Two boys & a tree...

It's Case # 219 over at CSI and the color palette is just in time for those wonderful and traditional Christmas Hues..!! and as always another great sketch from Emma Stafrace... I altered mine a wee bit by realigning the bottom two photos to the side as my pics were more vertical than horizontal in their dimensions... Hope everyone is looking forward to a Happy and Peaceful Holiday....

:)

Debbi...

THE SCHEME:

- used ALL of those traditional colors

THE EVIDENCE:

- stripes

- holiday stuff

- snowflakes

- metal - brads

- trees

THE TESTIMONY:

- journaled about the boys decorating their Christmas Tree...

My Best Friends Wedding...

This weeks colour palette for Case #218 over at CSI was perfect for these super cute photos of my niece Lorie and her BFF taken just before Lorie's outdoor wedding on her and her hubby's farm... I also used a wonderful sketch featured at Stuck?Sketches ...
:)
Debbi...

THE SCHEME:
- used all of the colours
THE EVIDENCE:
- dots
- animals
- leaves
- circles
- journal card
- hearts
- clouds
- labels
THE TESTIMONY:
- journaled about Lorie and her BFF at Lorie's outdoor wedding on her farm

- I created a background matt for the photos by heat embossing with white embossing powder and a distress stamp by Tim Holtz then blending over it  with "scattered straw" distress ink.
- Stamped and fussy cut the birds, flowers, clouds & labels so that I could get just the right colours..
- Created and cut the title with my Cricut Expression
- Outlined the matt with a grey fineliner pen by Recollections.. did a little stitching...added some candy buttons.. stamped the date..
- and that was pretty much it..!!

Monsters...Beware!

 As soon as I saw the Palette for this weeks Case #216 at CSI, I knew I had the perfect photo, of my grandson Liam and the perfect collection from Fancy Pants' "Be Different" collection... I was totally inspired by "The Scene"...What Fun!!

THE SCHEME:
- used all these great colours
THE EVIDENCE:
- Stripes
- Solid Cardstock
- Speech Bubbles
- Monsters
- Googly Eyes
- Asterisks/Stars
- Punctuation Marks
THE TESTIMONY:
- Complaint Letter

October Madness...

This is my submission for Case #217 over at CSI at their new home http://csichallenge.blogspot.ca/
I had planned an entirely different layout until I received these great photos from my son D'Arcy this past weekend...LOL... it reminded me that we are ALL kids when it comes to Halloween..!!
THE SCHEME:
- Used all of the colours
THE EVIDENCE:
- Woodgrain
- Heat embossing, stamped and heat embossed the woodgrain background
- Animals
- Fuzzy thing, floss threading for cat's bow and in the journaling tag
- metal, the eyelet in the journaling tag
- leaves
- pocket, for the journaling
THE TESTIMONY:
- I journaled about an Autumn event

I heat embossed the background woodgrain matt from a stamp I have by Market Street Stamps # MSS-BK-16
I fussy cut al of my images from an older collection - Witch Hazel by October Afternoon..
The title I created and cut with my Cricut Expression
I used my Tab Punch from We R Memory Keepers to top two of my photos
Stamped a sentiment on them with an older stamp set from Dear Lizzy - 5th and Frolic
The other shapes of leaves and the little acorn on the Title are from an older Sizzix die collection
Most of the colours came from my distress inks for this weeks beautiful fall palette..
and a BIG Thanks to Emma Stafrace... for such a great sketch to work from!!
:)
Debbi...

here comes the bride...

This is my submission for CSI file #214.... it's always more fun with a great sketch to follow... Thanks Em..!!
Come join the fun and maybe you will win a prize..??!!
:)
Debbi...

Saying their goodbyes...

This is my submission for Case #212 over at CSI this week... the color palette was perfect..!

My granddaughter Jaelin (on the left) has just left home for University this past weekend and is sharing her first apartment with a close friend... Mom and Dad have driven them to their new digs and Mom is saying goodbye ... these photos say it all and I still get a lump in my throat when I look at them....
:(
Debbi...

Oh, the fun!...

It's Case #211 over at CSI this week and the Color Palette and Sketch were perfect for this Layout of my little cousin Kinley... as the journaling states... "Its always a giggle when Trina posts a pic of Kinley's newest adventure..." and who doesn't love The Cat in the Hat...??

Created my own filmstrip so I could get just the size of frame I wanted..
Got to use my doily dies... heart punches, distress inks and teacup stamp by lawnfawn...downloaded my images from the internet and messed around with the sizing till I was happy with the result...
Lots of fun with this page!!
:)
Debbi...

Time Stands Still...

I've been wanting to do a layout about where I live, since it is so special to me.. perhaps it's because I grew up in this beautiful place or because we are all deeply connected to nature.... whatever the reason is....even on the grumpiest day I am having, all I need to do is take a short drive to feel my energy changing and my very being infused with a deep sense of well being....
Lots of stamping, die cuts and water coloring complete this page.....
:)
Debbi...

Day's end...

I was not able to get this layout finished in time for the Reveal for Case No: 208 over at CSI but I really wanted to finish it because I just LOVED those images of my little cousins fast asleep after the BIG day they had as attendant's at their Uncle Normans wedding!
A BIG thanks to Emma for such a great sketch!!
:)
Debbi...