Case File No. 9 {Case Closed on March 11}

Happy Friday, CSI Suspects!

A new month brings all sorts of new surprises--a new sponsor, a new theme, new Guest Detectives, to name a few. Here in the United States, March is known as a windy month, so March Winds is our theme that will tie together all of our Case Files.

We want to thank Boys Rule Scrapbook Kits once again for their generosity in sponsoring CSI for the month of February and a special thank you to Laura-Lee Audit, the company's owner, for the inspiration she gave us as our Guest Detective. You still have the rest of the weekend to get one more layout into the gallery for a chance at winning a prize from this awesome company.

We are excited to announce that Words or Whatever is our sponsor for March! You will definitely want to play along this month for a chance at winning some of their awesome laser-cut chipboard! We are delighted to have Emma Allen, Gillian Lester, and Monique Follett join us as our Guest Detectives from WOW. Throughout the month of March, other members of the Words or Whatever design team will be joining us as Guest Detectives. Watch for their beautiful work to be showing up in the next few weeks!

Speaking of Guest Detectives, our March Special Guest Detective is Melinda Thompson. Her gorgeous style is certain to inspire you! Be sure to stop by Melinda's page in the Guest Detective forumto get to know more about her.

We have a special feature that we're introducing this month: Each month, we will be inviting a team of Special Investigators, drawn from the players here at CSI, to join the Design Team for the entire month. For March, we have invited Debbi McCue, Ellinor Bergdahl, Jennifer Shaw, and Sarah Martin. If you've been visiting the CSI gallery, we're sure you've noticed their beautiful work. We're so excited to have these ladies here to provide special inspiration for you this month! Hop over to the Guest Detective forum to learn a little more about them.

And one more exciting surprise for the new month: We have put out a design team call. Be sure to check out the call in the Full Disclosure forum.

Are you ready to see this week's Case File? Get out your forensics kits and prepare for some serious sleuthing as we open Case File No. 9...

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

Here is some fabulous inspiration from our Guest Detectives from the Words or Whatever design team...

We present gorgeous inspiration from our special March Guest Detective, Melinda Thompson...

Here is amazing inspiration from our March team of Special Investigators...

And finally, inspiration from the CSI Detectives...

**Detailed clues, as promised...

COLOR DETAILS & RGB CODES

You must use all 5 colors:

Arose - (dark pink) lighter part of balloon stripe - 147.24.28
Cloudy Skies - (a beige that's got a pale, pale olive green tint to it) dictionary page - 224.78.111
Blue Birds of Happiness - (cyan blue) birds - 143.139.94
True Blue - (a true blue with a tiny tint of teal) outline of the birds - 216.218.187
Midnight Blue - (dark navy) basket of balloon - 235.233.219

EVIDENCE DETAILS

Choose two (or more)of the following elements to include on your layout:

text pattern (patterned paper or some other element, e.g., letter stickers, with a text print)
striped pattern (patterned paper or other element that contains stripes)
dictionary page (yep--tear a page out of an old dictionary)
definition stickers (stickers that have words with definitions--these used to be really popular a while back--Making Memories had them)
bird accent
hot-air balloon accent
mesh
Use something translucent so that the background can show through

JOURNALING DETAILS (TESTIMONY)

Choose one (or more)of the following to inspire your journaling:

Journal as a definition.
Document a journey.
Write a six-word memoir (see http://www.smithmag.net/sixwords/ for examples)--This is really fun!
Use a line or phrase from the song Wind Beneath My Wings and use that as a jumping-off point for your journaling - lyrics here: http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/bettemidler/windbeneathmywings.html
Inspiration Words: wing, roam, surround -- Inspiration Words are meant as jumping off points for your journaling--not just titles (though you certainly can use these as your title; just please also have a story of some sort for your page).

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

The deadline for completing Case File No. 9

is Sunday, March 11, 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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Permalink Reply by Anna-Karin on March 3, 2012 at 1:44am

Beautiful layout by the guests and the team! Love the case file, it has some of my favorite elements, birds, text, definitions, and the fun hot air balloon. I started my layout on Monday, but have been sick since Tuesday, so I haven't been able to finish it yet.

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Permalink Reply by Debbi Tehrani on March 3, 2012 at 6:00am

So sorry you've been sick, Anna-Karin! Hope you're feeling better soon! Just as soon as you've finished, let me know, and I'll add your layout here.

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Permalink Reply by Debbi Tehrani on March 3, 2012 at 6:02am

Fantastic work from everyone! Wow! Such a wonderful array of styles. Love seeing how everyone has interpreted this, and looking forward to seeing what our members create this week!