Top Picks #71 - Gold

Current challenge HERE.

We hope the you all had a wonderful Christmas holiday!  Thank you to all those who entered our Gold challenge earlier in the month. We had some fabulous entries! Here are the top picks:

Maura

Maura created a stunning design with a striking use of gold and silver! Such a clean, elegant card. 

Greta

 Greta's tree looks fantastic against the vellum! The embossed ombre background adds a great look.

Stempelomis

She created such an elegant card with the gold color and layered sentiment!

Congratulations to our top picks!

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Challenge #72 Photo Inkspiration

This week we have a wonderful photo challenge for you.  We are looking for projects that are inspired by this picture:

Karen Mead-Guest Designer

Hi I'm Karen and I live in a small country town in Tasmania Australia. I have been cardmaking

now for about 4 years and I just love to send cards off to make people smile. I really want to thank  the team at Inkspirational for inviting me along today as a guest and I'd also like to wish everyone a very merry Christmas xx

Sandie

Shauna

Pia

Nonni

Yvonne

Marina 

Carol

Kim

We will be choosing  a top pick/s from this challenge and inviting one entrant to join us as a Guest Designer. 

We're sorry that we may not be able to comment on cards that are uploaded to galleries where we have to register to comment (eg Splitcoast Stampers), or where word verification is enabled. When we can view your card, however, we will still consider it for our top picks.

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Top Picks #70

Current challenge HERE.

Thank you to all of the entries in our designer's choice challenge (Christmas with no red/green)!  Holiday cards are always popular and fun to look at!

We have a prize winner to announce! All entrants who participated in our optional twist of no red or green were entered into the selection process. We used random.org to choose our winner.

The prize package was provided by Kim and it consists of Bo Bunny die cuts, Bo Bunny rub-ons, Bo Bunny dimensional stickers, TCW stencil, and 3 ribbons. Sandie also included a $10 Uniko Studios gift card!

The winner of our prize package is

Toni of FHC

Congratulations Toni!  Please contact artkeepsmesane247@gmail.com in the next 7 days in order to claim your prize.


Now onto our top picks:

Darnell

Darnell's fun and cute card is a perfect example of how you can stretch your stamps to make something other than what they were intended for!


Dori

Dori's card showcases a stunning starry-and-sponged background that complements her silhouette images beautifully.  She really conveyed the essence of Christmas!


Julia

 We love Julia's color combination and her clean design. The embossing on the deer adds that little extra touch of elegance!

Congratulations to our 3 top picks!

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Challenge #71 Anything Goes with Gold

Thank you for another amazing turnout of beautiful entries in our last challenge!

Our challenge for you this week is to use GOLD with any other colours.

First, though, please welcome our talented Guest Designer :

Deborah 

Hi, I’m Deborah – and I’m delighted to be Guest Designer at Inkspirational this week.  I guess, like many crafters, I started off as a child.  I made card, books, and newspapers – all types of paper crafts.  I even tried my hand at embroidery, counted cross stitch and knitting.  I gave up knitting pretty quickly, but I’m not bad at the other two.

However, I found my passion about 18 years ago when I received a handmade card from a friend.  I decided to have a go and the rest, as they say, is history!!!  I started off small with a few boxes and the kitchen worktop as my studio.  When we moved to North Wales in 2006 my small craft space got somewhat bigger, and now that I’m in the US my craft room has exploded!!  

Please visit Deborah's blog and leave her a comment.

Now, here's some ideas from our Design Team:

Shauna

Sandie

Marina

Pia

Kim

Yvonne

Carol

Nonni

We will be choosing  a top pick/s from this challenge and inviting one entrant to join us as a Guest Designer. 

We're sorry that we may not be able to comment on cards that are uploaded to galleries where we have to register to comment (eg Splitcoast Stampers), or where word verification is enabled. When we can view your card, however, we will still consider it for our top picks.

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Top Picks #69

Current challenge HERE.

Thank you to all of our entries in the "Shine" challenge!  So many entries and such a high level of talent displayed!  It was a lot of work to narrow down entries, but here are our top picks.

Jill

We love how Jill used copper to make her tree and it is literally topped off with a big, beautiful bow. Overall a very shiny card!

Robyn

Robyn used so many techniques in this bold, beautiful ornament. We love the card design and colors. Her big ornament with the off-center snowflake is just fantastic!

Marika

 In this card the layout, images, and design work are gorgeous! Be sure to check out Marika's blog because this picture does not do the flowers justice. So much skill went into these beautiful, shiny flowers!

Congratulations! 

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Challenge 70 Designer's Choice - Christmas with a Twist and Prize Draw!

We have a lovely surprise for you today! Our challenge was chosen by our DT member Kim  and she, and our DT member Sandie  have put up a prize for the randomly drawn entry that has used the optional twist. 

So, the challenge this time is Christmas cards with the optional twist of no red or green. 

For details of the prize, please scroll down. 

But first please welcome our fabulous Guest Designer:

Janet

I’ve always enjoyed art and playing with paper and pens, pencils and paints. When I first came to Mauritius, there weren’t many cards so my mother bought me 3 stamps and 2 ink pads from South Africa in 1994 and I haven’t stopped since. I took up scrapbooking in 2001, and I love doing small projects too ... boxes, mini albums, frames and decoupage. Recently I have started doing altered books. As my friends caught the crafty bug too, I starting importing stamping and scrapping supplies for them too, and now I have a really small stamping and scrapping shop and studio off my garage and run courses a couple times a month. As I'm rather a night owl, I can be found lost in my world of ink and paper until the wee hours of the morning!

For details of the materials and methods used to create her project, please visit Janet's blog. 

Here are some ideas from our Design Team:

Kim

Pia

Shauna

Carol

Sandie

Marina

Yvonne

Nonni

And now, we can reveal the prize: 

Our prize contains:

£10 Gift Card Uniko Studios

Bo Bunny die cuts

Bo Bunny rub-ons

Bo Bunny dimensional stickers

A TCW(The Crafters Workshop) stencil

3 different ribbons

The winner will be randomly drawn from all entries that make a Christmas card with the twist of no red or green. 

We will be choosing  a top pick/s from this challenge and inviting one entrant to join us as a Guest Designer. 

We're sorry that we may not be able to comment on cards that are uploaded to galleries where we have to register to comment (eg Splitcoast Stampers), or where word verification is enabled. When we can view your card, however, we will still consider it for our top picks.

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Top Picks #68 - Photo Challenge

Current challenge HERE.

Thank you to all of those who entered our photo challenge earlier in the month. It is always fun to see the different inspirations that can come from one picture. We were truly inspired by all of your work in the photo challenge. Here are our top picks.

Marika

Marika’s background is amazing with the subtle creation of hills and the blending of her colors for the sky! The softness of her background colors looks amazing with the stacked owls. Even the creation of her logs is so unique and fantastic. An overall gorgeous scene!


Julie

We love how Julie created lots of different layers with die cuts! The array of techniques she used to create the colors and overall scene is very impressive. This really is a stunning card that is a unique translation of the inspiration photo.

Tenia

We loved Tenia’s gorgeous black and white design with a splash of color! Her creative design has such a crisp, modern edge.

Congratulations to our winners!

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