Happy Monday everyone, it’s inspiration time! Long ago there was a time when I could carefully select my inspiration piece and try to find the perfect pieces to go along with it. Now I’ve gotten to the stage that I can find inspiration in pretty much anything so I grab the nearest paper and get to work. I found this particular ad in the Sunday paper magazine (thanks Trudy!). It’s exactly the kind of ad I could have picked years ago when I started using ads for inspiration – a simple grid. Of course I can’t just leave it as a simple grid any more (and why is that?) but the basic structure is still the same.

What’s not to love about this? I must admit that it was the extraction in the sky photo that sucked me in – I love to see stuff overlap into other boxes of a grid. However, it didn’t really work out that way in mine – the baseball that I added is actually in the spot where a baseball is in that adjacent photo.  It’s another one of those times when I think I’d like to use this inspiration piece again and again. And why not? It will look different every time with different photos and effects.

Supplies from Designer Digitas:
Rory Solids by Maplebrook Studios, Hot Floral Solids, Splatters no. 3, Assorted Messy Stitches White no. 2, no. 4, no. 6, Messy Stitched Rectangles White no. 1, Messy Stitches Circles White no. 1, Pebbled Words Daily No. 1, White Sticker Alpha and Home Run Brushes by Katie Pertiet, Little Enamel Sports Balls by Pattie Knox.

Do you find yourself returning to an old faithful design or source of inspiration? I know I do. It definitely speeds up the creative process when you need a boost.