Challenge #343 - week of 27th January 2020

Over the last few years, I've been inspired by the Pantone Colour of the Year for one of our prompts and this week is no different.

Be inspired by the Pantone Colour of the Year 2020, Classic Blue

Ranger Inks take on Classic Blue!

A colour prompt is easy to interpret of course if you just look for products in this shade or maybe a photo featuring this colour but you could also think about:

• a favourite item of clothing in blue
• how this colour can be found in fashion this season and if this is something for you
• you could talk about your own Colour of the Year if Classic Blue isn't something for you
• you might have something around your home in this shade such as porcelain or  a painting
• how about classic blue ocean, lakes or rivers not to mention skies?
• maybe you feel a little blue and want to record this

Whichever way you decide to go, I really hope you'll share. It would be great to see what you make.  You can connect with us in our Facebook group here. Tag your entry with #WMXXX (with the number of the prompt instead of the XXX) so we know exactly which inspiration you've taken.

Have a great day everyone!

Challenge #342 - week of 20th January 2020

This post was started before Christmas and then edited and continued two weeks ago, so let's try to get it finished now shall we?

All my Christmas decorations were put away several weeks ago now but I did keep out a few winter items that I think look good and give me a little hygge feel at this dull, grey time of year. I have some stars, some reindeer and a couple of cute little wrapped tea-lights.

They were a hand-made gift from my mum some time ago and I love how cosy and cute they are. The colours don't go with our tree or living room decorations so I always keep them right here in my craft room and love the soft glow they provide. So when my eye fell on them, I thought it would be a fun prompt - one that fits into this time of year with all the cold weather around.

And this is where my inspiration comes from today.

I'd like you to be inspired by knitted items.

Let's think about a few different ways to take this prompt.

• do you have a favourite knitted garment that you just love to wear?
• do you get excited when it's cold enough to justify getting those winter woolies out of the back of the wardrobe?
• perhaps you or someone close to you knit and that could be your main focus today
• how about a knitted gift (I can see two right here in my room!)
• how about a funny story about learning to knit or even teaching someone to knit
• there are a lot of knitted designs in our scrapbooking products - papers, stickers, embellishments that you could use - both drawn or photorealistic
• how about using a real piece of knitting in some way on your page?
• I can imagine being inspired by the word itself "knit" which of course means to join together which could be the drive for your story

Whichever way you decide to take my prompt, I really hope you'll share. It would be great to see what you make.  You can connect with us in our Facebook group here. Tag your entry with #WMXXX (with the number of the prompt instead of the XXX) so we know exactly which inspiration you've taken.

Have a great day everyone!

Challenge #341 - week of 6th January 2020

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Happy New Year to you all and welcome to Whimsical Musings in 2020. 

Did anyone notice I was missing these last weeks? 

I'm guessing not at this busy time of year ;-)

Anyway, back here this Monday with a new prompt for you. I have another prompt that I actually started writing back in November but seems to have got lost in the hectic of the season, so I'll hold onto that for next week. 

But I like to mark the beginning of a new year with a prompt that doesn't directly refer to resolutions themselves but looks at the topic of a new year from a slightly different perspective. I had a look around on Pinterest which I still love so much and from time to time, forget to go there for inspiration. This time though, I came across such beautiful motivational quotes that I thought would be good for today that I went down a rabbit hole and came up with this beautiful image below.

Source here

This week, be inspired by intentions.

How could you take this prompt for your page?

• intentions for this new year or any period in the future
• intentions you had in the past and how successful they were
• are there any scrapbook products with the title of "intention"? I'm not sure but I know there was a Photo Play Paper collection called "No Pun Intended" so there could be!
• talk about the why behind intentions for the future, giving the back story rather than just the plan
• compare and contrast how your intentions have changed over the years
• do you have a story where you had the best intentions but it didn't quite work out as planned?
• perhaps you intended to say something but something totally different came out instead?!?
• make a list, a plan, a record of goals, targets or objectives

Just for interest, here are our previous new year prompts incase you'd like to go back and try a different perspective:

• WM#20 - turning points
• WM#71 - goodbye
• WM#116 - goals
• WM#151 - possibilities 
• WM#194 - countdowns
• WM#195 - things that have never been
• WM#244 - fresh starts
• WM#274 - when one door closes...
• WM#313 - plans

Whichever way you decide to go, I really hope you'll share. It would be great to see what you make.  You can connect with us in our Facebook group here. Tag your entry with #WMXXX (with the number of the prompt instead of the XXX) so we know exactly which inspiration you've taken.

Have a great day everyone!