Friday, March 15, 2024

Winter Beauty LO for Sketch N Scrap challenge

Good Morning and welcome. Here we are in the middle of March, we have been having some awesome warm weather sure feels like Spring is definitely in the air. Next week we'll be back to normal temps for this time of year.  We got a fun challenge layout over at Sketch N Scrap for the day. This sketch was created by Lori 

This is what I created with it:

I used January's counterfeit kit for my papers for this layout. Also some things from Some Assembly Required. This sketch certainly enhanced my photos.

 Thanks for stopping by today to see what I created and can't wait to see what you create from this cool sketch over at Sketch N Scrap blog.

Friday, March 1, 2024

CKC - March 2024 Kit Reveal - Chase Your Dreams

Welcome to my blog and the 1st of March that means it's a new inspiration for us over at Counterfeit Kit Challenge kits to challenge us to look through our own stash and choose a kit to play with. 1st you should have arrived here from Ryann's Instagram I'm looking forward to checking out her kit and see what inspired her. We are thrilled to have Jessica Haab join us as Guest Forger, she posts regularly on our community page so check that out too. Make sure you leave her some love!!!
Julene is our host this month and she says:

The kit I have chosen for March is   Citrus Twist Kits "Parasol"    

  PARASOL 12 x 12 Kit – Citrus Twist Kits

It has a Spring vibe which should appeal, plus many different ideas for kit forgeries. There's a floral theme underlying the papers and cut aparts. Maggie Holmes papers appear. It is a pretty kit. 




The kit definitely has a Spring vibe to it, I went with oranges instead of the lemons in the kit. 

Here is my kit for March:

Chase Your Dreams

I love the inspirational kit, love the blues and yellows together in this kit and what I thought I was going to use before I left for vacation has since changed when I got back as this kit will work out well with any photos of the trip I scrap and still coordinate with the chosen papers from the album we were putting together on the ship. Yep, I took my very 1st Scrapbooking Cruise and have to say it was an AWESOME experience to enjoy my hobby while I'm on vacation too.

Papers: 

I chose a variety from my drawers of loose papers, Pinkfresh Studio Flower Market that had the Spring vibe going as well as some from Vicki Boutin's Printshop collection and some Prima Nature Lover collection to bring in the birds in the inspirational kit

Close ups:

I had no pompom ribbon so brought in some other ribbons, twine and fiber
Hit the Flower Market for most of my embellishments for my kit
made sure to bring in some wood buttons too and maybe get some of the packs onto pages, set of stamps that I thought might be fun to use too
I grabbed a Blue alpha from the Flower Market collection and the white words and the BoBunny candy dots from a Not Just for Boys kit, the stamps came from the kit too. The PL cards I keep handy in a tray so I always have them available to me and my mixed media I will use when it's needed. That's it, that's my kit for March I hope to get further along with it then I did my February kit ;) Thanks for stopping by today to my little corner of the world. Off you go to Vickki's Instagram if you get lost along the way the blog list is below. We look forward to seeing what you come up with for your kit this month at the CKC communly facebook group

 

Now on to our social media hop.                         






Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Merry Christmas with Trees card for a Sketch N Scrap challenge

Hello and welcome :) I'm on vacation when you see this post and hopefully it's very warm where I'm at :)

Welcome to the 2nd card sketch of February over at Sketch N Scrap challenge blog. A fantastic sketch from Lori

I created another Christmas card work on my pile for this coming year.
A few scraps for this card love to save Christmas paper for cardmaking. Thanks for stopping by today to see what I created and can't wait to see what you create from this cool sketch over at Sketch N Scrap blog.

Thursday, February 15, 2024

Eat Well & Live Your Best Life LO for Sketch N Scrap challenge

Good Morning and welcome. Here we are in the middle of February, we have been having some very mild weather this winter. Been busy packing for vacation too! We got a fun challenge layout over at Sketch N Scrap for the day. This sketch was created by Lori 

This is what I created with it: 
A good day in 2023 was the spotlight of this layout, spending the day with my sister for her birthday. I used my current counterfeit kit: Caribbean Blue for the layout really loving this kit this month.

 Thanks for stopping by today to see what I created and can't wait to see what you create from this cool sketch over at Sketch N Scrap blog.



Monday, February 12, 2024

Sit & Stay Awhile LO for a Counterfeit Kit Challenge

 Good Morning and welcome :) to the 1st challenge of the month over at Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog. Brandi is our host this month and the 1st challenge is Make it Messy!

Break out those mixed media goodies & make it messy by using at least two different mediums on your project! 
I did just that. My Caribbean Blue kit had the Distress spray I used for splatters and with that stencil I had in the kit I used Lunar paste for my second mix media. I added the twine and the wood buttons from the kit for added dimension on the layout. I definitely had fun creating this layout
Thank you for stopping by today and seeing what I'm up to in my little corner of the world. I hope you join us over at Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog for this fun challenge.
 

Thursday, February 1, 2024

CKC - February 2024 Kit Reveal - Carribean Blue

Welcome to my blog and the 1st of February that means it's a new inspiration for us over at Counterfeit Kit Challenge kits to challenge us to look through our own stash and choose a kit to play with. 1st you should have arrived here from Christine's youtube channel I'm looking forward to checking out her kit and see what inspired her. We are thrilled to have Jessica Mikels join us as Guest Forger. You can follow her on her blog, Instagram and YouTube!. Make sure you leave her some love!!!
Brandie Jo is our host and she says:

 And now the moment we’ve all been waiting for… our latest inspiration kit! I chose “November Rain” by Not Just for Boys Kit Club! I absolutely love everything Meridy and Paula put together monthly, so I knew that’s exactly where I was headed this month. Here is a photo of the main kit:


They also offer an add-on essentials kits, which is typically mixed media product and additional embellishments! You can also buy extra paper add-ons & more items ala carte on their site. Lots of inspiration to be had for building a stash kit as well! 

 I have to agree with Brandi Jo and love the kits the Meridy and Paula put together over at Not Just for Boys kit club :P So looking at the inspiration kit I'm seeing lots of Blue and just love that! Woodgrain, Plaid, Brick and what looks like Rust I was very drawn to buildng my own kit. You see that I brought in some papers from some previous Not Just for Boys kits to round out my kit.

Here is my kit for February:

Carribean Blue

 Here are the papers:

I loved the papers in the inspiration kit and wanted to mimic them as much as I possibly could. The Alphas:

I also brought in the cutfile from the kit that I added to my own papers. Definitely has that same Fall feel to it.
Close up 1 has the chipboard stickers, die cuts in the way to tags and frames and that cool stencil too.
Close up 2 has the chosen sprays in blue, also blue leaves, blue twine and wood buttons. There is another twine in there as well as some acrylic pieces too.
Close up 3 has sequins, wood veener, stamps and more leaves. I'm glad I have a few Fall photos yet that need scrap and I think this kit will be perfect for any other pictures I want to scrap too. Thanks for stopping by today to my little corner of the world.
Off you go to Misty's blog if you get lost along the way the blog list is below. We look forward to seeing what you come up with for your kit this month at the CKC communly facebook group


1st February - Counterfeit Kit Challenge Reveal and Hop:

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Happy Camper LO for a Counterfeit Kit Challenge

 Good Morning and welcome :) We are having a new challenge over at Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog starting this year instead of Killing the Kit ideas we have transformed it into challenging YOU, our dear friends, to use the SCRAPS that you have in your kit as you have created layouts this month! So I'm up to the challenge and with only a handful of scraps and the 1st sketch of January from Sketch N Scrap:

Which I have rotated to use with my pictures I created this layout
Using my few scraps, a few 6x6 papers I had in my kit and the stencil I was able to accomplish a fun layout of the last time I had to wear a mask at a health facility.

Thank you for stopping by today and seeing what I'm up to in my little corner of the world. I hope you join us over at Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog for this fun challenge.