October 20, 2022 • Anna Griffin
Craftspiration – October 20th, 2022
Hi crafters,
Welcome to this week’s amazing Craftspiration blog post. It is such a treat to see the absolutely incredible cards, crafts and more that you have made and shared this week. We got to hear from new crafters, had friends email us beautiful things they made and were thrilled to see that many of you made gorgeous variations of the fun pumpkin tablescape that we made during last week’s AGTV Finishing School Live. From Halloween to Christmas projects, there’s something here for everyone! Come see what was made and shared by our talented community.
Edyne shared, “I am not on social media at all but I was so thrilled with this card I wanted to share it. The card is for my friend’s mom who is turning 93! All I knew was that she liked blue and French themes since she is from Louisiana. I love the Mini Flower Dies and use them a lot to create beautiful paper flowers!”
Eunice emailed, “Anna, I really loved making my first explosion box from the Win it Wednesdays gift. Thank you very much!”
Pretty, pretty! We’re glad that you are enjoying your win!
Shirley posted, “I made some cards for my church’s caring ministry using the versatile inspirational collage card toppers. I used Anna’s card base and embellishments made with pleated ribbon die. She made it so easy to care for others!”

Terry wrote, “I love all the toile papers. Such pretty designs and colors! I’ve been playing with pumpkins this week, both real and paper! And I ADORE this pumpkin easel die! I’ve made almost a dozen this week for youngsters, each a little different, but all of them FUN!”

Becky Jo posted, “An explosion card for my son & his wife. On the inside made a pocket with the spider webs and made them a picture magnet. They met being scare actors at Universal Studios.”

Maria said, “Today I am finally finishing 12 pages of old photographs in a scrapbook. It has taken me awhile to gather all the dates and print cards. Saving for my niece and nephew. Enjoy the rest of the weekend!”

Leigh posted, “Making brag booklets for family gifts.”

Donna said, “I love the Simply Christmas Card Making Kit. The cards are so festive and pretty. I made a couple of simple cards which were very easy to put together. The rest will be saved for my daughter who is just starting out. These cards were made using embellishments from various other Anna kits. I would definitely like to see a 50 card set of these cards with the sentiments and layers included.”

Mary wrote, “Just finished making a dozen treat boxes. I cut card bases from a past Halloween kit in half and used the front of the card to make the top of the box and the back of the card to make the bottom. The decorative platforms for the top and bottom were made with the Wonderful Web cut & emboss folder and I hand cut shadow layers for added strength. Everything but the pearls and glitter are Anna.”
These are exquisite!


Jane posted, “Finally my Christmas Cards for the Christmas Card Challenge! I was behind but now I’m caught up . From the Anna Griffin Inc. Carte Noel Finishing School Craft Box.”

Sherry said, “Using the All Boxed In Dies, and various other dies and die cut stickers to decorate, I made my grandkids goodie boxes for Halloween. The first pic is the front of the boxes, the second pic is the back of the boxes and below this pic is an example of the inside of a box. Using Anna’s dies and with the help of Cricut I decorated the inside of each box. I added an envelope to hold a gift card for a little extra surprise. The inside of each box has a different design.”
Now these are a treat!


Beth wrote, “Still having fun creating pieces to go along with my Gingerbread train and depot set. This time I used The Carte Noel Townhouse dies to create a confectionery 3D lighted sweet shop.”
We are always inspired by you, Beth! This is magnificent.

Adina shared, “I love the combination of the the Bell Pop-out Dies with the 3D Card Layer Dies.”
Alice posted, “This card is one of my favorites. I cut the scene from a card in the Halloween vellum kit, then I added the boy with the pumpkin from the Halloween die cuts, I think. I added the gold foiled flourish last.”

Frankie said, “Another make of Anna’s Finishing school 3D pumpkin. I love how delicate these look. I plan on making more to use as place settings for my table for Thanksgiving!”

Loraine posted, “These pumpkins are so elegant! I think I need to make one more small one for my Fall Centerpiece! Thanks Anna! I so look forward to learning new things!”
This is beautiful, Loraine!


Lovely work, everyone! Seeing your cards and projects is always the highlight of our week. If you would like to be featured on Craftspiration, then post your projects with us on our social media channels. We love showing off how talented you are! Have a great rest of the week, friends!
Bye for now,
Anna

Thank you for all the great ideas. Beautiful work everyone.
They are beautiful. Please include me in Win it Wednesdays
Fabulous! So creative!
The pumpkins are so fabulously elegant!
Amazing projects! Such hard work and talent. I love seeing so much creativity. Thanks for sharing
Wow wow, amazing projects this week!!
Everything is so beautiful!
WOW, WOW, and WOW!!! fabulous creations. So much talent, i am in awe. Thank you for sharing.
Love the thin line houses
❤️💚❤️ Beth has done it again….her candy shop is absolutely gorgeous……all the detail is just magnificent. Beth is a real inspiration. Thank you for sharing. I love the scrapbook page. The rose explosion card is beautiful. The Simply Christmas cards are amazing. All of the Halloween cards are so creative and beautiful. Can’t forget Jane’s gorgeous Carte Noel Finishing School Craft Box….
her Christmas Cards are beautiful. Another amazing craftspiration…..my favorite day of the week. Thanks to everyone who took the time to share. 🧡🖤🧡
Wow so many of you did the pumpkin from finishing school how beautiful. There is so many ideas and inspiration for this week. I love all of the projects so pretty. Great job everyone.
Just perfect everyone!
Breathtaking. Absolutely incredible.
Always look forward to Craftspiration Day so many beautiful things and such wonderful talent. Kudos to all.😁
Such pretty things! You all inspire me.
I have been making Halloween cards with my grandson, using all Anna. I now love Halloween, and not for the candy.
I was silly giddy to know I had something on Craftspiration! I think everyone else is so talented! I love the idea of turning card bases into boxes. Brilliant! I usually miss AGTV because I go to lunch with my mom on Fridays, so thanks for sharing the pumpkins. Love it!
Excellent craftspiration! Well done everyone!
So many beautiful cards.Thank you.
Hello Anna, Thank you for doing the Craftspiration each week. I love Beth’s 3D Lifhted Sweets Shop using the Carte Noel Dies. And, all the 3D Pumpkins are so elegant.
Oh so pretty! Each one is a special work of art.
What beautiful work by everyone. No way I could pick a favorite – keep up the FANTASTIC work that Anna has shown us to do.
I never was a big Halloween person but all of these items that Anna has taught us has changed my mind – next Halloween & Thanksgiving is sure to have a lot of Fall decorating throughout the house. Thanks to everyone for sharing their work & inspiring me so much.
Michele
The pumpkins are so pretty! Each just a little different from the other.
I wish you could teach us how to make the 3d townhouses like Beth made, Lovely!
Ethel
Awesome crafters!
These women are so talented. I don’t think I shall ever catch up. But they bring me joy every week. Thanks for sharing your brilliance!
The lighted gingerbread townhouse is spectacular! Need some instructions how to replicate it, please.
These are so sweet and adorable! What talent and inspiration! Tfs. Love seeing so much creativity.
Every craft shown is truly beautifully made. So many talented griffinites. TFS
Everyone’s project shares are so pretty. I’m like a fourth grader seeing my art work on the board. Thank you for posting my work with everyone’s pretty cards. We are blessed to have Anna in our lives. ❤️
Wow! So many fabulous projects today! Love the creativity! I love Halloween crafting, and all these examples. Love the toile card and sweet shop too.
These “crafts” are magnificent! There are some very talented people out there! I love seeing everyone’s creativity. Please, keep them coming!
So many beautiful crafts shared for us. You ladies did a marvelous job. Thank you for sharing.
I’m looking forward to Create 8 at Home. Not sure how much I’ll be able to do, as I have a horrible eye lid infection…which I’ve never heard of before. Am on medication to get rid of this but my vision is somewhat impaired because of the swollen eyelids. But I’ll be listening.
Everything is just so beautiful! Thanks so much for sharing.
Everything is awesome. So much talent and inspiration. Thank you for sharing.
As always, a great collection of card! I LOVED Edyne’s blue-and-white French card–sooo beautiful!
Thanks for all the good examples!
Beth. The candy shop is stunning.
Hi Anna I got my Create box Monday. Haven’t opened it yet waiting for Kristin to be able to open it with me. She and I will open it in a few mins.
Oh boy, what beautiful projects this week.
Thanks for sharing.
Confectionary 3D townhouse by Beth Turchi is spectacular. I would love to have her directions so I can make a 3D townhouse as well. Renee Nowell,Phx,AZ
Wonderful!
So much talent shown here. Beautiful pumpkins!
Such talent!!!
Everything is gorgeous and inspiring. I think I want to tackle the pumpkins, they look
so elegant !
Oh wow! Such pretty cards. Other than Halloween being one of my favorite holidays I always loved the blue and white pallet. Also digging the Christmas cards. ❤️
Another swell assortment of fabulous craftspirations !♥️
Thanks to everyone for sharing
⭐️♥️⭐️♥️⭐️
Love the sweet shop. What talent and imagination. Great addition to a village scene.
Like them all. Great work.
Joyce T.
Beautiful, gorgeous & so very inspiring!
The work here is absolutely stunning! I had a “WOW” for every one of them.
Thank you for sharing your works!
Love them all. Good job everyone 🎄
What beautiful examples of imagination!
What an inspiration from so many creative persons! Thank you for sharing.
Beautiful as always and inspiring.
Love them all, does anyone know what font Ednye used for her blue card?
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This is Edyne. The verse was a wood mount stamp from Hobby Lobby. I hope that helps.
Such creative people. Makes me want to get started making the explosion box. I ordered the dies a little while ago.
I love the Sweet Shop, the four snowmen Christmas cards and the explosion box. There is so much talent shown in this Craftspiration. Thank you.
Love the pumpkins and the box ideas would be great for Christmas too.
Fall…the favorite. Thanks for offering all these fall items! It makes crafting fun!
Amazing and beautiful ❤️
Wow! Everything is amazing!!! Love the house!!!
I love all of the designs you showed and there are so many creative individuals! Thank you for sharing, I am hoping to learn how to do some of these creative items
Absolutely beautiful creations! I’m blown away
Very creative everyone! Thanks for sharing! I am inspired!
Everything shared today is quite an inspiration! Loved everything!
Thank you!
Anna,
The cards, boxes and table scape items are encouraging me.
Must finish the second of two “career” albums for my husband
Before I can enjoy Christmas card fun!
Not sure why this isn’t coming up but I just wanted to say for the second time love everything Halloween
Once again I absolutely love anything Halloween those cards were phenomenal
Wow!! So many beautiful creations and talented crafters out there. Each one is special in its own way. Great job everyone!! Thanks for sharing !
Love seeing all the creations for inspiration! This is the perfect place to be to see all the cards and projects. 🧡🍂🎃🍁🌟
All of these makes are incredible. I will be “stealing” some inspiration from them!!!
That was a treat to see! What an array of talent and enthusiasm for the upcoming holidays. I am inspired!
All the cards, and project pumkins were amazing. Great work girls!
Anna, I love all the ideas that you, your team and all these wonderful people post and show online and on HSN. I appreciate your time and sacrifice to help me make beautiful items for my family and friends. Would it be possible to be entered to win the create 8. Thank you for your time. Much love and appreciation!
Amazing creations !!! Bravo !!!
Very lovely indeed….
Happy Thankful Thursday, Anna and team! Today’s shares are stunning. I especially love Mary’s treat boxes. I just might have to try my hand at these amazing boxes of happiness. The AGTV pumpkins are beautiful. Thank you, everyone, for sharing! Have a wonderful day. 😊
WOW!!! All of these creations are just amazing. Thank for the share and the inspiration.
Oh my! These are all so wonderful! Edyne, simply stunning!
Love seeing a the wonderful cards, boxes and pumpkins that your talented artists have made. And it all started from a card box, dies, papers etc that Anna offered to crafters that sparked their inner artistic gene!
Lovely creations and great inspirations for all of us!!
Beautiful creations!!
You are all so talented. Thanks for the inspiration!!
WOW 😲 You all amaze me with these beautifully creative creations! So beautiful 🥰
I love the incredible creativity in this group. I’m always amazed at the projects posted weekly.
Gorgeous fun!
Great projects everyone! Just when I think I’ll put Halloween supplies away someone posts another amazing project! Happy Crafting!
Fantastic work. Love the sharing of people’s creativity. Great to get new ideas!
Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful! Love all the fantastic and creative submissions. Thanks for the wonderful inspiration everyone!
While I am not a Halloween fan, I love, love all the other artistic creations. I will keep this craftspiration email to make similar cards.
Such beautiful creations!
I love that Anna posts these makes. They are stunning and inspirational. Thanks to all you wonderful crafters.
Beautiful creations!
I’m smiling at all of these wonderful creations!! Love them all!! Happy crafting everyone!! 🥰
Thanks for sharing!
What beautiful creations. I wish I had more time to craft (keep saying when I retire). Love the inspiration these items provide.
Just beautiful creations from everyone!
Beautiful inspiration,now to find the time to Create!
So many wonderful creations! I love the Halloween projects! Not quite ready for Christmas, but getting inspired.
So much creativity! These are marvelous projects!
Wow! What a week for Craftspiration! I was blown away by quite a few items and will have to try some. Just so many amazing, talented crafters that you just can’t help being inspired! I want to try treat boxes next!
Thank you for adding my pictures of the banner. Happy Crafting Everyone!
I just love looking at all the craft that are created each week. Everything is just gorgeous. Thank you for sharing!
Wonderful creativity!