I am lucky enough to have a few cards in there, surrounded by seriously talented peers. What an honor! Here is one my favorites:
Isn't it tweet? :) My mother was the inspiration. She has always been a focal person in my life, encouraging me to grow and providing me with unconditional support. I wanted the mother & baby bird to be the central focus in a safe environment that was 'growing'. I imagine the mother bird giving some last bit of advice before the little one leaves the nest. :)
You COULD win this fabulous publication and one of the 10 prize packages up for grabs on the Paper Crafts Connection & Moxie Fab World blogs! :)
What do you have to do?
1. Just leave a comment HERE telling me about what inspires you.
2. Hop on over to the fabulously talented ladies below and leave a comment with them.
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o Beatriz Jennings http://iralamija.blogspot.com/
o Teri Anderson http://terisplace.wordpress.com/
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o Betsy Veldman http://scrapbookgirl.typepad.com/
o Kim Kesti http://kimberlykesti.typepad.com/
o Alli Miles http://www.allistamps.blogspot.com/
o Ashley Newell http://ashleynewell.blogspot.com/
o Melissa Phillips http://lilybeanpaperie.typepad.com/
o Sherry Wright http://sherrywright.typepad.com/
o Debbie Olsen http://debbiedesigns.typepad.com/
o Layle Koncar http://laylekoncar.typepad.com/
3. Make sure you stop by the Paper Crafts Connection blog and Moxie Fab blog to let them know what your favorite creation was on the 'tour'. :)
Best of luck!
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 392 of 392Adorable card! I am inspired by all of you out there that show us your creative ideas and techniques!
such a cute little card!
What a great card!!! I'm inspired by the view out my window a lot...
Congrats on the publication!
Great card! I'm inspired by looking at the card creations issues and seeing all the wonderful ideas. Thanks for the chance to win!
~Rachel in Sacramento
What a sweet card! Love the colors.
I am most inspired by other card-makers. I love looking at blogs, magazines, etc. to pull inspiration and try new things!
It is a very tweet card! I get inspired by visiting all the talented bloggers out there.
What a sweet card for your mom! It's so great your mom inspires you. For me, my greatest inspirations are my kids..their antics constantly give me ammunition for my pages!
absolutely ADORABLE!
awesome creations all over the place!
How fun to have your cards published. I love the work you do.
Congrats!!! Awesome work. I am inspired by others creations and also my colors...
Inspiration comes from my experiences. And blog hopping is hooking me up with a whole lotta!
This is very tweet indeed :) I love the curly branch :)
Magazines are a big inspiration for me. I love to flip through them :)
Fantastic artist who share their work with us all on there blogs and websites!!!
Thank you!
Very very cute!!!
What inspires me? Life! When you really look closely - inspiration is all around!
Your card is darling and I'm so enjoying this blog hopping and discovering new blogs and talents!
Hugs,
Renee
What a fabulous card! Congrats!
Thanks for the chance to win the magazine!
ooooh, love the layout! what a cute card!
Aw, how cute! I love the unique look of the card, and the swirly-nest.
Great card!!!
Inspiration comes from everywhere...lately lots of magazine ads and blogs.
Thanks!
Nice card! I am a CASE-er as well - once in a while I come up with one on my own! Thanks for the chance to win the magazine - I've been unable to find it locally!
Wow - congrats and it is lovely! My happy life is my true inspiration. Thanks for the chance to win!
fabulous card creators like you and the many other bloggers.
Love the little birdies, love your quote, cute style!
I love your card.
All of you inspire me!!
My inspiration comes from up above. :) Also, in terms of scrapbooking, it comes from people like you, who are so willing to share their talents.
What inspires ME are cards like yours. Really, really and truly. Stunning!
THANK YOU to all of you amazing, gorgeous, talented ladies. I am impressed and so INSPIRED by your talent.
What inspires me? Whatever just sparks the creativity...it could be clothes, nature, pictures, etc.
All these blogs!!! Thats what inpires me. Such talent. Thank you for sharing...card is super cute. Naz
What "tweet" little birds you've used here! Great card.
I'm just loving how trendy the little birdies are right now--I see them on everything and fall in love every time. =)
Your card is so tweet!! Love the design.
Love this card - so creative and I LOVE the Amuse bird stamps - adorable! I'm inspired by other crafters and by patterned paper....love to look at different designs and color and then go create something. :) Thanks for the fun give-away! :)
Dana K.
I'm so inspired by beautiful things in nature. And the joy of laughing with my kids. Your card is so cute. TFS.
That card of yours is an inspiration for sure! I think I'm inspired most by the different sketch's on offer - sometimes it's easy to get stuck in a rut!
I love your cute little card, Maren! The spiral is a great touch!
Super craftsmanship on the swirly! How hard was that to sew?? YIkes! I love the card because it's so unique!
Would love to win. Thanks for the chance.
what a cute card - very original.
oh, that card is adorable! I like the branch that swirls around. Too cute!
This is the best...shhhh...don't tell the others! :)
Paper tearing, paper distressing inspires me. My friends say I am crazy when I get my scissors out and start cutting everything out of my paper to put back on my page
Wow, love the freehand cut look.
What inspires me? Well, recently I am inspired by Papertrey Ink's Be Fruitful stamp set (I think that's the name) and Basic Grey's bird cage stamp set. Not that they go together really but they are my latest likes.
Today I decorated a homemade jar of jam with the PTI set and made a super simple wedding best wishes card with the BG set. You'll have to visit my blog this weekend for pics.
Hope that sends you to new places.
Have a great weekend.
What a cute card - that swirl is awesome! I gather most of my inspiration from blogs and card/stamping magazines - some cards I CASE others are a starting point or feature a stamp I have to give me ideas on using it. I also get inspiration from whom I'm making the card for - fav colors and styles get combined to make a card catered to the recepient. Congrats on getting in this issue!
Thanks for once again, providing terrific inspiration
Such a cute card! What inspires me is other people's cards. I'm a shameless copycat.
i blog hop and find inspiration from fabulous designers like you.
This card is so sweet!
funniest thing ...I am easily inspired by the color combinations in my kids clothing!
I am inspired by beautiful magazines like Paper Crafts. :)
love the colors.
fabulous magazines and blogs like yours provide me with all the inspiration I need ;o)
very TWEET card!
my boys, blogs and my surroundings inspire me.
This such a cute card. Congratulations on all your cards in the magazine. I can't wait to get a copy and see them all.
I am fairly new to the world of card making and have agreed to teach a card making class this summer, so I am on the look out for ideas and tips! I think a lot of things inspire me, other people, color combinations, a challenge to want to make something that resembles something, and Disney.
What a sweet card.
What inspires me is the awesome creations on various blogs.
Love to see all the wonderful ideas.
Thanks for posting this cool giveaway.
Fran H
I am a blog hopper, that inspires me.
Congratulations on the publish!! And thanks for the opportunity to win.
What inspires me? My children, first and foremost (I have four between the ages of 16 months and 6 years) - I love to create things for them and their friends. And making people happy - I love that little gasp when they say, "You *made* this?! Awww, I love it!!" :) That always inspires me to do more.
Tweet card. I like your blog too.
I'm inspired by crazy things, the unexpected. ms.cheryl
Love your clouds! What inspires me is my daily dose of blog hopping! Everyone makes such cute things that I want to go play too!
Lots of crafty blogs inspire me. I always find more to add, I'm not really sure how many I have. I do know if I go a day without checking them, I end up with 20-30 posts to read, but I'm okay with that.
I am looking for inspiration right now! And finding it! On your blogs and definitely in that issue!
I really like this card. My son inspires me. He is four and finds the most mundane (in my opinion) things fascinating, so he makes me look at the item in a completely different way.
I really like the stitched paper. Lately I've been inspired by toddler daughter's clothing - such great colors and simple designs. Thanks for sharing.
I get much of my inspiration from magazines!
thanks
Kisha
Love how you put the scene together. The stitching looks great!
Melisa Hunter
This is such a neat card! I love the swirl, so cool. Music really inspires me, especially movie music. A lot of times I will have a movie playing in the background while I scrapbook, and I'm not even paying attention to the movie - I'm listening to the background music. I really just need to buy the soundtracks. :)
I probably get most of my inspiration from blogs, magazines, etc. Your card is very sweet. :)
Very cute card! I am very inspired by all of the talented paper crafting bloggers online! Thanks for sharing your wonderful projects!! :)
I find other people's projects inspiring. I hope that isn't stealing ideas...but I love how creative some people are!
oh all kinds of things inspire me, papers, stamps, other people's work.
I'm especially inspired by nature and the ads I see in magazines and the current colors they are using.
P.S. Cool card too!
What a DARLING card and beautiful tribute to your dear mom: very inspirational! As for what inspires me... sky is the limit! I love crafting with paper, ink, glue, scissors and the like. Perhaps I just didn't get enough when I was in kindergarten! tee hee I just love it allllllll! Thanks, again, for sharing your amazing talent: can't wait to get the mag to see more!
A very sweet card. I love the stitching.
Congrats on the publication!
The world around me...that's what inspires me!..When you OPEN your eyes,,there is inspiration!
Your cards are always so fun. I love looking at your blog every day and being amazed at what wonderful creations you come up with.
My inspiration is my family and beautiful oceanside, california
I love your card! I received inspiration on a daily basis from my son and his friends, HGTV (my fave!) and magazines, all the colors and textures are such a treat for the eyes!
Love your card!
Thanks for the chance to win!
Great card! Love the way you put the birds in the tree branch. Inspiration for me comes in many ways, my boys, something someone says, looking at magazines and books as well as web sites.
Great card! Love the way you put the birds in the tree branch. Inspiration for me comes in many ways, my boys, something someone says, looking at magazines and books as well as web sites.
Congrats on being published! Yeah! I am inspired by the latest in decor and fashion and from our travels.
Best wishes!
The swirl is great, cute card! :)
Colours, patterns and blogs are inspirering.
abackman66 at hotmail dot com
I am inspired and motivated by talent such as yours. All the incredible eye candy on the web gets my creative juices flowing - after this whirl wind blog hop - I fosee a day of cardmaking for me! Thanks for the inspo!!
Hopping around the different blogs is what inspires me. Now if only I could get off this darn computer and actually start creating. I could put my creative juices to work.
Such a cute card....I love the "story" behind yours and why you made it the way you did. I'm inspired by lots of things...a great photo (and the memories it invokes), new supplies, galleries and blogs with cards like this one, and often NSBR things like a magazine ad or a bird on my windowsill (oh man, how sappy am I?).
TFS.
What inspires me is reading talented bloggers' posts such as yours. Seeing all of the beautiful creations inspires me to create.
Congratulations! What an adorable card!!
My kids inspire me, oh and of course, patterned paper too!
When it comes to cards, I am inspired by all the blogs where I can see hundreds of wonderful ideas. Also all the pretty colours/patterns of papers out there, between the two, it's not hard to create :)
Love your card, especially the curved swirl/branch/whatever it is! I'm inspired by blog-surfing. One of my favorite weekend past-times.
What a touching card. I'm sure your mother loved it! I love your unusual color choices, and the spiral is a work of art. TFS and congratulations on being selected for Card Creations 7. BTW, I am inspired by my family and by people like you. All of you keep me striving to improve.
Happily, so many blogs insprire me.
Great card! Love the twirly branch - very creative! My kids inspire me everyday to be a better person, mom, wife, etc. Oh....and to do laundry, dishes, cooking, etc. LOL!
This is a tweet idea, nature really inspires me with all the colors and textures
Cute card! Congrats on the publication - what a cool mag to be a part of! :)
Love the name of your blog.
I get most of my inspiration from nature.
I am inspired by all the blogs that I visit.
Cute card! Love the leaves and dimension!
So so tweet! My inspiration comes from visiting other blogs and reading various magazines. I am a great "copier" and not so great at being original!
Colour inspires me. Everyday life inspires me. My kids inspire me. Bloghopping inspires me ;)
Well---color---that inspires me---I'm learning to be inspired by stuff all around me---but I LOVE to see a field of flowers, a picture of beautiful linens are stacked up---COLOR!
This is such a great card, just love the curly branch w/ stitching! And love that you and your mom are close!
I get a lot of inspiration for projects when I get new products in the mail.
Wow! Your card is so creative! Loving this blog tour, so many fun things to see!
all of you fabulous designers inspire me..... is it inspiration if I just copy you?
My inspirations is definitely from all the talents and resource from the internet!
I love the paper you used.
Lately I've been inspired by magazine layouts and clothing (particularly in Vogue!)
I love this card Maren! It is so adorable! I love how you created the swirl of brown. I find inspiration through my mother too, my niece and nephew inspire me as well, and of course all of the fabulous creations that I see. Congrats on the publication!!
I too am not very original. I am inspired by what i see on SCS and blogs.
donnacalamari@msn.com
My scrapping friends are my inspiration.
I am inspired my by different things that come across my path on a daily bases.
Seeing your blogs and your new creations inspire me.
waking up every morning and seeing my family, even the dog:)
Love the card. I am inspired when I open a brand new paper pack.
I love your layers and stitching... lovely card!
Congratulations! What a sweet card! I am inspired by just about anything I see in nature, stores, other blogs, etc.
love your card, and other ppl like u inspire me every day! hugs
How tweet is that!! I love it!! I love how you paper pieced everything. Very cute!! Im always inspired by everyones creations on their blogs, everyone is so inspiring, thanks for some more great ideas.
Sweet card. I am usually inspired by other blogs...and love checking my favs and different ones out everyday.
Awesome card maren! Congrats on being published! Colors and pretty paper inspire me!
I am inspired by creative people who share their work and are so willing to help others! Your mother/baby bird card is precious!
Very cute. I like the dimension of the leaves and clouds.
I am inspired by talented bloggers such as YOU! Thanks for a chance to win this great magazine!
Beautiful Card! I Love it!!
My Hubby inspires me
Very cute! I love how the wood grained paper sort of forms a knot hole. =) Color and pattern inspire me.
This is super cute or should I say Tweet.
Great job
pretty card. I am soinspired by all the great cards ie colors I see from everyone. So overwhelming!!
Cute card. Thanks for the chance to win!
Just looking at everyone's great cards is inspiring.
Never heard your name before, and I enjoy seeing unique ones.
Fun card and congrats to you. I am inspired by nature and my collection of paint chip samples from the hardware store.Thanks for sharing!
Maren, I can tell how much thought went into your card that was published. Too CUTE!! My inspiration comes from the generous bloggers like yourself who so freely share your talents. Thank you. Linda S. in NE
Such a cute card - love how you did the branch!
I'm inspired by all of you amazing cardmakers that I see in blogland and in magazines!! Thank you!
I am constantly inspired by designers like you, and by magazines, as well as new product.
What a wonderful card..love the paper swirl very clever.
really fun card! my inspiration comes from all over...magazines, billboards, commercials, and of course others blogs.
Beautiful card and story behind it. My children inspire me everyday. They remind me to be patient and to see the joy in everything.
Congrats! This card is so sweet! I love all the stitching! My inspiration is my kids, it's because of them that I started crafting! :)
How cute is this!
When it comes to card making, Maren, YOU inspire me. Love your style and pretty much everything you do.
sweet card, too bad mothers day is over.
I am inspired by nature and by so many talented bloggers--a world of inspiration with just a few clicks.
Congrats and thanks for the chance to win.
My inspiration comes for blog surfing, I absolutely love looking at everyone's creations to fuel my own.
doramiyi
doramiyi at gmail dot com
-CANADA-
Nice card for a nice Mom. I'm getting plenty of inspiration from blogs lately although I love magazines as well.
I'm largely inspired by nature, my pets and my teenage son. Never a dull moment around here and there's always something to be inspired by. Your card is adorable.
Love your cards and the kids are super cute.
My inspiration comes from the colors in the patterned paper and I keep a sketch book handy to write down color combos I like. Thanks, I enjoyed your blog!
Love the card and the story it holds. Clean and simple cards inspire me and this one counts!
Love your card.. Thanks for sharing..
Beautiful creation like yours inspire me.
Mothers are great for advise. We use to call each other every Saturday. I miss her but I know that she is looking out for us. This card is very sublime. Thank you. Connie NH
Lovely card. My inspiration comes from the person I am creating the card for.
Woohooo...way to go Maren!!! Love your awesome card!!! Congrats!
Believe it or not,...folks like YOU inspire me- I love my magazines and I have kept every single one I have ever purchased.
I leaf through them when I need inspiration and I usually find it- thanks for always sharing your work with us!
most of my inspiration comes from looking through magazines or viewing blogs ....
Great colour and texture! I think that the sentiment behind the card is wonderful too. thanks for sharing! :)
Seeing other work on blogs and challenges often inspire me. Love the card btw.
That card is SO cute! I'm inspired by all the talented people that I check out through blogs and websites. I love the net!
Usually I get inspired by looking at other blogs. Cute card!
Great card! I am inspired by those of you who are creative! I am not a creative person, myself, but you all help guide my cardmaking and scrapbooking!
Your card is totally adorable! I love the spiral branch!
I am inspired by all sorts of things, window displays, children's clothing, wedding cakes, I just always have my eyes open for it!
I love your card! Depending on what I'm working on, I'm inspired by so many things. Sometimes it's the pic I'm going to use, or it's a patterned paper, or it's seeing an amazing project by someone else!
very cute card and I get my inspiration from great mags and blogs online.
i just get inspired by all of the fantastic scrapbooking supplies that are out there...not to mention cute stamp sets. i think you can find inspiration just about anywhere!
great card, love your style
Your card is great!
I like looking at different fabrics for inspiration. For different color combinations and designs.
Very creative. Love your card.
Sometimes the reason behind the card is my inspiration ( like for the person I'm thinking of ) but I also enjoy looking for inspiration in great magazines like PC!
I am inspired by online blogs and galleries. Seriously so much talent out there to love!
Wow! Love your blog. Congrats on being published! :) Would love to win that magazine!
This is such a fun card!
Adorable card. I am also inspired by others-thank goodness you are so generous in sharing your creations for our inspiration.
Terrific card!
What inspires me?? Seeing all the talent on blogs and galleries. Seeing card challenges with DT or sketch samples. Oh and definitely blog hoppy to see all the great creations.
Cute card. I am mostly a CASE person but sometimes cards I see on blogs do get my imagination going for something on my own.
Awww...that's so cute! My inspiration comes from blogs...like yours!
~Brenda H.
I luv the mommy bird and baby bird. Tooo cute
Creative ideas like yours inspire me! I have to look at something to get an idea...then take off from there.
nice
I am inspired daily by the wonderful blogs that I visit...all of you are so talented. thanks for a chance to win.
congratulations for being published.
I am inspired by many things including creative projects like the ones in this publication
Seeing wonderful cards like this on line or in a magazine is a great source of inspiration for me!
That's a beautiful card! Love the branch circling the birds!
Hee, yes it looks like they're talking :) Very cute, love the stitching accent! Thank you so much for the chance to win!
Very fun card, I love the "eco-friendly" look to it, very hot right now!
this is just an awesome card, will have to search for thes mag. this way i see some of the others you have made. Congrats.
A bloghop!! Fabulous idea!! SOOOOOOOO excited for volume 7!!!
You guys are so inspiring!!
Hi Maren,
I have to admit that I get a LOT of inspiration from blog reading! I also like to see magazines, advertising, even product packaging for color combos, layout ideas, and fun stuff. I find there's so much to be inspired by, but not enough time to do what I'm inspired to!
Thanks for sharing!
I am inspired by this bloghopping!
stuning cards, thanks
Birds are so hot right now, just love them! Your card is great, thanks!
so tweet!
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