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10/13/14

Studio Calico: Inspired & A Giveaway

Nothing really inspires me quite like the season of fall.  If you follow me here on my blog or over on Instagram, you probably are well aware of this fact!  

I love the leaves and acorns on the ground; the jeans and boots I get to wear; and of course, everything pumpkin!  Pumpkin pie, pumpkin bread, pumpkin lattes, pumpkin scones...you get the point!!  :)

I'm pretty sure this month's Project Life kit at Studio Calico was made just for me (and fall lovers everywhere!!).  The cards this month are some of my favorite ever and I am trying so hard not to hoard them!!  After I did my happy mail dance upon receiving my kit, I started flipping through the cards and the ideas just starting floating around in my head!  I can totally see these cards clustered together on a traditional scrapbook page with fall photos.  Or maybe all on one page in a Project Life album with an enlarged 12x12 fall photo on the other side of the spread!  Oh...and let's not forget about the ever awesome mini album!!  Sometimes I like to trim down my cards and use them as inserts in smaller mini books!!  That "sweater weather is better weather" card is begging to be placed in a book!


I also love the eclectic mix of journaling cards and how the kits have taken a little more graphic feel over the past few months.  It keeps the cards fun and fresh and just inspires so many new ideas!


(See what I mean about a grid of cards on a 12x12 scrapbook layout???.  Just mix in a few fall photos and you are ready to add this baby into an album!)



And let's not forget about this awesome stamp designed by my favorite designer Peppermint Granberg!  Amazing, right???  The possibilities are endless!!

So what about you??  Does fall spark that feeling for you?  Does the cool weather and falling leaves give you inspiration upon inspiration??  And what about this awesome Studio Calico Project Life kit??  Does it give you the warm fuzzies too?? (I sure hope so because you can win it below!!!)  I bet it does!!

Studio Calico is getting you inspired this month and wants to hear WHAT inspires YOU!!  They are offering up this awesome FREE fall printable, as well as over $1,400 in prizes!!  All you have to do to be entered to win is download the free printable from the Studio Calico shop The prizes get bigger and bigger the more uses of the #scinspires hashtag. So the key is for everyone to share this hashtag and talk about what inspires them! 

Studio Calico will add up all the uses and update everyone their blog every Friday to how we’re progressing. Here’s a short list. But it will grow as the shares grows: 

100 shares of #scinspires = 1 Month Free Sub 
200 shares = 2 Months Free Sub (additional month continues every 100 shares)
1,200 shares = 12 Month Free Sub 
1,300 shares = Entrance into Cameo Basics 
1,500 shares = $100 Free Digital Downloads 
2,000 shares = Silhouette Portrait 
2,500 #scinspires shares = 25 lucky winners will receive a free month WITH a Gold WRMK album! 

Here is the blog hop if you want to hop along!! 
(YOU ARE HERE)

ALSO....
I am so excited to be giving away my favorite kit ever to one of you lucky readers of mine!!  To be entered to win The Underground Project Life kit from Studio Calico, just leave me a comment below telling me what inspires you!  Easy peasy!  Winner will be selected and notified on October 31, 2014! Good luck!!

137 comments:

  1. I am inspired by other paper crafters -- I love looking at other blogs! Thanks for the chance to win your favourite kit!

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  2. Oh the stamps! <3 So cute! :)
    I´m inspired by other peoples work.
    It´s always a good idea to browse through some good scrapbooking galleries! :)
    xo Julia

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  3. Wow that Peppermint stamp inspires me! And I'd love to win it in the kit. Thanks for the chance.

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  4. Thanks for the chance to win.
    In this season I get inspired by the colours - if the fog is not around.
    In normal I get inspired by other crafters or by the bits and pieces all around.

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  5. I am inspired by blogs, SC gallery, and podcasts. :). Thanks for the chance to win! Your work is awesome!

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  6. What a fabulous hop! I'm inspired by other card makers, Pinterest fun finds, and challenge blogs!

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  7. Aaah, so much inspiration all around.....
    Thanks!!
    EvaT

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  8. Autumn is so very inspiring- my fave time of year! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  9. You inspire me Stephanie! I love to see your photos and pages. They are always just beautiful!

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  10. You are a great source of inspiration

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  11. I´m inspired by other peoples work and I love looking at other blogs! Thanks for the chance and the inspiration!

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  12. What isn't inspiring!? I am with you though, fall is my absolute favorite season. The colors, the cool cozy weather, the smells... Awe. Inspiring for sure.

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  13. I'm inspired for the smells and autumn colors, so much inspiration at 2.0 and Studio Calico is a great inspirational board for me

    Thanks for the chance!!

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  14. I am inspired by the colors of fall!

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  15. I draw inspiration from the leaves! The colors, shapes, even the crunching noises you hear when you walk on them!

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  16. I am inspired by you- the SC team!

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  17. I am inspired by pretty paper, the work of others and fun challenges (like creative jumpstarts)

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  19. I would definitely have to say the sc stamp sets. They are so creative n inquire n always get my creative juices flowing! Thank you for the chance to win! :)

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  20. The color theory line has totally inspired me to make the jump into mixed media and bring some beautiful colour to my life!

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  21. I'm inspired every time I read these blogs. Makes me want to get busy and create something, anything!

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  22. Studio Calico design team inspires me to create.

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  23. I get inspired by other crafters, blogs, magazines, pinterest!

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  24. I'm always inspired by seeing other's layouts and blogs. So much to see! Thanks for the chance!

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  25. recently i am inspiredby instagram. everyone's fall photos are beautiful!

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  26. Bloghoppin' or the Studio Calico member & design team galleries are always an inspiration... There's so much gorgeous work going on out there!

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  27. Designers such as yourself inspire me! You share so much of your process with us your readers and that is where I collect much of my inspiration to get up and do something!!

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  28. The many colors and shapes in nature inspire me.

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  29. Wonderful blogs and projects like yours keep me inspired and creative1 Thanks!

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  30. Fun fun! These days I am super inspired by anything fall!! The colors, feelings, weather, food, and adventures!

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  31. Wonderful journaling cards! I love them. I am often inspired by beautiful embellishments and supplies.

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  32. I love the stamps in the kits and thinking of ways they can add details to my PL spreads.

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  33. Fall just begs me to craft! I totally agree with you on everything about fall! This kit is so perfect, and I also just want to hoard those awesome cards. SC username Brinkleyboy

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  34. the beautiful colors of fall inspire me create
    cooladam1 at live dot com

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  35. Gorgeous kit! I am inspired by photographs. Photographs I will be scrapbooking, photographs that are unrelated but inspire creative feelings in me.

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  36. My 7 year old little girl is my partner in scrappy crime. I love to show her new scrap video I've found and we both get giddy about seeing new goodies. She inspires me each day to keep scrapbooking and memory keeping and love to see her love it as well.

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  37. Fantastic products! I am inspired by other crafters & sketches!!

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  38. Fall is my favorite season and the colorful leaves inspire me with scrapbooking themes as well as my clothing.

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  39. I am inspired by other's work, Pinterest is a great place to see that.

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  40. I am inspired by my children, and by the work of other paper crafters!

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  41. I am inspired by fall, other bloggers, and pretty scrapbooking paper!

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  42. I cannot describe now much I LOVE this PL kit. It's so pretty! I am inspired by other scrapbookers. I love the SC gallery, along with my favorite blogs I regularly check! :)

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  43. I am always inspired by other crafters, both paper and others, but especially by Ali Edwards. I sorta want to be her when I grow up!

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  44. Love the stamp set from that kit! And me? I'm inspired by the world. My inspiration always seem to come from the oddest places, but that's what makes the world so colorful and beautiful!

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  45. I like the way you manage to make an ordinary kit look beautiful!

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  46. That is so fab! I am inspired by the many fellow Project Lifers around the Globe. They make wonderful and creative creations which I adapt to my daughters PL album. Anything Project Life really gets me excited!

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  47. Stephanie tú misma y tus proyectos ya nos inspiran ¡¡¡ En España, el otoño es amarillo como las flores de los crisantemos y marrón-dorado como las hojas secas que crujen bajos nuestros pies. La luz es tamizada, para poder hacer mejores fotos. El otoño huele a castañas y moniatos asados, y en mis agujas de tejer ya está esperando la lana para hacer un jersey para mi preciosa hija.

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  48. I am inspired by my daughter, she brings out the best in me!

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  49. That looks like an awesome kit! Love the stamps :)

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  50. I'm inspired by the gorgeous colors of Fall! Thanks for the giveaway and my user name is Scrapper1011.

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  51. I am inspired by all the great projects people share on Instagram!

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  52. I am constantly inspired by interior design + graphic design :) I'm a graphic designer so I usually channel that onto my layouts!

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  53. Cool weather, rain and gray skies, salted caramel mochas, and cozy sweaters (over my growing baby bump!)

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  54. I'm not sure if my other comment went through, but what inspires me to capture moments is what daughter. Your work and others like you spark ideas that I never would have thought was possible

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  55. What inspires me? Completely unrelated to your post, but my mother is always a source of inspiration, always. :)

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  56. I am inspired by all things Pinterest. So many ideas!!!! SC: mrsfleischmann

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  57. Fall is my very favorite season! I am very inspired by what is around me and textures. Thanks for a chance to win.

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  58. i'm most inspired by other layouts that are easy to lift. so many stories to scrap; so little time!

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  59. I am inspired by certain colour combinations, and cool typography.

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  60. I am inspired by the SC gallery and Sketches. I'm also inspired by clothing and houseware catalogues.

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  61. The beautiful autumn light has inspired me to get out and take more photos. I've been in a slump.

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  62. I am so inspired by all the amazing DT members over at Studio Calico!

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  63. I am inspired by my monthly kit from SC!

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  64. Inspired by the change in weather...just love it!

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  65. Mi ispirano i colori della natura e la mia famiglia. Grazie per l'opportunità di vincere :)

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  66. I get a lot of inspiration from design teams, other people and challenges. Thank you for the chance to win.

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  67. My bestie, we have fab adventures and then spitball ideas over coffee!

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  68. I'm inspired primarily by my favorite pictures/moments and by challenges!

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  69. Im in Australia and it's spring over here and that definitely inspires me!

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  70. SC Designers and Unity Stamp Co are my fav places to go for INSPIRATION

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  71. fall is my inspiration. hot coffee, leaves falling, cold weather ahhh beautiful just beautiful

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    1. Congrats!!! You are the lucky winner! I sent your username ever to the studio calico, so hopefully your kit is on the way!

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    2. just found out today thank you sooooo much. :0) i have finally won something. so grateful

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  72. I love fall too. can't wait til I go to the pumpkin patch so I can take some fall photos. Love your work.

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  73. I've been so inspired by color and how light can change them. Fall is the perfect time of year to enjoy such beauty so it's always been my favorite time of year

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  74. The changing of seasons inspires me... different colors and textures!

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  75. I am inspired by the changing seasons and SC crafters.

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  76. Fall is definitely full of inspiration for me too! Lots of pretty colors to photograph!

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  77. I get inspired most by great photographs and color combinations. Fall is my favorite time of the year and I love the rich jewel tones of color.

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  78. Love the kit! I find so much inspiration from the LOs the CT makes. Beautiful!

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  79. Photos inspire me to create and looking at (translation:buying) new products does too. Blog surfing provides inspiration also.

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  80. Moments inspire me. When I have a good story to tell, creativity just pours out of me.

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  81. How much fun and inspiration is this????

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  82. What a beautiful post and I loved all the SC product that you are inspired by! I am often inspired by my family and pictures of them, beautiful papers and rainy weather:)

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  83. Isn't that stamp set fab?!? I received it and just about died!! LOVE!! I am inspired by the way my children see things. The comments they make, the way that they share life. It gives a whole new perspective.

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  84. Instagram and SC gallery are my spots for inspiration. I also use pictures to inspire me to scrapbook.

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  85. New kit's, products always inspires me, then I get them I immediately go to create :)

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  86. Looking through Instagram and Pinterest always inspires me. Also, these blogs! They are all so wonderful!

    Thank you for this giveaway!

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  87. You definitely make it look so easy...LOVE what you've done.

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  88. Fall also inspires me. Love the change and the colors. #scinspires

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  89. these blogs are inspiring me to get into my PL stash...

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  90. I am inspired by life. there are so many beautiful things and inspiring people.

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  91. I get inspired by Nature, my grandchildren and looking through craft magazines. FB and blog are also very inspirational to me. I have learned so many new techniques from blog posts and love doing hops because I get to meet new people and companies and get VERY inspired!! Thanks for the chance to win this amazing kit!!

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  92. Right now, I am inspired by the colors of fall!

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  93. the creative team gallery in the SC website inspires me BIG TIME!!! when ever i need any inspiration, thats my go to

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  94. I am definitely inspired by fall, from color, to decor to fashion, I love fall
    Thank you for the chance to win!

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  95. The gorgeous new products that are released too often! lol Also, seeing all the great projects from DTs!

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  96. Thanks for the chance to win, my SC username is Marty85

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  97. My source of inspiration is a bit eclectic. Sometimes it is in the way a group of items are arranged, sometimes it is a particular colour scheme, sometimes it comes from packaging or magazines and sometimes, it is just the way the leaves are floating down from the trees on a fall day!

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  98. Pinterest inspires me!

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  99. Fall! I am super happy today because it is the first day we have had cooler weather here and it makes me want to bake, craft, and play with paint all at the same time. I am also always inspired by people's projects on SC!

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  100. I usually get my crafty inspiration from a product. It may start with a ribbon I know I want to use, or a patterned paper, a die cut, etc. and builds from there. Thanks for the chance to win this inspiring kit :)

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  101. In life, my children and most things with an old, vintage-y feel.

    With SC it's always been the stamps. I love looking at the sneak peeks and deciding which I want based on the stamps (other goodies sometimes pop up on my radar, but the stamps usually win).

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  102. I usually get my crafty inspiration from Life. Every day life happens and inspiration can be any time or place. TFS.

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  103. I am always looking for inspiration...SC's creative team, seasons, new products, blogs and product demos...there's inspiration all around us!
    Thanks for the chance to win!

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  104. Fall is my favorite season , and if anything it inspires me are the sunsets , the sky turns a color like no other! I love it !

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  105. I love the colours of fall and its romantic mood!) This inspires me a lot!) Thank you for the chance to win!)

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  106. Lucky for you ... I live on a tropical island. No autumn colours. :( But lots of sunshine :)

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  107. So many things. Colours. Other crafters.

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  108. the colors of all inspire me most, i love the colors and the family gatherings. they both inspire me to take great pictures and craft.

    atreece

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  109. other scrappers and blogs get me super excited and inspired to create!!

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  110. Being outside definitely inspires me!

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  111. I am inspired by other projects I see on blog and Pinterest, I especially watch color combos to find perfect match for my layout

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  112. I am definitely inspired by all of the fantastic designers in the world of the Internet! I find that I am much better at scraplifting that coming up with an original design!

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  113. I am inspired by the gorgeous fall weather in my neck of the woods!

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  114. Always inspired by the challenges and the member gallery at Studio Calico!

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  115. Love PL! I've been doing it for
    8 years now and it is very
    inspiring to write and photo
    every day and make it into
    a wonderful album for the
    year!
    Carla from Utah

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  116. I love this kit, a favourite for me this year, I would have bought two if I could have so would love to win another :P

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  117. Forgot to add that what inspires me is my sc kit full of new and exciting products every month. Variety is the spice of life after all :)

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  118. I am inspired by all the wonderful artists on Studio Calico who share their hearts on paper.

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  119. I am always inspired by the SC creative team... And the creativity of my kids!

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  120. I like seeing the galleries projects!! Thanks for the giveaway!!!

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  121. I am inspired by my lovely family who are constantly provided unforgettable moments for me to capture and scrap.

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  122. It's hard not to be inspired just by visiting the SC website. The member gallery is chock full of inspiration.

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  123. I am inspired by challenges. I love to try something new regularly to keep my creative juices flowing.

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  124. "Sweater weather is better weather." is one of the best quotes I've seen on SC! Love it! I would love to be able to use the underground kit!

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  125. There are so many exquisitely talented people who inspire me. Thank goodness for sites like Studio Calico who facilitate access in such a personal way to some of these artists!

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  126. I find a lot of inspiration on Youtube and on blogs like this one.

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  127. I love the monthly mood boards that SC puts out - so inspiring!

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