Where do you find inspiration?

[scrappy_donna]

Hello!
I am not new here but I'm a major lurker
I would like to know where you find inspiration when you're in a creative rut.

I love browsing through IG and sometimes, Pinterest. I also go through my old layouts and scraplift them, I just put a bit of spin on them.

[jacinda]

Good question. Because I'm on the store CT sometimes I just have to grab a product and use it even when I'm in a creative rut. If I don't have photos of my own I'll ask my family members and they'll often send me something more motivational to scrap. For me, usually it's the photos that provide the inspiration.

[wendyp]

For me it's Pinterest too, or just the photos or a template when im not in the mood to think something unique myself

[eve11ne]

good question!
I've been through mojo rut lately so I usually browse pinterest and yes, sometimes I go through my old stash and just have a browse while (trying) to organise kits/templates

[kristalund]

I usually let the photo and/or kit drive the creative process. When I am in a rut, I typically don't scrap and wait for the inspiration to hit me.

[Route66]

Good question, all scrapping sites, Pinterest, advisements, actually everyday surrounding sometimes are a big inspiration.

[MamaBee]

I go into my memories that I've posted to IG or Facebook... 99% of them haven't been scrapped and I've really pushed this last year to get them into templates so I can get them into our photo books. You never know when IG/Facebook will kick a person out of their profile... such a fear of mine.

[aussiegirl]

I love to search specific theme layouts on Pinterest, but otherwise scraplifting a layout from the gallery or even just looking through old photos can inspire me to start scrapping again!

[tjscraps]

I love browsing the gallery for inspiration, but I like to do "Stash Roulette" too. I open my themes folder, and if I have like 25 themes I pick a random number, then get my family to pick a random number based on how many kits are in there, and then I *have* to use that kit. It gets me out of my funk a lot. If I don't use the kit or have nothing to use it for ... I have to delete it. More often than not I'll use it, and it'll get me out of my funk.

I also like challenges too - I'm a 'completer' - I like to finish them, so if I start a monthly challenge I have to finish it.

[catgoddess]

I'm a messy, moody scrapper in that I just throw everything I like in a kit on my canvas and see how I can make it work. If something looks weird to me, I remove it. I try to balance color, so if it looks out of place, I remove it.

I'm most drawn to darker backgrounds and I love patterns, so I almost always use one or the other or both. I'm most inspired by greenery and natural elements in kits and I generally use them as my anchor on a page and build around them.

[nietis]

Originally Posted by kristalund

I usually let the photo and/or kit drive the creative process. When I am in a rut, I typically don't scrap and wait for the inspiration to hit me.

I do what Krista does.

[Kiana]

Originally Posted by kristalund

I usually let the photo and/or kit drive the creative process. When I am in a rut, I typically don't scrap and wait for the inspiration to hit me.

this is me most of the time... I'll just give myself a bit of a break, watch TV, listen to music, usually inspiration will come find me

[AmieN1]

I like pinterest too- but usually what helps the most is doing a paper-to-digi scraplift- so I have a number of paper layouts I love pinned to a board on pinterest. Almost always a rut-killer!