Inspired By...#108

Another travel themed inspiration as I am counting down the days until I leave for Europe (22 days!).  Can't wait to see the real London buses!

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How will you be inspired? cityscape, colors, vehicles, travel...

I pulled out the colors and used the Jenni Bowlin Photo Freedom collection by Echo Park, along with a Unity SMAK kit (You can do anything) along with a PTI die.

I can't wait to see what you create!

Rules for Playing:

Create a NEW project for this challenge.

Be sure to link your blog with a direct link to the post you would like me to visit.

Please put a link on your post to this challenge.

Create a project with no more than 5 challenges including this challenge.

Feel free to use any crafting products you have!

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Inspired By...#89

Fall is in the air and I really love this inspiration photo (I may even create another card based on it, hehehe).

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How will you be inspired?  clean & simple, texture, fabric, woodgrain, fall, leaves, the jar...

I pulled out the colors, fall, and was inspired by the scattering of the berries and thus I chose the polka dot paper.  I used the Reflections Fall collection by Echo Park along with some burlap ribbon by May Arts.

I can't wait to see what you do!

Rules for Playing:

Create a NEW project for this challenge.

Be sure to link your blog with a direct link to the post you would like me to visit.

Please put a link on your post to this challenge.

Create a project with no more than 5 challenges including this challenge.

Feel free to use any crafting products you have!

Inspired By...#72

Welcome to the new Inspired By challenge.  Today with chalkboards being so popular I went with this fun image as my inspiration.

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How will this inspire you?  chalkboard, foliage, sentiment, colours, distressing...

I went with the chalkboard and the colors for my project.  I spray painted an old clipboard, distressed it with some white acrylic paint and then decorated it with some Yellow Submarine papers by Echo Park.  The flowers are cut with my Cricut and the sentiment is from my Silhouette.  I now have this hanging on this cabinet that graces our entry way.  

I can't wait to see what you do!

Rules for Playing:

Create a NEW project for this challenge.

Be sure to link your blog with a direct link to the post you would like me to visit.

Please put a link on your post to this challenge.

Create a project with no more than 5 challenges including this challenge.

Feel free to use any crafting products you have!

Inspired By... #67

Happy Spring!  My favorite time of the year.  Now if only mother nature would cooperate I would be much happier.

For this week, I thought about getting ready for Easter and since I love pink so much, this jumped out at me.

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What will you do? flowers, wreath, colors, Easter, fibers...

I went with Easter and pink to create this cute little Bunny Favor Box.  It is a freebie over at Whimsie Doodles.  I used the new Bundle of Joy Girl collection from Echo Park.

I can't wait to see what you do.

Rules for Playing:

Create a NEW project for this challenge.

Be sure to link your blog with a direct link to the post you would like me to visit.

Please put a link on your post to this challenge.

Create a project with no more than 5 challenges including this challenge.

Feel free to use any crafting products you have!

Inspired By... #64

In honor of Dr. Suess' birthday (he was born on March 2, 1904 and died on September 24, 1991) I thought I would have a Dr. Suess inspired challenge this week.  Now you can use this inspiration or if you have your own Dr. Suess inspiration, go ahead and use it just be sure to share it on your blog along with your project.

How might you use this inspiration:  use a quote, whimsical, Dr. Suess colors... 

I decided to use part of a quote and go also with a fun whimsical feel to my layout.  I think this silly photo is pretty Dr. Suess too - makes me think of the Lorax!  I have used the Sweet Girl collection by Echo Park, along with a few Unity Stamps, some Twine, Elle's Studio cards and the title is cut with my Cricut.  The 'YOU' is mounted on foam circles for dimension.

I can't wait to see what you do!

Rules for Playing:

Create a NEW project for this challenge.

Be sure to link your blog with a direct link to the post you would like me to visit.

Please put a link on your post to this challenge.

Create a project with no more than 5 challenges including this challenge.

Feel free to use any crafting products you have!

Inspired By...#42

I really love this inspiration photo, it just makes me happy.  I would love to live somewhere that I could have this as a decoration in my yard - a nice country farmhouse...

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So many elements in this photo: fall, pumpkins, leaves, distressing, the truck, numbers, signage, the colors...

This week I have a special guest!  Lauren plays along in so many of my challenges and she has the most wonderful projects!  I am so happy that she is joining me this week.  Now you must  visit Lauren's blog you won't be disappointed!

I love the creation Lauren has for us today, look at those pumpkins!

Thank you for joining me today Lauren.

For my project I dug into my Echo Park Chillingsworth Manor collection and went with the whole feel of the photo.  I have used some May Arts Net Ribbon, my much loved Woven Burlap ribbon and some Jute twine.  

Now I can't wait to see what you do with this photo inspiration!

Rules for Playing:

Create a NEW project for this challenge.

Be sure to link your blog with a direct link to the post you would like me to visit.

Please put a link on your post to this challenge.

Create a project with no more than 5 challenges including this challenge.

Feel free to use any crafting products you have!

Inspired By #36

Well we have been very busy this summer and have not done as much camping as we usually do.  Hopefully we will get out a bit this month.  So that is where this week's inspiration came from:

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There are so many elements to pull from this photo: large title, trees, clouds, colors, outdoors...

As you can see, I took it literally and went with the camping theme for my CAS card.  I used the Great Outdoors Mini Theme Digital kit by Echo Park, which is available at Jessica Sprague.

There is a prize up for grabs this week, some cute little camping themed items from Imaginisce so be sure to play along!

Rules for Playing:

Create a NEW project for this challenge.

Be sure to link your blog with a direct link to the post you would like me to visit.

Please put a link on your post to this challenge.

Create a project with no more than 5 challenges including this challenge.

Feel free to use any crafting products you have!

Inspired By #28

Welcome to another Inspired By challenge.  Since Father's Day is this Sunday, I thought I would go with a masculine feeling inspiration photo.

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So how will you take the inspiration? The colors, woodgrain, wreath, distressed, a circular element? I can't wait to see what you do.

For my project I made a card and I pulled out the colors of the inspiration piece.  I used the Note to Self collection by Echo Park along with some twine to finish it off. 

I used this week's sketch from 2Peas:

Inspired By #22

Welcome to another Inspired By Challenge.  I can't believe we are in May already and of course that makes me think of May flowers - although we have yet to see much sun or warmth here!

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Don't you just love all the pretty colors in this! Of course you could also go with a gardening theme, polka dots, flowers... Can't wait to see what you do.  Now once again, since this is the first of the month there will be a prize so be sure to play along!

Here is what I created for my project, I went with the gardening theme and made a Mother's Day gift.  I wrapped a mason jar with burlap.  The 'tag' is actually a little envelope (PTI die) and inside I will put a Gift Card to my MIL's favorite nursery, along with a bouquet of flowers.  The gloves on this tag are cut with my Freshly Picked Cricut cartridge and the papers are Echo Park This and That. This is also for the Shopping Our Stash challenge - Mother's day

Now I can't wait to see what you do!  

Rules for Playing:

Create a NEW project for this challenge.

Be sure to link your blog with a direct link to the post you would like me to visit.

Please put a link on your post to this challenge.

Create a project with no more than 5 challenges including this challenge.

Feel free to use any crafting products you have!

Inspired By #11

Thank you for joining me on another Inspired By Challenge.  This week I chose this fun picture to work with:

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There are once again so many ways to take this photo. The colors, use one or more frames,  use a quote,  go girly...

I decided to pull out the colors because when I saw it I thought of the Echo Park Happy Days collection.  For my layout I used a sketch from Kristine Davidson's new eBook, I can't show you the sketch but the prize for this week is your own copy of the eBook!  

The prize this week:

Link up by next Wednesday February 22nd 11:59 PST.  

I can't wait to see what you do!

Rules for Playing:

1. Create a NEW project for this challenge.
2. Be sure to link your blog with a direct link to the post you would like me to visit.
3. Please put a link on your post to this challenge.
4. Create a project with no more than 5 challenges including this challenge.
5. Feel free to use any crafting products you have!