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

Sunday, November 21, 2021

Winners...Inspired By IB195 White Christmas

                        We are back with winners from IB195 Challenge: White Christmas

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

Sandi

It was a lot of fun seeing ideas from our members this week for IB195 & IB195C. 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 IB195 challenge is this incredibly inspiring card from Caroline.  We loved how she "brought in the trees, animals, and black and white sentiment". This is such a crisp, fresh, beautiful design, and the interpretation of the challenge is so inspiring! 


The honorable mention, chosen by a DT memberof the IB195 challenge is this inspiring and fun interpretation of the sketch from Stasia! We love her "pretty and crisp take on the package and the sketch", so beautifully executed!  Thank you for inspiring us!

 Congratulations Caroline and Stasia!
We can't wait to see more of your cards.

We hope you'll join us in this week's challenge: IB196 Christmas Splendor and IB196C Neighbor Tag!

  

Thursday, November 18, 2021

Inspired By - IB196C Christmas Splendor

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

Welcome to our newest challenge.  IB196 Christmas Splendor and IB196C Neighbor Tag are displaying some of our favorite things about the seasons: Christmas greenery, advent, candles, candy cane stripes, tags, berries, Christmas, 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, November 24th, 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.

  Michele Ferguson

Lisa Elton

Cindy Beach









LeAnne Pugliese (out this week)

Danni Reid (out 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!

Sunday, November 14, 2021

Winners...Inspired By IB194 Hello Friend

                       We are back with winners from IB194 Challenge: Hello Friend

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

Sandi

It was a lot of fun seeing ideas from our members this week for IB194 & IB194C. 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 IB194 challenge is this BEAUTIFUL card from Bonnie!  We loved her beautifully Copic-colored greenery, the hanging sign, the plaid bow, well, everything!  This is such a fun design, and the interpretation of the challenge is so beautifully executed! Thank you for sharing it with us this week and inspiring us!


The honorable mention, chosen by a DT memberof the IB194 challenge is this inspiring and beautiful  card from Marcia!  Her use of the Holiday sprigs, and fabulous wreath die, against the shiplap background, is so eye-catching and beautiful!  We love all the color and the details, and are inspired!


 Congratulations Bonnie and Marcia!
We can't wait to see more of your cards.

We hope you'll join us in this week's challenge: IB195 White Christmas and IB195C Tag You're It! 


                 

Thursday, November 11, 2021

Inspired By IB195 White Christmas

 Thank you Veterans for your service, sacrifice, and protection of all of our freedoms!

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

Welcome to our newest challenge.  IB195 White Christmas and IB195C Tag You're It are displaying some of our favorite things about the seasons: snowflakes, trees, hot cocoa, reindeer, patterns, tags, ornaments, berries, Christmas, 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!) 

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We welcome your submissions for this challenge until Wednesday, November 17th, 11:55pm pst. The winner of each challenge will be announced on the 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

Sunday, November 7, 2021

Winners Inspired By IB193 Friends Fall Together

              We are back with winners from IB193 Challenge: Friends Fall Together

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

Sandi

It was a lot of fun seeing ideas from our members this week for IB193 & IB193C. 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 IB193 challenge is this inspiring card from Kimberly!  We loved her colors and use of the cute critters and acorn, it is so adorable, and such a fun design! Thank you for sharing it with us this week and inspiring us to use the sketch!


The honorable mention, chosen by a DT memberof the IB193C challenge is this adorable Christmas card from Kim!  She shared perfect little images and colors with such a cute design!  Thank you for inspiring us with this FUN card!


 Congratulations Kimberly and Kim!
We can't wait to see more of your cards.

We hope you'll join us in this week's challenge: IB194 Hello Friend and IB194C Welcome Friends