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GRET NEWS!!

I can finally share some fantastic news: I'm part of the fab Design Team at CSI

 

We are thrilled to announce the latest additions to our design team of CSI Detectives. These ladies are all incredibly talented and inspiring and will add a beautiful flavor to our already wonderfully diverse team.

Please help us welcome our new CSI Detectives:

Adrienne Ford - United States

Anita Stokes - Australia

Annette Gearside - Australia

Ellinor Bergdahl - Sweden

Heather Jacob - Australia

Helena Virpi - Italy

Maiko Kosugi - Japan

Sarah Martin - Australia

 

CSI #16

This week's color palette at CSI is fabulous. 

Raspberry, pink, pale pink, light gray and dark gray.

Here's my take

I used a detail of a photo of me and Franco's hands and highlighted it with a blingy sparkly circle.
This song by Johs Groban is everything I feel and have always felt for my husband.

So for my evidence I've used sparkly things (the crystals and brads), shiny things + metallic paper (two circles on the upper left), stacked elements( wash tape, patterned paper, film strip) and musical element (one tiny circle cut out of music sheet).

As for my journaling I used a song title and journaled off of this. The title is formed by 6 words so I guess it could be considered a 6 word memoir.
I translated part of the song into Italian and added how our journey has lasted for 30 years and I hope it will last forever.

CSI #15 + TCR #104, 105 and 106

4 layouts to show you today .

Lets' start with the CSI#15. This is my second week as a Special Investigator.

This is the case file:

 

This is my layout

The color scheme was awesome this week. I created the background splashing large blobs of gesso, adding strips of paper and metal letters and using random stitching.

For my evidence I used metal letters (letters form words which become books), zig zag border on a strip, stacking and layering of strips of paper and I created a frame around the page with my journaling.
For the testimony I scrapped about my love of books and used the inspirational words "wild" and "fun" in my journaling.

"I have been an avid reader since I learned to read. My first excursions to the world of FUN and fantasy started at the elementary school library. I remember that my Mom took me there the first time and I still remember the first book I took home: Babar the Elephant. I enjoyed reading classical girls' novels and my imagination would run WILD while trying to solve all the mysteries the Famous Five or the Secret Seven encountered. I'm still pretty much omnivorous: contemporary fiction, historic fiction, romance, adventure, thrillers and biographies are my faves. There have been times when I have read a little less, but to this day I can't absolutely go more than a couple of days without a book."

Here are a couple of close ups:

 

 

 

Here are my latest creations for The Color Room:

 

 

SPECIAL INVESTIGATOR AT CSI!

I was honored to be asked by Debbi Tehrani to be one of the April Special Investigatos at CSI. 

Just head over there and read my interview if you are interested:)

The case file #14 

This is my page

And how I solved it:

As my evidence I used ruffles sewn on the bottom of the page, wet media - gesso, acrylic paint and inks and I sanded the edges of the photo.

The journaling which is partially hidden in a pocket created behind the background paper and partially visible through the ripped paper reads:

"This is the story of how we ended up in Lisa Bearnson's backyard in Utah.
I met Lisa on a Mediterranean scrapbooking cruise back in 2006. Being the wonderful and friendly person she is, she invited all the participants to come and visit her, but I'm not sure she REALLY expected someone to come over from Italy.
I did.
The following summer Franco, Andrea and I spent a few wonderful days in Utah as Lisa's guests. She and her husband Steve pampered us so well that I went back the following summer when CKU was held in Provo, Utah.
Don't ever invite me light heartedly: I might just take up on your offer :) "

 

Here are some close-ups

CSI #12 - edited

I WAS CHOSEN TO BE ON THE WATCH LIST AT CSI WITH MY LAYOUT!!! Happy, happy, happy!

 

This was the first monochromatic color palette at CSI. Loved it.

I tried something new this time. My layout is totally inspired by the talented Solange Marques.

I also used some of the techniques she's teaching at Miss Art's.

The colors didn't photograph well, they are a little bit greener IRL. As my evidence I used flowers on which I used gesso and acrylic paint and minuscule stars (stamp). My journaling is not a dream but my thoughts about dreams. On the back of the layout I wrote my dreams today: most of them concern my children and their future.

I really loved working on this page using new techniques and I can see myself repeating the experience.