Please welcome ....

... our guest Aino!
We are really excited to have her on board & have her share her stunning talent with you. Please welcome her to Creative Inspiration Blog! Here are just a few pages from her stunning gallery.

















- kayleigh

Copy Cat Challenge #44

Good afternoon! How is everyone doing on this fine Thursday? I so wish it was Friday :) Tomorrow we get our NEW house. Very exciting. We have a lot to do ... Packing, Cleaning, Painting, Moving, Cleaning and Unpacking. We are looking forward to it though. I love organizing a new place. I'm a little worried about the move with Addison and the cats. The cats have only ever been in this house. I'm sure it will be weird for all of us, but I'm sure we will adjust. So today I'm bringing you a layout by Joshi_82. I love the way the colours pop from the dark background and the design is PERFECT! Please join me in lifting this beautiful page. Don't forget to link us to your pages in the comments field. I will post all pages next week. Have a great day. - Tara





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Colour Challenge

Colour. I love it. I have yellow walls on my mainfloor. My kitchen is green. My clothes are sorted in my closet based on their colour. I have bought yellow shirts just so i could complete the rainbow in my closet with the intentions of wearing them, but yellow is not my colour.

For this challenge I am inspiring you to create a page with a neutral background with a focus on 1 colour. You can use various shades of that colour & your background could be white, black, gray, kraft … you know what i mean.

Here is my page that I created using this focus. (I just love these new tight jammies from old navy that my mom got for Spencer. Love that style!)


Here are also a couple pages I found in the DD gallery to help inspire you! Enjoy!
I love the scheme here with all the mixture of pink papers. Very cool page & super girly! Well done Adryane!


This one is by our very own Bailey. I love the combo of yellow & gray plus that dot brush in the background adds such a cool impact.


I just love Brittany's style & fell in love with this one. Check out this cool page design & how she used the stitching as an outline to complete the grouping.


- kayleigh

Love You Quick Pages!

Yes my friends, there are more quick pages available! These pages are designed by me using Katie Pertiet's products. I am so happy to share these pages with you all! I adore the way these pages turned out & can't wait to see them pop up in the galleries. These pages would make a great valentine or anniversary book. But i could see them used for a baby girl book or an all about you book. Lots of options! These pages are png files, so you could always add your own touches on top of them or cover up parts if you needed. Be sure to check them out!



- kayleigh

A Photo A Day

I've enjoyed seeing everyone's 365 Projects of 2009 and after the birth of my daughter I so wished I had taken part. So starting January 1st, I've decided to take a photo a day. I'm not sure If I will have the time to scrap them or not, but I still wanted to try to take a photo every day. It takes a lot of work to complete a 365 Project and I'm sure those who completed one are so HAPPY with the results. If you have completed a 365 Project and have made a Shutterfly book please link us in the comments field. We would love to see your books. Here are my photos so far. A couple of days and I have a couple photos. It was too hard to pick just one : ) - Tara

Scrapstreet Feature!

We are featured at ScrapStreet magazine in their January issue! So exciting. You can check out the article here: ScrapStreet Blog Bay. (Note there are 2 pages of the article! Don't want you to miss that 2nd one.) And there are even 2 pages from each of us that are never before seen!

We created a challenge between the 3 of us for the blog feature & now that it is posted we invite you to join in too.

ScrapStreet Blog Challenge
Create a page using these 3 products & feel free to add more.
1. Katie's Enveloped Frames


2. Mindy's Sprinkles kit


3. Anna's White Stitching


Tara & I started this blog as a spot to post our little challenges that we were already doing between us. We are thrilled with the growth we have made in such a short time. Having Bailey on board is lots of fun too. We have lots of fun things in the works over the coming weeks & hope to inspire you with a couple new challenges plus a guest blogger as well!! This girl is super talented & very creative, & I know all of you will love what she has in store for you. Stay tuned for her to join us soon!!

Thanks for hanging with us & checking us out. And thank you to ScrapStreet for the nod. :) - kayleigh

Then & Now

Every once in awhile i get all pumped up about getting published in magazines & search out for calls. And then other times i could care less about having my work in magazines. When i found a call at Creating Keepsakes about pages with the subject matter Then & Now, I created this page to submit... and that was 2 months ago, so i am thinking they don't want it. I love the look of this page & had such a hard time not posting it once it was done.



Looking at where you were at & where you are now is soothing for the soul. (At least it was for me, when i created this page.) I thought this (being the start to a new year) is a good time to be reflective about life & time passing by. How is your life different from a few years ago? How has your appearance changed? What about the home you live in? Of course there is always your kids.

Check out this posting Gone Are and Here Are—the layout by Cathy Zielske back in November. I used the template she talks about in that posting & you can get it by following this link: Cathy Zielske's Layered Template No. 11. Happy New Year!

- kayleigh

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone! I hope everyone had a fantastic holiday season. I can't believe Christmas is already behind us and now we are on to another year. To say farewell to the past year we decided to go through our layouts that we created in 2009 and pick our top 3 to share with you. It was hard, but all three of us narrowed it down to three. We would love to see one of your favorite layouts of 2009. Please link us up in the comments field and I will post a few later on in the week. All the best in 2010! - Tara

Here are my top 3







Kayleigh's Top 3







Bailey's Top 3







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Winner!

Well good evening!! Hope everyone had a fabulous Holiday! I absolutely LOVED reading about everyone's homemade gifts and family traditions! Some really fabulous ideas, a few of them I am saving up for next year!! Thank you so much for sharing with us!

You must look at these!

And this. A homemade Photo holder is a perfect gift!!

K. Ready for the winner?



That's you Kimberly! Congrats! Send your email address and font pack choice to us at creativeinspirationblog @ gmail.com (with no spaces) and I will get you the fonts!!
-bailey

Merry Christmas-GIVEAWAY!!!

Hey there! Remember me?? I know, I haven't been around at all lately, things have been crazy to say the least. So, to make up for my absence...how about a tiny little Christmas Eve giveaway?? Answer the question below in the comments section of this post to win a Font pack from my Etsy Shop with maybe an extra font thrown in too ;) You can see the font packs here. Winner will be chosen at random Sunday, December 27th. No entries after 7pm EST.

QUESTION: Have you made any handmade gifts this year What are they, and LINK us if you've posted about them in a gallery or on your blogs!! If you've been too busy to make any handmade gifts...tell us about a special Christmas Eve tradition you have with your family!!

Can't wait to read your entries!!! Merry Christmas Eve to you all!!!!!

Copy Cat Challenge #43

Hello, I'm back again! I hope you don't get sick of me. Only 3 more days until Christmas. I'm starting to worry that we here in Southwestern Ontario might have a green Christmas. I hope not. There is a little dusting of snow right now, but the weatherman says it's going to warm up in the next couple of days. My fingers are crossed for a WHITE CHRISTMAS! Today I bring you Copy Cat #43. I came across this layout and I just fell in love with it's simplicity. Just what I need at this time of the year. I hope it inspires you. Don't forget to link us to your pages in the comments field. I'm going to feature all the layouts next week. Have a awesome Holiday Season! - Tara

Layout by Emmasmom:


My Layout:


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Gallery Inspiration

Good Morning everyone! Only 4 more days until Christmas. I hope everyone is ready or at least getting there. I think I have everything under control. House is decorated, presents are bought and wrapped, holiday baking is on it's way and oh ya the house work ... i guess it will get done :) Today I wanna show you some more holiday layouts that caught my eye. I hope they inspire you to scrap your holiday memories. Have a great Monday. -Tara

Layout by RebaMc: Love how she changed up the template and her adorable photo is PERFECT!


Layout by Carolle: Her layout just jumped right out at me. Love the cute photo and how she framed it with the greenery.


Layout by Adryane: Love the the grouping of elements. Her layout definitely stands out in the gallery.


Layout by Pne123: Her stunning photos and colours caught my eye.


Layout by Lialotito: Love her design and how she used non traditional holiday colours. Her layout definitely POPS!


Layout by Milo82: The photo is stunning. It grabs my attention and the beautiful elements work perfectly.


Layout by Sbaird: Love all the little details and the placement of her elements. Her layout feels warm and homey.