August 2023 Inspiration Challenge | Create A Shaker

Hi crafty friends and welcome to our first ever Inspiration Challenge! From now on this will be a monthly feature on our blog and we can’t wait to see how this will inspire your creations.

How it works

Each month we’ll give you a theme or technique prompt along with a colour palette. Our Design Team will share some inspirational projects to get your creativity flowing and after that it’s up to you!

Create a brand new project inspired by the month’s prompt or colour palette or both and share it with us in the link party below.

At the end of the month, we’ll share our favorite projects and we’ll randomly draw a winner out of all the entries of that month. The randomly selected winner will receive a £30 gift card to the Alex Syberia Designs store.

The prompt for August is Create a shaker.

Any sort of shaker project is welcome here! Shaker tags for your christmas gifts, a flat shaker card, the only limit is your creativity! Don’t want to create a shaker, but still want to play along, use the colours instead!

Inspiration from our Design Team

Emelie created a flat shaker as a soft and playful background for her bold tulip.

Products:

• Nested Scalloped Frames Die Set
• Tulips Treasure Stamp Set
• Tulips Treasure Die Set
• Tulips Treasure layering Stencil Set
• Large Thanks Die

Erica created two cards, one with a stunning floral cluster following the color palette.

Products:

• Modern Stripes Cover Die
• Fantasy Flowers Die Set
• Large Hello Die Set

And a shaker with a gorgeous striped background, using Modern Stripes Cover Die and custom sentiment, using Foxtrot Alphabet Die Set.

Nicoletta stepped it up by turning her shaker into a see-through card front.

Products:

• Nested Scalloped Frames Die Set
• Petit Periwinkles Die Set
• Pureland Fan Stencil
• Spring Garden Stamp Set

Bobbi created this eye-catching chrysanthemum card inspired by our summery color palette.

Products:

• Chrysanthemum Stamp Set
• Chrysanthemum Die Set
• Modern Stripes Stencil
• Tiny Crosses Cover Die
• Thanks Die
• Pretty Bows Die Set

Lien created a flat shaker card with a soft inksmooshed background and a custom sentiment on top.

Products:

• Tiny Crosses Cover Die
• Foxtrot Alphabet Die Set

Allison made a lovely winter scene with a fun shaker element to it.

Products:

• Falala Friends Stamp Set
• Falala Friends Die Set
• Christmas Sentiments Stamp Set
• Christmas Sentiments Die Set
• Sunrays Hot Foil Plate

And Rebecca is sharing a beautiful Christmas shaker card as well.

Products:

• Sparkly Flakes Cover Die
• Snowflake Layering Die
• Christmas Sentiments Stamp Set
• Christmas Sentiments Die Set
• Pretty Bows Die Set

Challenge rules

1. Create a new crafty project, a card, tag, scrapbooking page… inspired by the challenge prompt, colours, or both.
2. Make sure the focus is on Alex Syberia Designs Products.
3. Post your projects on your Blog, Instagram, Facebook and mention that you’re participating in the Alex Syberia Designs Inspiration Challenge.
4. Add the link of your Blog, Instagram or Facebook post in the InLinkz party below. Feel free to submit up to 3 projects each month!
5. When you share your project through social media, use the hashtag #alexsyberiadesignschallenge so we can see it! (Only projects linked to the link party will get a chance at winning the £30 gift card.)
6. Submit your projects here by Saturday August 26th 2023 at 11:59pm UTC time.

Please leave us a comment on this post below and tell us about your projects! We would love to hear from you!

The winner of the £30 giftcard and our top favourite projects will be announced in a separate blog post in the Inspiration Challenge category on the Alex Syberia Designs Blog on August 31st 2023.

LINK YOUR PROJECTS HERE