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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...