You make my heart happy

A new COLD CASE file is up at http://csichallenge.blogspot.com/

It's an opportunity to dig through your stash and use up those old items you just had to have when they hit the stores. For me it was OLD Heidi Swapp ghost letters, letter stickers, and some left over strips of pattern papers. I've also set a personal goal of using stamps on every one of my layouts. There a three different ones on my layout; a Tim Holtz text stamps, a Stampin' Up heart, and the pretty butterfly one. 

I drew inspiration from the black vertical lines of the skirt to sew strips of left over pattern papers on my background, and to machine stitch the edges of the papers.  The flowery paper that frames the layout was one of those "use it or lose it" papers. I find that this is a nice way to get rid of papers I wouldn't otherwise use.

One of the items Debbi suggested was an envelope. This one was plain white. I tried placing my title on it but something was missing. A text Tim Holtz stamp and some machine stitching made a big difference.

A Silhouette cut file behind the photo, and one for the leaves, adds visual interest. Those flowers have been in my stash forever. The phrase was cut from a 6 x 6 paper pad. It goes along with my journaling about my rescue dog, Maggie.

Finally, the journaling on the tag in the envelope.

That's it for now. I hope you'll join us for any one of three challenges posted every month. I would love to see how you solved the case(s).

Thank you for dropping by.

À la prochaine, Until next time,

Jacynthe 😊