Case File No. 26 {Case Closes on July 8, 2012}

Happy Friday! It's been so fun seeing all the scraplifts this week! Thank you for all the beautiful inspiration you share with us every week!

It's been so wonderful having Little Black Dress Kit Club as our June sponsor. Valerie O'Neall is back again this week with another beautiful and inspiring layout.

Emma Trout, this month's Special Agent, returns with another amazing page.

Our team of Special Investigators is sure to inspire you again this week: Arnlaug Koppang, and Paloma Carvalho are back with gorgeous pages. These ladies are enthusiastic participants at CSI, and their work consistently catches our eye in the gallery.

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

As always, Michele has created a fabulous set of printables for you! 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.

**Please note that this week's coordinates are in two separate attachments.

We wrap up the Queen's Birthday Month with a lovely palette and another fun Case File. Our inspiration image (aka "The Scene") comes from Iliana Designs, an Australian cake decorating company.

So are you ready for this week's challenge? Grab your forensics kits, CSI members, and get ready for some serious sleuthing as we open Case File No. 26.

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

Here is how Guest Detctive, Valerie O'Neall solved the case...

Special Agent, Emma Trout,solved the Case File like this...

This is how our talented team of Special Investigatorshave solved Case File No. 26...

And this is how the CSI Detectiveshave cracked the case, arranged by predominant color in the order of The Scheme...

**Detailed clues, as promised...

COLOR DETAILS - USE ALL 5 COLORS

Ambiguity - a gray with a touch of mauve-lavender(taken from the roses) - 217.208.209
Vanilla Icing - slightly off-white (taken from the window behind the cake) - 246.246.246
Yellow Cake - a medium golden yellow (taken from the cake) 232.218.145
Wrought Iron - plain old black (taken from the crown) - 13.17.20
Buttercream - a pale yellow, almost a cream (taken from the lower part of the white tulips) - 234.229.199

EVIDENCE - CHOOSE AT LEAST TWO ELEMENTS

scallops
metal
flowers
fleur-de-lys
add "icing" to your layout (interpret that as you wish)
crown accent
cage (inspired by how the crown serves as a cage for the flowers)
something translucent/transparent (inspired by the window in background)

TESTIMONY - CHOOSE AT LEAST ONE ELEMENT

Add scallops to your journaling spot.
Go to Fancy Friday and be inspired by one of their prompts.
Royal Family - write about different people in your family and why they're "the Queen of _____" or "the King of _____" and so forth...
Icing on the cake - Write a bunch of little things about your subject and then finish with what the very best thing about your subject is/was...
Write your journaling as an invitation
Inspiration Words (these should inspire your journaling--not just be a title): fancy, treat, strong

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

The deadline for completing Case File No. 26

is Sunday, July 8, 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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