Inspire Me # 7

Number 7: Today...

Inspiration: Magazines

Here's my deal.  I start out wanting to do so much.  And then when i fall short of my ideals, i beat myself up over and over again.  I feel like i am letting people down.  Maybe.  But i have come to a conclusion.  It is what it is and i want to enjoy this journey.  So i am going to stop boxing myself with time frames.  I am just going to go with the flow.

Martha Stewart Weddings Winter 2009

With that being said here is number 7.  I love looking through magazines.  Sometimes I cut out the pages and keep them in a notebook.  Other times when the magazine is so inspirational i keep the entire magazine.  I have a few inspirational magazines on a shelf that i pursue again & again like the one above.

I love that doily banner hanging in the background.  So how to translate it into inspiration for me.  First i painted the background with a cream paint.

I took a doily to use as a mask.  I really wanted to capture that look of the doily so i painted the edge as well. 

I kept layer and layer colors one right on top of the other.  I would move the doily and then add a new layer of paint.

I then cut the edge of the doily to use on the ATC.  I love the white but it wouldn't pop against the card so i grabbed a complimentary color.  A pretty blue color. 

I used a glue stick to adhere the doily.  I was afraid my other adhesives my tear the tender doily.  Lastly i took that same blue paint and hit the ribbon.  Love it!

So tell me what magazines inspire you?  How do you turn them into inspiration?