The Quiet Book - The Shapes & Colors Page

I found this adorable 'painter's pallet' template on Serving Pink Lemonade and decided to make it a double page to incorporate shapes and colors.  I think it came out pretty cute and sturdy. It could be better... I need to slow down and not rush. I get excited about the 'finished' product  and I find myself rushing, got to stop that! Anyone have any tips or tricks for that? I can't be the only one.....?

Here is the completed page:

The left side, shapes

The right side, Colors

The whole page displayed

I think that if I were to do this again, I would use felt as backing like Stephanie from Imagine Our Life does. BUT I was concerned about this book holding up so it could be passed down, so I went with the muslin. I think the felt would be much cuter though!