CSI Case File #73 - You & Me Together

This week's case file over at CSI has a fabulous color scheme and this layout was a blast to put together.  Here's the scene:

And here's my take on it.  I'm really loving my Heidi Swapp masks and have been incorporating them into layouts a lot lately.  This time, I layered the mask. Used inks and mists and some great ombre thread and buttons that I got with this month's Citrus Twist kit.  Thanks for looking!

CSI Case File #72 - Shine

Hello there!  Happy Friday and happy long Memorial Day weekend!  This week's CSI case file had some challenging colors in it and I struggled a bit...and spilled red wine on it (blotted it up quickly and it kind of gave the paper a "vintage look" hehe), smeared ink...you name it. It happened...but really, how can you go wrong with a sunburst and a smile?

Here is the scene:

And here is my take on it.

Always Thinking...

My kid is a thinker.  If she doesn't have a furrowed brow wrinkle by the age of 16 it will be a miracle.  Since the day she was born she has always studied everything with a scrutiny I've never seen in a child her age.  She approaches every bit of new information with such seriousness - a pretty stark contrast to the rest of her personality, which is anything but serious.  But when she comes across something she is interested in, or gets lost in her own thoughts, the brow furrows, the lips tighten into a line, and I swear you can almost see the wheels and gears turning in her brain.  This photo sums up that piece of her perfectly.  

I was inspired by yet another awesome Sanna Lippert tutorial where she created her background with paint and a brayer.  I didn't have a brayer so I used a paint brush.  I added in some chevron masks with spray paint and pulled out my scraps of paper to use them up.  Not even the holes left over from the hole-punched vellum went to waste on this one. The embellies are from my May Citrus Twist kit, with the exception of the buttons, which are American Craft.  Thanks for looking and Happy Monday!  <meta name="p:domain_verify" content="8df407bc94197f5fdaca5730a29196a1"/>

CSI Case File #71...Guess How Much I Love You?

Another fabulous challenge this week over at CSI!  The color scheme was perfection...one of my faves!  So how did I end up with a layout that that is way overdone and has smeared stars?  No idea.  I was going with an evening moon theme, but sometimes the creative process goes awry and this happens.  No matter though...I scrapped some great pictures, and documented one of me and my daughter's favorite books.  So, all in all it's still a scrappy success.  Happy scrapping!

Here is the challenge:

And here is my take on it:

I created the gray background by mixing some white gesso with black acrylic to get a rich gray.

A couple of our favorite lines from the children's book "Guess How Much I Love You?"

Loving these Recollections wooden house embellies!  Note: Paint and Heidi Swapp masks don't mix...hence the smeared stars.  Oh well...live and learn! :-)

May 15th All About A Girl Challenge - Sunbursts!!

 Happy Wednesday!  Summer is just around the corner and we are ready over at All About a Girl!  The May 15th challenge is up and running and the theme is SUNBURSTS!  Come play along with us!  Sunburst layouts are a big favorite of mine right now.  Here is my Design Team contribution for the challenge, created with my March Citrus Twist goodies.