Sunshine and Smiles

Peartree Cutfiles June Online Peardrop challenge #3. Let's be Adventurers!
From the kit list - choose at least 5 items.

Catherine and George with Louie and Lucy in Lindos for Jasmine and Tony's wedding.

I chose:
Patterned paper - Spectrum Sherbet - Solids - Cotton Candy
Wood Veneer - numbers
Thread - Twine
Metal - charms
Sequins or bling - lots of pearls, sequins and gems
Washi Tape

I also used:
Sizzix Moroccan Card Front die
Nuvo Crystal Drops
Vellum
Bazzill Basics cardstock

Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Big Thunder Mountain

This layout was created for two challenges, one on Dotty About Flair and the other is Peartree Cutfiles.

For Dotty About Flair's

#5 More Adventure! challenge in the MORE IS MORE BIRTHDAY CROP!

For Peartree Cutfile 1st birthday challenge #20 - Pear it up with wood or cork.
I used lots of wood effect papers.

The photos were from a trip to Disneyland Paris and a ride on Big Thunder Mountain.
I also used some old stickers - images and letters.

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

The Prior's Pumpkin Patch

I'm back today with the forth of my DT layouts using the November Papermaze Kit.

For my last page I selected this photo of my little niece. She is sitting on the doorstep proudly showing off the carved pumpkins the family picked and carved the day before. 

This layout makes good use of the patterned paper left over from the previous three layouts. The base is the sheet of Fawn Bazzill. 

From the kit I used:

Cocoa Vanilla - Day Dream - Daisy Days and Sweet Serenity
Pebbles - Jen Hadfield - The Avenue - 2nd Avenue and 3rd Avenue
Vicki Boutin - Story Teller - Memoir
Pinkfresh Studio - Days of Splendor - My Favourite
Bazzill Basics Black and Fawn
mini black doily
wooden dots
Cocoa Vanilla Puffy Heart
Prima layered heart sticker

From my stash I used:
white card
Basic Grey alphabet sticker sheets
fine black pen
paper leaves

That's all for the November kit, although there is still plenty left over as usual. I'll be back with the December kit later in the month.

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

C.S.I. #32

Here is my second attempt at the C.S.I. (Colour Stories, Inspiration) challenge

I'm away from home still but wanted to have a go at this cool colour combination challenge #32.

My page records a cycle ride Alan and I enjoyed, despite the cold wind, from Thropeness to Aldeburgh earlier this year. We stopped to take a closer look at the Scallop Shell sculpture on the beach.

Here is my layout:

Here is the inspirational case file #32

THE EVIDENCE FROM WHICH YOU NEED TO CHOOSE AT LEAST 2 ELEMENTS

I have highlighted in blue the elements I chose to include, and what I used:

stars - gold starfish clasp holding vellum & Making Memories starfish plaque

something translucent - glass pebbles

wet medium - Acrylic Paint and Chalk Inks

something grainy (e.g., glitter, sand, embossing powder, etc.)

textured paper

vellum - Jorunalling printed onto Vellum

dots (inspired by the pattern on the starfish) - Wild Asparagus - Me and My Brother (dots / brown)

round or somehow soften the edges of your photos or papers - torn and inked edges of papers

mesh, burlap, gauze, or similar element - gauze bandage

I also used:
Patterned papers - Bo Bunny - Country Garden Weathered,
Wild Asparagus Me and My Brother Frame
Some Doodlebug Designs Inc. number buttons which are translucent
Various brads
American Crafts Thickers for the title
1 Sheet Bazzill in an Aqua shade
IKEA Onska Yarn
Wooden stars
Cork chippings
Shells
Skeleton fish beads
Seahorse charm

Crackle medium

THE TESTIMONY FROM WHICH YOU NEED TO CHOOSE AT LEAST 1 ELEMENT

Again I have highlighted in blue the elements I have included. 

Document a beach trip (or other vacation if you've never been to the sea).

Journal about something you collect.
Create a translucent pocket or envelope for your journaling - Journalling on Vellum
Document a transformation (inspired by the broken glass that turns into a beautiful treasure).
Use the first stanza of William Blake's poem as a jumping off point for your journaling:

To see a world in a grain of sand
And a heaven in a wild flower
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour. 

Words from Britten's Opera instead

Inspiration Words: calm, seek, change -- use these as inspiration for your journaling, not just as a title

My journalling reads:

 'Conversation with the Sea'

"On the beach between Aldeburgh and
Thorpeness, in Suffolk stands Maggi
Hambling's sculpture celebrating the
British composer Benjamin Britten, who
often walked along this beach. It was
unveiled in 2003

Created from 10mm stainless steel, it
stands 4.10m high x 4.60m x 4.25m. It
is made up of two interlocking scallop
shells, each broken, the upright shell
being pierced with the words:

     "I hear those voices that
     will not be drowned"

Words from Britten's opera Peter Grimes.
 The sculpture is intended to be enjoyed
both visually and tactiley.

The monument to the great musician
& composer and a celebration of the
origins of his music. We listen to
 music and we think of the ear as
like a shell. As children we listen
to shells to hear the sound of the sea.

The sounds of the North Sea
are unrelenting, unstoppable. On
this coastline they are augmented
by the rhythmic crash, wash and
drag of its breaking waves on the
shingle shoreline."

THE COLOURS  - YOU NEED TO USE ALL 5

Sunbleached - white, from the starfish
Beach Grass - light brown, from the darker parts of the beach grass
Sand Dune - light kraft, from the lighter parts of the beach grass
Wave Washed - teal, taken from the side of the oblong piece of sea glass near the front of the image robot
Sea Glass - light aqua, taken from the bottom part of the topmost piece of sea glass

THE COORDINATES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD IF YOU WANT THEM

The deadline for completing Case File No. 32

is Sunday, August 19, 11:59 p.m. EST.

I have had great fun scrapping this layout and look forward to doing the next challenge when I can get a few more items of stash together.

Thanks for looking.

Up-date on 22/08/12 I have just visited the C.S.I. site and was amazed to see I made the 'On The Watch List' - described as ...and just because there were too many fantastic layouts in the gallery, here are a few more that caught our eye. Not 'Star Witness' or 'Most Wanted' but its great to be acknowledged.