A look back at a Celebration....Case File 240

I really enjoyed creating this layout for CSI- Color Stories Inspiration Case File 240,

and I am rather pleased how it turned out. 

So without further ado here is my DT layout for the latest challenge.

This was a very pretty colour palate to work with, not colours I would have normally put together but I like it.

So, are you ready for the new challenge? Grab you forensics kits, CSI players, and get ready for some serious sleuthing as we open Major Case File No. 239.

Case File No. 240 - Deadline: October 31, 2017

Here is the case file. 

All 5 colours used from The Scene

The Evidence used: 

* polka dots/ stripes (papers)

* butterflies/ flowers (stencilled butterflies)

* borders (flower border sticker)

* texture paste (butterfly stencil)

The Testimony used:

* Document a birthday or other celebration

Now for some details of the layout. 

I used a couple of brands of papers. Most of the papers are from American Crafts '5th & Frolic' collection. The exception is the pinky torn paper that goes across the layout. This is a Fancy Pants 'Arctic Chill' paper. I also used some red corrugated card to accent the red colours in the photo.

I love using torn and distressed papers on my layouts, I chose my papers to fit the colour scene and had thought y chosen photo would work well with the colours. The photo has most of the colours in it on its on.  

The chipboard I painted with a gesso base and then embossed with a white embossing powder.

I have added faux stitching around some of the layers with a black Pigma pen

The chipboard title was again painted with a gesso base and then I used my Rangers white enamel accents to cover the word. I did this straight from the bottle gently squeezing and filling in the area over the word. It does give a bit of a domed puffy sticker look to it.

The tree comes from the sticker sheet with the '5th& Frolic' collection. I idea is that this is a family tree because the photo is full of members of my family and friends.  

The flower border sticker comes from Kaisercraft Silver Bells sticker sheet. 

I used a Dusty Attic stencil for the butterflies in the background with some texture paste. 

Products used on this layout:

* Dusty Attic chipboard: Treasure the little.... DA16061

* Dusty Attic chipboard: Elegant Swirls #13 DA11332

* Dusty Attic stencil: butterflies

* Corrugated Card: red

* Fancy Pants:  Arctic Chill: Arctic Chill cards

* American Crafts: 5th & Frolic: Aspen Place

* American Crafts: 5th & Frolic: 2nd & Oak

* American crafts: 5th & Frolic: Simplicity Circle

* American crafts: 5th & Frolic: sticker sheet

* Kaisercraft: Silver Bells: Sticker Sheet

* gesso

* white embossing powder

* texture paste

* Prima: Druzzy Stones: Black

* Flowers from Wild Orchis Crafts

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We trust we've left enough clues for you to solve the case!

The deadline for completing this Case File is Tuesday, October 31, at 11:59 p.m. EST. Be sure to link your layout using the link tool in the sidebar of the CSI blog, and mention the Evidence and Testimony clues you used. Also, please title your link with your name and country.

http://csichallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

Thanks for popping by today, I do hope you will join in with us! 

Ginny :)

Let's Get Sketchy April 15th Challenge

Hello All!

So today is the official start date of the new members of the Lets Get Sketchy Design team!
Woo Hoo!! I am so excited to get going!

We have several new members on the design team a well as some returning members.
To keep up with our fortnightly challenges as they go live, please follow the Let's Get Sketchy Blog which can be found here: Let's Get Sketchy.

Don't forget we can also be found on Facebook here: Facebook Let's Get Sketchy.

So shall we get on with the April 15th challenge?
You are in for a treat because I've actually got 2 layouts for this sketch - keep reading down the post for both of them!

Here is the sketch





For this challenge we have a Mood Board to go with the sketch.







I absolutely loved the colours in this mood board.
My layout was inspired by the colours in the paint pots. Here it is!





I used a older American crafts paper line called Dear Lizzy 5th & Frolic for this layout. The colours in the papers were perfect for this mood board. I used the circles from the sketch to feature several of the different papers in this line.
You can also see the little drawing pins inked in the corners from the Prima Stamp set.

I inked the edges of the circles with the Rose Bud ink pad, which I also dabbed the tops of the flowers too.

I used some mists to create the ink splats in the background

The Scrapberry's pearl flourish I cut up into lots of smaller pieces to place around my layout in my embellishment clusters.

 These photos of my DS and DD just make me laugh whenever I look at them!
We were on a steam train ride and Mummy (me) wanted a lovely photo of my gorgeous children together on the train to remember the day by........ DS didn't want to have his photo taken with his sister and the face says it all! Eventually I did get some smiles although they were distracted!

Products I used on this layout were:

American crafts: Dear Lizzy: 5th & Frolic: Bowtie

American crafts: Dear Lizzy: 5th & Frolic: Boulevard

American crafts: ear Lizzy: 5th & Frolic: Summer Sheen

Prima Marketing flowers: divine Col #565251

Scrapberrys: Summer Joy Pearl Embellishment

Prima Marketing: Chalk Pad: Rose Bud

Tattered Angels: Glimmer Mist: Crème de Rouge

Prima Marketing: Color Bloom: Sunshine

Prima Marketing: Color Bloom: Soft teal

KaiserCraft: Tiny Alphas stickers

Authentique:  Petite type Classique beauty

Prima Marketing: Cling Stamps: Sunrise Sunset #960100

My Mind Eye: Miss Caroline: Howdy Dowdy Brads

Staz On Ink Pad: Dove grey

Some of you may notice that this sketch was also the sketch that was part of the Design team call for Let's get Sketchy.

So now I want to show you the layout I created for the DT call. The sketch came without the mood
board and so we have a completely different colour scheme for this one and I have created the circles in different ways.

On this layout my circles were created mostly by stamping. I used some stitched circle stamps and some circular motif stamps in Archival Coffee ink, finished off by using the flowers and the boat steering wheel as my final circular elements.

Again I have used some ink splats in the background ....

..... and a pearl flourish cut up and added over the layout.

I matted my photos, of me and Holly off on our Brownie Holiday last year, on two layers of patterned paper.

I used some chain and a metal button to further embellish it

The boat steering wheels were fussy cut out of the patterned papers

Products used on this layout:

Prima Marketing:  French Riviera-Respirer l'air de La Mer

Prima Marketing: French Riviera-Au Bord de la Mer

Prima Marketing Flowers

Scrapberrys: Pearl Swirl

Perfect Pearls Mist: Blue Smoke

Twine

Prima Marketing: Cling Stamps: Stitched Circles

Creative Expression: Stamps To Die For: Celtic Feather

Creative Expressions: Stamps To Die For: Layered Flourish

Ranger: Archival Ink: Coffee

Doodlebug Designs: Love Letters Alpha stickers

I hope you have enjoyed looking at my blog,

thank you for visiting!

Happy scrapping!

Ginny  :) 💕

Sketch ~N~Scrap Layout #98

Hi All,

Today I have the first of two challenges I am entering this weekend. This one is for Sketch~N~Scrap February layout #98.
This layout is a little different for me, in being quite fresh bright and clean looking but never fear I have still managed to get in the mandatory flowers!!!!

This is the sketch given to us at Sketch~N Scrap

I thought these fun black and white photos of my daughter ( whom I admit was having a little joke played on her about her breakfast - which she took in good part as you can see !! ) would look great on bright funky papers so I chose American Crafts: Dear Lizzy: 5th and Frolic. These are lovely bright girly papers and I especially loved the vellum spotty paper which I had to include in my layout!

This layout is quite simple, just paper layering, stamping and inking with a few flowers!

Here are some close ups:

I loved the excuse to use this bright glittery green embossing powder on my chippie!

These flowers I have cut in half and poked them under my lifted paper layers. The flower looks like its been layered underneath, you wouldn't know its not a whole flower and your flowers go twice as far!

I used 3 different Prima chalk ink pad colours on this layout. You can see all 3 in this photo. 

You can also see my faux stitching round the edge of the paper with a black pen.

My photos are matted on 2 paper layers and then lifted up by matting them on cardboard so I have room to poke my flowers underneath.

Tis shows the elevation from adding the cardboard underneath.

I enjoyed the stamping on this layout. I do love the stitching stamps from Prima !

Product list:

American Crafts: Dear Lizzy: 5th & Frolic: 7th & Sunshine

                   "                          "               : Lovely Lane 

                               "                         "                 : Little Moments Lane 

American Crafts: Dear Lizzy: 5th & Frolic: Vellum Spot paper           

American Crafts; Dear Lizzy: Acrylic Stamps

Blue Fern Studio: Chipboard; Laughter, Happy, Smile

Prima Flowers: AnnaLee  #543495

Prima: Cling Stamps:  #570491

Heidi Swapp: sticker words

Wow !: Embossing Glitter: Glamour Green

GellyRoll: fine Black pen

Prima: Chalk Ink Pad: Rose Bud

                 "                  : Sweet Pea

                       "               : Turquoise Stone

StazOn Black Ink Pad

Thank you for taking the time to visit. Hope you liked this layout !

See you soon,   Ginny :)