Inspired By

Inspiration was the whole theme of my time creating today. It began by preparing for the SUO Challenge 380. This challenge is to CASE Christy the Designer. Step one was to check out her blog and be inspired by her creativity.

She has been doing a series of posts inspired by Nancy Drew books. My daughter just gave me Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #1: The Secret of the Old Clock for Mother’s Day to replace the copy that her grandmother, then I, then she loved until it was falling apart. I was instantly inspired by both Nancy Drew and Christy.

I found Christy’s card inspired by The Secret of the Old Clock and let it further inspire my creation. We both used colors inspired by the book cover, circles and a clock image, and metallic embellishments.

What books inspire you? Are there any from your childhood? Or one’s you are reading now? Maybe challenge yourself to take inspiration from them and make a card.

Card Details

Do you ever find yourself struggling to find inspiration? Christy helped inspire me this week. I want to help turn your crafting stress into success.

The inspiration for this card began with color. Colors representing the book cover created this card. The brown and blue represent the outdoors location on the book cover. The green strip matches Nancy’s dress and the reddish layer is meant to represent her hair color. The rectangular focal point mimics the clock–both in color and with a clock face die.

I thought I was going to be in trouble finding anything to represent the clock on this card. While Christy has four different Stampin’ Up!® clock stamp sets to choose from, I thought I had none. And, then I remembered, the Timeless Greetings kit had a clock stamp and I even found an unused clock ephemera. SAVED!!!

Different circle images were stamped on the background layer and metallic circular embellishments were added to give it some bling.

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Also Used:
Work of Art Stamp Set (retired)
Textures & Frames Stamp Set (retired)
Timeless Greeting Kit (retired)

This card was created for Stampin’ Up! Only Challenge 380: CASE the Designer. This challenge we are CASEing Christy. To join us check out Christy’s blog at https://www.snapdragonstamps.blogspot.com. Then choose the card you want to CASE and get creating. Then, enter your card at the SUO Challenge 380. This challenge will remain open through Sunday, July 20. Please join us at SUOC380.