Time To Garden

It's time for another challenge over at Inspired By challenge blog. 

Why Hello There Card

 This week, Laurel has found an awesome photo for the challenge, fun, inspiring and I can't wait to see how it inspires all of you.

I was inspired by the all the colors, the flowers, the pockets, the buttons, the layers, and the apron bow.

Make sure to hop on over to the blog to see what the rest of the amazing team created!

summer clothes line

Good morning!  I am back with another card created for this week's inspiration over at Inspired By challenge blog.  The inspiration this week is so fun and versatile for so many occasions.

summer card

And here is the inspiration this week....eeek, so many ideas!

We love seeing your creations in the gallery, and make sure to check out what the team created on THE BLOG

happy creating♥

Un-frogettable Card

Good morning.  A new Inspired By challenge is live and it is a fun one!

I was inspired by the colors, rain and multi-patterns.  This inspiration made me think of frogs singing after a rainstorm and the sentiment Un-frogettable, so many uses for a sentiment like this one :)

Isn't this inspiration by Laurel so cute?

I used an Action Wobbler for this card, this little frog moves and is so much fun.

We can't wait to see yours!  Make sure to hop over to the blog and check out what the amazing team created this week!

Inspired By

Hello!  I am posting quickly today as we have a lot of appointments, so please excuse my brevity.

This is my card this week for the challenge over at Inspired By.  I know at first glance, it doesn't show how I was inspired, but there is a really good reason.  I didn't have blue patterned papers that I could use for the color of the inspiration photo, I had used a lot of blue pp on an order of cards recently and need to shop some blue patterns :)

hello card

Instead of focusing on the color in the inspiration, I chose to focus on the design elements and layout.  I was really inspired by the three decorative patterned pillows in the front, with the bed being multi-layered with sheets and comforters and the circles from the circular tray with the tea/coffee.

I decided to sketch it out to make it a little easier to disregard the blue (a trick for me personally when I am not using color to inspire me) and have added my sketch below if it inspires you please feel free to use it.

Make sure to hop over to the Blog and check out all the amazing creations by the team and the prize!

Spring Sunshine

Welcome!

On the Inspired By blog, the team has shown so many gorgeous projects inspired by this beautiful inspiration pic, hop on over there to see all the amazing cards and a layout.

 I was inspired by the designs on the towels (floral and patterns), colors and layout of the towels (sketch).

                                      

To create the background similar to some on towels, I did a quick search of the Silhouette store for a design to be my stencil.

Stencil created with:  Snapdragon Snippets Background cut file in the Silhouette Cameo Design Store and Michael's Recollections card stock.

I did not photograph the original ink blending with my stencil, so I thought I would share the picture with the next set of cards I created.

Praying For You Card

Sending Hugs card

Birthday Greetings Card

Stamps:  Winnie & Walter Sending You, Neat and Tangled No Words, Papertrey Ink Pretty Peonies (5th year anniversary set)

Inks:  Tim Holtz Victorian Velvet distressed ink, Tim Holtz Mustard Seed distressed ink, Memento Pear Tart dye ink

On the next card, I was inspired to create a sketch from the inspiration photo.  On the first sketch card I used patterned papers to create my card. On my second card I used my stamps and inks, staying true to the florals and colors in the inspiration photo while using the sketch.

( Laurel's inspiration photos lend themselves to all kinds of interpretations:  colors, themes, focal point (flowers), inspiration from her titles of the photos, I love that about her challenges.  So, I wanted to show an interpretation of the "layout" of the inspiration :))

 I Am Here For You card

Some Bunny Loves You card

On my last card, I used the sketch of the "towels layout" but chose to use patterned papers instead of my stamps and inks to create the color palette for this one.

A Happy Hello card

May the Coffee be With You Coffee House

Good morning!  I am back with another take on the newest challenge over at Inspired By  This week we are sponsored by Technique Tuesday and they are oh so generous!  Make sure to hop over to the blog to check out the details and see the inspiration from the rest of the team using Technique Tuesday stamps.

For my project, I created a Coffee Gift Set using Teri Anderson's Sassy Coffee set.....love!

May The Coffee Be With You

Gift Card Holder and Coffee House (chocolates box)

And, here's the inspiration this week.  Isn't it springy and beautiful?  I was inspired by the colors and pop of white.

I wanted to use the Coffee and Then the World as the sign logo for the coffee shop.

coffee gift card holder

the drawer opens up for a little gift of chocolates or other small trinkets.

My son's 18th birthday was this week so I didn't get pics of the other two cards I created so far with this stamp set, using the inspiration, but hope to have those posted in a day or so also.  (I could create endless cards with this set, love coffee and this set has so many fun sentiments.)

Coffee and then the World

Hello and good morning.  We are back this week with another challenge over at Inspired By.

This week I was inspired to create using a new-to-me technique (color-penciling a no-line ding bat font).  I used the CG Cute Bunny Dingbat font to cut this cute bunny onto white cardstock.  The bunny began as a font that looks like the one below.

Using my colored pencils, I colored in the card stock image to create my bunny, sipping on his morning coffee, peering out, ready to take on the world.

The cute sentiment is from a clear set by Teri Anderson called Sassy Coffee....swoon!

The window is a Window Pane Silhouette Studio cut file backed with some vellum.

The cute heart on the coffee cup is one of the new releases from Honey Bee Stamps

 Candy Hearts

These are so, so cute and fun!

Make sure to check out what the rest of the team created, wow!