Category: Inspired By

  • Hydrangea Thank You

    Hydrangea Thank You

    The new Inspired By Challenge is up. I love this one. My grandma always had blue hydrangeas on either side of her front door (and I actually have one in my yard that is a cutting that was started form one of hers!)

    I was inspired by the theme, colors,, hydrangeas, and loosely by the sketch. As soon as I saw the challenge I knew that the new Flower Shoppe collection by Carta Bella was perfect ( I absolutely love this new collection!)

    I used an old MFT background die to add some more depth to the background. Then I layered on pieces of the pattern paper and one of the frames from the Frames & Tags and then stitched. I then topped with a hydrangea sticker. As always I adhered the sticker to scrap paper and fussy cut out so I could mount of foam squares. The thank you is also a sticker from the collection.

  • We Came…

    We Came…

    The new Inspired By Challenge is up and I was inspired by the fun summer vibes, the floaties and the swimming theme.

    Aren’t these two gals fun?! It is a new stamp from Unity called Cabana Critics (and it is on sale right now). I had fun coloring them with copics. I then fussy cut them out and mounted on foam squares. The wavy die in the background is an old MFT one. I had it cut and ready as I made it for another project and didn’t use it. I have a little plastic folder where I keep die cuts I decide not to use just in case they come in handy…. and this one did. 

    The paper is an old CTMH collection and I thought it went well with the image. If you love this stamp set, be sure to grab it as it is on sale right now!

    Here’s this week’s challenge photo, how are you 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.

  • Thanks for being so sweet

    Thanks for being so sweet

    Hey everyone, the new Inspired By challenge is up and it is a sweet one 😉.

    I was inspired by the theme, colors and sketch this week. I was excited to use my Pink & Main Box of Donuts dies along with an old MFT frame die. The sentiment is from The Stamps of Life and the enamel dots are from Echo Park.

    I mounted the donuts on foam squares and finished them off with some fun sprinkles. Now which donut would you choose?

    Come play along with us over at Inspired by! I am also entering this into the Simon Says challenge

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  • Something Old, Something New

    Something Old, Something New

    The new Inspired By challenge is up. I was immediately drawn to the colors and I love a haphazard sketch so I was loosely inspired by it too. The new Save the Date collection from Echo Park is absolutely gorgeous and it worked perfectly for the color palette. The background woodgrain paper is from Stampin Up!

    I started by fussy cutting the flowers from one of the pattern papers. I then layered the background papers until I was happy with the loo. Once the flowers were down (the middle on is on foam squares. I tucked the sentiments here and there simulating the sketch. The white hearts were the negative image from a heart border that I have had just waiting for the right project and this was it. The XOXO is from Lawn Fawn and then to finish it off I added some Enamel Dots.

    Here’s this week’s inspiration photo

  • Baking Up Some Thanks

    Baking Up Some Thanks

    The new Inspired By Challenge is up.I really love the colors in this week’s inspiration and had planned on doing something with them but then I remembered I had the Mom’s Kitchen collection from Echo Park just waiting to be used so I dug it out and went along with the theme.

    I embossed the mint cardstock with an embossing folder from Unity. The recipe card, is just that, a recipe card – Echo Park has some fun ones! I just cut it down and used a notebook punch to add some detail.

    I adhered the stickers to some scrap paper then fussy cut them out and mounted them on foam squares. The thanks die is from CTMH and I love the gingham washi tape in the Mom’s Kitchen collection so I added a bit of it too.

    check out this week’s inspiration and be sure to play along

  • 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!

  • Thinking of You

    Thinking of You

    The new Inspired By Challenge is up and it is so pretty. I was inspired by the colors, flowers and sketch for my card.

    I knew which papers I wanted to use and dug into some Stampin Up. I purchased this paper pack just for these beautiful flowers and this card made my fussy cutting heart happy LOL I do really like to fussy cut images from pattern paper. The sentiment is also from Stampin Up. As always, I added some stitching and this time I just adhered the images to the card rather than mounting on foam squares.

    Now come on over and play along with us.

  • Clothes Pin Inspired

    Clothes Pin Inspired

    The new Inspired By Challenge is up and I love it. I love this time of year when I can start hanging clothes outside to dry – would be perfect if I had a clothesline but a clothes rack works.

    I was inspired by the colors, roses and the sketch to create my card. I used a stencil from Stampin Up! so it went together very quickly. The die is from MFT and I thought it was perfect for the sketch.

    I hope you come play along with us!

  • Smile and Shine

    Smile and Shine

    Hey everyone, the new Inspired By challenge is up. It is such a pretty one. I was inspired by the colors, sketch, flowers and umbrella to create my card.

    I thought the new Silly Goose collection by Carta Bella worked well. I love the soft pretty colors and how can you not love the cute little geese.

    Now come and play along we would love to see how you are inspired!