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 Fall Leaves

    Welcome to Inspired By Challenge #IB409!🍂🍁 This week we’re inspired by Fall Leaves — perfect timing as we settle into October and all those beautiful autumn colours! You could be inspired by the leaves, patterned papers, touches of gold, text print, or the warm mix of cream, golden orange and soft green. The sketch is wonderfully simple…

  • Hocus Pocus with Amy

    Hello it’s Amy @craftee1. My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Coffee Mugs For today’s card was inspired by the colors and coffee theme. I combined the following Pretty Pink Posh products: Winter Mug | die Spooky Mug Additions | die Twinkle | stencil The sentiment is by Riley & Company –…

  • Coffee With Von Marie!

     Hello everyone Von Marie here and I’m so excited for the Inspired by…Blog Challenge this week. Guess what the theme is??? It’s Coffee Mugs#IB408 and you know I love coffee. The inspiration photo is so great too!!! Let’s Get Started: I was inspired by the theme, colors, and card sketch. I love the Inspiration photo…

  • Life Begins After Coffee

    For my card today, I was inspired by the cute pastel mugs and flowers in the inspiration photo, as well as the colors. I used patterned paper scraps to stamp out, heat emboss, and die cut these cute mugs. The stamps and dies are from a very old Hero Arts club kit. The flowers are…

  • Winner…Inspired By Acorns

    Love all the fall cards in the gallery last week! And yay, fall is officially here. JB So much to love here. The bold fall colours, the texture and that beautiful cluster of goodness! Congratulations JB! Don’t forget to play along this week.

  • All the Perks…with Kelly

    Coffee is one of my top 10 favorite things! So I was very excited to see this week’s “Coffee Mugs” photo. Along with the mugs, the little awning and the daisies caught my eye. I decided to make a little coffee shop window of my own… I used Carta Bella Paper ‘s “Summer” collection with…

  • Mug-nificent Autumn

    This week’s Inspired By….Coffee mugs challenge had me thinking warm drinks and cozy fall days! I turned that inspiration into pumpkin-spice coffee cup card filled with gingham, pumpkins and all those warm autumn touches. Because really-pumpkin spice makes everything nice! Share with us your warm and cozy creations this week! ~Cathy

  • Warm Winter Wishes with Laurel

    Hey, happy Friday! Happy Fall! Now that we have done our last camping trip I am in fall mode. This weekend I hope to put my garden away and dig out my fall stuff. Do you decorate for fall? However… for this week’s card I seemed to jump right over fall right to winter LOL…

  • Inspired By… Coffee Mugs

    Welcome to Inspired By Challenge #IB408!  This week we’re inspired by Coffee Mugs — and there are so many fun little details to pull from this one! You could be inspired by the mugs, flowers, stripes, checks, bows, or that cheerful mix of pink, purple and yellow. And don’t forget the sketch — that row of four little elements could…

  • Afternoon Calm with Amy

    Hello it’s Amy @craftee1. My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Acorns For today’s card was inspired by the colors and fall theme. I combined the following Altenew products: Craft Your Life Project Kit: The Afternoon Spread Craft Your Life Project Kit: The Afternoon Spread & Add-on Die Bundle The distress oxides I…