Help me fall back in love

I had the same earlier this year & I started watching other people create, like on Cheryl's Watch Cheryl Scrap YouTube channel (listening to her & Courtney chat & the faster ones without the chatty sound track & then some of the traditional paper people scrap - I'm un-co & not prepared to go the hybrid route (mess, cleanup, the bird flapping & paper pieces flying everywhere or chewing the edges - Nah) but watching others using mixed media especially kick started me a bit & watching them cut up journal cards because they just wanted the phrase on it for their page, or seeing how they layered a cut out shape over paint helped me think about my stash a bit differently too

 

I usually just toss it in my work in progress folder if I have a layout that isn't coming together. Then I either work on something else or walk away for a bit. I also typically work on several pages at one time though, so that I can bounce between them when I get stuck.

 

Doing an art journal page helps me. I like the freedom of just playing.

 

Sometimes you just need a break.

Others, just keep chugging along. Maybe just work through the page even though it isn't what you envisioned, you may like it at the end.

 

Oh, the top-left template in the FDD set could work for the card. You could clip it to a paper below the photo spot so you get the gist of the card. Or you could put the Job Search card where the photo spot is. If you choose to do the latter, you have two choices: you could either use it instead of a photo, or you could place it towards a corner and angle it (and perhaps shrink it) so you can see it but you can also still see whatever photo you selected. Sometimes, instead of flowers or other cute elements, I use a journal card period for that top left template you could totally place the journal card where those elements are near the photo's bottom-left corner at an angle over the photo (or tucked under it, peeking out). ETA: here's an example. It's a smaller WA piece, but the same idea.

And another:

 

That top-left is more portrait, isn't it? But if it isn't exactly what you want, don't forget you can change the photo shape. The template police won't arrest you if you delete the template's photo layer and make your own. (You can copy the stroke effect so that you can add that to your photo spot layer; then you can add your shadow the way you want, or copy from a paper layer--but that will cause you to lose the stroke, so just add that back yourself.) The point is...Feel free to change things to suit you. As for the elements, it sounds like you've got a great idea in your head and the pieces just need to be put on a canvas. Go for it!