Hello everyone. Can you believe we are in May already? I’m still in shock! Well I do know we have a New challenge #IB387 and it’s so much fun Vases is our theme and a New Fun Card Sketch.

Let’s Get Started:

I was inspired by the vases and colors.  I even was inspired by the card sketch. I started out with some flowers, flower centers, and stems dies from My Monthly Hero from Hero Arts February 2026.  I used pink, and green cardstock from my stash.  I ink blended the greenery with some Hero Arts Ombre’ Lime to Forever Green ink. I used a small blending brush to get a little darker green ink on my green stems and flower centers as I was trying to match the inspiration photo. I also ink blended my pink cardstock flowers with Hero Arts Azalea ink.

  I used a Vase die from Spellbinders advent callendar that I cut out with pink cardstock and white cardstock.  On my white vase I doodled a little using a green Attenew marker I drew lines and colored a strip on top kinda like the vase in photo. I then cut it with my scissors and glued it to my pink vase. Next, I cut out dark blue cardstock and a white strip of white cardstock.  I glued everything to a green A2 top folding card base. I stamped my sentiment on white cardstock with Hero Hues Moss Green ink using my Monthly Hero stamp set and used the coordinating die to cut it out and a few extras to glue for dimension. I love how clean this card looks. I had fun with this challenge.  Now it’s your turn!

You still have time to join us.

Don’t forget to tag inspired_by_challenge on the socials. #inspiredbychallenges  #inspired_by_challenge 

How to participate: 

 Create a card inspired by the photo OR 

Create a card inspired by the sketch OR 

 Create a card inspired by BOTH. Upload your card and how you were inspired to a blog and/or Instagram and copy/paste the link into the Link Party at the bottom of the challenge.

Join me on Tuesdays on the Inspired by…Blog.

Crafty Hugs

Von Marie

In honor of Mother’s Day here in the US, I created a Mother’s Day card for my mother-in-law. She has been, and continues to be a huge supporter of my craft, and was quite the crafter herself in the past. She never got into paper crafts but she was a skilled toll painter and a seamstress like no other.

The colors and flowers in the inspiration photo are what inspired my card. I was surprised by how few options I had in my stash for vases. I guess I’ll have to keep an eye out next time I’m shopping an online sale.

I love the combination of pink and navy blue, and since I wanted this to be a more elegant design, I embossed this large Beautiful Flowers stamp from Simon Says Stamp with fine gold embossing powder, once on white card stock, and again on navy blue cardstock.

I colored the flowers and leaves with copic markers and added some shading to the flowers with Prismacolor pencils. I used the die in the set to cut out the image and colored the white edges with a navy blue copic marker to match the navy cardstock. Before I layered my images, I embossed the navy background panel with a Spellbinders embossing folder called Columns. Then I applied the gold/navy floral and popped up the colored florals with foam tape.

I used a Happy Mother’s Day die from Papertrey Ink and cut two layers of navy and one layer of gold and layered them so the sentiment would stand out better.

A few gems in the flower centers completes my card, except for the inside. I’ll tackle that next.

We would love for you to join the Inspired By challenge this week. What inspires you about this week’s prompts? Can’t wait to see! ~MarDi

I LOVE flowers and seeing so many gorgeous ones in the gallery (and of course this time of year) just makes me happy.

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What is not to love about this? Those flowers are stunning. The colouring, the texture, everything! Congratulations Tracy!

Now don’t forget to play along this week

I’m here today with a bouquet inspired by the “Vases” photo…just perfect for Mother’s Day! I was inspired by the lovely colors, theme, and bold background!

The flowers are from The Greetery’s “Oopsie Daisy” set, tucked in an “It’s a Wrap: Posy Pocket .” I shaded the top pink and left the bottom navy and white like the photo. The “Seed Catalog” image is carried from the bouquet to the background…this time stamped over brilliant blue! The “Scripted Sentiments“ set provided the perfect elegant “thanks” that I needed.

Thankful for all of the special women in our lives…moms, grandmothers, aunts, special friends. I am thankful for my two older sisters (24 & 17 years older!) who shaped my life immeasurably after our beloved mother passed away when I was 18. I’m lucky to share this day with my own two beautiful daughters, too. Wishing you all a moment to cherish today with someone special.❤️

There s something so effortlessly beautiful about a simple vase filled with fresh blooms~and that was exactly the inspiration behind today’s project. For today’s challenge, I wanted to capture that clean, modern feel while bringing in warmth, texture and little bit of charm.

This card is one of those pieces that feels like a little slice of spring~fresh cheerful and full of life. It’s a reminder that inspiration can can from the simplest things…even a vase sitting quietly on a table!

Please share with us on this modern elegance inspires you!

Cathy

Hey everyone, happy Friday. I love this week’s inspiration. That dark blue background really catches my eye and makes those vases pop! So I was inspired by the colors, flowers and sketch this week

I knew which papers I wanted to use and dug into some Stampin Up. I purchased this paper pack just for these beautiful flowers and this card made my fussy cutting heart happy LOL I do really like to fussy cut images from pattern paper. The sentiment is also from Stampin Up. As always, I added some stitching and this time I just adhered the images to the card rather than mounting on foam squares.

Can’t wait to see how you are inspired this week.

This week’s Inspired By Challenge is all about modern simplicity with a soft, elegant twist! These beautiful vases combine clean lines , set against a bold navy backdrop that makes the soft blush tones truly stand out. The subtle florals, structured shapes, and contrast of colors create a look that feels both fresh and refined.

Will you be inspired by the soft pink palette, the deep navy contrast, or the sleek, minimal shapes? Maybe it’s the striped detailing, the balance of bold and delicate, or the simple floral accents that spark your creativity. However you interpret it, let this stylish scene guide your next design.

We can’t wait to see what you create!
Join us for #IB387 and don’t forget to tag your project with #inspiredbychallenge. After linking up, be sure to also share your creation in our Facebook group so everyone can see it and celebrate your inspiration! 

Von Marie

Cathy Harper

MarDi

Laurel Seabrook

Kelly Schirmer

Amy Tsuruta

And now it is your turn! We can’t wait to see how you are inspired.

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Hi, it’s Amy @craftee1 sharing a card. My project was inspired by this week’s Inspired by Challenge: Clothes Pins

I was inspired by the sketch. My card features the following Brass & Bliss Craft Co products:

• 37046 Sympathy # 2 | stamp
• 38009 Thankful for You | stamp
• 38009D Thankful for You | die
• 37001 Paint Strokes | stamp
• Color Fuse Set # 9

The Paint Strokes set is perfect for the sketch!

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

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Hello everyone.  Von Marie here and I’m so excited to be on the blog this Tuesday!  This week we have Clothes Pins #IB386 as our theme so much fun and a New Card Sketch.

Let’s get Started:

I do own some clothes pins but where are they? I can’t remember. LOL The show must go on!  So, I was inspired by the blue, pink, greens, and reds in the inspiration photo as well as the roses. 

 I couldn’t think of a small roses stencil in my stash but I did have this MFT Stencil Spring Flowers. You know I love to stencil. On blue cardstock 85 lbs. I used Catherine Poolers Minis in Rose Petals, Seafoam, and Stone blue.  My rose petals ink looks purple but my intentions were pink LOL. Next, I cut my stenciled background to 4 1/4 x 5 1/2. 

I used some ephemera from an Tim Holtz Idea-logy Pack called Palette. Lots of pretties in this Memorabilia pack.  I grabbed these roses, and a lacy ephemera strip to use for this card. I love ephemera.  The sentiment is from a  digital EZ Cardmaking kit by LV Handcrafted called Smiling Florals. You can Use VONMARIEDESIGN to save. I also cut my sentiment strip with a Universal sentiments die available at Not 2 Shabby Shop.  Everything was glued to a A2 top folding card base 4 1/4 x 5 1/2.  That finishes my card I had so much fun making it.  I bet I’ll find the clothes pins I was looking for after this challenge LOL.

Don’t forget to tag @inspired_by_challenge on the socials. #inspiredbychallenge 

Now it’s your turn!

You still have time to join us!

How to join this challenge? Create a card inspired by the photo or Card Sketch or both.  Link your card to the Inspired By..Blog. Let us know how you were inspired. Every Thursday starts a New challenge so you have less than a week to link up your card.  Show us your card in our FB group.  We would love to see. 

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Crafty Hugs 

Von Marie

This week’s INSPIRED BY challenge has a wonderful shabby chic vibe. The beautifully painted clothespins in the inspiration photo are really lovely and have the most charming florals, which is the inspiration for my card.

I stamped this floral image from Altenew called Handpicked Bouquet using a warm gray hybrid ink to avoid harsh lines, and then used the layering stamps in this set to apply color to the florals and leaves. I used colored pencils to outline everything and apply some additional shading.

For the background, I used stamps from Close To My Heart called Brushstrokes Flair to create the repeating lines in the sketch. I embossed the panel with a Penny Black embossing folder called Noted, and then cut the oval frame from a Waffle Flower die set called Lacy Ovals.

The frame and bouquet were popped up with foam tape. I added vellum leaves cut from an Altenew die called Polka Dot Leaves, foiled sentiment from Spellbinders, and a few clear sequins to finish my shabby chic birthday card.

I initially thought I would create a scene with a clothesline and laundry but I was too smitten with the beautiful colors and florals to go in that direction. I also didn’t think a laundry card would be very practical, since I’m always in need of birthday cards. How about you? What inspires you about this week’s challenge? We can’t wait to see. ~MarDi