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!
This week’s Inspired By theme is all about rolling pins, and I had so much fun putting my own spin on it!
I turned my rolling pin into the sweetest little baker bear, complete with a chef’s hat, tiny heart details and a cheerful, vintage patterned center and a sentiment… A dream is a wish your heart makes!
I love how something as simple as a rolling pin can inspire such a fun and unexpected card. Cute, whimsical and just a bit sweet~this one makes me smile.
Cab’t wait to see what everyone creates for this week’s Inspired by: Rolling pins!
Hey everyone, happy Friday and the first Friday of September. In my mind it’s fall LOL
For this week’s challenge I was inspired by the rolling pins and used some goodies from Crafty Stamp Co (they have FREE shipping this weekend!)
I paired the Patissir Meadow with the Sugar & Spice paper pack. (I love their packs as they are nice and thick and come with a plastic sleeve to hold them in once opened) I used some scraps and stitched them on then stamped and coloured some of the items on the stamp set. All of which are mounted on foam squares.
I have had the homemade die for several years and don’t remember where I got it. (Also think this is the first time using it LOLOL)
I used one of the sketches from my sketch page which you can find HERE – I do update periodically. If you use one I would love if you tagged me and of course linked to the page.
I can’t wait to see how you are inspired this week.
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This week’s inspiration has such a soft, rustic charm! I love the beautiful old rolling pins with their botanical details, weathered wood and muted neutral-and-sage palette.
There are so many ways to interpret this one! You could be inspired by the rolling pins or kitchen theme, leafy botanicals, vintage farmhouse feel, soft cream and green colours, or simply use the two tall vertical elements from the sketch as the starting point for your card.
As always, you can take the inspiration quite literally or head in a completely different direction — we love seeing what catches your eye!
Now it is your turn. We can’t wait to see what you create! Join us for #IB405, tag @inspired_by_challenge and use #inspiredbychallenge. After linking up your card, be sure to share it in our Facebook group too!
Hello everyone. Von Marie here and I’m so happy to have a Blog post for today. Vintage Display is our New Challenge #IB403 and I hope you join us again or give it a try if it’s your first time. What I enjoy, is the fabulous Inspiration Photo, with colors, theme, and a card sketch. Perfect for inspiration.
Let’s Get Started:
Here is my take on the challenge. I loved the colors and things on the shelf like the mugs, apple, and gingham patterns. Look closely there is a lot in the photo. I almost made a coffee or tea card.
So I grabbed my solid paper pack with these colors red, pink, and mints. I also grabbed my paper pack 6×6 Authentique Fabulous. I then found My MonthlyHero July 2026 Let’s Ride Die Set. It was time to use it and so I just switched up my colors to match. The Authentique pattern paper I used is the fun colors that match inspiration photo. I also used other colors of cardstock like black, cream, yellow, and white.
Instead of Lemons as this Let’s Ride die set has lemons. I made them apples. I also used Pattern Paper from Not 2 Shabby Paper Pack Club for August. A Must have if you ask me. I used apple gingham paper from Apple Days and the red gingham from Orchard to Oven. I also used the Stamp of the Month subscription Orchard days another must have for the sentiment stamped with Gina K Designs Amalgam ink on white cardstock and cut to a fishtail strip. I used Copic markers and Prismacolor pencils where needed and I glued all together on a kraft A2 card base 4 1/4 x 5 1/2. I even glued a strip of paper in the inside of the card and may add a apple die-cut left over. Lastly, I used some vintage Glossy Accents. It’s very old and left crackle finishes LOL which is okay. I had so much fun making this card for this weeks challenge!!
I have a short video sharing my process. Click here
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The Inspiration photo for this week’s Inspired By challenge, Vintage Display, is so beautiful! I love the retro colors, polka dots, gingham – all of it. I tried to incorporate some of those same elements into my card and tags using an older Stampin’ Up woodblock stamp set for way back in the day.
We hope you’re inspired to join us this week. We would love to see how Vintage Display has inspired you to use your stash. ~MarDi
This week’s “Vintage Display” seemed to have all of my favorite things in it…gingham, tin picnic baskets, strawberries, old dishes, and kitchen gadgets! I loved the soft green and red color scheme, too. I used Papertrey Ink’s amazing “Mom’s Kitchen” stamp and die set to create a charming vintage scene of my own!
I added some strawberry print “wallpaper” for the background from Carta Bella’s “Summer” paper collection. The birthday sentiment was created using the teapot from the “Mom’s Kitchen” stencil set with sentiments from “Seasoned With Love” and “Ways to Say: Happy Birthday” stamped over the top.
One summer afternoon, I got lost in the fun of stamping and die cutting all of the mini items to create my scene…the mug rack, the shelf, drawers, sparkling “marble” countertop, vase, jelly jar, and my favorites, the Bundt cake and the hen decor piece! No sweet detail is left out of this set of products! It was like playing with paper dolls or my dollhouse on a rainy afternoon in the 70’s!
We hope you can play along this week, and cannot wait to see how you are inspired!
The minute I saw this week’s Inspired By photo, I was completely drawn to all of the sweet vintage kitchen details. Wouldn’t that be an amazing kitchen to have? The mix of cheerful colors, old fashioned container, gingham and collected treasures gave me this inspriation to create this box card from Lori Whitlock with it’s own tiny retro kitchen scene.
I love challenges like this because the finished project doesn’t have to look exactly like the inspiration. Sometimes it’s simply a color, a feelling, or one tiny detail that gets the creativity going. One part vintage, one part crafty and a whole lote of cute.
Hey everyone, happy Friday. This week’s inspiration just gives me all the feels. Who else just loves vintage and the stories that are behind the items?
To tell the truth, I attempted some die cut strawberries using my Silhouette but lately I fight more with it than use it and for this card I fought more with it and thus decided to do my tried and true… fussy cutting LOL.
I actually was able to use some of my scraps on this card which always makes me happy. I added stitching and scallops to carry out the homespun feel. I left the bottom with no sentiment as I thought it could be added later – either teacher, mom, friend… when I decide to use the card.
I fussy cut the strawberries from pattern paper and then mounted on foam squares.
That’s all for me today. Hope you have a great weekend and can’t wait to see how you are inspired.
