CSI 92 - Solved

After a short haitus from solving case files I am back, and what a pretty palette we have this week. October is Great Books Month, so that is the theme that will tie all of our Case Files together this month. 

without further ado here  is the case to be solved this week

 

And here is my take

Evidence

Pearls

Book Pages

Hearts

Handmade Flowers

Lace

Distressing

Stack Elements

Testimony

My journaling was inspired by the lyrics of a Beatles song To know her is to love her!

To know, know, know her
Is to love, love, love her
Just to see her smile
Makes my life worthwhile
Yes, just to know, know, know her
Is to love, love, love her
ANd I do and I do
And I do

Some close ups

 

I used some cotton lace to create these flowers (yes I forgot to put a center in this one lol) and I have had these wood veneer feathers for ages waiting for the right layout to use one. 

I cut the adore frame from an old 2009 BoBunny paper Love Notes collection

 

More wood veneer, the heart is by Freckled Fawn, another lace flower and the rose was in a Papermaze kit. I put my journaling on a tag and tucked it into the chevron glassine bag that I have no clue where it came from lol.

For my background paint splatters I used some pearly watercolours and blew them with an empty pen casing (couldn't find a straw lol)

I scattered a few sequins around for a little shine.

So are you ready for this week's challenge? Grab your forensics kits, and get ready for some serious sleuthing as we open Case File No. 92.

x Toodle Pip x

 

 

Bone-afide BoBunny October Challenge

Would you like to win a BoBunny Designer Bag filled with products worth $150???
All you have to do is participate in the BoBunny October Challenge for your chance to win!
Look for the poster in your local scrapbook stores for more details. If you don't have a local store to participate with, don't worry. You can buy a kit online at Bargain Pack.

Bo Bunny's Bone-afide October Challenge

Steps for the Challenge:
1 - Buy the kit
2 - Create a page
3 - Take a picture of it and send it to us at Bargainpack@comcast.net by October 27, 2013
4 - We will judge the entries and send out ONE BoBunny Designer Bag filled with products worth $150.00

The kit includes 3 sheets of patterned paper from Fright Delight and Autumn Song, 1 sheet of Plum Double Dot, Fright Delight Jewels, Fright Delight Dimensional Stickers, and 1 yard of Clover Double Dot Ribbon at the Bargainpack Price of $11.20. They are also running a 3 Day Intro Price of $9.00.

One more thing...Be on the look out for BoBunny Fall collection previews beginning on the BoBunny Blog during the week of October 7!!! 

Toodle pip x

A little bit of Christmas with BoBunny

Never to early for Christmas right?
Whilst making my travel layout which you can see on the BoBunny blog here
I thought I had best get a start on some Christmas cards
Elf Magic has some adorable images that are just perfect for fussy cutting

 

Using the Elf Magic chevron paper I cut the tag out and then cut the Santa and sign out, this left a "hole" in the tag which I covered with a piece of the Elf Magic tinsel paper. I used foam pads to give a little dimension to the Santa. I cut the tree from the same chevron sheet and tucked it behind. I then backed the whole thing onto some Double Dot dark denim flourish added the snowflakes and gem then finished it off with some twine tied at the top.

 

For my second card I used a cut file on my cameo of a coffee mug, I used Double Dot wild berry stripe, the paper has a beautiful sheen to it so using as a main element on my card gives it a shine all of its own. I curved the paper and put foam dots just in the centre to give a convex shape on the card.

 

I turned the chevron paper over to use the chevron side for my background and layered it with Elf Magic mischief.

  

 I stamped the sentiment using the Holiday Wishes stamp set, The frosting jewels made some great "steam" coming from the cup

 then topped it off with more snowflakes and a large gem.I added a little glitter to the snowflakes for that extra sparkle

I really enjoyed making these cards, so now it's 2 down about 25 to go lol

All supplies used are by BoBunny

Toodle Pip x

Sketchbook 365 - October sketch

The new sketch from Sketchbook 365 is up 

This month they are sponsored by

 

There's a fab prize up for grabs

This is the layout I created using the new Zip Dee Doodle collection by BoBunny

 

My interpretation, I took the circles and made one of them large with all the other elements piled onto it, I used speech bubbles in place of the three strips at the top left of the sketch and I moved my journaling to the right so that it was underneath my title

The polaroid frame/heart/tag is one of the dimensional stickers from the collection as is the speech bubble with the hearts on.

The large sunburst circle is a cut file on my cameo and I took the middle section and flipped it over to contrast with the black and white. I am a little in love with the Today title word (also a cameo file) you know sometimes you just find that you want to use it on every project lol

I decided for once to just put my journaling "out there" 2013 is turning out to be a fantastic year for me and I am finally getting a grip on the Agoraphobia that has held me back for so long, so instead of hiding away from it this layout is a reminder to myself that I am healing and ready to start living a "normal" (to me that is) life again.

Don't forget to play along this month and be in with a chance of winning this

Fab prize from Bo Bunny

Toodle Pip x

touching base and more from the Papermaze August kit

Wooahh didn't realise I had been away from here for so long, life has been hectic with lots of exciting and fun moments. 2 days ago I was on the beautiful Greek Island of Zante (this photo was taken in Zante town)

 

and in just 8 days time I will be back in Wales for a 2 week vacation with my DH and the crazy doodle doggies, in between all that I have to clear my craftroom ready for some renovation work that will take place whilst I am away, so at the moment I'm not sure which way is up lol

 I have lots to share over the coming days and also some exciting news!
First up I want to share with you the 2nd layout I created using the Papermaze August kit.

This month the kit is packed with all sorts of great embellishments, I created a feminine page here and now I'm here to share with you the more masculine page I made

 

I loved the Polaroid frames, and on this layout I used them both as accents and to frame one of the smaller details on my picture, once again the tiny word stickers act both as a title and journaling to sum up my feelings about the photo.

I fussy cut some of the hexagons to create layers behind my photo and by using the blues/greens I think it gives the whole page a more "boy" feel to it.

You can find this kit here and of course any other supplies you need can be found in the shop

So it's toodle pip for now

Back soon x

Papermaze August kit

I always get excited when I see the new kit each month. This months kit on first appearances is quite girly but I have also created a masculine layout with it that I will share later on.
This time I got to play. I'm not a great one for flowers on my layouts but these went together so well that I might start adding some now and then.

It always helps to have a great photo to inspire you, I love this snapshot of my Granddaughter and her cousins walking away into the sun holding hands.
I framed the picture with the large chipboard frame, it had some text on that I covered with some of the MME tiny text stickers from the Collectable collection (that's a mouthful lol)

I then clustered the flowers around one corner of the picture, the wooden flower circles also add another texture to the page. I fussy cut some of the flowers and doilies from the papers and layered them up beneath the main elements.
I splattered a few different colour mists to create a softer background, finally I added the thickers title below the cluster to finish it off.

Don't forget to pick up your kit in the shop HERE
  Toodle Pip x

My first Bo Bunny Creations

I was up on the blog on Monday with my first creations with the new collections from Bo Bunny

You can see the whole post Here

I created 2 cards using the Autumn Song collection and some double dot cardstock

   

 

"I wanted my chipboard piece to be slightly longer so I simply snipped it in half, placed the 2 pieces back down with a gap in between and covered the join with my title sticker.

 

"The green banner piece behind the title banner had some text on it that I didn't want visible so I layered it up with stickers and cardstock to cover over the text."

 

This collection is a joy to work with and I hope you like my cards

Thankyou for looking

Tiidle Pip x

All supplies by Bo Bunny Press