I love that Stampin’ Up! Canada has a Kintsugi Inspirations Suite!
Kintsugi is a Japanese art/craft where broken pottery is repaired with laquer that is dusted with gold or another precious metal. It celebrates imperfection and that there is still beauty in things that may not be “perfect”. Kintsugi Inspirations is a suite of products from Stampin’ Up! that brings that elegant beauty to your craft room!
I love the whole concept of celebrating the history of an item and imperfections, and I love that there is an easy way to craft with this suite! For this Kintsugi Inspirations card, I used the Kintsugi Inspirations Specialty Designer Series Paper, and the coordinating Inspiring Imperfections Dies. The Dies coordinate with the Inspiring Imperfections stamp set (and you can get them together in a discounted bundle), but they also coordinate with the Designer Series Paper!! I roughly trimmed around the images I wanted to use (because the paper is 12″ x 12″ and won’t fit through the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine!), and then I die cut the images with the tea cup shaped die. I made sure to pick one of the images that had the kintsugi-look to it – the centre one, with the gold lines. If you prefer, there’s also a couple of stamps that have those “crack lines” – so you could use that on any image!
The concept behind Kintsugi also suits my paper crafting…because my crafting is often not totally perfect, and I’m learning to roll with that (though it’s a difficult concept sometimes!!). So I’m going to look to Kintsugi and how imperfection can be inspiring and still beautiful in its own right!
If you’re interested in grabbing items from the Kintsugi Inspirations suite, it’s a perfect time to do so – Stampin’ Up! Canada is offering FREE SHIPPING July 23-25! Order $100CAD of product (before taxes, after any coupon codes or Stampin’ Rewards are applied) – and pay no shipping costs! As of writing, the Kintsugi Inspirations suite is currently not available to order with the “easy” button, because the Joined Together 3D Embossing Folder is currently unavailable – but everything else in the suite IS available, so I’ve made my own version of the “easy” button for you! You can click here to see the products that I used for this card in the YamStamps Online Stampin’ Up! Canada store (other than the Stampin’ Seal adhesive and the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine), and you can click “add to cart” for easy check out! Your cart will qualify for free shipping, and there’s room to remove a few and still pay no shipping costs! Let me know if you like this product feature and I’ll try to do that for future project postings as well!
Don’t forget that free shipping offer is only available July 23-25, so don’t miss out!! You can message me if you would like to pay by etransfer, or need assistance setting up your account or order!
