Inspiration Ink

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

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Category: Hot Foil System

  • Filled With Sweetness Catty Corner Fruit

    I made this fun card using the Filled With Sweetness Bundle to send to a customer as a belated birthday card. Uses Filled With Sweetness Photopolymer Stamp Set plus Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin’ Seal, Mini Glue Dots, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Take Your Pick, Paper Trimmer, Crafting Grid Paper, Stampin’ Pierce Mat,…

  • Reason To Celebrate Distressed Swirl Congrats

    I used some leftover Silver Stampin’ Hot Foil from a card I designed for my Mid Summer Stamp Camp and applied it to some dry embossed cardstock to create a very distressed background. I then heat embossed the sentiment from the Reason To Celebrate Set. I’m sending this card to my niece to congratulate her…

  • Mid Summer Card Camp Follow Up

    I held a Card Camp on Tuesday afternoon so I could fit a camp into the schedule before going on vacation. I wanted to give my customers a chance to play with the new Hot Foil System and to make some fun cards. Here are the cards everyone got to make if they wished. Uses…

  • Fragrant Layers Butterfly Garden Day

    I used the butterflies leftover from the card I showed yesterday using the Hot Foil System to make this pretty card. I’m sending it to a customer for her birthday. It also uses the Fragrant Layers Bundle. Uses Fragrant Layers Photopolymer Stamp Set plus Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Floral Spray 3D Embossing Folder, White…

  • Balloon Festoon Shimmer Butterfly Thanks

    I made this pretty thank you card to send to a customer. It uses the new Hot Foil System with the Butterfly Flight Bundle and Classic Greetings Hot Foil Dies. I used the dots in the Balloon Festoon Set to make the background. Uses Balloon Festoon Photopolymer Stamp Set plus Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine,…

  • Echoes Of Detail Two-Tone Celebration

    I made this elegant card using the new Echoes Of Detail Hot Foil Bundle. I created the two tone images with the Hot Foil by laying two thin strips of Gold and Silver Foil side by side on top of the hot dies. I’m sending this card to my Team Member who recently advanced in…

  • Stampin’ Hot Foil System – Make Metallic Magic

    I’ve been keeping a hot secret! Stampin’ Up!™ is introducing a wonderful new Hot Foil System! Demonstrators were able to pre-order the system and products early so we could start playing with them, but we had to keep it all a secret until Stampin’ Up!™ said we could announce it! Here’s a super quick video…

  • Metallic Magic Craft Class

    Stampin’ Up!™ is now offering virtual classes that anyone can order and join! This class was held live on Thursday, July 23, but you can still watch the videos online in the Facebook group as a video on demand with captions in English, French, German, and Dutch. You’ll learn hot foil techniques and how to…

  • Inked Floret Foil Garden Cards

    I made these cards using the new Inked Floret Stamp and the Garden Silhouette Hot Foil Die. The birthday card is made using the hot foil die in the usual way. The get well card is made by adhering a piece of Adhesive Sheet to a white cardstock rectangle and then adhering the leftover foil…

  • Pretty Poinsettia Golden Brick Wall

    I used the new Pretty Poinsettia Bundle and the new Echoes Of Detail Hot Foil Bundle to make this pretty Christmas card. Uses Pretty Poinsettia Photopolymer Stamp Set and Echoes Of Detail Photopolymer Stamp Set plus Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin’ Seal, Mini Glue Dots, Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals, Impressions Plate, Take…