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Happy Valentine’s Day

Posted on February 14, 2025February 13, 2025 by inkspirationwithteresa

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! And to celebrate I’m sharing the last of my Valentine’s themed projects. A fun home decor piece that you can easily put in a 6″ x 6″ frame. I love making projects like these for the different holidays and seasons! And the Adoring Hearts hybrid embossing folder makes this really easy! You just need to hold on to all the extra embossed and die cut hearts for future projects… or maybe you can use them like confetti.

To make the coloured hearts pop I wanted a neutral color for the ‘frame’. So I used Basic White for the inner frame and Basic Black for the mat behind it. For the hearts I used Cherry Cobbler, Fresh Freesia, Bubble Bath, Balmy Blue and a little bit of gold foil.

To reduce the number of extra hearts you can put 3 strips of cardstock in the hybrid embossing folder. So you can get 3 different colours in one go. Or you can use a 5 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ piece of cardstock for each colour and have a lot of extra hearts. I’ll leave the choice up to you. If you’ve never used a hybrid embossing folder before, check out my post that’ll tell you all you need to know here.

Once I had all my cardstock hearts, I added them to the frame using Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals. The gold foil was added on top of a plain Cherry Cobbler heart using a Fine-Tip glue pen. I did my best to stagger the colours and designs of the hearts. And I think it turned out pretty good…

Now to find a frame. I think I might still have a frame from my Happy Houseplants kit. Otherwise it’s off to Michaels for me.

You can find everything you need to make your own version of this in my online shop, including the Happy Houseplants kit which you can earn for free as part of Sale-a-bration until February 28th.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Valentine’s Day Slimline Card

Posted on January 31, 2025January 31, 2025 by inkspirationwithteresa

Tomorrow’s February 1st which means that Valentine’s Day is only 2 weeks away! My creative juices have slowly been coming back (see why here). And one bundle that’s definitely sparked some inkspiration is the Adoring Hearts bundle. I love the hybrid embossing folder that comes with the stamp set! So many great possibilities! And one of the the first ideas that popped in my head when I started crafting with these was a Valentine’s day slimline card. I can fit so many more hearts on a slimline card!

The card base is Cherry Cobbler with a Basic Black card mat. This is such a nice deep red for the hearts! I also used Cherry Cobbler for one of my ink colours… Tuxedo Black is the other, of course.

I stamped the sentiment at the bottom of the Basic White card front using Tuxedo Black Memento ink. Then I stamped some small Cherry Cobbler hearts next to it. Next I added a few embossed Cherry Cobbler hearts and some gold foil ones that I die cut using another die from the bundle. To fill in the gaps I added a few Tuxedo Black hearts. I love the design on this one! It wasn’t able to pop up the more detailed Cherry Cobbler hearts, so I used some Stampin’ Dimensionals on the larger gold foil hearts.

If you like this Valentine’s Day slimline card using the Adoring Hearts bundle, then you’ll want to check out the card I shared last week. That post also talks about what a hybrid embossing folder is and what plates you need to use in your Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine.

Find this, and everything else you need to make this special Valentine’s Day card in my online shop!

All the Best Paper Pumpkin

Posted on January 9, 2024January 9, 2024 by inkspirationwithteresa

Stampin’ Up! definitely ended 2023 on a high note. The All the Best Paper Pumpkin kit is gorgeous! This is probably my favourite kit of 2023. The colours are nice and bright and the sentiments are lovely. Plus I love the gold foil and dandelion images! It totally reminds me of a stamp set from a couple of years ago, Dandelion Wishes. That is one set that didn’t make it into my craft stash, so I’m definitely holding on to this one.

I didn’t make too many alternative projects with this kit because I love the original designs so much. But I did make a few. For my first alternative card project I just mixed and matched what was in the kit. I used one of the Balmy Blue card bases and cut up one of the envelopes for my main image. Then I trimmed one of the gold foil circles and added a dandelion I fussy cut as part of another alternative project.

The other dandelions I fussy cut went to make a different kind of project. This could be a framed piece or the focal point of a scrapbook page. To make it, I trimmed one of the other Balmy Blue card bases and popped up the gold foil square with a few Stampin’ Dimensionals, with the dandelions just behind it.

I made one other alternative card project with the All the Best Paper Pumpkin kit. Catch the replay over on my Facebook page where I made it last night.

And check out one of the other super popular Paper Pumpkin kits of 2023 here.

Want to get in on all the crafty fun?! Paper Pumpkin kits arrive at your door with everything you need to make the projects inside. The January kit looks like it’ll be really pretty! Plus it coordinates with one of the suites from the new January-April Mini catalogue. Sign up for the Lovely Lavender kit by January 10th! That’s tomorrow.

Gold Foil Christmas

Posted on November 17, 2020November 17, 2020 by inkspirationwithteresa

It’s been a while since I’ve shared some cards from a now not so recent card swap with my team. This card swap was to show off products from the August-December Mini Catalogue. This time around I’m sharing some of the gold foil Christmas cards that were made. I love all the foil and metallic papers! And for the upcoming holidays using foil is a no-brainer.

This first card was made by Moira Sands. She used the Gift Wrapped bundle to create this card that looks just like a present. Along with the foil she used Pretty Peacock. I really like how these colours go together.

One of my other favourite things to do is heat embossing. It’s such an easy way to add something special! Like Moira’s card this card uses foil and heat embossing. Except this time it’s with gold and the Sweetest Time bundle. This card was made by Eileen McAuliffe and I always love her cards. Along with the foil she used some Garden Green cardstock to create some more layers. I really like how she only used a piece of Basic Black for the card. It really make the gold stand out.

Now, last but not least is my favourite of these three cards! It was made by Vicki Howie. Even though you need a die cutting machine to create the layers, this is a pretty simple card. I’m a big fan of simple cards which could be why I like this one so much. I love how she paired the Tis the Season Designer Series Paper (on the left) with the Plaid Tidings DSP (on the right). Plus she included some Gilded Gems “on the side” so we could decide if and where we wanted to use them.

If you liked these gold foil Christmas cards you should check out some of the other cards from this card swap.

I’m also in the final weeks of my 12 Weeks of Christmas! This is where my email newsletter subscribers receive exclusive holiday themed projects to help get ready for the now not so far away holidays. You won’t find these projects anywhere else! If you live in Canada, contact me to find out how you can join my mailing list.