Inkspirational Challenge #377 - Visual Prompt - Fall and Halloween Cupcakes

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

For the next two weeks (Sept. 26 - Oct. 9), we invite you to draw inspiration from the fabulous Fall + Halloween cupcakes image below. The Fall designs, with their warm autumn colours, pumpkins, plaid, leaves, sunflowers, acorns, mushrooms and cozy harvest details, and the "spooky" touches of the Halloween cupcakes, featuring ghosts, spiders, bats, black cats, ravens and moonlit skies, means possibilities galore. And check out the colours and textures, too.

With so much choice, we're excited to see where this prompt takes you! 

Inspiration from the Design Team:

Julia

Pia

Carol

Marlena

The Link will be open until Friday, Oct. 9 @ 11:59pm (GMT).

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We'll be back on Saturday, Oct 3 with a Reminder Post and Top Picks for Challenge #376.

Top Picks Challenge #375 and Reminder Post - Challenge #376 - Word Prompt - Furry Friends

 Welcome to our two part post.

**First, a reminder that you have until Friday, Sept. 25 at 11:59 pm (GMT) to play in Challenge #376 -Word Prompt - Furry Friends found HERE.  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, while we only had 13 entries for Challenge #375 – Visual Prompt – Scrabble Tiles, the smaller gallery made selecting Top Picks even more challenging. Each and every card was amazing - and we thank you for joining us. We understand that sometimes a prompt may not speak to you as loudly as or appeal to you in the same fashion that others do. We hear you and will continue to strive to improve. 

Our Top Picks:

Caroline

Caroline's card is a delightful reflection of her grandson's four years spent at nursery; his 'home away from home.' Such a special card to celebrate this phase of his life's journey - and a wonderful take on 'home, love and family.'

Heather

Heather's card captures the 'games' and 'love' vibes of the mood board wonderfully.

Karen

Love and family definitely happening all over Karen's card.

Bobby

Bobby's card captures the essence of the mood board with her houses ('home') and lettered banner ('scrabble tiles'). Of course, her use of kraft is clearly a reflection of the image colours.

Congratulations to our Top Picks; please take your badge.

Inkspirational Challenge #376 - Word Prompt - Furry Friends

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

"Fur" the next two weeks (Sept. 12 - 25), we invite you to celebrate our FURRY FRIENDS Word Prompt. Lets bring out our images of dogs, cats, sheep, llamas, lions, tigers, monkeys, sloths, abominable snowmen - anything that's 'furry' -  and give them a starring role on our cards/projects.  

Inspiration from the Inkspirational Team:

Pia

Julia

Marlena

Carol

Looking forward to seeing your Furry Friends filling the gallery!

The Link is open until Friday, Sept. 25 @11:59pm (GMT)

We'll be back on Saturday, Sept. 19 with a Reminder Post And Top Picks for Challenge #375.

Top Picks Challenge #374 and Reminder Post - Challenge #375 - Visual Prompt - Scrabble Tiles

Welcome to our two part post.

**First, a reminder that you have until Friday, Sept. 11 at 11:59 pm (GMT) to play in Challenge #375 -Visual Prompt - scrabble Tiles found HERE.  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 50 entries for Challenge #374 – Word Prompt – Garden. Your creativity in sharing flowers, plants, veggies, gardening tools/attire certainly impressed us. As always, selecting Top Picks is a challenge but a good challenge to have.

Our Top Picks:

Milla

Milla's colouring breathes gorgeous life into her spray of freshly picked garden flowers. The framing is an eye-catching touch.

Lisa

Lisa's tomatoes and carrots are a sure sign of a garden harvest. A wonderful way to send 'seeds of joy."

Nancy

Nancy's circles of blooms and bees is nothing short of gorgeous. If you listen closely, I'm sure you can hear the bees humming as they gather nectar. Truly a card that speaks to the garden-theme of the challenge.

Donna

Donna's combination of patterned paper and gold-trimmed frame is a pretty backdrop for beautiful sunflowers. 

Congratulations to our Top Picks; please take your badge.

Inkspirational Challenge #375 - Visual Prompt - Scrabble Tiles

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

For the next two weeks (Aug. 29 - Sept. 11), we invite you draw inspiration from anything you see in the visual prompt below: the Scrabble-style tiles, letters, numbers, words, colours, layout or even the idea of games and play. Use one element, combine several, or take the concept in an entirely unexpected direction.  Simply let us know what caught your eye and sparked your creativity.  

Inspiration from the Design Team:

Julia

Pia

Marlena

Carol

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

We'll be back on Saturday, Sept. 5th with a Reminder Post and Top Picks for Challenge #374.

Top Picks Challenge #373 and Reminder Post - Challenge #374 - Word Prompt - Garden

  Welcome to our two part post.

**First, a reminder that you have until Friday, Aug. 28 at 11:59 pm (GMT) to play in Challenge #374 -Word Prompt - Garden found HERE.  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. 

For more inspiration, check out Marlena's gorgeous reminder card! The flowers are stunning - and how sweet is the little giraffe, peeking through the window! 

Marlena

Second, we had 25 entries for Challenge #373 – Visual Prompt – Beach Vibe. You certainly transported us to sunny locales with  your creativity. 

As always, selecting Top Picks is a challenge but a good challenge to have.

Our Top Picks:

Francesca

Francesca's torn paper creates a wonderful illusion of a beach, complete with a trio of starfish to add to the summer vibe scene. So creative.

Urska

Urska's fun fold card opens up to reveal this beautiful view of a beach/ocean. I'm sure many of us would enjoy donning our swim suits and stepping into this scene.

Danika

Danica has created a wonderful beach scene inside her bottle. The embossed waves, the palm tree and twine around the bottle's neck add to the delight and whimsy of this fabulous summer vibes project.

Congratulations to our Top Picks; please take your badge.

Inkspirational Challenge #374 - Word Prompt - GARDEN

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

For the next two weeks (Aug. 15 - 28) we invite you to draw inspiration from our Word Prompt: GARDEN,  Flowers, plants, harvest, garden bugs, gardening tools...whatever you have that's garden-themed works for us. Let's get 'blooming'! 

Inspiration from the Design Team:

Julia

Pia

Carol

We're looking forward to seeing your garden-themed cards/projects filling the gallery.

The Link will be open until Friday, Aug. 28 @ 11:59pm (GMT).

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We'll be back on Saturday, Aug. 22 with a Reminder Post and Top Picks for Challenge #373.

Top Picks Challenge #372 and Reminder Post - Challenge #373 - Visual Prompt - Beach Vibe

 Welcome to our two part post.

**First, a reminder that you have until Friday, Aug. 14 at 11:59 pm (GMT) to play in Challenge #373 -Visual Prompt - Beach Vibe found HERE.  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. 

For more inspiration, check out this wonderful Reminder Card created by our talented teammate, Pia. I want to step into this scene and read one of my favourite mystery novels beside the beach!

Second, 66 entries for Challenge #372 – Word Prompt – Christmas in July!? Well, sprinkle us with tinsel and call us impressed! You certainly embraced the theme and brought a whole sleigh-load of festive fun to our gallery. 

As always, selecting Top Picks is a challenge but...choose we must. 

Our Top Picks:

Lisa

Lisa's Christmas ornament is a vision of festive loveliness. A WOW in our books.

JanR

How cute is Jan's reindeer? Only abundantly so! The patterned papers create a pretty stage for this merry star-of-the-show.

Esther

Esther's folio brought us loads of festive joy! A wonderful project - and a reminder that we love to see your creativity showcased in a variety of ways.

Papierelle

Gundi's  little girl and gifts image is charming and such a delightful pop of colour against all that yummy whiteness.

Congratulations to our Top Picks; please take your badge.

Inkspirational Challenge #373 - Visual Prompt - Beach Vibes

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

Life's a beach... especially in the craft room!  For the next two weeks (Aug. 1 - 14), we invite you to dive into this dreamy mood board filled with soft coastal colours, seashells, sandy beaches, driftwood and tranquil seaside scenes. Use the colours, images, textures or simply the feeling this board evokes to inspire your next card. Whether you create a CAS beach scene, an elegant nautical design or something completely unexpected, we'd love to see where the tide takes your creativity. 🐚💙

Inspiration from the Design Team:

Pia

Julia

Carol

Marlena

Looking forward to seeing your beach vibes creations filling the gallery.

The Link will be open until Friday, August 14 @ 11:59pm (GMT)

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We'll be back on Saturday, August 8 with a Reminder Post and Top Picks for Challenge #372.

Top Picks Challenge #371 and Reminder Post - Challenge #372 - Word Prompt - Christmas in July

 Welcome to our two part post.

**First, a reminder that you have until Friday, July 31 at 11:59 pm (GMT) to play in Challenge #372 -Word Prompt - Christmas in July found HERE.  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 25 entries for Challenge #371 - Visual Prompt - Summer Vibe. From colours to images to occasions: your cards/projects spoke to the beauty of summer loud and clear. 

As always, selecting Top Picks is a challenge but...choose we must. 

Our Top Picks:

Arlene

Arlene's Art Impressions Boba Babes are certainly showcasing a clear connection to the mood board with their stylish outfits and pink drinks. The sunrays in the background emphasize this summer-y sensation! 

Lynda - LoopyLou

Lynda's pretty framed flowers and fruit capture both the colours and vibe of the mood board. Such pretty summery pops of colour.

Stef

Stef's lemons and flowers are a beautiful interpretation of the mood board both in colours and images. Stunning!

Birgit

Birgit's surf board and beach scene is summer fabulous; a delightful interpretation of the mood board.

Congratulations to our Top Picks; please take your badge.