CSI 272 - It's all Downhill...

With so may storms this winter I have had more time to play along with CSI and their newest challenge #272.

My daughter had recently sent me a photo of Liam and his race team with their new uniforms which inspired me to create a snowflake background.. I stamped and white embossed everyone of them.. die cut a few mountains + snowmen + title and that was pretty much it for a clean and simple kid's page..

Of course, having the Italian Alps as a backdrop makes any layout look good..!!

:)

Debbi...

CSI 274 - Gather Life's Little Treasures....

Following along with CSI's Cold Case 274  and thrilled to be a little freer to choose my own ideas, materials and themes for my pages....

- I hand drew the lighthouse in order to connect the image from the photo.
- I also hand drew, then water coloured the beach and water with distress inks...
- I used some older stamps from my stash to create the images on the page  and because the card stock is textured I had to use a slightly damp brush to "pull" the colours into the images..
- I drew a bit of a border to give the page a frame I felt was needed and distress the edges to give it a shabby wind-blown sea side effect..
- I sealed the whole page with a Matte Sealant from Plaid
- I placed a large journal card on the back for my granddaughter to tell her own story..

:)
Debbi

CSI 271 - Remember Today...

I just love this photo of my Granddaughter Jaelin (on the right) with her long time friend, looking so "glam"....!!

I am following along with CSI's Cold Case #271 for January... it is great to be going through my old stash and finding a wonderful reason to use it up..

- The Papers ( they are actually papers and not card stock) are Bella Bella from My Minds Eye
- The Flourish Stamps are so old that I have NO idea where I originally got them from..
- The other stamps.. polka dots.. script and Post Card are from Glitz Design and I don't think they are even around any more.
- I went through my box that contained all my wooden pieces and found a heart, music notes and a few words that went perfectly with this page.. stained some of them with my gold glimmer brush by Wink of Stella and also added a bit more shimmer with my Spectrum Noir Glimmer Marker-
- I pulled out my dusty tag punch by Paper Shapers... stamped it with another old stamp by Prima and used it to record the date.
- Found some flowers and leaves that I had made for another project a while back.
- Used some metallic gold thread that I have had FOREVER.
- I also found some twine that I bought 10 miles of years ago and use on everything.
- The little quilled red flowers I made a very long time ago and am delighted they look so cute here.
- The 12 x 12 paper is actually two older textured pieces from ColorBok that I glued together... created a shiplap design with my Martha Stewart score board, painted a thin water colour line in the grooves and distressed it with some old paper and walnut stain distress ink.. to give it that aged look....
- Even used some doilies that I thought I might have give away.
- Did some splattering...made a journal card and taped it to the back for Jaelin to make her own notes on.... and called it done.

What Fun..!!

:)
Debbi...

CSI 252 - You Rock...

Another week and another case over at CSI so come and play along for a chance to win prizes from our many terrific sponsors and of course the fun of creating a wonderful scrapbook page. Best of all, you will find a ton of inspiration from our great CSI Detectives and Guest Detectives, too..!!
For Case #252 I chose to stay with the traditional  format using the colour palette and 12 of the clues. I kept with a simple design, although there was a lot of stamping for the background and my handmade embellishments..
Below are more on the details...!!
:)
Debbi...

THE SCHEME:
- This week's colour palette was perfect for the pictures of our little Sous Chef learning how to cook.

THE EVIDENCE:
- Stripes
- Dots
- Text Pattern
- Alphabet
- Frames
- Doilies
- Hearts
- Animal
- Banners
- Washi Tape
- Clouds
- Numbers

THE TESTIMONY:
- I journaled along the bottom of the page, saying:
"Dear Jared, I just loves these photos of you learning how to cook...They show your sweet heart and maybe a future career?!"

CSI 250 - Alpine Aliens...

And here is my take on Case #250 over at CSI .. there are lots of prizes from our sponsors, so come and join in on the fun!!
:)
Debbi...

THE SCHEME:
- I was able to use all of the colours from this case's palette..although the teal version of the blue which is in my sky looks much lighter in the photo...

THE EVIDENCE:
- Solid White Cardstock
- Clouds
- Sun
- Architectural Elements
- Animals ( my Alien Critters )
- Labels
- Hand drawn elements ( The black outline of the page )
- Stamping ( all of the Alien Critters were stamped )

THE TESTIMONY:
- As with most of my pages I hope the photo and layout itself tell the better part of the story and in this case I simply added the names of the "Criminals" and when/where the "Crime" took place..!! LOL

Grateful...

There are LOTS of prizes to be won over at CSI...and LOTS of fun playing along with the Challenges..!!

I was happy to be able to use a special "outdoor" photo for this challenge..as my Niece was married at sunset and outdoors, on their Farm in Ontario, Canada... She's such a beautiful bride and the the photo really captures the closeness of these wonderful ladies...

On with the show..!!

:)

Debbi...

THE SCHEME:

 - I was able to find all the colours from this pretty palette and lots of fussy cutting on an older Kraft Collection in my stash, from My Mind's Eye called Life Stories..

THE EVIDENCE:

 - Wood.. my title and label on the photo

 - Plaid.. from the paper collection

 - Branches or Twigs

 - Metal.. red metal brad

 - Decorative Border

 - Woodland Animals.. Red Birds

THE TESTIMONY:

 - Kept it simple by just noting how special it was to be sharing this wonderful day with close friends and family.

Thanks for looking....!!

School Days...

Happy New Year!!
It's actually been almost a year since I worked on a layout, although I did satisfy my creative urges with a fair amount of card making!! I have rejoined the amazing Design Team over at CSI and this is my entry for Challenge #246.
My background was all stamping, allowing me to apply all those yummy colours from the pallet.
Debbi T. has opened up the challenges to being more "Freestyle" for those who feel stymied by following a more traditional set of criteria... I must admit I find that very appealing myself! However I did use the Colour Scheme and items from the Evidence Clues, as follows...
Everyone is welcome to come and play along. There are also some amazing prizes to be won, too!
:)
Debbi...


THE SCHEME: 
 -  I really liked the colour combo in this pallet.

THE EVIDENCE:
 - White Background
 - Swiss Dots
 - Stripes
 - Text Print - stamped
 - Tea Cup
 - Border Punch (Zig Zag by EK Success)
 - Hearts
 - Tag

THE TESTIMONY:
 - Even though the picture doesn't really need a lot of explaining, I did journal on the back of the layout:
 "It makes me smile to see this photo of Liam asleep on top of his homework. It reminds me of his Mom and Uncles adjusting the same way, to being back at school after their summer vacation! "