Inspirational

Deborah's Stunning cards

2009-12-12T20:44:00.048Z

Mele Kalikimaka it's a Hawaiian for Merry Christmas.
I'm so glad to feature Deborah the talented and creative card maker. I found her blog when I entered the Cuttlebug Challenge in the entries last week . When I checked her beautiful blog I fell in love with all her creations. I really love how she mixed the stamping with her beading and stitching techniques. Please visit her beautiful blog to see more stunning creations. Her works have been published to magazines, catalogues and books. And you'll find out how many when you visit her blog.
Don't you just love these stunning christmas cards? I love how she made the christmas tree, ornaments and the wreath with the beads.

I love how she colored the image and I love the design and the colors of this card.
Another beautiful christmas card. I love the pearls and the bow.
This is one of my favorite, I love the color combo and the design.
Check this one it's super cute for a little boy. My baby boy said he really wants this one, so I have to make him something like this later. Thanks Deborah for the inspiration.

Awesome quilt card, I love it. I have to give this a try.
Last but not the least is the super cute pink dress. I love all the details in here too.
Deborah, thank you so much for sharing with us your stunning cards. I hope everyone enjoy the cards I share with you today. Ok it's your turn to visit her beautiful blog full of inspirations.
Thank you for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Wonderful Creations from Elina...

2009-12-06T18:56:00.009Z

Fantastic Altered Book

Elina's Little Dreamhouse!!

Elina comes from Athens and has been crafting "like crazy" for the past 2 years and boy does Elina know how to craft!! I fell in love with this gorgeous altered book, beautifully done and take a look at her wonderful scrapbook pages, fun and vibrant. The cute house was made using her bind-it-all, how cool is that! There is such a mix of beautiful crafty creations from cards to altered books it's an absolute pleasure to visit Elina, so hop over and see more HERE

Wonderful Wall Art

Say Hello to Heidi..... Van Laar Designs

2009-11-29T12:27:00.009Z

I am so glad I came upon Heidi's wonderful blog yesterday, her cards are so beautiful with gorgeous designs. I especially liked the round card and the mug which Heidi has stamped with the cutest tea cups. There is a great tutorial too so you can make your own mug too!

Heidi has also been published numerous times which is no surprise. Such a creative lady indeed.

Please do visit Heidi HERE you won't want to leave, I was browsing for ages!!

Meet the colourful nurse...

2009-11-29T11:46:00.003Z

In Norway there is a talented photograper and scrapbooker who calls herself Sykepleier (translated to English: Nurse). I've wanted to show of Linn Kristine's work for a long time now, as I'm a huge fan! So, here we go:)

There is especially two thing I love about Linn Kristine's work; her colorful and playful style, and the way she documents all sides of her life.

With photos that most of us would use with a babypink layout, Linn Kristine pulls out her bright pattern papers and make layouts that just wanna make you smile:)

I would love to go through her albums, they must be filled with layouts that captures the colours and patterns and small things that kids just love:

And though I just love her bright pages Linn Kristine also make the the most beautiful pages in pastels.

The ones I want to show you here have lots of journaling. Linn Kristine makes pages where she telles the stories that the photos can't tell in the future, like how her eldest daughter is afraid of the dark and what size of shoes she wears at age 3,5.

The first time I saw this one I almost started to cry...
It's about the downside of having siblings, the feeling that a little sister is loved more and the struggle to accept a new member of the family. What I really love about this one is how Linn Kristine writes the journaling from her daughter's view.

The photo in this one shows how brilliant her photos can be - the angle with the baby's head in forground and the pouting big sister in focus.
Linn Kristine's blog is filled with her amazing photos - make sure to stop by to get some inspiration on new angles and new motives:)

Jacque's Joie de Vivre

2009-11-28T19:17:00.010Z

translated to Jacque's Joy of Live, isn't that such a beautiful name for a blog and you will find many beautiful creations on Jacque's blog!

Jacque has just found out that she is going to be a Design Team Member of Just Magnolia Challenge Blog, a blog that I often frequent! When you see the cards below or visit her blog you will certainly understand why! She is also a Design Team Member of the sketch challenge blog Friday Sketchers, this is where I had the pleasure of meeting Jacque first! She also is a Design Team member of Just Magnolia, Belles'n Whistles, and Magnolia-licious! So here are some beautiful samples of Jacque's work!

" Oh Bumble Is Me Margie"

2009-11-26T19:22:00.001Z

I'd like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving whenever or wherever you celebrate it. My little family celebrated Nov.21. With everyone's work schedules we are thankful to just be able to get together.

Now on to my feature. Margie really got my attention when I won a couple of her artistic creations. I was amazed they were so perfect. The coloring was beautiful and I wanted to see more of what this lady was doing, so I found myself visiting Margie's blog home.

I am so excited to get to share Margie's creations with everyone. Oh Bumble Is Me...I love that title, and everytime I read it I see this bumblebee just swirling all over the page...much like Margie does. This is one creating, crafting machine, wife, and mother of 2 boys. Whew...and I can't find time to craft. Get this guys...she has already posted 308 post this year. I do know this..it will take a bit of time to take in everything she has accomplished in this wonderful world of crafting.
Is there anyone out there that is not familiar with the vampires and werewolves that have us all turning pages or racing to the movies? Margie is right in line with everyone else. She made these next 2 cards for the Twilight Challenge. Gotta love them.

Margie loves to color and she does this well. She loves glitter and girly stuff. She doesn't mention this but I'm betting she can play a game of football with the "boys" in her family. That's probably where the girly stuff comes into play, has to even out the playing field. Much like me she also has a sister who is her scrappin' buddy. Maybe I need to check out her blog next. I just love my job!!!!!

April's Roses ... and November's too!

2009-11-23T22:01:00.008Z

I am so excited to be able to share this talented crafter with you this evening. I would like to introduce April Rose to you all, a relatively new blogger with an amazing blog full of real inspiration.

I couldn't believe the perfect colouring skills that April shows on all her work. Her favourite stamps are Penny Black and Magnolia so I was in heaven drooling over all these gorgeous creations.

April allows the images to speak for themselves and compliments them beautifully with lovely papers and embellishments.

It was so difficult to choose what to share with you all here but I know you will be rushing over to her blog for more eye candy.

April uses accessory stamps so well and creates such fun scenes with them. The stamps really do come to life on her cards thanks to her tremendous skills.

Please pop over to April's blog and why not follow her too so that you don't miss a single creation of hers. I just know that there are so many more wonderful things to come from April and I cannot wait to see them! Thankyou so much for allowing me to share your beautiful work with everyone sweetie
Marcea -x-

Michele Roos...

2009-11-21T11:43:00.009Z

It was this card that completely blew me away when I came upon Michele Roos blog this morning. I remember this image being a Friday Freebie at Pollycraft and I loved it then, but oh my the way Michelle has used colours and embellishments takes the whole thing to a brand new level.

Totally scrumptious - which is how I would describe all the beautiful cards Michele has on display on her blog. Check out this beautiful Whiff of Joy image - I've just sent for this stamp - hope I can do it half as much justice as Michele.

Here's another beautiful card using a Mo Manning digi image.

Finally a fabulous Tilda creation - aren't Michele's flowers just beautiful. They compliment her work perfectly.
Do pop over to Michele's blog and take a look for yourself - you certainly won't be disappointed.

Ann xxx

STUNNING creations from Yvonne

2009-11-18T11:16:00.004Z

Yvonne is no stranger to Inspirational but I had to share her most recent creations with you they are so beautifully designed and coloured to perfection

If you've never visited Yvonne's blog before you are in for a real treat it is definitely one to follow

Click HERE to see for yourself and don't forget to leave a comment to tell us what you think :)

Just something I made .....

2009-11-15T21:39:00.005Z

I wish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just something I made is the blog of Cathe Holden and it is full of wonderful creations!

I discovered Cathe while I was searching out Handmade Calendars, Cathe made the following Calendars from empty spools!

how cool are these! and here are a few more creations from here blog ...

I could go on and on, but I had better stop and let you find out for yourselves how wonderful Just something I made is! Cathe also gives fantastic tutorials on how she makes everything with free downloads of images too! So pay her a visit and say hi!
xxxx

CeeCee's Gorgeous Creations

2009-11-04T06:52:00.002Z

Hi everyone! Anthonette here to bring you another one of my favorite paper crafters. CeeCee (Catherine Côté) and her blog CeeCee's Creations has been one of my favorite bloggers for quite some time. I'm so happy to introduce her to you all. She hails from Canada. CeeCee a card maker, scrapbooker, and overall paper crafter. Look at these handy booklets she made for people who love to write lists.

The hot air balloon cards are stunning! I actually remember gasping when I saw them on her blog. I love her design style. GORGEOUS!

This Halloween card is amazing. The color palette is simple, but her design is fantastic.

Who doesn't love paper punch art? I love the reindeer cards CeeCee created. I like the red frames behind the reindeers too.

What a glorious holiday card. I love the shimmer.

I'm a huge fan of faux stitching. It adds such a great touch. This card is clean and simple and totally rocks the faux stitching.

This Asian-themed card is beautiful, beautiful, beautiful! Even my husband just made a nice comment about the card when he walked into the room.

Won't you please stop by CeeCee's blog and tell her you saw her on Inspirational. Have a good one!

Create..... Craft ...... Life

2009-11-03T19:37:00.009Z

I love the title of Ann's blog and boy! do I love her layouts. She has such a distinctive style, gorgeous bright colours, and I love the use of paints and how she places her photos.

She frames her photos so beautifully and often uses clusters of little embellishments which enhance the photos perfectly.

Do pop over and visit Ann HERE, her blog is in Polish but can be translated easily. There is so many wonderful layouts and journals to see.

Such fun and so creative!

Tanya's Beautiful Pages....

2009-11-01T03:53:00.006Z

These wonderful layouts were created by Tanya aren't they beautiful!!

Tanya is from the Ukraine and you can find her inspiring blog HERE

I couldn't find a translate button on Tanya's blog but you can easily go to google translate and have the blog translated to your language

Thanks for letting us feature your lovely creations Tanya

Have you discovered Renee Ludlows blog yet?.....

2009-10-21T06:02:00.009+01:00

......No? Well do I have a treat for you all then, she makes the most BEAUTIFUL creations, I've selected a few for you but please make sure you check out her blog as it is brimming with Inspiring eye candy, but for starters feast your eyes on these...

Now I know that you are going to want to see more so head on over to Renee's Blog HERE, my suggestion would be to make yourself a drink and make sure you are sitting comfortably because if you are anything like me you will be there a while :)

Say Hi! To Anna.....

2009-10-15T19:16:00.012+01:00

Isn't this Spoooky House adorable!!

I am so glad I happened upon this wonderful blog, it is so inspiring and crammed full of so much different types of creations from scrapbook pages and cards to altered houses and tags...

The style and attention to detail is just amazing. Beautiful cute images and stunning papers there is just sooo much to see. Hop over and visit Anna HERE and you'll see exactly what I mean. It was hard enough trying to choose these photos from the many on her blog!

Just Look At This Lantern..........

2009-10-08T07:19:00.002+01:00

I was blown away when I visited Maya's blog and saw this fantastic project, such a lot of work, such a lot of detail

The snow on the rooftop looks so real................

and inside the lantern are these beautifully painted little images peeping out

even the inside is a work of art

Maya is from Norway, be sure to visit her blog to get more inspiration

Else's Kreative Blog...

2009-10-05T19:52:00.007+01:00

Oh boy have I got a treat for you all.. In true Norwegian style and elegance with an abundance of wonderful vintage boxes Else makes the most beautiful creations. The distressed papers and gorgeous embellishments are amazing, delicate flowers beautifully placed all frame the central images. Else does vintage to perfection, if you stop on by Else's blog I gurantee you will love it!

Where in the world would you find such Inspiration?

2009-10-04T16:34:00.008+01:00

....................Why SCRAPWORLD of course!!.......

Hildes blog is full of stunningly beautiful layouts, cards and mini-books. Each post is jam packed with colour and beauty. Today I have chosen to share with you some Autumnal coloured layouts and the prettiest mini-book ever, however if you pop over to her blog HERE you will see that this is just a tiny selection of Hildes gorgeous work.

Hilde has put so much hard work and detail into this little Days of the Week mini book....but for me every ounce of her hard work pays off because this book just oozes with the love she has for her paper crafting.

It's a scrapworld after all...it's a scrapworld after all....... it's a small small world!! Brought to you by Inspirational making your world that little bit smaller!!

Ruth xxx

Inger Harding...

2009-10-01T14:53:00.008+01:00

Last week I came across the fabulous work by Inger Harding at Simply Inger. I was just stunned by her gorgeous creations. Check out this beautiful envelope card - the colours are just so beautiful.

Inger creates wonderful boxes too. I love her use of flowers and lace trims.

Such fabulous art work and beautiful designs. I've only brought a few of Inger's creations over to Inspirational. There are so many wonderful things you really need to check them out for yourself.

Do visit her at Simply Inger and take a look at the rest of her work. You won't be disappointed and while you are there you might want to check out Inger's beautiful digi images. These are just gorgeous and Inger is very kindly giving some of them free to other crafters.

Simply Sandee..

2009-09-28T20:11:00.006+01:00

Wow this is one gorgeous blog, Sandee's cards are sooo beautiful, lots of colour and distressed backgrounds and amazing stamps. She has so much Nestabilities and uses them to the max. I loved her cut elements and little butterflies. Just a great blog to visit, click HERE to see exactly

what I mean!

Gobsmacked!

2009-09-27T21:12:00.000+01:00

Evening..

sorry for the title.. but there's no other word for this blog... It's so inspirational to me for one reason only - but before I tell you why, I'd like you to take a look at these cards.

As you can see, this person's cards are absolutely stunning. There is so much detail goes into each card, the flowers, the layering and the total finish of the card inside and out, is just stunning. The colouring is so nice.

So why is she inspirational to me?

Well, this young lady is called Hanna, who has the most amazing blog HERE. There are card sketches which she creates herself, and other crafts, like beading. But by the standard of her work, you simply wouldn't guess she's only 13!! Yes.. 13. I actually can't quite believe that Hanna has such an amazing talent.

Totally inspirational!

Why not nip over and say Hi.. I'm sure she'd love to hear from you.

Love Jo xx

Crafting Magic.....

2009-09-27T19:27:00.024+01:00

Well, I first met this talented lady on a well known craft forum and have popped in and out of her blog ever since. Rosette lives in Malta and makes the most gorgeous cards with such cute images all coloured expertly with Copics. Beautiful bold colours and such a wonderful mix of papers. Her photography adds the perfect touch to her wonderful cards. Lace and pearls and lots of little additions, you will love Rosette's blog so hop on over and check it out HERE

Handmade by Odette..........

2009-09-27T11:30:00.007+01:00

LOVE the added rope feature on the above card... inspired!!

Oh my have I got a treat for you all, I am very happy to share some of Odette's wonderful creations with you. I just LOVE her style and hope you will too

Click HERE to visit Odette's truly Inspirational blog !!

Barb Hardeman

2009-09-25T19:08:00.009+01:00

Barb Hardeman at Stampelicious does the most amazing cards. Her attention to detail and colouring are just out of this world. Not only does she do beautiful inners but her envelopes are so beautiful too.

How lucky are her friends and family?
This must be one of the cutest shutter cards I've ever seen!
Oh and just check out the colouring on this digi image from Mo's Digital Pencil.

I could easily have transported every single card over to Inspirational as they are all so scrummy, but don't just take my word for it go and visit Barb and see for yourself. You will not be disappointed.

Recapturing Wonders

2009-09-24T02:11:00.016+01:00

Hi everyone! Hope you are all having a great week. It's time to show you another one of my favorite paper crafters. I'd like to introduce you to Jessica Rosario and her blog Recapturing Wonders. She describes her style of card making as clean and simple. She's super talented. I've been following her blog for the majority of this year and I'm never disappointed in what she designs.

Look at this first card. I remember gasping when I first saw it. Doesn't it want to make you create your own version?

I think it's my favorite card that she's ever designed. Wow!

I love the texture on next this card. I love the teapot image too.

I like the linen texture and her use of watercolor pencils on the Thank You Berry Much card.

This card is SO creative. A fan with some dimension; I love it!

I loved her use of elements like felt, lace, and buttons. Such a well designed card!

I love Jessica's style. It very clean and fresh.

Please stop by Jessica's blog and tell her you saw her on Inspirational. Have a good one!