This is an extremely beneficial video, Cori! You have summed up the issue many crafters encounter, provided suggestions/solutions to guide us back to our crafting and visually given us more ideas and inspiration! You are such a gem in the world of journal making! 💎 Thank you does not say enough, however, they’re the best two words! Thank you!!! 😀💞

I love watching your videos, your creativity, your organizing, your squirrel moments. I have many of the latter and at 60 I now just try to enjoy them. I've always been more of a watcher than a do-er of paper crafts, either my things didn't come out the same way or I didn't have the money for the supplies. Now I just love the process! I have been a paper ephemera collector probably my whole life, our 2nd bedroom is overflowing with things to create for journals and I thought perhaps if my things don't come out the way I want I could at least create the kits so that others can put things together. Anyhow, thank you for the lovely videos, I'm glad there's someone else out there who gets those squirrel moments and its fun to see where they take you. Your voice is also very soothing and gentle I guess is the word, and you describe things so well - perhaps that's the teacher in you. Thank you friend for letting me enjoy your process, I send you love! Oh, I think I found you through watching Gayle, who I adore as well. I know you go on craft retreats sometimes together so hug each other for me!

Outstanding video! Thanks for sharing your personal tips and also doing the research for us! :)

All someone has to do when in a slump is watch your video’s. Love your style you inspire me so much thank you again for more wonderful ideas 🌸😊

Great video! Thanks!! I was especially fascinated with the little journal you made!! Too Cute!!

Awesome video great ideas!

Honestly I said right away a project box!! And also I must have my items and studio completely organized. I won’t fussy cut while working on a project. I fussy cut all at once and organize - I also have inspirational note books / boxes ( project box size ) to hold things not fitting in a book!! These are fabulous ideas Cori. Honestly got so so much inspirational ideas 💛

Inspirational as always!!!! Thank you Cori!!!!!

Cori, you are always so inspiring, Thank you so very much!

HOLY COW! Your rolodex idea is genius!! I have had one of these sitting around for ages and had no idea what I wanted to do with it. THANK YOU!

The timing of this video couldn't be better for me. I am in a slump. Thanks for the nice tips and pointers. I appreciate them! Thanks Cori!

so thank you for these ideas.. it sometimes happens to me too and Im doing some of your ideas but glad to have more ideas from this video.. I just started to binge watch your videos and I so love all your ideas. And also your soothing voice is very nice to listen to.. thanks again for your videos....

Inspirational to say the least Cori, loved everything ! Thank you

Just WoW! I needed this and such great ideas. Thank you, thank you.

Thank you Cori, excellent information! Down to earth and practical.

Great ideas 💡 Love the Stamperia Kit and the journal you mad with it! Super helpful 🥰

Love, Love, Love this video!! Such talent you have. Thanks for the great ideas!!

These are such helpful suggestions! Thanks for sharing!🌷

Thank you so much.Love your little Stamperia journal.

This is so helpful Cori. I've been struggling for months! Thank you!

Thank you Cori. This was just what I needed.Hugs....

Love Love this video! So many great ideas! Thanks Cori for sharing! You definitely have great teaching skills, you made that envelope clear as mud.

Great ideas Cori! Thanks for sharing.

Great ideas! Thank you Cori!

Thank you for this much needed reminder Cori. We all struggle at times (sometimes, lots of times) and you have listed a lot of great suggestions. I plan on putting some of these into place immediately as I spend hours sitting at my desk lately, wanting to create but nothing happens. Take care my friend. xx

Thanks for sharing great tips 😍🙌🌻🏵🌺🌼🌹

Love the new project box. You squirreled again with your box!

These are wonderful ideas for any crafters! Thanks for your inspiration.😀

Thank you! I think we can all relate and I really appreciate you taking the time to suggest some ways out of a lull. It is nice to know that we are not alone in this and that it is ok to not always have new ideas. We can put a lot of pressure on ourselves even if this is supposed to be our ‘happy place’.

Cori, thank you for sharing these wonderful ideas. Love them! I took notes…lol.

Great tips for us all…thanks!

I think you've saved me. Thank you so much, Cori...it was a happy day when I found you.

Thank you Cori! This is super helpful. 🌷

What a great video! Very useful! Thank you so much for sharing, Cori! 🤗 💕

This is very helpful, thank you so much! ❤

Thank you Cori! This video is so helpful, I am so tired of being in a slump. You have so many great ideas, I have hope! ♥️

Cori, what a gorgeous Art is Everywhere! Journal! So special! Thanks for the useful ideas. From Cheryl in AZ

Beautiful little journal!

Thank you for this variety of ideas. Every once in a while I get spinning in circles........

A great video…a lot of great tips. Thanks for sharing.

Lots of fun ideaS & creative sparks - thAnk you 👋🏻

Thanks Cori for the great tips and ideas. A super motivating tutorial. Xxx

Hi Cori! All awesome ideas and I just love that tray you store all you little bits in. Thanks for the video, hope you week is going good, take care. 💜

Love the little Art journal and thank you for showing us another envelope technique. I hit a creative wall too often and I don’t usually play during the week so crafting time is very precious. I try to to do other things (tidy, reorganize, clean, etc.) just to stay in the craft room when that happens. 😘

Fabulous video!! I’ve been in a slump for weeks now. You have given me the encouragement & inspiration that I needed to get going again. Thank you!!!

Great ideas! So many of them I do myself without even realizing that I am! Thanks for sharing!

Excellent and very helpful tips, Cori! Your teaching talent really comes through in your videos. 🙂

Great ideas, Cori! TFS the inspiration!

Wonderful ideas! Thank you

Your little Sandy-inspired journal is adorable. I think I must buy all those gorgeous supplies and try making line myself. Thank you for sharing.

One of my go to solutions for creative slumps is to revisit any of your amazing videos and I will inevitably see a technique that I had forgotten about or just be inspired by one of your many lovely projects. Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts and suggestions with us ... !!!!

Thanks, Cori, for sharing. Very helpful. I especially like your idea books. And how well organized and beautiful they are, too. I hope you have a lovely day. God bless. Sue ❤

Love it! I've been in such a weird headspace I can't even call it a slump. My mind is overflowing with ideas, so much so that I can't settle on any one project. I do have one in particular but I've been unable to find the photos I want to highlight....so temporary dead end on that one. I have a plan to make a pansy book, like your daffodil book. I've got plenty of ephemera to get started but just haven't. I bagged up my projects individually so at least I can find those when I'm ready. Squirrels could well be my spirit animal too! Anyway...I enjoyed your envelope and your artsy book very much. Thank you for covering this topic so thoughtfully.

Thank you I really enjoyed this. I normally just stop. I’m going to try some of your tips

Thanks Cori, so helpful. I get an idea start and loose direction then over think it and get overwhelmed. Love the book with pictures and ideas. Need to make one, and let my squirrel loose. 🤩🤩🤩🥰🥰🥰🥰🐿🐿🐿🐿🐿

This video came at a great time for me! Going on a girls weekend in June and making a fun junk journal for each of us. Although I have the fun activity ideas, the executions to the pages has been difficult. These tips will help! Thank you!

Thank you so much!! This is very helpful. 😍😊

Cori this is another great video full of wonderful ideas. I love the artist booklet and the “ruler” envelope. I enjoyed seeing your composition notebook idea book and your idea rolladex. So freakin smart. When I’m in a slump, I always rewatch some of your inspiring videos and then I’m good to go. You’re the best!

Oh My goodness that little art journal is everything!! love, love, love it! Thanks for this video you teach me so much every time I watch your videos. I watch them over and over.

Love the throw back idea book and the Rolodex! I have made some before but not that small, they were regular Rolodex size. Thanx for the memories

LOVE the Stamperia paper and your art journal. Also love your old Rolodex of ideas. Would enjoy a series of short, follow along videos to create one just like it, or one that caters to junk journals. 💖

Brilliant ideas! I follow Ardeth, she’s very clever and also Sandy, she does some very sweet projects. I adore your little art themed booklet, it’s beautiful and I love Stamperia papers, they are always so beautiful. Thank you 👌🤩

great tips wow a ruler envelope tyvm for sharing :) what a beautiful journal :)

TY Cori for showing ways we can get our mojo back! 🥰

Sometimes creative slumps last VERY long times due to life and the needs of others. It is OK to put some of those things away and like you, they can come out with new inspirations and directions. NOt only that, sometimes things are half done already and the new inspirations complete them even better. Great to spend time with you and work on bonus inspirations, cleaning up, having fun and loving ourselves. Thank you, Cori!

Thank you for all of the inspiration!

Fantastic video. TFS ❤

Not seen that way if making an envelope before. Thanks Cori, ,made one while watching 💜

Great suggestions! Thanks, hugs and blessings, 🤗❤️🇨🇦

Thank you for the reminder for the envelopes brings back memories xx

Love love the squirrels. They are SOOOO you. Thanks for taking the time to share these thoughts. I am casing the Limes. 🙃

Great ideas Cori. I have those Atelier papers. You've given me the perfect idea 😊. Thank you ❤️

Glad to find your video. Good stuff! I recently found some 35 year old bad underwater photos. I’m drawing the fish, rocks, etc. with moonlight gelli pens.

Great suggestions! Thank you so much💗

Cori, how are you doing? Better, I hope? I continue to pray for you & your family. I do enjoy your videos so much. Thank you for all your time spent making them & sharing your gifts. This video has the idea rolodex from your scrapbooking days @ 8.00 min. Again, I hope your days are getting better.

I love doing the LIMES idea. What I do is go on Pinterest or KZfaq and search for “junk journal ideas”. Then I take a picture of something I like that I want to “copy” and change it up to suit my style, or maybe according to the scraps/supplies I have at the time. This can really get me going and lead me to many other ideas that I want try. I now have many photos that I can refer to when I get stuck. Thank you for the inspiration!

You made me buy the Atelier des Arts paper pad. Ooh, it's so beautiful, I should've bought two.

Thanks dear, this was really inspiring

Very informative. I love Ardyth.

I enjoyed all the tips, I'll definitely revisit this video as a inspiration when in a slump. Not so very long ago I was slumped - I started browsing old National Geographics at the thrift store. One had a fabulous tiger spread and one on India. It set the theme for an envelope journal in which I used a ton of coordinating scraps. Inspiration is all around if we are open to it. I love to "reorganize" as you suggested - sometimes kits come out of that. Be blessed 🌻🍄

I love all your suggestions. I another I get into a creative slump is when I’ve finished something. Sometimes I find it difficult to focus on getting started again. While watching this video, I’m sitting here making lace die cuts. I’ll have a nice collection when I start my next journal or when I start mass making ephemera. Thanks again for your suggestions!

Perfect timing for me, I'm feeling very slumpy!

Cori, that you so much for this. I have been going through a lot lately and I just can’t seem to keep my mind on crafting. These ideas are so helpful. Thank you 🙏 😊🥰

As always, a great video. CASE..I had always understood it to be...copy and SHARE everything. It was a principle of sharing ideas of inspiration so our craft could grow.

Hi! Found you through Gayle A. Retreat video. Enjoyed this video…I intend to try the little envelope today and find that beautiful Stamperia paper! Will look forward to viewing more of your videos for inspiration. I find that when neatening my craft space, I find projects that I want to revisit.

Great video, friend! So excited to see what you decide to work on at the retreat! That Atelier booklet is fabulous! I have a feeling this girl is going to squirrel all over the place during our week together! 😂. I need to bring my entire craft room, so I have the materials to do whatever my pal, Cori, inspires me to do! Love and hugs! 🤗❤️

This was awesome. Jibed Neary was a huge inspiration for me, she does a lot of unique ideas and her work is impeccable. Your work is likewise very inspirational. I am so amazed at how much you can get into your journals. I recently made 40 thank you cards in a mostly giraffe theme and used glossy accents to highlight certain areas like you do. They turned out beautifully and are part of our baby shower gift for our great granddaughter coming in July. Thank you so much for sharing. Barb Pacific NW

Cori this is a very helpful video, I do do some of the things mentioned, BUT the real fabulous one for he was the envelope I’ve a square napkin that I lined and have wanted to make it into a envelope…..Perfect and yes it turned out, what a game changer & so simple. Thank you for the demo 💕x

What a helpful video! I need to work on giving myself permission to put an unfinished project away when I hit the creative slump or just become bored with it. That others such as you do it sometimes inspires me to give myself permission also. Your other “slump” ideas are good ones too. TFS.

What wonderful ideas! I even took notes! LOL I don't particularly have slumps, but, I believe I know why. I don't sell my artsy creations. I don't enter contests or challenges online. If I do, I rarely share my results. It's just that I do art strictly for myself. I like to try things. Some work and some don't. Because of this, I can always find plenty to do because I have no timeline, nor do I have to worry with any standards or restrictions(copyrights). However, I am still intrigued by your awesome ideas! Thank you! Su PS: I love your idea book! And, Jibid Neary is a wonderful artist!

Love this. Becareful w

Great ideas. Thanks Cori. x

Thank you Cori. I am experiencing this at present and I’m thinking I just did too much at one time. I signed up to make a mermaid journal, and as I love mermaids, I thought it would be a breeze. Not so! I have fiddled and procrastinated since the beginning of May the start date and nothing was coming together. I made a tassel, a couple of tags and envelopes but have got no further. I have a beautiful mermaid book so I’m off to read that to see if it will get me enthused. Then I will try some of your tips. Wish me luck. 💖

Great video.

Hi Cori, I absolutely love this video! It sounds silly but there is comfort in your video..to know that everyone goes through this and you have such good ideas to just enjoy crafting without feeling incredibly inspired! Love it! And I am a firm believer in energy flows and when you are in your head, the energy gets stuck and for me to be creative I have to feel good so I totally understand what you mean by that! Sorry for bad grammar, English is not my native language 😉 Anyhow, will def be watching more of your vids because they are soooo fun and filled with wonderful ideas ❤️

Thanks for this video. I love the little book and love Jibid too. I think she's the most important artist who's made journals. I have about twenty project containers lol. I've been trying to conquer them one at a time, but it becomes burdensome because . . . Oh! look! A squirrel!

I am the same way, Cori. I cannot create in a messy space! When I leave my craft room even if in the middle of an unfinished project, I will get those items back in order and ready for the next day, not totally removing it , just having it be orderly for the next play. I have found when I walk back in I am relaxed and ready since there is no mess to start with. You are so well explained and talented and I always learn from you. TFS!

Squirrel. Love it. TFS

Brilliant as ever Angela Scotland x

Thank you so much 🙏🏼🤲🏼💚🌸🌿🌸🌿🌸🌿🌸🌿💕