Inspired By Challenge: 2020

Sunday, December 20, 2020

Winners...Inspired By Happy Holly Days (giveaway winner)

We are back with winners from Inspired By Challenge: Happy Holly Days

Join us on Instagram Please use hashtag #inspiredbylaurel and tag us @inspiredbychallenges!

The Happy Holly Days challenge gallery is filled with beautiful and creative cards. All of the members each week are so very talented and inspiring, the galleries are filled with fun techniques, designs, and ideas!

The winner of the Happy Holly Days challenge is this beautiful CAS card from Vicky.

Her card is so soft, and so festive. Her use of one corner and the soft ink blending, really created a softening of the bright colors. Thank you for inspiring us this week!

The honorable mention of the Happy Holly Days challenge is this adorably cheerful card from Sandi. Her creative interpretation of the challenge is so fun and that reindeer smiling away is too cute! Thank you for inspiring us this week!

And now for the winner of the stamp set this week. Congratulations Julie! Please see the side bar to email your mailing info to Danni and she will get the stamp set sent out to you.

Congratulations Vicky and Sandi !

We can't wait to see more of your cards!

Don't forget to play in this week's challenge Goodbye 2020! It is a 2-week challenge and Santa has sponsored it this time...wink.

Wishing you ALL a beautiful holiday celebration!

Thursday, December 17, 2020

Inspired By...goodbye 2020 (AND Santa gifts)

Thank you for making this year a creative and inspiring one!

We hope you are enjoying the challenges as much as we love seeing all the incredible cards in our IB galleries.

Christmas is around the corner, and we look forward to 2021 with hope that it will be filled with health, and peace for everyone.

Even though this is the final challenge of 2020, the IB team is looking forward to a new year of new challenges and fun. So let's ring out 2020 with a TWO week challenge. It's not much of a celebration without prizes, right?! so we will also have a prize for TWO participants, so please enter as many cards as you want, inspired by either the photo prompt OR sketch. We look forward to seeing your beautiful cards and wish you a very happy holiday season and New Year celebration!

Prizes:

We are excited to see how you will interpret this last inspiration of 2020... possibly therapeutic (to think of ringing in a NEW YEAR) photo inspiration this week. The sketch, as always, is at the bottom of the post.

How are you inspired?

HOPE? all the colors? New Years? winter? party? celebrations? clock? 2021? stripes? balloons? sketch?

source for inspiration

We welcome your submissions for this challenge until Wednesday, December 31st, 11:55pm PST. The winner of this challenge will be announced on Sunday January 3, 2021.

Check out how the amazing team was inspired this week.

This week's sketch

(please see left sidebar if you have questions on how to use the sketch)

Please check back on Sunday, January 3rd for the winners

from the THIS challenge.

Now we'd love to see your cards, layouts, or projects and

how you were inspired this week.

Happy New Year!

Sunday, December 13, 2020

Winners...Inspired By Melted Snowman

We are back with winners from Inspired By Challenge: Melted Snowman

Join us on Instagram Please use hashtag #inspiredbylaurel and tag us @inspiredbychallenges!

The Melted Snowman challenge gallery has the cutest, playful, fun cards this week! All of the members each week are so very talented and inspiring, the galleries are filled with fun techniques, designs, and ideas!

The winner of the Melted Snowman challenge is this playful, fun, inspiring card from Nancy. This is such a playful interpretation, full of fun and wonder. We love the stenciling and your a-dorable snowman!

The honorable mention of the Melted Snowman challenge is this gorgeous card from Rosemary. Her card is so delicate and beautifully colored, and her recipient is truly receiving a gift of a thank you card!

Congratulations Nancy and Rosemary!

We can't wait to see more of your delightful, and inspiring cards!

Don't forget to play in this week's challenge Happy Holly Days!

And there's a prize for one random participant this week, let the festive gifting begin!

Thursday, December 10, 2020

Inspired By...happy holly days (and giveaway)

Hello! We are celebrating Christmas early on the blog. This week, we are
giving away a Stamp Market stamp set (see picture below) to one "inspiring" member. We will select one random winner from all the IB154 entries, and post the winner on December 20th.

This week we are sharing the last of our Christmas-inspired challenges for 2020.

This week, there is inspiration for cards and tags from the designers and we can't wait to see what will be shared in the gallery. If you are already finished creating your Christmas/holiday cards and tags, the photo challenge can be a starting point for a colorful party or celebration, it does NOT have to be Christmas themed, we love to be inspired by interpretations that reflect different themes. The sketch, as always, is at the bottom of the post.

How are you inspired?

colors? holly? sprinkles? party? baking? Christmas? winter? the sketch?

source for inspiration

We welcome your submissions for this challenge until Wednesday, December 16th, 11:55pm pst. The winner of each challenge will be announced on Sunday after the new challenge opens.

Check out how the amazing team was inspired this week:

Christmas tag

Tenia Nelson

This week's sketch

(please see left sidebar if you have questions on how to use the sketch)

Danni Reid

Merry card

Please check back on Sunday, December 13, for the winner

from the Melted Snowman challenge.

Now we'd love to see your cards, layouts, or projects and

how you were inspired this week.

Sunday, December 6, 2020

Winners...Inspired By Dashing through the Dough

We are back with the winners from Inspired By Challenge:
Dashing through the Dough
Join us on Instagram Please use hashtag #inspiredbylaurel and tag us @inspiredbychallenges!

The Dashing through the Dough challenge has ADORABLE snowmen. All of the members each week are so very talented and inspiring, the galleries are filled with fun techniques, designs, and ideas!

The winner of the Dashing through the Dough challenge is this adorable card from Sherri. Her card, with the fun birch trees and plaid scarf and hat, are waiting for a beautiful snow fall for fun! We love your creative interpretation this week and thank you for inspiring us!

The honorable mention of the Dashing through the Dough challenge is this CUTE card from Cat. Her card, with those bright clouds and crisp snow, are just waiting for snowmen to "dash", thank you for inspiring us this week!

Congratulations Sherri and Cat!

We can't wait to see more of your cards!

Don't forget to play in this week's challenge Melted Snowman

Thursday, December 3, 2020

Inspired By...melted snowman

Good morning everyone! We are excited to share some incredibly creative inspiration from the team for cards and tags this week as you continue with your holiday preparations! We absolutely can NOT wait to see what you do with the inspiration and sketch this week! The sketch, as always, is at the bottom of the post.

We welcome your submissions for this challenge until Wednesday, December 9th, 11:55pm pst. The winner of each challenge will be announced on Sunday after the new challenge opens.

How are you inspired?

colors? Christmas? winter? melted snowman? unassembled snowmen? baking? polka dots? snowflakes? the sketch?

source for inspiration

Check out how the amazing team was inspired this week.

Michele Ferguson

Lisa Elton

LeAnne Pugliese

Danni Reid
(Christmas tag)

Tenia Nelson

This week's sketch

(please see left sidebar if you have questions on how to use the sketch)

Danni Reid

(Christmas tag)

Please check back on Sunday, December 6, for the winner

from the Dashing Through the Dough challenge.

Now we'd love to see your cards, layouts, or projects and

how you were inspired this week.

Sunday, November 29, 2020

Winners...Inspired By Brush On Color

We are back with a winner from Inspired By Challenge: Brush on Color

Join us on Instagram Please use hashtag #inspiredbylaurel and tag us @inspiredbychallenges!

The Brush on Color challenge gallery is filled with colorful, and festive trees. There is so much to be inspired by when we pull out those fun tree shapes this season. All of the members each week are so very talented and inspiring, the galleries are filled with fun techniques, designs, and ideas!

The winner of the Brush on Color challenge is this beautiful card from Joanne! Her watercolored trees create such a GORGEOUS ombre effect! Her design against the white and the pop-of-black sentiment is just so eye-catching! Thank you for inspiring us this week!

The honorable mention of the Brush on Color challenge is this adorable card from Caroline! Her card is SO creative with her fabulous tree colors and her sweet vellum sentiment...perfect! Thank you for inspiring us this week!

Congratulations Joanne and Caroline!

We can't wait to see more of your cards!

Don't forget to play in this week's challenge Dashing through the Dough

Thursday, November 26, 2020

Inspired By...dashing through the dough

Happy Thanksgiving to all who are celebrating today! We hope your

Thanksgiving is a very beautiful one!

We are looking forward to seeing your interpretation of the photo prompt and/or sketch this week. We are enjoying all the incredible Christmas inspiration filling the galleries, and with all the inspiration we should all be able to share some handmade cards/tags this year. The sketch, as always, is at the bottom of the post.

We welcome your submissions for this challenge until Wednesday, December 2nd, 11:55pm pst. The winner of each challenge will be announced on Sunday after the new challenge opens.

How are you inspired?

colors? Christmas? winter? packaging? snowmen? snowflakes? the sketch?