The January Counterfeit Kit Challenge Kit Reveal Blog Hop

Hi and welcome to the Counterfeit Kit Challenge kit reveal blog hop!


It's lovely to see you here for our newly scheduled hop - right here at the beginning of the month so that we can show you the kits we've created from the Cocoa Daisy inspiration kits chosen by CKC to kick off 2012. 


If you've just arrived here, you might want to think about starting at the beginning of the hop at this month's wonderful Guest Designer, Van Nguyen. And if you've come via the talented Kim, then you are on the right track.


We were spoilt for choice this month with a grand total of 5 kits to choose from and it was difficult as each one was as lovely as the next!


Merry & Bright can be seen on their blog {here}
Amber Snowflake can be seen in their shop {here}
Sunshine & Snowflakes can be seen in their shop {here}
Frosty Windowpane can be seen in their shop {here}
Cocoa & Marshmallows can be seen in their shop {here}

I was really tempted to go with the Merry & Bright as I haven't really done much Christmas scrapping this year but then I realised that my this time (January), I probably wouldn't be so much in the mood any more and a different colour scheme would be much more inspiring for me.

In the end, Amber Snowflake won out because I loved the mix of browns and yellows with that splash of red and blue added to the subtlety of the greys. And hey, it has a banner paper in it. What's not to love? :-)

I only had the sheet of red BG paper and a portion of the Authentique Ruler paper in my stash  so I started off by dragging those out and based the rest of the kit around that. I added in plenty of vintage browns with some creamy yellows and rather than the starker black, toned it down a little to some deep greys. I'm happy to have managed to include several different manufacturers and lines - BasicGrey, Making Memories, Authentique, Cosmo Cricket, October Afternoon and My Mind's Eye. (If anyone wants more details about the contents, just leave me a comment) A selection of cardstock followed and then came the extra fun part - adding in the embellishments.

I've got more than the original kit which won't surprise you and have added a few of the items I received from Helen in our 12 Days of Christmas Embellishment Exchange (mentioned here). I reserve all rights to add in lashings more extras as the month goes on of course. And as for the banner paper and the OA Little Flyers that I loved so much in the inspiration kit? Well I guess I'll be trying to make my own as I go along... So no surprise there either.

Suitably for the start of a new year for this resolution making (and breaking) scrapper, I've decided to call this kit "Resolve". 

It's such a positive word and I'm looking forward to creating with it - I have ever so slightly fallen in love with it already although the proof is in the pudding (or rather the scrapping).

Thanks for dropping by. Make sure you say hello in the comments - it's always lovely to hear from you :-)

Your next stop on the blog is the delightful Margie {here} but just in case you need the whole list of bloggers, here it is:

January Guest Designer: Van Nguyen

Crystal  

Glinda  

Helen  

Jemma 

Jen  

Julie Ann 

Kim 

Lisa  <----- You are here

Margie   <---- Go here next!

Milissa  

Rebecca  

Susanne  

Bethany  

Meridy