031515 Whimsical Musings Challenge #160

How I am enjoying seeing snippets of Lisa's February trip to NYC!

Inspiration #160 was based on this gorgeous Fifth Avenue shop window:

Serendipity again provided a start to my page.

Just the day before this posted I ran across this scrap of fabric.

Circles? Let's try this:

 

I loved the gold accents, so I punched some circles for accents out of gold metallic paper. 

I chose a Heidi Swapp gold glitter sentiment & a Jolee's bling gold sequined bow (see final pic.)

I discovered that some punched white circles would disguise the blank spaces between the circles.

Later I added a few metallic gold large enamel dots to fill in those spaces.

 Okay, so I got started...but something didn't look right.

I noticed a little detail in the inspiration.

The pattern in those circles are arranged to make a burst of color!

So I made a template from kraft paper & grabbed a few mists...

a bonus was the oversprayed paper underneath - four sheets of new custom paper.

They were a little less than subtle, especially next to the raw wood.

I used some white Distress Stain to tone it down & blend the color to soften the edges.

The final element from the inspiration was the feathery outfit so peacock pics are perfect.

I added a little gold paint pen to the edge of the paper to finish it off.

Have fun with this one!

Don't forget to post on the Flickr gallery tagged WM#160

 

Thanks for stopping by!