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Handmade Teenage Birthday

Posted on November 4, 2022November 4, 2022 by inkspirationwithteresa

I can’t believe it… I’m the mother of a teenager now! How did that happen?! Anyway… She wants to be more involved in the planning and designing now, but I still wanted to do something special for her party. I have to admit, crafting a handmade teenage birthday is a little trickier than I’m used to. Usually I have a theme to guide my design. This time it’s a colour… rose gold. A great colour. One of my favourites… but not quite what I’m used to working with.

So I went looking at a local dollar store for ideas in their party section. When I was there I found a very colourful cake topper and decided to create my own. To do it I used the retired Playful Alphabet dies to spell out “Happy Birthday” in Rose Gold Specialty paper. Then I simply stuck the letters to pieces of Basic White cardstock and cut triangles out of the bottom. To create the banner I folded the cardstock over some retired Rose Gold Metallic thread and used some Mini Glue Dots to attach it to a couple of rose gold straws.

The other thing I needed to figure out were the thank yous for my daughter’s friends. This idea was sparked by something I found on Pinterest. It’s a simple belly band wrapped around a kraft journal. I used the Hues of Happiness Designer Series Paper for the band. And I heat embossed “thanks” from the Biggest Wish stamp set in gold (sadly no rose gold embossing powder). Then I used one of the All That dies to cut it out and added it to the band.

I hope she likes how these handmade teenage birthday favours turned out! You can check out the birthday card I made for her here. And stock up on any stamping supplies you need in my online shop.

Feminine Birthday Cards

Posted on October 26, 2022October 26, 2022 by inkspirationwithteresa

This month marks the start of a busy season of gifting for us. From now until Christmas there are 6 birthdays to celebrate, plus we have Hannukah too. To kick things off I need 2 feminine birthday cards. One for my mom and one for my daughter. I’m using the same stamp set for both cards; Biggest Wish. I haven’t used it since I got it during Stampin’ Up!s flash stamp sale, so I’m excited to use it!

For my mom’s card I using some of the In Colours; Sweet Sorbet, Orchid Oasis, Fresh Freesia and Pale Papaya. The card base is Sweet Sorbet, then I used all of these colours to stamp “happy” down the left hand side of the card front. I also used Sweet Sorbet for stamping “birthday” and popped it up with some Stampin’ Dimensionals. And then for a celebratory kind of background I randomly stamped the small x’s using the other colours. At first I thought I would use some of the In Colour Dots, but the x’s almost look like confetti.

For my daughter’s card I used Petal Pink for my card base. I did some tone on tone stamping to create a simple background. Rose gold is the “theme” for her party this year, so I used some of the Rose Gold Metallic Specialty Paper for the card mat. Then I layered a piece of Basic White cardstock on that I did some heat embossing on in gold. Too bad Stampin’ Up! doesn’t have rose gold embossing powder. I’d be all over that! To add a little something more to the card I used the Stitched Rectangles dies to cut out the phrase. Then I popped up these layers with Stampin’ Dimensionals and added a few Iridescent Pearl Basic Jewels.

I usually find making feminine birthday cards so much easier than masculine birthday cards. But with these cards it’s pretty easy to give them a more masculine look… all you need to do is swap out the colours.

If you’re stuck for ideas for the guys in your life, check out my post using the He’s All That bundle here. And you can find both the He’s All That bundle and the Biggest Wish stamp set in my online store.

Handmade Wedding Card for a Same Sex Couple

Posted on April 5, 2022April 5, 2022 by inkspirationwithteresa

Even with the card industry being as big as it is, there are still some cards that are difficult to find. That’s why I was asked to make a handmade wedding card for a same sex couple. I was so excited to make this card for them. When I make custom cards I like to dig in my retired craft stash. Some stamp sets I haven’t been able to replace yet. And I’m sure that’ll always be the case for some of my retired stamp sets, lol!

For this card I wanted to make something simple but elegant. So I dug into my metallics. The Brushed Metallics cardstock worked great for this. I used some in the background as a kind of card mat. And I also used it for the words and foliage. The words were easy to make with the Playful Alphabet dies that are sadly retiring. (I’ll be holding on to mine thought!) And the stems came from the Meadows dies.

Behind that I added a piece of Basic White cardstock that I embossed with the Tasteful Textile 3D embossing folder. But not before I stamped some paint splatter from the Quiet Meadow stamp set in Crumb Cake. I also added some retired gold thread behind the foliage and “congratulations”. The “congratulations” came from a long retired stamp set.

I love how this card turned out! And so did the people that requested it!

If you need a handmade wedding card for a same sex couple or any occasion, I’d be happy to make one for you! Check out more on my Cards & Consultation page here. Or email me at inkspirationwithteresa@gmail.com.

And if you want to see what else is retiring before it’s all gone, head over to my online shop!