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Mini Pocket Folder

Posted on July 11, 2025July 11, 2025 by inkspirationwithteresa

Earlier this week while I was scrolling social media, I came across this fun project from Stampin’ Up!. And when I saw it, I got excited to try and make one for myself. Making this Mini Pocket Folder was super easy! No fancy folding needed or all kinds of different pieces to be assembled either. Just 4 pieces of patterned paper and my decorations.

I’m using one of the floral designs from the Cheers & Sips Designer Series Paper pack. The one Stampin’ Up! shared also used this same patterned paper pack, but used one of the designs with all the little cocktails on it… they used it as a cocktail recipe holder. No matter what patterned paper you pick, you definitely want to make sure you choose a design where you like both sides. Otherwise it’ll end be a lot thicker than you want it to be.

So for the folder itself, all you need to do is cut a 12″ x 12″ piece of patterned paper in half. And double check the direction of the design before you cut! Then you’ll score both pieces at 4″ and 8″ on the short side of your patterned paper. Next you’ll use Tear & Tape Adhesive along the outer edges of the end panel of one piece to stick to the first panel of the other piece and create a pocket. And make sure the designs that go inside the pocket match. I used a small 1/2″ Circle Punch to create a little notch so that it’s easier to pull out whatever I end up putting in there. You can probably go up to about 1″ or 1 1/2″ for your notch.

Then you’ll fold all the panels in towards the centre. And to create another pocket at the front of the Mini Pocket Folder, you’ll want to cut off a triangle from that very first panel. Then you’ll add some more Tear & Tape Adhesive along the bottom and smallest edge to create the pocket.

And for the last and smallest pocket, I used a completely different design from the same pack of patterned paper. The pocket is about 2 3/4″ x 3 7/8″ with an extra 1/4″ on three sides which I scored to fold in so that the pocket pops up a little bit. Of course I added more Tear & Tape along those tabs. I also used my 1/2″ Circle Punch again to create another notch.

To finish it off I added another piece of patterned paper, 2 2/8″ x 6″ scored in the middle. This created a nice edge and covered up the folds from the 2 large pieces of patterned paper. Then I added a few die cut butterflies in Bubble Bath and Blackberry Bliss using the Beautiful Butterflies Hybrid Embossing Folder.

I love simple projects like this Mini Pocket Folder! Now to figure out what I’m going to put in it! Any suggestions?

In the meantime, check out another card I made using some of the products from the Cheers & Sips suite here.

And head to my online store to grab anything you need to make your own Mini Pocket Folder.

ScrapFest 2025

Posted on April 1, 2025March 29, 2025 by inkspirationwithteresa

I’m so excited to be going back for ScrapFest 2025! This will be my fourth year there and I always have so much fun. I love the chance to talk about papercrafting and Stampin’ Up!. And I’ve met some great people over the past few years. This year I’m sure will bring lots of opportunities for both of these. And maybe I’ll even make some new friends!

As usual there’s going to be lots of great vendors! There’s also fun classes, door prizes and more. I’ll of course have a Make & Take. But the only clue I’m going to give you is that it’s a fun fold card. So I hope you’ll come by and craft with me!

I’ve also been seriously purging my craft stash to bring with me to ScrapFest. I did pretty good and was really honest about what I actually need, and want, to keep in my stash. So I’ll have lots of great retired product for sale. Including stamp sets, die bundles, punch bundles and lots of retired cardstock and patterned paper.

It’s all happening on April 11th and 12th. For more details about what’s going on at ScrapFest 2025, check out their website. I imagine the crop is sold out, but there’s always lots of tickets for the marketplace. And if you buy a ticket for both Friday and Saturday, you’ll get a bag of goodies!

I’ll make sure to share my Make & Take here once ScrapFest is over. So stay tuned!

In the meantime, you can check out one of my more recent fun fold cards here.

Monochromatic Z-Fold Card

Posted on February 22, 2025February 22, 2025 by inkspirationwithteresa

I enjoy a good monochromatic card. And I definitely enjoy making a Z-fold card. So I thought to myself why not put them together and make a monochromatic Z-fold card! This one features the free Sale-a-bration Designer Series Paper pack Bloom Impressions. The colours in this pack of patterned paper are so bright and colourful. It definitely makes me look at the calendar to see how many more days there are until Spring… 26 by the way.

For this card design I went with a simpler pattern from the Bloom Impressions Designer Series Paper pack. This one is Coastal Cabana. So that’s what I used for the card base and ink for the sentiment. The sentiment is from the Beautiful Butterflies stamp set. I also added a splash of Lost Lagoon. This is one of my favourite colours. And it’s still in the same colour family so it still makes this a monochromatic card.

I placed two panels of the Bloom Impressions patterned paper on the card base. Then on top of the outside panel I have 3 Basic White butterflies. Well mostly Basic White. Before I die cut them using the Beautiful Butterflies dies, I stamped the splatter image a bunch of times on a piece of Basic White cardstock using Lost Lagoon ink. I wanted at least a little bit of colour on the butterflies. Then I popped up the sentiment, which I punched using the To the Point Label punch, with a couple of Stampin’ Dimensionals. But I only put the dimensionals on one side to make sure that when the sentiment overlapped it wouldn’t stick to the “inside” of the card.

You can get the patterned paper I used for this monochromatic Z-fold card for free as part of Sale-a-bration. Check out all the products you can get with an order of $75 or more in my online shop. You have one more week to take advantage. Don’t miss out!

And if you’d like to check out another card I made using the Beautiful Butterflies bundle, you can check that out here.

Loaded Envelope

Posted on December 13, 2024December 13, 2024 by inkspirationwithteresa

So last weekend I had my small but mighty team over to my place for a Christmas party! We played some fun Christmas themed games, we had yummy treats and of course we did some crafting. And as a way to show some my team how much I appreciate them I always give them some extra goodies. It’s usually a combination of crafting supplies and chocolate. This year I created a Loaded Envelope for each of them. Inside I was able to fit a flavoured pack of hot chocolate, some transparent sticky notes, a gel pen and some ribbon, amoung other things.

I’ve made this once before and I really like it for a couple of reasons. The big one is because of how much stuff I can fit into it… I probably could have fit more! And the other reason that I really like making loaded envelopes is because of how easy they are to make. All you need is a 12″ x 12″ piece of patterned paper and whatever you want to add on to decorate.

For mine I used designs from the Nests of Winter Designer Series Paper. To create it you’ll score the patterned paper at 3 1/4″ on the left and right hand side. Then at the bottom, you’ll score it at 3 3/4″. Next you fold in the two sides and then fold the bottom up. Before you secure it all with Tear & Tape Adhesive, fold out the corners at the top of the envelope.

To decorate I added a bird from a different design from the Nests of Winter Designer Series Paper pack. And for the sentiment I used the Christmas Labels bundle.

Everyone loved their loaded envelope… and all the goodies inside! I’ll definitely be making this again.

If you want to check out another project I made using the Nests of Winter Designer Series Paper, you can check that out here!

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Something for Everything

Posted on August 30, 2024August 30, 2024 by inkspirationwithteresa

One of the new things that Stampin’ Up! launched with the new Annual catalogue back in May are ephemera packs. These are filled with images or sentiments and all you have to do is pop them out and stick them to whatever you’re working on. There are 4 different packs to choose from. One is filled with different sentiments, one is filled with different shaped and coloured labels and the other two are full of images. I thought it’d be fun to try the Something for Everything ephemera pack. And just in case you’re wondering… the other pack is floral themed.

For this card I thought I would make a birthday card with the really cute cupcakes. I’m pairing it with the Hooray for Surprises stamp set. For the colour combination, I’m using the cupcakes. So Lemon Lolly and Pool Party.

The card base and candle flames are Lemon Lolly. Then I stamped the sentiment and the candles in Pool Party ink. I also added a strip of the Bright & Beautiful Designer Series Paper behind the cupcakes. Next I popped up the cupcakes with a few Stampin’ Dimensionals. And to finish it off I added a bunch of Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

There are so many other great images in the Something for Everyone ephemera pack! And you get 2 of each of the four different sheets.

I’m excited to make some more cards with the Something for Everything ephemera pack! In the meantime, check out a card I made with the Hooray for Surprises stamp set here.

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I Love Basic Beige!

Posted on May 3, 2024May 3, 2024 by inkspirationwithteresa

The new Annual catalogue is here! Which means there are lots of new things to help inkspire our crafting. This includes some new colours. And I don’t just meant the 2024-202 In Colours. There’s a new basic colour; Basic Beige. At first when I saw it I wasn’t sure, but figured I’d give it a try. And I have to say I love Basic Beige!

I’m pairing Basic Beige with Petal Pink for this card that I made for my small team’s monthly creative challenge. There’s also a couple other new products in this card design. The patterned paper is from the new Country Wood Designer Series Paper Pack. I’m definitely going to have fun crafting with this pack of DSP! I used a couple of small strips of the DSP to frame the extra flap in the the centre. And then another larger strip on top of the flap.

On top of the flap I also added a sentiment from the Something Fancy stamp set. I stampin it in Basic Beige. And then I surrounded it with some flowers from the new Flowers of Beauty stamp set. This is a two-step stamp set. So I stamped the outline of the flowers first in Basic Beige. Then I “coloured” them in with Petal Pink ink. So pretty! The Basic Beige really shows off the detail in the outline, but is still fairly subtle. I framed this piece with some Petal Pink cardstock. And to finish it off I added a few Iridescent Pearl Basic Jewels.

The card base is also Basic Beige. And it also opens up. So there’s lots of room to add a handwritten note.

I love Basic Beige! And am curious to know what you think. Let me know in the comments.

And if you want to check out the newest In Colours, check out a card I shared here last week.

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Crafting with You

Posted on April 12, 2024April 12, 2024 by inkspirationwithteresa

This year for my ScrapFest Make & Take I’m using a very themed stamp set… Crafting with You. If you’ve seen the stamp set and dies then you’ll know why I couldn’t resist. I mean just the paper trimmer and emboss machine that’s part of this set make it a great addition to any paper crafter’s craft stash!

I’m pairing it with the Delightfully Eclectic Designer Series Paper pack that’ll soon be retired. It’s nice and colourful! And I cut up a couple of different designs to give some options with this fun fold card. I wanted to do something a bit different, but still easy enough to copy from the sample. And because I have a couple of different designs of patterned paper, I’m using a nice neutral card base; Smoky Slate. Plus this is the perfect colour for the paper trimmer and scissors I die cut in advance.

To make the base, you’ll start with a standard 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ card base. I highly recommend that you score it in half (at 4 1/4″) before you diagonally cut half of the front of the card base off. It definitely makes it easier! Then I added another piece of Smoky Slate cardstock which I folded in half and added some Basic White to the inside and outside.

From here I simply stamped a sentiment and an emboss machine of the outside piece of Basic White cardstock using Smoky Slate ink. Then to pull a little colour from the DSP, I stamped a few little hearts with Fresh Freesia ink. Next I added a die cut paper trimmer. And to finish it off a few Rhinestone Basic Jewels for some bling.

I hope that everyone at ScrapFest enjoys crafting with Crafting with You as much as I have been! I’m so glad to see that it’s sticking around for a while longer.

Sadly the Delightfully Eclectic DSP pack is not. Check out a masculine themed card I made with this great pack of patterned paper here.

And don’t forget the last chance sale is only for a little while longer!

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Double Z-Fold Card

Posted on February 23, 2024February 23, 2024 by inkspirationwithteresa

The Z-fold card is one of my favourite cards when I want to craft something a little different without too much fuss. So I’m excited to share this double Z-fold card with you. It’s also fairly simple and straight forward. I also like it because it’s a nice way to show off some patterned paper.

For my card design I’m using the Flight and Airy Designer Series Paper from the Sale-a-bration catalogue. This is such a pretty pack of patterned paper. I just love all the birds… they’re so cute! But this time I’m using one of the floral designs. From there I decided to use Misty Moonlight for my ink and cardstock.

The main card base is 4 1/4″ x 11″ and scored at 2 3/4″ and 5 1/2″. Then the smaller piece that makes it a double Z-fold is 3″ x 9″ and scored at 3″ and 6″. The best tip I can give you when putting yours together is to adhere the smaller piece to the centre of the largest piece of the main card base first. Then close the card base to adhere the other end to the outside of the card base.

I used the Notes of Nature stamp set for the images and sentiment. And I popped up the sentiment after die cutting it with one of the Something Fancy dies. Then to finish it all off, I added a few Brushed Brass Butterflies.

There really isn’t anything tricky about the double Z-fold card. I hope you’ll give it a try and share it here if you do.

And if you’d like to see another somewhat simple fun fold card, you can check out the book fold card I made here.

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Hooray for Surprises

Posted on February 9, 2024February 9, 2024 by inkspirationwithteresa

It’s time for another team card swap! And even though there’s two catalogues right now, for this swap we’re focusing on the January-April Mini Catalogue. So for my card design I’m suing the Hooray for Surprises bundle. I’m excited to make some fun cards with these dies. But for the swap I’m keeping it simple!

I’m using Basic White cardstock for my card base. But this card base is a little different. I cut the cardstock so that the front panel doesn’t line up with the back panel. Then for my colours, I pulled from the Bee Mine Designer Series Paper pack. I like the design with the small flowers because it matches one of the images in the stamp set. So from this design I decided to use Pool Party as my ink colour.

Next I stamped a sentiment in the bottom right hand corner of the “inside” of the card. This way no matter whether the card is open or closed you can see it. Then I stamped the heart with the flowers in it and die cut it. To attach it to the front/outside panel, I added a couple of Stampin’ Dimensionals to one side of the heart. Just make sure you double check which side you put them on. You don’t want to accidentally get it stuck to the inside of the card. Then to finish it off I added a couple Brushed Brass Butterflies.

I’ll share some of the cards I got from m team here and on my socials (Facebook and Instagram). So stay tuned!

In the meantime, check out a simpke birthday card I made using the Hooray for Surprises stamp set here.

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Suspended Book Fold Card

Posted on December 15, 2023December 15, 2023 by inkspirationwithteresa

It’s been quite a while since I shared a fancy fold card and so when I saw this one I couldn’t resist! It’s a Suspended Book fold card. Now this card is a little bigger than I usually make. It’s 5″ x 7″ instead of 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″. But I love how this card looks!

I’m still deep into my Christmas crafting, so my card design is Christmas themed. Although I did go in a little bit of a different direction with some of my colours. My main colour is Misty Moonlight. I’m using that colour because I wanted to use the Winter Meadow Designer Series Paper pack. I just love the designs in this pack of patterned paper. And I’m so glad that it’s not retiring!

For my sentiment and images I’m using the Joy of Noel bundle. I used Misty Moonlight ink for the berry branches and “Noel”. And for the pine boughs I used Garden Green cardstock. I stuck the pine boughs and berry branches to the back of the sentiment first. That made it so much easier to then stick it all to the strip of window sheet.

Here it is….

The Suspended Book fold card is probably one of my favourites! I might need to make another version of this.

Check out another card I made using the Joy of Noel bundle here.

And just in case you love this bundle as much as I do, you’ll want to grab it before it retires on January 3rd… or sooner if it sells out. You can find it in my online shop.

Wedding Cards with Abundant Beauty

Posted on November 24, 2023November 24, 2023 by inkspirationwithteresa

This weekend’s going to be a busy one for us! We’ve got two birthdays and a wedding to celebrate. I usually have a decent stash of birthday cards. But when it comes to weddings I try to get some inkspiration from the couple’s invitation. And as soon as I saw this one I’ve had a picture in my head of what I wanted to do! I knew I just had to make wedding cards with Abundant Beauty Decorative masks…. specifically the sunflower masks.

The invitation was full of flowers and deeper colours. So for the card base I’m using Basic Black, which was also one of the colours they used. On top of that I layered some Wild Wheat cardstock and another piece of Basic Black. The next layer is a stamped piece of Very Vanilla. I stamped the large flower from the Quiet Meadow stamp set with Crushed Curry. And a few smaller ones with Cajun Craze.

I also used these colours for my sunflowers. Starting with Crushed Curry and then adding a little Cajun Craze to the centre of my petals. Then I used Wild Wheat and Early Espresso for the centres. For the leaves I used Old Olive ink. I made a whole bunch because my mother-in-law asked if I could also make her a card to give to the couple. Thankfully it wasn’t too time consuming to fussy cut them all out!

I switched it up a little bit for my mother-in-law’s card. The colours are the same, but I embossed a piece of Wild Wheat cardstock with the 3D Painted Texture embossing folder. I also used a sentiment from the Something Fancy stamp set which I die cut with one of the coordinating dies. The sunflowers on both cards are popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals. But the sentiment on my card wasn’t.

I just love how both of these wedding cards with Abundant Beauty turned out! These decorative masks will definitely be staying in my craft stash for a while after they retire.

Check out another card I made using the Abundant Beauty Decorative Masks here.

If you want to add these masks to your craft stash, don’t wait too long! These are on the list of retiring products and won’t be available after January 3rd… if they last that long. Find them and the other retiring products in my online shop.

Corner Box Card

Posted on October 29, 2023October 29, 2023 by inkspirationwithteresa

This month the Fancy Folds Design team is making a Corner Box card. It’s such a simple card to make and it’ll fit in a typical envelope… which is always nice! For my card design I’m taking advantage of the upcoming holiday season for my inkspiration. Plus I recently got the Winter Meadow Designer Series Paper pack and am excited to get crafting with it!

I started with choosing my patterned paper. I wanted one design that was fairly simple, so I can write a little note on it. And I wanted the other to have a bit more to it. I chose a Misty Moonlight design from the pack. And what was perfect is that this sheet of DSP worked for both! So for the card base I used Misty Moonlight cardstock.

To make the card base, I used a piece that was 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ and scored along the long side at 2 1/8″, 4 1/4″ and 6 3/8″. Then I also needed a strip that was 1″ x 5 1/2″ and 2 1″ circles. And both of these needed to be scored in half. The strip holds the card base together so that it stands up. I used Tear & Tape Adhesive to hold it all together. Then the 2 circles held up my image and sentiment.

I used the Joy to Noel stamps and dies bundle for my image and sentiment. I stamped both with Misty Moonlight ink. And then used the coordinating dies to cut them out. Once I got them all stuck to my card base I added some Wink of Stella to my “NOEL”.

Here’s the front and back of my Corner Box card…

Remember to keep hopping to see all the Corner Box card designs! Up next is Mette Nordling Shaw and you can check out her card here.

And if you want to check out last month’s hop you can do that here. Last month we made a Pop Out Fun Fold card.

Pop Out Fun Fold Card

Posted on September 16, 2023September 15, 2023 by inkspirationwithteresa

This month the Fancy Folds Design team is making a Pop Out Fun Fold card. I’ve seen this one recently and was excited to hear that I’d get the chance to try it out! To make your own you’ll need a 6″ x 12″ piece of cardstock scored on the long side at 2″, 4″ and 6″. Then on the short side, 1 1/2″ in from either side, you need to cut from the 2″ score line to the 6″ score line. For the back panel you need a 3 3/4″ x 5 3/4″ piece of Basic White or Very Vanilla cardstock. Then for the small centre panel you need a 2 7/8″ x 3 7/8″ of Basic White or Very Vanilla. And for the patterned paper, you’ll need 2 pieces that are 1 7/8″ x 5 7/8″ and 2 pieces that are 1 3/8″ x 3 7/8″.

For my design I’m still into some Fall crafting so I decided to used one of the designs from the Them Bones Designer Series Paper pack. It’s a great one to pair with the Season of Chic stamps and dies! I used Cajun Craze for my card base and then Cajun Craze and Pumpkin Pie for my ink colours. The “grateful” sentiment is actually from the Cottage Wreaths stamp set. I’ve been using this sentiment a lot lately! And for a little bit of bling I used some gold foil for a few of my die cut leaves. Here’s the outside of the card…

And here it is when it’s open…

Keep hopping and check out Mette Nordling Shaw’s Pop Out fun fold card next! You can find her design here.

And check out last month’s hop where we made an Explosion fun fold card here.

Explosion Fun Fold Card

Posted on August 26, 2023August 25, 2023 by inkspirationwithteresa

I’m kicking off my fall crafting with an Explosion Fun Fold card with the Fancy Folds Design Team! I’ve never made a card like this before so I’m excited to give it a try. And Tami White, a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator from the US, has a video and cheat sheet that’s super helpful if you want to try and make your own. You can find them both here.

For my design I’m using the Them Bones Designer Series Paper from the upcoming mini catalogue. I got my pre-order earlier this week and couldn’t wait to get crafting with it. Then for my images and sentiments, I’m using the Cottage Wreaths bundle from the Annual Catalogue.

The card base is Crumb Cake cardstock. On the inside I used Very Vanilla cardstock. I like the softer white for my Fall cards! Now before I added my DSP mechanism, I stamped a few leaves on the cardstock using Pumpkin Pie and Cajun Craze ink. Then I stamped the sentiment with Pumpkin Pie and framed it with a few Cajun Craze acorns and another piece of Crumb Cake cardstock to put in the centre of the mechanism.

On the outside I have the same DSP design as the the mechanism. The belly band, to keep the card closed, is Crumb Cake cardstock. And to cover up the overlapping cardstock, I added a Crumb Cake wreath that I cut out with the coordinating die. I stamped “grateful” in Pumpkin Pie ink and punched it out with a circle punch. I used the 2 3/8″ Circle punch and then trimmed a bit off. The 2″ Circle punch should work without having to do any trimming. Once I added this to my Crumb Cake belly band I added a few Brushed Metallic Dots to the wreath. Gotta add a bit of bling!!

Make sure to keep hopping so you can see all the Explosion Fun Fold card fun! Next up is Mette Nording Shaw and you can see her card design here.

If you want to see our last hop, check out my Double Fan Fold card here!

Double Fan Fold Card

Posted on July 15, 2023July 13, 2023 by inkspirationwithteresa

This month the Fancy Folds Design Team is making a Double Fan Fold card. I wasn’t sure what to expect from the name. The video from Brenda Quintana, a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator from the US, was helpful. Check that out here. My design started once I figured out what images I wanted to put in the centre. I went with Bottles of Happiness. Great flowers and I can use the coordinating punch to make it a shaker card. I love the Vintage Bottle Shaker Domes and Loose Frosted Dots!

Usually I stamp first and then punch. But this time I switched it around. I wanted to make sure that I got the punch up as far as I could. Once I punched then I stamped the bottle outline. Doing it this way also make it much easier to stamp the flowers and foliage in the right place. I stamped the centres and foliage first in Crumb Cake ink. Then I stamped the flowers on top in Pretty Peacock.

The sentiment is from the Season of Chic stamp set. And I die cut it using one of the Meadows dies. I popped that up with a couple of Stampin’ Dimensionals. Then to decorate the side panels, I used a Pretty Peacock design from the Masterfully Made Designer Series Paper pack.

Check out the next Double Fan Fold card by Mette Nordling Shaw from Australia here. And then keep hopping around the world to see more!

And you can find last month’s hop here. Last month we made a Double Decker Pop Out card.