Counterfeit Kit Challenge August member blog hop

It's that time of the month again and with the busy month I've had so far, I suddenly realised yesterday that I hadn't actually made my layout! So I got busy with the inspiration from the Counterfeit Kit Challenge this month and created something to share with you today!

In fact, I did have another page ready to go but it features my internet-shy husband who isn't so keen on me sharing so much these days :-) so I had to come up with something else.

However, the challenges on offer this month - courtesy of me actually! - are:

• Challenge #1: Challenge #1 - Happy Sandcastle Day
• Challenge #2: Challenge #2 - Outside The Stash
• Challenge #3: Challenge #3 - Sounds Foreign To Me

I knew that I wanted to use Happy Sandcastle Day and had the perfect photos from a time where we took my younger brothers and sister to the beach and they all built the perfect German fortress! Ha ha. But I seem to have mislaid that box of photos which was rather disappointing. Hopefully I will track them down when I go back through some of the boxes in the cellar and find them - there are a lot missing so wish me luck!

But the Sandcastle Day was still going to be my inspiration with all the soft neutral tones of my kit so I went with what my eye landed on right there and then. A sea shell. A single, perfectly formed double sea shell that I picked up when I went to Harlingen in the Netherlands back in February. It's just been waiting for the perfect moment to record a few thoughts and this was it.

I wrote my journalling in gold so that it didn't detract from the soft feeling of the rest of the layout.

The layout didn't really seem to need a lot of embellishments. This tiny veneer heart said everything I wanted.

I didn't feel the need right now to journal more than the few lines I've already included but there is a ready made journalling card inside my pocket in case I want to write something a little more deep before this layout gets tucked away in its album - whenever that is!

I'm kicking off the blog hop today so next up is the lovely Julie and I'm excited to see what she is sharing over on her blog. Here's the full list in case you get lost along the way but don't forget that the full list is always available at the Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog.

It's a bigger blog hop this month which makes me very happy so make sure you catch everyone along the way. There's going to be some great inspiration, I promise. Why not join in yourself in September - the more the merrier. Check out the blog for details on how to get involved.

CKCB     http://www.counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com 
Lisa        http://lisahausmann.blogspot.de
Julie       http://jsquaredscrapspot.wordpress.com
Leslie     http://lcsmithsaved-outofthemire.blogspot.com
Karen       https://pinkycrafter.wordpress.com
Tara          http://kryptonite72-rambles.blogspot.com
Margie     http://scrappinmargie.blogspot.com
Tina          http://tinasscrapcorner.blogspot.com
Salla       http://pistojapiiri.blogspot.com
Jemma   http://just-jimjams.blogspot.co.uk