CSI: Color, Stories, Inspiration: December 2018

As many of you know, I'm an elementary school teacher, and it's always a busy job, but some years are busier than others, and this seems to be one of them. November and December caught me by storm, and I got way behind with CSI, so I want to apologize for the delay in announcing our favorites and winners from November and our winners from October. I promise to do better in the new year.

A big thank you to everyone who participated in our challenges the past two months. Congratulations to all of our players who are highlighted! You can grab your badges here.

First, we present our favorites from Case File No. 265. Here's a reminder of the Case File they used:

For each Case File, three of our favorite layouts are chosen to feature as our "Most Wanted." (If we showcase more than 3, it's because there was a tie.)

Tell your story. It's our tagline, and here at CSI, it's one of our missions to get our members to delve deeper into journaling--to document the meaningful bits and pieces that make up our lives. We would like to shine a special spotlight each week on a member who did an exceptional job telling their story. And we'd like to thank Scrapbook Fantasies for donating a wonderful prize to our Star Witness for each Case File.

Deanna Deaton

We love Deanna's heartfelt note to her mom, and we especially love that she handwrote her journaling on that sweet tag and made it a part of her beautiful design!

Here are a few more that caught our eye...

And here are our favorites from Case File No. 266. Here's a reminder of the Case File they used:

We were so impressed by the way Cynthia was able to tell her story of her daughter's marching band season, not only through extensive journaling right on her page but also through so many wonderful stories.

Judy W

Piia

Linolas blogg

Here are our favorites from Case File No. 267. Here's a reminder of the Case File they used:

We not only liked the story behind Lauren's annual tradition of going back to her high school for their fruit sale, but we also love how she hand-journaled on those stripes--such a great way to incorporate journaling into her page design!

And here are our favorites from Case File No. 268. Here's a reminder of the Case File they used:

The sweet photo on the giant Christmas bauble caught our eye, and we enjoyed learning about Lynn's tradition of dressing the kids in Christmas attire. I'd say Isabelle is definitely on Santa's Nice list!

Stefania Falasco

Piia

Wendy Crowe

We'd like to thank everyone who participated in our challenges last month, and a HUGE thank you to our generous December sponsors!

DECEMBER PRIZE WINNERS:

Randomly selected from our players who were placed Under Surveillance:

Winner of the 2Crafty prize pack - Stefania Falasco
Winner of the Lindy's Gang gift certificate - Yogiki
Winner of the Maja Design collection - Lynn Dunton
Winner of the Scrapbooker's Confetti Box prize pack - Carolyn Haswell
Winner of the Creative Embellishments gift certificate - Cynthia B

Randomly selected from all of our players who solved our Case Files:
Winner of the digital kit from a2z Scrapbooking - Giorgia Rossini
Winner of the DiesRUs gift certificate - Carol A
Winner of the Mixed Up Mag subscription - Wendy Crowe
Winner of the Scrapmatts prize pack - Judy W
Winner of the FabScraps prize pack - Barb Holmes

Randomly Selected from our American or Canadian players:
Winner of the goodie box from Cocoa Daisy - Janine Rauchau

Randomly Selected from Our Australian players:
Winners of the Scrapbook Fantasies prize - Lyndal

Aussie Apprentice winner:
Winner of the Scrap Matrix gift certificate - aussie aNNie

Star Witnesses:
Winners of the Scrapbook Fantasies prizes - Lauren Mullarkey and Lynn Dunton

We'd like to thank everyone who participated in our challenges in November, and a HUGE thank you to our generous November sponsors!

NOVEMBER PRIZE WINNERS:

Randomly selected from our players who were placed Under Surveillance:

Winner of the Lindy's Gang gift certificate - Piia
Winner of the Maja Design collection - Giorgia Rossini
Winner of the Scrapbooker's Confetti Box prize pack - Linolas blogg
Winner of the ScrapRoom gift certificate - Carol A
Winner of the Scrapmatts prize pack - Sixela95

Randomly selected from all of our players who solved our Case Files:
Winner of the digital kit from a2z Scrapbooking - Megan Flynn
Winner of the Mixed Up Mag subscription - Maureen Wood
Winner of the Mystical Scrapbooks shopping voucher - Barb Holmes

Randomly Selected from our American or Canadian players:
Winner of the goodie box from Cocoa Daisy - Deanna Deaton

Randomly Selected from Our Australian players:
Winners of the Scrapbook Fantasies prize - Julene M

Aussie Apprentice winner:
Winner of the Scrap Matrix gift certificate - Maureen Wood

Star Witnesses:
Winners of the Scrapbook Fantasies prizes - Deanna and Cynthia B

We'd like to thank everyone who participated in our challenges in October, and a HUGE thank you to our generous October sponsors!

OCTOBER PRIZE WINNERS:

Randomly selected from our players who were placed Under Surveillance:

Winner of the Accent Scrapbooking prize pack - Rona
Winner of the Lindy's Gang gift certificate - Giorgia Rossini
Winner of the Maja Design collection - Lizzy Hill
Winner of the Scrapbooker's Confetti Box prize pack - Caroline (Canada)
Winner of the Therm O Web gift certificate - Carolyn Haswell

Randomly selected from all of our players who solved our Case Files:
Winner of the digital kit from a2z Scrapbooking - Cynthia B
Winner of the FabScraps prize pack - Anna
Winner of the Mixed Up Mag subscription - Piia
Winner of the Scrapmatts prize pack - Emma Fryxelius

Randomly Selected from our American or Canadian players:
Winner of the goodie box from Cocoa Daisy - Rona

Randomly Selected from Our Australian players:
Winners of the Scrapbook Fantasies prize - Karen B

Aussie Apprentice winner:
Winner of the Scrap Matrix gift certificate - Sadly, we had not new players from Australia this month! Please spread the word to your Aussie friends who haven't played with us yet that this prize has their name on it!

Star Witnesses:
Winners of the Scrapbook Fantasies prizes - Lizzy Hill and Barb Holmes

To claim your prize, please send a me a private message with your email, mailing address, and phone number via the CSI Facebook Page by January 31. Please also indicate which month and which prize you won.

Monday, December 31, 2018

Sponsor Winners and Under Surveillance - November and December