Amazing Creations with Ingvild..

Decorated Bottle and Box - Awaiting Daughters 18th Birthday....

Stunning Layouts

Ingvild's blog is just wonderful to browse through, her Scrapbook layouts and creations are amazing. I loved this idea for the wine made in the year of her daughter's birth (2006), she started to decorate the bottle a year ago, it is now finished and they will keep it until their daughter is 18 - How great is that and what a lovely thing to keep for 17 years. There is a full slide show of the whole bottle and box. You will love this blog so pop over and visit Ingvild HERE

A Get Well Card for a Man

Jeannie has put such a lot of work into this fabulous detailed card, and the result is so worth it. I find everything about it inspirational - the concept, design and detail are superb. Take a look at more of Jeannies work HERE

Dawny has a way with ribbons

I love what Dawny does with ribbons, her bows are perfect and she has a great eye for colour. I think the shaped card she did with a plate and a circle punch is just fantastic, great use of the cuttlebug too, which you will see better on her blog HERE

Gunhilds Gorgeous Cards and Flower Tutorial

Beautiful Flower Tutorial

Click HERE

Don't you just love these shorts!!!

Gunhild has a great Flower Tutorial on her blog - I think I will have to invest in this punch! She also has some beautiful cards with super cute images, so if you want to get the best out of those punches pop over to Gunhild's blog - just click HERE.

TUTORIAL: Tardis card for Dr Who fans

Isn't this fantastic!!

This very clever card was created by Valita and she has very kindly posted a tutorial HERE

Becca's Beautiful Cards..

Becca's cards have the Wow! factor. I love their designs, wide ribbons and lovely bows with gorgeous embossing. Beautifully crafted you will enjoy every second of her blog and don't forget to look at previous posts as there are plenty more stunning cards to see. The pink flower card featured here also has a little tutorial. So go visit Becca's blog HERE, it will be truly worthwhile.

Debi Coules Wonderful Art

I'm speechless ~ luckily my fingers still work so I can type lol. Debi is a very talented artist and although her blog is relatively new it is filled with stunning hand painted creations. I have always wanted to paint and Debi inspired me to pick up a paintbrush and have a go...... I hasten to add the paintbrush was put back down again quite quickly lol but I won't give up and will keep checking Debi's blog for inspiration.

Debi has also illustrated a book!! Look at these beautiful illustrations ~ The boy in the picture is Debi's son

To see more illustrations from the book click HERE

Go and pay Debi a visit at her wonderful 'Romancing the home' Blog HERE

Christines Beautiful Card

Look at all the beautiful detail on this card I think it is absolutely STUNNING. To see this card on Christine's Creative Journey blog click HERE make sure you don't only check out that post though because the whole blog is inspiring!!

Thank you Heather for nominating Christine's beautiful card :)

Inspirational has received an award :)

Thank you very much to Jo from Siggi Shop blog for giving Inspirational this award. Jo is a good friend of mine and is the creator of Inspirational's header and banners

Here are the rules for this Wylde Women Award :1. You can give it to one or one hundred or any number in between - it's up to you. Make sure you link to their site in your post.2. Link back to this blogsite (http://www.tammyvitale.com/) so Tammy can go visit all these wonderful women and remember the Purpose of the Award is to send love and acknowledgment to women who brighten your day, teach you new things and live their lives fully with generosity and joy.

I've tried all day but I can't narrow it down on this blog so I am giving this award to everyone that takes the time to visit and comment on the featured blogs :)

Sorry if you feel I'm copping out

Julie x

TUTORIAL: Note Card Gift Box

The very talented Joanne from Mainly Flowers Blog has posted a fantastic Tutorial for this wonderful Note Card Gift Box HERE

Go and check it out ;)

Sija's beautiful artwork!

If you like handmade backgrounds combined with nostalgic pics or amazing stamped images, you'll love Sija's blog. She made this beautiful piece for a challenge and I fell in love with it immediately:



I know her blog is in Dutch, but if you take time to drool over her artwork and follow some of the links, you will end up on a visually stimulating journey... plus there are some amazing techniques for making your own fabric-paper, for instance, like this one:



For more mouth-watering artwork, go HERE! (Take hankies, dribbling is bad for your keyboard!)

Jennifer's gorgeous cards

You really must go and pay a visit to Jennifer's blog, these cards are just a taster of the many stunning makes she has, i must admit it was difficult to choose some cards to show you all as there was sooo many beautiful ones to choose from, but i decided on these ones and i am sure you will agree they are all stunning, so what are you waiting for head on over to Jennifer's blog and see for yourself the brilliant creativity of this lady :).

Grungy Gossip!!

Michelle's Grungy Gossip Card

Michelle's cards are so beautiful it was hard choosing just one to feature. There is just one stunning card after another with flawless designs and gorgeous colours and techniques.

You can see all of Michelle's creations HERE

The Icing on the Cake.....

Party Dress - Winner of Show Stopper Award

Designer Hand Bag Cake

Leopard Print Lounging Lady Birthday Cake

Anniversary Wedding Cake

The creations on this blog are so amazing I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Anne is a graduate of the Pastry Arts Programme at the French Culinary Institute in New York and is the founder of Pink Cake Box where she creates speciality cakes for all occasions, cupcakes and cookies. She recently won the "Show Stopper" award in a cake contest where she made a 46" tall cake which as you can see is just amazing. For details of all of Anne's creations click HERE, I guarantee you will be there for hours!!

Karola's Wonderful Cool Colours...

Gorgeous Mini Book

Karola is from Poland and I just fell in love with the beautiful soft colours and tones she uses in her stunning creations. The details of each piece are just beautiful. To see all of Karola's work visit her blog HERE

TUTORIAL: Jak's Stunning Oriental Poppy Card

Isn't this STUNNING!!

To find out how Jak made the beautiful poppy on this card click HERE for the Tutorial

Make sure you go and check out Jak's Crafters Kitchen blog as it is bursting with inspiration!!

Melstampz

Mel has been making some amazing things over at her BLOG. Her work with gesso has inspired me personally to buy some and make a pile of cool projects.

Here is Mel's most recent gesso artwork.

Close up because there are some crazy details going on! Don't miss any!
Another awesome thing about Mel is she takes the time to find a bunch of related links for us. Sometimes it's piles and piles of them. You could almost make her blog a one stop shop! *almost because you gotta come here of course, then also to all the blogs of the people we feature. haha*

I hope you enjoy this art by Mel. I tell you she's one blog that I get excited when my Reader tells me there is an update.

Bluebirds Living in the Meadow...

That's the name of Jean's amazing blog. She's a mixed media artist, a Mum and a marvellously creative lady. I fell in love with this heart she created last week and am very happy to feature it here on Inspirational.



If you'd like to see more of Jean's inspirational artwork, please drop by HERE. If you click on the image on her actual blog post, you'll clearly see all the amazing details in this beautiful creation.

Leslie's stunning card

I must admit i had my doubts about the new basic grey euphoria range, now don't get me wrong the papers are absolutly stunning, but for me and the style of cards i do i thought the colors might be too bright and i wouldn't have a clue how to use them properly so being safe i decided not to buy them ( even though i have most of the other ranges lol), that is until i saw Leslie's card, well need i say more because as you can see Leslie has done a fantastic job with the papers in this beautiful card, and guess what, yep i want the papers now lol, if you would like to take a closer look at Leslie's blog then click HERE

Michelle's Amazing Cards with Tutorials

Michelle's cards are so beautiful and unique, but the great thing about Michelle's blog is that EACH card has it's very own tutorial where she shows you step by step the amazing techniques she has used to create her card - How great is that!!

I picked up so many tips and was totally inspired by the techniques she uses to create backgrounds and layers. I will definitely be a regular visitor from now on!! So, if you're looking for ideas and tips or just plain old "Inspiration" you can visit Michelle's blog HERE.

Distress Ink Tutorial

I am very happy to announce that Marlene from 'A Lil' Bit of Me' blog has joined the talented contributors over on the Tutorial blog and if you click HERE you will see her brilliant Distress Ink Tutorial.

A simply stunning Candle!

Look at the beautiful images and soft accents Sharon has used to marvellous effect on this candle. It's absolutely gorgeous! Sharon also describes how to do it so you can quite happily decorate all those unused pillar candles you have gathering dust at home (well, I have!) and turn them into works of art like Sharon's!



You can see more of Sharon's inspiring artwork HERE on her blog.

Tammy's Stunning Cards

I received an email from Anita who nominated Tammy's Beautiful Blog and WOW I was amazed by the beautiful creations on there

Click HERE to visit Tammy's fantastic blog you will definitely be inspired !!

Joy's Jewels.....

I just adore this photo frame!

Beautiful Belt Buckle

Before......

and After........

Stunning Altered Clock

Vintage,romance and sparkles are the order of the day on Joy's gorgeous blog. She uses vintage jewellery,beads and broken china on her projects, my eyes widened at every picture!! Her jewellery and altered items are so beautiful. Here are just a few that I chose to feature. For all you vintage and jewellery lovers out there - go visit Joy's blog HERE .

(Look out for the beautiful bowl with lit candles!)

Vicki's 'Never Ending Card' with Tutorial

Everybody go and check out the Tutorial Blog HERE ~ The amazingly talented Vicki Hook has given us a wonderful Tutorial on how we can make our own Never Ending Cards ~ I think its Fab and I'm sure you will too :)

Vickie's beautiful card

Luckily i stumbled across Vickie's blog the other day in one of my blog hopping sessions and i spotted this beautiful card :), isn't it wonderful, i just adore the wonderful dusky blue color she used and the stunning background which she said she created by inking up a cuttlebug embossing folder (i must remember to try that), if you would like to see this card on Vickie's blog then click here, or to see all of the other wonderful creations on Vickie's blog click here :)

Sideshow Twins

Emily is part of Plush Team a site that has challanges for it's members to do stuffed "animals", or softies on different themes. Plus Team is a group of plush artists who sell on Etsy.
So for the theme Sideshow Emily did this:

Isn't it amazing? I love the detail, especially on the eyes. and to give the girls their own bear! Darling.

Emily has a whole background story for these girls you must go read it at her blog HERE. The story explains why one girl is happy, and the other sad, and explains the bear as well and why he's missing an eye. I know you are tempted, go check it out.

While you are there click around, this awesome doll is just a sampling of Emily's genious.

Debbies Beautiful Card's

I came across Debbie's beautiful blog the other day and had to let you all see some of the stunning cards that Debbie has made ... just look at the detail and gorgeous colours.

You can see more of Debbie's work on her blog Pink poppy craft Box

I have to say..........

I'm so happy that I've put a guest book on here......... I especially love seeing your lovely photo's ~ it's made me very happy :)

Carol's Blog

This is a stunning piece by Carol It doesn't show as well on this piece but it actually lights up with LED's behind the acrylic block. Have a look at Carol's blog to see some more pictures and find out how she did it. Isn't it fab!

Kathy's Amazing Blog.....

Beautiful Altered Bottle

Stunning Shadow Box

I loved this Fabric Journal

Kathy McElroy's blog has it all!! It's full of wonderful creations, slide shows, beautiful photography and is a real insight into her life. I loved reading her interesting posts and could have been there all day!! Take a look at these gorgeous creations, it was so hard choosing only three. Visit Kathy's blog here, you'll love it!!!

Please sign the Guestbook

It would be lovely to see where everyone is clicking in from

If you have a blog I'd love for you to add your link to your message too ;)

New Tutorial ....

The very talented Joanne from Mainly Flowers blog shows us how to make these beautiful plaid flowers on the Tutorial blog HERE

Bev's Fantastic Cards

WOW aren't these cards stunning !! To be honest I could have featured every creation on Bev's Blog as it is full of inspiration ~ Check it out for yourself HERE you won't be disappointed

Becky's Vacation Card

Becky Olsen's blog always inspires me, but when I saw this card I new I had to share it with all of you. First of all these colors could not be a bit more fresh and fun! And I absolutely love how she used the Asian themed stamp with her tropical stuff. Also if you go over to her blog there is a funny story about why the shading is blue on the surf board, although I really think it looks perfect, it was not intentional!

So I hope you enjoy this fresh hot summer card! Makes me want to go to the beach.

Zuzu's Stunning Creations

Altered Wooden Dominoe

Stampboard Brooch

Gorgeous Tag

As soon as I saw these beautiful pieces of artwork, I just had to feature it here for all to see. Zuzu's blog has such an opulent feel to it and her altered art and mixed media creations are to die for. I was there browsing for ages and had great difficulty deciding which pieces to choose and finally settled on this gorgeous altered wooden dominoe, inchie brooch and beautiful tag.

Wow! Such a talented lady and you can see all of Zuzu's artwork here

New Tutorial.........

.....over on the Inspirational Tips, Techniques & Tutorials Blog

Vicki Hook has provided us with a fab 'Coupon Book' Tutorial

Check it out HERE

Vyan Maria's beautiful card

I am so happy that Vyan Maria left a comment on inspirational, or i probably would never have seen her blog which would have been a shame as it is full of wonderful and unique creations, but one stood out for me in particular and i am sure you can see why, this card is truly beautiful in every way, if you would like to see Vyan Maria's wonderful blog and creations then click here :)

Shannan's stunning card

Isn't this card stunning, i love the deep red color Shannan has used and the crackled ceramic effect is just brilliant, Shannan's blog is bursting with stunning makes so why not pop over here for a look yourself, i think you will agree Shannan is one talented lady.

Funky inspiration!

Fatma is such a diversely creative soul! She makes the most extraordinary pieces of art which are truly unique to her. She's a master of technique and colour. Just look at these examples: This is 'Showgirls'



'Dance' - mixed media piece as Guest Designer/Host



Recycling, the SOYB way, this gorgeous belt is made from lids! (Yes, really!)



And is this not the quirkiest creation?! Love it!



To see even more of Fatma's creations and feast your eyes, go HERE.

Karen Leahy's Beautiful Layout

Isn't this a gorgeous layout !! Click HERE to go to Karen's Blog it is jam packed with inspiring creations and I think this will be the first of many of Karen's creations that are featured here.

Gayle's Wonderful Wire Jewellery

Ancient Egyptian Wire Design

Silver Wire Set using two sizes of wire for contrast

I just love these gorgeous hand made jewellery sets especially the first one which is made using an Ancient Egyptian wire design. Gayle has so many strings to her bow and her blog is overflowing with mixed media art. To see all of Gayle's fantastic work visit her blog here

Joanne's Fantastic 'Handmade Flower' Card with Tutorial

Joanne is no stranger to Inspirational. I am very lucky that Joanne is a regular contributor to the Inspirational Tips, Techniques & Tutorials blog and she has shared how she made these beautiful flowers HERE

You can find many more of Joannes beautiful creations on her Mainly Flowers blog HERE

Joanne gets messy!

I love it when people take chances with their creations and produce something stunning, mainly because I'm a risk-taker myself, I suppose! Look at this stunning 4x4 by Joanne Wardle - all the result of taking a Step Outside Your Box!! (or comfort zone)...



Joanne's lovely work can be seen HERE. Do pay her a visit and enjoy her creative adventures. Thanks for taking part and sharing your lovely work with us Joanne!