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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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

One response to “Enjoy with MarDi”

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    LeAnne Pugliese

    This is stunning! I love that background! I just made a card with these little mice too…nowhere near as fabulous as yours, though!

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