Variation on a Theme

Hello again!  I've got another Color Room layout to share with you today.  Like I wrote about in my last post, I again used the Graphic 45 "Domestic Goddess" alphabet sheet to add a pattern of circles to this layout, called "Rings."

Supplies: cardstock by American Crafts; tulle ribbon by Wyla; thread by Singer; starry paper & thimble label by Echo Park; distressed white paper by Authentique; button card by October Afternoon; die cuts & alphabet stickers by Lily Bee Design; chipboard butterfly by DCWV; doily by Royal Consumer Products; lace by Jeanette Crews Designs; distress stain by Tim Holtz for Ranger; die cut circle paper (used as mask) by Graphic 45); pen by Zig.

I made this layout for Palette #130, which is a "whitewashed" palette.  This means that the palette is comprised of white plus three hues of the same color--berry pink, in this case.  An additional requirement for this palette was to incorporate polka dots into the design.

I incorporated polka dots in a few different ways, and I even found in my stash some Lily Bee alpha stickers that were raspberry pink with lighter pink dots!

I also used some circular elements (including die cuts and a doily), to play up the dots.  The circles, plus the romantic color palette, made me think of engagement/wedding rings.  The journaling on my layout reads: "Our engagement rings were local Black Hills gold.  We loved their colors so much!  They're "so us!"" 

I read on Wikipedia that in times past thimbles were sometimes used as engagement rings.  Intrigued by that bit of information, I decided to incorporate a raspberry pink thimble image into my design.  Continuing in the sewing vein, I also incorporated a button card and a scrap of lace, and I sewed lengths of tulle to my layout in the form of a frame.

Do you remember this cluster of foam flower stickers, from a previous Color Room layout?

I saved the backing pieces from those flowers, because I liked their translucence.  I tucked a few of these backing pieces behind the tulle on my "Rings" layout, creating a white-on-white look that has a "wedding" feel to it.

I had a lot of fun creating this page for my wedding album.  Thanks for stopping by my blog to check it out today.