Sunday, December 19, 2021

Winners...Warm Winter IB199

  We are back with winners from IB199 Challenge: Warm Winter

Join us on Instagram  Please use hashtags #inspiredbylaurel #inspiredbychallenges! 

Sandi

It was a lot of fun seeing ideas from our members this week for IB199 & IB199C. Everyone is so talented and it is so fun to see where the inspiration will take you! It is also fun to see the Christmas inspiration being shared, it will make sending and delivering paper hugs a lot easier at Christmas time.

The winner, chosen by a DT member, of the IB199C challenge is this BEAUTIFUL card from Elizabeth!  We LOVE her Christmas cardinals and CAS design, so inspiring!


The honorable mention, chosen by a DT memberof the IB199 challenge is this adorable card from Deborah.  We loved her interpretation of the challenge, and adding chocolate, yes, please!


              Congratulations Elizabeth and Deborah!

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

We hope you'll join us in this week's final challenge of 2021 and our 200th challenge: 
There are going to be random prizes and the challenge ends January 5, 2022 11:55pm PST, so there's a lot of time to participate!  Merry Christmas and a very Happy Holiday to everyone, we are so thankful for you and all your incredible inspiration!

Thursday, December 16, 2021

Inspired By...YOU! IB200




Sending and delivering hugs, one card at a time!  


Welcome friends, and fellow card makers! 

 This is our 200th challenge which means there WILL be prizes!*

here are the rules:


• The challenge this week is to CASE** one of the wonderful winning cards from 2021!
• BE SURE to tell us whose card it was, the IB#, and how you were inspired by it! Easy, right?
• Since it’s our final challenge of the year, you have until January 5th 11:55pm PST to create a card(s) for this challenge!
 

Here is a link to all the

2021 Challenge Winners

 

Take a look at the cards made by our DT – each team member shares who made the winning card they are CASEing, and IBweek#:

  

Michele Ferguson

Inspired by Ashwini IB#159 - January 2021


Inspired by Loll Thompson October 2021


Inspired By Betty IB#183 August 2021

Inspired by Caroline IB#169 ~ April 2021


Inspired by Bonnie IB166 March 2021


Inspired by Betty - #IB183 August 2021



Now we'd love to see your cards, layouts, or projects and 
how you were inspired by some of our talented members!

*unfortunately, because the cost is prohibitive, we can only send prizes to our players in the US.

** CASE = Copy And Steal Everything - about the design, that is!


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Sunday, December 12, 2021

Winners...IB198 Holiday/Winter Beauty

    We are back with winners from IB198 Challenge: Holiday/Winter Beauty

Join us on Instagram  Please use hashtags #inspiredbylaurel #inspiredbychallenges! 

Sandi

It was a lot of fun seeing ideas from our members this week for IB198 & IB198C. Everyone is so talented and it is so fun to see where the inspiration will take you! It is also fun to see the Christmas inspiration being shared, it will make sending and delivering paper hugs a lot easier at Christmas time (a very busy time of year for all of us)! 

The winner, chosen by a DT member, of the IB198 challenge is this beautiful card from Cat "for finding the perfect snowflakes and the color from IB198."  We love those snowflakes and shade of blue, so wintry and beautiful!  Thank you for the inspiration this week!

The honorable mention, chosen by a DT memberof the IB198 challenge is this adorable card from Donna for "combining her perfect cuppa with our Sketch".  It is a perfect interpretation to be sure and so inspiring to give a try!

 Congratulations Cat and Donna!

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

We hope you'll join us in this week's challenge: IB199 Warm Winter and IB199C Tweet Winter.

          

Thursday, December 9, 2021

Inspired By IB199 Warm Winter

   Sending and delivering hugs, one card at a time...

Welcome to our newest challenge.  IB199 Warm Winter and IB199C Tweet Winter are displaying some of our favorite things about winter: winter birds, sweaters, coffee/hot cocoa/tea, Winter, gingerbread men, COLOR, and pinecones!  We can't wait to see how you are inspired this week!

We can't wait to see if you are inspired by the photo "IB" challenge, "IBC" challenge, OR the sketch (you can use the sketch ANY way you like, and we have great sketch interpreters among us!) 




We welcome your submissions for this challenge until Wednesday, December 15th, 11:55pm pst. The winner of each challenge will be announced on Sunday after the new challenge opens.

Let's see what the incredible team has made to inspire you this week.
















This week's sketch
(You can use any shape to create the elements in the sketch, for additional questions regarding sketch, please see sidebar)



Now we'd love to see your cards, layouts, or projects and 
how you were inspired this week.



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Sunday, December 5, 2021

Winners...Inspired By IB197 Color Challenge

   We are back with winners from IB197 Challenge: Color Challenge

Join us on Instagram  Please use hashtags #inspiredbylaurel #inspiredbychallenges! 

Sandi

It was a lot of fun seeing ideas from our members this week for IB197 & IB197C. Everyone is so talented and it is so fun to see where the inspiration will take you! It is also fun to see the Christmas inspiration being shared, it will make sending and delivering paper hugs a lot easier at Christmas time (a very busy time of year for all of us)! 

The winner, chosen by a DT member, of the IB197 challenge is this incredibly "ugly" (as in sweater) card from Cindy!  We LOVE her oh-too-cute sweaters and how she interpreted the SKETCH, it is so festive and inspiring, feels like a party!


The honorable mention, chosen by a DT memberof the IB197 challenge is this beautiful disappearing 9-patch quilted block card from Fonda.  We love all the colors she was able to pull from the photo and incorporating them into a 9-patch card is so beautiful.  What a great design to use lots of color and even scraps, so inspiring!



 Congratulations Cindy and Fonda!
We can't wait to see more of your cards.

We hope you'll join us in this week's challenge: IB198 Holiday Winter Love and IB198C Winter Love

    


Thursday, December 2, 2021

Inspired By IB198 Holiday/Winter Love

  Sending and delivering hugs, one card at a time...

Welcome to our newest challenge.  IB198 Holiday/Winter Beauty and IB198C Winter Love are displaying some of our favorite things about the seasons: snowflakes, tags, sparkle, COLOR, hot cocoa, Winter, and Holiday themes!  We can't wait to see how you are inspired this week!

We can't wait to see if you are inspired by the photo "IB" challenge, the Christmas/Holiday photo "IBC" challenge, OR the sketch (you can use the sketch ANY way you like, and we have great sketch interpreters among us!) 



We welcome your submissions for this challenge until Wednesday, December 8th, 11:55pm pst. The winner of each challenge will be announced on Sunday after the new challenge opens.

Let's see what the incredible team has made to inspire you this week.










Cindy Beach




This week's sketch
(You can use any shape to create the elements in the sketch, for additional questions regarding sketch, please see sidebar)


Now we'd love to see your cards, layouts, or projects and 
how you were inspired this week.


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Sunday, November 28, 2021

Winners...Inspired By IB196 Christmas Splendor

    We are back with winners from IB196 Challenge: Christmas Splendor

Join us on Instagram  Please use hashtags #inspiredbylaurel #inspiredbychallenges! 

Sandi

It was a lot of fun seeing ideas from our members this week for IB196 & IB196C. Everyone is so talented and it is so fun to see where the inspiration will take you! It is also fun to see the Christmas inspiration being shared, it will make sending and delivering paper hugs a lot easier at Christmas time (a very busy time of year for all of us)! 

The winner, chosen by a DT member, of the IB196 challenge is this beauty from Rosemary.  This is such a  fresh, beautiful, wonderfully designed card!  You can see all the ways she was inspired by the photo, and her interpretation of the challenge is so inspiring!  



The honorable mention, chosen by a DT memberof the IB196 challenge is this GORGEOUS card (you have to check out her other version and tip to create the word JOY from the word YOU) from Betty  We loved all her gorgeous Christmas foliage as the focal with her oversized red glittered gold sentiments, such a gorgeous gake on Christmas splendor! Thank you for inspiring us!

 Congratulations Rosemary and Betty!
We can't wait to see more of your cards.

We hope you'll join us in this week's challenge: IB197 COLOR CHALLENGE and IB197C Tag Color Challenge!

    

Thursday, November 25, 2021

Inspired By IB197 Color Challenge

           Happy Thanksgiving, to all our friends in the US! 

The IB team is so very thankful to all who play along with our challenges - or just stop by to leave a little kindness!  

    Sending and delivering hugs, one card at a time...

Welcome to our newest challenge.  IB197 Color Challenge and IB197C Tag Color challenge are displaying some of our favorite things: Christmas/Holidays, and COLOR!  This challenge is different than our traditional photo challenges.  

We want to see YOU draw COLOR inspiration from the photos and YES, you can pick as many/few colors as you want to be "Inspired By" this week, just share with us which ones you chose to inspire all of us!  We want the photos to inspire you to pull out colors and ANY supplies/stamps you need or want to design with this week.  (You do NOT need to create a card with flowers or reindeer, (unless you want to), this is a COLOR challenge)!

As ALWAYS, our sketch is ALREADY inspired by the photos, so if you want/need to create a card for a Winter Birthday, Anniversary, Thank You, or for a recipient who celebrates another Holiday, PLEASE use the sketch and inspire us!

We can't wait to see if you are inspired by the colors in the  photo "IB" challenge, the colors in the  Christmas/Holiday photo "IBC" challenge, OR the sketch (you can use the sketch ANY way you like, and we have great sketch interpreters among us!)                

                             



We welcome your submissions for this challenge until Wednesday, December 1st, 11:55pm pst. The winner of each challenge will be announced on Sunday after the new challenge opens.

Let's see what the incredible team has made to inspire you this week.













This week's sketch
(You can use any shape to create the elements in the sketch, for additional questions regarding sketch, please see sidebar)
Now we'd love to see your cards, layouts, or projects and 
how you were inspired this week.


You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter