January Case Files - First Reveal | Deadline: February 4, 2021

Happy New Year! And Happy Birthday, CSI! Today, CSI turns nine years old! We're excited to ring in 2021 with some fantastic new challenges, new sponsors, and new guest designers to inspire you! 

We hope you've been enjoying the December challenges, and don't forget that if you haven't yet had a chance to play, we've added a few extra days to the deadline--submissions will be accepted by the 4th of the next month.

For this first reveal, we'll be sharing inspiration from the design team and guest designers for our first Case File. On the 15th, we'll be sharing inspiration from the design team and guest designers for our second Case File as well as our Cold Case File, our special stash-busting challenge.

SPONSORS 

This month, we have six generous sponsors donating prizes! Click here to read more about our sponsors and the prizes they are donating. Winners will be selected randomly from all of our players, with a few exceptions where sponsors have asked us to choose from certain geographic regions.

CASE FILES 

We're celebrating winter  this month with our Case Files, but as always, you don't have to scrap this topic. Draw your own inspiration from The Scene on the Case File, or you can use the traditional clues, which can be found at the bottom of this blog post.

Image credit: Old Salt Farm

Image credit: Tumblr

Image credit: Advocate Art

The traditional CSI clues can be found on our Facebook page in the first entry under the album. Just click on the Case File images above. They are also posted at the bottom of this reveal.

To submit your layouts, click on the Case Files in our sidebar, which will bring you to the individual albums in our Facebook group.

GUEST DESIGNERS

We're honored to have some members of the CUT to YOU and 2Crafty design teams joining us as Guest Detectives this month! Their beautiful work will be shared during our  mid-month reveal.

INSPIRATION 

And now, are you ready for some serious inspiration? Here's what our design team and guest designers created with Case File No. 336. We will share their creations for our other two Case Files on the 15th.

The CSI design team masterfully cracked the Case. We'll share how they solved the Case on Facebook.

Debbi's layout is inspired by a sketch from Paper Issues.

CASE FILE CLUES 

Choose as many or as few as you are inspired to use! You don't have to use all of the categories of clues. use what inspires you, or challenge yourself to use as many clues as you can. Or just use the image to inspire you as you wish!

Testimony Link: January Prompts

Testimony Link: One Little Word

We trust we've provided enough clues for you to solve the Cases! You have until February 4, 2021, to solve this case. We can't wait to see what you'll create! Upload your creations in our Facebook Group (album links in sidebar).