85 - CSI Challenge

My first reaction when seeing this colour palette was "yikes" what on earth will I do with that!   Hmmm, I guess that's why it's called a challenge.  

 I decided to use a technique I learned at a workshop by Louise Nelson and so a tropical theme emerged....just perfect for this photo taken on Hayman Island when I was just a young flapper.

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My base is grungeboard heavily gessoed and then dried.  The next layer is random misting to achieve a watery lagoon effect.  Then a layer of embossing through a stencil to create a beachy, sandy look.
The prehistoric sea creatures were found malingering in a sticker folder from about 10 years ago and are now forever contained in some new Prima Epoxy Stickers.

I stamped the hibicus flowers with some foam stamps, again from the retired scrap heap corner, sprayed them with glimmer mist, stamped onto white cardstock and cut them out by hand.   I  jazzed up the centres with some beads and tried my hand at a nautical knot....I think it could be a Granny's knot, but I won't tell if you don't.  Apologies to Heather Jacob.  She makes a piece of string look like a mini piece of art.

EVIDENCE

Numbers - in journalling

Something clear - the bubbles

Metal - the Brads

Decorative Brads
String
Frame - hand cut and misted

Something Sandy - the embossing

Something transparent - the bubbles

TESTIMONY

I chose to journal using the five senses. I was disappointed that the font I chose was a bit small and bled somewhat into the background mists.  A lesson for next time.

The journalling reads:-

1. SEE

Lush foliage

Vibrant orchids

Sun tanned bodies

Lei’s of Frangipani

psychedelic parrots

Catamarans skimming 

2. SMELL 

Exotic spices

Stir fried prawns

Fresh sea breezes

Ombre Solaire sun tan oil

Roasting pig during a Luau

Sweet passionfruit pavlova

3. TASTE

Barbequed sea food

Fresh tropical pineapple

Champage in crystal flutes

Coconut milk from the shell

Mango, lime and rum daiquiris

Umbrella trimmed Pina Coladas

4. HEAR

Music with a Latin beat

Surf lapping at the shore

Laughter of other travellers

Swimmers splashing in the pool

Languages from around the world

Squawking sulphur crested Cockatoos

5.  FEEL

Happy to be young and free

Excited about the unknown

So grown up and sophisticated

Refreshed, relaxed and renewed

Delighted to dance in the night club

Surprised by the attention from men

MATERIALS
Grungeboard - Imaginarium
Gesso - Atelier
Color Mates cardstock - Medium Terra Cotta
Tattered Angels Chalk board mist - Seven Seas
Tattered Angels Glimmer mist - Lemon zest
Dylusions ink spray - Squeezed orange
Kaisercraft pearls - Teal
Kaisercraft Alphas - Mini alpha, Latte
Francheville brads
Maria George - beads
Prima = Epoxy stickers
Prima - Alphas
The Crafter's workshop stencil - Tiny circles
Hibiscus stamps - unknown
Stickers - Mrs Grossman's paper company
Stickers - Bo- Bunny
String
Ribbon - spotlight
Stampendous embossing powder - aged teal

The Crafter's Workshop - Microbial