Color Stories Inspiration #122

Hi Everyone,

The new case file is out at Color Stories Inspiration and this week challenge comes with a fabulous sketch designed by Emma Stafrace.  Pop on over to the CSI site to see all the gorgeous examples from the Design Team and Guest Designers and be inspired to give this week's case file a go.

Summertime

 Love this photo of Brittany being happy and carefree, enjoying a beautiful Summer's day, which was the inspiration for my LO on this week's case file. 

It took me a while to figure out the banner aspect on Emma's fabulous sketch.   I wasn't quite happy with how my original banner turned out, so in the end I fussy cut some hibiscus flowers to create a banner effect and was much happier with the outcome.

I wanted to add some tags to my LO as it was one of the evidence items, so I altered a few tiny tags with glimmer mist to blend in with the colour scheme, then topped them with mini word stickers and attached them to my banner along with some metal leaf charms and sprigs which cut with my Silhouette Cameo machine, which were also on the evidence list.

I found this lovely Kaisercraft flourish which has been sitting in my stash for quite a while and decided to alter it to fit in with the colour scheme.  I gave it a coat of gesso first, then coloured the leaves with some Viva Inca Gold in gold green.  Next I randomly coated the leaves with Stampendous aged embossing enamel to give them a bit of texture.  I randomly flicked the flourish with key lime glimmer mist and once dry added some highlights and texture to the branches with tiny orange microbeads applied randomly with fast drying glue.

Colour Scheme:  main colours used were Guacamole and Herb Sprig with touches of Orange Sherbet, white and black

Evidence:
flowers - love my flowers!! - fussy cut flowers in my banner
leaves - well what goes better with flowers than leaves! - metal leaf charms, leaf diecuts and chipboard leaf flourish
metal - metal leaf charms which were altered with some Viva Inca Gold in green gold
grid pattern - grid stamping on background
cursive font - my title
tags - tiny tags hanging from my flower banner
sprig - sprig leaves cut with my Silhouette Cameo in my flower banner.

Testimony:  Handwrite your journaling in cursive.
This is a big thing for me, as I'm not too keen on my handwriting.  I came across this lovely quote, which reads 'Summer is the time when one sheds one's tensions with one's clothes, and the right kind of day is a jeweled balm for the battered spirit.  A few of those days and you can become drunk with the belief that all is right with the world' ~ Ada Louise Huxtable

Product Used:  Fancy Pants and MME and G45 pp's, black cs, Kaisercraft wooden flourish, tiny tags, MME word and banner stickers, Pink Paislee and Tim Holtz stamps, Crafters Workshop woodgrain stencil, metal charms, microbeads, modelling paste, olive green and tiger lily glimmermist, Viva Inka Gold-gold green, Stampendous aged green embossing enamel, Anita's butterfly sticker, Silhouette Cameo sprig diecut, Craft Queen washi tape.

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1st Design Team Reveal at Colour Stories Inspiration

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So excited to share my 1st reveal here at Colour Stories Inspiration with case file #121. To see all the gorgeous creations from the DT, Special Agent, Investigators and Detectives click on the link above and prepare to be totally inspired.

CSI #121 - Love Documented

When I read the criteria for the Testimony on this week's case file I spied the word home.  I immediately thought of an old photo of my children taken on the front veranda of our home.

I think they were about 11 and 9 years old here.  We had just returned from a trip to the Philippines and this was the 1st time we had ever been away from them.  I didn't realise how much I would miss them until I was away from them, and I was so happy to be home. Upon entering our driveway this is what greeted us.  Luke and Brittany were so excited that we were coming home that they made a welcome home sign for us.  It had me all teary thinking they must have missed us as much as we missed them.  This is one of those memories that melts my heart every time I think about it.

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Evidence:
something transparent - vellum floral border
flowers -
window accents - resin window frame
metal - charms and button
twine - double bow added to my hidden journaling tag
Testimony:
Inspiration word - home

Product Used:  Fabscraps and Prima pp's, Memory box stencil, modelling paste, Lindy's Stamp Gang mists, Kaisercraft stamp, Silhouette Cameo diecut, Martha Stewart border punch, Prima resin frame, Petaloo velvel flowers, metal charms, washi tape, K and Co border vellum border, Heidi Swapp arrows, shipping tag, MME word stickers, Anita's butterfly stickers, recycled buttons, twine

The deadline for completing Case File No. 121 is Sunday, May 11, 2014 at 11:59 p.m. EST. Be sure to include the number 121 in the title when you add your layout to the gallery, and tag your layout 121 (no # symbol).

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Guest Designer for CSI 120 and The Trinket Track

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Here is my last LO for my Guest Design spot at Colour Stories Inspiration and The Trinket Track.  This case filed ends on May 4.  Next week will be my 1st creation at part of the CSI Design Team... so excited!!

Remember This - CSI #120

I chose to use the inspiration word sad for my starting point on this LO.  Every time I look at this photo of our dog Louie, I get a little teary.  He was the most beautiful and loving dog, but unfortunately we didn't have him in our lives for very long.  I still expect him to be at the back door waiting to greet me with his happy bark and furiously wagging tail.  

Monica has a wonderful variety of embellishments at The Trinket Track.  I have incorporated quite a few of them here in my little side cluster.  The gorgeous resin frame is one of my favs and I love the natural textures of the cork it butterflies and coconut buttons.  I have also tucked in a pretty resin bloom, mulberry paper meadow bloom and topped my butterfly with the glass catseye cabochon heart.

As part of my Testimony I created a vellum pocket for my journaling with my Silhouette Cameo.

How cute are these little metal flower charms!  To give them a little dimension I bent the petals inwards and highlighted with a little green/gold Viva Inka Gold, then topped them with one a little piece of the berry foam spray for the centres.

Love the metal arrow charms.  Again I have altered the charm to suit the colours in my LO by rubbing over the charm with Viva Inka Gold in green/gold.

A closeup of the wet mediums used as part of my evidence.

Evidence:
stripes - diagonal stripes on paper behind my photo
mixed media background - created with masking, gesso stamping, mists, distress stains
gesso
wet medium - mists, inks, distress stains, gesso

Testimony:
create a vellum or transparent holder for your journaling- blue vellum pocket created with my Silhouette Cameo
inspiration word - sad

Trinket Track Product:
mulberry paper flowers - meadow blooms
foam berry sprays - blue
resin open bloom - green
scalloped resin frame - green
charms - arrows
metal trinkets - filigree small flowers
cork it - butterflies
glass trinkets - cateye cabochons hearts
buttons wood - coconut buttons #3

Other Product:  MME and WRMK pp's, Prima flowers and brick stamp, mulberry leaves, Martha Stewart butterfly punch, MME and Technique Tuesday stamps, Crafters Workshop stencil, gesso, glimmermist, Viva Inka Gold - green/gold, Silhouette Cameo title and pocket, vellum, mesh, brads, jute twine, black archival ink, tea dye distress ink.

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Guest DT CSI and The Trinket Track

Hi Everyone,

As Guest Designer for the month of May with Colour Stories Inspirations and The Trinket Track I have the new case file #119 to share.

Be Yourself

When I saw the colour scheme for this week's case file, I couldn't help but be drawn to muted teal and kiwi green colours.  I decided to create a watercolour background with glimmermist to compliment the beautiful blossom border on the Pion Designs patterned paper, and added touches of  beige, light brown and black.

Trinket Track Product Used:
metal butterfly charm, wooden frames ornate, coconut button 4, glass abacus beads- light green, resin fame from resin treat bag-sugar and spice, resin bloom-green,

Love the wooden ornate frames from The Trinket Track, they can be altered in so many different ways.  Here I have lightly inked the edges of the frame in green.  The coconut buttons are also another of my favs and I have used one to alter my Prima flower.

Monica has a great selection of resin embellishments.  I have used the beautiful frame in my little side cluster with one of  the green resin blooms.  The frame is from the Sugar and Spice treat bag.  I backed the frame with a diecut sticker and highlighted the edges with a touch of Viva Inca Gold in green.   The faceted glass abacus beads were randomly attached to the background with strong quick drying Helmar glue.

This sweet little butterfly charm was also altered with Viva Inka Gold in turquoise.

Evidence:
wood - wooden frame around my photo
something clear- clock overlay
frames - wooden frame, resin frame
metal - butterfly charm
clock - clock overlay
leaves/greenery - diecut leaves
floral pattern- floral pattern around edges of background paper

Testimony:  scatter your journaling

Other Product Used:  Pion Designs and Kaisercraft pp's,  Cottage Cutz metal leaf die, Prima flowers, Kaisercraft rubons, Glitz Design diecut sticker, Prima mask, Glimmermist - key lime, denim, modelling paste, Luminarte pigment powder-fern, mini blossoms, berry sprigs, my2angels magnolias, jute twine, modeling paste, Viva Inka Gold - turquoise, yellow green, Authentique mini word stickers

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Guest Design Spot with CSI and The Trinket Track

Hi Everyone,

The new case file #117 is up at Colour Stories Inspirations and I am very happy to have been invited as a Guest Designer for this month, along with Mary Bennetts highlighting some fabulous product from The Trinket Track.

Life Doesn't Have to be Perfect

Was inspired to create a masculine grunge LO for this Case File with a mixed media background To create some texture I used an arrow mask with Viva 3d paint which has a fab metallic grainy texture.  Over the top of the arrow masking I used a small circular mask with gel medium which I coloured with Lindy's Stamp Gang mica powder in a golden yellow to match in with the colour palette.

Leftover rubons are a great way to alter embellishments.  I used some old Basic Grey rubons, placed randomly on the yellow flair button to grunge it up.

For my testimony I stamped a Prima stitched square on some paper, cut around the stamped image, then stamped a Tim Holtz quote for my journaling.

Evidence: cogs/gears, circles, metal, rubons, arrows, numbers
Testimony: Stamped Journalling Spot

Resin rhinestone beads/cabochons - I altered the blue and yellow rhinestone cabochons by coating with gesso using my fingertip. This softened the bold colours and gave them a grungy feel.

Metal - small sprockets - The small sprockets were altered with Viva inka gold in graphite to add the grey tones from the colour palette.

Metal charms - arrows

Metal charms - lightbulbs

The metal arrow and light bulb charms were also altered with Viva inka gold in graphite.  

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Product Used:  The Trinket Track embellishments, MME, WRMK and Echo Park pp's, Prima stamps, Tim Holtz stamp, Flair button, Crafters Workshop arrow and spot stencils, Viva 3d paint-blue, Viva Ferros Metal paste-gold, Viva inca gold- graphite, American Crafts diecut framesGlitz Design diecut sticker, MME diecut stickers,  Craft Queen washi tape, manila tag, gesso, ranger archival ink-black, 

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