March 2022 - Counterfeit Kit Challenge - Challenge #2 What Makes You Happy

 Welcome back for the Counterfeit Kit Challenge's 2nd inspiration challenge of the month and it's all about what makes us happy.

MF Tara was inspired by the "happy" paper in the original kit - the March 2020 "Weekender" kit by Citrus Twist - (find out more about that in my reveal post on 1st March here).

Now I know that you won't be surprised at the subject of my happy page - our sweet puppy Mabel. 

When I saw this photo of her with that glorious morning sun I knew how I wanted the page to look and was happy to see that I had plenty of softer shades in my kit that would work well for my sunburst design.

I stitched the sunburst elements as well as a sprinkle of paper dots and then tucked in flowers to the edges and under the photos to soften up some of the edges.

I decided to write my journalling in a dark grey so that it would appear a little softer. I was also a little cryptic in the writing as that day was a very sad anniversary but who can be sad on a day like that. Others might not even notice the reference and certainly the date doesn't mean anything to anyone else, but it's there for me. Slightly hidden and yet there in the open. I like that 😉

I finished off by adding a couple of small stamps and some tiny enamel hearts as well as the smaller title tucked into the corner.

I come back to this starburst design over and over - or at least a variotion of it - and each time, the page looks and feels totally different! 

What design does that for you? 

 Don't forget to share your kits and creations over in the Counterfeit Kit Challenge FB community here or over on IG  - @counterfeitkitchallenge / #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcmarch2022

And just in case you missed it on my other social media channels, I hope you'll take a listen to my guest appearance over on the Scrapbook Your Way podcast hosted by Simple Scrapper's Jennifer Wilson where I talk all things kits and Counterfeit Kit Challenge! It was an honour to be asked to talk about my passion of "counterfeiting" and I hope you find something to inspire you. 

https://www.simplescrapper.com/syw158

March 2020 - Counterfeit Kit Challenge March hop and kit reveal

Welcome to March and here we are again with the next month of the Counterfeit Kit Challenge. I say this every month, but it's a good one this time!

 Hopefully you've reached me via Leslie's blog and next up is Tara. Please don't forget to say hi to our awesome Guest Designer, Anna too. With a kit as pretty as this month's you won't want to miss out on any of the inspiration the team has to offer!

MF Tara has selected the March 2020 "Weekender" kit by Citrus Twist for us full of pinks, blues and fresh yellows - what a breath of fresh air it is!

I concentrated on those three colours for my "Sherbet" kit although the tones have come out a little differently! (I don't know why my photos so bad this month - I might try to improve them!) 

I started off by selected some Paige Evans papers in pinks, yellows, blues, floral and hearts as well as a sheet of tickets which I will no doubt cut up and use as they are. There are some greens and oranges in there but really not so much which I thought was a good start. I also included the acetate sheet from the Bungalow Lane collection - florals and mostly the three main colours.

I then added in some pink heart paper, a couple of blue mini designs as well as a yellow dot, a geometric pink and a soft pastel stripe - you can only see the blue here but there are also pinks and yellows included 

I wanted to make sure that I kept to those three basic colours of blue yellow and pink in the embellishments too, but of courses including full packs of items means that other colours have crept in. If  I think if you look closely, you can see that I've got many of the shades and types embellishments from the original kit - labels, hearts, page markers, gold alphabet (two different). 

There's a good mix of items from many different designers and manufacturers which means I will get a selection of pages which all look different - I love it when that happens!

I couldn't resist these clip tassels and the full pack of Paige Evans embellishments as well as the florals from Pinkfresh Studio.

It's quite a bit kit for me but after my success with LOAD222 last month, I have hopes too continue my motivation and make some pages just because!

Here's the full hop list in case you need it and don't forget to share your kits and creations over in the Counterfeit Kit Challenge FB community here or over on IG  - @counterfeitkitchallenge / #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcmarch2022

• Counterfeit Kit Challenge - https://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com/
• Guest Designer – Anna https://www.youtube.com/c/piececraftlove
• Cindy - https://cindyscreations-cinmfoster.blogspot.com/
• Juliet - https://www.instagram.com/julesd/
• Leslie -  http://lcsmithsaved-outofthemire.blogspot.com/
• Lisa - http://lisahausmann.blogspot.com
• Tara - https://kryptonite72-rambles.blogspot.com/ 
• Tina - http://tinasscrapcorner.blogspot.com/
• Tracey - http://3obsessions.blogspot.com/?m=1
• Kate - https://kateblue.blogspot.com/
• Julene - http://julenebydesign.blogspot.com/