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#SimpleStamping Thank You Card

Posted on April 19, 2024April 19, 2024 by inkspirationwithteresa

This month’s #SimpleStamping challenge from Stampin’ Up! is to make a #SimpleStamping thank you card. And we can use stamps, ink, paper and our favourite retiring product. This was actually a tough choice for me. There are a few things that I’m sad to see retiring. In the end I decided to use the Circle Sayings stamp set as my favourite retiring product.

For my colour combination I went with one I haven’t used before. I’m using Misty Moonlight and Lemon Lime Twist. The card base is Misty Moonlight and I used Lemon Lime Twist for my card mat. Then I stamped a simple background using the rays image with both Misty Moonlight and Lemon Lime Twist ink.

On top of this I layered a Misty Moonlight square that framed a piece of Basic White cardstock that I stamped my sentiment on. I was so tempted to use the coordinating punch. It’s a great and simple way to step up your projects! I stamped the “thank you” in Misty Moonlight ink. Then I framed it with an extra sentiment and some more rays with Lemon Lime Twist. To finish off the #SimpleStamping thank you card, I popped these squares up with a few Stampin’ Dimensionals.

If you want to step it up a little bit more, add a few Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

Check out another card I made using the Circle Sayings stamp set here. There’s less than two weeks left to grab this great bundle. Don’t miss out!

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Double Z-Fold Card

Posted on February 23, 2024February 23, 2024 by inkspirationwithteresa

The Z-fold card is one of my favourite cards when I want to craft something a little different without too much fuss. So I’m excited to share this double Z-fold card with you. It’s also fairly simple and straight forward. I also like it because it’s a nice way to show off some patterned paper.

For my card design I’m using the Flight and Airy Designer Series Paper from the Sale-a-bration catalogue. This is such a pretty pack of patterned paper. I just love all the birds… they’re so cute! But this time I’m using one of the floral designs. From there I decided to use Misty Moonlight for my ink and cardstock.

The main card base is 4 1/4″ x 11″ and scored at 2 3/4″ and 5 1/2″. Then the smaller piece that makes it a double Z-fold is 3″ x 9″ and scored at 3″ and 6″. The best tip I can give you when putting yours together is to adhere the smaller piece to the centre of the largest piece of the main card base first. Then close the card base to adhere the other end to the outside of the card base.

I used the Notes of Nature stamp set for the images and sentiment. And I popped up the sentiment after die cutting it with one of the Something Fancy dies. Then to finish it all off, I added a few Brushed Brass Butterflies.

There really isn’t anything tricky about the double Z-fold card. I hope you’ll give it a try and share it here if you do.

And if you’d like to see another somewhat simple fun fold card, you can check out the book fold card I made 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.

#SimpleStamping for New Years

Posted on December 12, 2023December 12, 2023 by inkspirationwithteresa

It’s been a while since I did a #SimpleStamping challenge. And so I thought it’d be fun to join in on this month’s challenge. This month Stampin’ Up! is looking for a congratulations or celebration theme using stamps, ink, paper AND an embellishment. I’m not sure why, but I immediately thought of doing some #SimpleStamping for New Years. Usually my New Years crafts are more along the lines of cute favours. But New Years is all about celebration, so why not?!

For my card base I’m using Misty Moonlight. And for my ink colours I’m using Misty Moonlight and Pool Party. I created the background using an image from the Gift of Giving stamp set and Pool Party ink. And for the “happy new year”, I paired two stamp sets. Biggest Wish from the Annual Catalogue and More Wishes from the September to December Mini catalogue. I stamped the sentiment with Pool Party and then stamped some more ‘sparkles’ around it with Misty Moonlight.

I framed all that with some more Misty Moonlight cardstock. And then I popped it up with some Stampin’ Dimensionals. Finally for my embellishment, I used the Adhesive-Backed Glitter Sequins. I put a few white ones in the background with the Pool Party sparkles and a few blue ones around the sentiment.

While I do like how this #SimpleStamping for New Years card turned out, I’m not sure I’ll do many New Years cards in the future. What do you think? Cards for New Years, yes or no?

Check out another card I made for one of Stampin’ Up!s #SimpleStamping challenges here.

And you can get both of these stamp sets in my online shop… by the way More Wishes will be around after January 4th!

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!

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.

Bright & Beautiful Handmade Birthday Card

Posted on July 25, 2023July 25, 2023 by inkspirationwithteresa

This week’s Paper Craft Crew challenge is a sketch challenge; PCC 527. At first I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do. But then I thought of the Beautiful Balloons stamps and dies… actually the whole Bright & Beautiful suite. It’s been a little while since I crafted with them, but I think this sketch works great to make a Bright & Beautiful handmade birthday card. Here’s the sketch design we’ve been given…

From here I picked my Designer Series Paper design. I went with one of the more simple designs that uses Misty Moonlight and Fresh Freesia. So for the card base I used Misty Moonlight cardstock. I layered on a nice big piece of the DSP for my card mat. Then I popped up a tag I made using some Fresh Freesia balloons and Misty Moonlight ribbons. I love the little confetti holes that this die makes! The ‘happy birthday’ is also in Misty Moonlight. And the ribbon is from my retired stash. I still have a little bit of the Misty Moonlight cotton trim.

Then I layered on a Misty Moonlight cupcake from the Circle Sayings stamp set. The ‘celebrate’ circle is also from this stamp set and I punched it all out with the coordinating punch. I popped this up too. Along with a couple of balloons that I stamped and die cut.

Bright & Beautiful Handmade Birthday Card

As I’m typing this I’m wondering why I didn’t add some Rhinestone Basic Jewels! You totally should! Even without them I still like this Bright & Beautiful handmade birthday card.

Check out all the other cards for this week’s Paper Craft Crew sketch challenge here.

And check out my last card for the Paper Craft Crew here.

Window Easel Card

Posted on May 5, 2023May 5, 2023 by inkspirationwithteresa

I thought of a fun fold card to make once I started crafting with the new Beautiful Balloons bundle. I’m not sure exactly what it’s called, but I’m calling it a Window Easel card. It is an easel card. But I wanted to add a piece of window sheet to make it look like the balloons are floating. Hence window easel card. If it goes by another name, I’d love to know.

For my colour combination I’m using Misty Moonlight and Lemon Lime Twist. I’m so glad that Stampin’ Up! brought Misty Moonlight back! This was a favourite colour of mine back when it was an In Colour. I paired it with Lemon Lime Twist. Two nice bright colours that would help each other pop.

The sentiment inside the card comes from the Beautiful Balloons stamp set. But I cut it out with one of the Something Fancy dies. And of course to make sure the card would stand up like an easel I used a couple Stampin’ Dimensionals.

To add a little something else to the outside I added some of the Bright & Beautiful Designer Series Paper. The window panel hides on the inside of the card for a nice surprise. Plus the DSP hides some of the back of the panel that sticks out a little bit.

To finish off this Window Easel card I added a little bit of bling. Some Wink of Stella Glitterbrush to the balloons and a few of the Flat Adhesive-Backed Pearls.

Check out another card I made with the Beautiful Balloons bundle here. And to see ALL the great new products from the new Annual Catalogue, check out my online shop! You can also request your very own copy of the catalogue if you live in Canada and contact me. I’m happy to mail it out to you!