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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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

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