Inspired by Grace

Here's another little inspiration challenge for you brought to you by my daughter Grace. This time, it's her shoes! Today when we were out and about, I noticed the writing on the bottom of her sneakers. Take a peek. They say 'Love, See, Kai, Run, Smile, Jump, Dance, Dream.' Perhaps the words will inspire you, or the colour & design. Whatever it is that starts the creative spark, I look forward to seeing your creations!

This challenge runs from Monday, November 10th until Monday November 17th at 5 pm.

Have fun!

Card Challenge #8 - Grace's Closet

I have been wanting to do this for awhile, but was prompted when a friend told me about another blog (can't remember which) which bases all of it's card challenges off of their daughter's closet.

I was packing up some of her summer stuff the other day and stumbled across this outfit. I love it for a number of reasons, but will keep those to myself til after you've worked your magic with it.

Looking forward to seeing how this little number inspires you! Challenge runs from Monday, September 29th until Monday, October 6th at 5 pm.

And here are a couple of detail shots:

Have a card challenge idea you would like me to show here? Please drop me an e-mail and let me know!

UPDATE: Thanks to Libby for stopping by! It was her site that posts up challenges based on her daughters clothes. Be sure to hop on over and take a peek!

Submissions:

Card Challenge #6 - Candy!

Thanks for another great week last week! I really enjoy seeing everyone's creations. This week we are back to 'inspiration'... in a number of ways! On my personal blog site, I like to follow the blog 'Papermonkey'. Lately, two cards she has created, actually involve candy. Yes, real candy. Check one of them out here. Do you know what's coming now?! First, here is your inspirational image to work off of:

Second (because it seems I can't propose just one challenge!) your card has to have actual physical candy involved. And third, (this requires some thought I realize) this card needs to be made with someone in mind. Before you let me know that your card has been completed and you post it up here, you have had to first give it to the person you created it for. If you feel up to it, please let us know when you post it here, who you gave it to and why! Have a great week everyone! This challenge runs Monday, September 15th until Monday, September 22nd.

Submissions:

Card Challenge #2 - Voting!

Thanks again to everyone who participated this past week, despite some grumbling! I was really pleased to see what you all created based on the image I provided. Voting will work similar to the first card challenge. Voting will be open until 5 pm on Friday, August 22nd. I will tally the polls over the weekend, and Monday the 25th you will see both the winner of this weeks challenge posted up on the side bar, as well as a new post for Challenge #3. To vote, please DON'T post a comment here, but drop me an e-mail and let me know your favorite. Please put the card # from the photo caption in the e-mail subject. Keep in mind what the challenge was and whether or not the card followed the design element. To see the cards from Challenge #2, please click on the slideshow on the right and it should open up into a preview window for you. If there are any problems, please let me know.Thanks!

Card Challenge #2

* I am releasing this a day early since it is rather dreary outside compared to all the sunny days we have been having. If you find yourself inside needing something to do, here's a little task for you :)

I stumbled across a great Card Challenge website a couple of days ago, but unfortunately closed the browser before I could save it to my favorites. I just finished scouring Google trying to locate it again, when I gave up and decided I would search instead for the image I had wanted to use from it for this card challenge. I won't tell you what the image was because I still hope to find it and use it one day, but in my search I stumbled across this:

I opened the photo, thought hmmm, that's ok I guess, and kept going. But I found I kept thinking of all the really neat cards I could make using this image as inspiration. I found it on flicker and it originated from the blog http://www.littleurbanites.com/ How does an inspiration based card challenge work? Exactly like this - let that image be your inspiration for your card! I won't say more because I don't want to spoil the fun of what possibilities may lie ahead for you without my interpretation steering the way.

This challenge begins Monday, August 11th and finishes Monday, August 18th at 5 p.m. I'm looking forward to seeing how this image inspires your finished cards!

UPDATE - to see all submissions for this challenge please visit http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/cdrysda/Carmen2Challenge