Anne's STUNNING creation!!

As soon as I saw this beautiful creation on Anne's Corner Blog I knew I had to feature it. Can you believe this started life as an ordinary can lid??? What a fab piece of altered art & recycling. To see this on Anne's blog click HERE

Ros's Beautiful work

I just love these beautiful work's of art that Ros has created you can find more of her stunning work on her blog HERE

Anne's Fabulous Creations

My absolute favourite is the top layout ~ So Beautiful !!

Anne hasn't been blogging for very long but her blog is already full of gorgeous creations so go and check it out HERE

Thank You to Ingvild who nominated this lovely blog :)

Monica's Stunning Creations!!

Aren't they stunning!! Go and visit Monica's Blog HERE to see many more beautiful creations

Thank you to Ingvild for nominating Monica's lovely blog :)

Ingvild's Amazing Creations!!

What an amazing talent!! You have to go and visit Ingvild's Blog today she is truly Inspirational!!

Essentially Eye-candy!

I have long been a fan of Hermine Koster and often visit her blog. There are some beautiful creations and here are a few that I have chosen, just because they are so beautiful. Although Hermine's favourite colour is green, she can make any colour gorgeous. She's a technique and background, stamping junkie and I hope you find these creations as inspiring as I have!



Resist stamping technique...



A beautiful House, and the birdie, if I'm not mistaken, is her own handcarved stamp!



Fabulous colours, image and a handmade umbrella!! Gorgeous! If you're keen to see more of Hermine's artwork, just click HERE.

Lucky To Have You - Cricut Card

I love the bold, fresh look of this card, designed by DeeDee. I think the play on words with the card suits and the sentiment is so clever, and the bold scroll designs on the card suits is a great example of what can be achieved with the Cricut machine. Her work is outstanding, take a look at her blog.

Heather's Beautiful Creations!!

WOW look at these stunning creations that I found on Heather's Creative Solace Blog I think they are wonderful!! Click HERE to visit Heather's inspiring Blog.

Thank you to Dawn for nominating Heathers' beautiful blog :)

Inspirational Craft Swap ~ Photo's Please :)

Hi everyone

Just a little reminder that these swaps should now have been posted...saying that mine isn't yet oops but it's all ready and I'm just waiting for the address to be confirmed.

If you have received your swap already it would be lovely to see a photo of what you've received ~ It's totally optional but if you'd like to share please leave a link to the photo of your received items on this post

I hope everyone has enjoyed this swap and I want to say a Huge Thank You to Anna for arranging it ~ you are a star xx

Amy's fantastic card

i love the vibrant colors of this card and the cowgirl stamp is so cute, a fantastic card from the very talented Amy Rasavy, to see Amy's other fantastic creations on her blog click here

Nancy's Wonderful Creations!!

I have my site meter to thank for finding Nancy's brilliant blog. I think everyone will agree that these creations are amazing and you can see many more inspiring pieces on Nancy's Blog HERE

Camilla's GORGEOUS Creations!!

WOW look at these stunning cards !!

Camilla's blog is amazing go and check it out HERE

I'd like to say a huge Thank you to Dawn for nominating Camilla's fantastic blog :)

Natasha's card

as soon as i saw this card i fell in love, the color combo is so different yet so nice plus i am a huge fan of butterfly's, if you would like to see this card on Natasha's blog then click here ,or to see all of the other fabulous creations on Natasha's blog click here

Wonderful Cake Shaped Card

I love the fun simplicity of this cake shaped card on Krista's blog. She has some great scrapbook layouts on there as well. Click HERE to see them

Wonderful cards from Alex!!

How fab are these cards!! Alex has many more inspiring creations on her blog so go and pay her a visit HERE

Elizabeths amazing creations

Here are some amazing creations from the multi talented Elizabeth

you can find more of her beautiful creations on her blog HERE

Beatrice's stunning creations

Just look at these amazing creations from Beatrice you can find her stunning Blog HERE

Tracy's FANTASTIC Creations

You have to check out Tracy Gough's Scrap Happens Blog it is definitely Inspiring!!

Visit Tracy HERE to find out how she made these lovely creations :)

HAZEL - BUT IS IT ART??

Hazel's blog has always inspired me - I love the projects she does and the way she does her stamping. Here is a fabulous ATC she has done - if you go to Hazel's blog you'll see more details of this and other fabulous work.

Saving graces!

Jean is an amazingly talented arty-crafter. She has some fab tips for stylising your stash - i.e., those papers you bought ages ago, but that no longer inspire you? Well look what she did with these...



Just get out your doodle pens! And then there's this cardboard canvas - so much texture and colour. It's so inspiring to think that you can turn ordinary cardboard into an artwork!



If you have found these examples inspiring, pop over and visit Jean's blog (Bluebirds) for more eye-candy!!

Leann's Beautiful Cards!!

I think these cards are gorgeous and you will find many more inspiring creations on Leann's Crafty Ramblings Blog so go and check it out HERE

Beautiful Layouts from a Beautiful Blog

I always say that I'm featuring the 'creations' and not the blog but in this case it has to be both. As you can see from the selection of layouts I chose to feature there is a lot of talent here and when you visit Maya's Blog you will see gorgeous cards and brilliant photography too

Click HERE to go to this amazing blog

Kelly has great style!

Kelly has an artblog - Artsyvisions and I love her way with backgrounds, quotes and images. She produces a prolific amount of work and even offers up her own collage sheets for you to share. She's a real inspiration! Here are a couple of examples of her work:



I love the colour combination and the images.



Isn't this quote great?! To visit Kelly's blog and check out her work, just click HERE.

Malin's Stunning Creations

WOW every single creation I saw on Malin's blog is so beautiful ~ Go and visit her Here you will be amazed !!

Deb Lewis' Elegant Collage - Joie de Vie

Deb Lewis of Vintage Moon Studio, is an incredibly multi-talented artist. Her lovely mixed media collage work incorporates vintage images, a variety of textures and soft, yet brilliant, colors that flow together and are always appealing to the eye . Not only does Deb create fantastic collages, she also makes stunning shadowboxes, altered books, and more...Deb is also a talented photographer! "Joie de Vie" is one example of Deb's fantastic collages. Please visit her blog to see more of her art, and be sure to view her slide show too ... I think you'll be impressed by her many talents and love her work!

Look at these stunning cards!!

I'm almost speechless which is definitely unheard of lol....... look at the work that has gone into these cards....the layers, the fantastic distressing I think they are brilliant!!

Click HERE to go see them on Salte Scraps Blog

Rina's Beautiful Layout

I found this layout on Rina's blog today and i think it is gorgeous!! To check it out on Rina's blog along with other lovely creations click HERE

Paper Therapy

This therapist knows how to strengthen your mental health... just grab a stamp, papers and scissors, and make a card or a layout ;) She makes just beautiful creations, at the same time she keeps her sanity. This bright and beautiful card is a proof of that... and you can visit her blog to see it in full view.

Fabulous Fabric Artistry!

Frieda Oxenham has been my 'Fabric Hero' for a while now and it gives me enormous pleasure to show you some magical ATCs by this award-winning quilter, who is now making a name for herself in the world of fabric and mixed media. Here are a few of the recent ATcs she has made and you really should spend a while looking at some of her outstanding Gothic Arches, too! Frieda manages to combine rubber stamping, fabric and paper in a beautiful way and if you have any questions, she always tries her best to advise and help you. My hero!

Here's Abundant Harvest ATC:



This one is Full of Promise:



And just one more!



Not surprisingly, Frieda's ATCs have been published in the last 2 issues of Craft Stamper magazine that I have read!

WOW Check out Kristina's Beautiful Creations!!!

I really love Kristina's style and her attention to detail... her creations definitely have the WOW factor. Go and check out Kristina's Blog HERE to see further close up photo's of the two creations I have featured plus many many more inspiring pieces.

Sarah's Fantastic Creations!!!

Look at these stunning cards!!

If I featured every creation on Sarah's blog that I found inspirational this would be a very long post so I urge you all to go and take a look yourself by clicking HERE

Beate's Stunning Layouts!!

I think they are both absolutely beautiful and to be honest every creation that I saw on Beates blog was stunning

Click HERE to visit Beate's amazing Blog

Thank You.....

To everyone that has linked to Inspirational either by placing the Inspirational banner on your blog or putting in a text link.

I regularly check my site meter and click the referral button to see where people are clicking in from and I love to take a peek at your blogs :)

Don't forget if you are happy to be featured on this blog please let us know HERE

Thank you also to the Inspirational Team I don't think I Thank you enough so I'm doing it publicly here...I love what is being featured and the fact that we all have different styles meaning that there's a great assortment of featured creations on Inspirational.

Once again I thank you all xx

Tresa's card keeper book

i love this book so much and what a clever idea, this book is designed to store and organize cards to keep track of birthdays etc it would be great as a gift or just a really pretty way of storing cards for yourself , i want one now lol, Tresa also has a link to a blog with a tutorial on how to make this book for yourself, so to see this make and many others on Tresa's blog then click HERE

Taylors card

isn't this card stunning, i love the way the paper has been positioned to look like a bee hive so clever and whats more Taylor has given a step by step guide to creating this card for yourself, so to check this card out on Taylors blog click HERE, so much inspiration can be found on this blog.

Funky Fairy's Beautiful Layout!!

Isn't this layout Gorgeous!!

I think the whole design is beautiful and I love how one photo has been coloured and the rest left black & white ~ a great way to interpret the title

To see this on Funky Fairy's fab Blog click HERE

Kristine's Gorgeous Creation

Isn't this FANTASTIC!!! It's hard to believe that this creation started life as a brown paper bag!!! Click HERE to see this on Kristine's Blog she is one talented lady!!

WOW Check this out!!!

While blog hopping tonight I came across this amazing creation on Kard Krazy's Blog ~ Isn't it fantastic!!!

Click HERE to see this creation but make sure you have a good look around the blog as you will definitely be inspired

Fri-Cake Day with Kim H.

Kim H. is having fun on her blog Running On Ink. One thing she is doing is each Friday she is featuring a cake themed project. LOVE IT! It is inspired by her grandmother who would bake a cake each Friday. Here is the "Fri-Cake" project from this past Friday. I love the hand painted background and all the fun use of text. I happen to know Kim collects texts and fonts.
Kim is also famous for her mail art, so be sure to head over and check out some of that. *I'll tell you, I got some in the mail and it was amazing!*

Gillian's Wonderful Knitted Baby Card

What a fabulous card!! Isn't the jumper the cutest especially with the knitting needles I love it. Gillian has even given instructions on her blog so that you can have a go at making one yourself click HERE to see this wonderful card on Gillian's Blog :)

Linking to Inspirational

If you look in the sidebar you will see the code for the 'Inspirational' Banner

We'd love for you to display this ~ simply copy and paste the code into a new html page element on your blog

By placing the banner on your blog and clicking from there I can tell via my sitemeter where you are clicking from and can pay you a visit ;)

I have also put up the code for the 'featured on inspirational' banner ~ so if your creation has been featured please grab that code

CAROLE'S PHOTOGRAPHY

There is a blog I love to go to - Carole, as well as doing fabulous craft works, takes gorgeous art photography and she never ceases to inspire me with her pieces. Check out her blog for other gorgeous photographs.

Being a Mom

Sheila is well known for her clean and romantic style. Everytime she scraps, she always focuses on the main purpose: her pics. If you want to see more of Sheila's style, just click here.

Linda's 'Its a Secret' LO

There is so much going on in this Scrapbook page, it makes me just want to reach out & touch those flowers! I love the vintage look to the photos of the little girls & the looks on their faces while whispering secrets to each other. Although this is a digi LO, Linda also loves to scrap in the hands on manner too. You can view this page HERE You can see more of Lindas work on her BLOG

If you love making backgrounds...

You have to check out Trish Bee's website and her ArtbUzz challenge blog. Look at this gorgeous, vibrant handmade background! Wouldn't it just be fab for your cards and ATCs???



Click HERE to see how to make this fab background and then follow the links to a whole treasure trove of techniques, tutorials and inspiring artwork. Can you tell I'm a fan? LOL!!

Penny's 'My Beautiful Girl' LO

I absolutely love this scrapbook page by Penny. The close up photograph of the eyes, the colour combo, the torn & inked damask patterned paper all go to make this a very sultry & exotic looking page. Fantastic!!!
You can view this LO & lots more stunning projects on Penny's blog

Suzanne's gorgeous creations !!

How talented is Suzanne!! This is only a snippet of the gorgeous creations that you'll find on her blog so go and check it out HERE

Nikki's Gorgeous '60' Card

There are so many creations on Nikki's blog that I found to be Inspirational but this one called out to me the most...I love the colours, the embossing and the attention to detail with the finishing touches ~ absolutely fab! You can see this card on Nikki's blog HERE go and pay her a visit :)

Amy's card

I was browsing my daily dose of blogs today again and came across this stunning creation by amy sheffer isn't it just stunning and what a clever layout, to see this card and other gorgeous creations why not pay a visit to Amy's blog here

Nicky's Wonderful Minibook!!

This is such a fantastic mini book ~ it's all about the photo's for me when I'm scrapbooking so to see huge photo's like this really appeals to me. I love the colours used, love the robots....ok I'll stop harping on and just say I love everything about this it's FAB!

This is only a selection ~ to see more pages of the mini book go and visit Nicky's Blog HERE :)

Kathi's Wonderful Cards

If you're looking for inspiration you must check out Kathi's blog as it's full of wonderful creations.

Go and visit Kathi's Corner today :)

Lana's Gorgeous Doodled Layout

I can't believe that this is not only Lana's first attempt at a layout but also her first attempt at doodling!! What can I say ~ definitely a natural because I think this is stunning!!

To see this beautiful creation on Lana's blog click HERE :)