Friday, January 18, 2013

I did it! Now what?

I had this photo of my daughter printed as a "possible" photo for Tuesday's Use It Tuesday challenge (can you guess the challenge by the photo?), but I decided to use another photo instead.  Then when I saw this week's MWM layout over at ScrapbookSteals, I decided it would work perfectly for that.  The only problem was I had no idea what papers to use!  Should I go primary and play with the red and yellow on the fire truck?  Should I go with purple and white to coordinate with her little outfit?  I just wasn't sure.  Then I watched this video over at Two Peas by Shimelle on picking colors.  And it was eye opening!  I went to bed Wednesday night with two ideas in my mind - either bright pinks and purples or muted tones.  I woke up Thursday, and as soon as I had the chance I pulled out my bright colors.  I quickly found that none of the papers were calling to me.  So, I decided to start with MME Follow Your Heart.  I pulled out all of the "basic" papers from the "girl" line as well as some MME Miss Caroline 6x6 papers I had in the same colors. I picked out the background  paper and the big strips of paper.  Then I had to decide on the mat for the photo.  I still had my new to me Crate Paper Peppermint 6x6 pad on my desk, and I thought the red and pink paper would work perfectly.  Next up was to pick out the purple bits.  The cherish piece is from MME Miss Caroline, and LIVE and purple paper behind it are Webster's Pages, and the banner tag shape is a piece from a Recollections 6x6 stack.  I pulled out my grayish AC Thickers as well as my light pink MLS mini alphas to finish the layout off.




And here is the sketch it is based off of:
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