Family Fun - Counterfeit Kit Challenge - Challenge #2

Hello, everyone! Happy Monday to you! I hope that you are ready to tackle this new week!

It's time for the second challenge of the month at Counterfeit Kit Challenges. Here is what Lisa has to say about this challenge - "This month's inspiration kit features a paper design covered with pretty fairy light chains which is the paper that caught my attention in the first place. I love hanging fairy lights on the tree, around my balcony, and in the dark corners for the dark days of winter, and I adore featuring banners on my scrapbook pages. So...feature fairy lights or banners on your project."

When I put my kit together I included a paper from Crate Paper's 'Wonder' collection that had banners all over it. I knew I would be using it for this challenge! Here is what I came up with:

I started by cutting around the banners on my patterned paper. I liked that much better than a straight edge. I added a strip of solid teal paper between the banner paper and the background paper to give a bit of separation between the two busier patterns. I also added a strip of the teal paper at the bottom of my layout for a place for my title to rest instead of feeling like it was falling off the layout.

These family photos are from Easter 2013. We got lucky in that everyone was ready to take family photos and I took advantage of it! We were able to get in several fun poses that day before Shane was done with it all and these two photos were my favorites from the day. 

Here are a few close-ups:

I was able to use a couple of the forgeries I had made earlier in the month - the banner piece and this 'happy' circle that I absolutely love! It reminds me of the popular Rae Dunn font and I know I will be making up a whole page of different words to make a few more embellishments to have at the ready! I also added a cute little mint green bunny sticker to the cluster since it was Easter.

Looking at the title now I wish I would have moved the word 'family' up and overlapping the photo on the right side just a bit and then nestled the word 'fun' between the loops of the f and y...I would consider changing it, but seeing as how I tore a couple of the letters when I took them off of the backing, I think I will just leave it as it is! The title words are the only things that were not included in my kit. 

I found this wood veneer piece in one of my die cut boxes in my kit and used it as a way to add some hidden journaling. 

Head on over to Counterfeit Kit Challenges to see how the rest of the design team took on this challenge. Be sure to share with us if you play along!

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! I will be back soon with another project to share with you.

Let It Snow - Sketch N Scrap #189

Hello, hello! Happy Friday to you! I can't believe that we have made it back around to the weekend so quickly! Of course, this time of year always seems to go by so fast - there always seems to be something going on.

It's the middle of the month and that means it is time for a new sketch challenge at Sketch N Scrap. This fun multi-photo sketch is courtesy of Sketch Artist Heather:

Here is what I came up with:

I changed up a couple of things from the sketch. First of all, I had more photos that I wanted to use than what is called for on the sketch, and then by adding the extra photos, I felt like I needed to extend the patterned paper strip just a bit. I'm sure it would have looked okay with a narrower strip, but in all honesty, I wanted to use as much of that cute plaid paper that I could!

Everything on my layout came from my November Counterfeit Kit Challenge kit. You can read more about it here. I always love having everything ready to go when I sit down to scrap. The papers and stickers are from Simple Stories 'Freezin' Season' collection. The alpha stickers are from American Crafts. I was so happy that one of the snowflakes was just the right size to be the 'o' in the word snow.

Here are a couple of close-ups:

How funny is it that these photos were taken on the Monday that we observed Veteran's Day last year - school was let out early that day and Abby had a snow day the next day - and this year - this past Monday, Veteran's Day, in fact - we got some sleet and snow, school was let out early, and Abby and Ada had a snow day on Tuesday! 

Head on over to Sketch N Scrap to see the beautiful creations from the rest of the design team. I would love to see your take on the sketch, too.

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

Counterfeit Kit Challenge November Kit Reveal and Blog Hop

Hello, everyone! Happy November to you all! I can't believe that we are already so close to the end of the year. I thought as I grew older - and my kids grew older - that time would seem to slow down, but I think, if anything, it is going even faster!

It is time for our final inspiration kit reveals of 2019 at Counterfeit Kit Challenge. Master Forger Lisa has chosen our inspiration kit and it is a fun one! She has chosen a kit from a Dutch online shop called Scrapdelight Scrapbookwinkel. She was inspired by the beautiful colors and paper designs - which seem to be wintry and seasonal without being all about snow and Christmas. Here's a look at the kit:

Pocket Page Kit:

Documenter Scrapbook Winter Kit:

Here is my kit - Wishing For Winter and More:

Now, when I first saw the inspiration kit I fell in love with the colors - pink, gold, grey - or maybe it's a blue - it depends on which computer - my desktop or my laptop - that I am looking at! When I saw the snowflake die cuts and the cute little coffee cup it made me think of the Snow and Cocoa collection from Crate Paper. I knew I had the 6x6 paper pad and that is where my kit started. Once I pulled the Snow and Cocoa paper pad I didn't really look at the inspiration kit again - I just went my own way! My kit turned out a little brighter and with a little more minty/aqua/teal greens in it, but I think you can see how the inspiration kit inspired me!

Since I only had the 6x6 paper pad to start with, I knew I needed to check out my 12x12 papers to see what would match it. I found the Simple Stories Freezin' Season collection in my stash that I had only used a couple of sheets from. It was the same color palette as Snow and Cocoa so it was definitely going in my kit! Here are my 12x12 papers:

I know I will not be wanting to scrap all snow pages - for one thing - I don't have that many snow photos left to scrap - so I pulled some basic patterns to round out my kit. I have papers from Echo Park, Fancy Pants, Crate Paper, Basic Grey, Pink Paislee, American Crafts, and The Paper Studio here.

Here is what I have from Snow and Cocoa:

Simple Stories "Freezin' Season" stickers, cut aparts, and scraps:

 I don't really know what I want to scrap over the next couple of months so I went a little crazy in the embellishments department and pulled a little bit of everything in gold, pinks, mint greens, grey, etc. that I could find:

I also pulled a couple of sticker sheets and my sticker books. Not everything will match but it's giving me a great variety with what will!

Lately, I have been adding at least one stamp set to my kit, mostly to remind me to use them, so I not only added a couple of sets from Elle's Studio for the labels and phrases but I also pulled an old set from Close To My Heart. The little half-circle stamps on it match a paper in the Snow and Cocoa paper pad perfectly. I also added in a few dies to maybe "forge" a couple of items:

I didn't pull a lot of alphas but I think these will work nicely with my papers:

And my die-cut boxes are making an appearance again, as well! There are lots of pinks and greens in here so surely I can get some of them used up!

Last, but not least, is my paper add-on. I've already pulled them, I might as well leave them out for a while! 

Plenty of pretty paper to keep me busy until we have a new inspiration kit in the new year!

And, that is my kit to finish out the year! Be sure to hop along with us and visit all of the design team's blogs to see their beautiful kits. Here is the complete blog hop list:

Counterfeit Kit Challenge - http://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com

Guest Designer Tara - https://kryptonite72-rambles.blogspot.com

Cindy:- http://cindyscreations-cinmfoster.blogspot.com/

Julene:- http://julenebydesign.blogspot.com//

Leslie:- http://lcsmithsaved-outofthemire.blogspot.com/

Lisa:- http://lisahausmann.blogspot.com 

Lori:- http://loriannie670.blogspot.com/<<<<<

Tina:- http://tinasscrapcorner.blogspot.com/

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