90 - CSI Challenge - Rock On

The inspiration photo this week really made me smile; what a cool cat!  However I was struggling to find the right photo until our Grandson came to visit wearing his new top.  Ta Da!!! I was off and running.  My page was inspired by a layout I saw when net surfing.  Unfortunately I didn’t book mark it and created it from what I remember.  I’d like to credit the artist for the inspiration and apologise that I am unable to do so.

http://csicolorstoriesinspiration.ning.com/forum/topics/case-file-no-90-case-closes-on-september-29-2013

a closie of the funky cat

EVIDENCE

Cat - from the inspiration photo

Bird - washi tape

Hearts - on the journalling block and punched on the right side

Tie something - the cat has twine around her neck

Polka dots

White space

Two different alphabets

Triangles - the arrows

Fabric - under the photos

TESTIMONY

I went to Mama Kat’s pretty much world famous writing prompts and chose to write about  what I’m grateful for and what I miss.  The journalling reads.

It was my lucky day when you came to visit wearing your new top.   The colours were perfect for this page I was creating.  All we needed was a photo prop and we found these cute glasses for you to wear.  They kept sliding down off your nose and we thought we might have to tie them on with string.  Now that you are a big school boy, we miss having you come to spend the day with us.

Love Granny

MATERIALS

Kaisercraft cardstock - white

Core’dinations cardstock - Harborside

Orange cardstock - unknown

Graphic 45 patterned paper - Bohemian Bazzar, “Dazzling delights”

Authentique - Renew, “Foundation Two” reverse

Martha Gardner punch - Heart loops trim

Tim Holtz distress ink - Broken China

The Crafter’s Workshop template - Swiss dots

Paper Stories - alphas and journalling blocks “Say cheese”

Studio Calico - wooden camera

Dylusions Ink spray - Squeezed orange and London Blue

X cut die - Medium Star

Spotlight - Muslin fabric

Spotlight - twine

Builders tape

89 CSI Challenge XO

I absolutely loved the beautiful colours this week which were just right for these photos of the twins.   I used a mixture of older Making Memories and Kaisercraft papers and new Carta Bella.

http://csicolorstoriesinspiration.ning.com/forum/topics/case-file-no-89-case-closes-on-september-22
Why not pop over to CSI and have a look at the examples created by the design team.

 This little one is so adventurous he is often bruised and scabby

It doesn't slow him down though

 Love these enamel dots and flairs from Scrap Friends 

http://scrapfriends.com.au

EVIDENCE

Animal accents

Polka dots

Stripes on teal paper

Two different alphabets

Scallops - on the big alphas

Triangles

TESTIMONY

I chose to use the fantastic, fun, art words as inspiration for my journalling

The journalling is on the back of the page and it reads

These photos were taken back in January around the time of your second birthday.  You stayed with us for the weekend while you parents flew interstate for a family wedding. After breakfast there was no time to get dressed before you dashed outside to play.   You unleashed your inner artists by using the black board and some coloured chalk.  Once the board was full of scribble, you attacked each other with the chalk.  Bare skin makes the best canvas!  Then, suitably decorated with wode like true Scotsmen, you cavorted on the garden seat, jumped onto the play table and tried to climb into the laundry window. What a fantastic fun game you created with just a stick of chalk.   You discoverd by clicking two sticks of chalk together, that a fine dust collects on the bricks.  Activate this with a bit of spit and Voila, you have finger paint. I love to watch you interact and learn from each other; you truly are the best of friends.  Love Granny photos Jan 1013

MATERIALS

Carta Bella - Rough and Tumble “Explore together”

Bazzil cardstock - orange

Bo-Bunny - Double dot, “12’Ocean journal”

Making Memories - Animal crackers “Jack Animals”

Making Memories - Animal crackers “Varnished dot”

Making Memories - Animal crackers “Stars”

Kaisercraft patterned paper - Peppermint

Weave Extras - Teeny Tiny Stickers

American Crafts thickers alphas - Fabric letter stickers

Teresa Collins - He said, she said, enamel dots

Prima stencil - #564314 (triangles)

Hello dreams - flair buttons 

Derivan Matisse - impasto

Prima chalk ink - Rusty Keys

Tombow pen 158

88 - CSI Challenge - Life Lessons

http://csicolorstoriesinspiration.ning.com/forum/topics/case-file-no-88-case-closes-on-september-15-2013

These colours were super challenging for me this week and I probably would have been tempted to ditch this layout and start again if I had another day to play with.  Part of that is my personal aversion to the Autumnal tones. Part is the dodgy photo, but it’s about the only one I have of that time.....still the story is told I must give thanks to Debbi, who week after week, provides these superb challenges, not just the colours, but the journalling prompts, which somehow flick a switch in the subconscious and tap into rich veins of memory.  I don’t know how you do it Debbi, but I love CSI  and all your efforts to make it run like clockwork.   Thank you 

A couple of closies

EVIDENCE
Floral pattern - on the strips
Clock
Pen 
Doodle
Frame

TESTIMONY
I chose to write about something I’ve learned.  The journalling reads.

When I look at this photo, taken at the beginning of my Nursing Training, I had no idea how much hard yakka would be involved in finishing the course.  I soon learned to survive twelve hour shifts; to endure the interminable night duty, and with a Senior Nurse, to run a small hospital at night.  Matron was on call, but we were trusted to do everything else; the turning and pressure care of bed ridden patients; the monitoring of babies in the nursery and gavaging of those too weak to suck;  the dispensing of medications; the care of the dying and laying out of the dead.

When Matron sat me at the dining room table, with one arm in a sling and eyes blindfolded, I learned to place the food tray within reach of the patient and ask if they’d like some help to eat. I learned to treat each patient with dignity and kindness. I understood it was O.K. to cry when a local man was scooped off the road in fragments and couldn’t be cobbled together again. 

I learned to be calm in emergencies; to see a crisis in the making and take steps to avert it. Most of all I recognized that a career in Nursing was not for sissies. The hours were long and the pay was a pittance, but the rewards were enormous.  To see a critical patient restored to health, to witness the miracle of birth and to hold the hand of the dying, was an honour and a privilege.  

When patients, no matter how old, are in pain and afraid, they often call for their Mothers.  I learned to understand their need; to sit, listen to their fear, not offering solutions, but simply being fully present.  The black and white certitudes of my youth melted away by exposure to life in the raw and I realized the more I learned, the less I knew.  Most things I used to fret about don’t really matter. I’ve learned to “BE” in the moment, to enjoy the shenanigans of the Grandchildren; to bask in the warmth of my family’s love and to count my blessings every day.  Journalling September 2013

MATERIALS

Watercolour paper

Graphic 45 - Bohemian Bazaar “Dazzling delights” Photo frame

Graphic 45 - Bohemian Bazaar “Dazzling delights” Strips

Faber Castell - Gelatos

Crafter’s Workshop Stencil - mini peacock pattern

Derivan Matisse - Impasto

My Mind’s Eye - Collectable, wooden butterfly

Prima - alphas

Prima - Stamp

Prima - flowers

Kaiser craft - flowers

Petaloo - flowers

Kaisercraft stamp - arty

Kaisercraft - acetate clock

Tim Holts - washi tape

Craft Queen washi - lime floral

Key - $2.00 shop

Bo-Bunny - Buttons. “C’est La Vie”

Scrapmatts - Leaves CB115

Spellbinder die - Romantic rectangle