CSI #56 - Happy-ness

My take on this week's file at CSI...

For the Testimony, I have shared 13 "suggestions" for happiness with my baby boy.
INTEGRITY, DISCIPLINE, COMPASSION, COURAGE, FAITH, GENEROSITY, TOLERANCE, LAUGHTER, HUMILITY, FORGIVENESS, HOPE, CURIOSITY, AND CREATIVITY.

(Emilio is already 15, but he's always going to be my baby boy!)

 

For the Evidence, I have hung the suggestions with string on washi tape trimmed with wacky scissors, and I've also used wet medium with gesso and gel medium and some red ink on plain cardstock for the background.

 

 

...a close-up of the sweet stencil job ;)

 

...and I have used the five colors for the Scheme...

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Forever Young - CSI #54

I solved the case file this week at CSI like this...
 

For the evidence, I have punched circles out of the plaid paper and dotted them around the layout. I have a few tan tickets and swirls stamped with chamomile acrylic paint.  There's a piece of crumpled music patterned tissue under the photo as well as washi tape with tickets and washi tape with polka dots on it. Part of the foamy title is distress stained with broken china and then stamped with a text pattern. For the mixed media background, there's a bit of gesso ;) There are splashes of blue and black paint and a piece of red corrugated cardboard.

For the testimony, I've used the title of a song by Rod Stewart and I've handwritten the lyrics for my journaling. There are also a few tan tickets around the photos.

I clustered that second small photo in the sketch with the larger one...

 

 

...and I've used the colors required in the case file...

 

This song has been on the radio a lot lately.

And, I'm sorry, but, I've thought that Rod Stewart is sexy since I was ten...