Inkspirational Challenge #355 - Mood Board

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

For the next two weeks (Nov. 22 - Dec. 5), we invite you to draw inspiration from the mood board’s traditional Christmas colours and holiday charm to spark your own unique card (or journal pages, or layouts, or albums or....whatever) designs. No tags required; just your imagination. You may consider:

            🎄 Playful holiday icons and illustrations, perhaps displayed in a grid design style
            🍬 Sweet, nostalgic details
            ✨ Cozy hand-drawn or handwritten touches. 

A plethora of possibilities, right!

Inspiration from the Design Team:

Julia

Pia

Marlena

Carol

Looking forward to seeing a gallery bursting with your Mood Board creativity.

The Link will be open until Friday, Dec. 5 @ 11:59pm (GMT).

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We'll be back on Saturday, Nov. 29th with a Reminder Post and Top Picks for Challenge #354.

Top Picks Challenge #353 and Reminder Post - Challenge #354 - Word Prompt - Knit/Knitted

  Welcome to our two part post.

**First, a reminder that you have until Friday, November 21st at 11:59 pm (GMT) to play in Challenge #354 - Word Prompt - Knit/Knitted - found HERE. 

**Second, the gallery of 31 Seeing Stars themed card had us seeing stars. Once again, we are so thankful for your fabulous participation!  As always, selecting Top Picks is a challenge...but a good challenge to have. 

Our Top Picks:

Arlene

Arlene's beautiful version of a Christmas card in non-traditional colors accentuates a lovely swirl of stars brightening up the night sky for Santa.

Denise

Denise's card is a delightful play on stars: the physical stars and the two little 'rock stars'. Sweet, charming and clever.

Papierelle

Stars are definitely the 'stars of the show' on Papierelle's wonderful cup of cocoa and her frothy whipped topping. That, along with a couple of cookies...yum! 

Congratulations to our Top Picks; please take your badge.

Inkspirational Challenge #354 - Word Prompt - Knit/Knitted

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

For the next two weeks (November 8–21), our Work Prompt is KNIT / KNITTED.

As cooler weather settles in, we naturally reach for things that feel cozy and warm: snuggly sweaters, chunky scarves, mittens, hats and that's just a start.

For this challenge, we invite you to create a card or project inspired by something knit or knitted. You might feature:
🧶 Knitted images such as clothing or accessories,
🧵 Embossing folders with a knit pattern,
🐑 Balls or skeins of yarn,
👩‍🧶 Images of someone (person or critter!) knitting.

So many wonderful possibilities to wrap your creativity in warmth and texture—we can’t wait to see your interpretations.

 

Inspiration from the Design Team:

Marlena

Julia

Pia

Carol

Looking forward to seeing your KNITspiration in the gallery! 

The Link will be open until Friday, Nov. 21 @ 11:59pm (GMT).

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We'll be back on Saturday, Nov. 15th with a Reminder Post and Top Picks for Challenge #353.

 

Top Picks Challenge #352 and Reminder Post - Challenge #353 - Designer's Choice - Seeing Stars

   Welcome to our two part post.

**First, a reminder that you have until Friday, November 7th at 11:59 pm (GMT) to play in Challenge #353 - Designer's Choice - Seeing Stars- found HERE. 

**Second, the gallery was filled with 86 (yes - eighty-six!) Seasonal-themed cards for Challenge #352. We are in AWE at your fabulous participation!  As always, selecting Top Picks is a challenge...but a good challenge to have. 

Our Top Picks:

Pauline

Pauline has created a hauntingly beautiful calendar page; one that definitely captures the spookiness of Halloween.

Kathy

Kathy's basket of harvested apples and 'blessings' sentiments speaks to the season of Thanksgiving wonderfully.

Heather

Heather's fall images and colours definitely convey the Autumn season. So pretty.

Esther

Esther's measuring tape Christmas tree is creative, eye-catching and 100% seasonal. Such a fun take on an iconic Christmas image.

Congratulations to our Top Picks; please take your badge.

Inkspirational Challenge #353 - Designer's Choice - SEEING STARS

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

For the next two weeks (October 25 - November 7) Julia invites you to draw inspiration from her Designer's Choice of SEEING STARS.  A few stars or a Milky Way's worth of stars, sparkly, shiny or glittery...the choice of stars and occasion is entirely yours.

Inspiration from the Design Team:

Julia

Marlena

Carol

Pia

What stars will you share that will make Julia all starry-eyed!

Looking forward to seeing you in the gallery.

The Link will be open until Friday, Nov. 7 @ 11:59pm (GMT).

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We'll be back on Saturday, Nov. 1st with a Reminder Post and Top Picks for Challenge #352.

Top Picks Challenge #351 and Reminder Post - Challenge #352 - Seasonal

  Welcome to our two part post.

**First, a reminder that you have until Friday, October 24 at 11:59 pm (GMT) to play in Challenge #35s - Seasonal- found HERE. 

**Second, the gallery was filled with 20 creative Mood Board interpretations for Challenge #351.  As always, selecting Top Picks is a challenge...but a good challenge to have. 

Our Top Picks:

Bobby

Bobby's colourful mushrooms really pop against the forest night background. A lovely take on the mood board.

Karen

Karen's little forest animals are charming in exchanging birthday wishes - and how pretty the mushrooms they're sitting on. Delightful take on the mood board.

Henriet

Henriet's whimsical mushrooms are just all around fun; definitely mood board inspired.

Congratulations to our Top Picks; please take your badge.

Inkspirational Challenge #352 - Seasonal

Welcome back to Inkspirational; thank you for joining us.

For the next two weeks, we invite you to draw inspiration from our SEASONAL-themed Challenge. 

 

Here's a quick description of the challenge:

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

• Spring: Mother's Day, Easter, flowers, etc.
• Summer: summer vacations, school's out, weddings, beaches, Fourth of July, Canada Day, etc.
• Fall: harvest, Thanksgiving, Halloween, Remembrance Day, etc.
• Winter: Christmas, Hanukkah, winter activities.

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

Inspiration from the Design Team:

Julia

Marlena

Carol

Pia

  

What season + occasion will you share with us? 

Looking forward to seeing you in the gallery.

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

We will be back on Saturday, Oct. 18 with a Reminder Post and Top Picks from Challenge #351.

Top Picks Challenge #350 and Reminder Post - Challenge #351 - Mood Board

 Welcome to our two part post.

**First, a reminder that you have until Friday, October 10 at 11:59 pm (GMT) to play in Challenge #351 - Mood Board- found HERE. 

**Second, the gallery was filled with 31 creative cards for Challenge #350 - Trees.  Narrowing the field to three Top Picks is difficult so we decided to select four.

Our Top Picks:

Arlene

Arlene's tree is a perfect image in her spooky Halloween scene. Scary!

Anke

Anke's skill with distress inks resulted in this lovely, inviting forest scene; one we'd love to step in to.

Karen M.

Karen's trees add to the sweetness of her wintry scene; a charming background for her adorable penguins.

Jane

Jane's whimsical trees are a wonderful playground for her little squirrel; definitely a charming fall-themed hello card.

Congratulations to our Top Picks; please take your badge.

Inkspirational Challenge #351 - Mood Board

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

For the next two weeks (September 27 – October 10), we invite you to draw inspiration from the mood board below. Whether it’s the woodland scene, the starry night sky or the little details—mushrooms, berries, butterflies, the snail—you’ll find so much to spark your imagination. You might even be drawn to the colors, the whimsical vibe, or even the unexpected touches like the ladder, towels and bathtub to the left of the shower curtain. Wherever your eye lands, we can’t wait to see how it inspires your creativity!

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Inspiration from the Design Team:

Marlena

Julia

Pia

Carol

We look forward to seeing the gallery bursting at the seams with cards/projects inspired by the mood board. 

The Link will be open until Friday, Oct. 10th @11:59pm (GMT)

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We'll be back on Saturday, Oct. 4th with a Reminder Post and Top Picks for Challenge 350.

Top Picks Challenge #349 and Reminder Post - Challenge #350 - Word Prompt - Trees

  Welcome to our two part post.

**First, a reminder that you have until Friday, September 26 at 11:59 pm (GMT) to play in Challenge #350 - Word Prompt - TREES - found HERE. 

**Second, the gallery was filled with 19 creative cards for Challenge #349 - Add A Tag.  Narrowing the field to three Top Picks  is difficult so we decided to select four.

Our Top Picks:

Fran

Fran's aqua, red and white tag is definitely the star-of-the-stage on her card. Gorgeous!

Bonnie

Bonnie's tags, tied with ribbon and placed over an embossed background, are perfect for a clean, simple, eye-catching Christmas card.

Esther

Esther background, created with distress inks + baby wipes, is a pretty foundation for her beautiful tag.  

Lucille

Lucille features a beautiful tag using coordinating papers and die cut elements from 49 & Market. Such a pretty card.

Congratulations to our Top Picks; please take your badge.