Inkspirational: 2023

Saturday, 30 December 2023

Inkspirational Challenge #306 - Moodboard

Welcome back to Inkspirational; we're delighted to have you joining us for our wrap-up challenge of 2023. We invite you to draw inspiration from this predominately gold + black, elegant and stylish Mood Board. Hopefully you'll discover something to capture your interest: hearts, stripes, geometric patterns, cutlery, feathers, candles, the colours and so much more.

Inspiration from the Design Team:

The Inkspirational designers would like to express our appreciation for your participation this year. Your enthusiasm and creativity bring us joy; thank you for embracing our challenges with such enthusiasm. We hope that the momentum of 2023 continues throughout 2024.

Wishing you a most Happy New Year!

The Link will be open until Friday, January 12th @ 11:59pm (GMT)

We will be back on Saturday, Jan. 6 with a Reminder Post and Top Picks for Challenge #305.

Saturday, 23 December 2023

Top Picks - Challenge #304 - and Reminder Post - Challenge #305 - Word Prompt - Celebrate

Welcome to our three part post.

First, a reminder that you have until Friday, Dec. 29th at 11:59 pm (GMT) to play in Challenge #305 - Word Prompt - Celebrate - found HERE. At the time of writing this post, we have 35 wonderful cards in the gallery. Thank you to those who have joined us; let's keep the celebration going!

Our wonderful Pia is sharing a lovely reminder card...just a little more inspiration for all of us.

Second, we had 50 glittery entries for Challenge #304; we loved seeing all the shimmer-and-shine. As always, selecting a trio to highlight is a challenge. Please know that all of your cards are amazing!

Our Top Picks are:

Kristin

Kristin's potpourri tags are lovely, especially with glittery orange slices and greenery.

Flo

Flo has created a wonderful snowy sparkly scene with Santa racing through the moonlit forest on his skis.

Loopylou

Lynda's foil background, bright greenery and sparkly red Joy is glitter-gorgeous.

Congratulations to our Top Picks; please take your badge.

Third, the Inkspirational Design Team would like to wish all of you a most

Merry Merry Christmas!

May your holiday season be filled with joy, celebration and love!

Saturday, 16 December 2023

Inkspirational Challenge #305 - Word Prompt - CELEBRATE

Welcome back to Inkspirational; we're delighted to have you joining us.

Hard to believe that Christmas is but nine days away - and in the spirit of this fast-approaching festive event, our Word Prompt for the next two weeks is CELEBRATE. Of course, we're not limiting you to cards/projects for the holiday season; feel free to broaden the theme to any events/images/emotions that speak to celebration.

Inspiration from the Design Team:

Pia and Nonni will be joining us for the Reminder Post.

We look forward to seeing how CELEBRATE inspires you!

The Link will be open until Friday, Dec. 29th @11:59pm (GMT)

We will be back on Dec. 23rd with a Reminder Post and Top Picks for Challenge #304 - Add Glitter. With 50 shimmery, glittery delights in the gallery, selecting Top Picks will be a challenge (a good challenge, indeed)!

Saturday, 9 December 2023

Top Picks - Challenge #303 - and Reminder Post - Challenge #304 - Designer's Choice - Add Glitter

Welcome to our two part post.

First, a reminder that you have until Friday, Dec. 15th at 11:59 pm (GMT) to play in Challenge #304 - Designer's Choice - Add Glitter - found HERE. At the time of writing this post, we have 26 lovely, sparkly entries. Thank you to those who have joined us; let's keep the shimmer-and-shine going!

Second, we are totally, completely and utterly blown away by the response to Challenge #303 - SEASONAL, which closed with a total of 136 entries. Definitely a popular theme, especially during the festive season. Of course, this record-breaking number of entries makes narrowing down to three Top Picks very challenging (which is actually a great 'problem' to have), so this time, we're going with five Top Picks, all of which highlighted their seasonal choice wonderfully.

Our Top Picks are:

Congratulations to our Top Picks; please take your badge.

Saturday, 2 December 2023

Inkspirational Challenge #304 - Designer's Choice - Add Glitter

Hello,

Welcome back to Inkspirational; wonderful to have you joining us.

Before sharing details about the new challenge, we have to respond to the previous Challenge #304 - Seasonal - with an OHMYSTARS! The gallery closed with 136 entries! This is definitely a record - and one that makes us super stoked, super thrilled and super happy! A huge THANK YOU to everyone who played along; we have the best participants EVER!!

For Challenge #304, our lovely Pia has selected ADD GLITTER as her Designer's Choice. We're sure that many of you are glitzing and glittering up your festive cards/projects (or other significant occasions that call for some extra glam), so we'd love for you to share them in our gallery.

Inspiration from the Design Team:

Marina

Looking forward to seeing your glittery makes!

The Link will be open until Friday, Dec. 15th @ 11:59pm (GMT)

We'll be back with a Reminder Post and Top Picks for Challenge #303 on Saturday, Dec. 9th.

Saturday, 25 November 2023

Top Picks - Challenge #302 - and Reminder Post - Challenge #303 - Seasonal

Welcome to our two part post.

First, a reminder that you have until Friday, Dec. 1st at 11:59 pm (GMT) to play in Challenge #303 - SEASONAL - found HERE. At the time of writing this post, we have 66 lovely entries! OHMYSTARS! Let's see if we can get to 100!

Our sweet, super talented Nonni has designer her reminder card around the Season of Summer. The colours, the sunglasses, the flip-flops...so pretty! Details can be found on her blog, here.

Challenge #302 - MOOD BOARD - closed with 20 beautiful cards.

Our TOP PICKS are:

Fran

Fran's card is a delightful take on the Mood Board with her detailed, cute gingerbread house cookies, neatly arranged on the plate/table. Festive fabulous.

Nancy

Nancy's red and green tree-shaped cookies, arranged in the form of a snowflake, is a sweet take on the Mood Board.

Deanne

Deanne's mug shaped box card is so much fun, drawing inspiration from the whipped cream, gingerbread and candy canes found on the Mood Board.

Congratulations to our Top Picks; please take your badge.

Saturday, 18 November 2023

Inkspirational Challenge #303 - SEASONAL

Hello,

Welcome back to Inkspirational; wonderful to see you here.

Today, we're launching our SEASONAL challenge as inspiration for the next two weeks.

Here's a reminder of what this challenge entails:

We invite you to consider the four seasons - Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter - and create cards/projects based on occasions that are quite 'specific' to those seasons.

For instance: Spring: Mother's Day, Easter, Flowers etc.; Summer: summer vacations, school's out, weddings, beaches; Fall: harvest, Thanksgiving, Halloween; Winter: Christmas, Hanukkah, winter activities. And how about your country's national day, too (Canada Day, Fourth of July, etc.).

These are just a few ideas to get you started; the team also has some fabulous inspiration for you.

Inside panels:

Nonni: will be joining us with her dazzling delight in next week's Reminder Post.

We're sure to see plenty of SEASONAL cards/projects in the gallery, especially with US Thanksgiving and Christmas rapidly approaching!

Last time we ran this challenge, we had close to 70 awesome entries; let's see if we can surpass that!

The Link will be open until Friday, Dec. 1st @ 11:59pm (GMT)

We'll be back with a Reminder Post and our Top Picks for Challenge #302 on Saturday, Nov. 25th.

Saturday, 11 November 2023

Top Picks - Challenge #301 - and Reminder Post - Challenge #302 - Mood Board

Welcome to our two part post.

First, a reminder that you have until Friday, Nov. 17 at 11:59 pm (GMT) to play in Challenge #302 - MOOD BOARD - found HERE. At the time of writing this post, we have 11 lovely entries! Hopefully, we'll see more beauties in the gallery over the next week.

Challenge #301 - COLD - closed with 49 sensational entries! Once again, we're delighted that you joined us to share your cool and chilly takes!

Our TOP PICKS are:

Trina

Julie P

Caroline

A trio of fabulous cards, all of which convey COLD wonderfully!

Congratulations to our Top Picks; please take your badge.

Saturday, 4 November 2023

Inkspirational Challenge #302 - Moodboard

Hello,

Welcome back to Inkspirational; we're happy to have you joining us.

For the next two weeks, we're inviting you to draw inspiration from the images found in the Mood Board below. Sweet treats, candles, berries, pinecones, greenery, hand-lettering on a chalk board, words, festive colours, earthy colours...and so much more. Hopefully, something will catch your eye.