Bliss - Counterfeit Kit Challenge - Challenge #1

Hello, everyone! I hope that you had a good weekend and a good start to the week. 

It's time for the first challenge at Counterfeit Kit Challenges today. As a little refresher - here is a photo of this month's inspiration kit - Echo Park's "Oh Happy Day" collection:

And here is a look at the kit that I put together:

For our first challenge, Master Forger Leslie is challenging us to be inspired by the name of the inspiration kit collection - Oh Happy Day - to create our layout. "Check through your photos for that great happy memory, or perhaps one of your kit elements reminds you of something happy. Use your creativity to lift spirits and bring a smile."

One of the things that always bring a smile to my face is my granddaughter! My daughter sent me this photo of her just a week or so ago - outside and enjoying the pretty spring day.

I used mostly the Echo Park - Good Day Sunshine - papers and embellishments on my layout, but I did manage to use a piece of paper from the - Oh Happy Day - collection, as well. The only thing on here that wasn't included in my kit is the doily.

Here is a close-up of the title and journaling:

I based my layout on this April 2020 sketch from PageMaps:

Be sure to check out the Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog to see how the rest of the design team took on this challenge. We would love it if you would play along, too!

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! I hope you have a great day!

I Heart Summer - Scrap Our Stash - What's My Challenge

Happy Friday! I hope that you have had a good week. We've had a pretty good week around here. It's been hard getting back into the routine of Scott going back to work, but it's pretty nice getting back into a routine, too.

Today I am sharing the layout that I created for Scrap Our Stash's - What's My Challenge - for May. This month's challenge is a Tic Tac Toe board - which is always fun! Here's a look at the board:

I chose to use the items in the first column - wood veneer, brads, and chipboard - for my layout:

I can't remember when I made a layout of (just) Abby and I thought it was about time that I did just that!

The title of this layout fits her perfectly - being a teacher she cannot wait for summertime and those nice lazy days - and what better way to spend them than in the pool!

For this layout, I used a couple of papers, wood veneer, brads, and chipboard from my May Counterfeit Kit.

Here are a couple of close-ups:

I used a chipboard frame and word/phrase stickers in this cluster, along with the wood veneer camera and heart, and several brads.

It's hard to tell in the photo but that is another brad - it's just a clear gem type brad and did not photograph well!

Be sure to stop by Scrap Our Stash to see the beautiful layouts from the rest of the design team. I hope you have a chance to play along with our Tic Tac Toe challenge this month, too! I would love to see what you create!

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! I hope you have a great day!