Welcome back! To add some fun to our Friday and the weekend ahead, we’re introducing a Fresh Inspiration Friday challenge today! The idea is to stamp something just for fun that’s based on the inspiration piece provided.

And today there’s a twist — the Hero Hostesses have been working behind the scenes on this one! Hostess Anita Recksiedler emailed the group a photograph of some gorgeous pictures she has hanging on her dining room wall. Here’s one of them!

Anita said, “When I first saw these pictures in the store I stopped and realized they were perfect for my house, the right colors! Once I hung them all I could think of is how they inspired me for cardmaking! I keep seeing the Delicate Leaf Clusters set when I look at them! I hope they inspire you too!”

I see lots of creative inspiration there! How about you? We’d love to see what YOU create that’s somehow inspired by this photo! We invite you to upload your projects to the Hero Arts Flickr Group and include the tag HAinspirationfriday3. If you’d like, you could even use this as a jumping off point for a monthly contest entry. Imagine the layered background possibilities with this one!

To get things warmed up, how about a little Inspiration Friday…inspiration! This week the Hostesses and I each created a card based on Anita’s dining room decor. You can see the cards full size at Flickr by clicking on the thumbnails below:

We hope you’re inspired to create and have some inky fun!

Happy weekend!