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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Sweet Birthday Wishes with MarDi

This week’s challenge #IB403 is so incredibly sweet! Ice Cream Cones is the theme and the colors in the inspiration photo are so bright and cheerful.

I don’t know about you, but I’m crazy about ice cream. I can’t keep it in my house because I’m too tempted by it. However, occasionally by husband and I will dash to Handel’s for a scoop. He is very particular and usually chooses the same few flavors. I love ALL ice cream and can never decide if I want to go with something chocolate/caramel/coffee or something fruity/tropical. Mint Chocolate Chip is also never far from my mind. I recently tried black raspberry ice cream with chocolate truffle bits and I thought I went to heaven.

My card was obviously inspired by the ice cream cones, but also the colors and the sketch.

I used Papertrey Ink Sweet Americana Dies for the ice cream cones and dolloped them with whip cream from an older Spellbinders set called Have Your Cake. The lemon slice and strawberry are from this set as well but the blueberries are buds from a recent Papertrey Ink Into the Blooms set.

I used patterned paper scraps for all my pieces except the leaves and whipped cream. I kept the background very clean and used a Cuttlebug embossing folder for the dots because it made me think of the pom poms in the inspiration photo. This card has a summer vibe but ice cream is an essential treat year round!

We can’t wait to see how you are inspired! I hope you have as much fun as I did. ~MarDi

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