Capture the Moment

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Case file no. 328 at CSI has a wonderful beach/ lake side theme:

It was just perfect for our sailing photo, taken last year at Lake Como in Italy.

I used all 5 colors and from the evidence I took: stripes, grid pattern, beach elements, camera, circular elements, anchor and fringe.

I followed Laura Whitaker's sketch for Sketches In Thyme no. 431:

I'm an old fan of Laura's sketches!

Another challenge this layout goes for, is the August challenge at Challenge YOUrself - I'm on vacation:

I was also inspired by the marine inspiration photo at Creative Embellishments:

I was inspired by the blue and green colors of the water and used scalloped pattern under my photo.
The background was made in smooching technique, using Lindy's sprays: Tibetan Poppy Teal and Aloha Avocado.
I used some CE products - camera chipboard (heat embossed with Lindy's Orange Creamsicle ep),

fishnet background stamp and the chipboard title (heat embossed with Lindy's Spring Leaf Chartreuse ep and Guten Tag Teal ep, and then colored here and there with Lindy's Tibetan Poppy Teal shimmer spray).

To make the steering wheel and the anchor I die cut eace shape several times from a watercolor paper and glued together, so I got kind of chipboards.

The steering wheel was covered with pp with life buoy pattern (the same as I coverd the half circles).

The anchor was painted with Finnabair's Rich Copper Metallique Wax. I glued Finnabair's mini art stones, and colored the anchor again with Lindy's Tibetan Poppy Teal spray. After it was dried, I wraped it with a wax cord. I really love the aged look it got!

Some Robbin's Nest transparent drops added to the water drops look.

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Nantes December 2018 - 13@rts & Sketches In Thyme

At the last day of this year, I'm sharing a layout I've made for two challenges.

One is the inspiration challenge at 13@rts blog:

I was inspired by the main image - the plaid pattern, the christmas trees, the wood floor, and the theme.
I've used 13@rts' stitches and word stickers, as well as their white ink.

The 2nd challenge is a sketch challenge from Sketches In Thyme, sketch no. 401 (I rotated the sketch on the side):

Here're some close-ups:

I wish you all a very Happy New Year!

Autumn - a mixed media layout

We've had some strong thunderstorms with rain, and it's quite unsual here to have that strong thunderstorms. On the other hand, it's very hot too.  Autumn, anyone?

So no wonder my new layout is all about autumn. The photos of my youngest, were taken 5 years ago, on a stroll we had in a lovely place, and as you can see, it was all autumn around.

I used my October Cunterfeit kit.

I was inspired by the fab moodboard at Mixed Media Place:

I took inspiration from the autumn photos - the acorns, the mashroom, the falling leaves.

I used sketch no. 392 from Sektches in Thyme:

I must say, this layout was a Lindy's festive for me. I used so many of thier products to achieve the colors I wantd for my layout.

I started by tearing some of the papers and distressing the edges with TH Tea Dye distress ink. Then I  layered the papers and splattered with Oktoberfest Orange shaker and Antique Bronze shaker:

I stamped with 49 and Market stamp (Pascale writing), using Ranger's Coffee archival ink here and there:

For the redish-brwon leaves, I mixed some Lindy's shakers: Aged Copper, Antique Bronze, Autumn Maple Crimson, Cowabunga Copper and Oktober Orange. I added from each shaker till I got the right color I wantd. Then I die cut the leaves.

For the brownish-orange leave, I mixed Lindy's flat sprays: Luscious Lime, Queen of Hearts Red and Mango Mania I also added Yellow Rose of Texas starburst spray. I made sure to color both sides of my watercolor paper, and die cut another shapes of leaves.

As for the mesh die cut, it started as an experiment for a previous project (which you can see HERE) - I used the same ebmossing powder, Terra Cotta Rust, once on a white cs, and then on a black cs. In the previous project I ended up using the one on the white cs, as the other one was too dark for that project:

I was left with the darker version and when I worked on this layout, I thought it's a perfect match:

I really like the different looks of using Lindy's products on white or black background.

I adhered the photos and made two clusters, using Petaloo flowers with my diy leaves.

On the clusters I splattered Lindy's Grag a Guy Gold spray, to get the gold look:

I just LOVE how it turned out!

I finished up with sparkly alphas and enamel dots:

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A Wonderful Day - case file no. 278 at CSI + Sketches in Thyme

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Hello dears, today I'm sharing with you my layout for the new case file at CSI, case file no. 278, with this inspiration photo:

As soon as I saw the IP, I knew right away that I have the perfect photo to match the colors of the scheme - a photo of my boys, at Eilat Bay, sailing on a boat. it was such a wonderful day, and it was during a so needed vacation we had during a hard period in our life.

I used sketch no. 364 from Sketches In Thyme:

As for the clues to solve the case file, I used: dots, grid pattern (almost unseen, the journaling 'clouds'), gingham, stripes, woodgrain, hearts, sun, string, kites, die cuts, pinwheels, triangles and diamond shapes. My journaling, on the clouds, documents our wonderf day.

Here are some close-ups on the details:

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Love Every Moment - CSI case file no. 273

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I've made this layout for Case file no. 273 at CSI, which is a girly one, full of pink colors:

I used my Feb counterfeit page kit for this layout. All the papers I've used are from Lemoncraft (Heart Painted collection and House of Roses collection). the embellies are a 'mix&match' from my stash.

I was inspired by sketh #359 at Sketches in Thyme:

Here're some close-ups:

I would like to enter it also to Feb challenge at 'Challenge YOUrself', which is to be inspired by a movie and include a photo of yourself. My inspiration was 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame", one of my all time fav movie.
It also goes for the Lemoncraft FB challenge 'Love is in the Air':

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