting… or at least less interruptions than if I were at home. Lol! And this time we also had the option of joining in on a couple of creative challenges. I love this idea as it really helped get my creative juices flowing! And it gave me the chance to have some fun with the Beautiful Bokeh Designer Series Paper.

This card design came from the sketch challenge. So we were given a picture that suggested shapes, elements, positioning, etc. Then you interpret that however you want. I used Berry Burst for my card base and one of my ink colours. My other ink colour, Fresh Freesia, came from one of the 3 different designs of patterned paper I used.

On top of the patterned paper card mat, I layered a piece of Basic White cardstock. I stamped the “Happy Birthday” sentiment from the Beautiful Butterflies stamp set using both of my ink colours. Next I layered on a piece of Basic Black cardstock. On top of that is an even smaller piece of Beautiful Bokeh Designer Series Paper.

The final layer are 2 butterflies I die cut using the Beautiful Butterflies hybrid embossing folder and 2 different designs from the Beautiful Bokeh Designer Series Paper pack. I wasn’t expecting the distressed look that I got on the larger butterfly, but I really like it! To finish it off I added some Wink of Stella to both butterflies and a few Iridescent Foil Gems.

I just love this patterned paper! And I can’t wait for the next chance for some more uninterrupted crafting!

Check out another card I made using the Beautiful Bokeh Designer Series Paper here. And find everything you need to create your own version of this card, or any of my others, in my online shop.