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Merry Christmas and Happy 2024!

Posted on December 27, 2023December 27, 2023 by inkspirationwithteresa

I want to take a moment and wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy 2024! It’s been a busy few days for us here. We visited with both sides of the family, enjoyed great food and the munchkins were very happy to get a “few” presents. Lol!

For this year’s Christmas card for my customers I used the Cottage Wreaths bundle from the Annual catalogue and the retiring Christmas Tidings embossing folder. Shaded Spruce is my main colour, but I did throw in a splash of Cherry Cobbler for the berries. Great Christmas colours!

I hope you all had the chance to spend time with those you love this festive season. And I hope you also have some time to relax and do something you love.

Merry Christmas and Happy 2024 everyone!

Don’t forget there’s still time to take advantage of the Last Chance sale. You can get up to 60% off until January 3rd. Some things have already sold out, so for the most up to date info, check out my online shop.

Also I’ll be posting details for my upcoming events and classes soon. So make sure to keep checking back 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.

Happy Chanukah

Posted on December 8, 2023December 8, 2023 by inkspirationwithteresa

Happy Chanukah everyone! Last night was the first of 8 nights of celebrating. To celebrate we light the candles and there are a few presents. We don’t do gifts every night like my youngest wants, but we do play dreidel and have fun. I also make cards to send out to all our Jewish family and friends. Since I need to make more than 2 dozen cards just for Chanukah, I keep the design simple. And the Celebrate the Miracle stamp set makes it easy to make simple AND pretty cards.

For the card base I’m using Balmy Blue. Balmy Blue is also my main ink colour. To start I stamped a few Stars of David in the background with Balmy Blue ink. But the sentiment, “sending love and light”, I stamped with Wild Wheat. It’s such a lovely golden colour! I also used Wild Wheat for my candle flames. Chanukah candles are often colourful, so I stamped those with Balmy Blue ink. And the Chanukkiah is stamped with Smoky Slate. I popped up my lit Chanukkiah with a few Stampin’ Dimensionals. Then I added a few Adhesive Backed Glitter Sequins to add a little more sparkle.

The Celebrate the Miracle stamp set makes it so easy to make Chanukah cards. This stamp set is definitely going into my permanent stash! I can’t wait to see how my projects for our upcoming family dinner turn out!

Check out another card I made with the Celebrate the Miracle stamp set here. And you can find this online exclusive stamp set in my online shop.

Happy Chanukah everyone!

Celebrate the Miracle

Posted on December 1, 2023December 1, 2023 by inkspirationwithteresa

In less than one week Chanukah starts! We celebrate both Chanukah and Christmas in our house so December is a busy month for us. It also means I make Chanukah AND Christmas cards to send out this time of year. Finding Chanukah themed stamp sets can be tricky. But I was super excited when Stampin’ Up! launched the Celebrate the Miracle stamp set! This online exclusive stamp set has a great variety of images and sentiments. Up until now I’ve had to mix and match with the bits and pieces I’ve collected over the years.

One of the things my munchkins love about Chanukah is playing dreidel… even Leo enjoys it, lol! We don’t play for money, but we do have a lot of fun. So I couldn’t resist making a card featuring the dreidel images. And blue is one of the colours you see a lot of at Chanukah so I used that for my card base… Balmy Blue to be exact. Balmy Blue is also my main ink colour with a bit of Misty Moonlight.

I stamped the dreidels and coins in Balmy Blue ink and “spin” in Misty Moonlight. There’s also a “Happy Chanukah” in Misty Moonlight on the inside. I like how easy the dreidels are to fussy cut! Before I popped them up with some Stampin’ Dimensionals I put a bit of the silver Simply Elegant Trim behind them. And behind that is a strip of patterned paper from the A Walk in the Forest Designer Series Paper pack.

I can’t wait to do some silver heat embossing with the Celebrate the Miracle stamp set! Sadly it’ll have to. 2 dozen cards are a lot to heat emboss and I need to get my Chanukah cards done and in the mail.

I’ll share what I do end up sending out next week. In the meantime, check out this card I made with the A Walk in the Forest Designer Series Paper.

If you like this pack of patterned paper, you’ll need to add some to your stash sooner rather than later. As of January 4th it’ll no longer be available… along with a number of other products that are retiring from the September – December mini catalogue. You can get all the most up to date information on what’s still available 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.

Lost Lagoon Christmas Card

Posted on November 10, 2023November 10, 2023 by inkspirationwithteresa

I don’t remember liking Lost Lagoon this much last time Stampin’ Up! had it. But since the colour refresh, it’s become one of my favourite colours! So much so that I decided to make a Lost Lagoon Christmas card. It’s definitely not a traditional Christmas colour, but I do like to try some non-traditional colours every once in a while.

For this card I’m using Lost Lagoon for the card base and ink colour. I stamped some holly and berries from the Joy of Noel stamp set on a piece of Basic White cardstock. Next to that I layered in two of the designs from the Snowflake Magic Specialty Designer Series Paper pack. Then on top of that I added a sentiment that I sponged the edges of the cardstock with using more Lost Lagoon ink. And behind that I put a little bit of silver Simple Elegant trim.

This Lost Lagoon Christmas card is what I made for my large team’s September to December Mini Catalogue card swap. I just love doing card swaps with my team! The cards I get are so pretty and such a great way to see samples with products I don’t have.

Check out another Christmas card I made using the Joy of Noel stamp set here.

And check out my online shop to stock up on all your Christmas card making supplies!

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.

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.

12 Weeks of Christmas for 2023

Posted on September 26, 2023September 26, 2023 by inkspirationwithteresa

I can’t believe it’s only 3 months until Christmas! Can you? I keep saying to myself that I’ll start my Christmas cards earlier, but somehow I never do. Maybe this year will be different… there’s still time. If you’d like to get a jump on your Christmas crafting, I’d love to help! And my 12 Weeks of Christmas for 2023 is designed to do just that! This is an exclusive perk for my newsletter subscribers. And you won’t find these project ideas anywhere else!

On Tuesday October 3rd I’ll be sending out my first holiday themed project for the upcoming holiday season. Each project sheet comes complete with a list of supplies and step by step instructions. I’ll be starting with cards, of course! But I’ll also have gift ideas and tag too.

For me the hardest part is deciding on the design for my cards, etc. This totally takes care of that for you! You can copy the projects just as they are… or you can switch out/add on to them. These projects sheets are here to spark your inkspiration and make it easier for you to spend time with your loved ones… which is really what the holidays are all about!

Christmas can be such a hectic time of year. Let me help you get started so you have plenty of time to enjoy the season! Sign up for my 12 Weeks of Christmas for 2023 before October 3rd and you’ll catch all of my projects. Plus when you sign up for my weekly newsletter you’ll get an extra project sheet to help you make your own patterned paper!

Sign up here or for a little more info check out my contact me page.

One Horse Open Sleigh

Posted on August 1, 2023August 1, 2023 by inkspirationwithteresa

I realize there’s still 146 more days til Christmas, but I just had to share a Christmas card. The One Horse Open Sleigh Designer Series Paper is just too pretty to wait! There’s a lot of great winter scenes in this pack of patterned paper. And there are some more ‘plain’ designs that you can use for lots of different occasions not just Christmas.

For this card I’m using one of the wintery designs and I wanted to spotlight the fox in this design. I went nice and dark for the card base; Early Espresso. And then I used the DSP design for my card front. The dark card base really makes the snowy scene stand out, don’t you think?!

To highlight the fox I punched him out using the 2 3/8″ Circle Punch. Next I pulled out my recently retired Layering Circles dies to cut out a larger circle using the flipside of the same design. Or at least that’s what I meant to do; catch the replay and you’ll know what I mean. Then I popped it up with some Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The “Merry Christmas” is from the Cottage Wreaths stamp set. And I stamped it with Early Espresso ink and then layered a piece of Early Espresso cardstock behind that. Then I popped that up and added a few Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

This DSP is so pretty and makes it super easy to make beautiful cards! Catch the replay of how this card came to be over on my Facebook page.

You can find the One Horse Open Sleigh DSP with the other online exclusives in my online shop.

I’m also loving crafting with one of the other online exclusive DSP packs; Hello Irresistible. Check out a card I made using that pack of patterned paper here.

Happy 2023!

Posted on December 30, 2022December 22, 2022 by inkspirationwithteresa

Happy New Year everyone! Happy 2023! We finished the Disney part of our vacation and will be off to Wizarding World soon. But in between we have to ring in the New Year. Since we’re away from home and can’t do our usual get together with friends I wanted to do a little something special. We have our usual hats and noise makers and I also have some crackers to pull. But the best part is that I bought us all some sparklers to celebrate.

I used the Lights Aglow Designer Series Paper to make little pockets to hold them. then to make the pockets a little fancier I used the retired Delightful Tag topper punch. And I used the also retired Playful Alphabet dies on some of the Metallic Specialty Paper for the “2023”s.

It’s been a hectic, but super fun vacation! And I’m looking forward to the last couple of days before we head back home.

There’s still time to get some of the retiring July-December mini catalogue products! This has been a very popular catalogue. Many things have already sold out! See what’s left in my online shop.

And check out this other card I made using the Lights Aglow DSP here.

Happy 2023!

Merry Christmas everyone!

Posted on December 23, 2022December 22, 2022 by inkspirationwithteresa

As you read this we’re in the final bit of driving to get to Orlando. It’s been a long drive and we’re all looking forward to not being in the car for a while. But before we get carried away with all the Disney Christmas fun I wanted to say Merry Christmas everyone!

On top of the cards I make for friends and family I also make cards for my customers. This is card I designed this year. I used Shaded Spruce cardstock for the card base to make this simple fun fold card. It’s just like two cards layered together, with one of them being a little smaller than the other. Plus this is a great way use what’s left of my Painted Christmas Designer Series Paper.

Most of the Painted Christmas DSP went on the outside, but I also added a little bit on the inside. And because of the design of the card base it was easy to use one piece of DSP. The sentiment is from the Joyful Flurry stamp set. I stamped it with Shaded Spruce ink. And I added a few snowflakes in Shaded Spruce ink to frame it.

To check out the cards I made for my friends and family you can find them here.

Things will be a little quiet around here for the next week or so. So you can follow our Disney adventures over on social! You can find me on Facebook and Instagram.

Merry Christmas everyone!

For My Team

Posted on December 14, 2022December 13, 2022 by inkspirationwithteresa

This past weekend I had my holiday party for my direct team members. I always like to do a little something for my team to celebrate them throughout the year… birthdays… stampaversaries. But for Christmas I like to do a little more. And I try to make sure to do it before the craziness of the holiday season kicks in.

To get ready there were a few things I wanted to put together. Of course they each got a Christmas card! These ones I used either Evening Evergreen or Soft Succulent cardstock along with some coordinating Lights Aglow Designer Series Paper. I cut out a peep hole in the top layer using the Stitched Rectangles dies. And the phrase from the Joyful Flurry stamp set is on the middle layer with a piece of Basic White cardstock on the third inside layer. I also made a simple belly band using the Painted Christmas DSP and the Spruced Up dies around some chocolate.

Then last but not least is the Triple Pocket Fold card I made to fill with some stamping goodies! For this I used some of the DSP and stamps from the upcoming mini and Sale-a-bration catalogues. I made a belly band for these as well using the same design of patterned paper and then die cut the sentiment with the Layering Circles dies.

We had such a great time crafting, listening to Christmas music, playing games and just chatting! I really appreciate my team members and I hope that comes across in what I made for my team.

For more information on my direct team as well as the larger team that I’m a part of, you can find that here. And if you’re all set to get in on all the crafting fun then you can join my team here. I’m happy to answer any questions you have. And I’m happy to support you no matter why you decide to join my team!

Spruced Up Christmas Cards

Posted on December 9, 2022December 9, 2022 by inkspirationwithteresa

Last week I shared the first design from this year’s holiday cards. I always make 2 different designs. One for the side that celebrates Hannuakah and one for the side that celebrates Christmas. For this design I made some Spruced Up Christmas cards. I’ve made a few cards with the Spruced Up bundle, but I still haven’t managed to use all the stamps and dies yet. So I’m excited to use the 2 ornament dies for this card.

For the base I’m using Cherry Cobbler cardstock. Then I added a strip of Lights Aglow Designer Series Paper for part of the card mat/front. There’s two different Cherry Cobbler designs in this pack and they’re both really nice. I just love this pack of DSP and can’t believe that it’s not coming back next year!

The sentiment is actually 2 smooshed together on one block. Then I stamped it with Shaded Spruce ink to go with one of the die cut ornaments. To add a little something more to the card, I stamped a few Cherry Cobbler candy canes in the background. Then to add some depth to the design I popped up the ornaments with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I had to strategically place them though, so that the solid and outline of the ornaments stayed connected. It was a bit of a pain, but I really like how these Spruced Up Christmas cards turned out.

Check out my first card design using the Joyful Flurry bundle that I shared last week here.

Sadly this bundle is retiring and the dies are already sold out! You can still get the stamp set with a lot of other great products that won’t be available after January 4th. Or in some cases while supplies last! Find them all in my online shop, but don’t wait too long… things are already selling out!

Blue Handmade Christmas Cards

Posted on December 2, 2022December 2, 2022 by inkspirationwithteresa

Although I’m a little behind schedule, I’m still doing better than previous years with my cards for friends and family! At least I have one of my two designs all cut and ready to assemble. The other design is almost there. I always do two different designs for the different sides of the family. This year for my husband’s side of the family they will be getting blue handmade Christmas cards. Actually the sentiment for these cards is a little more generic because while a lot of them celebrate Christmas, they’re Jewish and celebrate Hannukah. I often love using blues in my holiday crafting, but I chose blue for this card because of this.

For the card base and main colour of I’m using Pool Party. It’s such a pretty blue and works great with snowflakes… which I love to use this time of year! These snowflakes come from the Joyful Flurry stamp set. The designs on these snowflakes are so pretty and the variety in sizes is great. I also used one of the special coordinating dies for the central snowflake with Tahitian Tide cardstock. This gives the card an extra bit of pop without overpowering it.

I popped up the special snowflake with some Stampin’ Dimensionals. And behind it I have a strip of Snowflake Specialty Vellum along side the stamped snowflakes. The fuzzy designs are so soft and I love the effect you get with the iridescent designs! The sentiment is in Tahitian Tide to go with my special snowflake. And to finish it off I added a Rhinestone Basic Jewel to the centre of the it.

Check out some other blue handmade Christmas cards I made previously here.

And sadly I have to report that the Joyful Flurry bundle is retiring! Along with the Snowflake Specialty Vellum. To get them while you still can head to my online shop before January 4th… retiring products are only available while supplies last!