CSI case file 101

Hi....it has rained in Morgan!  WOO HOO!!! About an inch over 2 days....everything in the garden looks alive and green! It has been so long with no rain! So happy!!

Okay....this is my first ever entry at CSI...all due to being the Guest Designer for December at the Trinket Track who are sponsors for this month and I have used some beautiful goodies from there! (Thanks Monica)

Here is the case file...

The Scene

I just love this colour scheme and I thought it would be just right for this photo of me at Seal Bay in Kangaroo Island...I think this is the best photo DH has ever taken with the seals in the background!

My Evidence

Frames- Series of frames around the photo, plus the black photo corners

Silver accents- The twirly silver accents behind the flower

Twigs- I painted a stick white from the garden

My Testimony

My journaling is  in cursive and it is about our holiday to Kangaroo Island (our 30th wedding Anniversary)

I have made a frame with the lovely aqua and white spotty paper and then another frame with the white cardstock. The paper behind the photo is crumpled white cardstock with grey gelatos added and a touch of aqua. Once again I have used those beautiful cork birds and have picked out ( very tricky) the coloured beads I wanted from the bag of glass beads!

Here is a lovely Manor House flower with the silver twirls and my painted twig and the leaves for the pop of green.

 I have painted the delicate photo corners black to go with the colour scheme

 This day it was so windy and cold with light showers of rain, but the seals were quite happy frolicking in the sun and sunbaking. Lovely to watch them play and chase each other! Except I was getting blown away and my hat kept blowing off!

 These are the items I used from  The Trinket Track

 Lovely little Trinkets which are so very reasonable priced!!

Thanks for popping by 

                                                  Leannexx

Boy meets girl Dec challenge

Hi....can you believe it is freezing here? I can't remember December ever being like this! But at least it rained!
Things have changed a bit at Boy meets Girl
From now on the BOY challenges are posted on the 1st and the GIRL challenges are posed on the 5th, with each one having a full month to complete the challenge.
So this month's GIRL challenge is to use the same photo more than once.

This is my Grand Daughter from a few years ago, when we went to see Dora in concert.
This was when Gemma was so into Dora and James loved Diego and they where completely in awe when the show started! Of course things have changed now as they have got older , but I will never forget this day!

The beautiful frame is from the Trinket Track as well as the stars and those cute birds.
The stick is from the garden which is painted!

The tiny little stars are also from the Trinket Track......starfetti...love these tiny little stars

Thanks for popping by

Leannexx

CMS Dec 1st reveal

Hi all....am totally exhausted from my shopping trip to Kuala Lumpur!! But I had a fantastic time with a bunch of fantastic girls!

But it is back to reality  and the new challenge at Color me Scrappy
This is the colour scheme and the twist is to use the sketch

I had been taking a few photos in the garden at the beginning of Spring and I love these poppies which I had planted years ago and now they self seed.

 The little flowers, birds and buttons  are from the Trinket Track

Thanks for stopping by

Leanne xx

Pixels and Paper Nov challenge

Hi, just popping in to enter this month's challenge at Pixels and Paper
This is the only challenge I have entered this month....wanted to do more but it just hasn't happened and now this weekend I am off to Kuala Lumpur for a 3 day shopping spree, which is timed with the big Xmas sales!! I am so excited!

Back to the challenge.....this is the photo to use for inspiration

 

Well I love chooks! When I was little we lived on a farm and had chooks and then when we shifted into town, Mum insisted on having a few chooks. And I have always had them. Nothing quite like your own fresh eggs! Can't bring myself to buy caged eggs....saw a thing on TV about caged chickens and I was disgusted with the cruelty.....just horrible...

 

 

As I don't have a rooster I was going to get some fertile eggs and see if I could hatch them, but she went off the nest before I managed to get some eggs......darn it!

I have made the frame using texture paste and then inking...trying to get a rustic look!

 

First time I have used the wire stamp

 

Lots of good old washi tape!

 

 

Before I go  would like to share ......Blog Candy!

Katarzyna is having a one year blog b'day and is giving away some beautiful handmade Christmas decorations......check it out here katslittlepassion

Aren't these beautiful!!

 

 

Thanks for popping by

Leannexx

 

 

 

I'm published!!!

Hi everyone...so happy to announce that I am in the Christmas edition #102 of Scrapbook Creations

I am so chuffed...a double page allocated just for me!
Here is a snippet

 

Photography by Scrapbook Creations/Amanda Reddicliffe

So many fantastic projects in this magazine!
                                                       
                                                                      Thanks for popping by
                                                                      Leanne xx

Color Me Scrappy - DT Reveal - Nov 15th

Hi everyone!
Time for challenge #50 at Color Me Scrappy
And her is the colour palette

And the twist is to use texture (burlap, sand, paint etc.)

 

I have used heaps of texture....burlap, curly twig from the garden, cheesecloth, wooden beads, buttons, string and I used a paint dabber on two of these beautiful cork birds from The Trinket Track

 

My texturized tags LOL

 

 

 

This is my Son in Law sitting at the beautiful Curl Curl beach in Sydney.

We would sit here everyday after lunch and watch all the surfers heading out....lovely spot.

 

I really enjoyed doing this layout and I love the quote (rubon)

"We are as near to heaven

by sea as by land"

 

Thanks for popping by

Leannexx

 

 

 

Boy meets Girl - Nov 15th challenge

Hi everyone...it's time for the girly challenge at Boy meets Girl
And it's Autumn colours - no brights!
Wow now this was a challenge for me! I very rarely scrap in these colours so I did find this rather tricky for me!
I got myself into rather a flap doing this......LOL!

All of the Grand kids at some stage have fed the ducks with Nanna and little Glacia just loves it.
She is a real animal person and the enjoyment she gets from this is amazing!

 

This beautiful butterfly is from The trinket Track

 

So there you have it.....don't usually use a lot of flowers, even though I drool over them!

                                                     Thanks for popping by
                                                               Leannexx