My winner of the Blue Fern Blog Hop and CSI # 58

Hello!

Valentine's is just a heart throb away, wishing you all a wonderful loving day! 

It's Wednesday over here and time to reveal the name of the winner of my Blue Fern Blog Hop present.

*drumroll* - here is the name my hubby pulled out of a box;

annette8 February 2013 14:07

I am a follower Eila, love this LO, why wouldn't I your work is stunning & that lace banner is simply gorgeous .. may have to borrow that idea!!! .. hugz xx

CONGRATULATIONS Annette! please contact me with your postal address by Saturday Swedish time this week!

Color..Stories..Inspiration revealed another gorgeous palette in case file 

# 58 last weekend;

 

 

THE SCHEME (USE ALL 5 COLORS)

• Drift Away - light aqua, taken from her skirt - 183.222.221
• Aqua Breeze - medium aqua, taken fromt he folds in her skirt - 137.190.182
• Golden Getaway - golden wheat, taken from the  mast - 242.221.176
• Apparent Wind - pale gray, taken from the cloudy sky - 234.235.237
• Take the Helm - Dark brown, taken from the top of the hull - 85.69.53

EVIDENCE (CHOOSE AT LEAST 2 ELEMENTS)

• wood
• metal
• string, fiber, twine
• jewels
• fabric
• leather
• create a jagged edge
• lacing
• clouds
• sailboat or other transportation accent
• something sheer, e.g. vellum
• washers/eyelets

TESTIMONY (CHOOSE AT LEAST 1 ELEMENT)

• Document a getaway.
• Look at your picture and let your thoughts wander and just write about what comes to mind.
• Write a comparison/ contrast paragraph or essay. Find ideas here and a how-to here.
• Be inspired by travel journaling sites, like this one or this one or this one.
• Put your journaling behind something sheer.
• Inspiration Words: -- romance, escape, reverie use these as inspiration for your journaling, not just as a title

COMPOSITE SKETCH: Feel free to rotate, substitute elements, etc., but use as inspiration for the design of your page.

We trust we've left enough clues for you to solve the case!

The deadline for completing Case File No. 58

is Sunday, February 17, 11:59 p.m. EST.

We can't wait to see what YOU create!

Here's my take on Em's sketch and the colours of CSI case file # 58 - "Fun". The sketch is there but as I started adding the doilies, the graphics of the page were lost.

 

Papers used are Webster's Pages Plumseed and a bit of Prima Sun Kiss.

Not the typical getaway one would think of when it's Valentine's but the journalling prompt doesn't mention it has to be a Valentine's one. The photo is not of me but of the DD of my hubby's cousin as she loves what I love; riding anything that goes up/down/around and is with lots of movement. So each summer hubbs and I go to the Stockholm amusement park, he refuses to go with me on the attractions, so I just pile on handbag, cardi and any loose items on his outstretched arms and disappear quickly to my awaiting 5-second adrenaline rush. I just loooove to dangle with my feet up in the air those couple of seconds before they let the breaks go and I plummet shreaking loudly and laughing hysterically down towards earth. Well, it's me and about 20 teenagers ...

 

 

I used a Blue Fern Studios Floral Clock (07468) under the title work. This is what it looks like untreated.

I painted it in white acrylic paint and started dabbing and misting in yellow, teal, grey, blue and white again till I was happy with the result.

 

This time the evidence used are fabric and sailboat transportation accent (the banner is made of canvas and mimics the triangular shape of sails) and wood (well, twisting it a bit one could say chipboard is made of wood). 

Thank you very very much for your visit, really appreciate it! I'll be back on Saturday.

As good ol' Barry Manilow used to sing;

Love is in the air
Everywhere I look around
Love is in the air
Every sight and every sound
And I don't know if I'm being foolish
Don't know if I'm being wise
But it's something that I must believe in
And it's there when I look in your eyes

Toodelipip! xoxo Eila