Monthly Inspiration
This month I am inspired by Junk Mail. :)
(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!
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?
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?
Here are some new cards to get your creative juices flowing! Layouts will be posted throughout the week!
How do they inspire you?
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!
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?
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?
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?
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:
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?
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?
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. :)
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