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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!

Lights Aglow Christmas Cards

Posted on November 29, 2022November 29, 2022 by inkspirationwithteresa

Only 26 more days til Christmas! I can’t believe it’s already almost December. I was hoping to have my Christmas cards ready to mail out by the end of this week, but I’m a little behind. I’ll share them here once they’re done. But in the meantime I thought I’d share some more cards from a recent team card swap. These Lights Aglow Christmas cards are just so pretty! I just love this pack of Designer Series Paper and am sad that it won’t be returning next year. Each of these cards features a different design from this pack of patterned paper.

The first is from my larger team leader, Jenn Tinline. She uses one of the Cherry Cobbler designs from the pack so it makes sense that she used Cherry Cobbler for her card base. It’s hard to see in the picture, but she used one of the Charming Landscapes embossing folders on the card base. She also added some more gold with the Brushed Metallic cardstock and heat embossing the sentiment from the Jingle Jingle Jingle stamp set.

Julie MacIssac also used Cherry Cobbler for her card base. But she uses another piece of Cherry Cobbler cardstock that she die cut with the Labels Aglow dies to create a patterned paper look. I love the touch of gold Shimmer Specialty Paper she used with the Gold and Vanilla Satin Edged Ribbon. The sentiment if from the Brightest Glow stamp set.

This last card is from Kerry-Anne Pumphrey. She used the Lights Aglow DSP and a piece of Basic White that she embossed with the Timeworn Type 3D embossing folder for her background. The sentiment is also from the Brightest Glow stamp set. And she die cut a gold foil Christmas tree using the Twinkling Lights dies.

These Lights Aglow Christmas cards are so pretty! I can’t pick a favourite.

Check out my card for this swap here using the Spruced Up stamp set. And if you need any holiday crafting supplies or gifts for the crafters in your life, then head over to my online shop!

Dual Pop Up Card

Posted on November 18, 2022November 19, 2022 by inkspirationwithteresa

I’m back with the Fancy Folds Design Team blog hop! And this month we’re making a Dual Pop Up Card. This card took a little longer to figure out, but in the end it wasn’t so hard. You definitely want to take your time with the two pieces for the mechanism! Jan B, a demonstrator from the UK, has a great video to walk you through step by step. She also has measurements for those of us in North America. Just look under the video in the comments for the A2/US measurements.

For my design I went with a holiday theme. Using the All Spruced Up bundle and Painted Christmas Designer Series Paper worked nicely for this. I used Soft Succulent for the card base and a lighter design throughout the inside and outside to keep it nice and subtle.

On the card front I added a few die cut tree outlines from the Spruced Up dies. One in Evening Evergreen, one in Soft Succulent and one in Basic White. Next I paired two phrases from the Spruced Up stamp set together to go on the outside and die cut them using one of the All That dies. Then I popped it up with some Stampin’ Dimensionals and added a few gold Festive Pearls.

The inside is also pretty simple. Just a couple more tree outlines on the doors. And I did add an extra piece of 3″ x 3″ Basic White cardstock on the inside to give room to write.

The Dual Pop Up card was definitely a little trickier than some of the other cards I’ve done with the Fancy Folds Design team. But still easier than I thought. Keep hopping around the world to see all the different designs. Next up is Mette Nording Shaw from Australia. Check out her card here.

And check out last month’s hop here where we made a Cascading Display card.

OnStage Card Swap

Posted on November 11, 2022November 11, 2022 by inkspirationwithteresa

As you read this I’ll be on my way to Montreal! This weekend is the first OnStage event I’ve been able to attend in person since the pandemic started. I’m really excited to go and knew I wanted to join in the unofficial OnStage card swap! This is one of my many favourite things about OnStage. There’s also the sneak peeks, the free products and meeting demonstrators from all over! To name just a few.

At just about every Stampin’ Up! event there are demonstrators that make cards and other projects just to swap with one another. Card swaps are a great way to get inkspiration and to see how other demonstrators design their cards. I enjoy doing card swaps with my team and so it’s really nice to get cards from people outside of my team! Plus it gives me the chance to meet other demonstrators that I wouldn’t see otherwise.

For my card design I kept it simple. I used some of the Sunprints Designer Series Paper for my card mat on a Gray Granite card base. Then I layered a few things on top. Running across the bottom is a piece of Silver Metallic Edge Cotton ribbon. On top of that is a phrase from the Bottled Happiness stamp set that I framed using the Layering Circles dies and popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals. And last but not least, I silver heat embossed a dragonfly from the Dragonfly Garden stamp set and punched it out with the coordinating punch.

I hope the other demonstrators like my OnStage card swap! I’ll post some of my favourites here next week so stay tuned. In the meantime you can check out the card I made for my team’s most recent card swap here.

And you can always stock up on stamping supplies in my online shop!

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.

Spruced Up

Posted on October 21, 2022October 21, 2022 by inkspirationwithteresa

With every new catalogue our larger team always does a card swap. And the July-December mini catalogue is no different. For my swap I wanted to step it up a little while keeping it simple. I especially like to keep it simple when I have to make a lot of cards at once. So I made a book fold card using the Spruced Up bundle.

I have a few different elements to this card so I wanted to have a neutral card base. Crumb Cake works nicely for this and is probably my favourite brown to craft with. On the “spine” of my card front I have a strip of one of the designs from the Painted Christmas Designer Series Paper. I love the colours and patterns in this DSP pack, don’t you?! For the main part of my card front I embossed a piece of Basic White cardstock using the snowy mountain range from the Charming Landscapes embossing folders. I thought it makes a really nice background for the other elements.

I stamped the large tree with Evening Evergreen and then cut it out with the coordinating die. And the phrase is actually 2 phrases from the Spruced Up stamp set. I really love these two together! To stamp them I place them as close together on the block as I can. I stamped the phrase in Evening Evergreen too. Then I die cut it with one of the All That dies and popped it up with Stampin’ Dimensionals. To finish it off I added a few Festive Pearls. These are another favourite of mine from the July-December mini catalogue. And apparently a lot of people agree… I’ve seen it out of stock a couple of times already.

Here’s my card…

Check out some of the cards I got from this recent card swap here. I’ll be sharing more here in the upcoming weeks, so stay tuned! And you can check out the Spruced Up bundle in my online shop.

#SimpleStamping with Paper Craft Crew

Posted on October 18, 2022October 18, 2022 by inkspirationwithteresa

Each month Stampin’ Up! has a #SimpleStamping challenge and I’ve been having a lot of fun doing them. This week the Paper Craft Crew is doing some #SimpleStamping too (PCC488). So I’m excited to do some #SimpleStamping with Paper Craft Crew and Stampin’ Up!

For my card design I started with what punch I was going to use. (Stampin’ Up!s challenge gives us an extra punch to work with on top of the usual stamps, ink and paper.) I love the bottle images from the Vintage Christmas stamp set! So I decided to use the Vintage Bottle punch even though this is going to be a thank you card.

From here I picked my colour combination. And since it’s not going to be a Christmas card I’m using Pale Papaya and Crumb Cake as my main colours. I stamped the bottly with Crumb Cake ink and the main flowers in Pale Papaya ink. Then I added in a splash of Soft Succulent for the flowers’ centres. The thank you is from the Biggest Wish stamp set. I also stamped that in Pale Papaya, then framed it with some Crumb Cake cardstock and popped it up with Stampin’ Dimensionals to be at the same level as the bottle. And to have a little something more in the background I stamped the ink splatter image from the Quiet Meadow stamp set with Crumb Cake ink.

I really enjoy #SimpleStamping! And so I had a lot of fun with these challenges.

Check out the other cards for more #SimpleStamping with Paper Craft Crew here. And you can check out one of my previous #SimpleStamping cards here.

Cascading Display Fold Card

Posted on October 14, 2022October 14, 2022 by inkspirationwithteresa

We’re back! And this month we’re making a Cascading Display fold card. This is a fun and simple card to make and it looks great! It’s funny… the more I make fancy fold cards the more I find them easier than they look. For measurements and tips to make your own check out my YouTube video here. Then post a pic in the comments. I’d love to see your designs!

Both of my designs for this fancy fold card are Christmas themed. I guess I’m really getting into my holiday crafting. Anyway… for one design I paired the Christmas Scottie stamp set and Lights Aglow Designer Series Paper. For the colour combination I used Smoky Slate and Mint Macaron. I just love the way the gold foil sparkles with this DSP! Don’t you?!

The other design uses the Spruced Up stamp set and the Painted Christmas DSP. This time with Evening Evergreen and Soft Succulent for my colours. I thought about popping up some elements or adding some bling, but decided the card didn’t need it. The simple mechanism that helps layer the different pieces really does the trick. It closes so nicely and when it’s open you can easily see all the different layers.

Make sure to keep hopping around the world to see all the different Cascading Display fold card designs! Up next is Mette Nordling Shaw from Australia. Check out her design here…

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And if you want to check out last month’s hop where we made a Triple Floating Diamond card, you can start that hop here.

Starter Kit Plus

Posted on October 12, 2022October 12, 2022 by inkspirationwithteresa

I’ve been crafting for about as long as I can remember. Then in highschool I was introduced to scrapbooking and not too long after that card making. I think this story rings true for most of us crafters. I can’t imaging not crafting! And since I joined the Stampin’ Up! family just over 10 years ago I can’t imagine not being a demonstrator either. When I joined it was a bit different, but especially now you get the Starter kit plus so much more when you join.

From now until the end of this month (Halloween) Stampin’ Up! is offering so much more! As always you get to choose what products you want to order, plus a Paper Pumpkin kit. Plus you start with a 20% discount on all of the top quality and easy to coordinate products that Stampin’ Up! offers. And if that wasn’t enough, as a demonstrator you get first look at upcoming new catalogues and products as well as the chance to order them before they are released to the public!

One of the other benefits of becoming a demonstrator is the community. Sometimes I wonder why I don’t start with this, but there’s a reason I say Stampin’ Up! family. Stampin’ Up! offers different events throughout the year to get together in-person and online and craft. They also offer recognition for a number of different milestones and support whenever you need it. And on top of that you would be joining my smaller team as well as the larger team that I’m a part of. I’m here to answer any questions you might have and I love celebrating my team members whenever I get the chance. With our larger team, there’s even more support and of course crafting fun!

Usually you get $165 worth of Stampin’ Up! products for only $135 (no shipping or taxes depending on your province). But this month you will get $206 worth of product!!! There’s never been a better time to join. You can use the $206 worth of product to get everything you need for your holiday crafting. And if you want to share your love of crafting with others I’m here to help you figure out what to do with those catalogues and other business supplies you get with your kit.

For more information about being a demonstrator check out my join my team page. Or if you’re ready to get the Starter kit plus even more then you can do that here! And let me know if you have any questions. I’m happy to help in any way I can!

Splendid Thoughts

Posted on October 5, 2022October 5, 2022 by inkspirationwithteresa

Before I dive deep, deep into my holiday crafting I want to share a few more fall themed projects. These cards come from my team’s card swap for the July-December Mini catalogue. The Splendid Thoughts bundle is so nice! But I especially LOVE the Designer Series Paper! I think that’s why I love these cards so much.

This first card was made by Moira Sands. She uses the stamp set and coordinating dies for her design with Mint Macaron as her main colour. The shimmery DSP design looks great with the gold accents. She also uses the Timeworn Type 3D embossing folder as her background.

Up next is the card from Diana Langman. She uses the Splendid Thoughts stamp set, but decided to pair it with the Scalloped Contours dies. Her main colour, Soft Succulent, comes from the gorgeous Texture Chic DSP. She also created a different kind of gatefold card for her design.

The next card is from Rosina Petrella. She also crafted a fun fold card… wish I knew what it’s called (let me know if you do). Rosina, like Moira, also uses the whole Splendid Day suite for her card. Her main colour is Fresh Freesia and I really like how she overlapps the coordinating die cuts with the stamped images. I think I might need to figure out how to create this fun fold myself!

And last but definitely not least is the card made by Lorraine Melanson. She also uses Fresh Freesia, but she pairs it with Mint Macaron and added a simple metallic piece of DSP. I love the bee, but I think my favourite thing about this card is how she did some tone on tone stamping on her card base. It’s such a simple way to step up a plain piece of cardstock!

I love our team card swaps! They’re a great chance to get inkspiration. Plus you can see samples using products you might not have. Check out all the other reasons why I love my team, and Stampin’ Up! family, here. And you can find the Splendid Thoughts bundle, and everything else, in my online shop.

12 Weeks of Christmas 2022

Posted on September 27, 2022September 27, 2022 by inkspirationwithteresa

Fall is here! And that means we’re heading into the holiday season. Starting with Thanksgiving, then Hallowe’en, Hanukkah and of course Christmas. We also have a bunch of birthdays sprinkled in there too. So it’s a busy time of year! And to help make having a handmade Christmas easier I’m kicking off my 12 Weeks of Christmas 2022 later this week!

Each week I send out a newsletter filled with project ideas, stamping tip and first chance at my upcoming classes and events. And one of the perks of being on my mailing list is that you’ll automatically get my 12 Weeks of Christmas emails.

Every week from September 30th til December 16th you’ll get a Christmas project idea complete with pictures, measurements, step by step instructions and of course a list of everything you’ll need to make them. I’ll be starting off with cards to make sure you’ve got plenty of time to mail them no matter where they need to get to. Next up is gifts and then I’ll wrap it up (lol) with tags, bags and wraps. I love adding a little something special to my gifts!

You won’t find these projects anywhere else! So make sure to sign up for my 12 Weeks of Christmas 2022 before Friday! And if you know anyone who might enjoy these projects, please share this post with them.

Here’s the link to sign up for my mailing list. And here’s one of the projects I shared as part of one of my previous 12 Weeks of Christmas…

Want more info? You can find that here. The countdown to Christmas is on! It’s less than 3 months away, so let me help you with your holiday crafting.

Handmade Card for Dog Lovers

Posted on September 23, 2022 by inkspirationwithteresa

In our house we’re more about cats. But we have many family and friends with dogs… and every once in a while my munchkins do ask me if we can get a dog. So when I saw the Christmas Scottie bundle I had to craft a handmade card for dog lovers. This is a nice, simple card. It’s my first one with this bundle and I wanted the Scottie to be the focus.

To start I chose my colours for my dog and their bow. I love the colours and patterns in the Lights Aglow 6 x 6 Specialty Designer Series Paper and thought it would work great. It also worked really well as the card mat. A nice bit of colour, but the pattern is simple enough not to take away from my furry friend. Plus with Basic Black as the card base and other pieces, the Cherry Cobbler from the DSP really pops.

The phrase comes from the Christmas Scottie stamp set. I stamped it with Cherry Cobbler ink and then used the Layering Circles dies to frame it before I popped it up with some Stampin’ Dimensionals. Then I did the same thing with the Scottie dog I punched out, just using a couple of the larger Layering Circles dies.

To finish it off I added an extra Basic Black bow. Then a few Pearl Basic Jewels to the Lights Aglow card mat. Here it is…

Dogs totally hold a special place in our hearts! And I hope this handmade card for dog lovers shows that.

You can find the Christmas Scottie bundle in my online shop here. And you can check out one of my other card designs featuring one of my other favourite animals here.

Triple Floating Diamond Card

Posted on September 16, 2022September 16, 2022 by inkspirationwithteresa

The Fancy Folds Design team is back for another blog hop! And this month we’re making a Triple Floating Diamond card. It’s a little bit of a bigger card than I usually make so I’ll need to find or make my own envelope, but it’s such a pretty card. You can check out Amanda’s video here. She’s the Scrimpingmommy, from the UK and give you the measurements and steps so you can follow along if you need to.

For my card I decided to not make a holiday card this time. I’m not quite in full holiday crafting mode yet. Instead I’m using the Hues of Happiness Designer Series Paper. It’s so pretty! And I decided to make a sort of thank you card using the coordinating Happiness Abounds stamp set. The colour combination I chose came from the DSP, of course. I used Gorgeous Grape cardstock for the card base. Then I used 2 different designs from the DSP pack for my diamonds. For my ink colours I used Gorgeous Grape and Melon Mambo.

I used a simpler design for my outer diamonds and a darker one in the centre. That way I could have my phrase and stamped flowers stand out. I cut out the flowers using one of the Layering Circles dies and my phrase with one of the Stitched Rectangles dies. Plus I popped these up using some Stampin’ Dimensionals. Then to add a little something more to the outer diamonds I used the Blossoming Happiness dies to cut out a couple of the larger flowers from one of the other designs.

The Triple Floating Diamond card is such a cool looking card right?!

Make sure to keep hopping so you can see all the cards! Up next is Gina Conner and you can see her card here.

And if you want to check out last month’s blog hop where we made a Curvy Pop-Up card, you can start that hop here.

World Card Making Day 2022

Posted on September 13, 2022September 13, 2022 by inkspirationwithteresa

The first Saturday of October is a special day for us crafters… it’s World Card Making Day! And for World Card Making Day 2022 Stampin’ Up! is hosting a FREE online crafting event! Starting at 4pm EST on Saturday October 1st you can join and learn new stamping techniques, make great projects and have lots of fun. And the crafting fun doesn’t stop until 7pm EST!

You can “bring your own projects to work on or you can craft along with Stampin’ Up! If you want to craft along there are 3 bundles you can choose from. The Cottage Rose bundle is from the Annual catalogue and Cozy Wreaths is from the July-December mini catalogue. And the third bundle is a sneak peek from the upcoming mini catalogue that starts in January 2023; Warm Welcome. Plus when you order one of these bundles you’ll get a FREE pack of Iridescent Pearl Basic Jewels! Just remember to add the code to your order (158987). Stampin’ Up! also has a list of other supplies you might want to have on had if you’re going to craft along. I’ll post that at the end of this post.

You don’t have to register in advance for this online event. But if you want to hear about what’s going to happen before the day arrives then click here to register.

I’m also going to be having an in-person event to celebrate World Card Making Day 2022! So if you live in, or near Halton, then check out what I’ve got going on over on my upcoming classes and events page here.

And as promised here’s the full list of what you’ll want to have to craft along…

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Classic Handmade Masculine Birthday Card

Posted on September 2, 2022September 2, 2022 by inkspirationwithteresa

Just a couple of weekends ago was my father-in-laws birthday. He’s big into classic cars and so the He’s All That bundle is perfect for this classic handmade masculine birthday card. And to step it up a bit there were a few things I wanted to pair it with for this card design.

For the card base I used Night of Navy and then layered a few different things on top. The first layer is a piece of Crumb Cake cardstock that I stamped with the paint splatter image from the Quiet Meadow stamp set. Next I embossed it using the Timber 3D embossing folder. Then I tore a piece of the Vellum 12 x 12 Layering Designs. To hide the adhesive I placed it in the centre so I could cover it up with the phrase.

The phrase came from the He’s All That stamp set. Of course I went with the one with the classic card! Then I cut it out with one of the coordinating dies. I popped it up with a few Stampin’ Dimensionals and then added a bit of Crumb Cake twine behind it. To top it all off I added a few Brushed Metallic Adhesive-Backed Dots.

I really like how this classic handmade masculine birthday card turned out. And I hope my father-in-law enjoys it!

Since I got the He’s All That bundle, making masculine cards has been so much easier! I know I’m not the only one that finds these kinds of cards trickier to design. To help spark some more inkspiration, check out this other card I made with this great set of stamps and dies here. And make sure to head over to my online shop where you’ll find the Brushed Metallic Adhesive-Backed Dots on sale as part of Stampin’ Up!s Weekly Deals!