Etsy Inspired Challenge #137 - Imagine Studio

Welcome to another Etsy Inspired Challenge!  This week's featured shop, Imagine Studio, had me actually putting away my crafting supplies and focusing on my photography.  I love all the wonderful colors and textures that Lyse creates with her photographs, so I decided to play around with one of my floral pictures in Photoshop and see what I could come up with.  I didn't go quite as dramatic with my colors but had fun experimenting with Photoshop since I am still a newbie. 

In my original photograph these flowers were purple.  So I changed the color, blurred them a bit, and gave the whole photo a canvas texture which I really think gives it a more artsy feel.

I'm sure most of you have heard of our wonderful sponsor this week, EAD Designs.  From fabulous wall art to fun stickerz for card making and scrapbooking, you are sure to find some designs that you'll love.

Ready to play along?!
- Visit  Imagine Studio  and find an item that inspires you.
- Create a project of your own and post it to an online gallery or blog.
- Link your project up to the Etsy Inspired Blog by Friday at noon for your chance to win a fun prize from our sponsor or featured Etsy shop!

And go see what these talented gals have created for you this week!

Angi

Ashley

De

Emily B

Jackie

Joy

Kimme (April Guest DT)

Ruby

Savannah

Sherry

Virginia

i heart faces - Pet Week

 It's pet week over at i heart faces this week so I took some time the other day to work on my pet photography skills.  This is our sweet dog Sammy.  He is almost 13 years old now and is such a good dog.  He was the most affectionate puppy, 100% loyal, and has willingly put up with two young boys.  In fact, his attachment to my oldest is almost stronger than to me these days.  I love him dearly...he is a special part of our family.

To see more adorable animal pictures be sure to check out the other entries HERE.

Hope you all had a wonderful Easter!

Monster Hugs - Etsy Inspired Challenge #136

The sun is shining, it's Easter weekend, spending time with family...what could be better?!  How about a little crafty challenge!  This week we have a fun Etsy shop for you to be inspired by.  Bearly Art features a variety of cute, pretty, and modern hand painted clocks.  And what's even better is that they reuse old records for the clock base...yeah for recycling!  My personal favorite is this adorable crab clock. 

I was inspired by all the adorable kid clocks to create this fun card using My Mind's Eye Alphabet Soup playing cards for boys.  I just love this little monster.

I also used My Mind's Eye paper from the Fine and Dandy collection, American Crafts thickers, and The Twinery's twine.

Our sponsor this week is Sassy Cheryl's which has tons of whimsical images that are wonderfully detailed.

Ready to play along?!
- Visit  Bearly Art  and find an item that inspires you.
- Create a project of your own and post it to an online gallery or blog.
- Link your project up to the Etsy Inspired Blog by Friday at noon for your chance to win a fun prize from our sponsor or featured Etsy shop!

For extra inspiration be sure to visit these talented ladies!

Angi

Ashley

Carole

De

Emily B

Jackie

Joy

Kimme (April Guest DT)

Ruby

Savannah

Sherry

Virginia

You Inspire - Etsy Inspired Challenge #135

 Welcome to another Etsy Inspired Challenge!  This week's shop, Creating is Fun, is full of lovely lace, buttons, and more to inspire you to get crafting!  I created a card that I thought would be nice for a great teacher.

I was inspired by these pretty stone buttons...their sparkle and color combination are just gorgeous.  I used BoBunny's Peacock Lane collection for my card along with some sparkly American Crafts thickers.

Our sponsor this week is Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps.  If you love digital images you are definitely going to want to check out her shop this week as everything is 30% off! 

Ready to play along?!
- Visit  Creating is Fun and find an item that inspires you.
- Create a project of your own and post it to an online gallery or blog.
- Link your project up to the Etsy Inspired Blog by Friday at noon for your chance to win a fun prize from our sponsor or featured Etsy shop!

 For extra inspiration be sure to visit these talented ladies!

• Angi
• Ashley
• Carole
• De
• Emily B
• Jackie
• Joy
• Kimme (April Guest DT)
• Ruby
• Savannah
• Sherry
• Virginia

Have a wonderful weekend!

i heart faces - shadow challenge

So, I am loving the challenges over at i heart faces.  They are helping me to make sure to practice with my camera every week and try capturing new things.  This week the challenge is shadows, which I haven't done much work with.  So, since we haven't had a lot of sun I decided to set up an opportunity to create fun shadows in our house by pinning up a white sheet near our sliding glass door and having my boys pose for me.  They had fun creating shapes with their bodies, having sword fights, and playing with a flashlight.  This photo was my favorite.

Thanks for stopping by!  Click HERE to see some super creative shadow pictures over at iheartfaces.

Pumpkin Faces - Etsy Inspired Challenge #134

I'm so excited about our Etsy Inspired Challenge this week!  We have the super talented Kim Kesti joining us and get to be inspired by all her fab creations in her Etsy shop, Think Fast Designs.  I was inspired by her beautiful quilts, especially this one. 

 I love the white space and the oranges and blues had me reaching for My Mind's Eye's Stella & Rose Mabel collection to create this layout.

The journaling reads:  We always have fun picking and carving pumpkins at Halloween time.  This year I thought it would be fun to take pictures of you making the same face as your pumpkins and you both were happy to oblige.  I also captured some smiles and T's face as he dug into the pumpkin guts!

We also have a great sponsor for you this week, Niki Sivils...she has such cute stuff!  And one lucky player this week will win a Niki Sivils collection!

Ready to play along?!
- Visit Think Fast Designs and find an item that inspires you.
- Create a project of your own and post it to an online gallery or blog.
- Link your project up to the Etsy Inspired Blog by Friday at noon for your chance to win!

Pay a visit to these talented ladies for some extra inspiration!
      * Kim Kesti

• Angi
• Ashley
• Carole
• De
• Emily B
• Jackie
• Joy
• Kerry
• Kimme (April Guest DT)
• Savannah
• Virginia

i heart faces - Best Face Photo (People's Choice)

Another challenge is up over at i heart faces.  This week is People's Choice which means you can go vote for your favorites starting Tuesday.  Here is my favorite face photo from March:

Be sure to check out the rest of the entries and vote HERE!  (My entry is #59)

Welcome Home - Etsy Inspired Challenge #133

 Hello friends!  Hope you've had a wonderful week!  We are heading into Spring Break and plan to fill it with lots of fun times with friends and family...yeah!

 If you're looking for a little crafting inspiration this weekend, then you've come to the right place!  Our featured Etsy shop this week is XS Baggage & Co. and they have lots of great fabric laptop sleeves,  zip pouches, key fobs, and more for you to be inspired by.  I think you'll love some of the patterns and color combinations in this shop...I know I did!  I mean, really, how can you not love this adorable little wallet!  The colors and sweet design inspired me to create this card.

I adore how this mini card turned out (and was a little sad when this one didn't get picked up during my last batch of magazine submissions).  :(  The cute little home is from MME Alphabet Soup girl's playing card set.  I combined it with some BoBunny double dot paper, MME ribbon/trim, My Little Shoebox letters, Crate Paper decorative brad, and Making Memories silver brads.

Are you feeling inspired yet?!  How about a little extra incentive?  XS Baggage & Co. will be giving one winner this week a gadget keeper of their choice and our sponsor, Wax Fruit Company, will be giving another winner a gift certificate to their shop!

So...what are you waiting for?!   Head on over to XS Baggage & Co. and find an item that inspires you.  Create a project of your own (anything crafty counts) and post it to your blog or online gallery.  Link your project up to the Etsy Inspired Blog by Friday at noon.

And be sure to visit these lovely ladies to see what crafty goodness they came up with this week!

• Angi
• Ashley
• Carole
• De
• Emily B
• Jackie
• Joy
• Kerry
• Kimme (April Guest DT)
• Ruby
• Savannah
• Sherry
• Virginia