TOP PICKS - Challenge 284 - Stitching AND Reminder Post - Challenge #285 - Numbers

 Welcome to today's two part post:

First, to those who have already played in Inkspirational Challenge #285 - Word Prompt - NUMBERS - found HERE - thank you! To those who have not, or who would like to add another entry, the link is open until Friday, March 24th at 11:59pm (GMT).  Currently, we have 18 fabulous entries; let's see if we can double - or better yet, triple - that in the next week!

Second: Time to reveal the TOP PICKS for Challenge #284 - Stitching: Real or Faux. A huge thank you to all who shared wonderfully creative stitching cards/projects. Selecting three from a gallery of 40 awesome entries was 'sew' challenging.

Our Top Picks are:

Linby

Linby's stitched quilt, paired with sewing elements and a quirky character, makes for a delightful challenge-fitting card.

Arlene

Even though Arlene found stitching on paper not her 'thing' (she's an avid stitcher), her beautiful flower showcases her amazing sewing talent.  Eye-catching and lovely.

Hilary

Hilary's superb stitching speaks for itself. A stunning card and certainly 'on trend' against the black/silver background.

Congratulations to our Top Picks. Please take your badge.

Inkspirational Challenge #285 - Word Prompt - Numbers

Welcome back to Inkspirational; so delighted to have you here.

Before sharing the scoop on the new challenge, another huge huge huge THANK YOU for participating in our Designer's Choice Stitching challenge. The gallery was filled with 40 (yes 4-0) wonderful cards, each one making us 'sew' very happy! Real or faux - we're thrilled you 'stitched along' with us! 

Time for a Word Prompt which, for the next two weeks, is NUMBERS. Large or small; stars-of-the-stage or support players, as long as you have a number visible, we'll 'count' you in the running for our challenge! 

Let's check out the design team's nifty numbers creations:

Julia

Marina 

Carol

Pia

 

 

Marlena

Nonni

Looking forward to seeing a number of numbers cards/projects in the gallery.

The link will be open until Friday, March 24 at 11:59pm (GMT)

We'll be back on March 18th with a Reminder Post and Top Picks for Challenge #284 - Designer's Choice.

Top Picks - Challenge #283 - Use Stencils - AND Reminder Post - Challenge #284 - Designer's Choice - Stitching - Real or Faux

 Welcome to today's two part post:

First, to those who have already played in Inkspirational Challenge #284 - Designer's Choice - Stitching: Real or Faux - found HERE - thank you! To those who have not, or who would like to add another entry, the link is open until Friday, March 10th at 11:59pm (GMT).  Currently, we have 25 fabulous entries; let's see if we can double - or better yet, triple - that in the next week! Come along and play cards or stitching projects - with us!

And, speaking of stitching projects - how about more inspiration from our sweet Julia. Aren't her "Tooth Bear-ies" awesome! 

Second: Time to reveal the TOP PICKS for Challenge #283 - Use Stencils. A huge thank you to all who shared their wonderfully creative cards. Selecting three from a gallery of 54 - yes, 54 - awesome entries was quite the challenge! In our books, you're all stencil sensations!

Here are our Top Picks:

Izzy

Izzy's double stenciled heart is the perfect romantic stage for the cute mice couple. Sweetness, plus! 

Barbara

Barbara's floral stencils on black makes for a dramatic and, as it turns out, 'on trend' card. Lovely!

Pat

Pat's stenciled heart, stenciled on a background of hearts, certainly conveys love and fabulous stenciling. The frame details are eye-catching touches.

Congratulations to our Top Picks. Please take your badge.

Inkspirational Challenge #284 - Designer's Choice - Stitching - Real or Faux

Welcome back to Inkspirational; so wonderful to see you here.

Before introducing the new challenge, a couple of things to share.

First, we are absolutely blown away by the number of awe-mazing cards in the Use Stencils challenge! At the time of writing this post, we had 54 - that's 5-4 - submissions! That's wild! Thank you so much for embracing our challenges with such enthusiasm; you sure know how to make our hearts happy!

Second - speaking of happy hearts - we are so so so so excited to announce that - after a long haul of moving house, changing jobs, re-organizing her crafty space and re-acquainting herself with her stash -Marina, a long-time designer for Inkspiration, is rejoining the team! Her 'official' re-start is today. Marina, a warm welcome back to your Ink family! 

Time for our challenge - Designer's Choice. For the next two weeks, our lovely Pia would like to see Stitching - Real or Faux -  on our cards/projects. Dies with stitched edges/elements or 'actual' stitching...bring it on! We also know many of you, in addition to being card-makers, are keen stitchers - cross-stitch, quilting, embroidery; feel free to share those works of art, too.

Let's check out the design team's stitching sensations:

Marlena

Julia

Pia

Marina 

Nonni

Carol

Looking forward to seeing what style of stitching you'll share.

Let's aim for another block-buster gallery!

The link will be open until Friday, March 11 at 11:59pm (GMT)

We'll be back on March 4th with a Reminder Post and Top Picks for Challenge #283 - Use Stencils.

Top Picks - Challenge #282 - Moodboard - AND Reminder Post - Challenge 283 - Use Stencils (optional: Add Splatter)

 Welcome to today's two part post:

First, to those who have already played in Inkspirational Challenge #283 - Use Stencils - found HERE - thank you! To those who have not, or who would like to add another entry, the link is open until Friday, Feb. 14th at 11:59pm (GMT).  Currently, we have 30 fabulous entries; let's see if we can double that in the next week! Come along and play cards with us!

Second: Time to reveal the TOP PICKS for Challenge #282 - Moodboard. A huge thank you to all who shared their wonderfully creative cards. 

Here are our Top Picks:

Caroline

Caroline's delicious cupcake is a wonderful translation of the assorted baked goods found on the Moodboard. Scrumptious!

ArtMBR

ArtMbR's multilayered die cuts are a beautiful take on the reds/pinks and love theme inspired by the Moodboard.

Diane

Diane's wedding card captures the essence of the Moodboard - LOVE - beautifully.

Congratulations to our Top Picks. Please take your badge.

Inkspirational Challenge #283 - Use Stencils

Hello,

Welcome back to Inkspirational; we're thrilled you're here.

Before we share our next challenge, a huge THANK  YOU for filling the gallery with your Moodboard-inspired creativity! So many entries - and each one a work of art! Hopefully, the momentum will continue as challenges unfold.

Today, we're introducing another challenge in our rotation: Use Stencils. Given the proliferation of stencils in the craft-iverse, we decided that they warranted special feature opportunities. Feel free to use any stencils you have; any theme. If you want, you can also incorporate the 'optional twist' which, this go-round is 'Add Splatters.' Loads of choices! 

 

Optional Twist - Add Splatter

Let's see the design team's stencil sensations:

Marlena

Julia

Pia

Carol

Nonni

We're excited to see what stencils you'll be showcasing!

Let's fill the gallery to bursting once again!

The Link will be open until Friday, Feb. 24 at 11:59pm (GMT)

(We'll be back on Saturday, Feb. 18th with a Reminder Post and Top Picks from Challenge #282 - Moodboard.)

Top Picks - Challenge #281 - Word Prompt - New and/or Welcome AND Reminder Post - Challenge 282 - Moodboard

 Hello,

Welcome to today's two part post:

First, to those who have already played in Inkspirational Challenge #282 - Moodboard - found HERE - thank you! To those who have not, or who would like to add another entry, the link is open until Friday, Feb. 10th at 11:59pm (GMT).  Come along and play cards with us!

Second: Time to reveal the TOP PICKS for Challenge #281 - Word Prompt - New and/or Welcome! A huge thank you to all who embraced our first challenge of 2023 with delightful, creative cards. Each and every one was a treat to behold! Selecting Top Picks was a challenge, but choose we must. 

Here are our Top Picks:

Kate

Kate's little elephant welcome baby card is a sweet fit for our challenge. The quilted background is a lovely touch.

Lisa

Lisa's card showcases a stylish, gorgeous-and-handsome pairing of 

her new wedding-themed images

Allisa

A beautiful New Year's card featuring Allisa's new Taylored Expressions stencils. Pretty, plus! 

Congratulations to our Top Picks. Please take your badge.

Inkspirational Challenge #282 - Moodboard

Hello,

Before we get on to our new challenge, we want to express how thrilled we are with your response to our previous New and/or Welcome Challenge! The number of creative, delightful entries has blown us away! Thank you so much; selecting Top Picks will be quite the task!

Today, we introduce another challenge style to the roster - Moodboards - which are simply 'more-entry-points' versions of our previous Photo challenges. Here, we're offering a variety of images to spark inspiration - and you can draw ideas from one or several of the photos for your cards/projects. At first glance, you'll note that the selections are Valentine/love themed but, looking closer, we also spy florals, baked goodies, frozen treats, coffee and a range of pretty colours. Possibilities galore! 

 

Let's check out the Inkspirational designers' takes:

Marlena

Julia

Pia

Nonni

Carol

Turning things over to you; how will the Moodboard inspire YOU?

See you in the gallery!

The Link will be open until February 10 at 11:59pm (GMT).

(We'll be back on Saturday, February 4th with a Reminder Post and the Top Picks from the New/Welcome challenge)

Inkspirational Challenge #281 - Word Prompt - New and/or Welcome - REMINDER POST

 Hello crafters,

Have you had a chance to play along in our current Word Prompt Challenge - New and/or Welcome? If so, thank you so much! If not - or if you want to play again (or three times or four times...) - you still have time! Another week, in fact! 

More design team inspiration:

Carol

Marlena

We're looking forward to your New and/or Welcome interpretations filling the gallery.

The Linky will be open until 11:59pm (GMT) on Friday, Jan 27th, 2023.

Link up here

Inkspirational Challenge #281 - Word Prompt

Hello...and welcome to Inkspirational Challenge #281 - our first challenge of 2023 - and the beginning of what we hope will be a fun-filled year of inspiration. We have a few changes coming up, which we hope you'll enjoy, alongside a couple of the 'regulars', namely, Word Prompt. 

For this challenge, we've selected New and/or Welcome to inspire you over the next two weeks. Welcome is straight forward; New can include anything from new baby, new year, new beginnings and even new products in your stash making their debut. 

We'd also like to warmly welcome our two new designers -  Julia and Nonni.

Let's check out the inspiration from the design team:

Marlena

Julia

Carol

Pia

  

Nonni

We're looking forward to your New and/or Welcome interpretations filling the gallery.

The Linky will be open until 11:59pm (GMT) on Friday, Jan 27th, 2023.

Just a note: Top Picks for this challenge will be posted on February 4th (then bi-weekly, as per usual).

Have fun creating!