Friday, January 25, 2013

It's a Birthday BLOG HOP!!



CSI: Color, Stories, Inspiration turned one this month, and we've been celebrating with fun and festivities all month long. But what's a birthday party without presents?
We are rounding out CSI's birthday celebration with a huge pile of presents! The talented and very generous CSI design team, aka the CSI Detectives, have prepared special blog posts for you this week, and all you have to do is leave a comment on participating design team members' blogs for a chance to receive a present from them! The more blogs you comment on, the more chances you'll have to receive a gift!
We also have the brand-new company Blue Fern Studios joining our blog hop! Our very own Detective Michele Singh is the designer of this company's beautiful chipboard, and we are delighted to have Blue Fern Studios join us to celebrate our birthday on the month they were introduced to the world!
The CSI Birthday Presents Blog Hop will run from January 25 - 29. Winners will be announced in our Full Disclosure (Announcements) Forum the following week. A newsletter will go out to members once this announcement is posted.
Here is a list of the blogs you will want to visit:
Shaunery Wharton  (you are here!)



 Whew what a MONTH!!   I'm just gonna get to it, since this is a long post.

My evidence includes:
CLOUDS:  I used fabulous chippie clouds that I covered with G45 papers and distressed and the other I inked with ColorBox White pigment ink, Picket Fence Distress stain, Iced Spruce Distress Ink and some Memento London Fog
Strings:  I just left the strings from my manilla tags on...
Something that dangles or hangs: I stamped some fabby skulls Ketto" by Stamping Bella (LOVE HIM!) onto some vellum.  I then applied clear embossing powder and set.  I also used a spider stamp from an old MYB acrylic stamp set. (Spiders do dangle!) He's been set with black embossing powders.
Wet Medium: I used embossing powders to create a "wet look", I also used Perfect Pearls Mists "Perfect Pearl",
Something translucent: Again, vellum and embossing come into play here.  I printed my photo directly onto vellum.  While the ink was still wet, I applied clear embossing powders and set it.  I loved the result!
Plain Cardstock Background:  Black Bazzil



My testimony is very simple and was inspired (but doesn't follow) the 13 Hints for a Happy Life  prompt.  I liked the #13 so I used the imagery.  I also made a vellum envelope for my tag that holds my journaling:

Also, I'll be drawing one lucky random commenter to win a RAK from ME!  Another
great chance to win some Blog Candy!!  Hope you enjoy and love hearing from you!

48 comments:

apapelouca.blogspot.com said...

wow Shaunery what a picture...love it and amaizing young page my niece would go crazy with a page plenty of skulls like this...lol.
Nice celebrations at CSI, Tks for the blog hop.
XX

Commerce Cycle said...

What a unique page. Love all the layers, tags and details!!

Moongirl said...

You always have such interesting pages! I love the stapled tag string. Very clever. The clouds are so stinkin' adorable!

Beatrice Lawson said...

Beautifully spooky!

Katie R. said...

Very cool.

Linda T said...

Stunning and spooky

Buffy Burnside said...

This is so my kind of page! I love it and so does my daughter! I could never pull this off but love to look at it!

Cathi ONeill said...

Wow, wild layout, love it!!

Julene Matthews said...

Love this layout.All gothy and nightmare before cHristmas.LOL

Milly said...

wow i love how u did your LO!

Val-Belle said...

Amazing layout Shaunery. I love that photo I have never tried that but I think I will give it a go cause I love how it turned out. Love your blog, and you have a new follower. Thanks for the opportunity to win a prize.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the inspiration and the chance to win.

Riikka Kovasin said...

Great photo and fun layout! :)

Lizzy Hill said...

Great techniques...sorta scary as well, tho, I must admit! LOVE this case file...must do it:):):)!!!!!!!!!!

Adriana B said...

oh how awesome, love your layout :)

Lydia said...

this is sooooooo cool- tfs xxx

Mummukka said...

WOW! great layout!

annette said...

O Shaunery this is such a fun LO .. love your techniques TFS I'll definitely be having a go at that photo tech.. wow ... cheers xx

Unknown said...

Your lay-out is absolutely awesome! I love the dark and spooky feel to it - perfect for Halloween!

Lourdes said...

This is a really fun LO!..... great composition!!!

I just signed up as follower!

Unknown said...

Thanks for the inspiration. So glad to be on the same team as you.

Pia said...

love the layout
hugs Pia

Michelle Looi said...

Such a cool layout! Love the mix and match stuff on it!

Anonymous said...

Whoot! Love this.... So artsy. Love that photo. Grabs your attention!

Shawn said...

The photo alone is to-die-for!!! Love the skulls...clouds..everything! Great job!

Hege said...

WOW

AWESOME LO.

Just my style :)

Krystle said...

How creative!

Stampin2day said...

The picture is such a great one to scrap! How cute! And the technique you did with the photo is amazing. I am soooo going to try this technique!
Love this layout! I am now following your blog and I can't wait to see your future creations! You have amazing talent!

just another day said...

Wow love your arty page - such a stand out- enjoy the hop xoxo

Aida Domisiewicz said...

very, very cool page!!!! Awesome idea:) xoxo

Rusticdiva said...

Well matched photo to the theme and the page conveys the mood.Thanks for your time.

Linda Eggleton said...

Wow, such a cool grungy looking layout...love it!

Carol said...

Absolutely stunning! Love the photo, the funky tags and those polkadot clouds! Sonderful job,

Elaine said...

Love, love, love all the details on this layout and the contrast in the colours!

dstandard said...

Your page is just totally freaky awesome! Love it!

Zanka said...

Such a cool page and a great composition.

Eila Sandberg said...

Howdy hi! Just popping in to wish you good luck with the hop and check out that fabbo photo. Really such a cool page!! love 'em skulls! xoxo

Wilma Voermans said...

Wow, really like this layout, aspecial the use of the no 13 and the photo is just to crazy!!

Elena C said...

While I don't go much for skulls, etc. you made a very well designed, great page. Love that little vellum pocket (someone else did that too) I really like it. I just really like the way you put that page together. Great job!!!

Unknown said...

Simply Stunning. So inspiration Shaunery so many of us are going to try out some of your examples. Love the velum picture.

Sarah

Tracee said...

You always have the most amazing pictures and techniques on your pages. Awesome work Miss S! Tx

Miranda said...

There is so much to see at your page. Very cool!

Helen Wallace said...

Just called in to say G'day from Oz. Thanks for explaining the transparency trick and your arty page. It's fun being on team with you :)

Jennifer said...

Couldn't go wrong with that photo as a starting point, but you successfully managed to accent it without overpowering it. Great job!

Heather Jacob said...

Shaunery just popping in to say hi and I adore what you have done with this case ... so inspiring , creative and fun ... love love love it xoxo

Rachelle Olaridge said...

Awesome work Love the details and creativity. Now following your blog. Love the goodie prize. Thanks for the inspiration.
Huggies
Rachelle

Sandy Trefger said...

Oh WOW! I love this layout!! Wow, wow! Wow!! It's fabulous!!
~sandy
visit my blog @ sandy's crafty creations

THcreates said...

Love your "vellum photo" technique. I'm going to try it out ASAP. It creates such a other-worldly look to your photo. How did you ever dream that up?!
Hope I win!

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