Inkspirational Challenge #365 - Visual Prompt - Sketch

Welcome to Inkspirational — we’re so glad you’re here!

For the next two weeks (April 11–24), we invite you to get creative with our Visual Prompt: SKETCH. It’s been five years since our last sketch challenge, so we’re excited to bring one back

This design is simple and flexible. Feel free to adapt it to suit your style — your card base doesn’t need to be square and the smaller shapes in the lower right can be any shape you like. As long as your project captures the essence of the sketch, you’re all set!

Inspiration from the Design Team:

Marlena

Pia

Julia

Carol

We look forward to a gallery filled with your interpretations of the sketch!
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The Link will be open until Friday, April 24 @ 11:59pm (EST).

We'll be back on Saturday, April 18 with a reminder post and Top Picks for Challenge #365. 

Top Picks Challenge #363 and Reminder Post - Challenge #364 - Word Prompt - CAS (Optional Twist: E is for...)

  Welcome to our two part post.

**First, a reminder that you have until Friday, April 10 at 11:59 pm (GMT) to play in Challenge #364 -  Word Prompt - CAS, with the Optional Twist of *E is for...* - found HERE. Currently, we have 20 beauties in the gallery. If you've joined us already, thank you (and please feel free to join again); if you haven't, we'd love for you to do so.

Second, we had 20 wonderful entries for our March Mood Board. We very much enjoyed seeing your various interpretations.

As always, narrowing down our Top Picks was a challenge. Your creativity, craftsmanship and thoughtful interpretations make the process both inspiring and delightfully difficult.

Our Top Picks:

Cassandra

Cassandra's card is a work of art featuring the 6 prompts suggested on the main challenge blog. Her combination of embossing, water colouring, horseshoes + clovers makes this a most striking "lucky" card.

Kathy S.

Kathy has created a delightful, fun die-cut filled card for her dog, who's birthday is on St. Patrick's Day.  She clearly drew plenty of inspiration from the mood board.

Arnoldo

Arnoldo's Easter eggs - designed for his grandsons - draw from several elements of the mood board: green, repeating shapes, botanicals and artistic backgrounds.  We're sure his grandsons will be smiling all over their faces when they receive these personalized eggs. Treasures, for sure!

Congratulations to our Top Picks; please take your badge.

Inkspirational Challenge #364 - CAS - Optional Twist - "E is for..."

Welcome to Inkspirational; we’re delighted you’re joining us!

For the next two weeks (March 28 – April 10), we invite you to play along with our CLEAN & SIMPLE (CAS) challenge, featuring the optional twist: E is for… Think Easter, eggs, envelopes, engagement—anything that begins with the letter E.

Why this twist? Easy! We’d love to see your clean and simple creations shine in more than one place. ✨ If you’re playing along with the optional theme here, consider also linking your card at the AAA Card Challenge. Beginning Sunday, their theme is E is for …; a perfect match, right!  A reminder: theirs is a must, ours is optional.

Sharing your card in two galleries is a wonderful way to connect with a wider community—and you might just discover a new favorite challenge - next to ours, of course -  along the way!

Optional Twist: E is for...Easter, evening, engagement, envelope, eggs...

Inspiration from the Design Team:

Julia

Marlena

Pia

Carol

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

Looking forward to seeing your CAS cards in the gallery, with or without the twist! Remember: if you do the twist, share over at AAA Cards, too.

We'll be back on Saturday, April 4th with a Reminder Post and Top Picks for Challenge #363.

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

Top Picks Challenge #362 and Reminder Post - Challenge #363 - Visual Prompt - March Moodboard

  Welcome to our two part post.

**First, a reminder that you have until Friday, March 27 at 11:59 pm (GMT) to play in Challenge #363 - Visual Prompt - March Mood Board - found HERE. Currently, we have 11 beauties in the gallery. If you've joined us already, thank you (and please feel free to join again); if you haven't, we'd love for you to do so.

Second, we had such fun admiring all 47 of your stencil sensations for Challenge #362: Word Prompt - USE STENCILS (Optional Twist - Plaid). I know my stencil wish list has some new additions after seeing what you've created.

As always, narrowing down our Top Picks was a challenge. Your creativity, craftsmanship and thoughtful interpretations make the process both inspiring and delightfully difficult.

Our Top Picks:

Gerrina

Gerrina's stenciled background is a beautiful stage for her pretty fairy. The colours...swoon!

Milla

Milla's stenciled flowers are stunning, making for an eye-catching, delightful card.

Esther

Esther's journal pages feature lovely stenciling and an array of wonderful images. So incredibly pretty!

Congratulations to our Top Picks; please take your badge.

Inkspirational Challenge #363 - Visual Prompt

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

For the next two weeks (March 14 - 27), we invite you to draw inspiration from the mood board below. The 6 featured images offer a wide range of possibilities to explore:

Various shades of green

Geometric patterns or repeating shapes

Botanical touches like leaves or natural textures

Painty or artistic backgrounds

Encouraging, uplifting, bold sentiments 
St. Patrick's Day Vibe ✨🌿🎨

Hopefully one - or several - of these ideas will capture your creativity.

 

Inspiration from the Design Team:

Julia

Marlena

Pia

Carol

We're excited to see how the Mood Board inspires you!

The Link will be open until Friday, March 27 @ 11:59pm (GMT)

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We'll be back on Saturday, March 21 with a Reminder Post and Top Picks for Challenge #362.

Top Picks Challenge #361 and Reminder Post - Challenge #362 - Use Stencils (Optional Twist: Plaid)

 Welcome to our two part post.

**First, a reminder that you have until Friday, March 13 at 11:59 pm (GMT) to play in Challenge #362 - Word Prompt - Use Stencils (Optional Twist: Plaid) - found HERE. Currently, we have 27 beauties in the gallery; lets see if we can double - or even triple - that in the next week! 

Second, we had such fun admiring all 31 of your delightful takes for Challenge #361: Visual Prompt - February Collage. Thank you, again, for joining us. 

As always, narrowing down our Top Picks was a challenge. Your creativity, craftsmanship and thoughtful interpretations make the process both inspiring and delightfully difficult.

Our Top Picks:

Celeste

Celeste's card stole our hearts with its delightful take on the patterned hearts/colours from the moodboard.

Birgit

Birgit has certainly captured colours and images from the collage with this dainty, pretty-in-pink card. 

Karen

Who can resist Karen's sweet bear with his bouquet of flowers, inspired by the moodboard? Adorable! 

Jolanda

Jolanda's design and choices of images are a clean, eye-catching take on the mood board. 

Congratulations to our Top Picks; please take your badge.

Inkspirational Challenge #362 - Word Prompt - USE STENCILS (Optional Twist - Plaid)

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

For the next two weeks (Feb. 28 - March 13), we invite you to play along in our popular "USE STENCILS" challenge, with the optional twist of PLAID.

Optional Twist: PLAID

Inspiration from the Design Team:

Pia

Julia

Marlena

Carol

We're looking forward to seeing your stencil sensations - with or without the optional twist - in the gallery.

The Link will be open until Friday, Mar. 13th @ 11:59pm (GMT)

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We'll be back on Saturday, Mar. 7 with a Reminder Post and Top Picks from Challenge #361.

Top Picks Challenge #360 and Reminder Post - Challenge #361 - Visual Prompt - February Collage

 Welcome to our two part post.

**First, a reminder that you have until Friday, February 27 at 11:59 pm (GMT) to play in Challenge #361 - Visual Prompt - February Collage - found HERE. Currently, we have 15 beauties in the gallery; lets see if we can double - or even triple - that in the next week! 

Second, the gallery of 45 cards/projects for our Word Prompt – XOXO made our hearts smile. Who knew that hugs-and-kisses could be expressed in such a wide variety of ways. Thank you, again, for joining us. 

As always, narrowing down our Top Picks was a challenge. Your creativity, craftsmanship and thoughtful interpretations make the process both inspiring and delightfully difficult.

Our Top Picks:

Nancy

Nancy's pretty shaker mug, hearts and overall design is a lovely XOXO creation.

Carol

Carol's honeycomb heart and floral background are ever so pretty, especially with the sweet XOXO tag.

Nancy 

Nancy's grumpy kitty made us laugh; a fun way to share Xs and Os.

Jo

Jo's hugs-and-kisses background is a lovely backdrop for her chameleon, who changed colours to match his surroundings. Clever and definitely XOXO-worthy! 

Congratulations to our Top Picks; please take your badge.

Inkspirational Challenge #361 - Visual Prompt - February Collage

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

We're continuing to 'spread the love' here for the next two weeks (Feb. 14 - Feb. 27) with inspiration coming from the variety of love/Valentine-themed images in the collage below. Rainbows, hearts, gnomes, Cupid's arrows, postage stamps, bouquets, the 'love' vibe...so much to capture your imagination.

Inspiration from the Design Team:

Julia

 Pia 

Marlena

Carol

We're looking forward to a gallery filled to bursting with your collage inspired cards/projects.

The Link will be open until Feb. 27th @ 11:59pm (GMT).

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We'll be back on Saturday, Feb. 21 with a Reminder Post and Top Picks for Challenge #360.

 

Top Picks Challenge #359 and Reminder Post - Challenge #360 - Word Prompt - XOXO

 Welcome to our two part post.

**First, a reminder that you have until Friday, February 13 at 11:59 pm (GMT) to play in Challenge #360 -Word Prompt - XOXO - found HERE. Currently, we have 23 beauties in the gallery; lets see if we can double - or even triple - that in the next week! 

Second, the gallery of 64 cards/projects for our Visual Prompt – SHADES OF BLUE brought us so much joy!  Thank you to everyone who took part; your enthusiasm and talent are what make these challenges so special and we’re continually amazed by the ways you bring a single prompt to life. 💙

As always, narrowing down our Top Picks was a challenge. Your creativity, craftsmanship and thoughtful interpretations make the process both inspiring and delightfully difficult.

Our Top Picks:

Laurie

Laurie's beautifully composed card, with its pretty layers, texture paste and shades of blue - both subtle and bright -  certainly caught our eye.

Papierelle

Papierelle has combined various shades of blue to create a cozy, inviting nook. 

Bobby

What can we say but: Bobby's card is an awesome take on the challenge image. Talk about WOW! 

Congratulations to our Top Picks; please take your badge.