Quick and Easy Cards

We all have moments where we need a Quick and Easy card for a certain occasion and some of our design team is here to share some ideas with you.  Click on the link beneath each card for specific details and don't forget to leave some love!

Kristy MacKeen - Mama's Sanity

Darcy Johnson ~ Dj's Stampin' Place

Jennifer Campbell- Happy2Scrap4Life

Donna Smit ~ Organized Chaos

Erica Bass ~ Stamping Starlette

Kim Ryden ~ Stamping with Kim

Pam Steckman ~ Stampin' in the Sun

Project Life by Stampin' Up!

Kim here!  Did you hear the news?!  Stampin' Up! is now selling Project Life goodies!  That's right, Stampin' Up! teamed up with Becky Higgins...finally!!

Starting May 1st, you will be able to order 8 Project Life Products:

As a Demonstrator I had the chance to order these 8 items early!  So here is my first layout...

I have been using Project Life for 5 years to document my Picture of the Day Project.  You don't have to use it to take a picture each day.  Project Life is mainly about documenting the the everyday.  Cultivating a great life and recording it.  And it's SO EASY!!

I am in love with the Project Life Day to Day Photopolymer Stamp Set.  You see it used for the date and the "SUNDAY" in the above picture!

Did you know that you get 100 cards in our Project Life Card Collections?!  And every single card is DIFFERENT!  No duplicates!!!

The Accessory Pack for the Everyday Adventure Kit comes with a FUN roll of washi tape and some cute stickers that you can see a few of above.

Check out the Word Bubble, Stars, Camera and Arrow!!  Those images all come from the Project Life Point & Click Photopolymer Stamp Set.  It's a "Must Have" too!

I hope you all have enjoyed seeing my very first Stampin' Up! Project Life layout!  See you back here tomorrow for some more INKspiration!

Masculine Monday

Masculine Cards are sometimes hard for a crafter to create.  SO...our Design Team came up with some ideas to get you creating!  Our task was just to create a masculine card and I think you might be surprised to see what how much our masculine styles are alike!  

Don't forget to click on the Designer's name below their card to get more details and leave them some comment love!

Breelin Renwick ~ Craft-somnia Momma

Diana Eichfeld ~ Stampin' Fun with Diana

Melissa Cochran ~ Crazy Paper Freak

Kim Ryden ~ Stamping with Kim

 Darcy Johnson ~ Dj's Stampin' Place

Darla Roberts~ Stampin w Darla and Sisters

Donna Smit ~ Organized Chaos

Kristy MacKeen ~ Mama's Sanity

Cynthia Richards ~ Ink a Doodle Creations

Pam Steckman ~ Stampin' in the Sun

Thanks for stopping by today!  We love our readers and can't wait to see you back again!

Friday Favorites

It is Friday and that means it is time for us to share our Favorites with you. As you go through the cards you will notice that several of us have picked soon to be retired products as our Favorites. Today is the last day to take advantage of the Free Shipping offer that Stampin'UP! has going on and if you see a Stamp Set or retiring item that you can't do without then please contact your Demonstrator to place your order. Items are only available while they last and remember that you can pin your favorites so they are easier to find later. 

 Darcy Johnson ~ Dj's Stampin' Place
Favorite: Starburst Sayings Bundle (item #134818)

Donna Smit ~ Organized Chaos

Fresh Prints Designer Series Paper Pack #132996

Tonya Ball~ Stampin' With Tonya

Bring on the Cake Stamp Set #121958

Heidi Boos ~ Stuck on Stampin'

Betsy's Blossoms Stamp Set (soon to retire!)

Kim Ryden ~ Stamping with Kim

Sweetie Pie Photopolymer Stamp Set (No Longer Available...Hope they make more!)

Thanks for stopping by today!  We hope you enjoyed our favorites...What are yours?

May Day Basket

Hello everyone! It's Melissa from Crazy Paper Freak here to share with you my May Day flower basket. Can you believe May is just around the corner? To celebrate the 1st day of May, I decided to make a little basket. When I think of flower baskets, I think of basket weave.

The Box

Dimensions:

3 1/2" x 2 3/8" x 2 3/8"

Basket Weave:

*Be sure to glue each piece down, so that when it is cut it doesn't fall apart.

*Add floral block to the inside of the box before you attach the handle!

The Back 

This little basket was so much fun to create, I hope I've inspired you to create your own little May Day basket. Happy Stamping!

CASEing Our Favorite Projects

Today at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration we are talking about CASEing.  In the world of papercrafting, sometimes we loose our creative mojo?  It happens to the best of us!!  When that moment strikes, why not CASE a project.

What does CASE mean:  Copy And Share Everything.  CASEing is an easy way to come up with a project quickly, and there's more than one way to case.  You can copy a project exactly, or you can switch out some of the elements to adapt it for different needs.

Each of our Design Team Members chose an item from the Idea Book & Catalog to CASE.  Can you guess what items we CASEd?  Take a moment to visit each of our blogs to see what INKspired us!

Breelin Renwick ~ Craft-somnia Momma



 Heidi Boos ~ Stuck on Stampin'

 Darcy Johnson ~ Dj's Stampin' Place

 

Jennifer Blomquist - Northwest Stamper

Cynthia Richards ~ Ink a Doodle Creations

Erica Bass ~ Stamping Starlette

Kristy MacKeen ~ Mama's Sanity

Kim Ryden ~ Stamping with Kim

Thanks for stopping by today!  We hope to see you back here tomorrow!

Creating Your Own Design

Darla here today showing you how I designed my own background paper.  Before I started I had in mind I wanted to make some 3 x 3 cards and a candy holder. I love making my own background paper especially using a 2 step stamp set like Stippled Blossoms. I chose some of my favorite colors to use. 

Started by stamping Wisteria Wonder ink randomly over the half sheet of cardstock with the largest shadow stamp.

Next took the matching outline stamp in Perfect Plum ink over the first stamped images. 

I did this with the leaves images using Pear Pizzazz and Wild Wasabi. Also the little flowers stamped w So Saffron and Crushed Curry until I got the paper stamped the way I wanted it.

After it was all stamped it was time to decide how best to get layers for my cards and candy holder. I knew I wanted to cut it so I could get 4 pieces for my 3 by 3 cards.  Here is a template i made using the vellum cardstock so I will have it on hand to use the next time. I will be able to use the template an put under my stamped background paper. Also use with our DSP as well.

Here are my finished 4 cards w stamped envelopes and my candy holder. I decided I wanted to use the Gifts of Kindness stamp set for the words on my projects.

This view shows what the candy holder looks like on the inside.

This is the 2 x 5 1/2 being punched on both ends w the Angled Tag Top Punch.

Hoped you learn how easy it is to design YOUR own background paper too!