Searching For Inspiration!

I have been searching for inspiration as I thought it was about time I did a post for the new year!  However, after the Christmas rush and the worry over my mum's chest infection - she's recovered from that now, thank God - my mojo just went walkabout, and I'm worried it will never return. 😓

So, in the end, I went through my 'bits and bobs' stash - you know, don't you, we all have them - bits that you have cut out, tried out, coloured, embossed and left to one side.  Well, I came across this digi stamp that I coloured ages and ages ago and decided to try and build from there.

First, I stamped the sentiment from a new stamp set - as yet unused - as I thought it rather appropriate.  Next, I felt the image needed framing in some way, so I chose a piece of card-stock that was similar in colour (I had nothing that matched exactly).

Then I took some card bases in different colours and held the focal piece in front of them, but the only one that it seemed to suit was a white base, but that looked a bit plain.  So, then I tried stamping various backgrounds in a variety of  colours, and none of them looked right.

I finally went for a white card base and stencilled some embossing paste through a stencil in random places.  I let that dry and it seemed the best I could do, so I mounted the focal image to the card base with thin foam tape and called it done.

Below is the result, not inspiring, but, alas, that was the best I could do without the return of my mojo!

Happy New Year to you all, and let's hope it's a healthy, happy and creative one for us all!

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