Christmas memories

Cold case 271. So the idea on this challenge was to pull stuff that has been in our stash for a while.... So i pulled some older papers, and embellishments to create this:

I got lots of inspiration from the photo, I liked the wreath in the photo and created one of my own. I die cut pine branches from older papers. I also liked the birds and flowers and added those as embellishments to the wreath. I also liked the scallops on her shirt and added a scalloped border to my layout--top and bottom. There seemed to be a holiday/winter theme, so I journaled about my Christams and how I was lucky to spend it with my family, including my niece. All the embellishments I added (stars, flowers, birds, silver bling, chipboard title, and stickers were things I had sitting in my stash and am happy I got to use them.

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Birthday Treats

The CSI 269 case file was wonderful inspiration for scrapping some photos I had sitting around of my sister's birthday celebration a couple years back. For this challenge, i pulled my own inspiration from the photo, using light and dark pink, light and dark blue and white. I also used stars, banners, and flowers, inspired by the photo. My journaling was about our birthday celebration. Journaling reads: For Laura's 41st birthday, we went for Dinner, then an arcade--delicious food and dessert with a surprise (Pacman bites--warm donut holes with a chocolate filling inside).  The chocolate squirted out when we took a bite.


My layout:

I used some mixed media (ink spray and modeling paste to create the background. )Then added some stickers, stars and enamel dots. This was a fun color palette to work with! Come join the challenge(s) over at the CSI blog, here: http://csichallenge.blogspot.com/

Rendezvous of Relatives

Our weather the last few days has been almost like spring, with temperatures in the 50's. So, I had the perfect inspiration to work on a CSI challenge (270) with springy colors. The challenge can be found here: http://csichallenge.blogspot.com/

For CSI 270, I drew my own inspiration. I was inspired by the purples, light and dark green, white and brown, and used all of these colors. I loved the pretty flowers, leaves and clock and also used those elements in my layout. The sign inspired me to pull out a photo of a family reunion--when our family had gathered together--so I jounaled about that.

I did some mixed media work for the background, using some ink sprays, modeling paste and stamping. Then I added in some flowers and a die cut clock.

Merry

A very Quick layout to finish out 2018, and CSI 268--challenge can be found here on their blog:   
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Here is my layout: I used reindeer, poinsettias and wood/woodgrain pattern.
I journaled about our Christmas celebration with family. The picture is of my niece Hannah
and her nana.

Happy New Year everyone!

Let it Snow

Christmas is a magical time, as is the month leading up to it. Family and friends met up for a Holiday Walk....perfect to scrap for CSI 267. The non-traditional colors can be challenging but fun to play with. The CSI challenge is here: http://csichallenge.blogspot.com/

For my layout, I used all 5 colors, stamping (the trees in the background), snowflakes, winter elements (snowmen), and a tag, and journaled from a hanging tag. Picture is from my childhood- of my dad, my sister and me. We built a snowman together in winter of 1978. Just one of the great memories of childhood.

Beautiful garden

For csi 266, we have a very bright color palette for November--thought this worked perfectly with some photos I shot this summer of hour family outing to Conservatory/Botanic Gardens in Ohio.

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I was inspired by the flowers, the frames, the bright colors, and birds. I journaled in a frame. I used some gelatos to color the frames (originally paper was from the Amy Tan Plus one collection, which I cut out and colored. The color theme was bright and cheery, perfect for the bright floors our family saw at the Botanic Garden/Conservatory in Columbus, OH. I also incorporated some squares which I colored with gelatos and stamped.

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Hello Friend

For CSI 265 we have a wonderfully girly color palette, with pinks, white and black.I did my own inspiration on this--chose 4 of the 5 colors (pinks, white and black) to work with for this challenge.
I was also inspired by the stripes, flowers, glitter and text print. I used a framed journaling spot as well.

The CSI challenge:

For my layout, I did lots of layering, and did some stenciling with some glitter paste, and journaled about my niece. After her dance performance, she met up with her friend, Brandon.