Inkspiration Cards

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.

Bloom Impressions

Posted on February 28, 2025February 28, 2025 by inkspirationwithteresa

Today’s the last day of Sale-a-bration! I can’t believe we’re already at the end of February. Can you?! One of my favourite things from the Sale-a-bration catalogue turned out to be the Bloom Impressions Designer Series Paper. Now I have to admit, I do prefer the designs with one or two colours. But I have used the mutli-coloured designs for a couple of projects.

I love purple! So for my last card design that I’m sharing here, I’m using the Blackberry Bliss/purple design. And I’m pairing it with another of my favourites… butterflies!

My card base is Basic White. Then I layered my piece of patterned paper on top. The next layer is a Blackberry Bliss butterfly tag I made using a special die from the Beautiful Butterflies Hybrid Embossing Folder. To make this tag I ran the same piece of cardstock through the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss machine twice, making sure to line up the die using the line on the die when I flipped the cardstock around.

Next I added a detailed Basic White butterfly to the outside of the tag using the Fine Tip Glue Pen. And on the inside of the tag I added a Basic White butterfly outline. I did need to trim the antennae and the bottom of the body a bit to fit. Then on top of that I added a Blackberry Bliss sentiment from the More than Autumn stamp set.

I’m a little sad that the Bloom Impressions Designer Series Paper is retiring. But I’m glad I still have some left!

Don’t miss out on getting this pretty pack of patterned paper for FREE… or any of the other great free and exclusive Sale-a-bration products! You can find them all here in my online shop.

Want more ideas for this colourful pack of patterned paper? Check out another card I made using the Bloom Impressions Designer Series Paper here.

Monochromatic Z-Fold Card

Posted on February 22, 2025February 22, 2025 by inkspirationwithteresa

I enjoy a good monochromatic card. And I definitely enjoy making a Z-fold card. So I thought to myself why not put them together and make a monochromatic Z-fold card! This one features the free Sale-a-bration Designer Series Paper pack Bloom Impressions. The colours in this pack of patterned paper are so bright and colourful. It definitely makes me look at the calendar to see how many more days there are until Spring… 26 by the way.

For this card design I went with a simpler pattern from the Bloom Impressions Designer Series Paper pack. This one is Coastal Cabana. So that’s what I used for the card base and ink for the sentiment. The sentiment is from the Beautiful Butterflies stamp set. I also added a splash of Lost Lagoon. This is one of my favourite colours. And it’s still in the same colour family so it still makes this a monochromatic card.

I placed two panels of the Bloom Impressions patterned paper on the card base. Then on top of the outside panel I have 3 Basic White butterflies. Well mostly Basic White. Before I die cut them using the Beautiful Butterflies dies, I stamped the splatter image a bunch of times on a piece of Basic White cardstock using Lost Lagoon ink. I wanted at least a little bit of colour on the butterflies. Then I popped up the sentiment, which I punched using the To the Point Label punch, with a couple of Stampin’ Dimensionals. But I only put the dimensionals on one side to make sure that when the sentiment overlapped it wouldn’t stick to the “inside” of the card.

You can get the patterned paper I used for this monochromatic Z-fold card for free as part of Sale-a-bration. Check out all the products you can get with an order of $75 or more in my online shop. You have one more week to take advantage. Don’t miss out!

And if you’d like to check out another card I made using the Beautiful Butterflies bundle, you can check that out here.

Happy Valentine’s Day

Posted on February 14, 2025February 13, 2025 by inkspirationwithteresa

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! And to celebrate I’m sharing the last of my Valentine’s themed projects. A fun home decor piece that you can easily put in a 6″ x 6″ frame. I love making projects like these for the different holidays and seasons! And the Adoring Hearts hybrid embossing folder makes this really easy! You just need to hold on to all the extra embossed and die cut hearts for future projects… or maybe you can use them like confetti.

To make the coloured hearts pop I wanted a neutral color for the ‘frame’. So I used Basic White for the inner frame and Basic Black for the mat behind it. For the hearts I used Cherry Cobbler, Fresh Freesia, Bubble Bath, Balmy Blue and a little bit of gold foil.

To reduce the number of extra hearts you can put 3 strips of cardstock in the hybrid embossing folder. So you can get 3 different colours in one go. Or you can use a 5 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ piece of cardstock for each colour and have a lot of extra hearts. I’ll leave the choice up to you. If you’ve never used a hybrid embossing folder before, check out my post that’ll tell you all you need to know here.

Once I had all my cardstock hearts, I added them to the frame using Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals. The gold foil was added on top of a plain Cherry Cobbler heart using a Fine-Tip glue pen. I did my best to stagger the colours and designs of the hearts. And I think it turned out pretty good…

Now to find a frame. I think I might still have a frame from my Happy Houseplants kit. Otherwise it’s off to Michaels for me.

You can find everything you need to make your own version of this in my online shop, including the Happy Houseplants kit which you can earn for free as part of Sale-a-bration until February 28th.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Adoring Hearts

Posted on February 7, 2025February 7, 2025 by inkspirationwithteresa

Between the Adoring Hearts and Beautiful Butterflies bundles, I’m having a lot of fun crafting with the hybrid embossing folders. (If you’re wondering what that is, check out this post!) And with Valentine’s Day next week, all those cardstock hearts I’ve been embossing and die cutting are coming in handy!

For this card design I’m doing some colouring. There are some fun designs in the Adoring Hearts stamp set and I had to make at least a couple of cards colouring some of them! In this case the flowers. I stamped the images with Tuxedo Black Memento ink. Then I coloured the flowers with the Light and Dark Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Blends and the leaves with Light and Dark Shaded Spruce. Once they dried I fussy cut them and trimmed them to make a bouquet; popping up the smaller ones in front with a couple mini Stampin’ Dimensionals. I made the cone I put them in using a piece of Cherry Cobbler cardstock that I embossed using the So Swirly Embossing Folder.

Underneath the bouquet is a Cherry Cobbler card base and Basic Black card mat. Then on the Basic White card front I stamped a few of the floral wreath images in Tuxedo Black Memento ink. On top of the bouquet is the sentiment. And to finish it off I added a few of the Adhesive-Backed Heart Sequins.

I still have some more cardstock hearts, so I’ll be sharing one more Valentine’s Day project using the Adoring Hearts bundle next week.

In the meantime, you can check out the Valentine’s Day slimline card I shared last week here.

And grab anything I mentioned here in my online shop.

Valentine’s Day Slimline Card

Posted on January 31, 2025January 31, 2025 by inkspirationwithteresa

Tomorrow’s February 1st which means that Valentine’s Day is only 2 weeks away! My creative juices have slowly been coming back (see why here). And one bundle that’s definitely sparked some inkspiration is the Adoring Hearts bundle. I love the hybrid embossing folder that comes with the stamp set! So many great possibilities! And one of the the first ideas that popped in my head when I started crafting with these was a Valentine’s day slimline card. I can fit so many more hearts on a slimline card!

The card base is Cherry Cobbler with a Basic Black card mat. This is such a nice deep red for the hearts! I also used Cherry Cobbler for one of my ink colours… Tuxedo Black is the other, of course.

I stamped the sentiment at the bottom of the Basic White card front using Tuxedo Black Memento ink. Then I stamped some small Cherry Cobbler hearts next to it. Next I added a few embossed Cherry Cobbler hearts and some gold foil ones that I die cut using another die from the bundle. To fill in the gaps I added a few Tuxedo Black hearts. I love the design on this one! It wasn’t able to pop up the more detailed Cherry Cobbler hearts, so I used some Stampin’ Dimensionals on the larger gold foil hearts.

If you like this Valentine’s Day slimline card using the Adoring Hearts bundle, then you’ll want to check out the card I shared last week. That post also talks about what a hybrid embossing folder is and what plates you need to use in your Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine.

Find this, and everything else you need to make this special Valentine’s Day card in my online shop!

What’s a Hybrid Embossing Folder

Posted on January 24, 2025January 24, 2025 by inkspirationwithteresa

Recently Stampin’ Up! introduced hybrid embossing folders to their list of products. When I saw that I was like, what’s a hybrid embossing folder?! It’s definitely a lot simpler than it sounds. Basically it’s an embossing folder and set of dies that you can use simultaneously. Before this if we wanted to emboss and die cut the same piece of cardstock, we needed to do it separately. So I’m loving that these folders make it easier for us!

Adoring Hearts in the Annual catalogue and Beautiful Butterflies from the new spring mini are the two Stampin’ Up! has right now. The folders are on the bigger side… 6″ x 6″. So you’ll need to use the full size Stampin’ Cut & Emboss machine. And when you run it through the machine you want to use the plates for a 3D embossing folder. These guys are a little thicker than the standard folders so you don’t need very many plates.

The other thing that’s just as awesome as embossing and die cutting at the same time, is the fact that you don’t have to worry about the dies moving around! The hybrid embossing folders are designed to the dies sit almost inside the embossing folder, so the cardstock lies in the folder the same as any other.

Here’s my first project using the Adoring Hearts hybrid embossing folder. I can’t wait to use it some more!

I hope that helps answer the question of what’s a hybrid embossing folder!

Check out another card I made using this same pack of patterned paper here. And stay tuned for more with Adoring Hearts! In the meantime you can find in my online shop here.

Bloom Impressions

Posted on January 17, 2025January 17, 2025 by inkspirationwithteresa

I gotta say, at first I wasn’t so sure about the Bloom Impressions Designer Series Paper from the new Sale-a-bration catalogue. Part of me was wondering if some of the patterns were too busy. But I’m glad I got it anyway! Yes, there are a couple designs that aren’t my favourite, but there are lots of other great designs in this pack of patterned paper. So I decided to use if for the Make and Take for my catalogue launch party last weekend.

I used a card design that let me use a couple different designs of DSP. And the two I chose are actually on the same sheet, just different sides. From there I pulled a couple of the colours from the Designer Series Paper for my colour combo; Peach Pie and Shy Shamrock. I haven’t used the newest In Colours in a while so this was fun! They’re bright and colourful just like the DSP. And these colours are great for Spring, which is only 6 weeks away!

The card base is Peach Pie. Then I layered a piece of Basic White and Shy Shamrock cardstock on top. On top of that I layered the two different designs of patterned paper. Next I wrapped some of the White 1/4″ Diagonal Trim from the combo pack (the other colour is Petal Pink) around all three layers and added a bow. Then I popped it all up with a bunch of Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The sentiment is from the new Hugs for Love stamp set. I stamped that with Peach Pie and then used Shy Shamrock for the fun border. Then I punched it out with the coordinating punch and layered it on top of my Designer Series Paper. To finish it off I added a few Brushed Brass Butterflies. I love these little guys! And not just because I love butterflies. They just add a little something when you want something but don’t want to use jewels or gems.