Monthly Inspiration
This month I am inspired by Junk Mail. :)
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.
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How does it inspire you?
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.
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How does it inspire you?
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 _________".
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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.
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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.
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