Home Sweet Home - CSI Case # 38

Here is my layout solving CSI case # 38. The photo is of my mother when she was about 4 years old (1938/9). In the back garden of her childhood home in Hampden Avenue Beckenham. She is here together with her Mum and Dad.

I used a variety of papers all from My Mind's Eye, but different collections I have acquired over the years.

Miss Caroline Fiddlesticks - 'Lucky' Tapestry paper as background

Miss Caroline grey woodgrain paper ? name

Lost and Found - Portobello Road 'Party' Looking Glass paper (newsprint mat and looking glass with bird). 

Tres JoLie - Birthday Boy - Circles - brown

Bohemia - 

THE SCHEME - USE ALL 5 COLORS -  items I used highlighted in blue

Bark - brown - taken from the tree - brown paper for tree
Sunday Morning Sky - greenish gray - taken from the background - Papers, American Craft Thickers - velvet
Washed Denim - grayish blue - taken from their jeans - Papers
White Woof - off-white - taken from the dog - Tiny letter stickers 
Leafy - celadon green - taken from leaves on the tree - Punched leaves and papers

THE OUAS SKETCH - USE THE SKETCH AS INSPIRATION FOR YOUR DESIGN

You may interpret the elements in the design as you wish, but use the basic composition of the sketch.
You may flip or rotate the sketch to suit your design.#

Have fun!

EVIDENCE - CHOOSE AT LEAST TWO ELEMENTS:
trees/branches
birds
flowers
newsprint pattern
border
china/silverware/cups/pots,etc. as an accent
dog or other pet accent
misting
woodgrain

TESTIMONY - CHOOSE AT LEAST ONE ELEMENT:

Write in the form of a newspaper article.

Document something about a pet.

Document a daily routine.

Add a border to your journaling spot.

Use the lyrics from Lionel Richie's Easy to inspire your journaling--use the happy or sad (or both) parts of the song.
Inspiration Words: together, read, daily-- use these as inspiration for your journaling, not just as a title - Journalling behind looking glass which lifts out.

The deadline for completing Case File No. 38

is Sunday, September 30, 11:59 p.m. EST.

Thanks For looking

Lynn x

Memories of a Special Day

Catherine and the Head Teacher, Mr Collins at Trinity School. In the November after Catherine had left school we returned with her for the presentation ceremony for A level certificates.

We were thrilled and surprised to discover that she had been awarded head teacher's Award for 2010 An event I blogged at the time 'What A Day'.

Recently I did one of Anita's scrapbooking classes and chose to record this event. 

The papers in the kit were from Simple Stories - Documented collection, together with lots of black Bazzill. Anita had Sizzix dies available to use too. The kit included some special bobbly packing paper gold candi and some cream organza ribbon.

I added in a hit of Magenta to match Catherine's dress with a scrap of Bo Bunny - Garden Girl paper and some ribbon.

I used this panel from the papers for my journalling on the front of the zig-zag fold book.

Inside the book I added more places for journalling and thought Catheirne might like to add some words here herself.

I added more photos from the event.

It was a special and and a very happy memory for Catherine to treasure forever.

Thanks for looking.

Mellow Colours of Autumn

This weeks Kraftin' Kimmie challenge 'Fall into Fall' is to use autumnal colours.

I chose a Moonlight Whispers stamp called 'Curtis', and coloured him with my Promarkers. I stamped his image onto the striped paper to cut out his dungarees to stick to the image before colouring. The sentiment came with this stamp too.

I knew I had several Basic Grey collections that would work for this challenge, and decided on the retired Mellow collection

I used these papers to layer up the image and used the Fabulous Findings Cartridge with the Cricut to make the tag. 

The image and the greeting were stamped with brown Memento ink onto digital cardstock. 

I added some paper leaves which have been in my stash for some time. along with the Mellow papers!

I looped some thick jute twine through the tag top.

Thanks for looking

Lynn x

Winter White Christmas Card

This month's card challenge on Scrapology has been set by Natalie O'Shea from Stampin' Up.

Natalie challenges us to create a card featuring a product / tool not normally associated with Xmas used for a Christmas card ....

Here is my second card for the DT in answer to that challenge.

I used a variety of flower and leaf punches, as well as a circle and scalloped circle punches. Flat backed pearls, Liquid Pearls, crystal Stickles, SU ribbon, Lili of the Valley Sentiment stamp. All on a textured white 6" x 6" card blank from Craft Creations.

Take a look on the Scrapology blog for more details and to see what the rest of the DT came up with. There is also a fabby stampy prize on offer.

Christmas or Halloween Boot

This month's card challenge on Scrapology has been set by Natalie O'Shea from Stampin' Up.

Natalie challenges us to create a card featuring a product / tool not normally associated with Xmas used for a Christmas card ....

Here is my card for the DT in answer to that challenge.

I used the Cricut and a Halloween cartridge to cut this witch's boot. It is decorated with a selection of Making Memories papers and Bazzill Cardstock. I also used a floral Martha Stewart punch, ribbons, lace and a tiny bell.

Take a look on the Scrapology blog for more details and to see what the rest of the DT came up with. There is also a fabby stampy prize on offer.

Oh What a Beautiful Morning

While staying at Debden on a scrapbooking weekend back in March 2011, Anita took this photo of me when we went for an early morning walk in the grounds. Thanks for taking the picture.

The frosty covering on every blade of grass and leaf was simply beautiful. I remember we both walked out in open shoes and our feet were frozen by the time we finished!

I had been carrying this photo to crops for a long time and when I found these papers again recently among my stash, thought they would work well. The papers, alphabet stickers and element stickers are all from Basic Grey's Indie Bloom collection.

I was inspired by the designs of Elaine Rolfe and seeing some of her layouts, I created this layout based on this fantastic one:

For my page I also used Martha Stewart Punch around the page punches, fabric covered buttons and gem brads. The flowers and some of the smaller leaves are from various punches (Stampin' Up, MS and Woodware) and the leaf branches were cut on the Cricut.

Thanks for looking.

Lynn xxx

It's In Here Somewhere

When my friend Helen posted this photo of her cute little boy Myles on facebook, it really made me smile. I thought it would make a fantastic subject for a scrapbook page. Then when I saw Vanessa's (Papermaze)  post on Scrap, Paper, Scissors last night, showing the crop kit for today I knew it would be ideal for this photo. I just needed to change the orientation of the page to accommodate it. So I set off this morning with a colour and a black and white version of Helen's photo - ready to crop!

Here is my finished layout:

The layout uses My Mind's Eye - Lavender collection - Collage and Flowery
Simple Stories - Documented - Words to Live By
Basic Grey Kissing Booth - Lip Gloss
Craft Core No. 6
Bazzill in Beach and Chili
Peach Bakers Twine
I wooden Leaf
Lace

Punches, Embossing folders, sewing machine, inks, mask and acrylic paint.
I used two different Cuttlebug alphabets for my title and added a flat backed pearl.


This is Vanessa's original of herself as a bridesmaid in the 1970's

Here is Helen's lovely photo, in B & W as well as colour - so glad she had the camera/phone handy. I think the quality is not bad considering I took it from facebook. Must remember to ask her for the original.

Looking forward to meeting this little man one day soon.

Thanks for looking

Lynn xxx

Anita's Class

At a recent Cardinal Colours Crop, I worked on this class designed by the talented Anita.

I loved this when she first designed it so was really pleased to have a go myself.

The photo is my daughter Catherine, just before Christmas 2009.

The papers are My Mind's Eye with some Bling Bazzill.

Here is Anita's pretty original layout. 

Thanks for the class Anita, and thanks for looking.

Lynn x

Tour of Britain

What a beautiful day for a cycle. First thing this morning we were able to watch part of the Tour of Britain race this morning. Well if you blinked you missed it! Stage one was held today between Ipswich and The Norfolk Show Ground, and the route came through Rendlesham.

Very difficult to get a good photo but here they go, I believe the second cyclist (above) here is Bradley Wiggins.

Then we cycled off to the Tunstall Forest ourselves.

Thanks for looking.

Lynn x

Dance 'till You Drop

Here is my second design team layout for the Scrapology  'H is for Hexagons' challenge.

We are scraplifting this layout by Sutty (Katherine Sutton)

Which she in turn created using this sketch by Valerie Mangan

The papers I used were mostly scraps from My Mind's Eye Follow Your Heart, Be Amazing and Be Happy collections in both the 6" x 6" and 12" x 12" form.

This time I did some dry brushing in peach paint onto cream cardstock, I also used some bubble wrap. I trimmed this down to 11" x11" and stitched it onto some peach cardstock using the sewing machine.

The title is American Crafts Thickers in foam. 

The bunting and flags were cut from the same papers with the Stampin' Up Build a Banner punch.

The bunting is attached to the layout hanging from twine, attached at either end with a eyelet brad. Some 3D foam pads help keep the flags in place.

The photo is my daughter Catherine in a show called 'They Shoot Horses, Don't They? which she took part in in January as part of her course at University.

Thank you for looking, please pop over to Scrapology to see the details for the competition, which runs until 5th October.

Garden Gnome

For the September Scrapology Scraplift challenge this month I used paint and paper with Hexagon to make this page. Our technique this month 'H is for Hexagons'

Here is Andrew on the front doorstep at 'Toadhall' (home) age 2 in 1994. My friend Margaret had made all three children these beautiful Aran jackets - they were so useful. He looks a bit like a little gnome here!

We are scraplifting this layout by Sutty (Katherine Sutton)

Which she in turn created using this sketch by Valerie Mangan

I used a sheet of Kraft Bazzill as my base and stuck it to my cutting mat with making tape to make a 1/2" border all the way around the page. It is a good idea to de-stick the tape a little before you start to avoid damaging the card. Then with Vanilla Bean (Docraft) and Cornflower (Making Memories) Acrylic Paint I did some dry brushing and printing with bubble wrap. After the paint was dry and the tape carefully removed, I highlighted the border with brown zig-zag machine stitching.

The Hexagons were cut from more Kraft Bazzill on the Cricut using the Accent Essentials cartridge. Then they were dry embossed with a variety of different patterned embossing folders and the Cuttlebug.

These were dry brushed and inked to emphasise the patterns and the edges.

I added the hexagons to the page with 3D foam pad for extra dimension.

Using a 6" x 6" designer pad of My Mind's Eye Be Amazing papers and a sheet of 12" x 12" from the same line called 'Honey Blue' I cut my title using the Cricut and Freshly Picked cartridge for 'Garden' and George and Basic Shapes cartridge for 'Gnome'.

The bunting and flags were cut from the same papers free hand and inked. The bunting is attached to the layout hanging from Baker's twine, attached at either end with a brad. A little 3D foam pad under each flag helps keep it in place on the page. The three little flags in the bottom right were each attached to a match stick. There were also attached with 3D foam pads and used for journalling.

The photo was then added with more 3D foam pads.

Thank you for looking, please pop over to Scrapology to see the details for the competition, which runs until 5th October.