"Dear Tim..."

Welcome to NOVEMBER!  and another new case file over at CSI this week!!  I'd like to invite you to come visit us at CSI , we have so much to share with you!  This week, Debbi is introducing our new Design Team members to everyone, and I must say, their creativeness is STUNNING!  I'm so honored and tickled to be working along side these men and women! 
Also, we have some incredible sponsors this month.  Did you hear??  It's true!!  My Minds Eye is our Premier Sponsor this month and their DT member, Tamera Jensen will be playing along with our case file challenges!!  Eeek how awesome is that?? 
Our returning sponsors Flying Unicorn and Scrapbook Fantasies are back with wonderful prize packages for our participating members.  And we have their DT members playing along as well! 
If that isn't enough inspiration for you... our special guests contributing to our "Special Agents Team" this month are staggering.   Their creativity is so jaw dropping.  The list goes on and on.  Want to see who's helping us solve these files??  Come on over to CSI, view the reveal, welcome our Guest Designers, click on their links to their blogs, and PLAY ALONG! 

Okay on to my layout.  My layout includes the following evidence:
Stripes (of pp in the upper right corner)
flowers (tattered florals die with vellum and pp)
swirls ( TH grunge paper florishes)
fruit accent (a sketched downloaded, created by Karen Lynn Ingalls)
transparent element (a flower created with vellum, and a heavy layer of Crackle Accents on my pear)
doily pattern (my BG paper from ages ago, a doily cut in half)

My "testimony" is inspired by the prompt to Write a Fan Letter.  I wrote mine to Tim Holtz.  hahahaha
Some time ago, the owner of my favorite LSS, Cat was preparing to attend CHA.  As usual I tease her and implore her to bring me something back like "TIM".  I constantly harass her to stuff Tim into a suitcase and bring him home to Texas, so I can have his fabulous creative mind at my beck and call.  This time, she got me.   She had Tim hold up a little sign they created, "Miss You Shaunery" and she snapped the picture above and posted on her Facebook page and texted it to my phone.  She's a wonderful wicked smart ass and I love her for it!!

Hope you've enjoyed.  Get out there and create something!  Before you do, my fellow Americans, be sure you go VOTE tomorrow if you haven't already.  Just a little work before you play.  I don't care how you vote, but it's your RIGHT, it's your PRIVILEGE and it's your RESPONSIBILITY.