Top Picks Challenge #335 and Reminder Post - Challenge #336 - Clean and Simple

  Welcome to our two part post.

**First, a reminder that you have until Friday, March 14th at 11:59 pm (GMT) to play in Challenge #336 - Clean and Simple (optional twist: use Stickers/Ephemera/Rub-Ons) found HERE.

Our talented Pia has created another CAS card as inspiration; her wintery white background is a wonderful stage for her silhouette sledders. 

  

Pia

**Second, Challenge #335 closed with 23 wonderful Mood Board inspired entries. Your creativity in translating elements of the photo into paper projects is ever so inspiring.  As always, selecting Top Picks is difficult but we've come up with three.

Our Top Picks:

Esther

Esther's beautifully inked bloom and pretty background of patterns and text is an eye-catching take on the mood board.

Pauline

Pauline's snowdrops, paired with the pretty with the inky blue and splatter background, make for a beautiful take on the mood board.

TK

TK's beautifully inked flowers, shimmery panels and outline hexagon are a lovely take on the mood board.

Congratulations to our Top Picks; please take your badge.

Inkspirational Challenge #336 - CAS (Optional Twist - Use Stickers, Rub Ons or Ephemera)

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

We're starting off March (can you believe it!) with a Clean and Simple (CAS) Challenge with the optional twist of using stickers or rub-ons or transfers or ephemera.  

To help you out, here's what we'll be looking for with 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  

Used a Rub-On

Marlena

Used a sticker

Carol

Used a rub-on/transfer

Pia 

 Nonni - On Break

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The Link will be open until March 14 @ 11:59pm (GMT)

We will be back on Saturday, March 8th with a Reminder Post and Top Picks from Challenge #335.

Top Picks Challenge #334 and Reminder Post - Challenge #335 - Mood Board

 Welcome to our two part post.

**First, a reminder that you have until Friday, February 28th at 11:59 pm (GMT) to play in Challenge #335 - Mood Board found HERE.

**Second, Challenge #334 - our collaboration challenge with Colour Hues - closed with 70 Red and Pink wonderfully creative entries, covering a wide range of expressions of love. As always, selecting Top Picks is difficult but we've come up with four favourites.

Our Top Picks:

Michele

Michele's cute couple is beautifully coloured; pairing them with the pretty heart and cross-stitched embossing folder makes for a card that has us smiling brightly.

Donna

Donna's gradient ink-blended hearts makes for a card filled with colourful love.

Annette

Annette's inked and stamped corners are beautiful; a pretty corner stage for her delicate heart wreath and foliage.

Papierelle

Papierelle's watercoloured + Brusho hearts, layered to form an eye-catching dimensional flower, is a lovely 20th Anniversary card for her husband. 

Congratulations to our Top Picks; please take your badge.

Inkspirational Challenge #335 - Mood Board

Welcome to Inkspirational; we're delighted you're here.

After spending the first half (already!) of February playing with red and pink (and plenty of hearts!) in our previous challenge, we're turning to a different palette and images for the second half of the month, as shown in the Mood Board below.  Aqua, teal, blues, purples, woodgrain, florals, letters, spools of thread, bowls, plates, patterns...plenty of selection to spark your creativity.

                                   

Reminder: please remember that mood boards are created as 'inspiration,' offering multiple avenues for you to explore. We're excited to see your interpretations. 

Inspiration from the Design Team:

Marlena

Julia

Carol

Pia 

The Link will open until Friday, Feb. 28 @ 11:59pm (GMT).

We'll be back on Saturday, Feb. 22 with a Reminder Post and Top Picks from Challenge #334.

Top Picks Challenge #333 and Reminder Post - Challenge #334 - INKSPIRATIONAL and COLOUR HUES COLLABORATION - Red and Pink

Welcome to our two part post.

**First, a reminder that you have until Friday, February 14th at 11:59 pm (GMT) to play in Challenge #334 -Inkspirational + Colour Hues Collaboration - RED and PINK - HERE and HERE. (NOTE: The Colour Hues link -closes on February 14th @ 9:00 am EDT).

Please be sure to add your card to BOTH galleries.

**Second, Challenge #333 closed with 41 fabulous snowy entries; we had no idea that snow would be such a draw - and showcased in such a wide variety of ways. As always, selecting Top Picks is difficult but we've come up with four frosty favourites.

Our Top Picks:

Stef

 Steph has created a beautiful snowy design with her pretty layered snowflakes, tag and blue bloom die cuts.

Papierelle

Papierelle's snowboarding moose looks pretty confident, cool and stylish as he tackles the snowy slopes. Such a fun card!

Crafty_whoistracy

Tracy's little snowmen are darling, especially placed on the postage stamps backgrounds.

Valerie

Valerie's beautifully coloured, talented skating giraffe is certainly enjoying the frozen snow of the ice rink. An all-around delight. 

Congratulations to our Top Picks; please take your badge.

Inkspirational Challenge #334 - COLLABORATION with Color Hues Challenge #103 - RED AND PINK

WELCOME TO OUR SPECIAL EVENT!

  Inkspirational Challenge #334 - COLLABORATION with Color Hues Challenge #103 

Carol here, a designer/behind-the-scenes organizer of Inkspirational Challenges. and a design team member at The Color Hues Challenge.

The Inkspirational gals and I are delighted to participate in this first-time collaboration with Color Hues Challenge #103.  Creating with RED AND PINK – a combination open to such a wide range of hues, as well as occasions/events – makes us even more happy! 

 

This collaboration serves two key goals: to increase exposure of both challenges to players who may/may not know about them and to offer YOU a chance to share your projects in two galleries. If you link with us here, please be sure to hop over to Colour Hues to link there. We’re hoping for an outstanding number of entries over the course of the two week run of both challenges.

A wee bit about The Color Hues Challenge, in general:

Twice a month (1st - 14th; 16th - 29th), we post a challenge that suggests the Hues of Color we wish you to focus on.  You may use any gradient tone of the two colors and neutrals are welcome. Our neutrals are: white, black, grey, kraft, brown, cream, gold, and silver. Themes and your choices of images are open. Just a friendly note: please ensure that you select images that fit the colour combination, especially if you enjoy florals. Green is not a neutral. 

To our wonderful Inkspirational players: we look forward to introducing you to Color Hues through this collaboration and hope you'll add it to your crafting repertoires.

Inspiration from our Design Team:

 

Julia

Marlena

Carol

Pia

Looking forward to seeing how Red and Pink inspire you!

Remember to link up at Colour Hues HERE.

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The Link will be open from Saturday, Feb. 1 to  Friday, Feb. 14 @ 11:59pm (GMT)

After that, we're back with our regular rotation of challenges. 

We'll be back on Saturday, Feb. 8th with a Reminder Post and Top Picks from Challenge #333.

Top Picks Challenge #332 and Reminder Post - Challenge #333 - Word Prompt - Snow

 Welcome to our two part post.

First, a reminder that you have until Friday, January 31 at 11:59 pm (GMT) to play in Challenge #333 -Word Choice - SNOW- found HERE. 

For more inspiration, check out these cards shared by a couple members of our design team:

Nonni

Carol

Second, Challenge #332 closed with 18 delightful Pretty Quilts, featuring a variety of quilting styles. As always, selecting cards to highlight is difficult as you all deserve recognition but...choose we must.

Our Top Picks:

Johanna

Johanna turned an 'uncooperative' die into a wonderful coverplate for her ocean-themed quilt, complete with an "applique" whale and splash. Warm wishes: perfect sentiment for this pretty quilt.

Fran

Fran's ideas "to piece together several papers, stamp on some hand-stitching, and emboss the square to make it look quilted" is a resounding success! Gorgeous quilt, indeed. 

Lisa

Lisa has transformed her bits and pieces of patterned papers into a lovely heart shaped quilt, complete with felt roses and leaves. Guaranteed her grand-daughter will love this, as do we. 

Stephanie

Stephanie has created a lovely 'sampler's quilt' with her stamps and dies. The sentiment that mentions quilts is the perfect special touch. 

Congratulations to our Top Picks; please take your badge.

Inkspirational Challenge #333 - Word Prompt - SNOW

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

For the next two weeks, we're inviting you to draw inspiration from our Word Prompt: SNOW. Yes, a bit of a shift from our cozy quilts we asked you to create previously! Snow flakes, snowy landscapes, snowy skies, snow people...all kinds of possibilities for your cards/projects.

Inspiration from the Design Team:

Pia 

Marlena

Julia

Carol

Nonni - will be sharing her card in next week's Reminder Post.

We're looking forward to flurries of snow-themed cards swirling into the gallery!

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The Link will be open until Friday, Jan. 31 @ 11:59pm (GMT)

We'll be back on Saturday, Jan. 25 with a Reminder Post and Top Picks from Challenge #332

Top Picks Challenge #331 and Reminder Post - Challenge #332 - Designer's Choice - Pretty Quilt

 Welcome to our two part post.

First, a reminder that you have until Friday, January 3rd at 11:59 pm (GMT) to play in Challenge #332 - Designer's Choice - Pretty Quilt - found HERE. 

For more inspiration, check out these cards shared by a couple members of our design team:

Marlena

Carol

 

Second, our three-week Challenge #331 closed with 34 sensational stencil entries. We appreciate that you carved out time to play along with us during the busy festive season. As always, selecting cards to highlight is a challenge...but one we're thankful to have.

Our Top Picks:

Carol Mc

Carol's white on kraft trees are a wonderful background for her little Santa and trio of gold stars. An eye-catching use of stencils.

Maz

Maz's florals are coloured beautifully; the subtle background stenciling really makes this bouquet pop.

Mummylade

Mummylade's stenciled moonlight sky creates a atmospheric, peaceful vibe for her pretty berry branches.

Congratulations to our Top Picks; please take your badge.