Giggle

Happy Easter everyone!  Even though the subject is not actually one about Easter, I hope you enjoy the beautiful colors in this spring layout. What a treat it is to serve on the Color Stories Inspiration (CSI) Design Team. Thank you Debbi for all the fun over the years! This DT inspires me to tell the stories of our lives. If you are a scrapbooker, I encourage you to join in on the challenges so you too, will be creative in saving your memories.

I was inspired by the beautiful spring color scheme and the prompt, "Write a joke in honor of April Fool's Day". They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks, and maybe that's true, because I keep playing by the traditional rules at CSI.

This is how I solved Case File 251: 

Scheme: All five colors

Evidence: animals, flowers, fabric and texture paste

Testimony: I told Elizabeth's favorite joke when

      she was five years old. 

Here you can see many of the beautiful embellishments I used on this layout. Isn't the lace gorgeous?!!! I embossed the chipboard and added all of the little tiny seedlings and beads from my stash. The same technique was added to the fabric flowers. As I usually do, I fussy cut the flowers out and popped them up! For the background, I used texture paste, stamping, paint splatters and applied the seedlings and beads. So much creative enjoyment! 

Products

     Blue Fern Studios

          Paper: Heartland, Love Song Serenade and                 Bicycle for Two

          Chipboard: Textured Wildflowers

               Funny, Giggle, Smile, Tweet Friends

          Embossing Powder: Snow, Pretty in Pink                   Cotton Candy and Fuchsia

          Flowers: Homespun Blossoms

          Seedlings: Sweet Pea

          Stamp: Essential Textures

    Tresors de Luxe

          Venice Lace, ivory

     Prima stencil and 3-D Matte Gel

     Ranger Emboss It Stamper

The journaling says, "Liz's Favorite Joke at Five

Knock knock
Who's there?
Banana
Banana who?
Banana banana
Banana banana who?
Banana banana banana
Banana banana banana who?
Orange
Orange who?
Orange you glad I didn't say banana again?

This frequently went on and on seemingly forever!"

See you next time!