2021-2023 In Colors Archives - Inkspiration Cards

Goodbye Polished Pink

Posted on April 7, 2023April 7, 2023 by inkspirationwithteresa

For the past few weeks I’ve been featuring the 2021-2023 In Colours to get ready for this. This list of retiring products is now officially out! And that means it’s officially time to say goodbye Polished Pink. I’ll talk more about the list next week, so stay tuned. And over the next couple of weeks I’ll be featuring some of the retiring products in my projects. But if there’s something you really want, don’t wait! Things are selling out already!

For this card my main colour is Polished Pink, of course. And I’m pairing it with one of my favourite colours Blackberry Bliss. This is a bit of an unlikely colour combination but it works. Polished Pink is definitely a colour that’s had me scratching my head at times to figure out what to pair it with. And now that I’m getting the hang of it, it’s retiring. Grr!

The images I’m using for this card are also retiring. I’m really sad that Butterfly Brilliance is retiring (dies too), but I’ll be holding on to this one. I stamped the butterflies in Polished Pink and the sentiment too, which is from Something Fancy. To keep Polished Pink as the focus I used Blackberry Bliss mainly as a background colour. Including the typed text from Quiet Meadow.

To add a little something more to the card I also embossed the piece of cardstock with the stamped text using the Timeworn Type 3D embossing folder. Then on top of that, and the butterflies, I used one of the Something Fancy dies to frame the sentiment. To finish it off I popped up the sentiment and added a few Rhinestone Basic Jewels for a little bling.

While I’m sad that it’s time to say goodbye Polished Pink… and Butterfly Brilliance, I’m excited for the new catalogue. And I can’t wait for my pre-order to arrive so I can start sharing some new projects with you!

Check out a couple more retiring colours here. I can’t believe that Pear Pizzazz is retiring too! This summer is going to be a busy one with purging and reorganizing my craft stash!

For the latest on what is still in stock from the retiring list, check out my online shop. I’ve never seen things sell out this quickly before so don’t wait!!

Collage Stamping with Happiness Abounds

Posted on March 24, 2023March 24, 2023 by inkspirationwithteresa

I don’t know if you can call this a technique. But I think it kind of is. And it’s a great one to use if you’re into making more simple cards without lots of die cuts and embossing. I’m talking about Collage Stamping! And I’m doing some collage stamping with Happiness Abounds. This is such a great stamp set for this! Lots of sentiments to choose from and a variety of images to create your collage. Of course you can always mix and match different stamp sets if you like.

Since I’m crafting with Pale Papaya that was the first colour in my combination. This is one of my favourites from the 2021-2023 In Colours and am definitely going to miss it when it retires in a couple of weeks! And since I’m using the Happiness Abounds stamp set I chose Pear Pizzazz as my second colour. Then for my third colour I went with Crumb Cake. I always like at least 3 colours for a card like this and Crumb Cake is a nice subtle, neutral colour.

To create my collage for the background I started with the larger flower image with Pale Papaya ink. Then I stamped the ink splatter image from Quiet Meadow with Crumb Cake ink. And to fill in any open spaces I used Pear Pizzazz ink with one of the leaf images.

For the next layer I simply stamped a sentiment with Pear Pizzazz ink and then stamped a few of one of the smaller flowers around it. Then I die cut it with the Stitched Rectangles dies and did the same with the next larger die to create a Pale Papaya frame. I popped this up with some Stampin’ Dimensionals. And then to finish it off I added a few Brushed Brass Butterflies.

I just love this card using Collage Stamping with Happiness Abounds! Check out my card from earlier this week using Pale Papaya and Happiness Abounds here.

And be sure to check out my online shop! Some of he 2021-2023 In Colour products are already low inventory!

Window Slider Card

Posted on March 17, 2023March 17, 2023 by inkspirationwithteresa

A new month means a new Fancy Folds Design Team blog hop! And this month we’re making a Window Slider card! Even though I needed to take my time with this one, it’s still an easy card to make. Check out this video from Dawn, a US demonstrator. She gives the measurements and you can go step by step along with her if you need to.

This week I’m crafting with all things green since today is St. Patrick’s Day. So that’s where I started with my design. I’m using Soft Succulent and Evening Evergreen because these greens go so well together. But also because I want to show off these great colours before they retire and while they’re still available. I used Evening Evergreen as the card base and a piece of the In Colour Designer Series Paper in Soft Succulent for the card mat.

Most of the images and the sentiment on the front of the card come from the Bottled Happiness stamp set. I also threw in a splash of Fresh Freesia for the flowers because I love how greens and purples go together. But the hidden sentiment comes from the Friends are like Seashells stamp set. I really hope this one carries over… it’s definitely a favourite of mine, no matter what time of year it is!

To make it easier to slide out the inner piece of Basic White cardstock I used my retired 1/2″ circle punch. This is one I’m never getting rid of! And then to finish it off I added a few Pearl Basic Jewels around the “window”.

Check out the next Window Slider card by Mette Nording Shaw from Australia here. And remember to keep hopping around the world to see them all!

To check out last month’s Fancy Folds Design Team blog hop, start here. Last month we made a Diamond Flip Fold card.

#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.

September #SimpleStamping

Posted on September 20, 2022September 20, 2022 by inkspirationwithteresa

Today I’m sharing my card for Stampin’ Up!s September #SimpleStamping challenge. This month we’re making a “thinking of you” card using ONLY stamps, ink and paper. I really enjoy these challenges because I sometimes find it a bit more challenging when we don’t have an extra little something to work with like Designer Series Paper or ribbon. You don’t realize how used to using these things you’ve gotten until you’re challenged to NOT use them.

For my design I started with my stamp set. I wanted something that had nice images that I could layer. The Bottled Happiness stamp set I think works well for this kind of card in a lot of different ways. The images and how they are supposed to layer on top of each other… and the phrases are great too.

From here I picked my colours. Since this is a “thinking of you card” I wanted more subtle colours. I used Crumb Cake for my card base partly because of this and partly because I can pair almost any other colour with it. The other colours I picked are Soft Succulent and Fresh Freesia; both colours from the 2021-2023 In Colour collection. So pretty and not too much either.

The phrase also came from the Bottled Happiness stamp set. I stamped that with Soft Succulent ink and then framed it with some Crumb Cake cardstock. Then to finish it off I popped it up with some Stampin’ Dimensionals.

If we would have been able to add a little something to the September #SimpleStamping challenge I would have voted for some Designer Series Paper. Or maybe even a punch and then I could have used the coordinating Vintage Bottle Punch. Either way I’m happy with how this card turned out. Check out another recent card I made for another #SimpleStamping challenge here.

And you can always stock up on stamps, ink and paper in my online card shop here!

Swap Card with Quiet Meadow

Posted on June 8, 2021June 8, 2021 by inkspirationwithteresa

A new Annual catalogue means it time for card swaps!! For every new catalogue my team usually puts out a call to anyone who wants to participate. It’s a great way to get a lot of different designs without having to buy all the stamp sets yourself. With COVID we’ve shifted our swaps to the mail. So instead of swapping in person we pop our cards in the mail to everyone. I’m still waiting for my last few swap cards to arrive and I’m excited to share them with you, so stay tuned. In the meantime I’m sharing my swap card with Quiet Meadow.

This stamp set caught my eye pretty quickly. And I love the coordinating dies!. So that’s where I started with my design. I also wanted to use at least one of the new 2021-2023 In Colours. So next up was the colour combination. If you’ve been following my blog for a bit then you know that one of my favourite colour combinations is purple and green. I’m loving Soft Succulent so I decided to pair that with Highland Heather. Check out all the new In Colours here.

I used Highland Heather for my card base, the die cut flower (which came from the Meadow dies) and the stamped phrase. Then I used Soft Succulent for a bit of a background image and a strip of the new In Colour 6×6 Designer Series Paper. I also stamped a little something on the inside.

Along with the die cut flower, I also used the largest Stitched Rectangle die to create a frame. Then I cut out the phrase using one of the other Meadow dies. The flower and strip of DSP got popped up with some Stampin’ Dimensionals. And of course I had to add some bling. So I added a few Rhinestone Basic Jewels. Here it is…

I love how my swap card with Quiet Meadow turned out. And I can’t wait to open my card swaps. I’m waiting to get all my swaps before I open them. So I’m hoping I’ll have them all by this weekend so I can share my favourites with you. Stay tuned!

In the meantime you can check out the Quiet Meadow bundle or any of the other new products from the new Annual catalogue in my online shop.

A No Stamping Card

Posted on May 25, 2021May 25, 2021 by inkspirationwithteresa

With the launch of the new Annual catalogue back at the beginning of the month, I had an online catalogue launch party. And as part of this I wanted to do something different. This time I wanted to have a Make & Take that others could do with me live! Which is tricky since they wouldn’t have any of the new stamp sets from the catalogue yet. So I decided to try a “no stamping” card. Which as the name implies needs no stamping to complete.

The other piece to my card design was that I wanted to show off the new In Colours. If you haven’t heard about In Colours before, you can check it out here. The easiest way to do this I thought would be with the new In Colour 6×6 Designer Series Paper pack. And I used some Basic White cardstock to really help the colours pop.

I still wanted to add a few more layers to the card. So each card featured all of the new In Colours and at the same time focused on one of them. Behind each piece of Basic White cardstock and DSP strips was a piece of cardstock of one of those colours. Then I die cut a butterfly using the Meadow dies in that same colour. Plus, since I love to add a bit of bling to my cards, I also used the same In Colour gems.

For all my customers that signed up for the Make & Take, I also made a goodie bag. I used the new In Colour Ombre bags and added a die cut butterfly and some stamped images in the same colour as the bag. Inside I put some tea, some chocolate and their Make & Take supplies.

My customers loved the card and goodies! And I definitely enjoyed making a “no stamping” card. I will totally do this again for my Annual catalogue launch party next year. If you want to shop the new In Colours then check out my online shop.

#simplestamping with the New In Colours

Posted on May 11, 2021May 11, 2021 by inkspirationwithteresa

With Stampin’ Up!s new Annual catalogue launching this month the theme for this month’s #simplestamping challenge is “new”. So it could celebrate a new baby or a new home. I don’t have any of that going on right now or know anyone who does. And so I decided to do some #simplestamping with the new In Colours. The new In Colours that arrived with the new catalogue are Pale Papaya, Fresh Freesia, Polished Pink, Soft Succulent and Evening Evergreeen. If you’re not sure what the deal is with Stampin’ Up!s In Colours then you’ll want to check out my post.

The other piece to this month’s #simplestamping challenge is that we can only use stamps, ink and paper. So no Designer Series Paper for this card! With that in mind it took me a little bit to decide what I wanted to do. In the end I decided to use the Butterfly Brilliance stamp set. I thought this would work well because it’s such a large stamp that I’d be able to use all the colours on it. This was a little tricky as it’s all one big stamp, but I didn’t mind a little bit of overlap of the ink colours.

I started with the lightest colours first because I wanted to try and keep as much of the other ink colours off my ink pads as possible. Once I got my ink colours onto the stamp I huffed over the whole stamp to make sure there was still enough moisture. I’m still warming up to Evening Evergreen, but still wanted to make sure all the new In Colours were there. So I added a piece of Evening Evergreen cardstock to frame the butterflies in the rest of the In Colours.

For this card I decided to not add a phrase. I just couldn’t find something that I liked that worked with this theme. But that would be easy enough to do. I would simply stamp the phrase with some Evening Evergreen on a small piece of Basic White cardstock and add it towards the bottom of the card. Stepping this card up would also be pretty easy. Some Wink of Stella on the butterflies would look nice. Or even making the cardstock with the butterflies smaller to make room for a few jewels in the bottom corner.

I hope you like this piece of #simplestamping with the new In Colours. I’m definitely looking forward to using them over the next two years. To check out all the new In Colour options you’ll definitely want to check out my online shop!