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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  • Bunny Delivery…Easter Joy on It’s Way

    This adorable Easter card inspired by the sketch and three bunnies features the cutest little crew of bunnies cruising in style…bringing cheerful vibes with them. Lots of bright colors, layers and little details come together to create some bunnies in motion. It’s an SVG file from Doodlebug and the last little bunny’s eye didn’t cut…

  • Homemade Thank You with Laurel

    Hey everyone, have you been creating Easter cards? I was going to go with the bunny theme (and who knows, I just may create another card!) but decided to go with the sketch, colors and Americana feel of the inspiration. I used the new Americana collection from Echo Park and challenged myself to use something…

  • Inspired By… Bunnies

    This week’s Inspired By Challenge is full of handmade charm and bunny sweetness! 🐰✨ These adorable fabric bunnies, with their gingham ears, soft textures, and rustic twine bows, bring all the cozy, crafty vibes of springtime and Easter. Will it be the soft color palette of denim blue, warm neutrals, and coral, or the playful patterns and stitched details…

  • My project was inspired by the Inspired by Challenge: Eggs I was inspired by the theme and colors. My card features the following Reverse Confetti retired products: I picked up that vintage Hero Arts – Silhouette Grass woodblock stamp while I was thrifting in Florida last year. The sentiment was stamped with Concord & 9th…

  • Oh Happy Day With Von Marie!

    Hello everyone.  Von Marie here Happy Tuesday.  I’m so excited to be on the blog today sharing about this weeks challenge #IB380 Eggs and a really fun and not so hard sketch I think. Here’s how I was inspired:  I really love those eggs with the patterns on them and then I loved the colors. …

  • Happy Easter Eggs with MarDi

    My card was inspired by the pretty muted blue and green tones, the delicate botanicals on the eggs, and the sketch. As you can see, my eggs have hatched some cute little chicks just in time to celebrate Easter. I used a mashup of products from my stash which includes the following:Flowers and Foliage embossing…

  • Winner… Inspired By Spring Brights

    So many different takes on the inspiration last week. It is always fun to see how people are inspired. Teresa S Such a gorgeous, vibrant card! I love all of the colors and texture as well as the fun glitter centres on some of the flowers. Congratulations Teresa! Don’t forget to play along this week:

  • Eggs-tra Special with Kelly

    Sometimes you begin a card with one idea, and end up making something you never eggs-pected, haha! That’s what happened this week after I saw the delightful floral eggs in the inspiration photo. I knew I wanted to use Carta Bella’s “Home Again” patterned paper collection for the eggs. I die cut them using Honey…

  • Stacked Up with Egg-stra Special Easter Cheer

    There is something about stacked elements on a card that instantly makes it eye-catching. I had so much fun creating this tall, cheerful card with eggs all stacked up, the cutest little chick on top. The colors and patterns bring out the spring times element. I used Lori Whitlock’s Echo Park Easter Basket collection and…

  • Happy Easter with Laurel

    Hey everyone, Laurel here. I absolutely love this week’s inspiration. I love the colors so I am sure I will be creating another card because today, I was inspired by the theme and the eggs. I have used the Easter Basket collection from @Echoparkpaper. For the main image I fussy cut it from one of…