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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All cards usually make you smile, and this sweet donut shaped design is definitely one of them! For this week’s Inspired By project, I created something cheerful, light hearted and a bit of whimsy. Life can get mess, schedules packed and some days don’t go as planned. That is where a little creativity and a…
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Hey everyone, Laurel here. I completely missed last week as I was battling pneumonia, who gets that this time of year?! Anyways I was happy to play along this week I was inspired by the theme, colors and sketch this week. I was excited to use my Pink & Main Box of Donuts dies along…
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Hi, it’s Amy @craftee1. This week I was inspired by the colors + theme. My card features the following Brass & Bliss Craft Co products: 5714-02D Build a Bloom Chamomile | die 5708-03D Nested Woodgrain Sign | die 5814D Flower Wrap with Bow | die 5013D Nested Rectangle Small Stitch | die 37047 Happy Retirement…
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Hello everyone Von Marie here and happy to be on the Blog today. Today starts a New challenge for the Inspired By Blog #IB392. The theme this week is Daisies. There is also a New card sketch with inspiration colors. So fun!!! This challenge runs for almost a week. Every Thursday starts a New Challenge.…
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When I saw this week’s Inspired By theme was Daisies, I knew immediately that I wanted to use my Daisy Bed embossing folder from Altenew. Instead of white daisies, I decided to use the the prompt colors for my bed of daisies. I used Catherine Pooler “Icing on the Cake” brown ink for the blackout…
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We had so many fintastic (I had to 😏) creations last week. SmilynStef Not only is this bright and colourful it’s the little fish in the bottom right that got me! Congratulations Stephanie! Don’t forget to play along this week.
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Something special about daisies and birthdays. Together they make things extra special. For today’s project I created a Birthday Box card from Lori Whitlock, it is bright and cheerful floral birthday card filled with layered daisies, greenery, sweet pink accents and just happy vibes! This project is perfect for so many occasions, and the best…
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Hi, it’s Amy @craftee1. My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Fish I was inspired by the colors + theme. My card features the following Hero Arts products: Big Mouth Sardine | die Well Preserved | stamp & cut Floral Tiles | Cling Stamp of the Month – May 2025 Raindrop Ripples…
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Hello everyone. Von Marie here and I’m excited to be on the Blog today. We have a New challenge this week for Inspired by…blog and the theme is Fish #IB391. There’s also a fun card sketch and color inspiration. Let’s Get Started: Here’s how I was inspired. I chose to make my card according to…
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I think it’s pretty apparent that I was inspired by the photo, colors, and sketch in this week’s FISH challenge. It’s always nice to find fun ways to create masculine cards. I used Concord and 9th FISH FRIENDS STENCIL PACK to create gray fish and dusty blue fish and then fussy cut them since I…
