February inspiration by Fiona

Happy February everyone! This month has caught me out with it being that little

 bit shorter than the rest. I can't believe it's almost over ....

I'm so excited to share with you my first inspirational piece for the month. 

It is a layout I created in conjunction with the CSI team. 

"Captured Memories"

I was so excited when we were invited to join CSI as guest detectives this month.

When I first  got the information, I was very daunted by the prospect of getting it all together! But once I sat down and read through the evidence and the testimony, I actually found it really easy. I started with my testimony. I chose to document something about my home ....... my daughters 

love of drawing spiders on our walls when she was very young. I had happened to take a

 photo of one, and while sorting through some old photos, I came across it again!

The testimony was followed closely by the evidence. I loved that there was heaps to choose from. I decided to go with book pages, map print, twine and then added some wood grain right at the end.

2Crafty Chipboard pieces used were:

"Square Collage Panel"

"Alpha Set 1"

"Captured Memories title"

The "Alpha set 1" pieces are randomly glued to the background and then covered over
 with the book pages and map pages. To make them to stand out I added some
 water colours and then some white paint.

The "Captured Memories" title is painted with acrylic paint and then sprayed
with ink at one end to give a blended or ombre affect.

I incorporated the "Square Collage Panel"  on either side and towards the bottom of the design to give it some balance. I love these "Square Collage Panels". They are so modern and edgy!

"A Different Look Everyday"

2Crafty Chipboard used:

"Circular Panel"

"Marianne's Butterflies"

"Number Vertical"

My second piece for you today is a more modern piece. I wanted to explore black and white
 with the chipboard and so chose a colourful background piece to pop my selection on.

I cut up the "Vertical numbers", painted them black or white, stamped them and
 then randomly placed them onto my background.

I trimmed "Marianne's Butterly" in two and painted both halves black. I placed one 

half under my photo and the other on the opposite side of the piece nestled on top of

 some "Circular Panel" that I trimmed and painted lightly with water colours

 to match the background colours.

"2009"

2Crafty Chipboard pieces used:

"Circle Revolution"

"2013's" (trimmed)

"Chicken barbed Wire Medium"

"Mini Tags"

My last piece to share with you this month is a masculine layout I created for a photo of 

my son from when he was a fresh faced teen back in 2009!

For this project, I wanted to keep my chipboard raw to give it that real grungy look.
 I coiled some brass wire around the largest circle from the "Circle Revolution".
The only colour on it is from the ink drips I added at the end and some silks paint
I brushed over it lightly.

Chicken wire is my favourite go to grunge addition to any layout of this style. I simply cut it up with my scissors and layered the "Chicken Wire Medium" one on top of the other. I dabbed some paint over it to help it blend in with the background but other than that, it's as raw as it comes!

Last of all, to create my title, I scraped  a "Mini Tag" with some brown ink to create a base for my date. I cut in half one of the "2013's" seeing my photo was taken in 2009 and just added the 09 in foam numbers I had in my stash. A great way to use my "2013's" for other years!

Looking back, I think this month ,I've offered something for everyone LOL but that's

 the beauty of scrapping. I never know what I might create next! I often find my 

chippies decide the outcome for me ...... not a bad way to be I say!

Thank you for popping in and checking out my stuff xx

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