Tag: Country Gingham

Adorable Owls

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I can’t believe it’s the last day of Sale-a-bration already! And that means its time to say goodbye to the Adorable Owls… and all the Sale-a-bration products. Adorable Owls is definitely my favourite stamp set from this catalogue. These guys are just too cute! So for my last card I of course had to use this stamp set.

I wanted to pair this stamp set with the Country Gingham Designer Series Paper. That’s one of the ways I figured out my colour combination. I also wanted to colour my little friend and Balmy Blue is one of the watercolour pencils in Assortment 2. So I’m using one of the Balmy Blue designs and paired it with Crumb Cake.

Above the DSP I stamped some leaves and flowers from the Delicate Borders stamp set. Then I layered my owl on top. I used one of the Framed Florets dies to cut out my owl and create the frame with Crumb Cake cardstock. To colour my owl I lightly coloured with Early Espresso, since there isn’t a Crumb Cake watercolour pencil, and Daffodil Delight for the beak and feet. I coloured the owls eyes with Balmy Blue and lightly all around him for a bit of sky.

From here I popped up my framed owl using some Stampin’ Dimensionals. Then added a phrase from the Adorable Owls stamp set with Crumb Cake ink which I also popped up.

Adorable Owls

It makes me sad to say goodbye to these Adorable Owls, but I think I’ll be holding on to this stamp set so I’m not too sad.

Check out another one of my favourites from the Sale-a-bration catalogue here. And make sure to head over to my online shop before the end of today if you want to grab some last minute Sale-a-bration products. Once they’re gone… they’re gone!

Case the Catalogue

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Stuck for an idea? There’s lots of different things you can do when you want to craft but don’t know what to make. When I get stuck sometimes I pull out a kit to get the creative juices flowing. Sometimes I look through the MANY pictures I have on my phone of projects I found on Facebook, Instagram or Pinterest. The other thing to do is case the catalogue… meaning I copy a project idea from the catalogue.

This past weekend I did just that! Not because I was stuck for an idea this time, but for a team challenge. Every once in a while challenges, and other things, are posted to spark our creativity. The card I chose to copy is one I’ve been looking at for a while. It shows off one of my favourite stamp sets from the January-April Mini catalogue… Love Cats! These cats are super cute right?!

I used Sweet Sorbet for my card base. And one of the Petal Pink designs from the Country Gingham Designer Series Paper pack for the card mat. The next piece is the Sweet Sorbet tag which is simply a piece of cardstock with the corners trimmed. To make the hole for the Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon I used one of the Something Fancy dies.

I layered the other part of the tag on top with some Stampin’ Dimensionals. This piece needed a bit of fussy cutting and one of the smaller Petal Pink Country Gingham designs. My “Hi there, Valentine” is stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento ink on a piece of Petal Pink cardstock. Then I used the plain heart from the Heart Punch pack to cut it out. I used some Pearl Basic Jewels to finish it off, but I think the Heart Pearls in the Annual catalogue would look super cute too! The Linen Thread is also a nice touch. Just a little something different to contrast all the shades of pink.

Case the Catalogue

This is such a cute card! I really need to case the catalogue more often!

If you’re still not sure what I mean by “case” the catalogue, check out my blog post where I explain it all. And if you live in Canada and would like your very own copies of the catalogues (aka idea books), send me an email – inkspirationwithteresa@gmail.com. Or you can dive right in and start shopping the catalogues in my online shop!

Country Gingham Valentine’s Card

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It’s been a long time since I joined a Paper Craft Crew Challenge. And I love the Country Gingham Designer Series Paper that I got recently so I thought I’d join in and make a Country Gingham Valentine’s card. I think this patterned paper works great for this week’s challenge. This week’s challenge is a vertical sketch challenge (PCC502). And here’s the sketch design…

Country Gingham Valentine's Card

For my design I’m using two of the colours from this pretty pack of paper; Sweet Sorbet and Petal Pink. My card base is Sweet Sorbet and then I mixed some of the different Sweet Sorbet and Petal Pink DSP designs for the card mat and strips. I used a smaller, softer design for the card mat and two bigger patterns for the strips.

On top of my strips of patterned paper I layered a few hearts using the Heart Punch pack from the Annual catalogue. I used the scalloped heart punch for the Sweet Sorbet heart. And the plain heart for the Petal Pink and Very Vanilla hearts. The sentiment comes from the Love Cats stamp set. And I stamped that with Sweet Sorbet ink. Once I layered the three hearts together I popped them up on my card using some Stampin’ Dimensionals. Then to finish it off I added a few of the Flat Adhesive-backed Pearls.

Country Gingham Valentine's Card

I enjoyed joining this week’s Paper Craft Crew Challenge and making this Country Gingham Valentine’s Card!

Check out all the other card designs for this week’s vertical sketch challenge here. And you can check out my last card for the Paper Craft Crew here, where I did some #SimpleStamping.