Counterfeit Kit Challenge November Challenge #2 Twinkling FairyLight - Patio Lights and Flowers

I finally finished my layout using the Counterfeit Kit Challenge November Kit - CKC Here and There that I'm still trying to get through.  I included a bunch of lights that I cut with my Silhouette and wanted to use them with this picture

which I thought was perfect for the November Challenge #2 - Twinkling Fairy Lights. I keep the Star shaped lights up year round and only unplug them in the winter when I hang the Christmas Icicle lights under our deck. I have them on a timer so they come on in the morning for a few hours and then again at night. In the summertime I like to have my morning coffee on the Patio where I get to see them.

I started by coloring them with Gelato yellow on the light bulb part then mixed the Vintage Photo and the gold for the fixture part of the lights. While they were drying I started playing with some scraps from the 6x6 pad's I included in my CKC - Here and There. I do have one full 6x6x sheet which is the green leaf paper from the Pink Paisley - Everyday Musings 6x6 paper pad.

The 1/2 inch strips across the top are joined in the center, the rose strip is off set, with the rub on underneath them. I added foam tape behind all the lights, wrapped the twine around them and added a gold star between each light.

I had a mini September calendar on my desk which is what I stamped my date and wrote a little bit of journaling on. I added a few more of the lights to the bottom of the calendar, another flower rub on, gold stars and a couple enamel dots for the flower centers. I should have stamped the date onto a piece of scrap paper before I stamped onto the calendar as the year is 2019 not 2018. I used a black marker to fix it.

On the right side I added the DIY bow another flower rub on, light and enamel dot and gold stars. I really wanted the gold Stars to represent the lights under my deck.

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CKC - Here and There 
8 - 12x12 Layouts
1 - 8 1/2x11 Layouts
4 - Cards

Recipe:
Counterfeit Kit Challenge November : CKC - Here and There
Paper: White and Dark Pink Cardstock, 6x6 Paper Pads: Amy Tangerine - On a Whim, Crate Paper - Good Vibes and Pink Fresh - Everyday Musings.
Distress Crayon - Vintage Photo; Gelato - yellow and gold.
Misc.: Adhesive, DIY bow, Enamel Dots, Flower rub on, Foam Tape, Gold Stars, sharpie - Black and Gray, Twine and Zots

small things great love

In my Counterfeit Kit one of the stickers in the sticker sheet Pink Fresh Everyday Musings sheet said.  "small thing. great love." I knew exactly what I wanted to use this sticker on.  I do a lot of crocheting and donate most of the things I make or it's made with a certain person in mind and goes out as a gift.

I started this layout by trimming down the 12x12 paper and adding a border at the top of the page from a 6x6 sheet of paper. I matted the photo of the fall afghan onto black cardstock then layered the pieces of paper behind the photo. I made the tag out of another scrap, punched my whole and added twine to it.

I cut another scrap from that same paper and put it at the bottom of the photo to make it look like it's going all the way down. I scattered the snowflakes around the page and used the enamel shapes in the center of each snowflake.

So this photo is of an afghan I made that I had every intention of sending to someone in the nursing home, but decided to keep. It is the first seasonal afghan I have crocheted and kept for myself. Don't worry I had many afghans and shawls that were still donated.

CKC - Here and There
6 - 12x12 Layouts
1- 8 1/2x 11 Layouts
4 - cards

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Recipe:
Counterfeit Kit Challenge November - CKC - Here and There
Paper: Pink Fresh - Everyday Musings 6x6 paper pad Crate Paper - Good Vibes 6x6 paper pad; Kraft and white cardstock; DCWV - Photo Real.
Punch: Fiskars Intricate Punch -  Snowflake and  Xcut large - icy snowflake
Misc.: Adhesive, Enamel Shapes, Pink Fresh - Everyday Musings Phrase stickers.and twine.

Squirrel Antics

Today I pulled out the DCWV - Textures and Natural Paisly paper for my layout. In my November Counterfeit Kit  Here and There I included the Star Cut file. As I was tracing the file on the back of my paper  trying to omit the stars, I realized I and another circular file that didn't cut correctly so I pulled that out, finished cutting it up with an xacto knife and used that instead.  I used the inside of a few pieces to put around the outside.

The photo in the middle is of the squirrel hanging from the top of the bird feeder and eating the feed.  I keep blaming it on the birds that this one feeder is emptied as soon as I fill it up. I guess it's not the birds.

We were getting a little bit of snow that day and I happened to be in the right spot at the right time to see the three squirrels at the feeders. I was able to get quite a few pictures of them running around and eating the bird seed.

I matted the photos onto red cardstock and placed them in the circle. The title is around the outside of the circle with a snowflake cut down to fit between the words. I pulled a few branches I had left over from my September Counterfeit kit - Fun Times to help balance out the title. That is also where the banner pieces came from. 

Each of the snowflakes uses a gold puffy star in the center of it. The card stock I was matting with was a piece of scalloped cardstock and I used the scallops as accents around the page. 

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CKC - Here and There
5 - 12x12 Layouts
1 - 8 1/2x11 Layouts
4 - Cards

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Recipe:
Counterfeit Kit Challenge November: CKC - Here and There
Paper: DCWV Textures and Natural, DCWV Photo Real (background paper), Tim Holtz cardstock and DCWV white and scalloped red cardstock.
Punches: Xcut large - icy snowflake, McGill - Crystal and Fiskars Intricate Punch - Snowflake
Misc.: Adhesive, Alpha stickers - Basic Grey Recess Nano Set, Forgeries on the Fourth - Labels and Leaves from September,  MS Sparkle and Co - gold star puffy stickers. Silhouette cut file,

Established 2019

In my November Kit I included several cut files. The first one is from Page Evans' Happy Scrappy Place Facebook group. She has lots of free cutting files on her group. Well I fell in love with the lightbulbs and they were perfect for one of the icons in our inspiration kit.

I have this love/hate relationship with my Silhouette. Sometimes it will allow me to cut, sometimes it will cut the file wonky, sometimes it won't cut. This month I was lucky and was able to cut several files for my CKC - Here and There. With this file this the top did not cut correctly, so I cut my lightbulbs apart. I used the tree 6x6x paper pad I included with my kit to back the cut file. OMG - this took forever, but was so worth it. I had glue and little pieces of paper everywhere.

For my oldest son I used the Maggi Holmes - Style Board Paper. I trimmed a off  two sides and distressed the edges. then backed it with tan cardstock. I added the bird chipboard, a couple of punched birds and branches. I added white cardstock behind the sticker and made a pocket card to fit into the Journaling Pocket. I did add a bit of foam tap behind the leaves in a couple of places to add dimension. Then I added the sequins.

For my layout I again used the Maggie Holmes paper, distress the edges and backed with tan cardstock. I pulled a few of the stickers, backed with white cardstock and made a journaling card to fit in the journaling pocket.

For my youngest son I used a ColorBox  paper as I only had the two papers from Maggie Holmes.  To keep the Chevron pattern in the middle of the paper I lightly folded it in half and cut the 12x12 paper down. I again added the light bulbs and birds.  I cut down a Journaling card, added the "lead with your heart", bird and branch to the card.

I made sure that the word "love" was placed onto each of the layouts. I only had two of the bird wood veneers left so I made sure to add it to my youngest's layout as I had the paper from Maggie Holmes. If I don't have "3" of something I like to spread them out so that each layout has the theme going. 

CKC - Here and There
4 - 12x12 Layouts
1 - 8 1/2 x 11 Layouts
4 - Cards

Recipe:
Counterfeit Kit Challenge November - CKC - Here and There
Paper: Maggie Holmes - Style Board; Colorbok Mint Julep; Kraft, White and Tan Cardstock; 6x6 paper pads; Pink fresh - Everyday Musings; Amy Tangerine - On a Whim; Crate Paper - Good Vibes
Punch: Stampin' Up - Bird Builder
Cut File: Page Evans - Light Bulbs

Misc. Adhesive, Die cut "LOVE", Distress Tool , Indigo Hill - Ephemera pack, Pink fresh - Journaling Pockets and Pocket Cards, Sequins: 28 Lilac Lane - Spring Butterflies and Fairy Sparkle, Wood Veneer - Birds and Zots

Fall Cards

Today I have four cards I made with the 6x6 paper pads from the November Counterfeit Kit - Here and There. Some nice cards for fall.

Frist up I'm using the stamp set from January 2017 {when you smile} and the Pink fresh "Everyday Musings" paper pad.  I started by stamping the image onto white cardstock and then again onto scraps of cardstock to get the coat, hat and scarf. After fussy cutting them out and layering them onto my image I colored her in.

The second and third cards I used the same image but colored her differently and used Amy Tangerine "On a Whim" and Pink fresh "Everyday Musings"

For the fourth card I used the image from September 2019 {all kinds of holiday love} and Amy Tangerine "On a Whim" with light blue card stock embossed with the Cuttlebug Argyle embossing folder. 

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CKC - Here and There 
4 - 12x12 Layouts
2 - 8 1/2x 11 Layouts
8 - Cards

Recipe:
CKC - Here and There
Paper: 6x6 Paper Pads -  Pink fresh "Everyday Musings", Amy Tangerine "On A Whim", Crate Paper "Good Vibes"; Cardstock, Black, Blue, Brown, Kraft, Pink, Purple and White
Stamps: Unity Stamp Company Kit of the Month - January 2017 {when you smile}, September 2019 {all kinds of holiday love}, August 2019 {warm and cozy}
Misc.: Adhesive, Bic Mark It Markers, Cuttlebug Embossing folder - Argyle, Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangles and Zots

Counterfeit Kit Challenge #1 - Anticipation!

It's time for Challenge #1 from the Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog. You should have arrived here from our Guest Designer Tara's blog. If not I have the full list below as usual. 

The Counterfeit Kit Challenge #1 is Anticipation! Lisa says " For many, November is a time of anticipation - before the fun of Christmas begins, looking forward to or maybe dreading - the weather turning colder and winter showing its face, or the year coming to an end.  Or, like me, it might be a time of full of birthdays, wedding anniversaries and family visits. Whatever it is you're expecting, waiting for or feeling excited about, be inspired by the anticipation of something today. 

I love the holidays, whether its Thanksgiving or Christmas. I love the planning of the menu, the change of the season, and even the snow. So for my Challenge Anticipation I'm document the days leading up to our Thanksgiving.

I'm using page set #3 from my CKC - Here and There and the Silhouette cut files from Scrapbook and Cards Today August 2019 freebie. I started by backing the Silhouette cut file with scraps that I thought went well with the papers I was using for both of the flowers.

I love how it turned out.

Then I added the papers to my kraft cardstock and layered on the pattern papers. I did this for each side of my layout. I auditioned several different colors of cardstock before settling on the kraft.

I already have pictures on the left side of the layout. of this old candle holder that sits on my dining room table which I placed a simple wire wreath of pumpkins, pine cones and leave around, the pumpkin candle holder surrounded by the hedgehogs, and my sunflower leaf wreath. I will add my journaling on the black cardstock for both pages. I've started the journaling in a Word document on my computer and will finish it off after Thanksgiving. 

Page two has two 4x6 photo mats waiting for a picture of the table and the kids.  Now the "Home" and "together" have not been glued down in case I need to  move them around a bit. I normally attach the receipts, meal planning (what I'm going to make), ingredient list, and who's coming to the back of the layout.

Now for the Challenge #1 - Anticipation! Hop order:

Counterfeit Kit Challenge - http://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com

Guest Designer Tara - https://kryptonite72-rambles.blogspot.com
Cindy:- http://cindyscreations-cinmfoster.blogspot.com/
Leslie:- http://lcsmithsaved-outofthemire.blogspot.com/
Tina:- http://tinasscrapcorner.blogspot.com/

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Recipe: CKC - Here and There
Paper: DCWV - Heirloom Stack, Kraft and Black cardstock.

Misc.: Scrapbook and Cards Today August 2019 freebie. 
Misc.: Adhesive, enamel dots, sequins, Thickers Patio Party.

Forgeries on the Fourth

Our inspiration kit this month is from a shop in the Netherlands, Scrapdelight Scrapwinkel, and the winter pocket kit can be found here,

the tradition scrapbook kit here,

and the paper kit here. There is lots of inspiration.

I drew my inspiration from the coffee cups and the hanging lights and tiny houses.

To start with I stamped my images of the coffee cups, cold coffee and the hanging light onto white cardstock then used my markers to color the images.

For the tiny houses I used a cut file from Scrapbook and Cards Today, June 2019 freebie. I backed the outlines with pattern paper. I did cut three of each house and will be backing them.

I just love the way they turned out. 

Don't forget to stop by the Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog to check out what the other Master Forgers did.

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Recipe:

Stamps: Unity Stamp Company KOTM -Light garland January 2017 {when you smile}, Coffee cups  February 2017 {unexpected places} cold coffee drink  May 2016 {a summer story}

Cut File: Tiny houses - Scrapbook and Cards Today, June 2019 freebie

Ink: Gina K - amalgam

Markers: Bick Mark it

Adhesive

November Counterfeit Kit Blog Hop - Here and There

Welcome to the November Counterfeit Kit Blog Hop. Can you believe it's November? I can't, I'm not ready for winter, Thanksgiving or Christmas just to name a few.  Lisa's pick for us this month is a kit from the Netherlands from Scrapdelight Scrapwinkel, (love the name of the shop). The website is in Dutch but use the google translate button to get a feel.  Lisa picked the pocket page kit as our main inspiration

and it can be found here.

There is also a "traditional" scrapbook kit,

click here.

Lastly there is an add on on paper kit,

click here.

Our Guest Designer this month is Tara O'Rourke, she blogs at Tara's Ramblings.  Thanks for joining us this month Tara.

Now here is my kit - Here and There. I love the colors of this kit but I didn't have any of the lovely steel blue that is in this kit, so I'm keeping my options open.

Here is the main paper's for my kit:

The first four papers are from Pink Fresh - Everyday Musings "Happy Place", "Full of Joy", and "Sweet Escape"; Simple and Perfect " Simplicity"; Webster Pages - Love Story "Just Love"; Maggie Holmes - Style Board; Recollections Gray & White Stripe: the next four are from Jen Hadfield Home Made paper pad. Then I have three 6x6 paper pads from the top: Amy Tangerine - On a Whim; Crate Paper - Good Vibes and Pink fresh - Everyday Musings. All three of them had a shade of blue that I thought went with my 12x12 papers. 

Then I added a couple of page sets. I have embellishments included here but may also use them on other papers. Page set 2

these papers are from DCWV Textures and Natural, which was part of a larger paper pad and this is all I have left. I've included a doily, bows from previous DIY, tags, wood keys and metal keys and embellishments that go with those two embossing folders, a few brads, tags, twine and a die cut shape.

Page set #3

has papers from DCWV - Heirloom stack and the last two are from simple Stories - Wood and Gingham paper pad. I've included three snowflake punches and a Crate Paper Snow and Cocoa wood veneer. My colors are more of the teals and blues but they went well with the gingham paper.

Now for the embellishments:

I have stars in both gold puffy stickers and enamel dots, the oh Snap rub on which I will probably only use the flowers, a few miscellaneous die but pieces, wood been deer, flowers and birds, washi tape in tone of blues and teals - they are all skinny washi tapes, and a few DIY houses.

Pink Fresh - Everyday Musings Pocket Cards, Journaling Pockets and Phrase Stickers.

I was able to cut a few silhouette files:

The top was a free file that I don't know where I got, but the flower is from Scrapbook and Cards Today August 2019 freebie,

the star wreath is from Paper Issues - Starring You Circles and

a Page Evans - Light Bulbs. This one didn't cut quite right on my Silhouette and I tried twice, got the same cut after changing the settings, so that means I'm back to my love hate relation with my Silhouette. Sigh.

Then I pulled in a few stamps. I know I had a coffee cup like the one in the inspiration kit, the string lights and a cold coffee cup.

As I said I'm  not ready for Thanksgiving or Christmas or winter so I pulled in a fall set of stamps and a winter or Christmas one. It has the cutest little Christmas bulbs in it along with snowflakes.

Here is my full kit Here and There -well most of it.

I didn't add in the cut files and stamps and washi tape.

The next stop is Julene and you can find her here.

Now full Counterfeit Kit Blog Hop:

Counterfeit Kit Challenge - http://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com

Guest Designer Tara - https://kryptonite72-rambles.blogspot.com

Cindy:- http://cindyscreations-cinmfoster.blogspot.com/ You are Here
Julene:- http://julenebydesign.blogspot.com//
Leslie:- http://lcsmithsaved-outofthemire.blogspot.com/
Lisa:- http://lisahausmann.blogspot.com
Lori:- http://loriannie670.blogspot.com/
Tina:- http://tinasscrapcorner.blogspot.com/

On the 2nd we have the "Just the Gist" and the 4th is "Forgery on the Fourth" post to give you some more inspiration on making your own kits.

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