Etsy Inspired Challenge #86 - Isabell's Umbrella

Happy National Scrapbook Day and welcome to another Etsy Inspired Challenge! We have been loving all the fabulous projects you all are creating for our challenges...maybe we'll see a few scrapbook pages this week?! :)

We have another great shop for you to be inspired by...Isabell's Umbrella. Isabell's Umbrella is filled with paper goods to brighten your day! Her items are super cute...I'm sure you'll agree!

Ashley, the owner/artist of Isabell's Umbrella, hopes to renew the lost art of written correspondence by creating stationary that people will want to share with others. I think all of us paper crafters feel like Ashley...nothing's better than receiving a hand written note, especially when it is written on an adorable card! :)

Our sponsor this week is a new stamp company, Lawn Fawn, owned by one of our previous guest designers, Kelly Marie! Her line of photopolymer clear stamps is adorable, trendy, and fun! And she is getting ready to release a few new sets so keep your eye on her blog for sneak peeks! Kelly will be giving one lucky winner Lawn Fawn's 'critters in the 'burbs' stamp set.

So cute! Also our featured Etsy shop this week, Isabell's Umbrella, is generously giving away a stationary set, magnet, and bookmarks!

Here's how to play for your chance to win one of these great prizes:
- Visit Isabell's Umbrella and find an item that inspires you
- Create a project of your own (any crafty project you like) based off the inspiration piece you chose
- Link up your project to this post using the new InLinkz below by Friday, May 7th at noon PST.

Everyone will be entered into a random drawing to win. If you upload to SCS or PCP, please use keyword EIC86. And please remember to give credit to the shop that you found your inspiration from.

And if this is your first time joining us...welcome! You can check out extra details about our challenge HERE.

Pay a visit to our Design Team for lots of Etsy Inspired Inspiration!

• Ashley
• Clare (May Guest Designer)
• De
• Emily
• Heather
• Jackie
• Joy
• Kelley (May Guest Designer)
• Kerry
• Shannon
• Tiffany

Now go be Etsy Inspired!

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Etsy Inspired Challenge #85 - Bee Things

This week's featured Etsy shop is sure to make you smile! Bee Things is filled with fabulous limited edition silkscreen prints. From cute animal prints to happy groceries, this shop is sure to have something to inspire you!


Cute, right?! And Bee Things also puts some of their prints on shirts and bags too!

Our sponsor this week is a wonderful company that is well known in the paper crafting world...Cosmo Cricket! I absolutely love Cosmo Cricket's collections...they all seem to have an element of fun and whimsy, not to mention the great colors and style in each line!

Cosmo Cricket has generously donated a fabulous prize for one lucky winner this week!
















Black Board Memory Box http://www.qbaroo.com/cosmocricketretail....at=5&product=78

Crafting Kit - Joy Ride http://www.qbaroo.com/cosmocricketretail....t=8&product=371

Crafting Kit - Material Girl http://www.qbaroo.com/cosmocricketretail....t=8&product=384

Set of Tiny Letters http://www.qbaroo.com/cosmocricketretail....t=9&product=395

Are you drooling yet?! :)

Well be sure to play along with us this week because another lucky winner will win this wonderful shirt from Bee Things!


Okay, now all you need to do for your chance to win one of these fantastic prizes is:
- Check out Bee Things and find an item that inspires you.
- Create a project of your own based off the inspiration and link it up to this post using the new InLinkz below by Friday, April 30th at noon PST.

Everyone will be entered into a random drawing to win. If you upload to SCS or PCP, please use keyword EIC85. And please remember to give credit to the shop that you found your inspiration from.

Be sure to check out our lovely Design Team this week...they have lots of Cosmo Cricket goodness for you to be inspired by too!

• Ashley
• De
• Emily
• Heather
• Joy
• Kerry
  
• Lori (April Guest Designer)
• Savannah (April Guest Designer)

Now go be Etsy Inspired!

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Etsy Inspired Challenge #82 - Until It Ends Studios

Welcome to another Etsy Inspired Challenge!

Our featured Etsy shop this week, Until It Ends Studios offers a variety of handmade creations, from Pacman magnets and Kawaii mushroom bracelets to beautiful glass pendants. I just love the color and style of this pendant.


And aren't these rainbow mushrooms adorable?! :) I'm sure you all will come up with some great projects using Until It Ends Studios items as your inspiration!

And I know you are going to want to be sure to participate this week because we have a fabulous sponsor...My Favorite Things! And they will be giving the lucky winner a wonderful prize!

The prize will include 3 stamp sets (Thinking of Hoo, Who's That Chocoholic, & Love at First Sight) and some yummy ribbon too!


Okay...now I know you all want to play along for your chance at some fabulous MFT goodies! So head on over to Until It Ends Studios and find an item that inspires you. Create an amazing project of your own and link it up to this post using Mr. Linky below by Friday, April 9th at noon PST.

Everyone will be entered into a random drawing to win. If you upload to SCS or PCP, please use keyword EIC82. And please remember to give credit to the shop that you found your inspiration from.

And I know our Design Team has some fabulous projects for you this week, so be sure to pay them a visit! :)

• Ashley
• De
• Emily
• Heather
• Jackie
• Joy
• Kerry
  
• Lori (April Guest Designer)
• Savannah (April Guest Designer)
• Shannon
• Tiffany

Now go be Etsy Inspired!

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Etsy Inspired Challenge #55 - The Salty Cat Co.

Welcome to this week's Etsy Inspired Challenge! We have a beautiful jewelry shop for you to be inspired by this week...The Salty Cat Co.

The Salty Cat Co. is filled with wonderfully handcrafted, modern metal jewelry using copper, brass, sterling silver, gemstones, briolettes, pearls, & more!
Aren't these just stunning?!

Now, if you are loving what you have seen so far then you are going to want to make sure to play along in the challenge for your chance to win this week's prize.



The Salty Cat Co. is generously giving this week's winner this gorgeous bracelet!
And in addition to that, another player will receive this fabulous stamp set, Folk Inspired from our sponsor this week Unity Stamp Company! If you have not yet tried Unity stamps, they are a definite 'must have' for any paper crafter!

Now I know you are ready to play! So here is what you need to do:
- Visit The Salty Cat Co.
- Find an item that inspires you
- Use that inspiration to create a project of your own (a card, painting, piece of jewelry, scrapbook page, etc.)
- Link your project up to this post by Friday, October 2nd at noon PST

Here are the earrings that inspired me:

Wouldn't these be beautiful earrings for a bride?!

Here is my wedding card that I was inspired to create:

Now go be Etsy Inspired!

And be sure to visit our fabulous Design Team for extra inspiration too! :)

Ashley Newell

De Swanick

Emily Niehaus

Heather Schlatter

Jackie Bowman (Jackie's computer died and may not have a post)

Joy Stagg

Kerry Angeles

Kristen Dyer

Lee Murphy

Sarah Parker (Sept Guest)

Shannon Bracken

Tiffany Johnson (Tiff is cameraless... leave her some love!)

And as this is our last challenge for September, we say a special thank you and goodbye to Sarah Parker. Sarah, you have been a wonderful addition to our team this month...thank you for sharing your talent with us! You can keep an eye on Sarah and her work by following her blog HERE.

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Birthday Bash Winners!

Besides the awesome prizes below, some of the DT hosted games and prizes as well! To see who won, check out the girls blogs below!  Thanks to all who participated!

Kerry
Tiffany
De
Kristen

Congrats to all the winners and a big thank you to all of our wonderful, supportive Sponsors!

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EtsyInspired #50 ~ Mrs. Kwitty's Cottage and a Giveaway

This week's EtsyInspired shop is Mrs. Kwitty's Cottage. This cute little shop has all sorts of stuff in it. She has cute fabric stuff like totes, brooches, memo book covers, cell phone pouches, keychain wallets, tote bags, tissue packets, business card wallets and lots more. She has adorable paper stuff like bookmarks, tags, cards, collages, and garlands. Actually, she has more stuff than I can name. What's amazing is that her shop looks very focused and together. I don't know a lot of shops that can pull that off. I really like her eye for putting different patterns together. Her style is sweet and shabby chic and it comes across in everything she does.

This week Mrs. Kwitty's Cottage is giving out an awesome prize made just for this challenge! It's a sweet little covered notebook with these adorable little set of matching vintage button paper clips. All you have to do to win is go to Mrs. Kwitty's Cottage and pick out any item to be inspired by. Make any creation you'd like and post a link to it right on the post on my Heart Hugs blog HERE. Have your project linked by next Friday Aug 28 by noon Pacific time. If you upload to SCS or PCP, please use keyword EIC50.

In addition to the wonderful giveaway from Mrs. Kwitty, we have a sponsor this week! Our sponsor is Ildi Co. They have a bunch of really adorable stamps. I hear there are gonna be a bunch more stamps really soon too! They are offering up 3 digital stamps of the winner's choice and a 10% off coupon for their next purchase. So, two awesome prizes!

Go be EtsyInspired!

Here is my card for this week. I was inspired by THIS piece. I noticed that she likes to combine florals and polka dots. I thought that was a cool idea. The stamp is Unity and the designer paper is Stampin Up. I used the GetSketchy sketch from this week for the layout.

Check out the DT:

• De Swanick
  
• Emily Niehaus
• Heather Schlatter
• Jackie Bowman
• Joy Stagg
• Kerry Angeles
  
• Kristen Dyer
• Lee Murphy
• Sherry Campbell (August Guest)
• Shannon Bracken
• Tiffany Johnson
• (Tonya's having a family emergency, please send her good thoughts)

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Our Sponsors

We love our sponsors!! What a great way to advertise and reach out to different groups of paper crafters!

If your company is interested in sponsoring an EtsyInspired Challenge, just E-mail us the details and we'd love to coordinate and partner with you!

We can't say thank you enough to all our wonderful sponsors that have donated prizes to our challenge players and samples to our DT! We love you guys! Big {heart} hugs to you all! Be sure to check out all of our sponsors in the right hand column! If you pop by, tell them EIC sent you!

Also, a SPECIAL thank you to all of the shops that have allowed us to feature their handcrafted items and for the prizes they've donated as well.

And a special thank you to our loyal following! What would we do without you?!

Together, the shops, sponsors and followers, have made EtsyInspired what it is today, and what it can become in the future! For that, we can't thank you enough!

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