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Bright & Beautiful Handmade Birthday Card

Posted on July 25, 2023July 25, 2023 by inkspirationwithteresa

This week’s Paper Craft Crew challenge is a sketch challenge; PCC 527. At first I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do. But then I thought of the Beautiful Balloons stamps and dies… actually the whole Bright & Beautiful suite. It’s been a little while since I crafted with them, but I think this sketch works great to make a Bright & Beautiful handmade birthday card. Here’s the sketch design we’ve been given…

From here I picked my Designer Series Paper design. I went with one of the more simple designs that uses Misty Moonlight and Fresh Freesia. So for the card base I used Misty Moonlight cardstock. I layered on a nice big piece of the DSP for my card mat. Then I popped up a tag I made using some Fresh Freesia balloons and Misty Moonlight ribbons. I love the little confetti holes that this die makes! The ‘happy birthday’ is also in Misty Moonlight. And the ribbon is from my retired stash. I still have a little bit of the Misty Moonlight cotton trim.

Then I layered on a Misty Moonlight cupcake from the Circle Sayings stamp set. The ‘celebrate’ circle is also from this stamp set and I punched it all out with the coordinating punch. I popped this up too. Along with a couple of balloons that I stamped and die cut.

Bright & Beautiful Handmade Birthday Card

As I’m typing this I’m wondering why I didn’t add some Rhinestone Basic Jewels! You totally should! Even without them I still like this Bright & Beautiful handmade birthday card.

Check out all the other cards for this week’s Paper Craft Crew sketch challenge here.

And check out my last card for the Paper Craft Crew here.

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.

Simple Handmade Cards

Posted on February 28, 2022February 28, 2022 by inkspirationwithteresa

Today is the last day of Sale-a-bration! I’m going to miss a lot of these producs. There are so many great options in this catalogue. And I’ve had so much fun crafting with them. The Sunshine & Rainbows Designer Series Paper is one of my favourites. So I thought I’d share some simple handmade cards featuring this pretty patterned paper!

The inkspiration for these cards came from Shannon West. I love how she layered the different designs! The colours for the card bases came from the DSP designs i used. I used Magenta Madness, Misty Moonlight, Bermuda Bay, Petal Pink and Pool Party. And the DSP designs worked out really well because for all the cards I just flipped the sheet over for the other design.

Since I don’t have the Cloud Punch, I fussy cut the clouds. Thankfully that was pretty easy! And the phrases came from Free as a Bird (thank you) and Timeless Tulips (happy birthday). The ink colours came from the card base colours. Then I punched out the phrase with the plain oval from the Double Oval Punch. And added a few Stampin’ Dimensionals behind them both to pop them up. To finish it off I added a few Rhinestone Basic Jewels and a simple bow using the white twine from the Baker’s Twine Essentials pack.

I just love these simple handmade cards! And I’m going to miss a lot of the products from the Sale-a-bration catalogue. Especially the Sunshine & Rainbows DSP. Check out another project I made with this great patterned paper here.

Stampin’ Up! will have some new Sale-a-bration products in the summer, but these ones will be gone after today. So if there’s something you’ve had your eye on now is the time! Head over to my online shop and get yours before they’re gone!

#SimpleStamping with Sale-a-bration

Posted on January 21, 2022January 21, 2022 by inkspirationwithteresa

The first #SimpleStamping challenge of 2022 is here! And it’s Sale-a-bration so it totally makes sense that this month’s challenge is some #SimpleStamping with Sale-a-bration. This month we need to create a birthday card using stamps, ink, paper and something from the Sale-a-bration catalogue. At first I thought of using the Sunshine & Rainbows Designer Series Paper because it’s filled with lots of bright, fun colours. Great for a birthday card right?! But I’m just loving the Awesome Otters stamp set so I ended up using that as the jumping off point for my design instead.

From there I needed my colour combination. Coastal Cabana is such a pretty blue so I started with that. The Crumb Cake coordinates really well, plus it’s a good colour for an otter and some sand. I also used some Old Olive so I could create a nice water scene. The Friends are like Seashells stamp set worked great for this. I used it for the seaweed and the specs of sand. Then I used a couple of the filler images, stamped off on a scrap piece of paper, to make the sand and add a bit of water.

The phrase on the outside is a great one. It can be used for a birthday card or a just because card. So since this is supposed to be a birthday card I added an extra phrase on the inside. I used the “happy birthday” from the Sweet Ice Cream stamp set. Which I topped off with the birthday hat from the Awesome Otters stamp set.

I always have fun with #SimpleStamping! And doing some #SimpleStamping with Sale-a-bration made it even more fun. Here’s another card I made using the Awesome Otters stamp set. And remember you only need a $60 order to earn these cute little guys for free! So once you have your list head over to my online shop.

Friendly Hello

Posted on January 18, 2022January 18, 2022 by inkspirationwithteresa

This past weekend I had an online catalogue launch party on my Facebook page to celebrate the new catalogues. There was a lot going on! Games, prizes and the chance to check out some of the products from the January-June Mini and Sale-a-bration catalgoues. And of course what stamping party would be complete without some stamping! So I had a live crafting session. And for my customers who registered, they received some supplies to stamp along… and some treats too! I used the Friendly Hello stamp set from the Sale-a-bration catalogue. Partly because I love it and partly because I thought most stampers would have some stamp sets with flowers and birds to substitute.

I thought about using the Designer Series Paper that comes with the free stamp set, but decided not to. I did pull my colour combination from the DSP though and used Petal Pink, Granny Apple Green and Crumb Cake. With these colours I made my own stamped DSP. I love doing this and this one turned out nice!

Underneath I added a piece of Crumb Cake cardstock that I embossed using the new Gingham Embossing Folder. It really adds a little something to plain cardstock! And I think this may be my new favourite embossing folder. I also wrapped some Petal Pink cotton ribbon around it and tied a bow. This ribbon comes from the new Cotton Ribbon Combo pack. It comes with Petal Pink and Misty Moonlight.

From there I added the bird on a branch image and a phrase. Both were cut out using the Stitched So Sweetly dies and popped up with some Stampin’ Dimensionals. Then to finish it off I added a bit of bling with a few of the new Brushed Brass Butterflies. I love crafting with these sssooo much! I’ve already used over half a pack! Check out one of my other cards using these butterflies and some of the other great Sale-a-bration products here. Here’s the card from my party…

I’m sad that the Friendly Hello stamp set and DSP are only around until February 28th. But I’m definitely going to make the most of it! I hope you like this card as much as my customers and party attendees do!

For more information on how to earn this stamp set and DSP for free, check out my post all about Sale-a-bration here. And then you can fill up your cart in my online shop here. Remember to use this month’s host code when you do to get a free pack of Polished Dots from me for your order of $49 or more!

Special Birthday Card

Posted on October 29, 2021October 29, 2021 by inkspirationwithteresa

October has a few birthdays for us. This is a special birthday card that I made for my mom. I always like to make something a little different for her. Lately I’ve been making fancy fold cards for her. Check out the card I made for her for Mother’s Day here. I got the idea for this fun fold from Patty Bennett. She’s a successful demonstrator from the United States and recently got a chance to do some crafting with Shelli and Sara Douglas.

For the cut out in my card I decided to do something different… I thought it would be fun to use the Cloche dies and make a shaker card. I love shaker cards! They’re so much fun and so easy to make. Since this is a birthday card I went with the cupcakes for inside the cloche. I’m just loving the Sweet Treats stamp set. The images are so cute and it covers more than one holiday.

In terms of the colour combination I wanted to keep it nice and bright. So I chose from the newest In Colours; Pale Papaya and Fresh Fressia. I also used the In Colour Designer Series Paper. Usually I wouldn’t have thought of putting these colours together, but they actually work nicely with each other. For ink I used Pale Papaya and Fresh Fressia of course, but I also added some Crumb Cake. That way the colours would really pop on the cupcakes.

For each panel I switched it up just a little bit. And then I used the Stitched So Sweetly dies for the Basic White pieces on the inside and outside of the card. Inside the cloche shaker dome I added a bunch of the Subtle Shimmer Sequins. These sequins are so pretty and you know that I love to add bling to just about all my cards!

I hope you like how this special birthday card turned out as much as I did!

And here’s the link to Patty’s video if you’d like to try to make one yourself.

End of Summer #SimpleStamping

Posted on September 10, 2021September 10, 2021 by inkspirationwithteresa

September is here and Fall is just around the corner! I’m looking forward to the leaves changing colour, but I do love the warmer Summer weather and will be a little sad when that’s gone. So when I saw this month’s #SimpleStamping challenge I thought I’d do some end of summer #SimpleStamping. This month’s challenge from Stampin’ Up! is to create a birthday card with just stamps, ink and paper. No extras this month.

The first stamp set that I thought of for this card was the Friends are like Seashells stamp set. I love this stamp set! The phrases and fonts are so versatile. And the images are so pretty. Plus you can potentially do some 2-step stamping with this set. With that decided I needed my colour combination. This is one I’ve used before. But I just love these colours with this stamp set; Pool Party and Crumb Cake. I actually like putting blues and browns together. It’s one of my favourite colour combinations.

On the outside I did some tone on tone stamping. I created a background with one of the images on the Pool Party card base with Pool Party ink. And so I made my other pieces of cardstock smaller than I usually do. Then I stamped the specs of sand image on the Crumb Cake card mat with Crumb Cake ink. I made a kind of seashell collage with both ink colours on the card front. And to top it all off I stamped a Crumb Cake starfish on the inside of the card.

To kick this card up a knotch, I would add either some Wink of Stella or a few Opal Rounds. Or maybe a bit of both, lol! I hope you enjoyed my end of summer #SimpleStamping. You can check out one of my more recent #SimpleStamping cards here. And if you want to get yourself some stamps, ink and paper to get your craft on, you can stock up in my online shop.

Sweet Treats

Posted on August 6, 2021August 6, 2021 by inkspirationwithteresa

The new mini catalogue is here! And so is another round of Sale-a-bration!! I’ve been having fun with some of the products from the new catalogues and am so excited to share them with you. While the July-December mini catalogue is all about the holidays, especially Christmas, this card is something a little different. I’ve been on the look out for a new birthday themed stamp set and I found a really cute one in the mini. It’s the Sweet Treats stamp set.

I don’t think I’m quite ready to take the deep dive into holiday crafting just yet. So while I can use this set for Christmas, I decided to make a birthday card instead. I just love the versatility of this set. And I can’t wait to use the coordinating dies! For this card I started my colour combination with Pale Papaya, one of the newest In Colours. I also wanted something a little darker than Crumb Cake. So I went with Soft Suede and I really love these two colours together.

For this design I wanted the Pale Papaya to be the stand out colour. So I used it for the card base and frame behind the cupcakes. For the background I used a combination of the Pale Papaya and Soft Suede to stamp the images. Then I wrapped some of the White Crinkled Seam Binding ribbon around it and added a bow.

I really wanted some cupcakes as the focal point for this card. So I used some masking to create my cupcake pile. Then I used a Blender Pen to make some Pale Papaya frosting and Soft Suede cupcakes. Once that was dry I added some Wink of Stella to the frosting.

To help them stand out even more I used the Layering Circles dies to frame them. And then I popped them up with some Stampin’ Dimensionals. I still wanted a little something more for this card. So I pulled out one of my favourite go-tos… the Rhinestone Basic Jewels. I love my bling!

I just LOVE this card using the Sweet Treats stamp set! And I can’t wait to craft some more with it. If you want to check out one of the stamp sets that you can earn for FREE during Sale-a-bration, then check out last week’s post here. And if you want to check out the new mini catalogue, you can do that here in my online shop. Plus if you live in Canada and want your very own copy just send me an email (inkspirationwithteresa@gmail.com). I’d be happy to mail them out to you!

Friends are like Seashells

Posted on May 28, 2021May 28, 2021 by inkspirationwithteresa

Summer is just around the corner and so I’ve been crafting with the Friends are like Seashells stamp set lately. I fell in love with this stamp as soon as I saw it! The images are beautiful and the phrases make is so versatile. The holidays got in the way for a while, but I’m so glad I came back to it.

For this card I wanted to use a different colour combination with this stamp set. So far I’ve used Crumb Cake along with Pool Party or Petal Pink. But this time I decided to go with Smoky Slate and Mint Macaron. I’ve used this colour combination before. And I know it may not be an obvious colour combination for seashells, but I think it really works well.

I also wanted to show off some of the large seashell images. Unfortunately I don’t have the coordinating dies (yet), so I fussy cut them which wasn’t too bad. For my background I decided to use the stamps that would typically be used to “colour in” the seashell stamps. I’ve done a seashell background before so I wanted to switch it up a bit. I’ve also used the seashells as a foreground which you can check out here.

I left the phrase as is. But if you want it would look nice cut out with the Stitched Rectangles dies too. I popped up the seashells and the phrase with some Stampin’ Dimensionals. And then I added some bling… For the seashells I used the Wink of Stella Glitterbrush and I added a couple of Opal Rounds on either side of the phrase.

Looking at my background now I’m going to have to try some DIY Designer Series Paper with the Friends are like Seashells stamp set. Check out the stamp set and coordinating dies in my online shop.

A #simplestamping Birthday

Posted on February 23, 2021February 23, 2021 by inkspirationwithteresa

I’m finally getting around to this month’s #simplestamping challenge from Stampin’ Up! This month there were no extras allowed. No punches, no Designer Series Paper, just stamps, ink and paper. And for this month we needed to create a #simplestamping birthday card. I’m usually pretty simple with my card designs, but keeping it to just stamps, ink and paper is still a challenge. And this month’s challenge is no exception!

For my design I also wanted to use one of the Sale-a-bration stamp sets; Approaching Perfection. The phrases are great and the images work well too. With this card though I actually just used the images from this set and went with a phrase from the Many Mates stamp set. I had an idea for a stepped up version using the Sale-a-bration Oh So Ombre DSP so that’s where I started for my colours.

I went with Bermuda Bay for both of my card bases. But for my #simplestamping card I paired it with Mint Macaron. I debated about a monochromatic look for both cards but decided not to. I framed the “Happy Birthday” with a little bit of Bermuda Bay cardstock and then decided to skip the Stampin’ Dimensionals.

For my stepped up version I used the same stamps but added some of the Oh So Ombre DSP. This is one of my favorites from the Sale-a-bration catalogue! I framed the images and phrase using one of the other designs from the same paper pack. There were a few debates with this card too. In this case it was Dimensionals, ribbon or rhinestones. In the end I decided to keep this card fairly simple too.

I hope you enjoyed my versions of a #simplestamping birthday card. I definitely enjoyed creating them. And I think I need to challenge myself to use just stamps, ink and paper more often.

There’s only a few more days until Sale-a-bration if finished! So if you want to find out how to get free and exclusive products then check out this post. Or if you live in Canada and are ready to fill up your cart then head over to my online shop!

Window Accordion Fold

Posted on November 20, 2020November 20, 2020 by inkspirationwithteresa

It’s time for another Fancy Fold design team blog hop! And this month we’re making cards using the Window Accordion Fold. This fold took me a little bit to wrap my head around. Kylie Bertucci’s video does a great job of walking you through it. For measurements I’ve posted them at the end of this post so make sure to keep reading.

When I was thinking of what to use for my card my first thought was Christmas, of course! Then I remembered my Butterfly Beauty dies and thought that would look great. So I decided to make both! For the first card I used Rich Razzleberry and Purple Posy for my colours. Then I used Beauty Abounds and Butterfly Wishes for the stamped images and phrase.

I decided to keep it simple with this one and used cardstock and stamped images instead of Designer Series Paper. And it was really easy to adhere the butterfly die cuts to each other and the window sheet with the adhesive sheets. I love how it turned out!

For my holiday version I used Mossy Meadow cardstock and the Heartwarming Hugs DSP for the base. The images and phrase came from the Poinsettia Petals stamp set. This is one of my favourite sets right now! And I used Real Red, Mossy Meadow, Pear Pizzazz and Early Espresso for my ink colours. On my window sheet I used the Poinsettia dies and layered the flowers and leaves on both sides using Glue Dots. I also added some Pearl Basic Jewels to the centre of the outer poinsettias.

Once I wrapped my head around this card it was pretty easy to put together. I love how both of my Window Accordion Fold cards turned out! As promised here are the measurements I used for this card…

Window and cardstock for base: 4 1/4″ x 11″, scored at 5 1/2″

Cardstock/Patterned Paper mats: 4″ x 5 1/4″

Cardstock for stamping: 3 3/4″ x 5″

You can check out my project from last month`s hop here. And to keep going with this month`s blog hop check out Nadine Schweda`s post here!