Note to self - DT page for CSI 145

Hello and welcome to my blog, I hope you will find some inspiration here.

Today I’m sharing a layout for CSI challenge 145.  It’s a quirky image and lends itself to any kind of page.

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to see what the rest of the design team have created.

I hope you will feel inspired and join in for a chance to win some 

fabulous scrappy prizes.

I fell in love with the image for this case file and remembered that I had a small piece of the same paper tucked away. So I had a play with an “Art journal” kind of page.  It didn’t turn out quite the way I expected, but I guess that’s what Art Journalling is about.  For the first time, I managed to use all the evidence prompts - yay!
The mixed media background was created with Prima crackle paste
and Tattered angels Glimmermist.

The dress was made from Cosmo Cricket, Odds & Ends, "Remnant"

The stamps are from Unity stamps - Jillibean soup

 The gorgeous umbrella chippy is from Scrapmatts

The butterfly stencil and stamp are from Prima

 The heart chippies and the sequins were a gift from my friend

JANICE NICHOLLS

Thank you Janice  :D

I was inspired to try draping the paper by seeing some layouts by

MARILYN RIVERA

EVIDENCE

Mixed media background

Hearts - on dress pockets and texture paste

Wings

Flowers - on dress

Stamps

Transparent elements - Sequins on dress and blue beads on brolly

Floral pattern on dress

Polka dots - on dress

Stripes - stockings

Stencil - MM

Pockets - on dress

Quotes

TESTIMONY

I went to the fairy tale prompts and chose to write as though I was talking to myself.

The quotes and poem read:-

The greatest challenge in life, is discovering who you are.

The second is being happy with what you find.  (Unknown)

Life’s challenges are not meant to paralyse you,

They are meant to help you discover who you are, (Unknown)

Make a little garden in your pocket,

Fill your cuffs with radishes and rocket,

Let a passionfruit crawl up your thigh,

Grow some Oregano in your fly.

Make a steamy compost of your fears,

Trickle irrigate your life with tears,

Let your troubled mind become a trellis,

Turn your heart into a summer palace.

Michael Leunig

The first quote has helped me to accept myself just the way I am, a flawed woman, doing the best I can to live in the moment.  Not regretting the past or worrying about the future, but enjoying the here and now, because that is the only moment I have.  

The second one has given me hope in the darkest times and guided me to find the lessons to be learned from adversity.  Sometimes the lessons seem rather obscure and sometimes I think they are meant to teach me patience; not one of my virtues. 

The whimsical poem by Michael Leunig, is one of my favourites.  It teaches me not to take myself too seriously, to harness my tears and fears so they can nurture my heart and allow it to bloom.