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We are now approaching the final stretch to Christmas!  I hope you are ready!  My shopping is done and I plan on spending the weekend wrapping presents, doing some baking and generally getting into the Christmas spirit!  And to help me along, the BE Inspired Challenge at The Alley Way Stamps blog was all about a fun and colorful Christmas.  The colors inspired me to make one last Christmas card using images from Jolly Holiday!

The layout of my card comes from the latest sketch challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments.  I really liked the simplicity of the layout and thought the layers would be a great way to show off some of the colors of the inspiration photo.

One extra fun thing about the BE Inspired Challenge is that if you play along you have a chance to win a free stamp set!  All you have to do is play along with the challenge using an image from The Alley Way Stamps.  And if you don't have any stamps you can find FREEBIES here!  One lucky person will be hand picked from all the entries and one person will be randomly chosen.  Each will receive a free stamp set!

So come play along with us!  Good luck!

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My head is evidently filled with visions of sugar plums because I plum forgot to post this card yesterday!  Every other Friday at The Alley Way Stamps blog is a new BE Inspired Challenge and I even though I made this pretty card for the challenge ages ago I proceeded to forget to post it.  Luckily my awesome Design Team buddies made sure the card went live on the TAWS blog and here I am today showing it to all of you!

I used the sketch from Seize the Sketch to guide my layout and was inspired by the snowflakes and pretty colors of the inspiration photo.  I used some pretty die-cut snowflakes and this wonderful scripty sentiment from Christmas Magic.  I've seen so many Christmas cards this season using these colors and it's become my favorite color combo this year.

Late post aside, now I'm going to tell you that if you play along with the BE Inspired Challenge using an image from The Alley Way Stamps you've got a chance to win a free stamp set.  Click HERE to get all the details and click HERE to find freebie images if you don't have any TAWS stamps.

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps:  Christmas Magic (The Alley Way Stamps)

Paper:  Coastal Cabana, Real Red, Whisper White (SU)
Ink:  Onyx Black (Versafine)

Accessories:  Circle STAX 2, Pierced Circle STAX (My Favorite Things); Snowflake Trio die (amuse.studio); Peace, Joy Love sequins, Into the Woods sequins (Lawn Fawn)

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Happy Friday!  Today is the start of a brand new BE Inspired challenge at The Alley Way Stamps blog and  your chance to win a free stamp set!  The warm colors of the inspiration photo made me think of Thanksgiving so I made this card to celebrate that iconic Thanksgiving image:  the turkey!

 I think I've been waiting forever to ink up this turkey from It's Fall About You!  I love his fun plumage and can envision him colored in lots of fun ways, but today I stuck to the colors at the Color Throwdown because they were totally in keeping with the inspiration photo.  The layout of my card comes from Sketch Saturday.

Don't forget that one of the best parts of the BE Inspired challenge is that you have a chance to win a free stamp set from The Alley Way Stamps!  All you have to do is play along with the challenge using an image (or two, or three!) from The Alley Way Stamps.  And as always if you don't own any stamps yet you can find FREEBIES HERE!  One lucky participant in the challenge will be hand picked to win a free stamp set and one participant will be randomly selected to win a free stamp set!  How cool is that?

I hope you have a chance to play along and good luck!

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TGIF!  Today there are two reasons to celebrate:  my vacation starts at 5:30 tonight and there's a brand new BE Inspired challenge at The Alley Way Stamps blog!

I started thinking about all those dots in the inspiration photo when I sat down to make my card.  So I rooted around in my stash of DSP until I found some polka dotted paper that almost matched the colors in the photo exactly.  I used that to paper piece the coffee mug from Breakfast Club, added the coffee sentiment and a few hearts from tag-alongs and I was done!  The colors for the flags also come from that DSP and the fun layout is the latest sketch challenge at Sunday Stamps.

If you play along with the BE Inspired challenge you can win a free stamp set!  Just use an image from The Alley Way Stamps on your project.  That's it!  And if you don't have any stamps you can find FREEBIE images here!  One lucky person will be hand picked and one person will be randomly chosen.  Both will win a free stamp set!

I hope you have a chance to play along!

BE Inspired 40

It's time for another BE Inspired challenge at The Alley Way Stamps blog!  This week the inspiration photo got all my Halloween juices flowing!

Of course, after seeing the inspiration photo I had to ink up some images from Ghoul Friend and added a bit of spider web embossing for that extra spooky factor.  As an aside I embossed the sentiment and as I always do when I'm working with embossing powder I ran my Embossing Buddy over the cardstock first.  Well it left this cool dusty trail over the embossed spider web so I decided to really play that up by doing some extra taps and swirls of the Embossing Buddy over the web to create the look you see here.  I think it highlights the web nicely!  The layout for my card comes from the latest challenge at Try Stampin' On Tuesday.

Now for the best part about playing along with the BE Inspired challenge:  PRIZES!  It's simple to win.  All you have to do is  play along with the challenge using an image from The Alley Way Stamps.  And if you don't have any stamps you can find FREEBIES here!  One lucky person will be hand picked and one person will be randomly chosen and each will win a free stamp set!

I hope you have a chance to play along.  Good luck!

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I'm so glad it's Friday for a couple of reasons.  First it means a bit of free time off from work and second it means there's a new BE Inspired Challenge at The Alley Way Stamps blog!  This week the challenge is clean, simple and colorful!

If you've been traveling around blog land this week you will undoubtedly recognize the layout of this card as the sketch from retro sketches.  I was a bit afraid of it when I first saw it, but after a bit I realized it would be a great sketch to highlight the beautiful, bright colors of the inspiration photo.  Among the strips of washi are the pig and companion sentiment from Bacon Bits.

Don't forget that just for playing along with the BE Inspired Challenge you have a chance to win a free stamp set from The Alley Way Stamps!  All you need to do is play along with the challenge by creating a project inspired by the photo and using an image from The Alley Way Stamps.  If you don't have any stamps you can find FREEBIES here!  One lucky person who participates will be randomly chosen and one will be hand picked to win a free stamp set!

So don't dally and come play along with us!

Supplies:

Stamps:  Bacon Bits (The Alley Way Stamps)

Paper:  Neenah Solar White; Melon Mambo DSP (SU)

Ink:  Onyx Black (Versafine)

Accessories:  Gingham Garden washi, Witches Brew washi (SU); other washi; Dimensionals (SU)

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It's time for a new BE Inspired challenge over at The Alley Way Stamps blog!  The colors in the inspiration photo are over-the-top gorgeous and inspired my birthday card.

My card uses Bermuda Bay and Calypso Coral for colorful accents stamped in the beautiful images from Delicate Doilies.  I added a polka dotted layer for a little more visual interest and a birthday sentiment from Wish BIG.  And, of course, I couldn't resist using some of my new washi!   Incidentally, the layout for my card comes from the latest Deconstructed Sketch, which, as soon as I saw it knew it would be perfect for a little washi treatment!

If you play along with the BE Inspired challenge you can win a free stamp set!  All you have to do is play along with the challenge using an image from The Alley Way Stamps.  And if you don't have any stamps you can find FREEBIES here!  One lucky person will be hand picked and one person will be randomly chosen to win a free stamp set!

Good luck and I hope you have a chance to play along!

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TGIF!  I'm on vacation after I finish up work today (yay!) and I'm so happy about that!  Nothing like a week off to re-charge the old batteries!  And today is also the newest BE Inspired Challenge at The Alley Way Stamps blog.

I took my inspiration from the green color and the filigree design of the clock.  I didn't have a green that matched perfectly so I used an old favorite, Lucky Limeade.  I thought the images from Delicate Doilies would be a nice approximation of the ornate design of the ormolu style clock so I stamped a few of them in black and then heat a bit of clear embossing powder over them.  The sentiment comes from the brand new  Give Thanks.  The challenge this week at CASology was to use a silhouette.  I thought these doily images stamped in black would qualify as a silhouette.

Don't forget if you play along with the BE Inspired Challenge you could win a free stamp set from The Alley Way Stamps.  All you have to do is use an image from The Alley Way Stamps and make a project inspired by the photo above.  Easy peasy!  And if you don't have any TAWS stamps, you can find freebie images here!  Click HERE for all the challenge details!

Good luck and thanks for stopping by!

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It's time for another BE Inspired challenge over at The Alley Way Stamps blog!  This week the colors and stripey design inspired my card.

I alternated the graphic border image from Stack em' High stamped in the colors from the inspiration photo with a bit of washi.  The look is basically seamless.  The "hello" sentiment is from Words to Live By and was stamped onto a thought bubble!  There's a new challenge on the block started by the uber-busy Lesley called Seize the Sketch so I had to play along with sketch #1!

Now for the best part about playing along with the BE Inspired challenge:  PRIZES!  It's simple to win.  All you have to do is play along with the challenge using an image from The Alley Way Stamps.  And if you don't have any stamps you can find FREEBIES here!  One lucky person will be hand picked and one person will be randomly chosen and each will win a free stamp set!

So I hope you have a chance to play along!  Thanks for stopping by!

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Today there's a new BE Inspired challenge over at The Alley Way Stamps blog.  The colors and theme are totally fabbo and though my first intention was to make a Christmas card, you can see that I went in the polar opposite direction!

The colors really inspired my card.  Especially the yellow which I have interpreted as Crushed Curry.  I added some black accents and a touch of gray in the hollowed out eyes of this awesome skull from Black Beard's Loot!  The sentiment was made by mixing up a couple of words from Jibber Jabber and Words to Live By.  The layout is courtesy of the latest Deconstructed Sketch.

If you've been here before on BE Inspired day you know that there are prizes to be had at The Alley Way Stamps blog if you participate in the challenge.  You have to use an image from The Alley Way Stamps, and if you don't have any you can find freebies here.

One lucky person will be chosen as the Top Pick and another will be chosen randomly.  Both will win a free stamp set!  You can find more information here so get inky and link up your creation!

Thanks for stopping by!

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It's Friday and that means it's time for a new BE Inspired challenge from The Alley Way Stamps!  I'm a little late joining the party this morning since I'm having Internet issues at home, but better late than never, I say! Here's the super duper inspiration and my take on it.

The polka dots inspired me to add some colorful ones of my own from the cute Ice Cream Parlor DSP from Stampin' Up!  Then I added this cute stack of books from Learning Curve.  The sentiment is a combo of words from Learning Curve and Chatterbox.  And the layout is from the latest Mojo Monday where they are celebrating their 300th challenge!  Wow!  Congrats to all the Mojo-makers on this huge accomplishment!!

If you participate in the BE Inspired challenge you have a chance to win a free stamp set!  You have to use an image from The Alley Way Stamps and if you need to you can find freebies HERE.  One person will be the Top Pick and one person will be randomly selected out of all the entrants.  Each will win a free stamp set!  So come play along!

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies

Stamps:  Learning Curve, Chatterbox

Accessories:  Stitched Mats Square die, Stitched Sentiment Flag die (Lil' Inker Designs); Tag Sale #5 die (Papertrey Ink); Midway Button (October Afternoon)

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I'm a little sad that Friday means my vacation is just about over :(  But, today is also the new BE Inspired challenge at The Alley Way Stamps blog, so that's a good thing!  The colors of the inspiration photo put me in mind of July 4th and from there it was a short leap to Ka-Pow which has some images that make great fireworks!

Coincidentally, the challenge at Color Throwdown was what tipped the scales for me in making a 4th of July card and the sketch from Hand Stamped Sentiments provided the perfect layout!

So if you would like a chance to win a free stamp set from The Alley Way Stamps all you have to do is participate in the BE Inspired challenge.  You have to use an image from The Alley Way Stamps, but don't worry if you don't have any because you can find freebies HERE!  One lucky participant will be chosen to win a free stamp set and another lucky participant will be randomly picked and will also win a free stamp set.  So get inky and link up!  You can find all the details HERE as well as some fantastic inspiration from the always amazing design team!

Thanks for stopping by!