Mid March Counterfeiting!

When we (the CKCB designers) were asked by Beth and Meridy if we wanted to make a page kit for our fellow counterfeiters to copy, I jumped at the chance!  I was given a theme of "Fun and Games", and I went off on a hunt for a kit to "copy". I was inspired by 2 different kits, "Best. Day. Ever.", by Scrapbook Circle, and the March Paper Posies kit.  I had a few  (3 or 4) of the Dear Lizzy Neopolitan papers that I mixed with a few older papers, from the Girls Paperie, Making Memories, Jillibean Soup, and Prima. I also added in a few embellishments that I got from swaps (the pinwheels and rosettes, and some ancient Making Memories butterflies from my stash, and some fun finds from Tuesday Mornings and Marshalls- the Dear Lizzy Mixtape (from one of her older lines), the stamps, Canvas BG tags, and the Dear Lizzy Thickers. I also printed out several digistamps to color and add as embellishments/use for cards. The only thing I bought specifically for this kit was the smoky platinum sheer ribbon. It wasn't ruffled, so I bought a sheer ribbon with wired edges,and pulled the wire to ruffle it on one side.
*Money Saving Tip: If you just HAVE.TO.HAVE. the newest CHA goodies, do like I do...just pick up a few sheets of your favorite paper and mix it with your older/handmade stash!

If you want some fun polaroid frames and mason jar digi stamps, here are some links to freebies I found on the web:
Mason Jar Digi Stamps
Vintage Mason Jars From the Graphics Fairy
More Vintage Jars from the Graphics Fairy
Polaroid Digi Stamps
Polaroid PNG frames
More Blank Polaroid Frames

We were also asked to choose a sketch and make a page...I chose the sketch, but haven't gotten the page made yet. I'll share the page as soon as I get it finished, I promise!

Here's the sketch from the Paper Variety for you to try if you would like:

Making Your Own Patterned Paper: A Tutorial

Today, I am goingto share my "Counterfeits" of a few of the papers that were included in the Scrapbook Circle kits-just because I loved them so much!

The first (and probably my favorite) was the My Mind's Eye Kraft Funday Streamers:

And this is how I made my "knock-off":

Started with plain ol' kraft cardstock, and some Tim Holtz Tissue tape:

Grabbed a pair of decorative edge scissors- remember these ;-)? Yes, I kept mine!

I cut the bottom edge of the tape with my scissors and attached it to the cardstock, leaving gaps between the strips, and remembering the top edge:

Now, I thought it looked pretty good, but I wanted to soften it and make it blend together a little better:

So I pulled out some chalk ink (don't judge the smudged case, I use my supplies!):

...smudged on a little light brown over the tissue tape:

And the edges:

And violia, awesome patterned paper (if I do say so myself!):

Next up to "Counterfeit", Fancy Pants Love Story "One Heart":

I knew I couldn't do an exact replica, but I could get something similar! So, I gathered my heart stamps and Staz-On Black ink, along with some smooth white cardstock:

 Stamped them, making sure to "bleed them" off of the edges (not sure if that's exactly the right term, but we're going with it):

 Kept on stamping and staggering the types of stamps used:

 And this is the finished product that I came up with:

 Last on the list, the Pebbles With Love "Dear Valentine":

Again, I started with kraft cardstock (and some red pens, and quote stickers):

 I put the stickers on randomly, but evenly spaced, allowing some to "bleed" off the edges:

 Trimmed the overhangs with my trusty Cutterbee scissors:

 Outlined the stickers:

Looks good, but a little bare:

 So, I rummaged through my stash and found some partially used packs of rub-ons and glitter stickers:

 Added them to the empty spaces:

 And came up with a finished paper that I like very much:

I also loved the My Mind's Eye Kraft Funday Ziggity paper:

So, I printed a black chevron digi paper on kraft 8 1/2 x 11 cardstock:

Up in a day or two-I promise, I start sharing how I am using my kit!

12 Tags of Christmas...Day 6

I can't believe it's half over!! I am having so much fun learning new techniques, watching the videos, and looking at other people's interpretations of the tags!!
Tim's Tag for today:

My tag for today:

My favorite part of the tag I made has to be the little wreath charm that I made!

I followed Tim's techniques pretty closely for the tag itself. I finally got out those paint dabbers that hadn't been used yet, used some yellow, greens and black acrylics in addition. I didn't have the metal foil tape, so I die cut a tag with a free svg from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff, Shipping Tags, out of a silver metallic cardstock from my stash, and embossed it with a Tim Holtz embossing folder (not the exact one he used, but I think this one worked okay, too). I sanded with a fine grit sand paper (after drying the paint, of course),  distressed it with Walnut Stain Distress Ink, and coated the tag with UTEE and heat embossed twice.
For my little wreath, I cut and hand painted a tiny wreath on a scrap of the silver metallic cardstock, sanded the edges and top of the wreath a little bit, Inked with Perfect Medium all over (pressed the wreath into the Perfect Medium), lightly inked with Walnut Stain, then coated with a thick layer of UTEE (sprinkled it on there like sugar!), melted, and coated again. I added some rhinestones that I colored red with a Sharpie marker, and then punched a tiny hole for the jump ring in the top holly leaf. Added a piece of hand dyed silvery gray seam binding, some fasteners, and I was finished! What do you think?

December Daily Counterfeit Kit

I really love the idea of doing a December Daily album, but, with 4 kids and a limited scrapbooking budget, I felt that I would be able to make a great "Counterfeit Kit" from the supplies I already had on hand. There are so many great Christmas kits out there that it was HARD to narrow it down to just one kit to copy-so I picked 2! The kits I chose to draw inspiration from were : The hot kit this season from Studio Calico: http://www.studiocalico.com/kits/add_ons/486, and a fantastic kit from last season, from A Kiss On The Chic: http://www.akissonthechic.com/DecemberKits.aspx. I drew inspiration from both kits to come up with a Christmas kit that I just love!I have plenty of supplies to make my December Daily-plus plenty of other goodies to use on layouts and cards.

Supplies in my kit:
Papers:
Making Memories 12x12 Postage Stripe Noel, We R Memory Keepers White Christmas Snow Flurry,  3 papers from the Jenni Bowlin Red and Black paper stack, the craem swirled paper is from a Christmas paper stack from the Paper Studio, and the green and silver small damask prints are from the DCWV Lemon Flower stacks, the gray chevron paper is  a free digi paper that I got on a Jessica Sprague blog hop, and printed on watercolor paper, Making Memories 12x12 Green Snowflake Noel, Music Note Brown Noel,  The Girls Paperie Tinsel&Twig 12x12 Snowfall, Holly Berry Floral, and Christmas Carol Stripe,  and a Candy Cane Stripe paper from a Martha Stewart Christas paper stack I got on clearance at Wal Mart a couple of years ago.

Album:
I am using a green Smash book from K&Co, that I won as a blog candy a few months ago.

Embellishments:
chicken wire die cut from silver cardstock, assortment  of christmas paper scraps, printable journaling spots and vintage graphics, which I mostly printed on watercolor paper for a luxurious feel, Making Memories red Shimmer Stickers alphas, Cosmo Cricket Tiny Type green letters, Making Memories Scrapbook Basics shimmer alpha stickers,  a couple of Making Memories Noel embellishments, Paper Studio crochet flowers in white (I may mist these or use as is...we'll see as the inspiration strikes), Petaloo Holiday Dazzlers snowmen (I won these from a Petaloo blog hop-they are so cute!),  Elle's Studio Crazy Numbers 0-9, The Girl's Paperie Paper Girl Chipboard alphabet, red  and green baker's twine, a couple of Maya Rd vintage pins, JHB wood buttons (one of the few things I purchased for this kit, got them at Hancock Fabrics), a few Jenni Bowlin Vintage Christmas chipboard buttons,a couple of tiny die cut envelopes, 2 kraft medallions that I cut with my Cricut  and Mother's Day Bouquet at the same size as the ones in the Studio Calico kit- 1 3/4 inches, a few handmade flowers, some Christmas tags from We R Memory Keepers, and some random felt, acrylic, and chipboard bits from my Christmas stash.

Stamps:
Hampton Arts Postscript Calendar, Hampton Art Joyous Holiday, We R Memory Keepers White Christmas Holly Jolly, Studio G i.cling Doily Stamp

Some of my favorite elements in my kit are the chevron paper ,there is a link for a free chevron pattern here, the "chicken wire" die cut (which I cut with silver Wasua cardstock, my Cricut and SCAL), and my tiny die cut envelopes (cut from Echo Park For The Record digipaper with my Cricut and SCAL), and the awesome free printables from Creativity Prompt, Just Something I Made, Pink Paislee here, here and here , the Graphics Fairy, ormolu. I needed an album to stuff this all into-what better than that new green Smash book I haven't used yet?! I will also be using a mix of photography prompts from http://captureyour365.com/2010/12/25-december-daily-photo-ideas/ , and http://rebeccacooper.blogspot.com/2010/12/christmas-photo-traditions.html.

I have some awesome December Daily albums, kits, and ideas pinned to my December Daily Christmas Album Inspiration Board, if my kit didn't suit you, have a peek and make one the way you like it!!

It's Time for a Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Master Forger's Blog Hop! Here is the challenge that we were given for this month's Counterfeit Kit Club blog hop:

BLOG HOP CHALLENGE:

Find a creative way to use flowers on your project!

A fairly easy one for me, since I  love flowers! ;-)

My layout:





 Close Ups of the Embellies:

 
I do have a few more from this month that I would like to share:
"Fireworks Fun", based on sketch 246 from Pencil Lines:

 A Closer look at the Flowers and Embellishment Cluster:

 The Sketch:

 Ice Cream Cupcakes layout:

 A Close Up Look at a Handmade Bow (I made it with the polka dot tissue paper and a button from my kit):

 A Homemade felt cupcake embellie that I received in a swap:

 "Crib Game" layout:

 Make A Wish Layout, based on sketch 229 from Sketch Inspirations:

The Sketch:

Thanks for joining us, I am so happy to tell you that the main blog hop (tomorrow) is sponsored by:

Miss Arts Papercrafting School is generously giving away a 60 day Extra Credit Subscription to take classes at her site! That is unbelievably awesome!
To win this great prize, you can 1. be PART of the blog hop (for one entry) and 2. Comment on our main blog hop post (for one entry). We will pick a winner after the hop and post it on August 1st!
 
Here Is the list for the Master Forger's blog hop, in case you get lost along the way:
 
Helen http://craftimperfect.blogspot.com/


Crystal http://crystalscraftycreations.blogspot.com/

Melissa S http://www.scrappyjedi.com/

Sherri http://www.sherrithompson.blogspot.com/

Kim S http://lovejoyscrap.blogspot.com/

Jemma http://just-jimjams.blogspot.com//

Margie V http://scrappinmargie.blogspot.com/( you are here)

Susanne http://www.snapsandsnippets.blogspot.com/ (go here next)

Gabrielle http://nomorelittlemonkeys.blogspot.com/

Meridy http://meridy77.blogspot.com/

4th Of July/Red, White, and Blue Page Kit

Are you up for the challenge? I was! (I love any excuse to make up a new kit, it's almost as much fun finding treasures in my stash as scrapping with them!) So, when Meridy and Bethany from the Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog asked if anyone wanted to do a 4th of July page kit, I jumped on it! I was so inspired by this month's Liberty Shores Inspiration add on, that I did a page kit, then I went ahead and did a full add on too!
Here is My 4th Of July Add-On Page Kit:

Here Is the Sketch I Used to Make My Page, from July Page Maps:

And, finally, my page:

A Close Up Look at the Embellishments:

My Add-On Kit, which I have named "Sweet Freedom":

Papers:
Red, White, and light blue cardstock
Jenni Bowlin Cherry Pie
Cosmo Cricket red/yellow starbursts
Chatterbox "Rec Bias Plaid"
Bobunny "Santorini Ornament"
Luxe Designs "Simple Dot:Blue"
Webster's Pages Sweet As Cherry Pie "Let's Celebrate" (Thank you Julie Ann for helping me remember this awesome paper!)

Embellishments:
Heidi Grace Cardstock Journal mounts Stickers
Cosmo Cricket red Tiny Type letter stickers
Jenni Bowlin Star Banner Red Stickers
3 handmade kraft envelopes (thanks to Sherri's awesome tutorial)
Red crepe paper
Red and white dual sided striped/polka dot ribbon
Red, white and blue striped ribbon
Scrap of silver trim
Asst. red, white, and blue brads and buttons
Wrights white Hem Tape (seam binding)
Anna Griffin journal spots
Handmade felt shapes and embellished doilies from a swap on 2Peas

White handmade fabric flower

Wooden star shape
Red printed Primas