CSI 95 Friends

Blue is my absolute favourite colour, so I thought this week’s challenge would be a doddle.  Not so....trying to find the right blue proved to be difficult.  Eventually I found some tiny scraps of the teal from eons ago and an ancient Wild Asparagus grey card stock.  Woo Hoo...good to go, but whoops, no brown......further fossicking revealed a venerable journalling card by Bo Bunny and some blue flowers on a dessicated Daisy D. paper, which I fussy cut.  Problem sorted.

This is what the challenge looks like

Here is the link

I came across an old corner punch while I was rummaging around.  It seemed to fit the era, so it had a day out too.   I did use a few newer things, like the stencil, the wooden camera and the stamp.

EVIDENCE

Distressing

Wood

Flowers

Fabric

Tie something

Metal

Textured paper (grey and brown under the photo)

Tearing (the brown mat)

TESTIMONY 

Write about a sad memory.  The memory is DH’s from when he was about five years old.   I persuaded him to do the journalling, so the words are his. The journalling is on the back of the page

JOURNALLING

I’m not sure how much of this incident is my actual memory and how much relies on what has been told to me by my family.

I had received a beautiful new blow up beachball for Christmas when I was about 5 years old. My friend, Gangy Wilton who lived over the road from us had been given an Air Rifle. 

His Father was Headmaster at the local Primary School and my Father one of the teachers.

I remember, Gangy leaning over our side fence with his Air Rifle and shooting my beachball!! 

My Mum and Dad weren’t very affluent then and were not able to replace the ball, so sadly my joy with my new toy was very shortlived.

I can’t recall my reaction to this catastrophe but I have a faint recollection that the rifle was removed from Gangy’s hands for a looooong time!  

MATERIALS
Bazzil Cardstock - Pale blue and grey
My Mind's Eye - Wild Asparagus, "Adorable" (grey)
Daisy D - Modern Romance (fussy cut flowers)
Making Memories - Speckle collection, "Ocean" (dark blue)
E.K. Success - Grey textured card behind the photo
Bo Bunny - Journalling card, "Noteworthy" 
Carl Punch - Corners
Kaisercraft clear stamp - Arty
Kaisercraft - Brad "Old world"
Spellbinder die - Grommet
Die Namics Die - Decorative duo doily
Donna Downey mask - Hollyhocks
Prima mask - Elementals, Half tone
Studio Calico - wooden camera
Imaginarium - Alphas
Colorbox ink - Dark Brown
Perfect pearls mist - Interference blue
Tattered Angels Glimmermist - Blue skies
Derivan - Impasto