Fooling the mojo

Sometimes my mojo leaves me & there's absolutely nothing I can do about it. Other times I can muddle my way through some projects & still be happy with them. And then there are times I say...."to heck with my mojo. I'll just use someone else's," and so I'll use other people's work to gain my inspiration & sometimes even "lift" their design in it's entirety. Let me tell you.........it's extremely liberating, to say the least. By using this method, from time-to-time, more specifically this week, I've gotten 4 layouts done in 2 days and that doesn't include my projects using the fabulous September Scrapfabulous kit I worked with. PLUS, (as if 4 layouts isn't enough), I used products I've had for a long time or I've been itching to use & haven't had time. I'm so loving this I think I'll continue for the next week......I figure at this rate, I'll get approximately 15 more layouts completed?

And I write all this to say....................it's OKAY to use other people's mojo. Just make sure you give them the credit:) And with that, I present you with:

This layout was done gaining inspiration from a layout by Greta Hammond. I did change it up a bit, but for the most part, the overall design is the same.

This is an almost identical lift of a layout by Joy Bollinger. I loved everything about her original. I did change products, as I didn't have the same ones, but I love this layout.

This layout is more my design then anything, but I did use a layout from Jenni Bowlin for the frame idea. I'm thinking I'm going to journal a little something, but haven't decided what yet. I just loved the picture.

This layout features the wonderful frame idea from a layout by Jennifer Gallacher. A lot of you know the story of her son's battle with cancer. I love the frame & duplicated my own. I was originally going with her overall design, but changed it to my own.

This layout & card project are my own design. I forgot about these 2:) The card set was for my father-in-laws birthday.

So, there ya have it. I probably won't upload the first 2 on any galleries since I used other people's work to gain my inspiration, but I wanted to share them anyway.

I'm looking forward to Friday............High School Musical 2 starts at 7:00 PM CST. So, if you were planning on giving me a call....I won't be answering the phone. I have a movie date-night with my 2 girls & some popcorn!!