Inkspirational #203

Hi All

I hope you all had a fab holiday and are ready now to do some crafting as we have a great photo for you at Inkspirational

This is my last card for Inkspirational as I am standing down from the DT. I have been on this team for many years now but decided that it was time to move on.

It has been a joy working with the fun team and Marina has been a super team leader.

Next year I will be playing along with you all!!

Here is my card:

This photo is a little dark but I wanted to be able for you to see the white embossed clock on the cream card.

Here is the photo that inspired this:

I was insipred by the clocks, the sliver strip you see at the top of the photo in the background. Plus the black colours really popped out at me!

This was actually made a while ago as it went to my cousin Lynn for her Birthday in November. We both love using cream and white on cards-so Lynn this was where this idea came from....especially for you! And I know you love a good old party!

All stamps are from Clearly Besotted Stamps

All the Design Team have made super cards-take a look here and then get inky!

Enjoy!

Inkspirational #201

Hi All

A new 'Word Prompt' challenge at Inkspirational.

This is a fun one and I had the perfect stamp for this from CAS-ual Friday Stamps

Here is the prompt word:

See-the perfect stamp!

The ribbon here was a pressie from teamie Anila-thanks hon x

Check out what the team made here and then get naughty and inky!

Enjoy x

Inkspirational #155

Hi All

Time for a new challenge at Inkspirational.

Our photo challenge this week.

Here is how it inspired me:



A closer look at the embossing using a stencil.

The photo that inspired it:

First off I used the stencil with a mix of brushos and cut the top open butterfly from this. Then I used the same stencil with embossing paste and cut the flat butterfly from this. You will see that I didn't clean the stencil very well after using the brushos so it got mixed with the paste-I like the look so didn't worry. After all this dried I covered it on WOS to give the sparkle.

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is the very talented Lula. Her blog is full of inspiring projects. Take a look here.

Then pop over to our main blog at Inkspirational and see what the talented DT have created using our photo as inspiration.

I will enter this into:

Addicted to Stamps and More-photo, check out all those butterflies!

Inkspirational #153

Hi All

Time for a new challenge at Inkspirational. It is our word prompt challenge and the word is:

Attachment. 

I made a Christmas decoration that was attached to my Christmas Tree last year.

Yes, it is not the best but I wanted to make a decoration myself-I had a go and yes I did hang it!!

I die cut this Uniko snowflake from glitter card and stuck it to a die cut circle and just added some ribbon.

Here it is on my tree:

It was fun to make this. Although not my best work, I thought it suited our word and sometimes, why not share our 'not so good' projects!

I am sure the DT have done a better job than me-check them out here and then get inky!

Inkspirational #141

Hi All

Time for a new challenge at Inkspirational.

It is our word prompt challenge and the word is:

WAVE

I went with a wavy die and created this Summer themed card:

I water coloured some card with sunshine colours then used this as backing to my wavy die cut panels. The sunglasses are dies and I coloured them with copics. The front panels are linen embossed for texture.

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is Helen. Her blog is full of inspiring projects. Take a look here. I am sure you will love what you see.

Our DT have all made amazing cards-check them out here and then get inky!

I will enter this into:

Fusion-using the sketch
AAA Cards-Summer Fun
Addicted to Stamps and More-CAS challenge
Just Us Girls

      

Inkspirational #127

Hi All,

Today at Inkspirational we have our designer's choice. The very creative Yvonne has chosen:

Polka Dots

I went with Polka dots designer paper and made this:

The stamps I have used here are all from The Ton

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is the very talented Jane.Check out here blog here. I guarantee you will be inspired.

Our DT have all made amazing cards-check them out here

I will enter this into:

The Ton Challenge-Celebrate

Inkspirational #120

Hi All,

At Inkspirational our new challenge is our colour challenge and it is:

Black and one other colour of your choice

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is the very talented Cheryl

Head on over to Inkspirational and see what Cheryl and the team have created.

Enjoy x

Inkspirational #119

We have a new challenge at Inkspirational and it is our Designer's choice challenge.

This time it is Nonni's turn and she has chosen:

Use 5 stamps or more on your project.

I challenged myself to make a CAS card with 5 or more stamps:

All my stamps are from STAMPlorations-the leaves are all different but from the same set Trendy Leaves 2 and the sentiments are also from STAMPlorations but I did some surgery to make this combination.

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is the very talented Bev. I am sure many of you will know her blog Happy Dance and if not hop on over there and you will inspired and come back ready to create and do a 'happy dance' with us.

I will enter this into:

Uniko Autumn Challenge

STAMPlorations CAS Challenge-AG with black

  

Inkspirational #114

Hi All,

We have our 'word prompt' challenge at Inkspiarional and our word is:

DIP

Here is what I made:

I really was not sure what to create for this and turned to my Thesaurus to help me out. I saw a 'dip in mood' and had a light bulb moment! I chose to interpret 'dip' in this way and went with 'smile'. A smile always cheers us up! 

I used a stencil to create the background plus a few gems and just simply went with this CAS-ual Friday sentiment.

I have used this as a Birthday card but it could easily be used to cheer someone up when their mood has dipped a little. 

In the end I was pleased with how I interpreted our word. That thesaurus is handy when you are stuck.

Our DT have all come up with some fab cards for this challenge. Take a look here then get inky.

Have fun x

Inkspirational #113

Hi All,

We have our photo challenge for you this week at Inkspirational. Check out the gorgeous cake photo below! I love the photo and was so tempted to go with the London theme but decided to shock you all and go for another city! So Paris it is:

This is my Anniversary card for my hubby in September. We got engaged in Paris! I just heat embossed the Eiffel Tower using bronze embossing powder. I love the way it looks on the hot pink. I then just embossed the sentiment on vellum and added a few enamel dots.

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is the very talented Jane. Check out her blog here. I am sure you will come away inspired to get inky!

Then pop over to Inkspirational and see what Jane and our lovely DT have created to get you crafting x

Inkspirational #110

A very Happy Weekend to you all,

We have a fun challenge for you this week at Inkspirational. It is our word prompt and the word is:

'TEXT'

Here is my card:

Just a strip of text and some flowers that I hope make you smile!

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is the inspiring Jennifer. Check out her blog here. Then go over to Inkspirational and you will see what Jennifer and our DT have created for you.

Enjoy x

I will add this to the 'CAS' challenge at CASology-Happy 200th challenge.

Inkspirational #109

A very Happy Weekend to all,

Before I tell you about my post today I wanted to let you all know that I have not been visiting many of your blogs as much as I do normally and I am sorry for this. My health was poorly before my Birthday. I got away but not in the best health and have come home to not being so great. . I am trying to keep up with my DT comments. But rest assured as soon as I am more myself I will visit you all as normal. I do feel bad as you all threw me a party and your cards are amazing. I will return!

At Inkspirational this week we have our photo challenge for you. I was so inspired by this weeks photo-the graphic look and the amazing colours. Naturally I wanted to use purple and decided to mix it in with the turquoise. Also using the graphic lines from the photo.This is what I came up with:

Here is the photo:

The more I looked at my card, the more I realised it looked familiar to me. I looked through my pinterest board and realised I had subconsciously CASEd this card by Ardyth. So a huge thank you for the inspiration Arydth!

Our Design Team have all come up with amazing projects-take a look here and then get inky!

I will enter this into Addicted to Stamps and More-CAS

Inkspirational #108

It is our colour challenge at Inkspirational for the next 2 weeks.

We want to see cards with:

'Mint and Navy'

This colour combo did stump me for quite a while. I do find colouring challenges hard. But after a while I came up with this:

Quite simple really when you get your CAS loving heart in gear! And yes, that is some masking I have done!! Although this combo was a challenge for me, I love this Spring card.

What will these colours inspire you to make?

Our Guest Designer is the very talented TaeEun. I love to visit her inspiring blog and urge you to have a look here and be inspired!

Our DT have all made fabulous cards. Take a look here then get inky!

Inkspirational #107

Time for a new challenge at Inkspirational.

It is the very lovely and talented Carol's choice this week and she has gone with:

'Vehicles'

I used this as a chance to make a Christmas card and went all glittery.

These dies and stamps are all from Papertrey and the tree and road die is popped up on foam pads.

Our Guest Designer this week is Tanja. Her blog is full of inspiring cards, she is amazing at colouring-take a look here

Our DT have all created fabulous cards for this challenge, take a look here

Time to get inky x

I will enter this into:

STAMPloartions CAS challenge-using twist of spring green (although mine is Xmas it is still the same green as spring!)

Uniko Challenge-use meatallics

    

Inkspirational #106

Time for a new challenge at Inkspirational and this week it is our 'Word Prompt'. The word we have to inspire you is:

'Rock'

I went with rock music and made this card:

Yes, I actually did some colouring!

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is the very creative Sathya. Her blog is stunning and full of inspiration for us all. Take a look here

Sathya and the DT have all made some fab cards inspired by this word. Take a look here and then get inky!

I will enter this into:

One Layer Simplicity Challenge-As you wish April

Enjoy x

Inkspirational #105

Hi All,

We have a photo challenge at Inkspirational this week.

Here is my take on the photo:

Here is our photo:

I got the idea for this card when I saw Elaine's card here. I loved this card and Elaine was kind enough to say I could CASE it. I was inspired by the focal point of the umbrella and the colour. Instead of an umbrella I went with the flower (Uniko). This was heat embossed in orange on acetate and then coloured on the back, fussy cut and popped up on foam pads. I used a mixed media background (STAMPlorations)

Our Guest Designer is the inspiring Rae Ann. Her colouring is outstanding-take a look at her blog here

We have some fabulous projects here created by our Guest Designer and our DT.

Have fun playing along with us x

I will enter this into:

I will enter this into:

STAMPlorations CAS challenge-again going with the option of yellow.
Uniko-Spring/Easter Challenge
Addicted to CAS-delicate-my vellum is very delicate
Less is More-polka dots

        

Inkspirational #104

Hello All,

Time for a new challenge at Inkspirational. We have our colour challenge:

Pink and Grey

I love this colour combo and here is what I created:

The stamps are from Uniko and the pink die cut heart was left on my craft desk-hanging around from all those Love cards we were making in Feb!

Just a touch of texture added using my linen embossing Folder.

Our Guest Designer this week is the very talented Susan, take a look at her bog here. Then pop over to Inkspirational and see the amazing cards our DT have made to inspire you.

Enjoy x

Inkspirational #103

Saturday morning and that means it is time for a new challenge at Inkspirational.

This week the super talented Pia has chosen our challenge and it is:

Geometric

This basically means use shapes-circles, squares, chevrons etc. Here is a image link if you need some ideas:

Geometric images

I went with circles and chevrons. And used a scrap piece of card that I had previously been practising some distress ink sponging to cut my bubble die!



Not my best card but I hope it gives you some ideas.

Our Guest Designer this week is the very talented Justine-take a browse around her blog here for some inspiration.

Then pop over to Inkspirational and see what Justine and the DT have made to inspire you.

Enjoy



I will enter this into the distress challenge at CASology