August Layout Roundup

I've not been very good about getting these posts done, so I've decided that the easiest thing to do is create a once a month blog post for my CSI work. Since I'm not currently employed, you'd think that I would have tons of time to do it and I guess really I do. But I find that this little blog sinks to the bottom of the priority list quite regularly. So I'm going to simplify the process and post once a month.

Here's Case #292 Freestyle Prompts from CSI : Color, Stories, Inpsiration :

And the Traditional Case Files and Clues :

The beautiful, dreamy image is by watercolor artist Heatherlee Chan.


EVIDENCE

Stripes
Map print
Flowers, leaves
Frames
Watercolor
Ribbons
People embellishments
Fabric
Mesh
Metal
Circles
Stencils
Stamps
Stitching
Photo corners
Mix black and white patterns with more colorful patterns
Bling

TESTIMONY

Topic: Document a trip you’ve had or one you dream of.
Prompt Idea: Click the “Inspire Me” button at Daydreaming on Paper.
Presentation: Put your journaling inside a frame.
Writing Format: Write your journaling in the form of an itinerary
Inspiration Words: dream, far, border

THE SCHEME (RGB Codes)

116.200.221 – sky blue
255.255.251 – white
228.117.160 - bright pink
247.226.143 – pineapple yellow
116.170.108 – grass green


And here's what I made with it :

Recently, my Mom, sister and I all flew to Halifax, Nova Scotia from Toronto, Ontario together to visit my brother and his family and do some tourist-y stuff while we were there. This photo was taken while we were waiting to taxi onto the runway in Toronto.

Here's how I solved this Case:

COLOURS
All the colours are there.

EVIDENCE
Stripes
Map print
Flowers/leaves
Watercolour (in my bckground stamping)
Circles
Stamps
Mixing black and white with colourful patterns.

TESTIMONY
The TOPIC clue "Document a trip you’ve had or one you dream of" inspired this page.

Journaling
The journaling pulls out from under the photo with the little tab that says "Adventure" on it.

here we are waiting for the plane to leave toronto for halifax at the start of a memorable trip together, which of course was documented with the obligatory selfie by monica.

july 1st - 11th 2019

Here's a few quick closeups of this page :

Case #293 COLD CASE Freestyle Prompts :

And the Traditional Case File and Clues :

This stash-busting Cold Case features a whimsical Scene by French illustrator Veronique Petit.


Here's a few Product Clues to help get you started :

Find older papers that match some of the colors in The Scene.
Use older papers that have a number or text pattern.
Use older stickers.
Use never or rarely used stamps.
Use leftover numbers from your alphas.
Find some older “cute” stuff in your stash.
Use some old birthday-themed items.
Use some of your old or rarely used punches or dies.
Use a corner rounder.
Use ribbons.
Use those cut-apart cards that you haven’t cut into yet.
Magic number is 9—grab the 9th paper or embellishment pack (or something else) in your stash and start there.
Got any old products by Ki Memories? Use them!

And some Design Clues to help you create :

Create your layout using a grid design.
Use cut-apart cards (you know, the ones that are on a sheet of patterned paper)—use some whole and cut elements off of others.
Use number(s) as a major design element.
Add googly eyes to your title or numbers
Add small words to arrows and other elements on your page.

And here's what I created :

The grid style of the image inspred me, and the numbers made me think about birthdays this time. So I made this page to celebrate my son's 19th birthday, using my favorite photos of him throughout the years. Each wooden number represents his age at the time of the photo.

I chose to use blue, yellow, red and brown as my main colours. Some of the papers here have been in my stash for at least 5+ years! There's some old Jillibean Soup, Basic Grey & MME there.

I used the following Product clues to help me along :

Older papers
Paper with a number pattern
Leftover numbers (old bingo wooden numbers)
I used a corner rounder
I made 9 squares (ok, 8 squares and a rectangle...)

And from the Design clues I was inspired by the following :

Use a grid design
Use numbers as a major design element
Add small words and the idea of arrows.

Inspired by the #4 throwing the confetti (which was also happened to be the name of my blue patterned paper!!), I made some watercolour sprinkles behind all the photos on the page.

Here's a few closeups of this page :

Thanks for popping by and checking out my page today, I can't wait to see what you create with these cases!