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Handmade Masculine Cards

Posted on August 3, 2022August 3, 2022 by inkspirationwithteresa

It’s going to be a little quiet around here this week. I’m taking some time off from my “9 to5” and going on a bit of a vacation with my family. Despite my husband’s eye-rolling I’ll be bringing along some crafting supplies, so check me out on social media for some sneak peeks. In the meantime I thought I’d share a few more cards from my team’s recent card swap. These are some great handmade masculine cards! I often struggle to make masculine cards and so I love these.

This first one is from Julie MacIssac. And she uses a few different things from the He’s the Man product suite. She uses Cajun Craze and Early Espresso for her colours which she got from the He’s the Man Designer Series Paper. I LOVE this pack of paper and I love the way she used some of the All That dies. She also used both the Timbre and Splatter Embossing folders.

The next card also uses the He’s All That bundle and DSP. Carolyn Matthews made this card using Soft Succulent and Early Espresso as her colours. It’s such a fun and easy card to make. And I really like the Faux Suede Trim that she added just above the phrase.

And the last card is by Pam Struwing. She paired the Brewed for You bundle (another great masculine themed stamp set and die combination) with a design from the Perfectly Penciled DSP pack. I really like how simple this card is. And I like the splash of Crushed Curry.

I hope this sparks some inkspiration! And if you need a little more check out one of the cards I made using the He’s All That bundle here.

You can also check out the full He’s the Man suite in my online shop. It’s become a fast favourite of mine and a great way to make handmade masculine cards easier to create!

Fun Fold Card

Posted on July 29, 2022July 29, 2022 by inkspirationwithteresa

I saw a post from Jo Blackman a couple of weeks ago showing this cute fun fold card and I knew that I wanted to give it a try. My first thought was to use the Penguin Place stamp set for my design. For the other design that I used for my YouTube channel, I picked the Sale-a-bration stamp set Hippest Hippos. Check out my video here.

From here I needed to pick the Designer Series Paper I was using so I could get my colour combination. For the Penguin Place card design I paired it with the Sale-a-bration Silver & Gold Designer Series Paper, so I used a Pool Party card base. And for the Hippest Hippos card I used one of the designs from the Hues of Happiness pack of Designer Series Paper with a Petal Pink card base. This piece of patterned paper also helped me pick the hippo for my card!

On the inside of the card I stamped the full versions of my cute critters. Adding some of the cute accessories for my penguin and the Watercolour Pencils to colour my hippo. My critters and phrases were all die cut using the Layering Circles dies, even the scalloped cardstock. Then I popped up the framed phrases using Stampin’ Dimensionals. But my plain critters I kept on the same level as the DSP.

I kept the outside of the cards simple. If you want you can add some Rhinestone Basic Jewels or Brushed Brass Butterflies. That would add a little something more to this fun fold card.

You can check out another of my recent fun fold cards here. Each month I join the Fancy Folds Design team for a blog hop and earlier this month we made a Mirror Fold card.

Mirror Fold Card

Posted on July 15, 2022July 15, 2022 by inkspirationwithteresa

It’s blog hop time again! And this month the Fancy Folds Design Team is making a Mirror Fold Card. I saw this card a little while ago and am excited to share it with you. For measurements and steps to try this yourself check out my YouTube video. Just as a heads up there were a couple of parts that were a bit tricky, but I still love how these cards turned out.

For whatever reason I decided to make two different versions of this card. Maybe it’s the excitement from the newly launched July-December mini catalogue. Who knows?! Anyway… I made one version using the Hues of Happiness suite of products to make a birthday card. And the other version is a Christmas card using the All Spruced Up bundle.

For the birthday card I used Melon Mambo for the card base and a simple design for my patterned paper. The Hues of Happiness Designer Series Paper is sssooo pretty, but I wanted a simple design so the the flowers would be the focus. I cut out the flowers using the coordinating dies. Don’t you just love it when the dies work for both the stamped images AND the images in the DSP pack? I know I do! I popped up the flowers on the front panel using some Stampin’ Dimensionals and then heat embossed “happy birthday” in white on a piece of Basic Black cardstock. Then to finish it off I added a couple of Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

For the Christmas card I used Pear Pizzazz for my card base and the Painted Christmas Designer Series Paper. I’m so glad this pack of patterned paper is back! The designs are so pretty and some can be used for occasions other than Christmas too. To decorate this version I used the All Spruced Up dies with a few different papers, including the Gold & Silver Foil DSP from the Sale-a-bration catalogue. I cut out the phrase with one of the He’s All That dies and popped it up with some Stampin’ Dimensionals. And when I finally found my Festive Pearls I added a couple of the gold ones to the card to finish it off.

I hope you enjoy this month’s fun fold! Keep hopping around the world and check out the next Mirror Fold Card from Mette Nordling Shaw here.

And you can always check out what we made last month, which was a Diamond Z Fold card. Check out that hop starting here.

Diamond Z-Fold Card

Posted on June 17, 2022June 17, 2022 by inkspirationwithteresa

It’s that time of the month… time for a Fancy Fold Design Team blog hop! This month we’re making a Diamond Z-Fold card. I love the look of this card! It’s so neat! To see it step by step, check out this video from Jan, a Stampin’ Up! demo from the UK. She has a couple great tips and all the measurements you’ll need to make your own.

For my design as soon as I saw this fun fold I knew I wanted to use the Happiness Abounds suite. I just LOVE this Designer Series Paper… so pretty and so colourful! This is a great card to show off a couple of the designs. But with so many great designs to choose from I needed to pick my colour combination first. I went with Coastal Cabana as my base colour. It’s such a nice bright colour, but not too overpowering. Next I choose a design that had that colour along with a few others; Fresh Freesia, Gorgeous Grape, Melon Mambo and more. The other design is simply the flip side of the first one.

On top of each of the diamonds I have flowers from this same stamp set. To start I stamped them in Tuxedo Black Memento ink on some Basic White cardstock. Then I coloured them with Watercolour Pencils and softened it with a Blender Pen. Then I cut them out with the coordinating dies. The phrase comes from the Happiness Abounds stamp set and I cut it out with one of the Stitched Rectangles dies. Which I popped up with a few Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I love how my Diamond Z-Fold card turned out! This is such a fun fold to make. To keep hopping around the world check out Mette’s card here.

Check out last month’s blog hop here.

Double Dutch Fold

Posted on May 20, 2022May 20, 2022 by inkspirationwithteresa

Another month… another Fancy Fold Design Team blog hop! I just love doing these fun folds. And this month we’re making a Double Dutch Fold card. The Gatefold card is a favourite of mine and one of my go-tos when I want to do something different. This fold totally reminds of that one. Beata from Splitcoaststampers shows a cute version here. She shares the measurements for the card base towards the beginning of the video and then check the comments for the measurement of the cardstock band.

My design came from my desire to use the Artfully Composed Designer Series Paper pack from the January-June Mini catalogue. I started by picking the patterned paper I wanted and then pulled my colours from that. I used Pear Pizzazz for the card base and Evening Evergreen for my ink colour. To add to the tropical vibe I fussy cut a couple of leaves from one of the other designs from the same pack.

The image and phrase come from the In the Moment stamp set. I cut out the image using one of the Layering Circles dies and the phrase with one of the Stitched Rectangles dies. Then the image was popped up with some Stampin’ Dimensionals. I didn’t pop up the phrase because I want it to help keep the multiple flaps somewhat closed.

Then to finish it off I added a few of the Faux Sea Glass Shapes. A different version of bling. Here’s my card…

This was such a fun and simple card to make. Make sure you keep hopping around the world to see the rest of our Double Dutch Fold cards! Next up is Mette Nordling-Shaw from Australia. Check out her card here.

And you can check out last month’s blog hop here, where we made a Double Triangle Fold.

Book Fold Card

Posted on May 13, 2022May 13, 2022 by inkspirationwithteresa

I wasn’t sure what I wanted to share here this week. But I knew that I wanted to do something different than my usual card design. So as I was thinking about options, the idea of making a Book Fold Card popped into my head. I’ve done this fold once or twice before, but I think this may become a fun and easy go to for me. Usually a Z-fold card is my go-to, but it’s always nice to have options! Here’s a modified Z-Fold card I made a while back.

For this design I used the Dahlia Days stamp set from the January-June Mini Catalogue. With all the excitement of the new Annual Catalogue you don’t want to forget about these guys! And the phrase comes from the Friends are like Seashells stamp set. For my colour combination, I used Crumb Cake for the card base and Petal Pink for the card mat and stamping. I also threw in a splash of Pear Pizzazz for the leaves.

To create the card base you’ll need a piece of cardstock that’s 4 1/4″ x 11″ scored at 5 1/2″ AND 4 1/2″. Adding some Tear & Tape Adhesive on the inside in between the two score lines is what gives you the book fold. Then from here you can add whatever you like! I added some Petal Pink cardstock that I embossed using the Painted Texture 3D embossing folder.

To step it up even further I added some of the Petal Pink Cotton Ribbon and cut out the stamped images and phrase using the Stitched Rectangles dies. Then I popped these up with some Stampin’ Dimensionals and of course added some bling!

This Book Fold Card turned out so pretty I may have a hard time giving it away! Lol!

To find everything you need to make your own version, head over to my online shop. And make sure to share your design. I love to see other people’s cards!

Double Triangle Fold Card

Posted on April 22, 2022April 21, 2022 by inkspirationwithteresa

It’s time for another Fancy Folds Design Team blog hop. And this month we’re making a Double Fold Triangle card. This is such a cute and simple card to make. Dawn, a demonstrator from the US, has a great video to help you be able to make your own.

For my card I knew I wanted to show off the Hand Penned Designer Series Paper. This patterned paper is so pretty! I just love all the colours and flowers and I’ll be sad once it’s gone in a couple of weeks. For the card base I chose one of the colours from the DSP; Pale Papaya. This has become one of my favourite colours recently.

From here I needed to add something to the front of the card. To keep with the spring, floral theme I decided to use the Timeless Tulips stamp set and punch. This is another favourite of mine for crafting this time of year. I kept it simple and just added a tulip to the card front. To stick the tulip together I used the Double Oval Punch. I punched some of another design from the same DSP pack with the scalloped oval. And then some Basic White cardstock with the plain oval.

On the plain oval I stamped a stem and leaf for my tulip. Then stuck it all together and to the card front with some Stampin’ SEAL. On another piece of Basic White cardstock I stamped another leaf and the large tulip. And then punched those out and added them to the card front the same way. I thought about popping it up with Stampin’ Dimensionals, but decided not to. To finish it off I added a few Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

I hope you like it…

To keep hopping and check out more ideas for the Double Triangle Fold card, check out Mette Nordling Shaw’s here!

And if you’d like to check out last month’s hop, the Impossible card, you can start here.

The Impossible Card

Posted on March 25, 2022March 25, 2022 by inkspirationwithteresa

It’s time for another Fancy Fold Design team blog hop! This month we’re taking on the Impossible Card! And don’t worry the name makes it sounds more difficult than it really is. Once you have the measurements this is a fun and simple card to re-create. Dawn Griffith, a US demonstrator, has a good video and she shares the measurements. You can check that out here.

For my design I wanted to show off the Vellum Layering Designs from the January-June Mini catalogue. So for my base colour I went with something darker to really help the design pop. I thought that Just Jade, which is retiring once supplies run out, would work well. It’s a deeper green, but not too dark. For my other colour I chose Petal Pink. A nice soft colour to compliment the Just Jade and it’s a nice Spring colour combination.

To add some layers on top of the vellum I added a strip of Just Jade cardstock to keep the card base still and then some of the Meadows dies pieces. I had to trim a few of the pieces, but that’s easy enough to do. It was a little tricky getting these into place because I adhered the die cut pieces to the vellum before I adhered the vellum to the card base. But I wanted to make sure that I didn’t have glue showing.

The phrase came from the In the Moment stamp set. And the flowers came from the Dahlia Days stamp set. Then I added a few of the smallest Rhinestone Basic Jewels to the centres of my flowers. Gotta add some bling! Here’s my card…

To keep going on this month’s Impossible Card blog hop, check out Mette Nordling Shaw’s card here.

In last month’s blog hop we made a Pop-Up card. You can check mine out here and then keep hopping around the world. I hope you enjoy this month’s blog hop!

Pop-Up Card

Posted on February 18, 2022February 18, 2022 by inkspirationwithteresa

The Fancy Fold Design Team is back for another blog hop! Our last blog hop was back in December, the Bay Window card which you can check out here. So I’m glad to be back at it again. This month we’re making a Pop-Up card. It’s such a cute card and as usual not that difficult to make. Here’s a video by Jolan a Dutch demonstrator. The video is in Dutch but captions are in English.

When I saw this card I had a couple of different ideas pop in my head. Butterflies was of course one of them, lol. In the end I decided to use flowers. And in this case the Dahlia Days stamp set and coordinating dies. I love this set! It’s so pretty and I love the phrases too.

For the colours I let the Designer Series Paper help me with that. I wanted to use the Friendly Hello DSP from the Sale-a-bration catalogue and decided to use a design I haven’t used yet. This one is with Fresh Freesia. I love purples and this one is such a nice shade! So for my cardbase and ink I used Fresh Freesia. I also threw in a bit of Granny Apple Green and a different design from that DSP pack. I’m going to miss this patterned paper and stamp set!

For the inside of my cards I usually I like to leave a fairly big space to write a note or something, but I just love this stamp and how easy it is to cut out with the die that I had to use that instead. I also popped up the large dahlia with a few Stampin’ Dimensionals to help it pop up through the hole. And to finish it off I added a few Rhinestone Basic Jewels. I do love my bling!

Check out the next Pop-Up card on this month’s blog hop over on Mette Nordling Shaw’s page here. And then make sure you keep hopping!

Bay Window Card

Posted on December 17, 2021December 17, 2021 by inkspirationwithteresa

It’s time for the last Fancy Folds Design Team blog hop of 2021! I have so much fun participating in these blog hops. Even when I’m pushing myself to get it done in time. This month we’re making a Bay Window card. I’ve seen these before and they look so neat! And as usual I’m finding that it’s easier to make than you think. This one especially. You can check out LeeAnn Greff’s video here if you want to try it out yourself.

For my card design I immediately thought of the soon to be released stamp set, In the Moment. One of the images is perfect to set up so that the woman is looking out of bay window. So of course I had to use it! The next piece to my design was the Designer Series Paper. I was using the Beauty of Earth DSP for another project and one of the designs caught my eye as I was about to put it away. It’s the blue design with what looks like trees and splotches (aka snowflakes possibly).

From here I decided to use Misty Moonlight for my card base and I stamped the image and inner phrase using Tuxedo Black Memento ink. For a bit I debated about colouring the image, but decided I liked it better as is. I did add a few Misty Moonlight snowflakes from the Snowflake Wishes to prop up my window. I die cut it using one of the Meadows dies and the image using the Stitched So Sweetly dies.

If you wanted to add a little something more to this, you could add a few Rhinestone Basic Jewels. This is one time for me where I decided to not add some bling to my card. I know hard to believe right?! Here’s the card…

The Bay Window card is such a simple fun fold to make! Remember to keep hopping and check out all the cards. Up next is Mette Nordling Shaw’s card which you can check out here.

And if you want to check out last month’s blog hop where we made a Pinwheel Tower card, you can start that hop here!

Pinwheel Tower Card

Posted on November 19, 2021November 20, 2021 by inkspirationwithteresa

The Fancy Folds Design Team is back with another blog hop! And this month we’re making a Pinwheel Tower card. I love the look of this card! And I love that it fits in one of my usual invitation envelopes! LeeAnn Greff has a good video with measurements that you can check out here.

For my design I decided to make a holiday card. I’m definitely getting into the holiday season. And for this card I decided to use some returning products. I started with the Heartwarming Hugs Designer Series Paper and used it to pull my colour combination; Pear Pizzazz and Real Red. Pear Pizzazz is such a nice shade of green. Plus I love just about all the designs in this paper pack so it didn’t take much to coordinate the different designs. I even made sure to match up the designs when the card is flat. Check it out…

To go with the Heartwarming Hugs DSP I decided to use the Poinsettia Petals stamp set and coordinating dies. I’m so glad that these are still in the Annual Catalogue! These were a go to for me last year when they first came out. And I love going back to it every once in a while. To add a little something more to my card I layered two of the small poinsettias to create a fuller one. Then I added a Pearl Basic Jewels to the centre of them as well as a few to one of the larger stamped poinsettias.

The phrase and blank piece of cardstock were cut out using the Stitched So Sweetly dies. These dies are a new favourite of mine and I love the different designs.

I had a lot of fun designing my Pinwheel Tower card. And as usual it turned out to be easier to make than I initially thought! Make sure to keep going on this month’s blog hop and check out Gina Connor’s design here.

And if you want to check out last month’s blog hop where we made a Triangle Gatefold card you can start that here.

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.

Triangle Gatefold Card

Posted on October 15, 2021October 15, 2021 by inkspirationwithteresa

This month the Fancy Folds Design Team is making a triangle gatefold card for our blog hop. I love gatefold cards and so I’m excited to share this one with you. Recently I made a gatefold card with a belly band. You can check that out here. I used the gorgeous Beauty of the Earth Designer Series Paper for that one and thought that it would be great for this card too. Especially since the card base for this card is the DSP.

When I was choosing a sheet of DSP I had to make sure that I liked both sides. This can be a bit tricky sometimes, but with this pack of DSP it wasn’t. So once I figured that out I could pull out my cardstock and ink colours. For this card I just used Misty Moonlight.

For the images and phrase I used the Time of Giving stamp set. This is a new one for me and I love how this one set covers a few different holidays. In the end I decided to go with a Christmas card. I just love the snowflake and swirl image! It makes a really nice background for the phrase which also comes from this stamp set.

Once I had my DSP all folded I added my framed snowflakes and swirls with a few Stampin’ Dimensionals. You definitely want to make sure you only put them on one side of the cardstock. And since I’d popped that up I just used Stampin’ SEAL (tape runner) to add the phrase. But before I did that I cut out the phrase using one of the smaller Stitched Rectangles dies. Then of course, last but not least, I added some bling. And for this card that ended up being some Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

The triangle gatefold card was super easy to make and it looks great! Make sure to keep going on this month’s blog hop and check out Aude Barbara’s card here.

And if you’d like to try this out for yourself you can check out LeeAnn Greff’s video!

Beauty of the Earth

Posted on October 1, 2021October 1, 2021 by inkspirationwithteresa

Fall is here and so is the month of October! The Beauty of the Earth Designer Series Paper is a great one for this time of year. I saw this card design a couple of weeks ago and just loved it. It wraps a gatefold card with a belly band. I love a good gatefold! Plus it shows off this beautiful DSP. So I knew I wanted to make my own.

I started my card design with choosing a sheet of DSP. The one I chose is one I haven’t used very much. I’ve used the other side of the sheet, but haven’t been as sure with this side. For this card I think it really works nicely though. The belly band doesn’t cut anything off and the images flow from one side of the card to the other. Without that little piece of Mossy Meadow cardstock down the middle I don’t think you’d notice there were two panels.

The belly band is a simple strip of Mossy Meadow. And I wrapped it with a different piece of DSP that used the same colours. I used some Stampin’ SEAL to stick the band together. Then to cover up the end of the strip I added a phrase. This one is from the Pretty Pumpkins stamp set and I cut it out using one of the Stitched So Sweetly dies. I stamped it with Mossy Meadow ink and then popped it up with some Stampin’ Dimensionals. Then to add a little bit something more I added a couple of the Brushed Metallic Adhesive-Backed Dots. Gotta love a little bit of bling!

Here’s my card…

I really like the idea of wrapping a belly band around a gatefold card. I’m definitely going to have to remember this! Here’s another version of a gatefold card I crafted not that long ago. For that one I used the Friends are like Seashells stamp set.

To grab a pack of the Beauty of the Earth Designer Series Paper for yourself head over to my online shop. And when you do make sure to use this month’s host code to get a free gift from me when your order is $49 or more!

Diagonal Faux Pocket Card

Posted on September 17, 2021September 17, 2021 by inkspirationwithteresa

September’s Fancy Folds Design Team blog hop is ready to go! This month we’re making a Diagonal Faux Pocket card. It’s such an easy fold and it looks really neat too. I love this kind of Fancy Fold and I’m excited to share it with you. For a video to walk you through this fold, check out LeeAnn Greff.

This is a great card to show off Stampin’ Up!s Designer Series Paper. So for my card design I started there with the Beauty of the Earth DSP. The designs in this pack are so pretty and they’re great for the Fall season which is right around the corner. Once I picked the designs for the card I decided on Mossy Meadow for the card base. And of course I stuck with the coordinating Beauty of Friendship stamp set.

On the inside I used Early Espresso and Mossy Meadow to stamp a tree. And to made the different shades for the leaves I stamped one image in full strength and the other I stamped off first. I love how it turned out!

For the front of the card I didn’t want to take away from the DSP designs. So I simply stamped the phrase on a piece of Basic White cardstock using Mossy Meadow. Then I added a few Early Espresso splotches. To frame it I used the Stitched Rectangles dies and then popped it up using some carefully placed Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I debated about adding a DSP tree on the outside, but it didn’t quite work. So instead I added a few Rhinestone Basic Jewels. These are totally my favourite go to. Here’s my card…

I love easy fun folds like the Diagonal Faux Pocket card! You can check out last month’s fancy fold here. And of course don’t forget to go to the next stop on the hop; Nadine Schweda.