Happy Monday! It’s back to the grind again after a beautiful weekend in New England. I went very simple with this week’s inspiration challenge – you really can’t go wrong with a grid. I was flipping through our collection of cds (remember those?) and came across this one (ah, nostalgia – I spent many hours at Push Stars shows):

Here’s my interpretation:

Supplies from Designer Digitals

Not sure if you can read the journaling here but sometimes my daughter just cracks me up! What do you think? Does the cover art inspire you? Link me up if you do create something inspired by this or other challenges – I love to hear from you!

Happy Monday everyone! It’s time for a new inspiration challenge. This week I’m back with an ad, a grid at that. I needed to pick something quick and easy after the busy weekend I’ve had!

Here’s my interpretation – I liked the strip of photos and how the journaling was added as black borders to the photos. I also like the “tab” at the bottom and moved that to the top.

Supply List at Designer Digitals

What do you think? Does this inspire you? It’s definitely quick and easy Don’t forget to leave me a comment letting me know, especially if you created something inspired by this or other inspiration pieces!

And that person is:

Betsy May 1, 2012 at 5:27 pm
That’s a great tip about using a template with more “spots” than you have photos. Thanks.

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Bonus Tip: Have you ever not used a sketch or digital template because it included more or fewer photos than you wanted? Try looking at the photo placeholders as just general shapes to be filled in a variety of ways e.g. using more photos (two 3×4 photos in a 4×6 spot) or even combining multiple placeholders to house one photo as I have done here:

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