Inspired By

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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Bear Hug in a Mug

Hi, it’s MarDi and I’m delighted to share my Winter Knits card with you today. My inspiration came a little from the colors, a little from the sketch, but mostly from the textures.

I used a mashup of products for this bear hug in a mug design. This card is full of texture, whimsy, and color pops from the light strands. Where I live, we don’t have extremely cold temperatures so whenever it gets below 70 degrees, we pull out our knits and wear them as long as we can, which is usually until the afternoon.

The background panel was created with the Cable Knit embossing folder from Sunny Studio Stamps. I used two other embossing folders to create texture for the bear’s sweater – Nordic Holiday from Taylored Expressions, and for the mug – Diamond Plate from Spellbinders.

The mug is from a die set by Frantic Stamper called Cocoa Cup and the rest of the dies are from a Spellbinders set called Festive Friends. The sentiment is from a very old club kit from Hero Arts.

I hope that you’re inspired to join the challenge this week. You have until the end of the day on Wednesday to link your project. Hey, if you’re finishing up with knitting or crocheting mittens, socks, beanie, blanket, or scarf, take a photo and link it up via your blog or social media account. We love to see how you’re inspired.

Big bear hugs,
MarDi

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