inkspirationwithteresa, Author at Inkspiration Cards

OnStage 2022

Posted on November 22, 2022November 22, 2022 by inkspirationwithteresa

It’s been just over a week now since I got back from Montreal for OnStage 2022 and I’m finally getting back into the swing of things. I like to say I had an OnStage hangover, lol! There’s always so much going on at these events. The energy is high and there’s so much to be excited about. Plus this year is the first in-person event since before the pandemic… so of course everyone was excited to get together again!

It was extra exciting for me because I’m celebrating my 10 year stampaversary this year! And I was helping out with registration. So I got to grab my swag box early and be one of the first faces people saw at the event. It was so awesome to see the excitement on everyone’s faces and to cheer for those people who were attending for the first time. I also got to make some new friends as my check in buddies were 2 demonstrators from the US; Selene and Cheryl. We had a lot of fun! It was also great to see some familiar faces. It’s just not the same seeing my team members faces on ZOOM!

Making new connection and deepening old ones is one of the many things I love about Stampin’ Up! events. I also love the sneak peeks and free stuff you get! How can you not right?! And because I attended in-person I got the new January-April Mini and Sale-a-bration catalogues before other demonstrators. My swag bag was full of goodies from the new catalogues and I even got to order some of the new products before pre-order in December!

I’m so glad I got to go to OnStage 2022! I feel like I’ve only scratched the surface of how much fun these events are. It’s something you really need to experience for yourself to truly know what I’m talking about.

If you’d like to join in on all the fun, join my team! We have a lot of fun together and I’m here to support you in any way I can no matter what you’re hoping to do. Sign up here!

Oh…. and don’t forget to check out the card I made to swap at OnStage! I can’t believe I forgot to mention how much I love to swap projects. Check it out here!

Dual Pop Up Card

Posted on November 18, 2022November 19, 2022 by inkspirationwithteresa

I’m back with the Fancy Folds Design Team blog hop! And this month we’re making a Dual Pop Up Card. This card took a little longer to figure out, but in the end it wasn’t so hard. You definitely want to take your time with the two pieces for the mechanism! Jan B, a demonstrator from the UK, has a great video to walk you through step by step. She also has measurements for those of us in North America. Just look under the video in the comments for the A2/US measurements.

For my design I went with a holiday theme. Using the All Spruced Up bundle and Painted Christmas Designer Series Paper worked nicely for this. I used Soft Succulent for the card base and a lighter design throughout the inside and outside to keep it nice and subtle.

On the card front I added a few die cut tree outlines from the Spruced Up dies. One in Evening Evergreen, one in Soft Succulent and one in Basic White. Next I paired two phrases from the Spruced Up stamp set together to go on the outside and die cut them using one of the All That dies. Then I popped it up with some Stampin’ Dimensionals and added a few gold Festive Pearls.

The inside is also pretty simple. Just a couple more tree outlines on the doors. And I did add an extra piece of 3″ x 3″ Basic White cardstock on the inside to give room to write.

The Dual Pop Up card was definitely a little trickier than some of the other cards I’ve done with the Fancy Folds Design team. But still easier than I thought. Keep hopping around the world to see all the different designs. Next up is Mette Nording Shaw from Australia. Check out her card here.

And check out last month’s hop here where we made a Cascading Display card.

OnStage 2022 Card Swaps

Posted on November 15, 2022November 15, 2022 by inkspirationwithteresa

I’m back after an exciting weekend in Montreal for OnStage! It was great to be back in person again. And it was just as awesome as I remember! There are so many things that I love about OnStage and one of my favourites is the card swapping. Here are 3 of my favourite OnStage 2022 card swaps.

This first one is by Serena Li and features the Texture Chic Designer Series Paper. I just love this patterned paper! The colour combinations and designs are so unique! Behind the strips of DSP she embossed a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock with a retired folder; the current Timeworn Type embossing folder would be a good substitute. The “thanks” is on a strip of Soft Succulent cardstock and she added a few Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

This next card is from Sara Ogilvie and I love how she used the Blending Brushes to add her colours. The Basic Black card base really helps the Parakeet Party, Tahitian Tide and Orchid Oasis pop. The image comes from the Stronger Together stamp set. She also added a piece of Vellum as well as a strip of Black and White Designs DSP behind the image.

The last card features the early released Fitting Florets suite. This suite is actually from the upcoming mini catalogue and you can get it now if you want. My favourite thing from this suite are the dies. The frames are so cute! And I really like how this demo layered 2 of the designs from this DSP pack to create her card mat.

These are just 3 of the OnStage 2022 card swaps that I got. Check out the rest of them over on my Facebook page here.

And check out my card swap design here!

OnStage Card Swap

Posted on November 11, 2022November 11, 2022 by inkspirationwithteresa

As you read this I’ll be on my way to Montreal! This weekend is the first OnStage event I’ve been able to attend in person since the pandemic started. I’m really excited to go and knew I wanted to join in the unofficial OnStage card swap! This is one of my many favourite things about OnStage. There’s also the sneak peeks, the free products and meeting demonstrators from all over! To name just a few.

At just about every Stampin’ Up! event there are demonstrators that make cards and other projects just to swap with one another. Card swaps are a great way to get inkspiration and to see how other demonstrators design their cards. I enjoy doing card swaps with my team and so it’s really nice to get cards from people outside of my team! Plus it gives me the chance to meet other demonstrators that I wouldn’t see otherwise.

For my card design I kept it simple. I used some of the Sunprints Designer Series Paper for my card mat on a Gray Granite card base. Then I layered a few things on top. Running across the bottom is a piece of Silver Metallic Edge Cotton ribbon. On top of that is a phrase from the Bottled Happiness stamp set that I framed using the Layering Circles dies and popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals. And last but not least, I silver heat embossed a dragonfly from the Dragonfly Garden stamp set and punched it out with the coordinating punch.

I hope the other demonstrators like my OnStage card swap! I’ll post some of my favourites here next week so stay tuned. In the meantime you can check out the card I made for my team’s most recent card swap here.

And you can always stock up on stamping supplies in my online shop!

Christmas #SimpleStamping

Posted on November 9, 2022November 9, 2022 by inkspirationwithteresa

November is here and there’s only 6 1/2 weeks until Christmas! Can you believe it?! I’m finally taking the full deep dive into my holiday crafting. I’d like to try and get my holiday cards out at the beginning of December this year. Fingers crossed! So when I saw this month’s #SimpleStamping challenge from Stampin’ Up! I was all in! This month the challenge is to do some Christmas #SimpleStamping, or something for the New Year. And this time we can add some embellishments to the usual stamps, ink and paper.

I haven’t done any crafting with the Penguin Place stamp set in a while so I decided to use that as my main stamp set. And to keep with the christmas/winter theme I’m using Pool Party as my main colour. The snowflakes I stamped in the background come from the Spruced Up stamp set. And I used Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Pale Papaya, Soft Suede and Pool Party to create the scene in the centre.

I framed the scene with a bit of Pool Party cardstock. Then popped up the scene with some Stampin’ Dimensionals and layered the phrase on top. The phrase comes from the Penguin Place stamp set. Then to finish it off I added a few of the silver Festive Pearls to the centres of the snowflakes in the background. I love this pack of pearls!

Check out my Facebook live where I crafted this Christmas #SimpleStamping card here. I do live crafting there every Monday night, so be sure to like my page while you’re there so you don’t miss out!

And you can check out last month’s #SimpleStamping challenge here.

Handmade Teenage Birthday

Posted on November 4, 2022November 4, 2022 by inkspirationwithteresa

I can’t believe it… I’m the mother of a teenager now! How did that happen?! Anyway… She wants to be more involved in the planning and designing now, but I still wanted to do something special for her party. I have to admit, crafting a handmade teenage birthday is a little trickier than I’m used to. Usually I have a theme to guide my design. This time it’s a colour… rose gold. A great colour. One of my favourites… but not quite what I’m used to working with.

So I went looking at a local dollar store for ideas in their party section. When I was there I found a very colourful cake topper and decided to create my own. To do it I used the retired Playful Alphabet dies to spell out “Happy Birthday” in Rose Gold Specialty paper. Then I simply stuck the letters to pieces of Basic White cardstock and cut triangles out of the bottom. To create the banner I folded the cardstock over some retired Rose Gold Metallic thread and used some Mini Glue Dots to attach it to a couple of rose gold straws.

The other thing I needed to figure out were the thank yous for my daughter’s friends. This idea was sparked by something I found on Pinterest. It’s a simple belly band wrapped around a kraft journal. I used the Hues of Happiness Designer Series Paper for the band. And I heat embossed “thanks” from the Biggest Wish stamp set in gold (sadly no rose gold embossing powder). Then I used one of the All That dies to cut it out and added it to the band.

I hope she likes how these handmade teenage birthday favours turned out! You can check out the birthday card I made for her here. And stock up on any stamping supplies you need in my online shop.

Joyful Flurry

Posted on November 1, 2022November 1, 2022 by inkspirationwithteresa

The Joyful Flurry bundle is one of my favourites from the July-December Mini catalogue! It’s next on my list to get for my holiday crafting! In the meantime I wanted to share two cards from a recent team card swap that use snowflakes as their featured image.

The first card is made by Laura Seki and uses more traditional winter colours. She creates a pretty monochromatic card using Balmy Blue. First she stamped and die cut using the Joyful Flurry bundle. Then she used paper tearing on that same piece of Basic White cardstock. I love that this bundle has a mix of dies that fully cut out images and only partially cut them out. Laura’s used a bit of both on this card. She also added a bit of Balmy Blue ink to the snowflake centres using Sponge Daubers. And then finished off the card with some of the White Crinkled Seam binding ribbon and a few different pearls and sequins.

This other card is made by Joanne Wilke and uses Fresh Freesia as it’s main colour. To make this card she heat embossed the large snowflake image first in white. Then she used a Sponge Dauber or Blending Brushes to add Fresh Freesia all around the snowflake. The “Merry Christmas” come from the Regal Reindeer stamp set. And to finish is off she added a few sequins.

I can’t wait to get my hands on the Joyful Flurry bundle so I can make some beautiful snowflake cards like these! Check out my card for this team card swap here! And if you want to get your hands of the Joyful Flurry bundle like me, then head over to my online shop!

Paper Pumpkin Ho Ho Ho

Posted on October 28, 2022October 28, 2022 by inkspirationwithteresa

I’m excited to join the Paper Pumpkin blog hop again this month! Probably because I’m loving this month’s Paper Pumpkin Ho Ho Ho. This is definitely my favourite holiday themed Paper Pumpkin ever! The stamp set has so many great images and phrases. And the envelopes and dies cut pieces are great too.

For this alternative project I’m making a card and I’m using some non-traditional colours; Bermuda Bay and Crumb Cake. It all started with me wanting to use Bermuda Bay to stamp some snowflakes. Then when I was looking at the pieces in the kit and I had the idea to cut up one of the intricate die cut pieces. I layered that on top of one of the pieces left over from the frame and popped it up with Stampin’ Dimensionals. But not before I did some tone on tone stamping and added a snowflake to the centre of each of the die cut snowflakes.

Underneath that layer I took a strip of Bermuda Bay cardstock and did some more tone on tone stamping using the “ho ho ho” stamp. For my other phrase I combined “holly jolly” and “Christmas”. It’s one of my favourite holiday songs! I used both Bermuda Bay and Crumb Cake ink to stamp this phrase. Then to finish it off I added an Iridescent Pearl Basic Jewels to the centre of each of the “snowflakes”.

I just LOVE the October Paper Pumpkin Ho Ho Ho kit! Don’t you?!

Check out the other projects on this month’s hop with the link below. And to check out last month’s hop with the September Paper Pumpkin kit, start with my alternative project here.

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Feminine Birthday Cards

Posted on October 26, 2022October 26, 2022 by inkspirationwithteresa

This month marks the start of a busy season of gifting for us. From now until Christmas there are 6 birthdays to celebrate, plus we have Hannukah too. To kick things off I need 2 feminine birthday cards. One for my mom and one for my daughter. I’m using the same stamp set for both cards; Biggest Wish. I haven’t used it since I got it during Stampin’ Up!s flash stamp sale, so I’m excited to use it!

For my mom’s card I using some of the In Colours; Sweet Sorbet, Orchid Oasis, Fresh Freesia and Pale Papaya. The card base is Sweet Sorbet, then I used all of these colours to stamp “happy” down the left hand side of the card front. I also used Sweet Sorbet for stamping “birthday” and popped it up with some Stampin’ Dimensionals. And then for a celebratory kind of background I randomly stamped the small x’s using the other colours. At first I thought I would use some of the In Colour Dots, but the x’s almost look like confetti.

For my daughter’s card I used Petal Pink for my card base. I did some tone on tone stamping to create a simple background. Rose gold is the “theme” for her party this year, so I used some of the Rose Gold Metallic Specialty Paper for the card mat. Then I layered a piece of Basic White cardstock on that I did some heat embossing on in gold. Too bad Stampin’ Up! doesn’t have rose gold embossing powder. I’d be all over that! To add a little something more to the card I used the Stitched Rectangles dies to cut out the phrase. Then I popped up these layers with Stampin’ Dimensionals and added a few Iridescent Pearl Basic Jewels.

I usually find making feminine birthday cards so much easier than masculine birthday cards. But with these cards it’s pretty easy to give them a more masculine look… all you need to do is swap out the colours.

If you’re stuck for ideas for the guys in your life, check out my post using the He’s All That bundle here. And you can find both the He’s All That bundle and the Biggest Wish stamp set in my online store.

Spruced Up

Posted on October 21, 2022October 21, 2022 by inkspirationwithteresa

With every new catalogue our larger team always does a card swap. And the July-December mini catalogue is no different. For my swap I wanted to step it up a little while keeping it simple. I especially like to keep it simple when I have to make a lot of cards at once. So I made a book fold card using the Spruced Up bundle.

I have a few different elements to this card so I wanted to have a neutral card base. Crumb Cake works nicely for this and is probably my favourite brown to craft with. On the “spine” of my card front I have a strip of one of the designs from the Painted Christmas Designer Series Paper. I love the colours and patterns in this DSP pack, don’t you?! For the main part of my card front I embossed a piece of Basic White cardstock using the snowy mountain range from the Charming Landscapes embossing folders. I thought it makes a really nice background for the other elements.

I stamped the large tree with Evening Evergreen and then cut it out with the coordinating die. And the phrase is actually 2 phrases from the Spruced Up stamp set. I really love these two together! To stamp them I place them as close together on the block as I can. I stamped the phrase in Evening Evergreen too. Then I die cut it with one of the All That dies and popped it up with Stampin’ Dimensionals. To finish it off I added a few Festive Pearls. These are another favourite of mine from the July-December mini catalogue. And apparently a lot of people agree… I’ve seen it out of stock a couple of times already.

Here’s my card…

Check out some of the cards I got from this recent card swap here. I’ll be sharing more here in the upcoming weeks, so stay tuned! And you can check out the Spruced Up bundle in my online shop.

#SimpleStamping with Paper Craft Crew

Posted on October 18, 2022October 18, 2022 by inkspirationwithteresa

Each month Stampin’ Up! has a #SimpleStamping challenge and I’ve been having a lot of fun doing them. This week the Paper Craft Crew is doing some #SimpleStamping too (PCC488). So I’m excited to do some #SimpleStamping with Paper Craft Crew and Stampin’ Up!

For my card design I started with what punch I was going to use. (Stampin’ Up!s challenge gives us an extra punch to work with on top of the usual stamps, ink and paper.) I love the bottle images from the Vintage Christmas stamp set! So I decided to use the Vintage Bottle punch even though this is going to be a thank you card.

From here I picked my colour combination. And since it’s not going to be a Christmas card I’m using Pale Papaya and Crumb Cake as my main colours. I stamped the bottly with Crumb Cake ink and the main flowers in Pale Papaya ink. Then I added in a splash of Soft Succulent for the flowers’ centres. The thank you is from the Biggest Wish stamp set. I also stamped that in Pale Papaya, then framed it with some Crumb Cake cardstock and popped it up with Stampin’ Dimensionals to be at the same level as the bottle. And to have a little something more in the background I stamped the ink splatter image from the Quiet Meadow stamp set with Crumb Cake ink.

I really enjoy #SimpleStamping! And so I had a lot of fun with these challenges.

Check out the other cards for more #SimpleStamping with Paper Craft Crew here. And you can check out one of my previous #SimpleStamping cards here.

Cascading Display Fold Card

Posted on October 14, 2022October 14, 2022 by inkspirationwithteresa

We’re back! And this month we’re making a Cascading Display fold card. This is a fun and simple card to make and it looks great! It’s funny… the more I make fancy fold cards the more I find them easier than they look. For measurements and tips to make your own check out my YouTube video here. Then post a pic in the comments. I’d love to see your designs!

Both of my designs for this fancy fold card are Christmas themed. I guess I’m really getting into my holiday crafting. Anyway… for one design I paired the Christmas Scottie stamp set and Lights Aglow Designer Series Paper. For the colour combination I used Smoky Slate and Mint Macaron. I just love the way the gold foil sparkles with this DSP! Don’t you?!

The other design uses the Spruced Up stamp set and the Painted Christmas DSP. This time with Evening Evergreen and Soft Succulent for my colours. I thought about popping up some elements or adding some bling, but decided the card didn’t need it. The simple mechanism that helps layer the different pieces really does the trick. It closes so nicely and when it’s open you can easily see all the different layers.

Make sure to keep hopping around the world to see all the different Cascading Display fold card designs! Up next is Mette Nordling Shaw from Australia. Check out her design here…

https://stampingmette.blogspot.com/2022/10/cascading-display-card-with-fancy-folds.html?fbclid=IwAR0pDR-jWdAX51pEb8WPvtCjo_CXQXKr6bekIk_roShWEYCOs2zcSeeMD5Q

And if you want to check out last month’s hop where we made a Triple Floating Diamond card, you can start that hop here.

Starter Kit Plus

Posted on October 12, 2022October 12, 2022 by inkspirationwithteresa

I’ve been crafting for about as long as I can remember. Then in highschool I was introduced to scrapbooking and not too long after that card making. I think this story rings true for most of us crafters. I can’t imaging not crafting! And since I joined the Stampin’ Up! family just over 10 years ago I can’t imagine not being a demonstrator either. When I joined it was a bit different, but especially now you get the Starter kit plus so much more when you join.

From now until the end of this month (Halloween) Stampin’ Up! is offering so much more! As always you get to choose what products you want to order, plus a Paper Pumpkin kit. Plus you start with a 20% discount on all of the top quality and easy to coordinate products that Stampin’ Up! offers. And if that wasn’t enough, as a demonstrator you get first look at upcoming new catalogues and products as well as the chance to order them before they are released to the public!

One of the other benefits of becoming a demonstrator is the community. Sometimes I wonder why I don’t start with this, but there’s a reason I say Stampin’ Up! family. Stampin’ Up! offers different events throughout the year to get together in-person and online and craft. They also offer recognition for a number of different milestones and support whenever you need it. And on top of that you would be joining my smaller team as well as the larger team that I’m a part of. I’m here to answer any questions you might have and I love celebrating my team members whenever I get the chance. With our larger team, there’s even more support and of course crafting fun!

Usually you get $165 worth of Stampin’ Up! products for only $135 (no shipping or taxes depending on your province). But this month you will get $206 worth of product!!! There’s never been a better time to join. You can use the $206 worth of product to get everything you need for your holiday crafting. And if you want to share your love of crafting with others I’m here to help you figure out what to do with those catalogues and other business supplies you get with your kit.

For more information about being a demonstrator check out my join my team page. Or if you’re ready to get the Starter kit plus even more then you can do that here! And let me know if you have any questions. I’m happy to help in any way I can!

Fall Watercolour Background

Posted on October 7, 2022 by inkspirationwithteresa

It’s the Thanksgiving long weekend here! Which means Halloween and Christmas are right around the corner. But before I dive deep into my holiday crafting I wanted to share this idea I had for a Fall watercolour background card. I’m not sure where this idea came from, but I just love it! Maybe it’s because I wanted an excuse to do some watercolouring, who knows?!

The card itself is very simple. I used my Water Painters to add Crushed Curry and Calypso Coral to some Fluid 100 Watercolour Paper. And with the one sheet I was able create the background and some leaves. To make the watercolours pop I wanted a fairly dark card base. Mossy Meadow worked perfectly… not too dark like Basic Black.

Over top of the larger piece I used the Aspen dies on a piece of Basic White cardstock to create my forest. This is such a great set of dies, with or without the coordinating stamp set Perched in a Tree. I also used the leaves from this set of dies to create my watercoloured leaves. But not before I embossed the paper using the Timber 3D embossing folder to add a little more texture.

I laid the die cut trees right on top of the watercoloured paper so that I could pop up the leaves and the phrase using Stampin’ Dimensionals. Surprisingly enough the phrase comes from the Friends are like Seashells stamp set! I just love the phrases and fonts of this stamp set! So even though it might be more of a summer stamp set, it really is versatile. Then to finish it off I added a few Brushed Metallic Adhesive Backed Dots.

The Fall watercolour background turned out really nicely I think. And I just love the look of it so much I want to make another one using more “wintery” colours.

Check out another card I created using watercolouring here. And you can find the Aspen dies in my online shop.

Splendid Thoughts

Posted on October 5, 2022October 5, 2022 by inkspirationwithteresa

Before I dive deep, deep into my holiday crafting I want to share a few more fall themed projects. These cards come from my team’s card swap for the July-December Mini catalogue. The Splendid Thoughts bundle is so nice! But I especially LOVE the Designer Series Paper! I think that’s why I love these cards so much.

This first card was made by Moira Sands. She uses the stamp set and coordinating dies for her design with Mint Macaron as her main colour. The shimmery DSP design looks great with the gold accents. She also uses the Timeworn Type 3D embossing folder as her background.

Up next is the card from Diana Langman. She uses the Splendid Thoughts stamp set, but decided to pair it with the Scalloped Contours dies. Her main colour, Soft Succulent, comes from the gorgeous Texture Chic DSP. She also created a different kind of gatefold card for her design.

The next card is from Rosina Petrella. She also crafted a fun fold card… wish I knew what it’s called (let me know if you do). Rosina, like Moira, also uses the whole Splendid Day suite for her card. Her main colour is Fresh Freesia and I really like how she overlapps the coordinating die cuts with the stamped images. I think I might need to figure out how to create this fun fold myself!

And last but definitely not least is the card made by Lorraine Melanson. She also uses Fresh Freesia, but she pairs it with Mint Macaron and added a simple metallic piece of DSP. I love the bee, but I think my favourite thing about this card is how she did some tone on tone stamping on her card base. It’s such a simple way to step up a plain piece of cardstock!

I love our team card swaps! They’re a great chance to get inkspiration. Plus you can see samples using products you might not have. Check out all the other reasons why I love my team, and Stampin’ Up! family, here. And you can find the Splendid Thoughts bundle, and everything else, in my online shop.