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Basket Weave Technique

Posted on December 6, 2024December 6, 2024 by inkspirationwithteresa

I really like the Take a Bow pack of Designer Series Paper. But I didn’t get it at first because I wasn’t sure if I wanted to get the punch that goes with it. I do love the idea of being able to make my own bows! But with a full time job, 2 kids (4 if you count Leo and my partner) and all my cardmaking, I just don’t have the time. In the end I decided to just get the Designer Series Paper pack. And one of the first ideas I had for a card design uses a basket weave technique.

So for this design I chose 2 fairly simple designs. And for colours, I chose to use 2 different coloured designs; Real Red and Garden Green. This card would also look nice with designs with different shades of the same colour.

To create the basket weave technique I simple wove one strip in front of and behind the other. And then with the next strip I wove that design in front of and behind the ones I didn’t with the last strip. Then I just repeated this until I used up all my strips of patterned paper.

To adhere it all to my piece of Very Vanilla cardstock I used Multi-Purpose Liquid Glue. I definitely like that it gives you some time to get things in place! Behind this I have a Real Red card base and a Garden Green card mat. On top of all that, I kept it very simple! I just stamped a sentiment from the Christmas Labels stamp set with Garden Green ink. Then I die cut it with one of the coordinating dies. (I’m so sad this bundle is retiring!) To finish is off I popped it up with some Stampin’ Dimensionals. And then I added a couple Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

The basket weave technique is a great way to use up all those scraps of patterned paper! And we all know we have plenty of those in our craft stash, lol! Plus you don’t need to add much of anything else on top… just a sentiment.

Check out another card I made using the Christmas Labels bundle here. And don’t forget this bundle, like all the others that are retiring, are only available while supplies last!

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Winterly Tree Tops

Posted on October 11, 2024October 11, 2024 by inkspirationwithteresa

I’m slowly working my way towards my Christmas crafting. And the Nest of Winter suite is a great one to ease in with. I can’t resist these cute birds! I especially love the Winterly Tree Tops dies that are part of this suite.

For this card I’m using the largest die in the bunch. So of course one of my colours is green. In this case, I’m using Garden Green. And my other colour is Crumb Cake for my card base. In between these two layers I have a piece of Basic White cardstock. On that piece I stamped some bud branches and some little flowers using Crumb Cake ink. The bud branches come from the Winterly Tree Tops stamp set. And the flowers are from the Layering Leaves stamp set.

On top of all that, I fussy cut a bird from the Nest of Winter Designer Series Paper pack. Then for my sentiment I pulled one from the Layering Leaves stamp set and stamped it in Crumb Cake ink. I die cut that with one ofthe skinnier Something Fancy dies. And both got popped up with some Stampin’ Dimensionals. To finish it off I added a few of the smallest Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

I can’t wait to use all the Winterly Tree Tops dies! Especially since I thing they will die cut some of the images in the Designer Series Paper Pack.

Check out another card I made using the Nests of Winter suite here.

I’m slowly working my way towards my Christmas crafting. And the Nests of Winter suite is a great one to ease in with. I can’t resist these cute birds! I especially love the Winterly Tree Tops dies that are part of this suite.

For this card I’m using the largest die in the bunch. So of course one of my colours is green. In this case, I’m using Garden Green. And my other colour is Crumb Cake for my card base. In between these two layers I have a piece of Basic White cardstock. On that piece I stamped some bud branches and some little flowers using Crumb Cake ink. The bud branches come from the Winterly Tree Tops stamp set. And the flowers are from the Layering Leaves stamp set.

On top of all that, I fussy cut a bird from the Nests of Winter Designer Series Paper pack. Then for my sentiment I pulled one from the Layering Leaves stamp set and stamped it in Crumb Cake ink. I die cut that with one of the skinnier Something Fancy dies. And both got popped up with some Stampin’ Dimensionals. To finish it off I added a few of the smallest Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

I can’t wait to use all the Winterly Tree Tops dies! Especially since I think they will die cut some of the images in the Designer Series Paper Pack.

Check out another card I made using the Nests of Winter suite here.

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Clean and Simple Handmade Card

Posted on September 27, 2024September 27, 2024 by inkspirationwithteresa

As much as I love adding bling, different embellishments and layers to my cards, sometimes I like a clean and simple handmade card! Who says that you have to have multiple layers and ribbon and jewels to make a pretty card?! I’ve always felt that simple cards can be just as beautiful. So as I ease myself towards my Christmas crafting I’m digging out my pack of the Nests of Winter Designer Series Paper. The birds are so pretty and so are the rest of the designs in this pack of patterned paper! Sometimes it’s nice to just let the paper do the talking.

For this card I’m using a Crumb Cake card base and a Garden Green card mat. On top of that I have a piece of Basic White that I’ve just stamped 3 times with an image from the Layering Leaves stamp set and some Crumb Cake ink. I made sure to spread them out so I wouldn’t cover them with my next layer. My next layer is a simple circle of the woodgrain design that I popped up with a few Stampin’ Dimensionals. Next I fussy cut one of the birds from one of the other sheets in the Nests of Winter DSP pack. There are so many to choose from. But for this card I wanted just one bird and I just love the blue and pink on this little guy.

I have to admit, I’m still getting used to all the blank space. But I do like how this clean and simple handmade card turned out!

I’m excited to get to some more crafting with the Nests of Winter suite! In the meantime, check out another card I made using the same stamp set, Layering Leaves here.

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Watercolouring with Flowers of Beauty

Posted on July 6, 2024July 6, 2024 by inkspirationwithteresa

I’ve been feeling the itch to do some colouring lately! So I was excited when the idea for this card popped into my head. I’m using a combination of things to do some watercolouring with Flowers of Beauty.

It all started with the idea of using the Watercolour Pencils. So I used them to choose my cardstock. I’m using Garden Green for my card base. And another little strip of it that I embossed with the Cane Weave 3D embossing folder.

My card mat is just a piece of Fluid 100 Watercolour Paper. I stamped some flowers from the Flowers of Beauty stamp set in Basic Beige ink. The leaves are from the Layering Leaves stamp set. Then I coloured the flowers with Flirty Flamingo and Melon Mambo. And the leaves with Granny Apple Green and Garden Green.

To soften and blend the colours I dipped the thinnest Water Painter in some water and brushed off the excess onto a piece of paper towel. Then I gently painted over the petals and leaves that I had coloured with the Watercolour Pencils.

I layered the embossed cardstock on top. Then I added a few Brushed Brass Butterflies. I debated about adding a sentiment, but in the end I decided not to use one. I’m curious to hear if you would have added a sentiment. Here it is…

Watercolouring with Flowers of Beauty was definitely a great combination! I’ll definitely need to do this again.

Want to learn a fun watercolouring technique? Check out this post where I did some no-line watercolouring.

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Happy Houseplants

Posted on June 14, 2024June 14, 2024 by inkspirationwithteresa

One of the projects I did at my big crafting day with my larger team was the Happy Houseplants kit. I love crafting home decor pieces! So I’m always on the look out for nice frames for different ideas. I also love plants and gardening so this kit is a great combination of the two!

To start I made two of the frames. At first I thought I was only going to make one and save the other frames for some fun home decor pieces. But I couldn’t decide which one of these I liked better, so I made them both. They turned out great! And I think the extra tip of using a Bone Folder to Curl the leaves really helped with this.

Now I haven’t made a home decor piece with the other frames yet. But I did make a card using some of the supplies from the Happy Houseplants kit and a few things from the Annual Catalogue. To make it I used a piece of Pecan Pie cardstock for the card base and a piece of Lemon Lime Twist for the card mat. Then I cut down the kit piece for the snake plant frame to make my card front. On top of that I layered the die cut pieces of the snake plant with the other pot. I added two more plants using the Planted Paradise stamp set using Pecan Pie, Lemon Lime Twist and Garden Green ink. Then I fussy cut them and popped them up with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The sentiment is from the Crafting with You stamp set. I stamped it with Garden Green ink and then framed it with a piece of Pecan Pie cardstock. And to finish it off I added a couple of Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

Check out the Happy Houseplants kit, along with the other that are currently available here. There’s lots of different kinds of kits. And new ones are added every month.

You can also check out this post I shared about why I love stamping kits.

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.

A Walk in the Forest

Posted on November 17, 2023November 17, 2023 by inkspirationwithteresa

Can you believe there’s only about 5 weeks left until Christmas?! I feel like I’m only just starting to get into my Christmas crafting groove. Thankfully I think I finally figured out my designs for the card I’ll be sending to my friends and family. And while this isn’t it, it is using this pack of Designer Series Paper… A Walk in the Forest.

For this card I’m pairing up the Joy of Noel and More Wishes stamp sets. I think the holly leaf image from the Joy of Noel stamp set goes nicely with the design I chose. And to play up the pine cones in this design I’m using Pecan Pie for my card base and as a frame for the DSP and sentiment.

I stamped the holly leaves in Garden Green. And I stamped the “Merry Christmas” from the More Wishes stamp set in Pecan Pie. Then I popped up the sentiment with a few Stampin’ Dimensionals. And then to finish it off I added a few of the green Adhesive-Backed Glitter Sequins.

Stay tuned for the designs I use for my family and friends!

In the meantime, check out another Christmas card I made using the Snowflake Magic Specialty Designer Series Paper here.

You can find both packs of patterned paper in my online shop. And when you buy the A Walk in the Forest DSP pack Stampin’ Up! will donate $4 to support organizations dedicated to spreading cheer and providing support to those who need it.

Christmas Card with Winter Meadow

Posted on November 3, 2023November 3, 2023 by inkspirationwithteresa

Patterned paper can make it so easy to create beautiful handmade cards! And the Winter Meadow Designer Series Paper pack is no exception. The colours and designs are so pretty. And one thing I really like about this pack is that it’s not your typical Christmas patterned paper. I really didn’t need to add much to craft this beautiful Christmas card with Winter Meadow DSP.

I started with choosing the design from the pack of patterned paper. And this one is great just on it’s own. So I decided to use it as my card mat. For the card base I went neutral… Crumb Cake. The other colours came from the patterned paper; Misty Moonlight and Garden Green.

I paired it with the Joy of Noel bundle. The pines branches are Misty Moonlight cardstock. And the berries I stamped in Garden Green. Then for NOEL I used Crumb Cake. To make it easy to pop all this up with some Stampin’ Dimensionals I punched out a Basic White circle and layered them on. And to finish it off I added some Wink of Stella to the NOEL, along with a few Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

I really like this Christmas card with Winter Meadow DSP. And I can’t wait to craft some more!

Check out a fun fold card I made using the Joy of Noel bundle here.

And if you want to see all the different designs in the Winter Meadow DSP pack, then head over to my online shop.