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 Hot Chocolate Yummy and we also have a fun card sketch.  I love the inspiration photo and card sketch aren’t they great?  How are you inspired?

I was inspired by the photo, the hot chocolate mug, chocolates, colors, and card sketch.  I chose this fun stamp set from my stash by Unity Stamps Co. called It’s A Mug Hug. This stamp set has a lot of nice sentiments too so I will use one for my card also.  I stamped and heat embossed my mug and sentiment with Versafine Onyx ink and clear embossing powder from Hero Arts on watercolor cardstock.  I then colored my image looking at the photo using my Karin Brush Pro markers, water, and a paintbrush.  I also flicked some brown paint splatters onto my image like the photo. I let it dry and then fussy cut my mug out using some detailed scissors.

I also used a Layering stencil set from Pretty Pink Posh called Layered Chocolates.  I had really wished for one of these Hot Chocolates or I would settle for some chocolates in real life as I was making this card I used Distress inks in Spun Sugar Distress oxide ink, Vintage Photo, and Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide ink.  I used watercolor cardstock and white cardstock.  I then fussy cut some of the chocolates.  I found some pattern paper in my stash and cut my paper according to the card sketch.  I then put my card together popping up some chocolates with foam tape and adding everything to a A2 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 card base.  I had so much fun making this card.  

You still have time to enter.  Link your card to the original challenge post on this blog.  It’s fun to be a winner as your card is shared so I hope you play along with us. It’s so much fun and I cannot wait to see how you are inspired!

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Crafty Hugs

Von Marie

Today I am sharing a cup of chocolate love for this week’s Inspired By challenge HOT CHOCOLATE.

I was inspired by the pretty speckled mug, the chocolate treats, the pink, brown, and creamy tones, and I loosely followed the sketch. This card came together with a mashup of many different brands from my stash but the main elements, which are the mug and XOXO are from Honey Bee Stamps.

I wonder if there is anyone who does not love a cup of decadent hot cocoa. I like mine with whipped cream but hubby loves to load his with mini marshmallows.

We hope that you are inspired to join this week’s challenge. It’s the perfect opportunity to pull out your cocoa/coffee/tea crafty tools or maybe you’re inspired by the treats, colors, or sketch. However you’re inspired, we are eager to see your creativity on display. ~MarDi

Love all of the mittens in the gallery last week. I actually finally had to wear mine the other day, but now we are back to rain..

Lisa Elton

This is just so pretty. I love the textured mitten and that cute little button is a nice detail. Congratulations Lisa!

Don’t forget to play along this week

My turn to share my take on this weeks inspiration. This weeks theme was inspired by Hot Chocolate. Yum and what a cold week it has been for most of us. I decided to create a cute little gift card holder with a Starbucks card inside to surprise someone this week. Just to make their week a bit brighter.

You can find the link to the gift car holder here and I used Lori Whitlock’s Echo Park Winter Fun Collection to create it with. That little snowman soaking in the hot chocolate is just too cute.

Thanks for stopping by~ Cathy

Hey everyone, I wanted to share my card for this week’s challenge (though I am sure I will be doing at least one more – such a sweet inspiration photo). I was inspired by the theme and came up with this card. Funny thing is I had the heart background and the just sayin’ already done as I didn’t use them on a previous project so this went together quickly. Both the pattern paper and the cute stamp is from Unity. The other sentiment, I printed out on my computer. The little cup die I have had for many years, I think was originally from PTI. I added a heart confetti to the mug.

The image and sentiment is mounted on foam squares for some dimension.

This week’s Inspired By Challenge is a sweet sip of indulgence and creativity! 🍫☕ With a swirl of whipped cream, rich chocolate drizzle, and a dreamy palette of blush pink and cocoa brown, this image brings all the cozy vibes of winter comfort and Valentine sweetness. Will your creation be inspired by the textures of marshmallows and chocolate shavings, the elegant ombré mug, or the soft, romantic tones? Whether you lean into the decadence or the delicate details, we can’t wait to see what you make. Be sure to tag us and use #IB373!

For those of you who are new to our challenge, every week we post our inspiration photo challenge and sketch and hope that you will join us by creating a project for our challenge.

How are you inspired? Create a project and in your post, let us know what inspired you from the photo, and don’t forget to display our inspiration photo and link back to our challenge 😊

Now for our Design Team’s inspiration:

MarDi

Von Marie

Laurel Seabrook

Amy Tsuruta

Cathy Harper: Inspired By… Hot chocolate

Kelly Schirmer

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My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Mittens

I was inspired by both the photo an the sketch. I went pretty literal with this one.

My card features the following products:

❤️ Pretty Pink Posh – Valentine Banner Greetings | stamp
❤️ Pretty Pink Posh – Mitten Shaker | dies
❤️ Pretty Pink Posh – Box of Chocolates | dies
❤️ Pretty Pink Posh – Banner Greetings 2 | dies
❤️ Spellbinders – Fountain Wishes | die
❤️ Spellbinders – Nordic Noel | embossing folder
❤️ Mama Elephant – Placemat Set | creative cuts
❤️ Waffle Flower – Gingham – Berry Sweet | paper*

*retired

Do you see what I did with the Box of Chocolates dies? The white ‘tag’ on the cuff with the heart, that’s from that set. The interior of that red heart is on the bird. I stacked the ricrac circle and the coordinating circle and punched 2 holes to make it a button.

We can’t wait to see how you’re inspired!

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Hello everyone Happy Tuesday! Von Marie here and I’m happy to be on the Inspired by…Blog today.  This week our theme is Mittens #IB372 and I love the fun photo.  We also have a great card sketch.  

So I was inspired by the colors in the photo.  I love the sketch too but honestly I just started ink blending on white cardstock using this great stencil set from Pretty Pink Posh that’s a Layered Mittens set that I forgot the sketch..oops but that is okay because either photo or theme or both is perfectly fine.  I used inks like Catherine Pooler Stone Blue, Polished, and Pinkfresh Studio Warm Buff to give me those blues, reds, and beige colors on my 3 piece stencil set.

I also used a Mittens Banner die from jaded Blossom Winter Banner Dies that I cut out with white cardstock.  I ink blended it with the same inks.  It comes with a separate mitten die with stitching so that is what I ink blended.  I stamped a cute sentiment on white cardstock with black ink also using Jaded Blossom called Fuzzy Mittens.  My sentiment was cut and my background was cut to A2 size 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 using my paper trimmer. I cut some gingham ribbon from my stash and grabbed a heart button like the image and some red embroidery thread and hot glued them to my card panel.  I had to dust my hot glue gun as it had been a while since it has been used.  All were glued to a gray A2 card base.  

You still have time to join us!  Just link your card to the Challenge post there is a linky there and if you win your photo will be shared and you can get a badge for your blog.  Every week we have a New challenge and they are so fun!! I can’t wait to see how you are inspired?

Crafty Hugs
Von Marie

This week’s Inspired By challenge had me scrounging through my stamp and die sets to find a bird I wanted to use. It’s always fun to rediscover an item from from my stash that hasn’t been used in a very long time. This set from Paper Smooches called Natural Beauties was not exactly what I had in mind when I started my search but, when I discovered it, I knew I wanted to use it.

Inspiration for this card first came from the little birds on the mittens, then the colors and sketch.

What is it about this week’s challenge that inspires you? Is it the mittens, birds, colors, textures, sketch? We hope you’re inspired to play along. ~MarDi