Together Forever - CSI case file no. 297

Happy October to you all, and a Happy New Year to all my Jewish friends - Shanah Tova!

CSI did it again, with an amazing case file:

I really loved the colors and the inspiration photo.

Can you feel the autumn atmosphere?

I scrapped a photo of me and my youngest, on our autumn vacation in London, a few years ago.

I used all 5 colors and from the evidence I took: stripes, chevrons, arrows, flowers, leaves, twigs, triangles, metal dies, a wreath design, woodgrain, architectural elements (well, the Tower of London is just behind us in the photo) and stamps.

As for the testimony - my journaling is on a circular spot and I wrote about how much fun we had on our autumn vacation.

I started by applying Finnabair clear gesso to the background, and then made splatters all over with several Lindy's sprays (Cape Cod Coral, Fuzzy Navel Peach, Milk Chocolate Brown, Clam Bake Beige and Frosty Forest Green).

Next I stamped here and there, using 49 and Market Pascale's writings stamp, with  Ranger's Library Green archival ink.

All the chipboards I've used are from Creative Embellishments, and I gave them a good coat of Finnabair's white gesso.

I colored the  large leaves with Lindy's Ponderosa Pines Olive, and then heat embossed here and there with Lindy's Oakleaf Olive ep. I just love the goldish touch it gave to the leaves!

The small leaves were colored with Lindy's Lederhosen Laurel shaker.

The wreath was heat embossed with two Lindy's ep -Brutwurst Brown  and Byzantine Bronze. I gave 3 coats of the ep.

The title was heat embossed with Lindy's Orange Creamsicle ep, again with 3 coats.

I backed the photo with pp from a beautiful 6X6 pad 'Bornt to Be Free' by WhiteRus. The patterns have arrows, chevrons and stripes. I distressed all adges.

I felt something is missing in the lower part of the design, so I addes a large piece of lace, and I love the softness it gives to the whole page.

I die cut some twigs and colored them with Lindy's Ponderosa Pine Olive spray.

I adhered some flowers and blooms and two tiny arrows. 

For the final touch - splatters of dilluted white gesso.

I'm all up for autumn!

I would like to enter this layout for the October challenge at Creative Embellishments, with this beautiful moodboard, and the twist of adding some lace:

I was inspired by the autumn feeling, especially the two right photos on the buttom, and by the beautiful lace photo.
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#Beautiful - mixed media layout

DT fav at Splasy Mix challenge

September 2019

For this layout, I was inspired by two challenges.

The 1st one is Lindy's Gang September challenge:

The 2nd is September challenge at Splashy Mix Challenge:

Such a fabulous color combo! you can take it to verious options, and mine is the industrial one.

The papers (13@rts and Craft O'Clock) are from my September Counterfeit kit.

Lindy's products that I've used:

Sprays: Sweet Violet Purple Teal, Urban Amethyst, Hi Maintenance Mgenta, Grab a Guy Gold.

Magicals - Pineapple Paradise from Caribbean Cruise set.

Shaker - Magnolia Magenta Gold.

Embossing powders - Midnight Sapphire, King Midas Gold and Sunset Yellow Orange.

Here're some close-ups on the details:

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Land that I love

Runner Up at More Than Words 

for September challenge

It was Election day this week here in Israel, so apart from voting, I celebrated the day off by making a layout with an inspiration so matching the day.

The current challenge at More Than Words challenge blog is 'Origin plus colors of your country's flag'.

I was born and raised in Israel. this is my homeland, land that I love.

Our flag's colors are blue and white, and the design of the flag is inspired by the Talit design - stripes at the edges and Magen David (star of David) in the middle. I used these elements in my layout.

I used a photo of David's tower in Jerusalem, this is one of Israel's most famous sights.

I was also inspired by the current challenge at Creative Embellishments 

Mostly by the hues of blue in the tubes. I also used some flairs (some of CE) for the twist of a circular element. The flourish chipboards are also of CE.

To color the chipboards, I use Lindy's Gang embossing powders (Midnight Copper, Madonna Robe Blue Gold and Desert Moon Turquoise).

The Magen David is made by two opposite triangles, so I used 7 Dots Studio stamp of triangles (Dreamscapes), heat embossed with Lindy's ep (Purely White).

Some of the stamps on the background are  49 and Market (Pascale's Grammer). The flowers are all 49 and Market (Blossom Blends Cotton, Blossom Blends Sea Breeze, Vintage Shades Potpouri blue and cotton).

Inks are TH tea dye distress ink, and Ranger's archival inks sepia and jet black).

Papers are 13Arts, Mintay Papers, Fancy Pants and Craft O'clock - all from my September Counterfeit Kit (and so are CE flairs)

Mediums - Finnabair's gesso, clear and white.

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Fly Away - September's Counterfeit Kit

Once again I'm playing with Counterfeit Kit, which have a special kit for this month, designed just for the blog, by Secret Not Secret Kit Club. Here's the inspiration kit:

I really loved it! finally a masculine kit :).

As usuall, I started by the colors, then the patterns and other items that my eyes were drawn to (like the white doodled ellipses on a gray paper, and the paper with the pine trees).

I decided that I MUST include some old papers and items in my kit in order to de-stash, along with more new papers/ items.

So here's my 'Fly Away' kit:

Papers side A:

Papers side B:

Add on papers side A:

Add on papers side B:

Embellishments:

I counterfeited the trees paper using Deep Red rubber stamp with different inks, I made a 7X5 kraft paper with cameras, using a Jillibean's stamp and embossing it with Lindy's ep.

Next I die cut some words from foam, and 2 others from a heavy wheight black cs, and then heat embossed it with a dark blue shiny Lindy's ep.  I also made my own doodled ellipses:

I also die cut some stars, tags, arrows, and made some 'tickets'.

I didn't include cs, stamps, mixed media products and stencils, as I will use them anyway along the way.

I already have some project in mind to use with my kit, so stay tuned....

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#Summer - CSI case file no. 285

This is my take on case file 285 at CSI, with this inspiration photo:

At the begining, I didn't like the photo and the colors, but then I thought I'd give it a try, using my June Counterfeit Kit, and voila! 

This is how I solved the case: I used all 5 colors (that was the real challenge!). For the evidence - stripes, flowers, trees, sun, a bird, feathers, wet medium, camera, vellum, a bow and buttons. I documented our visit to the kangaroo park years ago.

I use Laura Whitaker's fab sketch from My Creative Scrapbook:

Along using my kit, I added the oval frame and the hashtag title - chipboards from Creative Embellishments.

I covered them both with white gesso. For the frame I used Lindy's spray Fuzzy Navel Peach 3 times, and then I inked here and there with Ranger's embossing ink and used Lindy's ep - Byzantine Bronze. The title was heat embossed with Lindy's Sunset Yellow Orange ep.

I also used Lindy's Frosty Forest Green spray to splatter here and there.

Here're some close-ups on the details:

I would like to enter it also for June challenge at Creative Embellishments:

I was inspired by most of the colors in the image, the summer atmosphere and the sun. 

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