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April over at CSI has been all about fun fun fun and Case File #69 was no exception - here it is Debbi Tehrani is the creator of CSI , which stands for Color, Stories, Inspiration. Each week she finds a new Scene for us to investigate. This is an inspirational image from which Debbi takes ideas for colours, design elements and journaling. In order to solve the case you must use the following Clues All five colours in the Scheme At least two pieces of Evidence At least one item of Testimony You can also download the CSI Coordinates to help you - these are printable design elements, images, journaling spots and pp - a new set is designed especially for each new Case File by the brilliant Michele Singh Here's my solution to this Case  The Scheme: I used all the colours The Evidence: circles; doodling; metal; stripes; something unexpected (the key from a tin of ham). The Testimony: this is handwritten and tucked away in the envelope for my sons to find o...

This was such a fun happy shot of John's daughter Sarah on her wedding day, with her new husband Graham and their children Bailey and Macy - I thought it would make a nice present for their first anniversary. I used a sketch by Lynn Cooper at Scrapology . The wedding colours were purple and white so I used those with some leaf green accents to decorate the page and then put it in an 8" box frame from The Range. The flowers were from my 13Arts parcel from Poland - here's a close-up You know what it's like when you've made something for someone - you've put loads of time and thought into it, can't wait to give it to them, but then when they come to open it you're really worried that they'll hate it - but to my huge relief, Sarah seemed delighted, put it up on the wall straight away and even Facebooked it - so she must have liked it! :o)

It was another fun and quirky Case File over at CSI this week. Here it is (click on the image to enlarge) CSI stands for " Color, Stories, Inspiration ". Each week, the brilliant  Debbi Tehrani finds a new " Scene " for us to investigate. This is an image from which Debbi draws inspiration for the colours, design elements and journaling. In order to solve the case, you need to use All the colours in the Scheme At least two items of Evidence At least one piece of Testimony To help you do this, there is a new set of CSI Coordinates for each case, designed by the talented Michele Singh especially for CSI members. These are printable elements, journaling spots and pp which you can download to your PC to play with however you like - I generally just print them off onto white card as they are and cut them out, but I know there are clever things you can do with them if you've a mind to ... Anyway, here's how I solved Case File No 68 ...

When Debbi Tehrani invited me to join the talented team of CSI Detectives I was so excited I nearly disgraced myself. WooHOOOOO!!! It took me all of 10 seconds to think it over! Here's my CSI Detective Badge And here's my Excited Face Still pinching myself now ... it's going to be a real buzz to be part of such a talented team and they're such a friendly and supportive bunch of people too - I can't wait to get cracking. Keep watching this space! And if you haven't already checked out CSI, you don't know what you're missing - click here  to see for yourself and be inspired! Thanks for coming, see you again soon :o) xxx ps did I mention I'm a bit excited?! Crazy dancing around the house by myself again ...

Oh Wow! Just look at this parcel full of goodness from Alicia Redshaw at Scrapbook Fantasies A few weeks back, I was chosen as Star Witness over at CSI and this was my gorgeous prize - which Alicia sent all the way from Australia (needless to say, I have saved the AirMail sticker too ....) Every week, Scrapbook Fantasies offers a selection of ribbons and trims inspired by the Case File and Alicia sends them all over the world to the lucky winners. Here's a closer look at my lovelies ... ... only problem is - can I bring myself to stop stroking them and actually use them on a page?! Thanks Alicia :o) xxx

The April Challenge over at Scrapology is all about Ripped Paper - one of my favourite things! We started with a BRILLIANT sketch by Morag Cutts  - isn't it gorgeous?! I thought it would be fun to use the luscious Bo Bunny papers from one of the FAB Scrapology kits I was lucky enough to win last month - the perfect background for this picture of me and my "Bride's Mate" Trina, which was taken just an hour before the wedding in the summer of 2011. Usually I hate having my picture taken, but because my son Tom was our wedding photographer, we got loads of relaxed, happy shots like this one AND I had Trina as my own personal Make-up Magician! :o)

It's all about FUN FUN FUN over at CSI this month. Here is Case File #66 (click to enlarge) Each week, the amazing Debbi Tehrani finds a new Scene to for us to investigate - I honestly don't now how she does it week in week out, but she does! From this image Debbi draws inspiration for colours, design elements and journalling. In order to solve the Case, you need to use all five colours in the Scheme use at least two pieces of Evidence use at least one item from Testimony CSI members can also download the fabulous CSI Coordinates to help you solve the Case - these are free printable elements, journaling spots and patterned papers designed by the talented Michele Singh  - there's a new set every week and they're all archived so that you can easily find them to use again. So, here's how I solved Case File #66 This is my old mate Archie (gone but not forgotten) - he was a bit of a ladies' man, with a penchant for gin, cheese and fags. He li...

Very excited to find a pizza box full of Scrapology goodness waiting for me today :o) I was lucky enough to win the March sketch challenge and the prize was two of their gorgeous page kits. Here's a picture On the left you can see some My Mind's Eye papers from the "Follow Your Heart" collection, along with coordinating cardstock and bakers twine, acrylic paint with an applicator and bubble wrap for stamping. On the right are some Bo Bunny papers from the "Garden Girl" collection. These came with coordinating purple cardstock, magenta Stickles and some stamens for making antennae with. Both the kits came with instructions for making a couple of fab pages, but I may have other ideas .... THANK YOU SCRAPOLOGY!!! The challenge was all about "peeking elements" - if you would like a peek at my page check out this post. The April challenge at Scrapology is equally tempting and inspiring - here's the sketch by Morag Cutts Love it! It...

Hi everyone! Well, everything is right with my world today - it's my day off work, I have my scrappy mate Trina coming over this afternoon for a bit of cuttin and stickin, the sun is trying to shine and my 13 ARTS order has just arrived. Here it is, all unpacked It's all so gorgeous - I'm chuffed to bits with everything - it was all beautifully packed and Aida even put in a little bag of freebies (at the top of the picture you can see a tag with a zipper trinket, wooden pegs, some flowers and sweeties!). So much stuff in here - Two sets of papers designed by Aida Domisiewicz - really heavyweight double sided papers, 6 sheets including one with cut-aparts in each set - Aida tells me there are more designs coming out soon... ... three A4 sheets of art canvas ... ...three packs of sticky gems... ...a pack of three rolls of washi tape... ... a roll of organza ribbon... ... a bag of crystal beads... ... some cherubs... ... zipper trinkets... ... the FAB metal ...

Who's there?! April ... April Who? April challenge over at Scrap365 !   :o) hehehe (seriously though FAB prize to be won - check it out) The idea is to create a project based on this fab sketch by Sian Fair For this challenge, you can make any scrapbooking related project - it doesn't have to be a layout as such. I thought it would be perfect for a page about my son's little "house" under the stairs - he used to spend hours playing in there, with his little rabbit "family". We would have to knock on the door, so he could jump out and say "Who's there?!" over and over and over again ... he was so cute x Richard lives in an apartment in Hackney now - as far as I know he doesn't have the rabbits any more, and he definitely doesn't jump out and shout "who's there?!" when someone knocks on the door ... :o) The papers I've used are all from my last month's  Quirky Kit - and as you can see, I...

Hi all, just a quick one to all my scrappy friends - check this out Jennifer Grace Creates To celebrate moving from Jennifer's Jumbles to her new blog, Jennifer is offering an amazing giveaway and you can enter in several different ways (twitter, facebook, blog post, comment, pin, follow) - or you can do all of these and have more chances to win. Here's a pic of the goodies on offer ... On second thoughts, maybe I don't want you to enter .... ! :o)