Color Challenges

What do you think of them?  Usually, they intimidate me.  They intimidate me because I have too much variety of items in any given color to narrow it down.  Being that I am mostly a paper driven creator, it means, for me, that I start by pulling papers.  At this point, I already have too much diversity from which to choose.  Once I start pulling the different color coordinated embellishments, I am completely overwhelmed.  But, I did something different this time.

This time, I started by pulling a few paper lines that might work together before I even considered what I might work on next.   Since I am mostly accustom to working with kits, I'm hoping that this strategy will increase my productivity.

So, here's my grouping:

My next plan is a mini-album to use mostly the 7gypsies line.  With all the Top Ten stickers, I plan to create a Disney Trip Top Ten.  I'm excited to be creating my first mini with a Tinkering Ink chipboard and acrylic 6x12  album that I purchased a long time ago.

Anyway, if you are still reading, it is, probably, because you have some minor interest in my project above.  When I noticed CR84FN's Color Challenge, I thought of some of the colors in my grouping.  But, I wanted to incorporate something with the quote that it provided for inspiration, as well.  You can see the quote in the image at the bottom of this post.  I cannot even tell you how I would remember that I had a chipboard that said "happy".  I cannot even seem to remember, usually, what I ate for my last meal. :)  But, I thought of the chipboard and  wanted it to inspire me in my newly done scrapbooking room, (If I, actually, ever commit to finishing it!!) I know that this project will continue to make me happy when I look at it.

I started by spray painting an old silver frame:

I used white enamel spray paint.  When it was dry, I painted the inner border by hand with Americana Taffy Cream Acrylic Paint.

Tip 1:  While the acrylic paint was still wet, I smashed in some Lemon colored Flower Soft for texture.

Tip 2:  To create a shape of different dimensions than your templates, simply trace part of the design and move the template to adjust the size.

The rest of the details follow:
PAPER: 7gypsies Avignon Fleur De Lys, 7gypsies Avignon Ecriture, Glitz Laced With Grace Butterflies
CHIPBOARD FROM: My Mind's Eye Abbey Road Lucky Me, GCD or Chatterbox (It's a Melody Ross design), Pink Paislee Vintage Moon, Pink Paislee unknownACCESSORIES: Sew Easy Floss Aqua, Flower Soft Lemon, Americana Taffy Cream Acrylic Paint, Flourish with a Bling Pearls - Pearl and Teal.
TOOLS: Paper trimmer, ScrapGoods Plastic Template, Scissors  and a paper piercer to mold floss.
TECHNIQUES: Layering, writing with Floss, painting and Flower Soft.

TAG: CR84FN32

Thanks, Mona, for the great inspiration.  And, thanks to my readers for letting me share.  Also, I want to thank Yara for suggesting that I use Chrome for browsing.  I, finally, got so frustrated yesterday, that I installed it and was able to leave a few comments. Hopefully, this will continue to work for me.

I hope that you are having a marvelous day and week!  I'm signing off, for now.  I have a mini-album to tackle! Wish me luck! :)