Bluebird Box Diary {CSI Case File No. 19}

Case File No. 19 is open for investigation, and oh, what a beautiful Case File we have this week:

Here is how I solved the case. I have been wanting to scrap this story since last spring, and now seemed the perfect opportunity. The clues I used: Evidence: Rosettes, birds, wood, small patterns, border punches, florals; Testimony: Diary format.

Our class participated in a bluebird monitoring project to help increase the population of Eastern bluebirds, which has been declining due to deforestation and predators. My photos aren't all that great because I had my camera practically inside the dark bluebird box. Sadly, someone vandalized the box and destroyed the box with the baby birds inside.

Here are some details. This was my first time ever making the paper rosettes. I bought a Martha Stewart scoring board with a 40% off coupon for the occasion. My blue flower turned out kind of lopsided--didn't realize how lopsided it was until I put it on the computer screen. Chalk it up to inexperience. I used the CSI Coordinates for my rosettes. The gray woodgrain paper is in the Coordinates, too.

I put an arrow so you can see the mama bird sitting on her eggs. She looked so scared when we opened the box, but she stayed right on her baby eggs. I received those lovely blue fabric brads in a RAK from my friend Jenny Evans. 

The polka dot paper is by Lily Bee design. The blue letters are by K&Co. and I outlined them to make them stand out more. The bird perched on the green Thickers is also by K&Co. The pretty brads are by My Mind's Eye.

I say it every week, but the reveal is just gorgeous, so you should hop over and see how the rest of the design team and guest designers solved this Case File, and I do hope you'll play with us this week!

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Work in Progress - July

The July Work in Progress kit is so pretty and cozy and summery:

Here is the first page I made. Each summer, I've been making a page about things on my mind, and this is big-time on my mind this summer:

That's the house we're buying. It hasn't been built yet, so I grabbed a photo from the website. My journaling on the back reads:

Summer 2011 will go down in history as the summer I spent getting ready for our new house. Decluttering. HOW do two people accumulate so much junk in two decades? Cleaning. Moving things that haven't been moved in eons reveals gigantic dust bunnies (dust elephants?). Dumping. Yeah, the guys at the dump now know Farzad on a first-name basis. Packing. Thank goodness for all those McDonald's French fry boxes. Storing. Our attempt at making our little house seem roomier. Improving. Putting more floors in, redoing the walkway, planting, mulching, overall making our house shine and sparkle. Dreaming. Yes, all this hard work will be worth it when we finally get to move into our dream house.

Here are some details. Love the butterflies that came in the project kit. I used a flower from my stash.

The little typewriter and clock images came from a Pink Paislee paper in the kit. I thought they were perfect for this page. I roughed them up with my Zutter Distrezz-It-All.

Love these calendar tickets. I had used the August one on another page, darn-it! I trimmed the cut-off strip from a paper that said "coordinating pattern on back" and used it to indicate that I had hidden journaling. Love those Lily Bee letter stickers. They're small and perfect for adding subtitles.

The July kit is still avilable. The papers and embellishments in this kit are perfect for summer but are also so versatile. If you've been wanting some of the new Lily Bee stuff, this is the kit for you!

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