CSI#153 - Happy Place

Hello there everyone, thanks for stopping by today.

One thing I am trying to do this year is to join in
and do at least one online scrapbook challenge, with so many
inspirational online sites and challenges, to choose from, I decided
to at least do one each
month, so this month I decided to do a CSI challenge.

Here is the challenge CSI #153.
I love doing these challenges, and love the
colour combinations, soft and pretty.

and here is my layout, "Happy Place"

This photo was taken recently when we

visited Disneyland - Paris

It was an amazing and happy place for all ages.

The castle in the background is Sleeping Beauty's castle.

Just an amazing and magical day, and one that I will always remember

sharing this special time with my family.

A dream for my daughter - come true.

for the 

Evidence - Border punch on edge of photo, lace, sprinkle of glitter on the bottom of page, circles, ribbon, twine, labels.

Testimony - Stack journalling on side of page and scrapped about one the happiness places on earth - Disneyland.

Thanks for looking , have a great day

Cheers Adriana XX  :)

CSI#128 & Meg's Garden

Hello there everyone, Meg's Garden 

are special sponsors at CSI this month.

 Some of Meg's Garden DT are Special Detectives 

this month and we had to create our 

projects with the latest paper collection designed by Kerry Watson

The Correspondence Collection.

Here is the challenge CSI #128

Here is my layout..... "WALK into my Garden"

for the  

Evidence I used :

Flowers

Chalkboard elements

Distressing paper

Frame - window die cut

Punches - flower and leaf punches

Metal Tim Holtz word strip

Pearls

Testimony

Hidden Journalling reads

"Walk into my garden

smell the flowers

feel the cool fresh air

sit on the grass and dream away....."

The window is a die cut from Couture Creations...

and the image inside the window is from a collage sheet

A Summer's Days also available from Meg's Garden website.

Using the The Correspondence Collection as the 
background and papers from
the Forget me Not paper collections in which I fussy cut them
and then punches some other flowers with a leaf punch.
Decorating the page with many gorgeous

Paper flowers & silk flower also available from Meg's Garden website.

List of Materials used from Meg's Garden website

here are the links to all the products

The Correspondence Collection.

Paper flowers & silk flower

Forget me Not paper collections

Paper flowers & silk flower

Please check out all the other wonderful products here
at 

 Megs Garden Website

and see all the design team members inspirational work at

Meg's Garden Blog

Thanks for looking, have a great day

CHEERS  ADRIANA XXX  :)

CSI 126 & Meg's Garden

Hello there everyone, Meg's Garden 

are special sponsors at CSI this month.

 Some of Meg's Garden DT are Special Detectives 
this month and had to create our 
pages with the latest paper collection designed by Kerry Watson
The Correspondence Collection.

Here is the challenge CSI #126

Here is my layout..... "Celebrate and Eat"

The Journalling ---

"We had a wonderful day in Darling Harbour, Sydney,

You asked, "What do we do now???..... Let's eat Pizza.... 

YES!!! Let's celebrate our day together and eat!"

Evidence

Flowers & Leaves (cut from Correspondence papers)

Ampersand "&"

Transparent elements - epoxy stickers

Scallops - white german scrap lace border

Flourish 

Testimony

Inspirational word - Celebrate

and stack journalling spots

Check out the rest of the team creations here.....CSI

List of Materials used from Meg's Garden website

here are the links to all the products

German scrap border

The Correspondence Collection.

Transperancies

Apple blossom flowers & silk flower

Please check out all the wonderful products 

 Megs Garden Website

and see all the design team members inspirational work at

Meg's Garden Blog

Thanks for stopping by,
enjoy your weekend and
CHEERS  ADRIANA XXX  :)

CSI #365-4 Sydney

Hi there everyone, CSI #365-4 sketch is up and running this week in fact It finishes tonight on the 28th Feb.

And with such an amazing colour palette, 

I just had to join in.

So here is my page that I have created

using a photograph on one of our travels to Sydney.

Such a beautiful Habour - we were lucky enough to have a wonderful day on the water on a boat tour.

Using flowers, metal key, Texture papers, rubons

on the photo corner.

Journalling hidden " We loved Sydney so much, that

we made a Promise to her that we would visit here

at least every 2-3 years"

For some reason the flowers look a bit orangey in colour, but they are not is real life, they are more browny in colour....must be the bad light on the layout. Oh well,

Hope you have time to check out all the

amazing layouts at CSI.

Thanks for looking
Have a great weekend.
Hoping to have some wonderful news tomorrow,
to share with you all.
till next time
Cheers Adriana XXX 

CSI#79 - Orroroo

Hi there everyone,CSI #79 sketch is up and running this week 

and with such an amazing colour palette, 

I just had to join in.

So here is my page that I have created

using a photograph on one of our travels in the countryside.

"Orroroo" is a little town just before you enter the 

Flinders Ranges in South Australia.

Driving along everything is dry and barren

A little rain fell down and then

the sunshine follow - we had to stop

and look at the view and take photos of the

awesome Rainbow that appeared before us.

I think you can see the rainbow there

in the distance inside the photo. 
It was so clear and right above us.

I love the poem by Dorothy McKellar "My Country"

she explains in her poem what Australia means to us.

I have printed some of the poem and placed on my page.

For evidence 

Flowers

Leaves

Rub-ons - Australian Flags

For Element

4 Journalling reasons why I scrapped this page

(1. I love a sunburnt country, a land of sweeping plains, 

2. I love her far horizons, I love her jewel seas,

3. Her beauty and her terror, the wide brown land for me, 

4. Core of my heart, my country, land of rainbows gold)

I think this sums up why I love this country, and very proud to be an Australian.

Here is ONLY an portion of the poem

(Just the parts I like) Hee hee

My Country a poem by

Dorothea McKeller

I love a sunburnt country,

A land of sweeping plains,

Of ragged mountain ranges,

Of droughts and flooding rains,

I love her far horizons,

I love her jewel sea,

Her beauty and her terror -

The wide brown land for me.

Core of my heart, my country!

Her pitiless blue sky,

When sick at heart, around us,

We see the cattle die -

But when the grey clouds gather,

And we can bless again

The drumming of an army,

The stealthy soaking rain.

Core of my heart, my country!

Land of the rainbow gold,

For flood and fire and famine,

She pays us back threefold;

Over the thirsty paddocks,

Watch, after many days,

The filmy veil of greenness

That thickens as we gaze.

Well that's all for today!

Thanks for looking and have a great weekend :)

Cheers Adriana XX