Welcome! At Inspired By, we believe creativity can spark from the simplest things—a cozy photo, a fun sketch, or a seasonal theme. Each week we share a fresh inspiration image and a coordinating sketch to get your ideas flowing. Whether you’re into cardmaking, scrapbooking, mixed media, or any type of project, you’re invited to interpret the challenge your way. There’s no right or wrong—just inspiration and creativity. We can’t wait to see what you create!

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  • Inspired By… Sweet Caterpillar

    This week’s Inspired By Challenge is a colorful celebration of sweets, smiles, and imagination! 🍩🐛 With its sprinkle-covered donut “body,” googly-eyed face, and pretzel stick legs, this whimsical caterpillar is too cute to eat—but perfect for sparking creativity! 🎉

    Will you take inspiration from the candy-colored sprinkles, the bold party vibes, or the charming bug-eyed expression? Maybe it’s the layered look, the circular shapes, or the joyful feeling that catches your eye.

    Whether you go bright and bold or soft and sweet, we can’t wait to see how this sugary little critter inspires your design!

    Join us for #IB377 — and don’t forget to tag your creations with #inspiredbychallenge so we can cheer you on! 💕

    How are you inspired? Create a project and in your post, let us know what inspired you from the photo, and don’t forget to display our inspiration photo and link back to our challenge 😊

    Now for our Design Team’s inspiration:

    Von Marie

    Kelly Schirmer

    Laurel Seabrook

    MarDi

    Cathy Harper: Inspired By… Sweet Caterpillar

    Amy Tsuruta

    Now it is your turn, can’t wait to see what you create.

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  • Wonderful Human with Amy

    My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Tea Garden

    I was inspired by the theme and loosely by the sketch. My card features the following products by Concord & 9th:

    • Afternoon Tea | stamp
    • Afternoon Tea | die
    • Berries and Jam | stamp
    • Quilted Card Front | die
    • Pink Lemonade | cardstock + Ink
    • Spiced Cider | ink
    • Avocado | ink
    • Honeycomb | ink
    • Nutmeg | ink

    I love that sentiment from the Berries and Jam set.

    The sentiment has been stamped in Avocado on a Pink Lemonade cardstock strip.

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  • You’re Just My Cup Of Tea With Von Marie!


    Hello everyone Happy Tuesday! Von Marie here and I’m so happy to be on the Inspired by…Blog today.  This week our theme is Tea Garden and we also have a fun card sketch. I would love to go have some Tea especially at a Tea Garden. My favorite Tea is Matcha.  What is yours?

    Okay Let’s Get started:

     I love the theme so much and the card sketch. How are you inspired?


     I have this older retired Hero Arts Stamp and Die Set called Mouse Tea Party.  I stamped my images with Memento Tuxedo ink on white cardstock and colored them softly to match the inspiration photo.  I then used the coordinating dies to cut them out.  


    I then cut squares of pattern paper using my paper trimmer trying to mimic the dark purple flowers in the photo and use the card sketch.  I then used an embossing folder from Simon Says Stamp called Drifting Flowers that I ran through my Spellbinders Platinum six with creme colored cardstock.  I sprayed my paper with water before running it through.  I stamped a sentiment from the same stamp set with black ink and cut it out with my trimmer.  Everything was glued to a A2 card base 4 1/4 x 5 1/2.

    You still have time to enter.  Link your card to the original challenge post on this blog.  It’s fun to be a winner as your card is shared so I hope you play along with us.

    Crafty Hugs

    Von Marie

  • Enjoy with MarDi

    I love the inspiration for this week’s Inspired By challenge. There’s something so charming about tea time in the garden. It was fun combining this cute Colorado Craft Co Tea Time Fun mice set with the lovely Altenew Delicate Garden set to create this A7 card. Once again, I used watercolor and colored pencil for my coloring media.

    I started by stamping the mice and laying them out on the panel according to the sketch, then masking them. Next, I stamped the floral images from the Delicate Garden set and applied a light watercolor wash using Catherine Pooler Be Mine ink for the flowers, and then water colored everything else with Distress inks. Then I went over the mice images with Prismacolor pencils for more definition and to outline. The scalloped mat is Honey Bee stamps Scalloped A7 dies. The sentiment is from a Hero Arts card kit called Bows & Beyond.

    What inspires you in this week’s inspiration photo? The tea pots and tea cups, the garden? We would love to see what you come up with. ~MarDi

  • Winner… Inspired By Berries

    So many yummy creations last week. Made me hungry for some berries! I am so looking forward to the fresh berries growing in my yard, but of course that will be awhile yet.

    Erin T

    It was hard choosing a winner this week but this pink mug kept calling my name. I love how there is a pretty flower in it and all of the texture. Congratulations Erin!

    Don’t forget to play along this week


  • Spill the Tea…with Kelly

    Happy Sunday! Time for a little tea (but isn’t it always?)! I love this week’s inspiration photo entitled “Tea Garden.” It reminds me of the tea parties my Mom, aunt, older sisters, and cousins had when I was young. My aunt was very particular about her tea and said, “always in a teacup, never in a mug!” 😄

    For my card, I used a patterned paper collection called “Pressed Flowers” by Carta Bella Paper Company to make some bone china cups of my own…


    I used products from The Greetery for this card. First, the “Sips Tea” die to cut the cups, with the “Tipsy Strip” adhered behind them. When you stack the cups, they tilt back and forth…much like the hanging cups and pots in the photo, I am sure!! Could be a wobbly accident causing you to “Spill the Tea!” The “Brew-ti-ful Day” stamp set has perfect sentiments for tea-drinkers. My flowers are “BotaniCuts: Forget-Me-Nots.” The scene is tucked inside a “Capsule Basics” oval embossed with the “Rosemal Refections” embossing folder.

    Whether you are tucked inside your home on the East coast awaiting the “bomb cyclone”/ blizzard, or sipping an iced tea in a warmer place, may you make some time for tea today! Thanks so much for stopping by!

  • Tea, blossoms and home

    Hoping Spring is just around the corner….this week’s challenge reminded me of all the Spring flowers to come and has be dreaming about my garden. I can’t wait for the weather to be warmer and the days to be longer. This card was created with a Lori Whitlock SVG file. It turned out super cute…perfect for this challenge and for the recipient that will be receiving it.

    Thank you for joining us to day and make sure to join the challenge.

  • A Warm Cup of Tea – with Laurel

    Hey everyone, today I am sharing my card for this week’s challenge. Being a tea drinker, I had to go with the theme. I dug out my very old Papertrey Ink Stamp as I thought it was perfect for this (do you have this stamp set?) and I paired it with the Mom’s Kitchen collection from Echo Park. I used my scallop punch to make the flowered paper look like a table cloth. I mounted the tea pots on foam squares and topped off with some old Papertrey Ink buttons.

    Now we would love to see how you are inspired! Be sure to share it in our Facebook group too!

  • Inspired By… Tea Garden

    This week’s Inspired By challenge is steeped in vintage charm and blooming beauty! 🌸☕ Delicate teacups and teapots are overflowing with fresh pansies and playful succulents, creating a whimsical tea garden that feels like something out of a fairytale cottage. Will it be the soft florals, the dainty china, or the clever vertical display that sparks your creativity? ✂️🎨 Let the image and sketch brew up something lovely—whether it’s elegant, eclectic, or delightfully unexpected.

    We can’t wait to see your take! Tag your project with #IB376 and #inspiredbychallenge to join the fun.

    How are you inspired? Create a project and in your post, let us know what inspired you from the photo, and don’t forget to display our inspiration photo and link back to our challenge 😊

    Now for our Design Team’s inspiration:

    Von Marie

    Cathy Harper

    Laurel Seabrook

    Kelly Schirmer

    Amy Tsuruta

    Now it is your turn!

    You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

    Click here to enter
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  • Hey Friend with Amy

    My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Berries

    I was inspired by the theme and colors. My card features the following products by Concord & 9th:

    • Berries and Jam | bundle
    • Friendly Florals | bundle
    • Dragonfruit | cardstock + ink
    • Buttercup | cardstock
    • Dove | cardstock

    I had forgotten that the Berries and Jam set had raspberries.

    The tops of the jars are from the Authentique 6×6 – Saucy.

    Thanks for stopping by!

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