Inkspirational Challenge #350 - Word Prompt - Trees

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

Our Word Prompt for the next two weeks (Sept. 13 - 26) is TREES.  Trees covered in fall leaves, trees decorated with Christmas ornaments, trees in forests or yards, trees bearing fruit, tree branches...so many possibilities. If you have trees in your stash, share them with us!

Inspiration from the Design Team:

Julia

Marlena

Pia

Carol

Nonni

Looking forward to seeing tree-inspired cards filling the gallery.

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

We'll be back on Saturday, Sept. 20th with a Reminder Post and Top Picks for Challenge #349.

Top Picks Challenge #348 and Reminder Post - Challenge #349 - Designer's Choice - Add A Tag

  Welcome to our two part post.

**First, a reminder that you have until Friday, September 12 at 11:59 pm (GMT) to play in Challenge #349 - Designer's Choice - Add A Tag - found HERE. DT member Nonni has made a card with a little removable door hanger tag for your inspiration:

**Second, the gallery was filled with 38 creative cards.  Narrowing the field to three Top Picks  is difficult but...choose we did. 

Our Top Picks:

Maria

A cute trio of sea creatures paired with plenty of white space caught our eyes.

Helen

Helen's single floral stem is beautiful in its simplicity.

Denise

Denise's selection of images and colours make for a masculine marvelous card, especially when combined with all the delightful white space.

Congratulations to our Top Picks; please take your badge.

Inkspirational Challenge #349 - Designer's Choice - Add A Tag

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

For the next two weeks (Aug. 30 - Sept. 12), you're invited to play along with Carol's Designer's Choice Challenge: ADD A TAG. Your tag (or tags, if you'd like to use more than one) can be any size, any shape and any theme; just be sure it's clearly visible on the front of your card/project. 

 

Inspiration from the Design Team:

Julia

Marlena

Carol

Pia

Tag, you're IT!!

Looking forward to seeing what style of tag/s you'll be sharing with us!

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The Link will be open until Sept. 12 @ 11:59pm (GMT)

We'll be back on Sept. 6 with a Reminder Post and Top Picks for Challenge #348.

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.