(Erin) "16 Mos." CSI Challenge #1!!

*Please note this is our 4th post of the day! Please scroll down to check out a couple great layouts by Kelly and the Manorhouse Creations giveaway post!!*

Good afternoon! I hope your Sunday (or Monday, whichever it is for you where you are) is treating you well! We finally took our massive Christmas tree down- what a MESS! But so glad it's done and I'm getting the chance to put my newest layout on here.
This is for a brand new challenge site which I found through Nadia's guest designer post. It's called CSI (Color, Stories, Inspiration) and let me tell you, I think this site is going to be something big! It has an incredible setup with great graphics, a diverse and talented design team, and you even get to have your own login and gallery where you can share your projects with the CSI community! I'm looking forward to making some new friends there and checking out some amazing work!
But the greatest thing about this new challenge blog is the challenge itself. We are shown a case file as follows:

From the "evidence" column you are to choose a minimum of two to include on your layout. From the "testimony" column you are to choose at least one for the setup of your journaling. The "scheme" is the color palette which we must include on our page, with minimal amounts of neutral tones (black, white, cream, gray, kraft) and other colors if necessary, but being careful to keep these "extra" colors to about 10% or less on your project.
I chose the "Wonder Fall" collection from Webster's Pages, as its color scheme was as close as I could possibly get to the 5 given colors, and chose to base my page on Gunner's 3 most favorite things @ 16 months of age. To fulfill the "evidence" requirements, I used distressing, numbers, and a lacy element (see the trims in my clusters). And for the "testimony" I chose to use a numbered list to journal these 3 favorite things.
This is my first time fussy cutting a photo. I've seen it done (and done well) many times by other talented scrappers out there, but didn't really think it was something I would like to do. But here, it just seemed to fit! I thought sticking my little Gunners in there with the other children was such a fun idea! And the balloon...don't know where that one came from, but again, it just seemed to fit. I like that I can look at this page and laugh. I had a lot of fun with it.
Thanks so much for stopping and checking it out. I hope you have the chance to check out this great new challenge site!