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Old 03-13-2019, 12:51 PM
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My question of the day is.....where do you find scrappy inspiration?
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Old 03-13-2019, 12:56 PM
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My inspiration honestly comes from the kit I’m going to use, 90% of the time I see the kit and know immediately what I’m going to do with it. If a kit isn’t speaking to me I often look to user galleries for inspiration.
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Aside from the obvious.....the gallery.....I love to browse through pinterest and get inspiration not only from the layouts but also look at sketches, painting, collages, art journaling and quotes.

I love combining paint/brushwork/overlays etc with clustering and can spend hours scrolling thru pinterest for ideas. It's my happy place while I watch TV at night, as I sit in my chair with no iPad.

Instagram is another one that I browse thru every single day (multiple times).

Magazines/posters/billboards too sometimes give me inspiration whether it be color, design or text.
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My inspiration usually comes from my photos or from challenge prompts. Sometimes I get a vision in my head immediately and I know right away what I want my page to look like, other times I need to seek out more inspiration to put all of the pieces together. I love to browse Pinterest and recently Instagram when I'm stuck. But, I like to search outside the box too, looking at advertisements, paper crafts, bullet journal layouts - and of course scrapbook layouts as well.
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Like Karli-Marie, my inspiration mostly comes from my own photos! I love to look back through them and find a hidden gem I forgot about!

I also enjoy looking through galleries and pinterest for different ideas! Scraplifting is a very good friend! I have a digiscrapping scraplift board that I love to add layouts into! I also use the favorite tool in galleries too!

My issue, is not looking through those favorites as often as I would like! I need to challenge myself to scraplift a favorite layout at least once a month! I love that our Passport challenges have scraplift prompts, but I need to do it more!
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I'm using challenges as inspiration right now. I have so many photos I can scrapbook, it gets a little overwhelming. Focusing on a challenge makes it easier for me to get a page done.
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I have 30+ scrappers or kit clubs that I'm subscribed to on YT. When I'm scrapping, I'm usually listening to them and will flip back and forth between tabs if I hear something interesting that I want to see.
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This is my list, in order of how important they are: my photos, the kits and templates I have available to work with, challenges, and layouts posted on Instagram.
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My inspiration honestly comes from the kit I’m going to use, 90% of the time I see the kit and know immediately what I’m going to do with it. If a kit isn’t speaking to me I often look to user galleries for inspiration.
This is me too. The products themselves are so inspiring, and it's always a fun challenge coming up with the perfect kit to go with a certain kit or collection. I've also been looking at a lot of paper layouts on Pinterest these days for inspo.
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Karli-Marie - I used to be a paper scrapper years ago and still have some of my magazines so will look thru those occasionally. I have kept many card making mags as I still create paper and hybrid cards.

Dawn - looking back at photos...that reminds me that I have a few bins of photos from my mom that I want to scan and start scrapping with.

Mandy - yes....the challenges are really good for getting us to stretch our imaginations while giving us direction. I am so in love with the new challenge system.

LeeAndra - kit clubs? Do you paper scrap? Years ago I belonged to many monthly kit clubs.

Rachel - thx to SSD I am starting to love using templates. I definitely see their appeal both in design and time saving.
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Pinterest mostly, but I pin more than just scrapbook layouts. I love to get inspiration from brochures, magazine layouts, book covers, etc.
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In the gallery!! The gallery is my FAVORITE place to be! There's so much inspiration and goodies in there, from composition all the way to shadowing!
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