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More Watercolouring with Flowers of Beauty

Posted on July 12, 2024July 12, 2024 by inkspirationwithteresa

I scratched the itch last week and so I just had to do some more watercolouring with Flowers of Beauty! Stamp sets like this with big and simple images are great for watercolouring. Especially if you’re just starting out! It’s always nice to have room to add a little more water to smooth out any extra bits of colour.

This time I’m using Misty Moonlight as my main colour. There is some Basic Beige in there too. Other than the sentiment from the Layering Leaves stamp set though, it’s kind of hard to see. So I stamped the sentiment and two of the taller foliage images on the Fluid 100 Watercolour paper in Basic Beige. Once the ink was dry I used the same technique as last time… I coloured with the Watercolour Pencils first and then used a little bit of water and a Water Painter to smooth it out. Sadly there isn’t a Misty Moonlight Watercolour Pencil. So I used Balmy Blue and then added a little bit of Night of Navy on top.

On top of that I added a strip of Misty Moonlight cardstock that I embossed with the Cane Weave 3D Embossing Folder. Then on top of that I added a piece of County Woods Designer Series Paper that I punched with the 2 3/8″ Circle Punch and popped up with some Stampin’ Dimensionals. And on top of that I added two Misty Moonlight butterflies using the Sketched Butterflies bundle.

I’m having so much fun with this, I think I’ll have to do even more watercolouring with Flowers of Beauty!

Check out last week’s card here!

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Bonus Days are Here!

Posted on July 9, 2024July 9, 2024 by inkspirationwithteresa

Bonus Days are here again! And if you’re wondering what that means then keep reading.

Bonus Days happen once a year and usually in the summer months. So all this month you can earn coupons that you can spend next month.

How many coupons can you earn? As many as you want really. But it may depend on your budget. For every $60 you spend in July, you’ll get a $6 coupon to spend in August. So if your order is $120, you’ll get 2 or if your order is $180, you’ll get 3 and so on and so on. Once you’ve placed your order you’ll receive an email with all the codes that you earned with that order. This way you don’t get overwhelmed with an email for every single coupon code.

This makes it a great time to stock up on cardstock or adhesive. Or maybe you cross something off from your wishlist now and get the cardstock and adhesive with your coupons next month. It’s completely up to you how you want to take advantage of Stampin’ Up!s Bonus Days! I’ll definitely be taking advantage!

Bonus Days are here only for a short time. So don’t forget to place your order this month! Then you can start planning how you’re going to spend your coupons!

Don’t forget to use this month’s host code when you shop with me online, so I can send you a little something extra to say thanks!

And if you have any questions about Bonus Days, don’t hesitate to contact me!

Watercolouring with Flowers of Beauty

Posted on July 6, 2024July 6, 2024 by inkspirationwithteresa

I’ve been feeling the itch to do some colouring lately! So I was excited when the idea for this card popped into my head. I’m using a combination of things to do some watercolouring with Flowers of Beauty.

It all started with the idea of using the Watercolour Pencils. So I used them to choose my cardstock. I’m using Garden Green for my card base. And another little strip of it that I embossed with the Cane Weave 3D embossing folder.

My card mat is just a piece of Fluid 100 Watercolour Paper. I stamped some flowers from the Flowers of Beauty stamp set in Basic Beige ink. The leaves are from the Layering Leaves stamp set. Then I coloured the flowers with Flirty Flamingo and Melon Mambo. And the leaves with Granny Apple Green and Garden Green.

To soften and blend the colours I dipped the thinnest Water Painter in some water and brushed off the excess onto a piece of paper towel. Then I gently painted over the petals and leaves that I had coloured with the Watercolour Pencils.

I layered the embossed cardstock on top. Then I added a few Brushed Brass Butterflies. I debated about adding a sentiment, but in the end I decided not to use one. I’m curious to hear if you would have added a sentiment. Here it is…

Watercolouring with Flowers of Beauty was definitely a great combination! I’ll definitely need to do this again.

Want to learn a fun watercolouring technique? Check out this post where I did some no-line watercolouring.

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Sketched Butterflies

Posted on June 28, 2024June 28, 2024 by inkspirationwithteresa

If you’ve been following me for a while, then you know that I LOVE butterflies! So when I saw the Sketched Butterflies bundle in the new Annual Catalogue. But sadly, I couldn’t get it as part of my preorder. So I totally took advantage of this month’s sale on all the stamp and die bundles.

For this first card I’m keeping my design farily simple. I’m using Crumb Bake for my card base. Then I’m using a few different designs from the Perennial Lavender Designer Series PAper to make a fun background. I also pulld my other ink colour from the DSP; Gorgeous Grape.

On top of my DSP card mat I have a small square of Basic White cardstock that I stamped with some of the medium sized butterflies. I freamed it with some Gorgeous Grape carstock. And then I popped it up with a few Stampin Dimensionals.

The sentiment also comes from the Sketched Butterflies stamp set. I stamped that with Crumb Cake ink and layered that next to the stamped butterflies with a Stampin’ Dimensional and some Stampin’ SEAL. Then to finish is off I added a few Brushed Brass Butterflies.

These butterflies are so pretty! I can’t wait to craft some more with the Sketched Butterflies stamp set and dies! So stay tuned for more projects.

In the meantime you can check out another card I made using the gorgeous Perennial Lavender DSP here.

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#SimpleStamping with Flowers of Beauty

Posted on June 21, 2024June 21, 2024 by inkspirationwithteresa

This week I’m sharing some #SimpleStamping with Flowers of Beauty; one of the new stamp sets in the Annual Catalogue. I thought it’d be a great set for the theme of this month’s #SimpleStamping challenge from Stampin’ Up!… love or sympathy. Sadly I actually need a sympathy card so that’s the theme I picked. The other piece to this month’s challenge is that we can only use stamps, ink, paper and an embellishment. So a little something extra this time!

I quickly thought of using the 2023-2025 In Colour Opaque Sparkle dots for my embellishment. So that helped with my colour combination; Boho Blue and Wild Wheat. I’m using Wild Wheat for my card case and Boho Blue for my card mat. Then on my card mat I did some tone on tone stamping with one of the flowers from the Flowers of Beauty stamp set. I also stamped my sentiment with Boho Blue ink. It comes from the Something Fancy stamp set.

Next I made a smaller card front than usual and I framed it with some more Wild Wheat cardstock. This way you can see the Boho Blue flowers on the card mat. On the smaller card front I stamped some of the taller foliage using both Wild Wheat and Boho Blue ink. I popped this up with a few Stampin’ Dimensionals. Then to finish it off I added a few Wild Wheat dots.

When you do #SimpleStamping with Flowers of Beauty, or other stamp sets with great images, your cards can turn out just as pretty as those with lots of layers and die cuts, etc.

Check out another simple card I made using the Flowers of Beauty stamp set here.

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Happy Houseplants

Posted on June 14, 2024June 14, 2024 by inkspirationwithteresa

One of the projects I did at my big crafting day with my larger team was the Happy Houseplants kit. I love crafting home decor pieces! So I’m always on the look out for nice frames for different ideas. I also love plants and gardening so this kit is a great combination of the two!

To start I made two of the frames. At first I thought I was only going to make one and save the other frames for some fun home decor pieces. But I couldn’t decide which one of these I liked better, so I made them both. They turned out great! And I think the extra tip of using a Bone Folder to Curl the leaves really helped with this.

Now I haven’t made a home decor piece with the other frames yet. But I did make a card using some of the supplies from the Happy Houseplants kit and a few things from the Annual Catalogue. To make it I used a piece of Pecan Pie cardstock for the card base and a piece of Lemon Lime Twist for the card mat. Then I cut down the kit piece for the snake plant frame to make my card front. On top of that I layered the die cut pieces of the snake plant with the other pot. I added two more plants using the Planted Paradise stamp set using Pecan Pie, Lemon Lime Twist and Garden Green ink. Then I fussy cut them and popped them up with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The sentiment is from the Crafting with You stamp set. I stamped it with Garden Green ink and then framed it with a piece of Pecan Pie cardstock. And to finish it off I added a couple of Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

Check out the Happy Houseplants kit, along with the other that are currently available here. There’s lots of different kinds of kits. And new ones are added every month.

You can also check out this post I shared about why I love stamping kits.

Simple Handmade Card

Posted on June 7, 2024June 7, 2024 by inkspirationwithteresa

Last weekend I had the chance to spend the day with my larger team and craft the day away! It’s been a while since I’ve seen everyone in person, so I was excited. I was also looking forward to having a full day of uninterrupted crafting! (part of me is hoping I can do a little something like this once our basement is finished). I finished off a few things that I’ve been wanting to get to for a bit and started on some new projects too. Including this simple handmade card using the 2024-2026 In Colours.

The card base is Shy Shamrock. And I have a strip of Shy Shamrock Designer Series Paper too. I framed that with a little bit of Basic Black cardstock to make the colours really pop. The flowers on top of the DSP are from the Flowers of Beauty stamp set. I stamped one in Pretty in Pink, one in Petunia Pop and the other in Peach Pie. You’ll want to stamp off on a scrap piece of paper first when you “fill in” the flowers. Then I stamped the sentiment in Shy Shamrock; he only In Colour I didn’t end up using was Summer Splash. This sentiment is from the Layering Leaves stamp set.

One of the other things I love about a day like this, is that I can borrow stamps, etc. from team members for a project. I don’t have Layering Leaves, but got to borrow it and now it’s on my wishlist.

I popped up the floral strip with a few Stampin’ Dimensionals. And to finish it off I added a few of the large Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

As much as I love fancy fold cards, I do love a nice simple handmade card like this one!

Check out another card I made using ALL of the newest In Colours here. It’s a fun #SimpleStamping card.

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Peek-a-Boo Card

Posted on May 31, 2024May 31, 2024 by inkspirationwithteresa

Now I’m not sure if this is what you call this card design. But that’s what I’m calling it… a Peek-a-Boo card. I thought it’d be fun to use the 2 3/8″ Circle Punch to make a window of sorts and then have something peeking through.

I’m using Highland Heather for my card base because it goes really nicely with the Perennial Lavender Designer Series Paper. But before I punched out my window I adhered the piece of DSP to the cardstock. That way the window lines up on both. Don’t worry about adding adhesive to the centre! This way you’ll have two circles that you can use for another project.

Also on the front I added a sentiment from the Something Fancy stamp set using Highland Heather ink. Then I die cut it using the Something Fancy dies and popped it up with some Stampin’ Dimensionals.

On the inside (and peeking through the window) I have some of the taller florals from the Flowers of Beauty stamp set. I stamped these with Highland Heather ink too. Then I added a small Paper Butterfly and a few Brushed Brass Butterflies to finish it off.

If you know the name of the style of this card, please let me know. In the meantime I’m sticking with Peek-a-Boo card.

And check out another card I made using the pretty Perennial Lavender DSP here.

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Basketball Themed Birthday

Posted on May 24, 2024May 24, 2024 by inkspirationwithteresa

It’s been a busy week getting ready for my youngest’s birthday party tomorrow. Even though we’re not hosting it at home (cause there are WAY too many boxes in my living room) there’s still lots to do. This year my little guy wants a basketball themed birthday party.

We definitely needed to be creative for this theme because I don’t have anything current or retired with basketballs. Fortunately I found some great patterned paper at Michael’s. And fortunately I have a pretty imaginative munchkin! He wanted to help design and create the boxes we’re using for our loot bags.

For the boxes themselves we used Calypso Coral cardstock and Tear & Tape Adhesive. And then he wanted 3 black strips across the front. So I used 1/2′ strips of Basic Black cardstock. Next we added some basketballs from one of the patterned paper designs. We had to do a little cutting to get at the full sized basketballs, but the 2 3/8″ Circle punch was the perfect size.

To finish them off we added a “thanks” “friend” from the recently retired Biggest Wish stamp set. This is one stamp set that’s definitely staying in my craft stash! I stamped them in Tuxedo Black Memento ink. Next I gave my youngest a couple of options. He chose to use the also recently retired Double Oval punch to cut out the “thanks”. And “friend” I trimmed down with my paper trimmer.

Of course I let him add the sentiments and fill the boxes. I think they turned out very nicely!

I still have some of that patterned paper left. So I’m going to use that to make a simple happy birthday sign for him. I have to have at least one surprise for his party!

I really hope his friends enjoy their basketball themed birthday treat boxes!

Check out a card I made for my oldest’s birthday last year here.

And grab anything you need for your handmade birthday cards in my online shop.

Country Woods

Posted on May 17, 2024May 17, 2024 by inkspirationwithteresa

I love new catalogues! There’s always great new stuff in there. And I especially love to check out all the new patterned paper! One of my favourite packs of patterned paper in the new Annual catalogue is the Country Woods Designer Series Paper pack. It has some of my favourite colours in there. And I love all the rustic and wood panel designs.

I loved it so much that I used it to make the card to go with the catalouges for my customers… along with a few other goodies of course! This time I made 2 differen card designs. They’re somewhat similar and so you could kind of say it’s 2 cards with 1 design. And I used different colours and different designs from the DSP pack to change them up.

For the first design I used Misty Moonlight and Basic Beige for my colours. The piece of woodgrain DSP went on the left hand side of the card front. And on the right hand side I stamped a few flowers using the new Flower’s of Beauty stamp set and my two colours. The sentiment is from the returing Something Fancy stamp set and I die cut it using one of the coordinating dies. Then to finish it off I added a few Rhinestonce Basic Jewels.

With the second designe I used Petal Pink and Basic Beige. The piece of Petal Pink DSP went on the same side as the other card. But instead of the little sentiment, I stamped it on a larger piece of Very Vanilla cardstock and framed it with some Petal Pink cardstock. And I popped that up with a few Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I can’t wait to craft with the other designs in the Country Woods DSP pack!

Check out another card I made with the Flowers of Beauty stamp set here.

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Perennial Lavender

Posted on May 10, 2024May 10, 2024 by inkspirationwithteresa

Spring is here and we’ve been working at putting some garden beds together. I love this time of year for all the colours and of course the warmer weather! And one thing I always make sure to plant in my garden is lavender. Maybe that’s why I love the Perennial Lavender Designer Series Paper so much.

For this card design I’m using some strips of a couple of different designs, with the centre strip being just a little bit bigger than the rest. I’m using Crumb Cake cardstock for my card base. Even though it’s not officially one of the colours in this patterned paper pack it comes pretty darn close!

Behind the strips of DSP I made a background using a small floral image from the Flowers of Beauty stamp set. I stamped off my Gorgeous Grape ink onto a piece of scrap paper first. And then I stamped around the edges. I also used Gorgeous Grape ink for the sentiment which comes from the Hooray for Surprises stamp set. Then I added a few small Crumb Cake flowers around the sentiment and die cut it with one of the Something Fancy dies.

To finish it off I popped it up with a few Stampin’ Dimensionals and then added a few Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

The Perennial Lavender DSP pack is so pretty! And even though this card doesn’t say “Happy Mother’s Day” it would definitely work.

Happy Mother’s Day everyone!

Check out another card I made for Mother’s Day here.

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I Love Basic Beige!

Posted on May 3, 2024May 3, 2024 by inkspirationwithteresa

The new Annual catalogue is here! Which means there are lots of new things to help inkspire our crafting. This includes some new colours. And I don’t just meant the 2024-202 In Colours. There’s a new basic colour; Basic Beige. At first when I saw it I wasn’t sure, but figured I’d give it a try. And I have to say I love Basic Beige!

I’m pairing Basic Beige with Petal Pink for this card that I made for my small team’s monthly creative challenge. There’s also a couple other new products in this card design. The patterned paper is from the new Country Wood Designer Series Paper Pack. I’m definitely going to have fun crafting with this pack of DSP! I used a couple of small strips of the DSP to frame the extra flap in the the centre. And then another larger strip on top of the flap.

On top of the flap I also added a sentiment from the Something Fancy stamp set. I stampin it in Basic Beige. And then I surrounded it with some flowers from the new Flowers of Beauty stamp set. This is a two-step stamp set. So I stamped the outline of the flowers first in Basic Beige. Then I “coloured” them in with Petal Pink ink. So pretty! The Basic Beige really shows off the detail in the outline, but is still fairly subtle. I framed this piece with some Petal Pink cardstock. And to finish it off I added a few Iridescent Pearl Basic Jewels.

The card base is also Basic Beige. And it also opens up. So there’s lots of room to add a handwritten note.

I love Basic Beige! And am curious to know what you think. Let me know in the comments.

And if you want to check out the newest In Colours, check out a card I shared here last week.

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Collage Stamping with the 2024-2025 In Colours

Posted on April 26, 2024April 26, 2024 by inkspirationwithteresa

It’s only a few more days until the new Annual catalogue launches! I can’t wait! And so in the meantime, I’m happy to share a look at the new In Colours. It’s too early for me to pick a favourite. But at least for now I’m liking all of them. So I thought it’s be fun to do some collage stamping with the 2024-2025 In Colours.

For this card I’m using the soon to be retired stamp set Enchanted Butterfly. This has been a fun stamp set to craft with because of all the different images. It’s also a great one to use for collage stamping because of this.

Whenever I do collage stamping I always make sure to stamp the biggest image first. In this case it’s the large flower that I stamped with Peach Pie ink. Then from here you go down in size with your images to fill in the gaps. And don’t worry about images overlapping! I stamped the butterflies in Pretty in Pink, the leaves in Shy Shamrock and the dotted circles in Summer Splash.

The sentiment is from Something Fancy and I stamped it with Petunia Pop ink which is the same colour as the card mat. Next I die cut the sentiment with one of the Something Fancy dies… I’m so glad both of these will be in the next catalogue! And I popped it up with a few Stampin’ Dimensionals. Then I finished it off by adding a few Brushed Brass Butterflies.

Collage stamping with the 2024-2025 In Colours is so fun. These colours really go great together! I can’t wait to pair them up with the other Stampin’ Up! colours.

Check out another card I made using the Enchanted Butterfly stamp set here.

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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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Crafting with You

Posted on April 12, 2024April 12, 2024 by inkspirationwithteresa

This year for my ScrapFest Make & Take I’m using a very themed stamp set… Crafting with You. If you’ve seen the stamp set and dies then you’ll know why I couldn’t resist. I mean just the paper trimmer and emboss machine that’s part of this set make it a great addition to any paper crafter’s craft stash!

I’m pairing it with the Delightfully Eclectic Designer Series Paper pack that’ll soon be retired. It’s nice and colourful! And I cut up a couple of different designs to give some options with this fun fold card. I wanted to do something a bit different, but still easy enough to copy from the sample. And because I have a couple of different designs of patterned paper, I’m using a nice neutral card base; Smoky Slate. Plus this is the perfect colour for the paper trimmer and scissors I die cut in advance.

To make the base, you’ll start with a standard 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ card base. I highly recommend that you score it in half (at 4 1/4″) before you diagonally cut half of the front of the card base off. It definitely makes it easier! Then I added another piece of Smoky Slate cardstock which I folded in half and added some Basic White to the inside and outside.

From here I simply stamped a sentiment and an emboss machine of the outside piece of Basic White cardstock using Smoky Slate ink. Then to pull a little colour from the DSP, I stamped a few little hearts with Fresh Freesia ink. Next I added a die cut paper trimmer. And to finish it off a few Rhinestone Basic Jewels for some bling.

I hope that everyone at ScrapFest enjoys crafting with Crafting with You as much as I have been! I’m so glad to see that it’s sticking around for a while longer.

Sadly the Delightfully Eclectic DSP pack is not. Check out a masculine themed card I made with this great pack of patterned paper here.

And don’t forget the last chance sale is only for a little while longer!

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