Inspired Scrapping

Weekly inspiration

2007-10-17T11:09:00.000-07:00

I realize I've been somewhat MIA lately. I am working on being better...and getting a couple inquiries and people using the inspiration on this site was just enough to light a fire under me and get this going again!

Inspiration for this week (I chose nice fallish colors so the color schemes should work with the pictures you're taking right now!):

Friday Challenge!!!

2007-09-14T13:36:00.000-07:00

Have fun!

Weekly inspiration

2007-09-05T19:21:00.000-07:00

My life has gone a bit insane. For the next few weeks I will post inspiration, but most likely no layouts to go with it! Please have fun, and keep checking back!

On vacation (again)

2007-08-06T07:34:00.001-07:00

Taking another hiatus to spend in NYC.

Hope to find lots of inspiration there.

Be back in a week!

Friday Challenge!!!

2007-08-04T13:22:00.000-07:00

Have fun!!!

Artist: Layout inspired by Art (how apropo!)

2007-08-01T20:43:00.000-07:00

The inspiration:

How I was inspired:

Design: Loved the blocks of color and the black strips running through the piece.

Color Combo: Speaks for itself

Typography: Loved the random letters included in the artwork...how some of them were turned upside down, so I incorporated that into my title.

The End Result:

Weekly inspiration

2007-07-30T19:24:00.001-07:00

I'm back....sorry for the hiatus!

This month I'm inspired by art.

Here are a couple pieces to get you going for the week:

On vacation

2007-07-16T22:15:00.001-07:00

No posts this week! Please look through the rest of the website and be inspired, and I'll be back next week with more inspiration!

Friday Challenge!!!

2007-07-13T09:07:00.000-07:00

Again, haven't had a chance to scrap even though I'm so inspired by these websites. I hope to get a chance soon, but I'll be in San Francisco all next week.

Meanwhile, here's a Friday Challenge for you. Love the use of the "Golden Mean/Ratio" here. Can't wait to see what you do with it!

See it full size at brucefuller.com

Weekly inspiration

2007-07-09T12:42:00.000-07:00

Just one for now:
Check out the entire website at http://www.metmuseum.org/.

Friday Challenge!!!

2007-07-06T23:18:00.001-07:00

Yeah, I know I'm late, but like I said, I'm on vacation. I love this challenge, though, so I hope to add my take on it this weekend. Have fun with it!!!
You can check it out at MarcJennings.net.

Weekly Inspiration

2007-07-02T12:40:00.000-07:00

Note for July: I will be on vacation a lot this month and so will not be using a guest designer. I will still be posting inspiration but you will probably see a few less layouts from me. Have fun anyway, and still link up your projects because I'd love to see them!

The two websites I chose for this week have similar designs for their logos, but I loved them. You can be inspired by the logos posted here or go to the actual websites and be inspired by the products for sale or other aspects of the website. I actually recommend you go to the actual websites because there is so much more inspiration for you than I could ever post here!

Link to Shabby Apple website

Link to Ann Wood handmade website

Friday Challenge!!!

2007-06-29T07:59:00.000-07:00

This weekend challenge is brought to you by Alacey. Love this CD cover she found. Make a layout inspired by it and link it up here for all of us to see!

Alacey's take on this challenge:
"I got the new Toby line from Elsie and it came with a doodled page! SCORE! I loved the doodling on the cd cover! Reminds me of high school. I tried and tried to find a picture of me and Chris when we were in high school but I couldn't!! This picture works too! "

Have fun!

first grade faves: Layout inspired by music

2007-06-28T13:51:00.001-07:00

The inspiration:

How I was inspired:

Design: I absolutely loved the way the picture was tilted on this album cover. So I took that part of the design and used it on my layout.

The End Result:

How does it inspire you?

A little birdie told me: Layout inspired by music

2007-06-26T13:59:00.000-07:00

The inspiration:

How I was inspired:

Design: Loved the semi circles. Used them slightly differently, but my semi circles were totally inspired by the CD cover.

Color Combination: Loved the colors, so I found some patterned paper that had a similar color theme. I also used it in my letter stickers...fun way to use up a lot of different letters!

The End Result:

How does it inspire you?

Weekly inspiration

2007-06-25T14:17:00.000-07:00

We're back to CD covers:

Friday Challenge!!!

2007-06-22T09:14:00.000-07:00

The challenge: Make a layout based on the above inspiration. Link it here in the comments section, I'd love to see!

My take on this challenge:

Little mother: Guest designer Layout inspired by music

2007-06-20T05:45:00.000-07:00

The inspiration:

How she was inspired:

Design: "My eyes immediately focused on the curves between the 2 witches....I put my title in the same place but instead of doing another title down at the bottom, I used that space for my journaling. "

The End Result:

How does it inspire you?

06: Layout inspired by music

2007-06-18T23:08:00.001-07:00

The inspiration:

How I was inspired:

Design: I loved the way pictures made up the letters on this poster. So, I took that idea and made huge numbers to fill with pictures. I was able to get 16 pictures on a 2 page 8.5x11 layout. All of them started out as 4x6 prints and I cropped them down according to my needs.

The End Result:

How does it inspire you?

Weekly inspiration

2007-06-18T09:22:00.000-07:00

This week we are going into the realm of musical theater for our inspiration. Have fun!!

Friday Challenge!!!

2007-06-14T22:48:00.001-07:00

The challenge: Create a layout inspired by the above CD cover. When you are finished post it to an online photo or scrapbook gallery and then link it to this post. If you don't want to post it online you can email me at lalakme at yahoo dot com. So get inspired and go scrap!

My take on this week's challenge:

Lacey's take on this week's challenge:(Don't you love how she outlined her thickers? I do!!!)

And another layout I did 2.5 years ago using this same inspiration:

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever: Layout inspired by music

2007-06-14T13:53:00.001-07:00

The inspiration:

How I was inspired:

Design: I really liked the design, but unfortunately didn't have any pictures on hand small enough to do it exactly. Instead I took inspiration from the general design and went with it from there.

Theme/Topic: I really wanted to do a layout about my daughter's violin. Again, I didn't have the pictures to do so and couldn't get them quickly enough to post this week. I am tucking the idea away, however.

The End Result:

How does it inspire you?

Christmas PJ's: Guest Designer Layout inspired by music

2007-06-13T06:56:00.000-07:00

The inspiration:

How Lacey was inspired:

Design: "I too didn't have anything to match these colors so I used the dimensions of the cover for my inspiration. I used only my own stash for this layout and that always feels good! And I pulled out those outdated stencils..I love mine and actually use them often!"

The End Result:

Swing: Layout inspired by music

2007-06-11T21:47:00.000-07:00

The inspiration:

How I was inspired:

Design: As much as I liked the color combo on this one, I couldn't find the right pictures/supplies, so I went with the design only. I replaced one of the solid blocks with patterned paper to create more interest.

The End Result:

How does it inspire you?

Weekly inspiration

2007-06-11T08:26:00.000-07:00

Tbis week our music inspiration comes from music books I found on my own bookshelf! Have fun with it!

Friday Challenge!!!

2007-06-08T11:36:00.000-07:00

Simply You: Guest designer layout inspired by music

2007-06-07T22:19:00.000-07:00

The inspiration:

How Lacey was inspired:

Design: She used the 3 rectangular blocks of color on the CD cover as the background for her layout.

Color Combination: Again, the 3 rectangular blocks of color provided her background as well as the basis for the colors she chose for the rest of her layout.

The End Result:

How does it inspire you?

Rays of light: Layout inspired by music

2007-06-07T12:24:00.000-07:00

The inspiration:

How I was inspired:

Design: When I saw this I immediately thought of getting some use out of my huge ribbon stash! I had a lot of fun stapling ribbon to my paper. I sort of rotated everything around to look right with the picture I chose, but my page was definitely heavily inspired by the design on the CD cover!

Topic/theme: The Sun and the Moon, along with the design, reminded me of rays of light. So I used that as my title, referring to my daughters.

The End Result:

How does it inspire you?

Why we love: Layout inspired by music

2007-06-05T21:27:00.000-07:00

The inspiration:

How I was inspired:

Design: I liked the simple design, so I incorporated the entire square CD cover into the larger design of my rectangular layout.

Color Combination: I love doing these inspiration challenges because it forces me to look for paper and embellishments I might not otherwise use. I found some patterned paper that is pretty old that used the colors on the CD cover. It's always exciting to be able to use old stuff!

Typography: I did my best to mimic the way the little tickets were printed out. It took some major text box usage and since my girls all have different lengths of names, I used the option to expand the text with the shorter names so it still looks uniform.

Topic: The "We all Love Ella" morphed a bit into "Why we Love _________".

The End Result:

How does it inspire you?

Weekly Inspiration

2007-06-04T09:25:00.000-07:00

For June, I am inspired by music. This week, it's CD cover art specifically. I've included links to the album tracks if you want to be inspired by the lyrics. Have fun!

We all love Ella: List of Album Tracks

The Bravery list of album tracks

Friday Challenge!!!

2007-05-31T22:24:00.001-07:00

(inside: Did I miss anything?)

The challenge: Create a layout inspired by the above greeting card. When you are finished post it to an online photo or scrapbook gallery and then link it to this post. If you don't want to post it online you can email me at lalakme at yahoo dot com. So get inspired and go scrap!

My take on this week's challenge:

Hilary's take on the same greeting card: Hilary decided to use the card to inspire her blog header for the month instead of making a layout.

Can't wait to see what you do!

Circa 1992: Layout inspired by greeting card

2007-05-31T22:18:00.001-07:00

The inspiration:

How I was inspired:

Design: Mostly just liked the circle there. I was going to place my title the same way the greeting card has it placed, but it just didn't end up working that way. Love that about inspiration...it doesn't have to be exact. Just do what inspires you, and sometimes your finished product doesn't look a whole lot like your inspiration, but the point is, you got it done.

The End Result:

How does it inspire you?

Pout: Layout inspired by greeting card

2007-05-30T20:20:00.000-07:00

The inspiration:

How I was inspired:

Design: I took the design pretty literally as far as where I placed things. I loved the "pinking shear" look, but couldn't find my pinking shears anywhere, so I just kind of made it up as I went along and inked it to give it more definition.

Typography: I didn't use a font, but I copied the font used on the card with my own handwriting. Since the topic was somewhat childish, it worked well.

The End Result:

How does it inspire you?

Weekly Inspiration

2007-05-29T08:13:00.000-07:00

Here are some new cards to get your creative juices flowing! Layouts will be posted throughout the week!

How do they inspire you?

Friday Challenge!!!

2007-05-24T21:35:00.000-07:00

The challenge: Create a layout inspired by the above greeting card. When you are finished post it to an online photo or scrapbook gallery and then link it to this post. If you don't want to post it online you can email me at lalakme at yahoo dot com. I will post my favorites next week in each category: design, color combo, typography and topic. So get inspired and go scrap!

My take on this week's challenge:

Hilary's take on the same greeting card:

I love to see how different scrappers are inspired differently...that in itself is so inspiring to me! I can't wait to see what you do!

Play time: Guest designer layout inspired by greeting card

2007-05-23T11:38:00.000-07:00

The inspiration:

How she was inspired:

Design: Notice that she wasn't necessarily inspired by the design as a whole, but rather smaller elements of the card's design. The blue shelf like thing under the flowers is translated to a blue ribbon on the bottom of her picture. The purple down the side looked corrugated to her, so she dusted off her old paper crimper and crimped the paper she used to mat the picture. The dots on the flowers inspired her to add dots along some of the borders in her layout. The whimsical nature of the flowers also inspred her to add some fun curves to the side instead of keeping it totally straight like the card does.

Color Combination: She really loved the fun color combination of the card and took a lot of inspiration from that, ending up with a very vivid layout that matches its title well.

Typography: She liked the whimsical font, so she found one that was similar and used it for her journaling.

***as a sidenote, Hilary said she hated this picture but knew she wanted to scrap it. Those types of pictures are often difficult to scrap because you aren't inspired by the picture itself. So it is nice to be able to use outside inspiration to translate it into a wonderful layout like Hilary did here!***

The End Result:

How does it inspire you?

Baby: Layout inspired by greeting card

2007-05-22T21:12:00.000-07:00

The inspiration:

How I was inspired:

Design: I really liked the swirls on the stripes. That was my favorite thing about this greeting card, so I wanted to use that. I knew I wanted it to be for the "title page" of Sophia's baby album, so I found this old American Crafts paper that had stripes on it and used some Fancy Pants chipboard swirls to duplicate the look. Still simple enough for the title page/hospital picture type layout, yet it adds a little something special to the page.

Color Combo: The burgundy and white combo seemed so elegant that I decided to keep with the simple combination of colors instead of adding something else into the mix. Of course, mine is pink and white, but again, I think it works well with the type of layout this is intended to be.

The End Result:

How does it inspire you?

Bling:Guest designer layout inspired by greeting card

2007-05-20T22:40:00.000-07:00

The inspiration:

How she was inspired:

Topic/theme: Hilary was inspired by the quote on the side of the greeting card, but that particular quote didn't fit the theme of the layout she was doing, so she made up her own similar quote and used that instead.

Design: Hilary kept the same basic design of the layout, especially with the sidebar/quote idea. The picture and journaling placement naturally fit into the larger area.

The End Result:

How does it inspire you?

Mine: Layout inspired by greeting card

2007-05-19T21:47:00.000-07:00

The inspiration:

Sometimes I like to go to Hallmark and browse the cards. I have always loved greeting cards, and if I could I'd buy a ton of them! But, the budget doesn't allow for it, so I just like to look. But in only looking you can find a lot of inspiration. I carry a notebook in my purse and if there is something I like I can jot it down or sketch the design. I recently learned from my Sister-in-law that you could even take pictures with your camera phone! See? Tons of free inspiration!

How I was inspired:

Topic/Theme: I really liked the sentiment in this particular greeting card while I was browsing Hallmark, so I wrote it in my notebook, found a favorite picture of my husband and me and created a layout. This layout was made 2 years ago or so, but I still love it.

The End Result:

Warmth: Layout inspired by greeting card

2007-05-19T21:04:00.000-07:00

The inspiration:

How I was inspired:

Design: I really liked the smattering of snowflakes across the greeting card, so I used flowers on my layout in the same way. I kept the basic design of picture and text placement as well.

The End Result:

How does it inspire you?

Love at first sight: Layout inspired by greeting card

2007-05-18T18:23:00.000-07:00

The Inspiration:

How I was inspired:

Color Combination: I really liked the color combination of the greeting card, so I knew I would use that on my page. The only yellow paper I could find was about 4 years old, and certainly not "hip" at all, but it worked for my purposes.

Design: The design wasn't too difficult to translate into a layout, either. I liked the flower and the ribbon on the card very much. I actually had the exact same ribbon (also very old) in my stash, so I pulled it out and used it. I loved that the flower used both hot pink and pastel pink and also had hints of the green leaves, so I went with that, as well.

Typography: I found a font similar to the "My beautiful Wife" and used it for part of my title. (Font is called "Inspiration"--Fitting, no?).

The End Result: (Couldn't scan it straight to save my life)

How does it inspire you?

Inspired by Greeting Cards

2007-05-18T16:08:00.000-07:00

I received each of these cards in the past several months. I saved them because I felt they were inspiring. How do they inspire YOU? Layouts coming soon. :)

Click to see each card larger.