Where Art Thou Inspiration?!

REALLY bad nod to Shakespeare in my title today.  But I thought it was humorous, and hopefully you do as well!  I often get asked where I come up with all of the various ideas I show, and I have to be honest, it's a rarity for me to come up with a total project out of the blue.  More times than not, I see an idea elsewhere, and then adapt it to create the idea I'm going for.  Case in point--one of the cards I'm using for this month's Card Workshop:

This is actually the card I made at a recent Shoebox Swap held by my upline Terri:

I absolutely LOVE my upline/downline meetings, as I'm fortunate enough to be in a group with a LOT of super-talented folks, and their ideas/inspiration always spark my creativity.  Now, I could have left the card 'as is' and it would have made a GREAT Valentine, Wedding or Anniversary card, but since my Workshop is the last Wednesday of the month (still time to RSVP for that until the 15th, by the way!!) and will be held two weeks after Valentine's Day, I decided to make a few adjustments, using Smoky Slate, rather than Cherry Cobbler as my base.  For mine, I decided to add a 'pop' of color--and really, that could be ANY color with the neutral background, but I went with Rich Razzleberry, and added a rhinestone in the center of each flower for a little 'bling'. 

As you can tell by comparing the two, they're basically the exact same card (and both use the same stamp set)!  I love that simply changing out the color can result in a different look/feel to the card.   

I gotta tell you, as part of Sale-A-Bration, I am TOTALLY in LOVE with the Mini Banner Punch and the Banner Blast stamp set.

Now, I can't be satisfied with JUST the 'real life' versions . . . . I obviously needed to create the digital versions, too:

I know it's silly, but I have to say, I get absolutely GIDDY when the digital versions turn out almost as good as the handmade versions!!  And I love that I have them in my stock now, and can print them out if I need something quick (though to be honest, even the handmade version of this card is pretty quick!)!

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Happy Stamping!

Pam