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.

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.