69 - CSI Challenge - Free Spirit

What do you think of these bold colours and the quirky inspiration photo?  I had fun with them and I hope you will pop over to CSI
 and have a look at the ideas the Design Team have created.

I used Little Yellow Bicycle papers mixed with older Kaisercraft and some very old Creative Imaginations.  I don't think they are in business anymore, but I still like their papers.

Loved getting messy with Gesso, stencils and inks.   The journalling is hidden in the navy pocket.

EVIDENCE

Number accents 

Circles

Metal

Something completely unexpected - Is the bike spring unravelling due to excess speed.  This is a symbol of the way our DGS lives his life. The pedal is always to the metal. He runs, skips or jumps everywhere. Nothing as slow and mundane as walking for our quick silver boy.

TESTIMONY

I was inspired by some of the words of Heart Light, the song by Neil Diamond. The chorus says 

“Turn on your Heart Light

Let it shine wherever you go

Let it make a happy glow

For all the world to see”

These words describe you perfectly.  From the day you were born, your bright eyes seemed to shine with joie de vivre.  I said to Pa, “I think he’s been here before and knows just how the world works.”

Your mood is either jubilation or despair, laughter or tears, with very little middle ground. The tears never last very long, as you are easily distracted with a game, a story, a hug and sometimes all three.  You attack life, full bore, eager to try new things, master them and move on to the next attraction.

Like a hummingbird you slurp the sweetness from the flowers of each day. You’ve taught me a lot about delighting in the simple things; some life skills I wish I’d had when your Daddy and Uncles were little boys.   I love to see your Heart Light glow and when you’re with me, my heart glows too.  Love Granny April 2013

MATERIALS

Little Yellow Bicycle - Saturday collection, Saturday Collage 

Little Yellow Bicycle - Saturday collection, Easy Breezy 

Little Yellow Bicycle - Saturday collection, Pattern Play

Little Yellow Bicycle - Saturday collection, Vintage Bliss

Little Yellow Bicycle - Saturday collection, Tear Out Ticket and Journalling card

Bazzil Cardstock - Navy

Tim Holtz - Die, Alphabetical

Tim Holtz - Distress ink, Broken China

Martha Stewart punch - Birds on a wire

Prima Stamp - Romance Novel (letters and numbers)

Prima ink - Cold Ice

Prima - Metal embellishment, “Mechanicals”

Stamp-It Stamp - mixed Numbers

Colorbox Chalk Ink - Dark brown

Tattered Angels Glimmermist - Patina

Kaisercraft - Pearls - red

Kaisercraft - Collectables, “On the move”

October Afternoon - Flair pin, “5 & Dime”

Crafter’s Workshop Stencil - Swiss Dots

Atelier - White Gesso

Covered buttons - Unknown, from a craft fair

Creative Imaginations - Creative cafe (circle)