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Delightfully Eclectic

Posted on April 5, 2024April 5, 2024 by inkspirationwithteresa

This week I’m sharing a project using a few different retiring products. Sadly, the He’s All That stamp set and dies are retiring. And so is the Delightfully Eclectic Designer Series Paper pack. Now you may not immediately think of using this pack of patterned paper for a masculine themed card. But there are a couple of designs in this pack of DSP that do work well.

So that’s where I started for this card design… with the patterned paper design. Once I had that I chose my colour combo, which in this case is pretty simple because they’re all neutral colours. My card base is Gray Granite. And then I layered a couple pieces of the black and white DSP on top using some Stampin’ Dimensionals. To make these two pieces, I started with a 4″ x 5 1/4″ piece of the DSP. Then I lined up one corner at the 2″ mark and cut across on a diagonal to about the 1.4″ mark. To get the other piece I just flipped it around and repeated the same thing.

Behind the pieces of the Delightfully Eclectic DSP, I stamped one of the images from the Season of Chic stamp set in Gray Granite ink. Then I stamped a sentiment from the He’s All That stamp set in Tuxedo Black Memento ink and die cut it with one of the coordinating dies. And I layered this on top of the bottom piece of DSP.

I’m hoping to do a couple more projects with the Delightfully Eclectic DSP before it retires. But in the meantime, check out another project I made using He’s All That here.

As I write this, the He’s All That stamps and dies and the Delightfully Eclectic DSP are still available. You have until April 30, or maybe sooner, to get these before they’re gone. Don’t wait!

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Handmade Masculine Cards

Posted on February 16, 2024February 16, 2024 by inkspirationwithteresa

Handmade masculine cards are the ones I hear people struggle with the most. And I put myself in that group too! I’m always looking for a good masculine themed stamp set and fun patterned paper. So I was excited when I saw the Trusty Toolbox Designer Series Paper in the Sale-a-bration catalogue. And with this card design I’m able to make 3 cards at once!

To make it I pulled 3 different designs and cut them each into 4″ x 5 1/4″ pieces. Then I cut each design into 3 pieces. I didn’t measure exactly, but you don’t really need to. You just need to get close. Then I mixed and matched the 3 different designs so that each card has a Real Red, Crushed Curry and Lost Lagoon design.

Once I stuck them to the Gray Granite card bases, I fussy cut a few of the tools. Thankfully they’re pretty easy to do that with. But you can use the Trusty Tools dies for some of them instead if that’s easier.

Then to build up my stash of handmade masculine cards I used 3 different sentiments from the He’s All That stamp set. I stamped them with Gray Granite ink. And then I die cut them with the coordinating dies and popped them up with a mix of Stampin’ Dimensionals and the minis.

I totally forgot about the Brushed Metallic Dots. Those would look great if you like to add a little bling to your handmade masculine cards!

Check out another card I made using the He’s All That stamp set here.

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Green Handmade Card

Posted on March 14, 2023March 14, 2023 by inkspirationwithteresa

This Friday is St. Patrick’s Day! I don’t know about you, but I don’t do a lot of crafting for St. Patrick’s Day. Although I might enjoy a green beer. Instead I decided to make a simple green handmade card. Stampin’ Up! has SO many different greens to choose from. Fortunately, or unfortunately, I don’t have all of the different shades so I just looked at what I had and chose three.

I chose Granny Apple Green, Old Olive and Mossy Meadow for my card. The inspiration for this card came from a design I saw on Facebook that reminded me of an Argyle sweater. And the All That dies has a great die to create that same pattern. I haven’t used this die very often so I’m glad I had this idea. Once I had a whole bunch in each colour I stuck them on a piece of Basic White cardstock using Mini Glue Dots.

The card base is Basic Black to really show off the different shades of green. On top of my argyle background I stamped a simple sentiment using the Biggest Wish stamp set. Then I cut it out with one of the Layering Circles dies and popped it up with some Stampin’ Dimensionals. To finish it off I added a few of the Brushed Metallic Adhesive-Backed Dots.

This green handmade card was fun to make! Check out my Facebook live here, which is where I first shared this card. You can also check out one of the other cards I made using the He’s All That bundle here. I love this bundle and hope it carries over to the upcoming new Annual Catalogue!

If you do like to do St. Patrick’s Day crafting then you should definitely check out the Lucky Clover stamp set! This is such a cute stamp set, but I have a feeling it’ll be retiring once the Mini Catalogue is finished.

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!

He’s All That

Posted on June 3, 2022June 3, 2022 by inkspirationwithteresa

June is here! Which means that summer’s coming and Father’s Day is around the corner. In just over two weeks acutally. Maybe that’s why I’ve been making so many masculine cards lately… or maybe it’s because I just love the He’s All That bundle. Either way I thought I’d share another card using this bundle. Check out this one that I made for a Paper Craft Crew vertical sketch challenge here.

For this card I went with all neutral colours. Yes navy is a neutral colour. I used Basic Black for the card base. Then I mixed in some Smoky Slate and Night of Navy. To add a little something to the smaller pieces of cardstock I embossed them. I embossed the piece of Smoky Slate using the Painted Texture 3D embossing folder. And the piece of Night of Navy cardstock with the splatter folder from the Stripes & Splatter 3D embossing folders.

For the stamping I added a little bit of ink splatter from the Quiet Meadow stamp set using Night of Navy ink. And the phrase, from the He’s All That stamp set, I stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento ink. To cut out the phrase I just used one of the coordinating dies. Then to finish it off I popped up the phrase with a few Stampin’ Dimensionals. Here it is…

The He’s All That stamp set and dies are great for masculine cards… and for Father’s Day. These kinds of cards are definitely more of a challenge for me so I’m glad to have something that makes it so much easier! Check out the whole suite of products in my online shop. I especially love the Designer Series Paper and can’t wait to get my hands on that too!

Masculine Birthday Card

Posted on May 24, 2022May 24, 2022 by inkspirationwithteresa

Here I go again… I decided to dive in and join another Paper Craft Crew challenge! This week it’s a vertical sketch challenge (PCC471). I really like this sketch. It’s simple and still gives some chances to do some layering. Immediately I knew I wanted to create a masculine birthday card. These types of cards are usually a little trickier for me, but this card design came fairly easily. Here’s the sketch…

As soon as I decided on a masculine themed card I knew I wanted to layer some different specialty paper. The Brushed Metallic cardstock and Layering Vellum Designs are great for masculine cards. And they work great here.

To really make these papers stand out I went with a Night of Navy card base. Then to add to the masculine theme I embossed it using the Timbre 3D Embossing folder. It doesn’t come through very well in the picture sadly. To layer the vellum on top of the gold brushed cardstock I used some very light layers of Multi-Purpose Liquid Glue in strategic places. That way you don’t really notice the glue.

The phrase comes from the He’s All That stamp set. My new favourite masculine stamp set! I stamped it with Night of Navy, of course. And then used one of the coordinating dies to cut it out. Next I popped it up with a few Stampin’ Dimensionals. To finish it off I added a few of the Brushed Metallic Dots. It helps balance out the card design I think.

This is a great masculine birthday card and I think I might hold on to it for my father-in-laws birthday later this summer. Check out the other entries into this week’s Paper Craft Crew vertical sketch challenge here.

And you can check out the last time I joined in on a Paper Craft Crew challenge here.

Goodbye to Bumblebee

Posted on April 1, 2022April 1, 2022 by inkspirationwithteresa

The time has come to say goodbye to the 2020-2022 In Colours! Misty Moonlight, Just Jade, Bumblebee, Magenta Madness and Cinnamon Cider. So over the next few weeks I’m going to feature one of the retiring In Colours. Last week I featured Just Jade in my Fancy Folds Design team blog hop. You can check that out here. This week it’s time to say goodbye to Bumblebee.

I have to admit that it took me a while to warm up to this In Colour. Yellows are not a colour I use alot, but this is a nice one! Once I found some good coordinating colours it was a lot easier to use. I made this card for my dad’s recent 82nd birthday. It was so nice to be able to see him in person and not worry about masks. So with my dad in mind I knew I had to use the retiring A Good Man stamp set. This is one that I’m sure I’ll hold onto even after it’s officially retired. The images and phrase are so wonderful!

From here I decided to use some of one of the woodgrain designs from the In Good Taste Specialty Designer Series Paper (also retiring). That helped with the colour combination which is Early Espresso and Bumblebee. To soften the Bumblebee I used the Tasteful Textile 3D embossing folder. I liked this idea instead of stamping some images on the cardstock for this card. It really makes the image of the man holding the child the feature which is what I wanted.

To add a little something more to this card I cut out the image using the Stitched Rectangles dies. Thankfully these are carrying over! I popped up the image with some Stampin’ Dimensionals and then added a few Brushed Metallic Dots, which are also carrying over. Here’s the card…

While it’s sad to say goodbye to Bumblebee and all the other retiring products, a lot of great products are sticking around! Now remember these products are only available while supplies last… and the 2020-2022 In Colour products will sell out quickly. Head over to my online shop to grab your favourites before they’re gone. And if you’d like to see the full list here it is.