Friday, August 23, 2013

Remember to follow your Dreams- CSI #86 with 2 Crafty



Here is another layout  as GD this month for CSI along with 2 Crafty who is sponsoring them. 
I played along with this yummy pastel palette from CSI # 86


Here is how I solved the case:

As evidence I used art mediums, architectural accents and I tied a bow to the tag hidden behind the photo.

As testimony I hand wrote on my journaling tag. The journaling is very personal but its very much related to the title. It is a message to my future self and to my children to always remember to follow your dreams.

 

I used lots of 2 Crafty chipboards on this page. To frame my photo, I used the Frame 2 Etched. After priming it with Gesso, I painted it peach colour acrylic paint. While paint was still wet, I sprinkled clear embossing powder on it and melted it with a heat gun. Then I stamped it in brown archival ink with swirl pattern.


On the picture above, you can see a little 2 Crafty Twiggy nest with eggs. I painted the eggs in cream acrylic paint and the nest I dabbed with Dry Sand Fluid chalk edger from Prima.

For the title, I used two words from the Friendship mini word pack. I painted them in cream acrylic ink.


Finally, I used the Flourish adornment set 3 which I also painted in peach coloured paint and stamped with brown archival ink.


Materials:
papers: White Cardstock, Teresa collins, FabScraps
Prima Flowers
Resin flowers: The Trinket Track
Chipboard: 2 Crafty
Shimmerz paint: pink
Golden LIght Molding Paste
Golden Gesso
Prima mask
Tim Holtz stamp
Ranger brwon archival ink
Crystals: Prima
Cheese cloth
FW peach acrylic paint
Making Memories cream acrylic paint
Alpha: Prima
Epoxy Heart: Heidi Swapp
Dry Sand fluid chalk ink
Prima Shabby Chic Treasures column
Seam Binding and tag: unknown
Brown pen

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today!!
I hope you try out the challenge at CSI this week!!!

22 comments:

  1. Sooooooooo beautiful!! LOVING the flowers and that pillar!!!

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  2. wow.... Very beautiful your page!

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  3. Hi Karen, this is such a beautiful page. The design is amazing. Excellent work! :)

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  4. A great portrait. Love the interwoven elements.

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  5. I love this one Keren, love the soft colors at CSI this week too
    xx and happy weekend
    Leila
    :)

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  6. Keren this is magnificent , my new fave of yours .... everything is so amazing and full of love. the pic of you is beautiful, just like you x

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  7. so fabulous, love the colour, amazing work :)

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  8. The big pink flower...YUM...& l love the Greek column - looks great! Lovely photo, too...it all works really nicely together:):):)

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  9. Gorgeous layout, love the color on the masking, love the flowers and that is a great photo of you too!!

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  10. hot chick mama in that pic, well done

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  11. Love your chipboard treatment And it frames such an adorable photo! Continue to follow those dreams! Hugs

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  12. Fantastic effects on the chippies, stunning design!

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  13. Perfection! Your photo is stunning and I love the peach and creme colours and the way you added your cheesecloth for more texture

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  14. So beautiful Keren!! you look fabulous!! Take care!!xoxo

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  15. Beautiful page...love the chippies and the photo of you! Love the soft and gorgeous styling here! ;-)

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  16. So gorgeous Keren! Love the stencil work!

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  17. This is a stunner, Keren - wonderful use of the palette and all the detailing is delicious... that little architectural column, beautiful frame round the photo, lovely layers with the cheesecloth and a fabulous finish on the chipboard elements.
    Alison x

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  18. Sooooo pretty! Love how you jazzed up the chipboard!

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  19. Sooooo pretty! Love how you jazzed up the chipboard!

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  20. Delish chipie treatment! totally love the palette, such pretty soft colours. Seeing you have started to use white cardstock as a base lately, makes all the colours stand out beautifully. Pretty pretty it is! xoxo

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