You Are My Forever Love (Always)

I'm back with another BEAUTIFUL case from CSI : Color, Stories, Inspiration!!

Here's the Case File :

I just have to say how much I LOVED this combo! While not colours I would normally put together, they are beautiful together.

And here's what I made with it :

Recently, my husband and I celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary. We didn't really have any photos done together at that time that I really liked, but we did have photos taken together when my parents were celebrating their 45th anniversary. This is one of them and it's definitely one of my favorites.

Here's how I solved this case:

COLOURS

All the colours are there with the addition of a little bit of black & gold to accent.

EVIDENCE

Text Pattern - leaf
Clips - green at the end of the brown ruler strip
Clothespins
Leaves & Flowers
Stamps
Buttons
Tags
String
Ruler
Clipboard

TESTIMONY

I chose the presentation prompt "Write on a tag" for this page, and THIS pin inspired the actual journaling.

Journaling

To find out how many days we have been a couple, I entered the date we started dating & the day I did the journaling into an online days calculator. Then I typed my sentence into Word, printed it out on a 8.5x11 sheet of paper, then held it up to my window and attached my tag to the paper over top of the print out. I then put the paper BACK into the printer and printed it out again, removing the tag from the paper after it was done to use on my page.

The inspiration for the tag journaling treatment with the bows came from page #32 of the Fall 2017 Scrapbook and Cards Today magazine.

Here's some closeups of my page :

This shows my title work a little closer. The first part of my title was created using part of a Heidi Swapp stamp. The stamp itself is the phrase "You Are My Sunshine" but I chose to just use the first three words. The "Forever" word was part of a set I bought from Micheals and the "Love" word was from a Bible Journaling die cut pack. I love it when I find small things in my stash that fit with my page, and the tiny clothespin with the word 'Always' on it was one of them this time. To finish it off, and because I'm loving using gold right now, I faux-sewed the self-adhesive chipboard heart to the "Love" word die cut. The leaf very handily satisfied 2 separate clues, plus I really liked how it curls at the end. At the last minute I added the gold ball trim using a thin line of Gorilla Glue.

Also, inspired by the clipboard in the photo, I tried to make my photo mat look a little bit like a piece of paper on a clipboard. The safety pin takes the place of the clip at the top, and the double framing in white representing the board & paper. I stamped the day I did the journaling at the bottom of the photo mat.

Here's a closer look at my journaling tag. Underneath it you can just see the red '20' that is highlighted by the green clip. That's a play on our anniversary year. The little gold heart in the corner is a small brad. Also, you can faintly see that my background paper is a subtle wood grain pattern.

Here's a quick look at the lower right hand corner. I found these 3 little stickers in my stash and felt like they belonged on this layout. I chose to place them there to make a visual triangle with my other black accents (the love die cut & the leaf). In fact, I've used a visual triangle in more than one place on this layout - the wood pieces (flower, word & clothespin), the gold accents in multiple places, and the three green things (solid cardstock photo mat, striped paper & clip) are some examples. Using this technique really helps your eye move around your page. I really like the texture that ripping your paper can add to a page, so I most often will do that on my pages at least once.

Thanks for popping by and checking out my page today!! I hope you'll join us in solving this beautiful case!!

#DIVINE - Color, Stories, Inspiration Case #241

It's November 1st and that means that a new case is open over at CSI : Color, Stories Inspiration!!!

Here's the newest case that's ready for you to solve :

Aren't these colours absolutely gorgeous?? I love them all AND I love the inspiration photo as well!! Here's what I made with it :

It took me a long time to get this page done - weeks, in fact. These past few months have been quite hard for me; more then I ever expected. I wasn't expecting the sudden loss of my Dad to affect every facet of my life but it has. Most definitely it's affected how creative I have been able to be. I'm starting to come out on the other side a bit now, and am finding more joy in creating again.

I found this quote on Pinterest, and really felt it suited me right where I am right now - taking time to learn about who I am and deepening my understanding of God and His plan for my life. It feels good.

Here's how I solved the case.

COLOURS AND SKETCH

All of the colours are there, however, it might be a bit hard to see the grey. It's quite subtle, and it's in the patterned paper that's under the floral pattern. I liked the sketch, and modified it just a little bit.

EVIDENCE

Leaves
Animals - bird
Hearts
Wood
White rub-ons I used a white sticker instead, under my 'love this' circle
Chevron Arrows - the layout background paper is a 12x12 diecut
Vellum - rolled polka dot, under the photos
Something fuzzy - the pom pom trim

TESTIMONY

I used the word "outside" as the inspiration for this page

Journaling

The quote I used is a follows :

Here's some closeups of my page :

This is my little embellishment cluster on the left hand side of the page. Some of those things there (like the little silver tag) I've had in my stash for ages. I'm happy to be able to use these things in a meaningful way.

This photo is showing my title work. I had a hard time figuring out how to get those wooden letters to stick. In the end, I stuck them to a piece of double sided tape, and then gorilla-glued the ends to the vellum. Needless to say, I don't think they're going anywhere!

This photo is showing the little circle die cut. I inked it red and added a small kraft heart to it. I also attached my wood bird here as well. Just under it you can kind of see my little white swirly sticker.

These last two photos I took while hanging the page outside of my home. I wanted to be able to show you that the background paper is a 12x12 diecut, and that there's no white in the background at all. I do enjoy using these kinds of papers but they are really hard to photograph.

Thanks for popping by and checking out my page today!