Top Picks Challenge #388 and Reminder Post - Challenge #359 - Visual Prompt - Shades of Blue

  Welcome to our two part post.

**First, a reminder that you have until Friday, January 30th at 11:59 pm (GMT) to play in Challenge #359 - Visual Prompt - SHADES OF BLUE - found HERE.

**Second, the gallery of 40 cards/projects for our Word Prompt - SHINE/SHINY brought us so much joy!  You certainly made the first challenge of 2026 stellar with your variety of shiny elements and techniques.  As always, narrowing down our Top Picks was a challenge…but the kind we love to have.

Our Top Picks:

Stephanie L.

Stephanie's snowflake shaker, with the pretty background and shiny sequins, is lovely. 

Bobby

Bobby's embossed snowflakes, against the deep blue background, make for a shimmery, shiny wintry wonderland.

Kate

Kate's iced donuts are a delightful take on "shine". We'll take a couple dozen of these tasty delights, please! 

Congratulations to our Top Picks; please take your badge.

Inkspirational Challenge #359 - Visual Prompt - SHADES OF BLUE

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

We're inviting you to shake off the January blues and dive into a little creative escape with us! For the next two weeks (Jan. 17 - 30), we’re celebrating shades of blue, drawing from the palest of soft skies to deep, velvety navy - and everything in-between.  Plenty of possibilities and we're excited to see the beautiful blue creations you’ll share with us! 💙 

Inspiration from the Design Team:

Pia

Marlena

Julia

Carol

 

Looking forward to seeing how Shades of Blue inspire you! 

The Link will be open until Friday, Jan. 30 @ 11:59pm (GMT)

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We'll be back on Saturday, Jan. 24 with a Reminder Post and Top Picks for Challenge #358.

NOTE: If you choose to use *only* shades of blue and white on your cards, please consider adding your creations to Color Hues Challenge #125. I (Carol) am the hostess for this particular challenge and we'd love to have you share your creativity with us here - and there. 

Top Picks Challenge #387 and Reminder Post - Challenge #358 - Shine/Shiny

   Welcome to our two part post.

**First, a reminder that you have until Friday, January 16th at 11:59 pm (GMT) to play in Challenge #358 - Word Prompt - SHINE/SHINY - found HERE.

**Second, the gallery of 47 cards/projects for our Designer's Choice COLD Challenge had us shivering in delight!  Thank you for embracing our prompts with such enthusiasm.  As always, narrowing down our Top Picks was a challenge…but the kind we love to have.

Our Top Picks:

Nancy

Nancy's all white snowflake card - with just a hint of holographic foil on the flakes and sentiment - is a beautiful take on *cold*.  

Julie B.

Julie's adorable couple, enjoying a skate in the brisk outdoors, is a sweet take on *cold*.

Pauline

Pauline has created a lovely wintry scene within the ornament shape, then surrounded it with a delightful selection of stamps. A beautiful *cold* vibe!

The Crafty Den/Denise

Denise's penguin is absolutely adorable; the *cold* sentiment pairs with him perfectly. 

Congratulations to our Top Picks; please take your badge.

Inkspirational Challenge #358 - Word Prompt - SHINE/SHINY

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

Let’s add a little twinkle to the new year! ✨ For Inkspirational Challenge #358, the first of 2026, our Word Prompt is: Shine / Shiny. From glitter to metallics to glimmer foils to sequins: whatever brings a shine to your cards is fine by us! 

Inspiration from the Design Team:

Pia

Marlena

Julia

Carol

We're excited to see your cards SHINE in the gallery!

The Link will be open until January 16th @ 11:59pm (GMT)

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We'll be back on Saturday, Jan. 10 with a Reminder Post and Top Picks for Challenge #358.