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Time of Giving

Posted on December 3, 2021December 3, 2021 by inkspirationwithteresa

December is here and there’s only 3 more weeks until Christmas! It’s also the time of year when Stampin’ Up! releases their list of retiring products from the mini catalogue. So over the next few weeks I’ll be sharing projects featuring some of the products that won’t be available after January 3rd. First off I’m sharing 2 projects using the Time of Giving bundle. This is such a fun bundle! And I love that it can be used for more than one holiday/occasion.

I got this idea for one of these projects from another demonstrator. Unfortunately I don’t remember who. And this project sparked the idea for the other. The first project uses a couple of the Giving Gifts dies. I also used some of the White Glittered Organdy ribbon and one of the Mini Jam Jars from the Annual catalogue. To start I used the Santa with his reindeer die twice on a piece of Basic White cardstock. And I attached this piece, as well as the snowflake on top, using Multi-Purpose Liquid Glue. To adhere the ribbon I used a combination of Multi-Purpose Glue and Mini Glue Dots.

I can’t wait to add a tealight to this!

To go with this tealight holder I created a card using the Santa and reindeer die as the focal point. I used Night of Navy to help this die cut stand out, as well as for the card base. Then I used a combination of Night of Navy and Pool Party ink to stamp a snowflake background. I popped up both the framed Santa die cut piece and phrase using some Stampin’ Dimensionals. (The phrase is cut out using the Stitched Rectangles dies)

I’ve had a lot of fun crafting with the Time of Giving bundle and I’m a little sad that it’s retiring! Not that long ago I posted a Fall themed Sampler that I created using Time of Giving as one of the stamp set. Check that out here! And if you want to get this bundle for yourself then head over to my online shop.

A Different Kind of Halloween Card

Posted on October 22, 2021October 22, 2021 by inkspirationwithteresa

Halloween is next weekend, can you believe it?! Where has this year gone? For Halloween I’m usually more into making home decor pieces or treat packages. I don’t hand out very many Halloween cards. But I thought I’d try a different kind of Halloween card. Most Halloween projects are full of ghosts and jack-o-lanterns, but I just love these cute little pumpkins from the Giving Gifts dies.

For my colour combination I did stick with orange and black. But instead of Pumpkin Pie I used Pale Papaya. I really like how it looks! It’s not super intense or bright and not too light. Plus I love the way the Basic Black stands out.

I knew that I wanted to use the little pumpkins from the dies and of course I needed the “Boo” from the coordinating Time of Giving stamp set. But behind it all I just stamped the leaf cluster image. I didn’t want the bigger pumpkins from the Pretty Pumpkins stamp set in the background… although you could. I like that the leaves are smaller and still give that fall feel to the card.

Once I stamped the leaves I used some Multi-Purpose Liquid glue to stick on the pumpkin patches. And the centre one I just flipped around to have the pumpkins facing the other direction. You don’t even notice that you’re looking at the “wrong side” of the cardstock. From here I popped up the phrase with some Stampin’ Dimensionals and then added a bit of bling. Can’t forget that!

It’s such a cute card! And it’s definitely a different kind of Halloween card. I think I’m going to use this colour combination again next Halloween. And while I might make a couple of Halloween cards, I’m still sticking with my treats and decor.

You can check out another fall card I made recently the Pretty Pumpkins bundle here. And you get both bundles in my online shop.

Triangle Gatefold Card

Posted on October 15, 2021October 15, 2021 by inkspirationwithteresa

This month the Fancy Folds Design Team is making a triangle gatefold card for our blog hop. I love gatefold cards and so I’m excited to share this one with you. Recently I made a gatefold card with a belly band. You can check that out here. I used the gorgeous Beauty of the Earth Designer Series Paper for that one and thought that it would be great for this card too. Especially since the card base for this card is the DSP.

When I was choosing a sheet of DSP I had to make sure that I liked both sides. This can be a bit tricky sometimes, but with this pack of DSP it wasn’t. So once I figured that out I could pull out my cardstock and ink colours. For this card I just used Misty Moonlight.

For the images and phrase I used the Time of Giving stamp set. This is a new one for me and I love how this one set covers a few different holidays. In the end I decided to go with a Christmas card. I just love the snowflake and swirl image! It makes a really nice background for the phrase which also comes from this stamp set.

Once I had my DSP all folded I added my framed snowflakes and swirls with a few Stampin’ Dimensionals. You definitely want to make sure you only put them on one side of the cardstock. And since I’d popped that up I just used Stampin’ SEAL (tape runner) to add the phrase. But before I did that I cut out the phrase using one of the smaller Stitched Rectangles dies. Then of course, last but not least, I added some bling. And for this card that ended up being some Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

The triangle gatefold card was super easy to make and it looks great! Make sure to keep going on this month’s blog hop and check out Aude Barbara’s card here.

And if you’d like to try this out for yourself you can check out LeeAnn Greff’s video!