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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  • Donut you love Paper Crafts?

    Happy Saturday everyone! What a fun challenge this one is! It took me a bit to come up with an idea for this one. All I could see was the caterpillar and I just had nothing that would work with it. A friend took one peek and found the perfect SVG file from Doodlebug. I…

  • Sweet Birthday Wishes with Laurel

    When I saw this week’s challenge I knew it would be a good excuse to use my new Pink and Main Box of Donuts Dies. thus I was inspired by the donuts 😊 I had fun putting this together as it gave me an excuse to use some of my beads and confetti that has…

  • Inspired By… Sweet Caterpillar

    This week’s Inspired By Challenge is a colorful celebration of sweets, smiles, and imagination! 🍩🐛 With its sprinkle-covered donut “body,” googly-eyed face, and pretzel stick legs, this whimsical caterpillar is too cute to eat—but perfect for sparking creativity! 🎉 Will you take inspiration from the candy-colored sprinkles, the bold party vibes, or the charming bug-eyed expression? Maybe…

  • Wonderful Human with Amy

    My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Tea Garden I was inspired by the theme and loosely by the sketch. My card features the following products by Concord & 9th: Afternoon Tea | stamp Afternoon Tea | die Berries and Jam | stamp Quilted Card Front | die Pink Lemonade | cardstock…

  • 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…

  • Enjoy with MarDi

    I love the inspiration for this week’s Inspired By challenge. There’s something so charming about tea time in the garden. It was fun combining this cute Colorado Craft Co Tea Time Fun mice set with the lovely Altenew Delicate Garden set to create this A7 card. Once again, I used watercolor and colored pencil for…

  • Winner… Inspired By Berries

    So many yummy creations last week. Made me hungry for some berries! I am so looking forward to the fresh berries growing in my yard, but of course that will be awhile yet. Erin T It was hard choosing a winner this week but this pink mug kept calling my name. I love how there…

  • Tea, blossoms and home

    Hoping Spring is just around the corner….this week’s challenge reminded me of all the Spring flowers to come and has be dreaming about my garden. I can’t wait for the weather to be warmer and the days to be longer. This card was created with a Lori Whitlock SVG file. It turned out super cute…perfect…

  • Happy Sunday! Time for a little tea (but isn’t it always?)! I love this week’s inspiration photo entitled “Tea Garden.” It reminds me of the tea parties my Mom, aunt, older sisters, and cousins had when I was young. My aunt was very particular about her tea and said, “always in a teacup, never in…

  • A Warm Cup of Tea – with Laurel

    Hey everyone, today I am sharing my card for this week’s challenge. Being a tea drinker, I had to go with the theme. I dug out my very old Papertrey Ink Stamp as I thought it was perfect for this (do you have this stamp set?) and I paired it with the Mom’s Kitchen collection from…