Saturday, May 19, 2018

Inspired By All The Little Things #86 - Featuring Erica A-b

     Hello, Veronica here and welcome to Inspired By All The Little Things! This is a bi-weekly inspiration challenge blog and each month we feature a wonderful designer who inspires us as an artist! 




This week I have invited...
Erica A-B
https://cacacraftblog.wordpress.com/Erica A-b

IG https://www.instagram.com/erica_cacacraft/?hl=en



I adore Erica's style, and her attention to detail. I'm so excited that she is our May guest designer!

(In case you missed challenge #85)

I asked Erica to share a bit about herself...


1. My blog is called CaCaCraft and is a play on my name and my love of cookies. In my native Swedish cookie is ‘kaka’ and it sounds the same as ‘caca’. Some of my friends started calling me Ca-Ca and it just stuck 😃 I started it in Nov last year when I was asked to be a guest designer for Altenew. Seemed like a good time, not to mention great incentive, to start a blog as I had been thinking about it for a while.


2. I love making cards with textures, layers and colours but I don’t really have just one style. It really depends on my mood and what I decide to use that day.


3. Florals are always inspiring to me. I used to work as a florist and I loved it! The inspiration Photo is so pretty and feminine with fantastic colours and textures, what’s not to love??


4. A little something about me that you might not know? Hmm, toughie... many years ago I lived in Nashville and developed a love for country music, strawberry Twizzlers and White Fudge covered Flipz! Still to this day, I love all three ❤️

  

Here is Erica's card using this week's inspiration!



The different colours in the inspiration photo inspired me to think beyond the glass in each feather, almost back to the melting pot so to say. I tried conveying that in my card by using alcohol inks for a fluid background.

                           
                                   This is the card I created for the challenge:

I was inspired by the beautiful stained glass feathers. 



The challenge designers have also created a card for this week's inspiration! These ladies just inspire me SO much!!! I hope you will play along with us this week! We would love to have you join us!

Kimberly Lackenbach
Kim's Cards & Crafts


Kim was inspired by the feathers and beautiful colors.

LauraJane 
LauraJane was inspired by the gold lines and  bright blues 


Leigh Penner 
Leigh was inspired by how the feathers were hung, as well as their fun colours.

Marcie Sharp
 Sharp Designs
Marcie was inspired by the colours, the metal details and the mosaic look of the feathers. 

Sheri Gilson
Sheri was inspired by the feathers and rich colors.

Silke Ledlow

Silke was inspired by the feathers and the fun multicolors colors.

Wanda Cullen
The vivid colors and hint of gold in the feathers were Wanda's inspiration.


We hope you will play along with us!


The linky will close on Friday, June 1 at 11:55am. (PST)

Some simple rules to keep things organized and enjoyable:
  • Please use the graphic for your post and link back to this post.
  • Any posts that are offensive will be removed.
  • Please comment on the submissions of others...we all love the support!
  • Yes you can combine with other challenges but NOT other inspiration challenges please.
  • Have fun and challenge yourself!



Saturday, May 5, 2018

Inspired By All The Little Things #85 Featuring Erica A-b

     Hello, Veronica here and welcome to Inspired By All The Little Things! This is a bi-weekly inspiration challenge blog and each month we feature a wonderful designer who inspires us as an artist! 





This week I have invited...
Erica A-B
https://cacacraftblog.wordpress.com/Erica A-b

IG https://www.instagram.com/erica_cacacraft/?hl=en



I adore Erica's style, and her attention to detail. I'm so excited that she is our May guest designer!

I asked Erica to share a bit about herself...


1. My blog is called CaCaCraft and is a play on my name and my love of cookies. In my native Swedish cookie is ‘kaka’ and it sounds the same as ‘caca’. Some of my friends started calling me Ca-Ca and it just stuck 😃 I started it in Nov last year when I was asked to be a guest designer for Altenew. Seemed like a good time, not to mention great incentive, to start a blog as I had been thinking about it for a while.


2. I love making cards with textures, layers and colours but I don’t really have just one style. It really depends on my mood and what I decide to use that day.


3. Florals are always inspiring to me. I used to work as a florist and I loved it! The inspiration Photo is so pretty and feminine with fantastic colours and textures, what’s not to love??


4. A little something about me that you might not know? Hmm, toughie... many years ago I lived in Nashville and developed a love for country music, strawberry Twizzlers and White Fudge covered Flipz! Still to this day, I love all three ❤️

  

Here is Erica's card using this week's inspiration!



Erica - The inspiration picture talked to me on so many levels; the colours, the flowers, the textures and the layout. I adore everything about it and felt inspiration right off the bat! The card came together in my head quickly and turned out just as I envisioned.




Here is the card I created for this weeks challenge!


I was inspired by the colors of the flowers, the wood grain, and the tin/metal pail. 




   The challenge designers have also created a card for this week's inspiration! They knocked it out of the park! I hope you will play along with us this week! We would love to have you join us!

Kimberly Lackenbach

 Kim was inspired by the beautiful flowers and the wood.


LauraJane 
LauraJane was inspired by the Rustic look and Feminine Colors



Leigh Penner 


Leigh was inspired by the flowers in the bucket and the weathered chair.

Marcie Sharp
 Sharp Designs
Marcie was inspired by the woodgrain and the beautiful blooms. 

Sheri Gilson

Sheri was inspired by the beautiful bucket of flowers.


Silke Ledlow

Silke was inspired by the bucket of flowers.

Wanda Cullen
Wanda got her inspiration from the woodgrain background and pop of floral colors.


We hope you will play along with us!


The linky will close on Friday,May 18th at 11:55am. (PST)

Some simple rules to keep things organized and enjoyable:
  • Please use the graphic for your post and link back to this post.
  • Any posts that are offensive will be removed.
  • Please comment on the submissions of others...we all love the support!
  • Yes you can combine with other challenges but NOT other inspiration challenges please.
  • Have fun and challenge yourself!



Inspiring Standouts for Challenge #84

Thank you all so much for joining us the last two weeks for 
Inspired By All the Little Things challenge #84!  
We loved seeing how you were inspired in all of your creative projects!

I would like to thank Cat Craig for being our Creative Guest!


Cat and I have chosen the submissions we feel have earned
a special Inspiring Stand Out badge for this challenge!
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Cat's choice:
#10 Karen Brown (Kenny's Cards)
Karen's card is sweet, festive, and elegant! And just like the inspiration photo, it made me want to take a bite!
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My choice: 
#4 Karola (Invisible Pink Cards)
I love Karola's take on the photo inspiration with her gorgeous watercolor paint drips and deliciously colored cake!
I am also impressed with her handwriting skills!

Congratulations, Karen and Karola!

Please go ahead and display the badge on your blogs!
Thank you again to everyone who played along with us this week! 
All the entries were lovely!
We will be back in one hour with a brand new challenge at 5:00 AM PST.