Showing posts with label Kits. Show all posts
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Saturday, 1 April 2023

April 2023 - Counterfeit Kit Challenge kit reveal and hop

 It's April and that's no joke!

Welcome back to the blog where I'm showcasing the new inspiration kit from the Counterfeit Kit Challenge.

MF Misty is in charge this month and has selected a Scrapbook and Cards Today sampler kit from March 2022 - it's bright and funky and totally up my street!

For more photos of the content of the kit including links to Victoria Calvin's take, head over to the Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog where Misty has put in a lot of work to give you content lists and photos of the main elements that can be found in it.

And of course, no month is complete without an awesome Guest Designer and I can't believe that Misty was successful in securing my Mint Green Washi Friend (in-joke) Kathy! I've been trying to get her on board for literally years so I'm delighted to see that she is joining us in the Counterfeit Kit Challenge FB community this month as well as sharing over on Instagram (@codakathy). Please, please, please make sure you head over there and say hello to her! We are beyond thrilled to spend April with her!

Right, onto the serious stuff! My kit. I decided to name it "Easygoing" because of the summer vibes it has!

When I saw the kit, I was particularly taken with the bright summer colours and the navy/coral florals. It felt like an interesting combination. It totally reminded me of the Simple Stories summer collection "Sunkissed" and so I started by pulling out those papers, embellishments and washi tapes and went from there.

I added in a few other Simple Stories papers from an older collection "Hello Summer" as well as the two sided spots in red and blue from "Say Cheese Main Street" followed by two sheets of bright, happy Paige Evans from "Go the Scenic Route". There are quite a few papers here for my usual kits but I spy some designs to cut apart or fussy cut and some b-side basics which will be great to use.



As mentioned, I already had the die-cuts and washi from the Sunkissed collection so I added in a bunch of twine in summer colours (thinking I could replicate some of the bows for the original kit) as well as some happy enamel dots.

Extra die-cuts from various bright, colourful collections and some really old, vintage photo frames as well as a sheet of super cute summer puffy stickers from Doodlebug that I just had to have but feel challenged to use!

Of course alphabets in various sizes and colours and some puffy words from PinkFresh Studio to give a full range of possibilities.

And there you have it. IT's a big kit for me these days but I hope to be inspired to pick out some sunny, fun photos to scrap and we will have to see where my inspiration takes me.



Of course, there is a hop so make sure you catch all the stops along the way:

And please share your kits and creations over at the Counterfeit Kit Challenge FB community here or on Instagram. You can tag us @counterfeitkitchallenge and use #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcapril2023


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Thursday, 1 September 2022

September 2022 - Counterfeit Kit Challenge kit reveal and hop

It feels like an age since I've been here.

Maybe it is.

I'm sure it is...

Anyway, here I am again for the September Counterfeit Kit Challenge September reveal and you are going to love it. 

MF Juliet has picked out the Traci Reed "Wildflowers" digital kit for us this month and it's gorgeous! Look at that colour scheme and all those gorgeous designs

You can find out all the info here including detail shots of the papers, embellishments and digital stamps.

Traci Reed - Wildflowers

Now, you might consider that I've gone a bit rogue but wait, first let me show you the kit I've made and where I took my inspiration before casting me to the bears.

Here's "Hush"


The first caveat I'd like to give is that this is another "collection" based kit and I definitely want to get back to mixing up papers and collections more in the new year - I miss that randomness that comes with really pick 'n' mixing. Second up, there are quite a few older items in here which may or may not make an appearance on pages or projects - I've added them in to get some variety, but I'm not sure. Let's see!

So... how did this kit come together. I checked out the inspiration kit and noted that the main colours were simply shades of yellow, green and blue. Easy right ... except I don't seem to have much yellow. Then my eyes fell on the Simple Stories "Heart" collection which I totally adore but have only scratched the surface of in my own scrapbooking. It seemed to tick my boxes with the colours - mostly greens, blues and yellows - and also the patterns - stripes, plaid, hearts, flowers and small repeated patterns. 

Papers were picked and then I went from there.


A bunch of much used alphabets in large and small - gold, green and neutral. 

The items from the collection including washi, die-cuts and a book of stickers.

Left over enamel dots which no kit can be without.

And then some really old items - some twines and ribbons, canvas labels, die-cut photo frames, brads in the right colours and also some hexagons - strike! - a few floral die cuts left over from a long used up collection and then a handful of flowers, leaves and veneer which I often forget to include these days.


Et voila! A kit which is not at all new but still feels fresh and usable. Time will tell of course - as in all my kits but I have hopes of using this for at least a layout or two and maybe a mini-book project. The theme of the papers might be about loss and memories but I feel I can work around that to come up with a neutral set of projects - scrapbooking is all about the memories after all!


Here's the full hop so that you can track down all the inspiration including our delightful DT Christine!


So, there you have it - another first of the month, but as always, a really good one! You KNOW that we always love to see your work, so please share your kits and projects with us. You can post them in our Facebook Community, or share them on Instagram (we are @counterfeitkitchallenge or tag us using #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcseptember2022). 

Thanks so much for stopping by and PLEASE share your kits and projects with us!

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Wednesday, 1 June 2022

June 2020 - Counterfeit Kit Challenge kit and hop

 Welcome to June (how is that possible???!) and to a new month at the Counterfeit Kit Challenge where MF Kate has picked out the November 2021 kit from Dani Peuss (here) for us.

It's a kit filled with a lot of Paige Evans's Bungalow Lane collection but still has plenty of different colours and motifs to fit different times of year and even different directions of kit. Personally, I love the pinks, blues and kraft tones along with the florals and hearts!

I have quite a lot of the Bungalow Lane collection but I wanted to see what I could do if I started with just one piece of paper from that line and worked through the "feeling" of the kit for my own kit. 

So let me introduce you to "Solstice" with a nod to the upcoming mid-summer's day and the florals and shades of summer.

First of all, I picked out the blue background with pink leaf design (#16) and went from there. 

Next up were two sheets of BasicGrey in shades of pink that just happened to catch my eye while I was tidying up and I thought the pinks were perfect. 

Then I came across some Buenos Dias and something seemed to match so in they went. Then two spotted papers from Simple Stories and finally, the tag papers from the Bungalow Lane collection as well as some off cuts from the collection and two pieces of Crate Paper which just seemed to need to be included with the florals and birds! 

For good measure I also included the Bungalow Lane acetate which is covered in gold and florals - so pretty if I can find a way to include it in my projects!

From there I added in almost all the embellishments else I have in the Bungalow Lane collections because I would really like to get it used up and... why not! 

I added in some mini-alphas from Simple Stories in a good selection of shades as well as a few sheets of vellum effect letters from Studio Calico.

My eye then came across some old stickers which need to be used up or else they need to be donated somewhere else, a selection of enamel dots and a handful of washi tape.

For those of you with a keen eye, you might notice that at least one of the washi tape and the Thickers stickers have visible chew marks and yes, I still love my dog 😉 (although on that day, it was somewhat harder 😉 😉!)

And there you have it - a kit fit for summer, for all sorts of layouts and for all sorts of moods. I'm excited where this kit will take me as I haven't had a full kit for a few months and I just unpacked ALL my layout and card kit boxes back into my stash so this is my ONLY kit at the moment! I hope for at least four layouts so watch this space to see how I do.


Here is the full blog hop so you don't miss out on any of the fun or inspiration and don't forget to share your kits and creations in our Facebook Community or on Instagram (we are @counterfeitkitchallenge or tag us using #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcjune2022)!

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Friday, 18 March 2022

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



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Monday, 1 February 2021

February 2021 - Counterfeit Kit Challenge kit reveal and hop

Gosh it's been quiet round here. Which doesn't necessarily mean that I've been doing nothing. Although I've been doing a lot less than usual ;-) We moved and therefore the scrapping reduced to a minimum and I've mostly been posting over at the Counterfeit Kit Challenge or their FB community. 

And here we are in a new month and I'm back with my first full kit of the new year.

I'm not a fan of February to be honest but with a pretty kit as inspiration, I'm hoping to be motivated to scrap.... let's see.

First up, the full hop list for today's kit reveal can be found at the bottom of the post and don't forget to check out our delightful Guest Designer Eileen (find her on FB here) who will be posting directly into our Counterfeit Kit Challenge FB community. 

 Now let's take a look at the inspiration kit I picked out. I like to find kits on this side of the Atlantic and was thrilled to find a gorgeous kit over at Scrapbook Werkstatt. Their current Feb 2021 kit, Herzstück, appealed so much with the softer colours and all those scrummy florals and hearts.

There are detailed photos and a content list over at the Scrapbook Werkstatt Herzstück page if you need more information - I love to see all the a-sides and b-sides and compare all the elements of the embellishments. I get inspiration from all of it!

Scrapbook Werkstatt - February 2021 "Herzstück"

My kit didn't exactly turn out that way (the softer colours and all those scrummy florals and hearts), but I still think I'm going to love working with it ;-) Here's Heartfelt!

I started off with the sheet of pink hearts from Paige Evans Bloom Street which was the only item I have that matches the original kit exactly. From there I added in the yellow dots (Simple Stories), the soft red graph (Pebbles) and the vellum (Crate Paper) which I thought were similar in colour, pattern and feel to papers in the original. Now I felt that the kit was heading in a different direction so I just went with the flow and added in three more Paige Evans Go the Scenic Route papers (red with tiny hearts, whimsical birds and the bright hearts), a sheet of black and white squares (Crate Paper) and a monochrome floral (Pinkfresh). Even though it's pretty far away from the Scrapbook Werkstatt collection, I still think it has a similar feel to it and of course, I always have the cheat option of the b-sides ;-) 



The original kit had a whole bag of Crate floral die-cuts so I added in my own bag of florals and also a full set of die cuts from the Paige Evans collection. This pushed me to include the stickers and the puffy words/elements from the same collection in. It will be interesting to see if I can use the brighter colours with some of the softer shades in my kit.

I also wanted a lot of variety with my alphas and added in a couple of swirly gold which felt similar to the original, but also a couple of small ones, and a Pink Paislee pink and gold set. I have way too many alphas and many of them are almost at the end of their useful life. I'd like to clear the decks a little so I could get some news ones with a clear conscience! There are also some puffy sequins and some heart enamel dots from Pinkfresh which I haven't used in a long time.

As always, I reserve the right to add stuff in as I go along! Ha ha! It's surprising how many little bits and pieces find their way into my kit box and onto my pages as the month goes on. My kit, my rules ;-) 

I'm hoping to jump right in and actually use some of these supplies for more than just a handful of cards which has been the case over the last couple of months. My room is somewhat sorted and I feel like I need some scrappy time - how about you? 

Come on over and join in the fun. It's going to be a good month.

Here's the hop so that you don't miss out on any of the inspiration:

And of course, we love it when you share so make sure to link up your kits and creations over in our Counterfeit Kit Challenge FB community page here or on Instagram (we are @counterfeitkitchallenge or tag us using #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcjanuary2021)!

Here's to an inspired, creative month.
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