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More Crafting with Bee Mine

Posted on December 22, 2023December 22, 2023 by inkspirationwithteresa

This past weekend I had my small team over for a Christmas party! We played games, ate some yummy treats and of course made some cards. But we didn’t make Christmas cards. Instead we did some more crafting with Bee Mine from the upcoming mini catalogue and another set from the Annual catalogue. Today I’m sharing the card we made with the Bee Mine suite.

I really wanted to show off the fun Designer Series Paper in this suite. So I used a Basic White card base and card front. In between is a piece of Daffodil Delight cardstock. Then for the patterned paper, I picked 2 different designs. This was kind of hard because I like all the designs in the Bee Mine DSP pack. But for this card I went with 2 designs that are a little more subtle. That way my little bumblebee will stand out.

To make my bumblebee I started by stamping the body using Daffodil Delight ink. Then I layered the strips on top with Tuxedo Black Memento ink. I also stamped the wings in black. And the little heart is in Sweet Sorbet ink. To make it super easy to punch out everything, I made a template beforehand with a scrap piece of cardstock. I layered that on top of my cardstock for stamping and stamped the images through the template.

I popped up the little heart and my bumblebee with some Stampin’ Dimensionals. The minis are perfect for the little heart. Here it is…

I’ll definitely be doing some more crafting with Bee Mine. It’s such a cute suite! There’s some great sentiments to choose from and there are 4 different faces that you can give your bumblebee.

Check out the 2 cards I made with I attended OnStage at Home back in November here.

And don’t forget there’s still time to get your favourite products before they retire. Check out my online shop to see what’s retiring and what’s still in stock.

Case the Catalogue

Posted on January 27, 2023January 27, 2023 by inkspirationwithteresa

Stuck for an idea? There’s lots of different things you can do when you want to craft but don’t know what to make. When I get stuck sometimes I pull out a kit to get the creative juices flowing. Sometimes I look through the MANY pictures I have on my phone of projects I found on Facebook, Instagram or Pinterest. The other thing to do is case the catalogue… meaning I copy a project idea from the catalogue.

This past weekend I did just that! Not because I was stuck for an idea this time, but for a team challenge. Every once in a while challenges, and other things, are posted to spark our creativity. The card I chose to copy is one I’ve been looking at for a while. It shows off one of my favourite stamp sets from the January-April Mini catalogue… Love Cats! These cats are super cute right?!

I used Sweet Sorbet for my card base. And one of the Petal Pink designs from the Country Gingham Designer Series Paper pack for the card mat. The next piece is the Sweet Sorbet tag which is simply a piece of cardstock with the corners trimmed. To make the hole for the Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon I used one of the Something Fancy dies.

I layered the other part of the tag on top with some Stampin’ Dimensionals. This piece needed a bit of fussy cutting and one of the smaller Petal Pink Country Gingham designs. My “Hi there, Valentine” is stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento ink on a piece of Petal Pink cardstock. Then I used the plain heart from the Heart Punch pack to cut it out. I used some Pearl Basic Jewels to finish it off, but I think the Heart Pearls in the Annual catalogue would look super cute too! The Linen Thread is also a nice touch. Just a little something different to contrast all the shades of pink.

This is such a cute card! I really need to case the catalogue more often!

If you’re still not sure what I mean by “case” the catalogue, check out my blog post where I explain it all. And if you live in Canada and would like your very own copies of the catalogues (aka idea books), send me an email – inkspirationwithteresa@gmail.com. Or you can dive right in and start shopping the catalogues in my online shop!

Country Gingham Valentine’s Card

Posted on January 24, 2023January 24, 2023 by inkspirationwithteresa

It’s been a long time since I joined a Paper Craft Crew Challenge. And I love the Country Gingham Designer Series Paper that I got recently so I thought I’d join in and make a Country Gingham Valentine’s card. I think this patterned paper works great for this week’s challenge. This week’s challenge is a vertical sketch challenge (PCC502). And here’s the sketch design…

For my design I’m using two of the colours from this pretty pack of paper; Sweet Sorbet and Petal Pink. My card base is Sweet Sorbet and then I mixed some of the different Sweet Sorbet and Petal Pink DSP designs for the card mat and strips. I used a smaller, softer design for the card mat and two bigger patterns for the strips.

On top of my strips of patterned paper I layered a few hearts using the Heart Punch pack from the Annual catalogue. I used the scalloped heart punch for the Sweet Sorbet heart. And the plain heart for the Petal Pink and Very Vanilla hearts. The sentiment comes from the Love Cats stamp set. And I stamped that with Sweet Sorbet ink. Once I layered the three hearts together I popped them up on my card using some Stampin’ Dimensionals. Then to finish it off I added a few of the Flat Adhesive-backed Pearls.

I enjoyed joining this week’s Paper Craft Crew Challenge and making this Country Gingham Valentine’s Card!

Check out all the other card designs for this week’s vertical sketch challenge here. And you can check out my last card for the Paper Craft Crew here, where I did some #SimpleStamping.