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.

 

Top Picks Challenge #342 and Reminder Post - Challenge #343 - Mood Board

 Welcome to our two part post.

**First, a reminder that you have until Friday, June 20th at 11:59 pm (GMT) to play in Challenge #343 - Mood Board - found HERE.

**Second, the gallery was filled with 58 Celebrate cards, which really made us celebrate!.  Narrowing the field to three Top Picks is, as always, a challenge...

Our Top Picks:

Doreen

What a sweet little gnome, Doreen, surrounded by pretty flowers and delivering a bouquet of colorful, birthday balloons. A wonderful celebration card, indeed.

Karen

Karen's black sunflowers make for a lovely frame; a wonderfully eye-catching style for her fabulous birthday sentiment.

Wendy

Wendy's Gus & Gertie are flying off to celebrate a lucky person's birthday. Those two are definitely adorable.

Congratulations to our Top Picks; please take your badge.

Inkspirational Challenge #343 - Mood Board

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

For the next two weeks (June 7 - June 20), we invite you to draw inspiration from the sewing/fabric themed Mood Board below.  Plenty of inroads to explore: colours, patterns, textures, elements, the 'vibe'...and that's just a start. 

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Inspiration from the Design Team:

Julia Aston

Pia 

Carol

Looking forward to your Mood Board-inspired cards/projects filling the gallery.

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The Link will be open until June 20th @ 11:59pm (GMT).

 

We'll be back on Saturday, June 14th with a Reminder Post and Top Picks for Challenge #342.

Top Picks Challenge #341 and Reminder Post - Challenge #342 - Word Prompt - Celebrate

  Welcome to our two part post.

**First, a reminder that you have until Friday, June 6th at 11:59 pm (GMT) to play in Challenge #342 - Word Prompt - CELEBRATE - found HERE.

**Second, the gallery was filled with 19 HOT-themed cards.  Narrowing the field to three Top Picks made us break out in a sweat (LOL) but...we managed.

Our Top Picks:

Fran

Fran's fabulous sun image is definitely HOT!

Arlene

Arlene's HOT card made us laugh; that sentiment is fabulous!

Pauline

Pauline created a beautiful sun-drenched meadow for her pretty Lavinia images. 

Congratulations to our Top Picks; please take your badge.

Inkspirational Challenge #342 - Word Prompt - Celebrate

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

For the next two weeks (May 24 - June 6), our Word Prompt challenge is CELEBRATE. Birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, weddings, new homes/pets/jobs, accomplishments...plenty of occasions to celebrate - and we hope you'll do so with us!

Inspiration from the Design Team:

Marlena

Julia

Carol

Pia 

Looking forward to your CELEBRATE cards/projects filling the gallery.

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The Link will be open until June 6th @ 11:59pm (GMT).

 

We'll be back on Saturday, May 31 with a Reminder Post and Top Picks for Challenge #341.