Case File No. 15 {Case Closes on April 22, 2012}

[Debbi Tehrani]

Happy Friday! Do we have a FUN challenge for you this week! We are continuing National Poetry Month, with a special nod to National Library Week, which falls this week. 

The designers from our April Sponsor, The Paper Bakery are back with us again to inspire you with their beautiful creations. Joining us this week are Sarah Hill, owner of the Paper Bakery, Amanda Johnson, Angela Gutshall, Erin Yamabe, Grace Tolman, and Mary Ann Jenkins. CSI Detective Tina Walker is also on the Paper Bakery design team.

Our Special April Guest Detective, Sarah Klemish, is back this week with another beautiful layout, as are our Special Investigators, Adrienne Ford, Heather Jacob, Helena Virpi, and Tracee Provis. 

Please use the links to visit all these ladies' pages in the Guest Detective forum to say hi and hear how they responded to our Interrogation.

You will love the CSI Coordinates this week! Several of us have used them, and we're sure you'll have a blast with them. Michele Singh, the creator of these wonderful printables, has outdone herself this week!  CSI Coordinates can always be found at the bottom of the reveal threads.  Scroll all the way to the bottom, where it says "Attachments." They are just above the reply box. Read about some tips on how to use these cool printables here. 

 

So are you ready for this week's challenge? The second week of April marks National Library Week, and in honor of this celebration, we're using Maurice Sendak's fabulous artwork for our inspiration. Grab your forensics kits, CSI members, and get ready for some serious sleuthing as we open Case File No. 15.

(Remember to scroll all the way down for RGB codes, color descriptions, and more thorough explanations of the Evidence and Testimony.)

Here is how our Guest Detectives from the Paper Bakery design team solved the case...

 

Here is how our Special April Guest Detective, Sarah Klemish, cracked the Case File...

 

Our Special Investigators have solve the case this way...

And here is how the CSI Detectives have solved the case...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

**Detailed clues, as promised...

COLOR DETAILS & RGB CODES

• Midnight Sky - black- from the sky sky - 42.52.54
• Monster Gray - medium gray - taken from the palm fronds - 188.180.162
• Crescent Moon - light yellow - table cloth - 248.235.183
• Orange Rumpus - medium orange - taken from the monster's party hat - 237.173.105
• Wild White - white - taken from Max's costume - 253.254.249

EVIDENCE

• book pages
• monsters
• metal
• moon
• zig-zags (e.g., chevrons, ric-rac, border punch)
• stacking/layers
• foliage
• pom-poms
• something transparent
• create a frame of sorts around your page

TESTIMONY

• Document an adventure (literal or figurative).
• Document your feelings about books/reading.
• Start your journaling with "Let the wild rumpus begin!"
• Start your journaling with "once upon a time."
• Visit this site and choose a type of poem to write (there's one called a Monster poem that might be fun to try): http://www.kathimitchell.com/poemtypes.html
• April 14 is Poem in Your Pocket Day -- write a poem and put it in a pocket.
• Use a vellum/transparency pocket for your journaling.
• Write your journaling as chapters.
• Inspiration Words: wild, fun, imagination

We trust we've left enough clues for you to solve the case!

The deadline for completing Case File No. 15

is Sunday, April 22, 11:59 p.m. EST.

Thus, you have a week plus the two weekends to complete your layout.

(See count-down timer on the right-hand sidebar of most pages.)

We can't wait to see what you create!
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[Ashley Horton]

I LOVE this file!!  Should be really fun to work with!!

[Debbi Tehrani]

It was fun, Ashley! Can't wait to see what you make!

[Annette Gearside]

wow awesome work by the team !!!! looking forward to playing with this case file !!!!

[Debbi Tehrani]

Oh, can't wait to see what you create, Annette!

[Debbi Tehrani]

This might be my favorite reveal yet! Thank you for all the awesome inspiration, everyone! Can't wait to see how our members will rock the gallery this week!

[Libeeti]

Now, this case file  is awesome!  DT - way to go with your layouts! lots of inspirations.

I love Sendak's creaetions. I think I just might have the right photos for this file... and I believe it would be a great use of the leftovers I have from last month counterfeit kit I have.. 

[Debbi Tehrani]

Awesome! Can't wait to see!!!