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#SimpleStamping Thank You Card

Posted on April 19, 2024April 19, 2024 by inkspirationwithteresa

This month’s #SimpleStamping challenge from Stampin’ Up! is to make a #SimpleStamping thank you card. And we can use stamps, ink, paper and our favourite retiring product. This was actually a tough choice for me. There are a few things that I’m sad to see retiring. In the end I decided to use the Circle Sayings stamp set as my favourite retiring product.

For my colour combination I went with one I haven’t used before. I’m using Misty Moonlight and Lemon Lime Twist. The card base is Misty Moonlight and I used Lemon Lime Twist for my card mat. Then I stamped a simple background using the rays image with both Misty Moonlight and Lemon Lime Twist ink.

On top of this I layered a Misty Moonlight square that framed a piece of Basic White cardstock that I stamped my sentiment on. I was so tempted to use the coordinating punch. It’s a great and simple way to step up your projects! I stamped the “thank you” in Misty Moonlight ink. Then I framed it with an extra sentiment and some more rays with Lemon Lime Twist. To finish off the #SimpleStamping thank you card, I popped these squares up with a few Stampin’ Dimensionals.

If you want to step it up a little bit more, add a few Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

Check out another card I made using the Circle Sayings stamp set here. There’s less than two weeks left to grab this great bundle. Don’t miss out!

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Colouring with Circle Sayings

Posted on July 28, 2023July 28, 2023 by inkspirationwithteresa

With all the hustle of working mom life I don’t colour as often as I’d like to. It’s definitely been way too long since I did some colouring for a project. And one of the reasons I love the Circle Sayings bundle is because the images are great for colouring. So this week I decided to finally get around to some colouring with Circle Sayings. And since it’s still July I’m going with a summer themed card.

So that’s where I started with my design. With the seashell image as my jumping off point, I went with Pool Party and Crumb Cake as my colour combination. I just love these colours for a summer/beach themed card. So I have Pool Party for my card base and then I added a strip of Crumb Cake across the centre. But not before I embossed it with the 3D Painted Texture embossing folder.

Behind the strip of embossed Crumb Cake cardstock are a few seashells. These ones are from the Season of Chic stamp set. Then on top of these layers I have my little seashells from Circle Sayings. I stamped it twice with Crumb Cake ink to create a ring. Usually when I’m colouring with my Stampin’ Blends I stamp with Tuxedo Black Memento ink. Fortunately it worked out for me. I used mostly the light Crumb Cake blend. But there’s also some light Pool Party, light Petal Pink and a little bit of the dark Crumb Cake.

Once that dried I punched it out and popped it up with some Stampin’ Dimensionals. Then to finish it off I added a few of the Flat Adhesive Backed Pearls.

I definitely need to do some more colouring with Circle Sayings! Maybe next time I’ll use the Watercolour Pencils.

Check out another card I made using the Circle Sayings bundle here. And you can find the bundle in my online shop here.

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.

Different Kind of Gatefold Card

Posted on June 30, 2023 by inkspirationwithteresa

I totally took advantage of this month’s Designer Series Paper sale from Stampin’ Up! There are so many options. But I was able to keep it to just 2 new packs of DSP. For today’s card I’m sharing one of those packs… Fresh like a Daisy. And I’m making a different kind of gatefold card. Fresh like a Daisy is such a great pack of patterned paper for this time of year! Lots of flowers and colours. It actually uses all of the new 2023-2025 In Colours AND some of the other new colours from the Colour Refresh.

To pick my colours I picked my piece of DSP first. I’m using one of the designs with Moody Mauve and Wild Wheat. I just love the large daisies on this design! And I love how this gatefold doesn’t meet in the middle like usual.

For the belly band I used a piece of Moody Mauve cardstock to match the card base. Then I put a little bit of the other side of the same sheet of patterned paper on top. And in the middle I used the Circle Sayings bundle. I stamped the floral image twice to make a Moody Mauve wreath. And then I stamped the sentiment with Wild Wheat ink. Once it was dry I punched it out with the coordinating punch and popped it up with a few Stampin’ Dimensionals. And to finish it off I added some Wink of Stella to my wreath.

I enjoy a good fun fold card and so making this different kind of gatefold card was fun!

Check out another card I made with one of the other beautiful packs of DSP that are on sale right now here!

And today’s the last day to get 15% off all of Stampin’ Up!s regular packs of DSP, so don’t miss out! You can find them all in my online shop!

Patterned Paper Birthday Card

Posted on June 23, 2023June 23, 2023 by inkspirationwithteresa

Without even realizing it I chose a great sketch design for Designer Series Paper for my team’s monthly creative challenge! Each month I choose a sketch design, theme or colour combination for them to use to spark some inkspiration and have some creative fun. They use whatever they have on hand and then post a pic in our Facebook group. For mine I’m making a patterned paper birthday card.

I’m having a lot of fun right now crafting with the online exclusive Hello Irresistible DSP. The colours… the designs… so pretty! I especially like the designs using Petal Pink and Flirty Flamingo. To help the colors from the patterned paper stand out I’m using a Basic White card base. Then I layered 2 different designs on top. In between the 2 layers of DSP I have an embossed piece of Flirty Flamingo cardstock. I embossed it using the splatter 3D embossing folder.

Then to make it a birthday card I used a couple of sentiments from the Circle Sayings stamp set. I used Petal Pink ink for one and Flirty Flamingo ink for the other. Once I punched them out using the coordinating punch, I popped it up with some Stampin’ Dimensionals. And to finish it off I added a few Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

Stampin’ Up!s DSP packs make it really easy to create a pretty patterned paper birthday card… or any kind of card really!

Check out the card I made earlier this week using the same pack of DSP here.

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