{"id":4755,"date":"2009-09-07T12:23:15","date_gmt":"2009-09-07T10:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/?p=4755"},"modified":"2025-09-19T12:59:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T10:59:39","slug":"pause-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/pause-mode\/","title":{"rendered":"Pause mode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I find myself in a &#8220;pause mode&#8221; the last few days&#8230;<br \/>\nI&#8217;m not very inspired to create something and I am reflecting and thinking over the art I made up &#8217;till now. What I like, what I don&#8217;t like (anymore) and which way I want my art to go&#8230; but it&#8217;s not that I did nothing at all&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Remember I cheered over the\u00a0fact that I\u00a0am chosen as a\u00a0<br \/>\nDesign Team member over at\u00a0&#8220;Harlee Quinnz Design&#8221;?<br \/>\nWell, there&#8217;s a lot of communication and mailing going on between me and<br \/>\nthe founders\/webmaster to help them\u00a0put up a nice, working website<br \/>\nand my brain is working overtime on that!<\/p>\n<p>And remember the &#8220;fairy blowing bubbles&#8221; stamp??<br \/>\nWhen you look at the sidebar of my blog, you can see it&#8217;s turned into a blinkie &#8211; and guess who made that happen??? YEP! ME!!!<br \/>\nWhen we actually start the Harlee Quinnz adventure,\u00a0this blinkie will show up at all the designers blogs!<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, feeling uninspired and restless and not knowing which path<br \/>\nI should go, I surfed the Internet. Just looking around &#8211; clicking &#8211;<br \/>\nfinding new places and collecting new ideas.<br \/>\nSo let me share what I came across.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/01_thinkmondaythinkatc.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4757\" title=\"01_thinkmondaythinkatc\" src=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/01_thinkmondaythinkatc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/tmta.wordpress.com\/\">this place<\/a>.<br \/>\nThey offer a theme to make an ATC every Monday.<br \/>\nI looked at the former themes and\u00a0examples and got enthusiastic about it.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s something I want to\u00a0give a try, make ATC&#8217;s.<br \/>\n(I already checked out the new theme for today, it&#8217;s &#8220;Architecture&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p>Looking further to find\u00a0examples of ATC&#8217;s, I found Glenda&#8217;s blog<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/somewhereovertherainbowunicornsdream.blogspot.com\/\">&#8220;Somewhere over the rainbow&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MAN, the marvelous art I found in her galleries!<br \/>\n(Scrap layouts, Art journal pages, ATC&#8217;s &#8211; you should check her out!)<\/p>\n<p>So I&#8217;m thinking art journaling and ATC&#8217;s\u00a0now&#8230;<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve never\u00a0worked on ATC&#8217;s much\u00a0(I made one, a long time ago) but<br \/>\nI bought me a stamp last Month with the intention to use it on smaller<br \/>\nprojects\/cards so I will give it a try this week.<\/p>\n<p>I also worked on a new header for my blog this weekend.<br \/>\nI think I like this one &#8211;\u00a0with the colourful small scraps of paper<br \/>\ncoming from my art journal pages.<\/p>\n<p>I would like\u00a0to know from you if you can see the complete header<br \/>\n(with my photo) on your screen immediately, or do you have to scroll<br \/>\nto see the picture?\u00a0Also, tell\u00a0me\u00a0what you think of it!<\/p>\n<p>Have a great September week!<\/p>\n<p>Je t&#8217;embrasse<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/\">back to homepage<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I find myself in a &#8220;pause mode&#8221; the last few days&#8230; I&#8217;m not very inspired to create something and I am reflecting and thinking over the art I made up &#8217;till now. 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