Inspiration Ink

Designs and inspiration from Michele Reynolds, Independent Stampin' Up!™ Demonstrator in central Maryland.

Please contact me at michelerey@aol.com for information about receiving your own personal copy of the 2025-2026 Catalog and about events I offer in my Stampin’ Studio in my home.

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Category: Designer Paper

  • Winterly Tree Tops Cardinals Birthday

    My wonderful husband celebrated his birthday earlier this week.  He loves birds and really liked the cards I showed earlier that were inspired by Creativity Now products, so I decided to use the Winterly Tree Tops Bundle to make his birthday card. Uses Winterly Tree Tops Cling Stamp Set and Country Birdhouse Photopolymer Stamp Set…

  • Lovely & Sweet Vanilla Congrats

    Here's another card I made for a Team Member recently to congratulate her on her sales.  It uses the Lovely & Sweet Set and coordinating dies and designer paper. Uses Lovely & Sweet Cling Stamp Set plus Paper Snips Scissors, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin' Dimensionals, Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine or Mini Stampin' Cut &…

  • Wonderful Thoughts Autumn Congrats Scene

    I combined some products from the Mini Catalog with the Wonderful Thoughts Stamp Set and coordinating dies to make this pretty card.  I sent it to one of my Team Members to congratulate her on her sales.  Uses Wonderful Thoughts Photopolymer Stamp Set plus Paper Snips Scissors, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine…

  • Translucent Florals Purple Flower Thoughts

    My mother-in-law has been dealing with some medical issues lately.  I made her this pretty card to let her know we are thinking of her and hope she feels better soon.  It uses the Translucent Florals Set from the annual catalog which is one of the sets you can purchase at 15% off between now…

  • Winterly Tree Tops Creativity Now Projects – My Versions

    Back in June, Stampin' Up!™ offered some online training for Demonstrators called Creativity Now.  I participated by ordering the Nests Of Winter Suite Collection early and watching the videos for some great ideas.  I finally got around to actually making the Make & Take projects the other day.  I changed things up a bit on…

  • Snowy Wonder Curtained Window View

    For the final card made in my September Club Class, we once again cut an image from Designer Series Paper using a coordinating die.  We also used the Tie-Back Curtain technique.  We made this pretty window scene Christmas card using the Snowy Wonder Bundle. Uses Snowy Wonder Photopolymer Stamp Set and Falling Snow Cling Background…

  • Reindeer Fun Busted Canvas

    Busted Canvas projects are all the rage right now.  You can easily use our Designer Series Paper to make a busted canvas card like we did during my September Club Class.  We used the Reindeer Fun Bundle and some pretty papers from the Mini Catalog. Uses Reindeer Fun Photopolymer Stamp Set, Paper Snips Scissors, Stampin'…

  • Lovely & Sweet Cocoa Love

    Many of our Designer Series Papers include images that can be cut out with coordinating dies.  They are also easy to alter by blending some ink onto the papers.  You can also cut the papers into thin strips and curl them up to create ribbons/bows.  Finally, the double-sided designs make it fun to fold back…

  • Friends For Life Peach & Petunia Botanicals

    You can easily alter Designer Series Paper by using a Stampin' Write Marker to outline images or draw on extra lines or add some dots.  It's also easy to stamp directly onto our Designer Series Paper.  We used both of these techniques to make this pretty card using the Friends For Life Bundle during September…

  • Flowers Of Beauty Purple Dahlia Folds

    We focused on different ways of using Designer Series Papers during my September Club Class.  One of my favorite techniques is the dahlia fold.  It's fun to make pretty, folded flowers using our gorgeous papers.  We combined some made with the Perennial Lavender Designer Series Paper and the Flowers Of Beauty Set to make this…