If you look closely, you’ll see a tiny caterpillar on this vibrant birthday card. Caterpillar is the theme for the #IB402 challenge this week. I took inspiration from the fun colors, cute caterpillar, and flowers in the photo.

I used Spellbinders products for my card, including this beautiful embossing folder. I paired it with Layered Floral Card Creator from an older Small Die of the Month. The little “caterpillar” is from the Snail Mail Post Small Die of the month. It’s actually a worm but when you don’t have any caterpillars in your stash, you make do, right?

I used the black out technique and copic markers for the background. How are you inspired? We would love to see. ~MarDi

Last week had me wanting to be at the beach looking for shella!

JB

Such a gorgeous take on the inspiration! The colours, textures and details all so good! Congratulations!

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There was so much inspiration to be found when looking at this week’s “Caterpillar” photo that I couldn’t decide where to start! Three ideas later, I settled on a more abstract version than I typically make…

I didn’t have a cute caterpillar so I chose the twisty “Ribbon Frame” surrounding “Cottage Tile” flowers from The Greetery. The sentiment from “Pretty Picado Sentiments” was inked in a gradient pattern to match. I thought it was a good choice because that caterpillar is surely yelling “HELLO!” when you pass by the yard it lives in!

Hope you are having a great weekend! We would love for you to come and play along with us this week!

this week’s challenge was all about bright colors and playful inspiration. The caterpillar photo immediately had me thinking of the bold pops of orange, green and purple and I knew they would be perfect for a Halloween card.

I pulled those colors into this sweet little candy shaped card, adding plenty of cheerful patterns, pink and white twine and the cutest little black kitty. And because every Halloween project needs a little mischieft, I WANT CANDY!!!! seemed the perfect finishing touch.

I love taking inspiration from something completely unexpected and turning it into a project that feels totally different. Bright, happy, a little spooky and definitely ready for Halloween!

~Cathy

I was inspired to create two totally different cards for this week’s challenge and couldn’t decide which one to use so I used both.

For this first one, I was inspired by the colors and created a Halloween card.

I dug into my old CTMH stash and used up some of the scraps that I have been hoarding. I adhered the cat sticker to some scrap paper and cut out so that I could mount on foam squares. The Trick or Treat die is from Simon says.

Next up, I was inspired by the ‘animal in the grass’ and the sketch for this card.

The paper is from Stampin’ Up! I thought the mushroom meadow was perfect for this cute snail. I have a thing for snails, I think they are so cute and honestly don’t care if they nibble my plants. This guy is the new Eventually Yours stamp set from Unity and it is actually on sale right now too!

I mounted him on foam squares for some dimension

Can’t wait to see how you are inspired this week. Have a great weekend!

Laurel

Welcome to Inspired By Challenge #IB402! 

This week’s inspiration is bright, cheerful, and just plain fun! A colourful caterpillar made from painted tires winds its way through the garden, surrounded by flowers and plenty of playful details.

Will you be inspired by the caterpillar itself, the repeating circles, the garden theme, or that fabulous combination of orange, green, and purple? And don’t forget the sketch—you could take those three simple panels in so many different directions!

This is how the design team were inspired:

Kelly Schirmer

Von Marie

Laurel Seabrook

MarDi

Cathy

Amy Tsuruta

Now it is your turn. We can’t wait to see what you create! Join us for #IB402 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 and enjoy your interpretation too!

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Hello, it’s Amy @craftee1. My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Seashells

For today’s card was inspired by the theme and color palette.

I combined these Hero Arts products:

• Sophisticated Shells | dies
• Scattered Shells | letterpress+ foil plate
• Banner Days | stamp & cut

I stamped the sentiment in Hero Hues Core Ink – Forever Green. The Letterpress ink is Elephant.

I used the following cardstocks:

• Mossy Meadow | Stampin’ Up
• Soft Suede | Stampin’ Up – retired
• Pebble | Concord & 9th

Do you see all the gold details I added with a paint marker? Then I decided it needed more gold accents so I added the Pretty Pink Posh – Gold Mini Star Confetti.

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

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Hello everyone, Von Marie here with you today. I’m so happy to be on the blog today as we have a New Challenge the theme this week is Sea Shells. And of course there is color inspiration and a card sketch.  How are you inspired? Join us and make a card.

Let’s Get Started:

I was inspired by the Seashells theme colors, and card sketch. I used Hero Arts Seashells fancy Dies that I die-cut from white cardstock. I used Pinkfresh Studio ink in Warm Buff and Doe. I also used Simon Says Stamp Latte ink to ink some color onto my shells. So much fun inking these shells.

I cut some brown woodgrain pattern paper from Lawn Fawn. I cut 4 rectangles like the card sketch I know it’s hard to see in photo. I also inked the edges as I could see white from the paper and I wanted it all brown. I glued the papers to a cream colored A2 card base at 4 1/4 x 5 1/2. Next, I stamped a sentiment in Simon Says Stamp Artichoke ink from Hero Arts from In A Pinch stamp set. I then fussy cut out the sentiment. All was glued with liquid glue. I had fun making this card.

Now it’s your turn!

Make a card using theme, colors, card sketch, whatever inspired you from the inspiration photo.

New Challenge starts every Thursday!

Crafty Hugs

Von Marie

The warm tones and natural wood art pieces in the photo were the inspiration for my masculine birthday card for #IB401 challenge, “Seashells.”

To create this coastal scene, I used a variety of dies from my stash that include Spellbinders, Erin Lee Creative, and IOS.

I used Distress Oxide ink pads in Bundled Sage, Old Paper, and Gathered Twigs and drug them across kraft cardstock to create the weathered wood background. For the dies cuts, I cut each out of white cardstock and used these same inks plus other coordinating colors of greens, browns, and grays to apply the pretty muted colors to my pieces. A final splatter of Dr. Ph. Martin’s Bleed Proof white paint gives the feeling of ocean spray.

This card was immediately put into service, as I needed a masculine birthday card for a family member’s upcoming birthday.

There were many different directions I considered taking with this week’s challenge prompts. I really wanted to include the sketch in my card this week but the inspiration didn’t come. That’s something I love about this challenge, you are encouraged to take your inspiration from any aspect of the various challenge prompts. We just want to see how you’re inspired to use your stash creatively.

When posting to Instagram, be sure to use #IB401 so we can find you. You’re also encouraged to post your card to the Inspired By Facebook Group. ~MarDi

Last week there were so many different projects in the gallery, including scrapbook pages. I love that!

Carol McFarland

What’s not to love here?! Love all of those fantastic bracelets on this fun card. Loving all of the little details. Congratulations Carol!

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