Do you ever see a color challenge and have it stump you? That happened to me this week's Pals Paper Arts Challenge (PPA191). I looked at the combo and could only evision Halloween.
So I thought about for more than a day and tried to think about what other colors I might bring in for a more spring like look (definitely needed because we are due for up to a foot of snow today). And then on the drive home yesterday, it hit me...St. Patrick's Day! I already planned to use MDS and it struck me that the Lucky Framable would be perfect.
Here is a placemat I made last year with this design:
And the part that is covered in cereal is front and center in the little framed art that I created this year:
When creating today's project:
- I eliminated a couple lines of the "text" (actually stamp brush images) from the top. It comes as an 8-1/2" x 11" design. I just sort of guessed on how much to remove to create a square.
- Used the brush tool to change the "kiss me" to be Pumpkin Pie rather than a shade of green. In addition I changed the shade of green for a few other elements of the project.
- And changed the project size to be a 3" x 3" design before I printed out (it defaults to print on the center of an 8-1/2" x 11" piece of paper), trimmed it down and mounted on Gumball Green card stock and placed in the frame!
So easy!
To make this a hybrid project, I punched out several flags/banners and attached them to the gold ribbon I had left from the "J'e t'aime" banner. You'll see in a moment that each banner is actually two --I used Stampin' Dimensionals to secure the banner pieces and ribbon together.
And, of course, the framed art makes a fun addition to the St. Paddy's day banner that I already made! The gold ribbon is a nice complement to the gold foil of the banner!
Hope you enjoy this fun little idea and come up with a way to create something similar for St. Patrick's Day or another occassion!
Oh, and one last thing before I sign off, I've see the projects from design team 2 and they have an amazing collection of gorgeous projects with this color combo and not a single St. Patrick's Day one in the mix! Amazing how we interpret things in different ways! Hats off to my friends for their gorgeous projects this week!
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