January Scrapbooking Challenge Case Files - First Reveal | Deadline: February 4

Happy New Year, CSI Investigators! And Happy 13th Birthday, CSI! We're excited to bring you a new month--and a new year--of fun and inspiring scrapbooking challenges and lots of beautiful inspiration.

For this first reveal, we'll be sharing inspiration for our first Case File. On the 15th, we'll be sharing inspiration for our second Case File.

GUEST DETECTIVE SPOTS

We'll be inviting some players whose work catches our eye to serve as Guest Detectives along the way. We'll investigate the albums on the 4th of the month, so if you're interested in serving as a Guest Detective, make sure you have your layout in the album by the 4th. (But feel free to use past Case Files as inspiration any time.)

And you never know, if your work really wows us, you might even be asked to join our talented design team.

CASE FILES 

We know you've got lots of Christmas pictures to scrap, so we chose our first Case File with that in mind, but it also serves to celebrate the new year. For our second challenge, we're celebrating International Creativity Month with our Case File. As always, you don't have to scrap the topics illustrated in the Case Files. Draw your own inspiration from The Scene, or you can use the traditional clues, which can be found at the bottom of this blog post.

Image credit: Digital Print Craft

Image credit:  Картинки

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 DETECTIVES 

Brandy Vaughn

I have been scrapbooking on and off for 30 years. I don't scrap chronologically and I don't feel the need to journal on all of my pages. My albums are all jumbled up. One layout may be of my granddaughter's 3rd birthday and the next layout may be from a recent vacation my husband and I took. I think it makes looking through the albums more exciting. 

This hobby brings me joy and excitement and I don't want to put a single ounce of pressure on myself to "get it done". I am also a huge advocate of "there are no rules in scrapbooking". It is so much more important that we are enjoying ourselves than it is that we follow someone else's idea of what scrapbooking is "supposed to be". I am so grateful to be chosen as this month's guest designer! 

I hope you enjoy this layout and I look forward to seeing each of your layouts too. XOXO, Brandy

Here's how Brandi solved the first Case: I started by choosing the topic of Christmas then chose my color pallet trying to stay as close to the inspiration photo as possible. My journaling is hidden but I did choose to use the word HAPPY in my title. I also incorporated stars, pearls, flowers and branches, a snowflake, candles, and a few items with bows on them.

Keely Lowe

Hi friends! I'm Keely Lowe and I have been paper crafting for about 25 years. When my youngest son was born I saw a scrapbooking kit on QVC, ordered it, and I've been going strong ever since. My week isn't complete unless I spend time in my craft room getting messy. I also love to create home decor items and have ventured into some card making this year. I love giving handmade gifts. 

I live in Central Kentucky with my wonderful husband and I love scrapbooking my kiddos and my grandson, Hayes. I'm super excited to be the guest designer for the new year. 

The CSI challenges always inspire me to be my most creative. You can see more of my paper crafting on Instagram at Keely Lowe Designs.

Here's how Keely solved our first Case File:   I was inspired by the scene for the first case file. The grouping of holiday images in the scene inspired me to layer some of my favorite holiday images which were the stamps from Woodware. I also incorporated the color scheme and evidence including Christmas themed items, candy, branches, snowflakes, stacked things, and glitter. My journaling was about Christmas and I added journaling to one of my embellishments on the page. Supplies I used were the Vicki Boutin "Peppermint Kisses" collection, Woodware Stamps Winter collection, and Bramble Fox triangle stencil and paper snips.

DESIGN TEAM INSPIRATION 

And now, are you ready for some more inspiration? 

A reminder of our first Case File...

CSI  DETECTIVES

Here's what our design team created with this month's first Case File. We will share creations for our other Case File on the 15th of the month. Check out our posts on Instagram for closeups and details.

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 Links: January Prompts

Testimony Links: January Prompts

We trust we've provided enough clues for you to solve the Cases! You have until February 4 (and beyond--read about this in the Guest Detective section), to solve both cases. We can't wait to see what you'll create! Upload your creations in our Facebook Group (album links in sidebar).