Wish Happy Smile - CSI Design team challenge 137

Hi there and welcome to my blog
Today I’m sharing a layout of my DGD
who at two and three quarters, is a busy little pocket rocket.

I love these gelati colours, just right for the gorgeous warm weather 

we have enjoyed over the past few days.

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to see what the rest of the team have created.

I hope you will be inspired and join in the challenge.

Just use all the colours,

At least two of the evidence clues

and at least one of the Testimony clues.

Whilst that might sound demanding, it does help us to use colours

and products you might not be naturally drawn to.

It also really does encourage you to get your stories told.

I used this Prima sketch as the basis for my page.

I used 13@rts paper "Fly away" for the background

The Kaisercraft black rub ons have been in my stash for years

The washi tape is from Craft Queen

The cute little cloud words are from Scrapmatts

Some Prima sparkly crystals were a kind gift from

Eila Sandberg  on her Birthday blog challenge - thank you Eila

Do yourself a favour and check out her blog, she is a super talented artist.

The flourish frame is by Manor House.

EVIDENCE
Polka dots and triangles - on the washi tape
Washi tape
Metal
Flourishes - the frame and the rub ons

TESTIMONY
I chose to journal about my attitude to parenting.  The journalling is on the back of the page and it reads:-

When I see your radiant smile and your wholehearted enjoyment of life, I think how lucky you are to have been born at this time and into the family you chose.  Compared with the ultra strict parenting I had, you are allowed to make choices about what you eat, what you wear and how you play. There are firm consequences when you “buck the system”, but they are always delivered with loving consistency in order to keep you safe.

I see the confidence and resilience that those choices and consequences provide and I wish I had known some of these skills when I was parenting your Daddy. However, when we know better, we do better and now I have a second chance with you and your cousins. I’ve learned that children thrive with clear boundaries, but feel the need to rebel if checked to firmly. I’ve learned that one can never love a child too deeply; that much can be achieved with a joke rather than confrontation. I’ve learned to let you “have a go” and make a mess, because the mess doesn’t matter in the slightest. What matters, is that you know you are capable and lovable.   Rock on little girl.  Love Granny 12 May 2014

Once upon a time - DT layout for CSI 136

Hello, hello, I have enjoyed the sunshine today and the first daffodils blooming.

Signs that the bleak winter might be drawing to a close.

I have a CSI Design Team page to share with you

with these gorgeous spring like colours.

CSI TEAM

 have created some bright and beautiful pages to inspire you.
I used the current sketch from
Scrap 365 
It's not necessary to use the sketch, just follow the Case file above.
i.e. Use all five colours, at least two of the evidence prompts and
at least one of the testimony prompts.

The lace piece is from Prima
The leaves are a die cut from Memory Box
they were just perfect for our little Garden Girl

I wet embossed the lacy Scrapmatts chipboard circles

The sparkly crystals are from Prima

 The chippy and title are from Scrapmatts

EVIDENCE

Text print - on the background paper

Floral pattern

Butterflies

Lace

Leaves

Wet medium - wet embossing and ink splashes

Wings

TESTIMONY
I went to Paper wishes and used a prompt "Describe something you want your family to know".

On this day, I asked your Mummy to bring your favourite dress, so I could take some pictures. In between shots, you flitted around our garden like a little butterfly.  Pausing here to pick a flower, stopping there to pat the doggie statue, all the while, singing softly to yourself and pretending to be a Princess.  You love to play outside, using your imagination;   perhaps that is why you are so creative and resilient. 
Love Granny 10/8/14 

A perfect Day - DT Challenge 33 Scrap Africa

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

I have a Scrap Africa Design Team layout to share with you.

Challenge: Tell us about your travel adventures...perhaps your favourite location, 
 or the most memorable trip...anything related to travel. 
Please include journalling, 
even if hidden and tell us where it is.

This photo is one of my favourites taken in Kakadu National Park
Northern Australia

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to see what the rest of the team have created

I hope you will join in the fun and be in the running to win a prize

The background was inspired by a class I did with the talented

Louise Nelson

If you ever have the opportunity to learn from her, 

grab it with both hands, she is one of a kind.

I wanted to created the look of the tributaries of the waterways 

which flow after the wet season in the North of Australia

The bark I collected from the side of road

The title is by SCRAPMATTS

The journalling reads:-

Gather in inky silence
Board the small pontoon
Glide through sibilant water
See a glow brush the horizon
Watch the sun emblazon the sky
Crocodiles slither away
Birds take rapid flight
Water lilies unfurl to greet the light
Darter’s wings spread wide
Jabirus proudly strut
Observe in awe as day breaks
It was ever thus

August 2010