Top Picks Challenge #347 and Reminder Post - Challenge #348 - CAS (Optional Twist - Flowers)

  Welcome to our two part post.

**First, a reminder that you have until Friday, August 29 at 11:59 pm (GMT) to play in Challenge #348 - CAS (Optional Twist: Flowers) - found HERE.

**Second, the gallery was filled with 15 creative interpretations of the Mood Board. As always, narrowing the field to three Top Picks when the selections are all amazing is difficult but...choose we did.

 

Our Top Picks:

Deb H

Deb's circles, paired with pretty butterflies, is a wonderful take on the mood board.

Nance

Nance has taken the colours from the mood board and translated them into this delightful quilt and snuggling kitty. Sweet!

Bobby

Bobby's field of wildflowers captures the colours from the mood board beautifully.

Congratulations to our Top Picks; please take your badge.

Inkspirational Challenge #348 - CAS Optional Twist - Flowers

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

For the next two weeks, we invite you to play along in our Clean and Simple (CAS) Challenge with the optional twist of Flowers.

To help you out, here's what we'll be looking for on your Clean and Simple designs:

✅ One main focal point

✅ Lots of OPEN space (doesn't 'have' to be white)

✅ Minimal Layers

✅ Minimal Embellishments

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Inspiration from the Design Team:

Julia

Marlena

Nonni

Pia

Carol

We look forward to seeing your CAS creations - with or without the twist - in the gallery.

NOTE: In the spirit of being supportive of other challenges, please consider heading over to AAA Cards Challenge and Simply Clean and Simple Challenge where CAS is their specialty. You'll see fabulous inspiration from their teams - as you do with ours. If you decide to join the AAA Cards Challenge, a new one begins on Aug. 17th. At Simply Clean and Simple, the theme is always Anything Goes, with optional twists; they run for a month. If you share at either of these challenges, please be sure to share with us, too 

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The Link will be open until August 29 @ 11:59pm (GMT)

We will be back on Saturday, August 23 with a Reminder Post and Top Picks from Challenge #348.

Top Picks Challenge #346 and Reminder Post - Challenge #347 - Mood Board

 Welcome to our two part post.

**First, a reminder that you have until Friday, August 15 at 11:59 pm (GMT) to play in Challenge #347 - Mood Board - found HERE.

**Second, the gallery was filled with 61 delightful birthday cards/projects. Plenty of people celebrating birthdays will be smiling when these wonderful cards arrive in their mailboxes. Once again, narrowing the field to three Top Picks was a challenge, so we opted for four!

 

Our Top Picks:

Helen

Helen's watercolour flowers are ever so lovely; a pretty field of blooms to celebrate a birthday.

Steph

Steph has created a beautiful window scene with her pretty plants and lovely blue sky view.

Denise

Denise's silhouette images of football/soccer players paired with the postage background scenes is nothing short of masculine marvelous. Perfect for a sports-loving guy. 

Sharon

Sharon's hedgehog, speeding along to deliver birthday balloons and wishes, is adorable - and all more sweet in that the colours match those found on her patterned paper background.

Congratulations to our Top Picks; please take your badge.

Inkspirational Challenge #347 - Mood Board

Welcome to Inkspirational Challenge #347; we're delighted you're joining us. 

For the next two weeks, we invite you to draw inspiration from the mood board below.

So much to dive into with this image: from the dreamy colours to a fun layout, to techniques like ink smooshing, splattering or painting. Think textures, circles and even the warm, dreamy vibe that hints at sunrises or sunsets... and that’s just the beginning! 

Inspiration from the Design Team:

Julia

Carol

Marlena

Pia

Nonni

We're looking forward to seeing your creativity interpretations of the mood board in the gallery.

See you there!

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The Link will remain open until Friday, August 15 @ 11:59pm (GMT)

We'll be back on Saturday, August 9, with a Reminder Post and Top Picks for Challenge #346.

Top Picks Challenge #345 and Reminder Post - Challenge #346 - Word Prompt - Birthday

Welcome to our two part post.

**First, a reminder that you have until Friday, August 1 at 11:59 pm (GMT) to play in Challenge #346 -Word Prompt - Birthday - found HERE.

**Second, the gallery was filled with 50 delightful *3 of the same* cards/projects. The variety of stencils and techniques you shared have certainly served as inspiration for us. Narrowing the field to three Top Picks is, as always, a challenge, so we opted for four!

 

Our Top Picks:

Barb

Barb's Christmas in July trio of stockings is a festive delight.

Kerry

How cute are Kerry's Waffle Flower Birds, sporting their wintry weather hat and scarves. 

Karen

Karen's triple flowers are a wonderful background for her bold sentiment.

Silke

Silke's three Santas? Ho Ho Ho, indeed! Such fun! 

Congratulations to our Top Picks; please take your badge.

Inkspirational Challenge #346 - Word Prompt - Birthday

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

We have a super easy Word Prompt as inspiration for the next two weeks: Birthday. You all know who to make these so...Ready...Set...GO!!

Inspiration from the Design Team:

Marlena

Julia

Carol

Easel card

We're looking forward to an abundance of birthday cards filling the gallery!

See you there!

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The Link will remain open until Friday, August 1 @ 11:59pm (GMT)

We'll be back on Saturday, July 26 with a Reminder Post and Top Picks for Challenge #345

Top Picks Challenge #344 and Reminder Post - Challenge #345 - Designer's Choice - Three of the Same

 Welcome to our two part post.

**First, a reminder that you have until Friday, July 18th at 11:59 pm (GMT) to play in Challenge #345 -Designer's Choice - Three of the Same- found HERE.

**Second, the gallery was filled with 45 stencil sensations. The variety of stencils and techniques you shared have certainly served as inspiration for us. Narrowing the field to three Top Picks is, as always, a challenge...

Our Top Picks:

Denise

Denise's blackout technique really makes her stencil and sentiment pop. Eye-catching! 

Carol

Carol has selected a cool, whimsically geometric stencil to ink with summer colours. Fresh and pretty. 

Vicki

Vicki's stenciled center panel design is a pretty background for her silhouette flowers and birthday sentiment.

Congratulations to our Top Picks; please take your badge.

Inkspirational Challenge #345 - Designer's Choice - Three of the Same

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

For the next two weeks, Nonni invites us to use THREE of the SAME for her Designer's Choice challenge. Your three - be they stamps and/or die cuts and/or colourss and/or a trio of cards/tags or whatever you decide - can be identical or similar; the design team have shared their interpretations in a variety of ways.

 

Design Team Inspiration:

Marlena

Julia

Carol

Nonni

Pia 

What three of the same will you be sharing with us? 

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The Link will be open until Friday, July 18 @11:59pm (GMT).

We'll be back on Saturday, July 12 with a Reminder Post and Top Picks for Challenge #345.

Top Picks Challenge #343 and Reminder Post - Challenge #344 - Use Stencils (Optional Twist: Geometric)

  Welcome to our two part post.

**First, a reminder that you have until Friday, July 4th at 11:59 pm (GMT) to play in Challenge #344 - Use Stencils - found HERE.

**Second, the gallery was filled with 12 wonderful mood board inspired cards; not a huge number but the quality makes up for quantity with a dozen clever, creative cards.  Narrowing the field to three Top Picks is, as always, a challenge...

Our Top Picks:

Carolyn

Caroline's card captures the colours - and indeed, some of the shapes - of the mood board wonderfully. 

Kerry

Kerry's seagulls are smile-makers; a delightful take on the colours from the mood board.

Carol Mc

Carol's zesty citrus card is a clever take on the shapes and colours inspired by the mood board. The acetate front panel adds an eye-catching touch. 

Congratulations to our Top Picks; please take your badge.

Inkspirational Challenge #344 - Use Stencils (Optional Twist - Geometric)

 June 21 - July 4

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

Our popular Use Stencils Challenge - with the optional twist of Geometric - begins today, June 21, and runs until July 4th. The hardest part of this challenge: deciding which stencils you want to showcase. Stencils have come a long way, especially with the ever-evolving layered versions. We're looking forward to seeing the inky delights you'll dazzle us with over the next two weeks.

Optional Twist: Geometric

Inspiration from the Design Team:

Marlena

Julia

Pia 

Carol

We're looking forward to a gallery filled with your stencil sensations!

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The Link is open until July 4 @ 11:59pm (GMT)

We'll be back on Saturday, June 28 with a Reminder Post and Top Picks for Challenge #343.