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: Gems, Jewels, Pearls, & Opals

  • Friends For Life Green Leaf Birthday

    Remember the card I posted yesterday using the new Friends For Life Bundle?  I suggested you keep the piece of Flowering Zinnia Designer Series Paper that you cut the detailed leaf image out of so that you could use it on another card.  Here's my version using most of the same products.   Uses Friends…

  • Friends For Life Green Leaf Wishes

    I used the fun new Friends For Life Bundle to create this pretty card.  I sent it out to a customer as a belated birthday card recently. Uses Friends For Life Photopolymer Stamp Set plus Paper Snips Scissors, Friends For Life Dies, Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine or Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine, Something…

  • Layers Of Beauty Circle Framed Purple Rose

    I had fun creating this pretty birthday card for a customer using the Layers Of Beauty Bundle which includes a stamp set, dies, and masks!   Uses Layers Of Beauty Photopolymer Stamp Set and Cheerful Daisies Photopolymer Stamp Set plus Paper Snips Scissors, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin' Dimensionals, Iridescent 1/2" Striped Trim, Flowers Of Beauty…

  • Happy Little Things Celebrate Greenery

    Here's another Christmas card we made during July Club Class featuring some Online Exclusive products including the Happy Little Things Bundle.  It also shows how easy it is to make a quick, pretty card by cutting images out of designer paper using coordinating dies. Uses Happy Little Things Photopolymer Stamp Set plus Paper Snips Scissors,…

  • Hot Air Balloon Monochromatic Catalog CASE

    Another one of my customers indicated that her favorite new In Color was also Summer Splash when she completed my New Catalog Scavenger Hunt.  She also said she liked the monochromatic card on page 133 best.  So, I CASE'd (Copy And Share Everything or Copy And Selectively Edit/Enhance) the card using the Hot Air Balloon…

  • Sea Turtle Triadic Catalog CASE

    I'm still getting coupons out to my customers who played along with my New Catalog Scavenger Hunt.  One of my customers indicated that Summer Splash was her favorite new In Color and that her favorite card on page 133 of the catalog was the triadic one.  So, I CASE'd (Copy And Share Everything or Copy…

  • June Stamp Camp Follow Up

    Here are the cards everyone could make if they wished during my June Stamp Camp last Saturday. Uses Adventurous Sky Cling Stamp Set plus Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin' Dimensionals, Adventurous Sky Dies, Take To The Sky 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper, Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine, Clear Block H, Stampin' Seal, Paper Trimmer, Birch…

  • Seaside Wishes Spritzed Shore Gift

    For the final card we made in June Club Class, we used the Summer Splash color and Seaside Wishes Bundle and did a little spritzing! Uses Seaside Wishes Photopolymer Stamp Set plus Paper Snips Scissors, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin' Dimensionals, Country Woods 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper, Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine, Seaside Wishes…

  • Flowers Of Beauty Petunia Pop Birthday

    We used the pretty Flowers Of Beauty Bundle and Unbounded Love Bundle plus the gorgeous Petunia Pop color to make this next card during my June Club Class. Uses Flowers Of Beauty Photopolymer Stamp Set and Unbounded Love Photopolymer Stamp Set plus Paper Snips Scissors, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Simply Shammy and/or Stampin' Mist Stamp Cleaner…

  • Citrus Blooms Shadowed Oranges

    We concentrated on using new Bundles and the new In Colors during my June Club Class.  This first card we made uses the Citrus Blooms Bundle with Peach Pie colors and a fun and simple technique where you offset a die cut image just a bit so you get a bit of a shadow effect.…