Category: inspired by

  • 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

  • Sweet Gingerbread Wishes

    Sweet Gingerbread Wishes

    The new Inspired By Challenge is up. Gotta love a Charcuterie board. We have a hot chocolate charcuterie every Christmas Eve now. I had one a few years ago, my grand daughter really liked it and looks forward to it each year. I was inspired by the Gingerbread and the hot chocolate. I used this clip art which made this card go together very quickly. Once again I have used the Gingerbread Kisses from Doodlebug..

    If you like this clip art you can grab it here:

    Now I hope you come and join us, would love to see how you are inspired!

  • Sweet Christmas Wishes

    Sweet Christmas Wishes

    I played along with the Inspired by Challenge once again. I couldn’t help it, just love these colors and this old MFT panel die was perfect for it. I mounted all the die cuts (except little hearts) onto foam squares of some added dimension. And of course, had to throw in a couple of snowflakes.

    There’s still some time to play along! come on over and play!

  • Happy Holly Days

    Happy Holly Days

    The new Inspired By Challenge is up and I was inspired by the bright colors. I used the Gingerbread Kisses collection from Doodlebug. Aren’t those little gingerbread people cute?

    We would love to see how you are inspired! Come see what the design team have created and play along!