Inkspirational: January 2026

Saturday, 17 January 2026

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:

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.

Saturday, 10 January 2026

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.

Saturday, 3 January 2026

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!