My fifth and last week as Special Agent at CSI. Case file # 35.

When Debbi asked me quite some time ago if I would be Special Agent for August, I did not jump at the chance straight away. I have quite a lot on my plate and I had to think wheather I would be able to fullfill my obligations. I said yes at first thinking I would do 'a few case files'. 

Turned out I did them all! I was a little late posting all but one case file but Debbi being a very gracious lady gave me some extra time when I needed it. Tonight I just managed to finish my lo in time to take a picture of it before darkness fell. Lucky for me the US is six hours behind,...LOL!

Here it is:

I so love the added depth of that fabulous frame!
This is what the lo looks like without the frame:

 I absolutely do not like the messy handwriting part here. To me that is the most prominent feature on the page. I did not, however, have time to do the journalling on my pc this time. It'll heve to do!

Here are some close ups:

This is a lovely photo of my two eldest daughters. 

We were on vacations in the South of France and we were happy we'd found  fields and fields  of gorgeous sunflowers!

I used a white Bazzil as a base and smudged some of the paint colours on there. I layered a blue paper on top and fastened my bits with stitching. I painted a thick layer of gesso. After cutting the blue and green paper with pinking scissors, just a little larger than my doily, I layered the two on top as well. Then I painted around the brim of my circular shape with yellow to symbolize a very abstract sun.

 My evidence this week is: paint, flowers, sun

And for my testimony I am documenting a vacation.

 I love the look of he beautiful sewn border here. I cut it from an older specialty sheet by Prima. I still have some of the machine stitched papers that they came out with about three years ago. 

Actually I have been hoarding them,...There; I said it!!...But now the time has come to use them!

I used a mixture of all 'possible' brands of flowers on this. -But mostly Prima's and Petaloo's. 

The green tag is by Les Papiers de Pandore and I cut the yellow one with a die.

I quite like the mix of paint and stitches in this corner. It looks so layered. 

The letter stickers are by October Afternoon.The blue and green patterned paper is by Lily Bee, and the green title is a chipboard from Prima.

I am leaving you with a view of the kind of layering I have used on this page. I think there are about nine layers around the photo.

It is not as bulky as some of my pages but there is still  lot of texture.

 Thanks so much for dropping by. 

I recommend you head over to CSI Color Stories Inspiration to have a peek at what the other guest designers and the awesome DT did. It is well worth it.

I would like to say a big thank you to Debbie for having me as a 'Special Agent' for the latest five case files. I have enjoyed it very much!

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"So Proud" - Page in "Invitation" from Les papiers de Pandore.

Hello my dear friends!

I told you before that this Summer I developed a love for using strips of patterned papers on my layouts. Here comes one more example of that!

I used the beautiful 'Invitation' by 'Les Papiers de Pandore'. I admit I grunged it up a bit but of course you you will still recognize the beautiful colours and patterns.

Here are some close ups:

 Thanks for dropping by to have a look at my work. It is much appreciated!!

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Some simple cads you can make in a jiffy!! Using Panduro "Garden Party".

 Lately my mother in law has asked me to make a few simple cards for her to have as a backup at home as it is sometimes difficult for her to get to the stores.I had an hour to spare and wanted to create something that did not involve too much planning so I made these. I used a paper pad by our Swedish manufacturer called Panduro and the pad I used is "Garden Party".

My MIL loves anything that has to do with flowers so I am pretty sure she will like these.

Without further ado here are my cards

Thanks for dropping by!!

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CSI Color Stories inspiration # 34. Prima "Nature Garden" and "Pixie Glen". Creative Scrappers # 221

Time again for a new reveal at CSI and this way Debbi is offering us a case file with soft pastel hues 

to make any 'shabby heart' sing with joy :..:-) Truly a beautiful combination!

This is the layout that I made for case file # 34:

And this is all the necessary info concerning the present challenge:

 For evidence I used different wet mediums like gesso and paint. I also used water based paint if that counts as 'watercolour',.. :-) I even used birds on my layout. My two flying birds were made by 'Dusty Attic'. I gave them a lick of paint and spruced them up a bit with ink and a promarker.

My testimony is to use the five W's.

Friday until almost eight o'clock and today until a short while ago I was at a local fair/market where we had a stall. As I got home I had time for a sandwich before two little visitors arrived. I am baby sitting the girls' youngest cousins who are almost one and six years old. So I guess my evening will be pretty busy too, and tomorrow aswell until the little darlings are picked up. 

At the moment Victoria and Beatrice are looking after them for a little while. 

I will have to keep this post short and sweet!

Here are some close ups:

I used Nicole's beautiful sketch over at Creative Scrappers as a base for my page design.