A brand new sketch at Lets Get Sketchy.....

Good Morning everyone!

Here we are with the latest sketch from Let's Get Sketchy for the October 15th challenge!

Here is my DT inspiration for you based on the sketch. I turned the sketch around to best suit my the elements I wanted to use in the layout and my one photo. 

And here is the October 15th sketch.....

Now for some details on this layout.

For this layout I have used papers from various brands. My background paper I love! This Denim paper is from Kaisercraft Indigo Skies collection. 

My other favourite is the book paper, from Authentique. There are more details on products if you scroll further down the post.

I cut a section of the book paper out that I wanted to use and then separated all the books by cutting around them and then distressing the edges. I then glued them onto the layout placing them back together in the original order.

I layered onto a piece of Julie Nutting script paper and the whole main feature is layered onto a torn triangle from another Authentique paper to keep to the basic sketch design. 

My layers I have 'lifted' by using cardboard strips ( or foam tape) to give some dimension and also somewhere to push my embellishments under. These incluse some paper script book pages, dotty paper flowers and some journal cards.

I used some texture paste in the background with a couple The Crafters Workshop stencils.

And finished off with some gold druzy stones and some rustic jump rings to keep a bit off a masculine feel, together with the words from the Kaisercraft paper name strip. Lastly a pin and ticket from Tim Holtz to complement my flower - there had to be a flower!

Products on this layout;

Kaisercraft: Indigo Skies: Chambray

Authentique: Rugged: Rugged 3  ( book paper)

Authentique: Rugged: Rugged 2 ( torn triangle navy paper)

Julie Nutting: French Flea Market: Lettre D'Amour

Book Pages

Prima dotty paper flowers

Tim Holtz: pins and ticket

The Crafters Workshop: stencils: Mini The Story

The Crafters workshop: stencils: Mini Ledger 

Rustic jump rings

Druzy stones and blue crystal gems: The Craftbox (Sept)

Prima: All About Me: Journal Cards 

Petaloo: Brown/ purple flower

Thanks so much for stopping by and do take time to play along.  Link up your layouts over in the sidebar on the Lets Get Sketchy blog by October 30, 2017. 

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Thank you for playing along with us today, have a great week!

Ginny :)

CSI Color Stories Inspiration Case File 215

Hello  all,

Today I'm sharing my Design Team Layout for CSI- Color stories Inspiration Case File 215.

I had fun with this layout using watercolours in my background.

Here is the Case File

The Evidence I chose to use for my layout from the Case file was;

* solid background

* flowers and leaves

* monsters

* circles

* feathers

* watercolour

My Testimony I used for my layout from the case file was;

* journal in wavy lines

I took a lot of inspiration from the 'Scene' and incorporated the stronger purple /pink colours into my layout as well. I also used the google eyes as these were the eyes looking at us from in the under growth!  

The Wycinanka die cut title I painted in a watercolour paint as I also did with the vines.

I used all the colours in the 'Scheme' in my watercolour background.

I used a Prima 'stitched circles' stamp in the background with a TCW stencil with texture paste.

Products used in this layout:

12x12 cream cardstock

pale green cardstock

Wycinanka: Bindweed Frames

Wycinanka: Bindweed

Wycinanka: Best Day

Spellbinder: Sue Wilson Dies: Fern

Memory Box die: Feather

Prima Marketing: Stamp: Circle Stitch

The Crafters Workshop: Stencil: Mini the Story

Finnabair White Crackle Texture Paste

Goggle eyes

Prima Marketing: Metallic Accents watercolours

Small Roses: Live And Love Crafts

Green flowers; Prima; Garden Fable

White and sea green flower: Prima: Seashore

Thank you for stopping by,

Don't forget to pop by the CSI forums an join in with us with this case file

http://csicolorstoriesinspiration.ning.com/

Ginny  :)

'PLAY' - design team layout for CSI Major Case File 205

Hey!

It's a new case file at CSI - color stories inspiration, Major Case File No. 205. This case file challenge runs all month until the 31st and has a sketch included for inspiration.

              These are our wonderful sponsor's for this month who are donating some fabulous prizes!

This case file has a fun bright summery colour scheme. The idea is that you use all of the colours on your layout but in what proportion is up to you. My layout is done predominately with the blues and yellow, with the black in the texture paste and the pink is the tiny hearts on the washi tape!
You can add neutrals to the colour scheme ( black, white, kraft, cream, grey, brown)

Inspiration for your layout is taken from the 'scene' picture and the 'Testimony' prompts. You choose one element (or more) from this list.
I chose:
*Topic: document spending time outdoors and
*Inspirational Words: outdoors.
From the 'scene' picture I had a feeling of the seaside and beaches so I chose my photo of Holly on her school trip to the beach with her class. Their school uniform tops are yellow so they fitted in with the colour scheme perfectly.

From the 'Evidence' list ( embellishments to use on your layout) I chose to use:

* chevrons

* stripes

* clouds

* labels

* metal

* straws

* wet medium

This layout has a mixed media background using lots of 'wet mediums'.

I used two different stencils with two colours of texture paste. I used two mist sprays, sprayed and splatted to get different effects, and Gesso, splattered everywhere!

I used one photo instead of three from the sketch. I kept the banners underneath.

My papers were all dry distressed.

I used the metal paper clip as my title.

To my background effect I used Ric Rac ribbon and washi tape and also staples to hold my layers together.

A tip for a good mixed media background is to layer all those mediums. But make sure they are dry in-between each addition. I speed this process up by using a heat gun.

I added some Liquid Pearls to the centre of my flowers and random dots around the layout. I threaded and knotted some ribbon on to my ribbon buckle and nestled it in my embellishment cluster.

The straws were a fun addition. I had a whole heap of straws in my drawer for the kids and there just happened to be ones that matched the colour scheme perfectly! I cut them to lengths that were easy to use and poke under my layers.

My layers are matted up with cardboard so there is room to tuck embellishments underneath. This creates depth and detail to the layout.

Products used:

Papers:

* Pink Paislee; Indigo Bleu; Jacquard

* ILS;  Pops of Oz

* Basic Grey;  Urban Prairie; Straw

Other:

Prima; Color Bloom Mist; Sunshine

Cosmic Shimmer Chalk Mist; Pastel Blue

Finnabair; Texture Paste; White Crackle

Finnabair; Texture Paste; Graphite

Gesso

Prima Marketing; Got Flowers; Bright

Liquid Pearl; Buttercup

Teresa Collins; Enamel Dots

The Crafters Workshop; stencil 'mini the story' 507s

The Crafters Workshop; stencil 437s

BoBunny Blooms; Buttercup Dahlia; crochet flower

Scrapberry's; Paper clip

Cheesecloth,

Washi Tape

Ric Rac ribbon

Straws

Flower sprigs- Anne Marie Designs

Stapler

Wooden Tags

I hope you enjoyed looking at my interpretation of this Case File and that your inspired now to come and have a go at this fun challenge!

http://csicolorstoriesinspiration.ning.com/forum/topics/major-case-file-no-205-case-closes-on-july-31-2016

Hop over to the CSI website and come and see the inspiration the rest of the design team have come up with. All styles are there, everybody is different, there is sure to be something there that you like and get inspired by! Here is the link to the gallery to what our embers are doing to!

http://csicolorstoriesinspiration.ning.com/photo

Thanks for stopping by, until next weeks new case file opens! See you there!

Ginny  :)

Case File 202

Hiya all,

Here I am with my DT layout for Case File 202 for CSI - color stories inspiration.
This case file had a lovely colour palette great evidence and testimony to work with AND its sketch week too!

Here is the case file:

Here is my take on this case file:

My evidence used was:

* solid white background

* Diamonds

* Triangles

*Speech Bubbles

* Stamps

* Stars/asterisks

My Testimony used was:

* Document something about a building

* Scatter your journaling in a series of speech bubbles

This is Spinnakers Tower in Portsmouth. We went up to the viewing deck at the top.

There were amazing views from up there and we watched Royal Navy Frigate ships coming into port with all the sailors lined up on the sides of the ship.

There was a glass floor up there too which was 100mtrs above sea level.

I did have to take a deep breathe when I took the first step onto it! It is my feet in the photo looking down through the glass floor. The kids thought it was wonderful and were lying on it!

The speech bubbles and the arrow were cut from a Sissix die set.

                       I hand wrote the title and coloured in with distress marker Bundled Sage.

Products used:

Bazzil cardstock - white

Bazzil cardstock  - yellow

Cosmic Shimmer Chalk Mist - pastel  blue

Indigo Blu Acrylic paint - banana custard

TCW stencil mini Harlequin

Prima Color Bloom mist - Sunshine

Kaisercraft clear stamp - triangles

Staz On ink pad - Black

Indigo Blu rubber stamp - script background

Sissix Thinlets - I Heart This

Finnabair texture paste - white crackle

Tando Creative chipboard Mini Stars

Dusty Attic acrylic paint - forest

Tim Holtz Distress Marker - Bundled Sage

Black Pen & white card

Teresa Collins Far and Away Journal quotes

Thanks for taking a peek at todays post,

If you would like to see more details about this case file and the other layouts created by the DT please visit the CSI blog and forum with this link

http://csicolorstoriesinspiration.ning.com/forum/topics/major-case-file-no-202-case-closes-on-june-30-2016

Ginny  :)

Case File 201 for csi-color stories inspiration

Hello all,

Today I have got my DT layout for CSI color stories inspiration Case File 201.

Here's a peek at the case file.

My clue I used from the testimony list for this layout was

* document something about your pet

My story/ journaling tells how after my youngest, Holly, started school and I was left alone at home on my own, my husband let me go and see some Labradoodle puppies I had seen advertised and let me have one! On thinking about this at a later date the realization was that my Husband thought a puppy preferable to baby number 3!

My Evidence used was

* animals
* trees, flowers
* clouds
* diamonds, triangles   -  stencilling and stamping
* stripes  -  on the brad
* architectural element  -  the chipboard window frame
* transparent stuff  -  the tree branches on the transparent overlay
* frame  -  on the transparent overlay on the journaling

I layered the mint cardstock onto the brown cardstock with a 1cm border. The patterned paper was heavily distressed to show the mint card underneath, randomly  punched in places around the edge, inked and layered on top of the mint cardstock. Where there was heavy distressing I poked cheesecloth underneath.

For my background I mixed some coloured paint in with my texture paste to match the colour in the case file. I then used this through a Crafter Workshop stencil, Mini Harlequin. I stamped randomly with the Kaisercraft Triangle stamp in Walnut Stain.

I stamped the branch from the Card-io stamp set with a Gathered Twig distress pen and the flower from the same set with the Abandoned Coral distress pen.

The Dusty Attic window frame chipboard I embossed with white embossing powder.

The leaves in my clusters where actually attached to a ribbon but I snipped the threads to free the leaves and used them separately.

The branches are a transparency overlay. My journaling I wrote on a piece of card cut to fit the frame of the overlay which was placed over the top of the journaling. The cute little clouds are a die which my Mum has and she cut a few cut for me! They are inked with Walnut Stain distress ink.

Product list:

Coredinations cardstock mint blue/green
Dovecraft cardstock brown
Patterned paper
Kaisercraft stamp - triangles
Kaisercraft transparent elements
Card-io Magestix stamps - Oriental Blossom
Prima Flowers
Die - Clouds
My Minds Eye Brads
Martha Stewart Pansy Border punch
Distress Marker pens - Gathered Twig & Abandoned Coral
Prima Color Bloom - Soft Teal
Distress Ink - Walnut Stain
Dusty Attic - Window frame
Stampendous Embossing powder detail White
Word Sticker - Prima Lifetime Journal spot stickers
cheesecloth
Leaf & flower ribbon.


If you fancy a go at these Case File challenges, then pop over to the CSI forum and come and join us, you maybe our lucky winner!!  http://csicolorstoriesinspiration.ning.com/

Thanks for popping by today, come back soon, 

Ginny  :)

Trash to Treasure

Good afternoon,

We have had a bit of a recycling project going on this month for our SGC challenge at Swirlydoos kit club, run this month by Peggy. We had to turn some trash into treasure!  Here is the link to this challenge on the Swirlydoos forum http://www.swirlydoos.com/forums/topic/sgc-april-2016-spring-cleaning/

Here is my 'treasure' that I have created from a certain brand cardboard washing powder tablet box from a supermarket!

I covered my box initially in gesso and then with a 6x6 Prima paper pad 'En Francais' collection, that has been collecting dust in my stash!

               This pale blue crotched lace trim was perfect to run round the edge of the lid.
                                    The lovely vintage clasp is from The Hobby House.

I loved the colours in these papers, browns, beiges and pale blue are my favourite! I fussy cut the chair on the front.

I added a little masking with my favourite stencil from The Crafters Workshop, 'mini harlequin'.
In my embellishment cluster is a frame made with Martha Stewart clay and mould, which I rubbed some Creative Expressions 'Cast Bronze' Guilding Wax over the top to just catch the risen areas.
I have nestled in among the cheesecloth and string of pearls the pale blue flowers from the Hobby House, the brown lilies by Magnolia and the big rust flower from the Darjeeling collection by Petaloo, finished off with pieces from a  Zva Creative Pearl Flourish.

Now for the inside.

                                  My edges have been inked with Distress Ink Walnut Stain.

My decoration inside the lid is an ATC my Mum made for me. I thought it looked perfect in my box!
                                                                    Thanks Mum!

                So there we are! I think I am now off to see what else I can recycle and alter!!!

                                        Thanks for popping by, see you soon,

                                                               Ginny  :)