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Watercolour Wash Background

Posted on April 4, 2025April 4, 2025 by inkspirationwithteresa

Lately I’ve been doing a lot of colouring. First with my Stampin’ Blends and then more recently with my Watercolour Pencils. While I was crafting some of these cards, the idea popped in my head to create a watercolour wash background. Plus I thought it’d be a great background for all the butterflies I’ve been colouring!

I’ve been using the Sketched Butterflies stamp set with my Watercolour Pencils, so I used those to help me pick my colour combination. And in Assortment 2 there’s Night of Navy and Coastal Cabana, which I thought would work well together. I used Night of Navy for my card base. Then on top of that I used some Coastal Cabana ink to create my watercolour wash background. It’s really easy to do and it looks really nice!

All you need in some Watercolour Paper, the ink refill of your colour choice, some water and a paint brush. Add a drop of ink refill onto an acrylic block or something like that to start. Then with a wet paint brush, or Water Painter in my case, pick up a touch of the ink and start spreading it over the watercolour paper. Adding more water to spread out and lighten the colour. Or adding more ink for a darker colour. You really don’t need much ink at all.

Once that was dry I stamped using Night of Navy ink. Then on top of this I added some watercoloured Sketched Butterflies which I die cut with the coordinating dies and popped up with some Stampin’ Dimensionals. The sentiment is also from the Sketched Butterflies stamp set. And I die cut that with one of the smaller Stylish Shapes dies. Then to finish it off I added a few Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

I love how easy it was to create this watercolour wash background! This is definitely a technique I’m going to use more often!

Check out another card I crafted using watercolour here.

And grab everything you need to recreate this card in my online shop. Make sure to post a pic of your card design. I’d love to see how yours turns out!

More Crafting with Perennial Lavender

Posted on August 2, 2024August 2, 2024 by inkspirationwithteresa

This week’s card design comes from the Paper Craft Crew. It’s been kind of hectic around here lately so I haven’t joined in any challenges for a while. But I thought this was a fun design, so I’m giving it a go, even if I’m not joining in. The inkspiration for my colours, etc. came from my recent visit to a local lavender farm. While I was there I felt the need to do more crafting with Perennial Lavender. It’s such a pretty pack of patterned paper!

For my cardstock and ink colour I wanted to use a colour from the pack that I haven’t used yet. So I’m using Blackberry Bliss… one of my favourite colours! On top of the Blackberry Bliss card base I added a piece of one of the darker Designer Series Paper designs. Then on top of that I added a small piece of Blackberry Bliss cardstock and a sentiment from the Sketched Butterflies stamp set that I stamped on some Basic White cardstock with Blackberry Bliss ink. I popped these up with some Stampin’ Dimensionals.

To finish it off I added a few Basic White butterflies using the Sketched Butterflies dies. And of course a little bit of bling with a few Iridescent Pearl Basic Jewels.

I’m loving this pack of patterned paper! And can’t wait to do even more crafting with Perennial Lavender, so keep checking back.

Check out another card I made using this beautiful pack of Designer Series Paper here.

Heads up… this pack of patterned paper, along with about a dozen or more packs, will be on sale starting next week. I’ll share more details in my next post.

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Simple Flip Card

Posted on July 26, 2024July 26, 2024 by inkspirationwithteresa

I’m not really sure if you can call this a fun fold card. And I’m not sure if this design has a name. So I’m calling it a Simple Flip card because the card front flips open. this is also a fun card design because it doesn’t have a full card front like the cards I usually make. So pare of what’s on the “card front” is also part of the “inside” of the card.

I’m big into Lost Lagoon monochromatic card this week. So I pulled a Lost Lagoon design from the Winter Meadow Designer Series Paper pack. I added that to the part of the card that flips open. Next to that I stamped a few of the little butterflies from the Sketched Butterflies stamp set.

then on top of the piece of patterned paper, I added a couple more butterflies using the stamp and dies. I popped them both up with some Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals along with the sentiment. The sentiment is from the Layering Leaves stamp set. And I die cut it with the Something Fancy dies. To finish it off I added a few Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

If you can think of a better name than Simple Flip card, let me know. Or if you know the actual name of this card design, let me know. I usually try to capture the name in the pictures on my phone, but somehow this one disappeared.

Check out another card I made using the Sketched Butterflies stamp set here.

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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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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.