Chartreuse Anyone??

When is the last time YOU used this color??  I'm not sure I EVER have.  In fact, I didn't even know what the color "chartreuse" looked like.  I had to google it. teehee.  It is a color combined of 50% green and 50% yellow.   The latest issue of Stampers Sampler (dec/jan 2010) issues a challenge to create a project using what I would have referred to as "frog green".  So when I started going through my cardstock, I thought, that's a little bright for me, but I"m gonna give it a try.  So I breezed through my issue of Stamper's Sampler trying to get the feel of what their style is.  I would sum it up as collage.  Here is what I came up with ...

I decided to combine 2 of my most favorite things, stamping and music.  In case the quotes don't look familiar, you can find them in 3 of my favorite songs :

Free to be Me by Francesca Battistelli

Ordinary Day by Vanessa Carlton

Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield

Now I'm tryng to decide if I want to connect all 3 with jump rings and hang them on the wall, or put stands on the back of them and just sit them out in my craft room.

Stamps : Lost Coast (I bought this set of girlies a couple of years ago and I'm so glad I finally got ink on them.  I just checked out their site and I love all of their collage stamp.)

Background Stamps : Music & Polka Dots - Cornish Heritage Farms, Diamond - Hero Arts

Paper : Green and brown cardstock.  Yellow distressed paper by Basic Grey (Urban Couture - Chiffon)

Ink : Brilliance Pearlescent Brown

Copics YG03 and YR04 (I had to throw the orange shoes in there because they don't match, and that makes here "Free to be me")

Flowers : Prima

Ribbon : Yellow Antique shop, Green local craft store

Collage paper on #3 DMD Collage Elements

Empemera : sewing Lilly's Treasures (sold locally, email me if you are interested in ordering)

Post card and stamps - Marcella/K&Company

Clock face - Making Memories

ON A PERSONAL NOTE :

My daughter (20)  has started running, and has agreed to run some races with DH!!  Does that mean I'm off the hook and he's going to quick nagging me to exercise with him??  A girl can only wish!  He is so excited and you should hear him giving her advice on how to train.  Her first race will be the "Pirate Run" in february and yes they are going to run in pirate custumes.  Some kids never grow up, teehee.