Under Surveillance - Case File No. 10

[Debbi Tehrani]

Each week, five layouts that caught our eye will be chosen to feature as our "Most Wanted." With so many amazing layouts in the gallery, it was incredibly hard to narrow the "lineup" down to five, but here they are, in no particular order. (Please click on the title beneath the layout to take you to the layout in the gallery where you can leave the creators some comments.)

I Want to Fly by Roula Fournaraki

What a dreamy, lovely page Roula has created! We absolutely love how she created the butterfly from modeling paste and layered them. The repetition of butterflies, along with the birds, adds to the message in her title and journaling. She chose the perfect photo for these colors and for the journaling. The clusters in at the top and bottom are so pretty, and we love the charm added by the uneven stitching at the bottom.

Unexpected You by Ashley Horton

Ashley's layout is so playful and fun and lovely! We love the design of Ashley's page--the angles of her daughter's silly photos adds energy and playfulness to her page, and we like how she added the bits and pieces to the top and bottom of her layout. We love all the banners and how she used an inverted one to frame the center picture. The title work is fun and whimsical, and we think her embossed clouds are so cute! Ashley's layout is super adorable!

She Is... by Adrienne Ford

Adrienne's beautiful, pensive photo drew us into her layout. Her lovely design, with all the white space leads your eye to her sweet, touching picture, and we love how she's clustered all those pretty embellishments to embrace the picture in a soft hug. And we adore her journaling, where she's captured all the sweet, quirky little bits that make up her baby girl's personality. We thought it was so clever to use the fabulous stamped brick background to nestle additional journaling into the open spaces!

Me: A to Z by Irma Peredne

Irma's layout is so creative, from the Spanish flamenco-inspiration she took from the Case File to the stamped image holding the title to the fabulous masking framing her beautiful picture, but what we most love is her creative approach to journaling. How clever to shine a light on herself by using the alphabet as a guide to her story. We enjoyed reading the fascinating mix of tidbits about Irma!

Life Is Good by Anita Stokes

Anita's page is absolutely beautiful, and her photo is just precious! We marveled at the detailed background work, from the masking to the brick work. She did a masterful job incorporating the red so that it frames the page, drawing the our eye right back to that sweet picture. There are so many lovely details and textures on this page, from the birdcages to the rolled bits of vintage papers to the little bits of fabric peeking out at the bottom. We love that Anita took this opportunity to document her little boy's mannerisms and beautifully incorporated her handwritten journaling into her design!

And just because there were too many fantastic layouts in the gallery, here are a few more that caught our eye.

My Boys by Maiko Kosugi

Maiko's layout is stunning! We love her beautiful distressing and the way she layered the punches. Her textured clouds are lovely, and we love how she set the photo behind all those gorgeous blooms and the gate, making it seem like her two sweet boys are beckoning us to come into the garden. We think her use of product packaging as a photo mat is so clever!

Pretty by Kathleen Ryan

What fabulous photographs and a beautiful layout Kathleen has created! We love the repetition of circles in her design, and we think the dressed-up dressform is the perfect embellishment for this lovely page. The half-doily shape at the bottom is another lovely touch for this vintage photo. We like the use of the ledger paper torn and curled at a few spots to reveal the pretty pattern beneath it. What precious memories Kathleen has preserved here!

To Love and Be Loved by Tania Ballestrin

What a delightful layout Tania has created! We love the design which allowed her to incorporate so many of those sweet photographs.  The angles and the clouds add a bit of whimsy to her page, and we especially loved Tania's approach to journaling by contrasting her two children! Such a sweet page!

Like Chalk and Cheese by Monica Brady

Monica's title first captured our attention. We love that metaphor she used to contrast her two sweet children! The photograph is utterly charming, and we like how Monica framed it on an angle to add a sense of playfulness. We think this is such a sweet page full of  whimsical details, especially the little fairy inside the nest!

Smiles by Annette Gearside

We love the sentiment behind Annette's beautiful layout! We thought the black and white and color photos look really great together, and her masking is lovely in the background. Annette included so many pretty details on her page to look at. We especially loved the key, which is the perfect accent for the quote "Smiles open many doors."

Tell Your Story. It's our tagline, and here at CSI, it's one of our missions to get our members to delve deeper into journaling--to document the meaningful bits and pieces that make up our lives. We would like to shine a special spotlight each week on a member who does an exceptional job telling their story.

Sometimes I Wish... by Helena Virpi

Please click on the above link, and you will know why Helena was chosen as our Star Witness this week.

[Jenny Evans]

Congratulations ladies!! Beautiful work!! :)

[Diana M Gonzalez]

Congratulations Ladies, gorgeous work.

[Helen Wallace]

Well done every one. Your work is outstanding :)

[Tania Ballestrin]

Thanks so much for placing me on the watch list. It's funny, I normally have trouble putting so many pics on a layout, but this one came together nicely thanks for all your inspiration and congratulations to all the deserving layouts on under surveillance and on the watch list.

[susan stringfellow]

oh you did an amazing job putting all of those on there with the journaling. I really am not good with multiple small photos so I was quite inspired.

[Debbi Tehrani]

Congratulations to everyone! CSI Members make the most beautiful pages!

[Adrienne Ford]

Beautiful layouts ladies! Just beautiful!

[susan stringfellow]

Fantasitc pages ladies! Congrats. Definitely some of my favorites but there were soooo many fun and beautiful layouts this week. I think its the super fun colors, they seem to work with everything.