Category: inspired by

  • Hello Autumn

    Hello Autumn

    Hey everyone, I am heading out today for our last camping trip of the season. Then I will be fully into fall mode! For this week’s Inspired By Challenge I was inspired by the theme and the sketch.

    I used the Here Comes Autumn collection from Echo Park. I kept it simple as we just had company leave and I was getting ready for camping and didn’t have a lot of crafty time! The embossed vellum was done using a Stampin’ Up embossing folder. 

    The little acorn is a sticker that I adhered to some scrap paper and fussy cut so that I could mount on foam squares. 

    Cute story. My father in law picks up all the acorns that drop on his boulevard each year as he doesn’t want any oak trees growing. When I was teaching grade one, I told him they would be fun to have in class for the kids to count, sort etc. Each year he would give me a bucket full and always be sure to tell me how many was in it. LOL

    Can’t wait to see how you are inspired this week.

  • Hooray!

    Hooray!

    The new Inspired By Challenge is up and it is just beachy LOL.. I was inspired by the colors, sketch, woodgrain and the frog for my card.

    I just love these cute Happy Frogs, the clip art set comes with precolored and outlines which is fun. I chose the precolored… I used scraps of paper to creeate the background then just stitched for some interest. the sentiment is from Honey Bee Stamps and the talking bubble is of course the Thinking Out Loud set from Unity. I mounted the frogs, and the sentiment (excluding the so excited) on foam squares for some dimension.

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    Now here’s the inspiration for this week. Can’t wait to see how it inspires you.

  • Groovy…

    Groovy…

    Hey everyone, the new Inspired by Challenge is up. I was inspired by the boho vibe and decided to create 2 cards. with the Our Groovy Summer collection from Echo Park

    For my first card, along with the boho vibe I picked out the happy face and incorporated that using an old Technique Tuesday die (remember them?!). To be honest I am not sure I have ever used the die LOL. I also added some of the Washi tape from the collection that had some smiles.

    Next up I decided to use the scraps to incorporate the happy face and the sketch (loosely) to create a second card.

    Can’t wait to see how you were inspired.

  • Relax & Enjoy

    Relax & Enjoy

    The new Inspired By challenge is up and it gave me a good excuse to dig into some of my older Stampin’ Up stash.

    I was inspired by the beach theme and the colors. I used some of my older Stampin’ Up! stash of papers (can’t remember the name of the collection) – the colors were perfect for this challenge don’t you think? I also used the Notes & Totes stamp and die from Stampin’ Up. I mounted the tote on foam squares for some dimension. 

    Can’t wait to see how it inspires you! Be sure to check out what the rest of the design team have created.

  • The Beginning

    The Beginning

    The new Inspired By challenge is up and it is such a cute image. I was inspired by the birds and the sketch.

    I started with the Little Spring Stories paper pack (on sale right now) from Unity and played around until I liked the papers and layout. for the top layer I subtly stamped the Lilac Poise image, splattered with ink then punched the side with a notebook punch. 

    After coloring the image from Beginning Today stamp set I mounted on foam squares.

    Can’t wait to see how you are inspired.

  • Sweet As Honey

    Sweet As Honey

    The new Inspired By Challenge is up and I was inspired by the cute little bumblebee

    Itt gave me a good excuse to finally ink up this stamp from Stampin Up! I have paired it with some papers from SU as well. For a bit of whimsy, I added some stitching, including a ‘flight path’. The little bee is mounted on foam squares for dimension.

    Here’s this week’s inspiration. Come join us!

  • Sweet Wishes

    Sweet Wishes

    The new Inspired By Challenge is up and I was pretty literal with my take on it… gave me a good excuse to use my Cake Pop stamp set from PTI again. And I will admit it took me longer to make this than it should have LOL

    I combined it with a die and sentiment stamp from The Stamps of Life.. With everything being mounted on foam squares for dimension.

    Now we would love to see how you are inspired

  • Sending Warm Wishes

    Sending Warm Wishes

    I am back again with another card for the Inspired By Challenge (and I am sure it won’t be the last, I have several ideas!). For this one I was inspired by the knitting to use my new Concord & 9th Knitting Together Die Set and I loosely followed the sketch. One of my friends is a knitter and I might use this die to create a set of cards for her!

    I embossed the white panel with my sweater knit embossing folder. The sending die is from CTMH and the Warm Wishes stamp set is from the CZ Design Clear Stamps Warmest Wishes stamp set from Simon Says Stamp – love this set!

    Have you linked up at Inspired By yet? I am also playing along again in the Simon Says Challenge – New

  • Hot Chocolate Time

    Hot Chocolate Time

    I had to play along once again with the theme from Inspired By, the TGIF and the Peace On Earth Challenge because I love everything about hot chocolate. I used the Sweet Holiday Wishes Collection from my ETSY shop for this one.

    Not sure if you can see it but I added some sparkle to the whip cream for the Lattes & Layers Challenge over on the CLP blog – the theme is sparkle

    This is the Sweet Holiday Wishes collection, click on image to go to my store

    And the challenges:

  • Warm Gingerbread Wishes

    Warm Gingerbread Wishes

    I played along with the Inspired By Challenge again as well as with the TGIF challenge. I thought this cute image from a clip art collection was perfect. I used some scraps of browns, and Kraft papers and the red snowflake is from the Sweet Holiday Wishes collection. I used the theme and sketch from Inspired By and the theme for TGIF

    Now if you like the clip art you can find it here:

    And here is the Sweet Holiday Wishes collection