Butterfly

I got right on my project for this week's CSI case file.  The colors are so happy and sunny.  Nice at this time of year when things are bleak and dark.  I am also playing along with the Frosted Designs sketch challenge.  Jenny Evans had an awesome sketch for this round and I love it!

I pulled out some photos I took last summer on a trip to my mom's house in Missouri.  We went on a hike one afternoon (not used to doing that in such high humidity,lol) along this pretty little trail.  There were these cute little yellow flowers and as I came up to one, I saw a pretty little butterfly sipping nectar.  The butterfly was so nice and let me take a photo of him.

We hiked down into a creek bed that was sort of dark and spooky and I found some tree roots that had cool designs in them.  I thought it would be perfect to add this photo since one of the evidence prompts was to use wood grain accents.  I also made a strip of wood grain using my Big Shot and made the grain stand out by applying a dark distress ink on the raised area.  I pleated some fabric to cover both the use of fabric and pleats.  And, finally, I added some painted, metal brads.  For my testimony, I used the tell three things prompt.

The layout

The sketch and case file