CSI case file #256 June

Well this is the last DT share for me with CSI. I have really enjoyed being part of this team and creating using the wonderful case files each month. I doubt that I will stop using them for inspiration in the future.
This challenge is a great one to finish with:

It has a great summer vibe to it, I love the scene, it is so cute, but I had no camping photos that were suitable for it. So I chose these photos of my nephews playing with water and buckets. They put the buckets on their heads to balance, quite skilled they were at that. 

Bucket heads

The colours were great to work with, so fun and summery. From the evidence I used a solid white background, wet medium, dots, washi tape, transparent elements, musical element, tags and twine. 

I also included some of my favourite embellishments from Charms Creations -cute clouds, and arrow.

I hope I have been able to inspire as a design team member. Thanks for having me.

CSI case file #254 May mid month challenge

The new mid month May challenge at CSI is ready for playing along with, it is very cute:

So the theme is reading. I used this photo of me reading to a friends puppy. This puppy is called Harry, and when I went to visit him for the first time, I took him a gift, the book "Harry the dirty dog", such a classic story. So I read the story to him, and funnily enough he sat and looked at the pictures and listened to the story. Who ever said you can't read to dogs too? No one ever, lol. 

I was inspired by the colours. From the evidence I used vintage items - the dog playing card and yo-yos; word strip; flowers; striped paper. 

I also added a Charms Creations heavenly heart and journaling tags and doily from D-lish Scraps.

Harry the dirty dog

CSI case file # 252 - Wonderful

The new case file is ready at CSI, and this one is a really nice one:

I really loved the colours for this one, and chose this as my inspiration for my layout.

I used this photo of a great nephew - Hendrix, enjoying his first baby cino with his mum.

I also took inspiration for the layout from the image, and used the spots and also the bird. I did a partial frame around the photo and matting on 3 sides, with patterned paper. The background was done with texture paste and Ken Oliver colour bursts. 

I embellished the layout using these die cuts with smilie faces, they seemed fitting. I added some spotty brads, a wood veneer bird, and finished it all of with Charms Creations XO set and smilie face O. 

Wonderful

CSI Case file #250

The new challenge is up at CSI, which was quite fun to do. Here is the challenge:

Remember you don't have to use all of the clues to create a layout now for the challenge, you can just be inspired by the scene. I was inspired by the scene for my layout, and used a few of the clues as well. I had a little handmade house, that I thought would work well to replicate the house in the scene. My layout is about my daughters first day at kinder. Using a number of other handmade elements including a Charms Creations arrow and cute clouds, along with a handmade flair. The colours were fun and cheery to work with. 

1st day of kinder

CSI January 2018 case file #245

Happy new year 2018.  A new year often brings change. CSI, things are also changing. The rules are being relaxed, and inspiration can be taken however you want from the moodboard or the clues. Here is the first challenge for 2018:

So with the changes to the rules of how to play along, I thought about just using the image as inspiration, but it didn't work for me, so I played along with the clues as well. 

EVIDENCE 

• Distressed solid background paper, like BasicGrey
• Woodgrain
• Polka dots
• Bunting/banners
• Moon, stars
• Triangles
• Trees
• Mountains
• Lights/lamps
• Winter elements
• Moose or other animal
• String
• Houses/other architectural elements
• Flags
• Dashed lines
• distressing

TESTIMONY (Journaling ideas)

• Topic: Document a winter activity
• Prompt Idea: Choose a January writing prompt.
• Presentation: Put your journaling behind a window.
• Writing Format: 6-word memoir.
• Inspiration Words: night, active, shine

My layout is about my parents visit to Mt Hotham and having some fun playing in the snow. I don't think there is any age that you could not have fun in the snow. 

The evidence I used was distressed background paper, triangles, mountains, winter elements, stars. The star is from Charms Creations.

There is so much you could do for this challenge, so I hope you have fun with it. 

Let it snow

CSI colour challenge November

So for November at CSI, the new case file is all about autumn.

This would have to be my favourite time of the year. I love the colours of autumn, it's usually just the right temperature, and there is no polllen to cause hay fever. It is just so pretty.
My layout is about a town that my husband and I visited in Autumn, called Walhalla. The colours were perfect.
My background was created using Tim Holtz distress oxides to get the right colours. For the evidence some white rub ons. I used some chipboard leaves to the side of the photos, some die cut flowers and skeleton leaves. The Charms Creations DIY chevron was also another perfect bit of evidence, I coloured this with oxides.
My testimony was the journaling about Autumn in Walhalla, and I created the title by die cutting some acetate that I had coloured with alcohol inks.

Autumn

CSI case file 240 - October 15

The mid month challenge for October at CSI is a beauty, and sure to inspire with it's shabby chic appeal:

I decided to scrap about my daughters 8th birthday, the colours in the photo suited the challenge criteria. 

For my evidence I have used polka dots and stripes, heart, cupcakes, flowers, ricrac, texture paste and I have sprinkled around some confetti. I think I have the evidence covered, lol. 

I really like this challenge for it's soft tones in the pink and blue, but then the pop of red. 

I have used a Charms Creations heavenly heart to finish the layout off. 

8th birthday

CSI colour challenges # 237 September

It is time for the new challenge at CSI colour challenge for September, here is the challenge:

So this is a great challenge for all of those school photos of your own or your kids. I chose a photo of my daughter, who was on a school camp. The camp was at a place called Sovereign Hill, which is in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. Ballarat is an old gold mining town, and at Sovereign Hill, when the kids attend school camp, they have to dress in clothing from the 1880's and attend school like the kids back then would have had to. It is a great experience for them, and this is Melanie's photo from that camp. 

For my evidence, I have used grid pattern, book page, washi tape, label, scissors and ruler. I tried to keep to a vintage theme to the layout, and added script with texture paste, some stamping, flowers, doily and pearl swirl. 

So my testimony is then about the school camp at Sovereign Hill. 

Sovereign Hill

CSI case file #236 DT share

Time for the second challenge for August at CSI colour challenges, case file # 236.

How much fun is this challenge? Great for travel layouts, or boy, or girl as well if you wanted. 

I chose to scrap a photo of my husband, taken on our Hawaiian holiday from last year. We went on an open door helicopter flight over an active volcano. It was an exciting thing to do, but scary at the same time, well for me anyway, lol. So this is what I have documented about. 

The evidence I used is stripes, wet medium (texture paste), twine. triangles, buttons and ombre (coloured texture paste). 

I also added a Charms Creations arrow and terrific tab.

Adventure

CSI Casefile #233 July

So the new challenge at CSI colour challenges is just really charming. I had so much fun with this:

So I decided to use something related to the weekend, and although not a ritual, I took the word relax as extra inspiration. So I scrapped about a very relaxing scrapping retreat that I went to in July last year. I had a fabulous time, and did very much relax and scrapped, and met a whole lot of friends. One of these friends was the Charmane Koch, the designer of Charms Creations, who I am on the design team for. 

For the evidence I used stripes, text print, straw, flowers, string, decorative border, triangles and watercolour (coloured textured paste with gelato - for script stencil background). 

I also added a Charms Creations hessian heavenly heart.

I hope to see your creations for this challenge.

Time to Relax

CSI case file 322, Design Team share

So the new challenge at CSI colour challenge has been released, challenge 322:

Ok, I will admit it, when I did my layout for this challenge, my head space was not in it, and I struggled with the challenge. The challenge is awesome, so I hope you are able to give it a go, and enjoy the process. 

For the evidence, I used wood background, wood accents, animals, foliage and enamel dots. I documented about the outdoors for the testimony and was also inspired by the word explore. I really wanted to use this photo of my husband bush walking. 

Explore

CSI colour, stories, inspiration June 1 DT share

So, I have been accepted onto the design team at CSI colour challenge. I have followed this challenge on and off and have been a guest designer a few times. I really enjoy these challenges, as everything that needs to be included for the layout, is laid out in the clues. So if you have never given this challenge a go, I hope you do.
Here is the first challenge for June:

So this one was a lot of fun, and the colours are great to work with. 

I chose a photo of my nephew Ethan, a cute little dude. For the evidence, I used a white background, stripes, stars. For the testimony, I used a series of exclamations for the journaling. My embellishments sent me into my old stash, even pulling out some of those old felt strips and some older chipboard embellishments. I added a Charms Creations super star to finish off the layout. 

There is also an optional sketch to use, I altered this slightly, by adding the side strip on the angle. 

I hope to see your layout in this challenge. 

Super Kid

CSI colour challenge case file 227

As soon as I saw this challenge at CSI colour challenges, I knew I wanted to give it a go. The colours really appealed to me, although I don't use yellow a lot. Here is the challenge:

I think what appealed to me most about this challenge, was to journal about a pet. I could have chosen a number of photos of our new puppy Dusty, but decided to scrap about our old girl Bonnie, who passed over the Rainbow Bridge last year. 

For the evidence I used floral pattern, stripes, something fuzzy (Charms Creations Heavenly Heart), wood, metal, frame and fabric (muslin). I used a layering technique I recently used in a class with Di Garling, which worked well for the layout. 

I am so happy with the way this layout turned out, and is so fitting for our old girl. 

Thanks for looking at my layout and for any comments you may leave. 

It's a dogs life

CSI colour challenge Charms Creations guest DT share

This month, Charms Creations is sponsoring challenges at CSI colour challenges. I love these challenges and how you are given so many options to use on your layouts. The challenge I have a guest DT share for is case file 226:

So for this challenge, I went a bit girly, scrapping a photo of one of my oldest friends and myself. I used the Teresa Collins Wonderful collection in this layout, it's a great range. So from the evidence, I used polka dots, banner, heart, enamel dots, leaves (plants). The testimony is about when we get together and the happy times they are - we don't get to see each other often, living in different states. I loved the colours in this scheme - very soft.
I added a Charms Creations Heavenly heart and terrific tab.

Happy Times

CSI challenge case file 225 guest DT layout

Popping in to share my layout that I have created for case file 225 at CSI challenges. Charms Creations is sponsoring for some of the challenges this month.
Here is the challenge:

On my layout, the evidence used was stripes, washi tape, triangles. wood veneer. I journalled about an adventure - a helicopter flight in an open door helicopter over a volcano and waterfalls in Hawaii - very much an adventure. The colours were fun to work with too. 

On my layout, I added Charms Creations DIY flag banner and map marker, they were pretty much perfect for the layout, but I did leave them plain, for the white component on the layout. 

Hoping you have a go at this challenge. 

Helicopter flight

Charms Creations guest designer at CSI

So it's December, and nearly Christmas, and everyone is crazy busy and feeling stressed. Why do we do this to ourselves for one day?
So with this in mind, those of us who are creative, and love to play with paper and other pretty stuff, need to take time out for ourselves to create.
How better to do that, then with challenges, they give you what you need to be creative with.
One of those is the challenges at CSI. Charms Creations is a sponsor for the challenges this month. So I have had a play along with the case file 219. Here is the challenge:

When it came to doing this, I had so many items I could have used for evidence, but I used burlap, ribbon, tags, metal, brads, stars and trees. One of my stars is a Charms Creations bookpage super star. My testimony is about Christmas, and I have also used the word cheer. I also used the sketch provided. 

I hope you give this challenge a go, a lot of fun. 

Christmas Cheer