USE AN EVERY DAY IMAGE TO INSPIRE YOUR CARD MAKING

As you scroll down through these photos, you’ll see when you get to my finished project how they ultimately combined to inspire the direction I took.

Image Credit: Pinterest

Image Credit: Pinterest

This first photo was the one that sparked me . . .

Image Credit: Pinterest

Image Credit: Pinterest

This second photo drove my color scheme.

Image Credit: Pinterest

Image Credit: Pinterest

This last photo was a winner for the sentiment, which naturally led to me reaching for my beloved Classic Block Alphabet Die set.


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For the last few weeks I’ve been down in the salt mines (working on illustrations/projects I can’t share right now, of course). Anyway, when I caught a break at the end of last week, I stressed out, knowing I hadn’t done any videos for the blog during that time (something I have been trying to improve on, but still can’t seem to get significant traction on). Before I beat myself up too much, I have to remind myself I was actually working (under a deadline).

I decided to try making a video. I spun around in circles trying to figure out what to do and it wasn’t until the end of the day that I told myself to stop stressing; if nothing is coming, quit forcing it. (It can oftentimes take an entire day to develop a card idea, and then another day shooting the video, editing the footage, photographing the finished project, doing the voiceover, and finally getting it uploaded. Oh, yeah, and writing up an accompanying blog post.)

I gave up. And, jumped into the Pinterest vortex . . .

I was surfing for anything Pumpkin Spice Latté because of something my daughter and I had been chatting about . . .

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It doesn’t always work out this way; sometimes an idea just doesn’t come no matter what I try. And, I hate forcing things.

How about you?