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,

this is the story

From my Counterfeit Kits I started by pulling out the dark red cardstock and the Tate paper from the Oliver Collection. I knew I wanted to use the stencil that I had included in my kit and I thought it would show up well on the darker colors.

The strip paper has a hint of the green in it so I pulled in a green cardstock, it's a bit brighter than the one in the paper but I think it still looks good with all the darker grungy colors. I cut a small piece of the Tate paper and used the backside as a border, it's the circle piece, along with the green then layered the stripe paper. I used gesso to cover my stencil and waited for it to dry.

After I put the gesso on I realized I should have used the modeling paste. It wasn't as messy and not as bright of a white. Above is the one with the modeling paste.

I had included in my CKC- Fun Times kit the die cut Karate people for this layout and used the one where I had three together. I cut one of then off and used it at the bottom of the layout along with the journaling strips, a sticker and the date. It's a little messy because of the gesso. This is a layout that will go into an album for my sister.

On this one I used modeling paste instead added a few of the star stickers and a DIY label. I made sure to get the whole "this is the story" with the modeling paste

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CKC - Fun Times
8 - 12 x 12 Layouts
3 - 8 1/2 x 11 Layouts
4 - Cards

Recipe:
Papers: Basic Grey "Oliver Collection" - Tate, DCWV green, dark reds and white cardstock
Mini alphabet stickers: Tim Holtz label letters
Cricut Cartridge: Sports Mania - Karate 
Stencil: The Crafters Workshop - the story
Misc.: Adhesive, gesso, modeling paste

Counterfeit Kit Challenge #1 - "Curate: your project

Hello, Hello. Today is Challenge #1 at the Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog. Master Forger Lisa has this to say about our challenge today: 

"We are working with a curated kit this month which is rather exciting. When I looked up the meaning of "to curate" I found this definition:

HERE
verb (used with object), cu·rat·ed, cu·rat·ing.to take charge of, a museum) or organize (an art exhibit);
to pull together, sift through, and select for presentation, as music or website content

I love the idea of pulling together some sort of exhibit or collection - isn't that we do with our memories in this wonderful hobby of ours? 

Be inspired by this definition in some way for your project!"

I'm using paper set #1 from my September CKC- Fun Times kit for my layouts today which had the Kaiser Craft Blue Bay Collection.

I knew what photo I wanted to use for my layout. My oldest guy was married on July 5th and I did a Memory Wedding wall as part of the decorations. I pulled together family wedding pictures for this display.

I pulled a couple of papers from the collection Sea Breeze and Turquoise along with a couple of different  colors of cardstock.

I used a sticker from the sticker sheet for each of the layouts so the quote is different on each of the three pages. His stickers says "so many of smiles begin with you"

My sticker reads "home is wherever i'm with you" and the sticker for my youngest reads "everything beautiful has it's  moment"

My journaling is on the tab behind each of the tan cardstock backgrounds, has a piece of the sticker border on the tab and reads:

I asked for pictures of everyone’s wedding day or anniversary to create a memory wall for David and Katie's reception. Each bookshelf is divided in half, David’s relatives are on the left and Katie’s are on the right side. I have Great Great Grandparents and Great Grandparents on the bottom shelf, then Grand Parents and Parents, then Uncles and Aunts and Brothers and Sisters. The top shelf are engagement pictures of David and Katie and an extra one on the wall to top it off. I used my Grandmother Jessie and Kate’s candles holders and Grandma Jessie’s vases on the top shelf. Then I scattered my moms and my candle holders throughout the remaining shelves along with a few flowers to finish it off.

Don't forget to check out the hop listed below.
Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog: http://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com/
Guest Designer Khristina:  https://www.redefinedkreative.com/blog
You are here: Cindy: http://cindyscreations-cinmfoster.blogspot.com/
Lori:  https://loriannie670.blogspot.com/
Tina: http://tinasscrapcorner.blogspot.com 

We always love to see your work, so please share your kits and projects with us.

You can use our Monthly Link-up page, post them in our Facebook Community, or share them on Instagram (we are @counterfeitkitchallenge or tag us using #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcseptember2019).

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CKC - Fun Times
6 - 12 x 12 Layouts
3 - 8 1/2 x 11 Layouts
4 - Cards

Paper:
Counterfeit Kit Challenge September - CKC Fun Times
Kaiser Craft "Blue Bay Collection" Sea Breeze and Turquoise along with the sticker sheet.
Simple Stories - Wood and Gingham paper pad; Craft Smith Cardstock in tan and light brown; scraps of black cardstock.
Ink: Distress ink: pumice stone
Alphabet Stickers:  Studio Calico Color Theory stickers

The Ranch

The other day I was searching for horse pictures for the Archi-Scraps Challenge and found these pictures of the Ranch house.  I sent them trough my scanner so that I could scrap them for guys.

I pulled the pine tree paper from my second set of paper for the September Counterfeit Kit - CKC Fun Times and the green cardstock I pulled to use with the paper.

The only difference is the photos are a bit brighter than the original after scanning. 

I kept it really simple and matted the photos then typed my journaling, cut it into strips and put it at the bottom of the layout.

Thanks for stopping by. Don't forget to check out the Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog for more inspiration.

We always love to see your work, so please share your kits and projects with us.

You can use our Monthly Link-up page, post them in our Facebook Community, or share them on Instagram (we are @counterfeitkitchallenge or tag us using #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcseptember2019).

CKC- Fun Times
4 - 12 x 12 Layouts
2 - 8 1/2 x 11 Layouts
4 - cards

Recipe:
Counterfeit Kit Challenge September - CKC Fun Times
DCWV- Photo Real, green and white cardstock.

Forgeries on the Fourth

Let's take a look at the Counterfeit Kit  Inspiration Kit from The Secret Not Secret Kit Club that Khristina Sorge made for us.

You can check out the individual pieces by clicking here.
Besides the Viewfinder, airplanes, camera, Karate people and Nintendo Controller I made a few more forgeries.

I love the Heidi Swapp Wolf  Pack Woodsy paper that was included in our Inspiration Kit this month.

I don't have a tree stamp that is large enough for the trees and I was to impatient to wait for paint/watercolor to dry, so I started looking through my Cricut Cartridges for pine trees and settled on the Camp Out Cartridge

I cut a bunch of trees, 24 per color, out of tan, off white, and two different colors of green. I did cut two sheets of the dark green pine trees as I make three pages of this one.  I was not particular on making sure all the little inner pieces of the tree were removed when I pulled it off the mat.

I figured out my layout across the page then used my Zyron to add the glue base and started making my paper. I did not mix it up like in the inspiration paper.

The light green paper has a bit of shimmer to it, it's an old DCWV but I do not know which paper pad. 

Paper Number two is the Vicki Boutin Kaleidoscope Say Cheese paper. 

I used a stamp that has three camera in a row to make my paper.  Using the Kraft cardstock, embossing ink and white embossing powder I stamped away, one row at a time, then heated that row and went onto the next row.

My cameras are larger than the inspiration piece and I have a couple of boo boo's on the right side. My embossing ink was really juicy, but I can easily cover it with embellishments.

In the Inspiration Kit we had Circle Words Epoxy Flair

and the Boys Will Be Boys Stamp Set

So I pulled out a couple of dies - Button dies  for the round element and arrow dies for the crossed arrows in the stamp set.  I just cut them out of the leftover papers from the trees. I will keep them out so that I can cut more to match my layouts as I scrap book and need other colors.

I know there were not leaves butterflies and hearts in the kit but they will work well on my pages.

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Recipe:
Counterfeit Kit - CKC Fun Times
Kraft, white, green, light tan off white cardstock
Cricut cartridge: Camp Out
white embossing powder and Embossing Ink
Stamp: Unity Kit of the month May 2017 {free your dreams}
Dies: Stampin' Up Embosslits - Beautiful Wings, Sweet Buttons; Becky Higgins Project Life Nest Dies - mini banner; Monstera Leaf and Leaf Sample dies; Paper Smooches - tiny hearts; Unknow flower center; Art C stamp and die - Southwestern
Zyron

September Counterfeit Kit -

Welcome to September Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog Hop. This month we have Khristina Sorge from the Secret Not Secret Kit Club (Redefined Kreative) who has made up a kit just for us at the Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog Hop. How fun is that. I have to warn you that is going to be along post.

Here is what sent us for us to Counterfeit.

This is what is in the kit:

--Vicki Boutin Molding Paste

--Kaisercraft Dots & Dashes Stencil

--Three cut file viewfinder discs

--Up, Up, & Away Airplane Cut File (Confessions of a Paper Addict) 

--Three white tags

--Three kraft tags

--Five mini metal stars

--Scrappin Happy Studio Epoxy Flair

--Boys Will Be Boys Exclusive Stamp Set (Ink Road Stamps for SNSKC)

--Cocoa Vanilla Studios Boys Rule ephemera pack

--Jillibean Soup Rainbox Roux Foam Stickers

--Thickers--Twilight (black foam block letters)

--Jillibean Soup Epoxy Stickers

--two sheets of graph paper


12x12 Paper

--Cocoa Vanilla Studios--Boys Rule--Boy Stuff

--Cocoa Vanilla Studios--Boys Rule--Messed Up

--Cocoa Vanilla Studios--Totally Rad--Line Up

--Heidi Swapp Wolf Pack--Zodiac

--Heidi Swapp Wolf Pack--Mountainside

--Heidi Swapp Wolf Pack--Woodsy

--Vicki Boutin Color Kaleidoscope--Beyond Words

--Vicki Boutin Color Kaleidoscope--Say Cheese

--Vicki Boutin Color Kaleidoscope--Side Note

--Vicki Boutin Color Kaleidoscope--Kaleidoscope 

Check out the Pinterest board for all product HERE


You can find Khristina at:

Blog:www.redefinedkreative.com/blog 

YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCFM_xDMIxCTao7kVPouLzeA

Lot's of fun things for us to Counterfeit and pull from our stash.


Here is my Kit for September - Fun Times

I'm starting off with a couple of kit's that I'm hoping to finish off. The first one is from Basic Grey and is the Oliver Collection Pack. I though the colors were perfect for our inspiration kit.I've added a bunch of cardstock to this.  The second kit is from Kaiser Craft called Blue Bay.  I only have one sheet of the papers, so my three pages per paper type will not happen with this set of papers. . 

Here's black cardstock, Jen Hadfield "Best of" gray cardstock, Theresa Collins "Far Away" chevron paper, Word Labels and Damask; DCWV  paper;  Theresa Collins "Far Away" collage paper and Ephemera papr, green cardstock, DCWV - Photo Real, DIY Pine trees and camera, black cardstock  Jen Hadfield "Best of" gray cardstock unknown diamond paper, gray cardstock and Jen Hadfield "Best of". This set also has a bunch of the single sheets only. 

Again this set has single sheets except for the blue gray scallop paper, Then there is Theresa Collins "On the Edge" collection words, shields, griffin, gears; Theresa Collins "Sports Edition II" Practice, Tags, and Shields and light blue cardstock. The inspiration collection included a couple of Graph papers and the crowns in the embellishments pack so I pulled these out to represent them.

My last set of papers starts with paper from DCWV Adventurer, white cardstock, Pop Culture Peach Pit, Bo Bunny Sweet Potato  Stripe, Fancy Pants - Wave Surfer, DCWV Adventurer, DCVW Heirloom Stock green; Recollections Grey Honeycomb, DCWV Adventurer, dark blue cardstock, DCWV Adventurer for round icons and the plaid paper; Recollections - Night Sky, dark blue cardstock, Recollections Navy Family Script, blue cardstock, Craft Smith corner office and a cut a part sheet from DCWV Adventurer. 

I've used both my Cricut and Silhouette for some cut files. I have a view finder, airplanes, camera, a Nintendo controller and a karate person.  I have a couple of mountains that I had left over from another project so I've included them also. I've got a bit of gold and bronze in the last set of papers so I'm including washi tape to match those colors. There was a stencil in the inspiration kit I'm including this on from The Crafters Workshop."the story" and I'll add something to color with when I use the stencil. I'm nor sure if I want sprays, watercolors, acrylic paint or inks. There is a few of the  Here + There puffy stickers left,  some rhinestones  and pearls, a few die cuts from Good Vibes, tags, DIY Labels and a couple of rubon sheets.

I've included quite a few stamps, my box of cut apart from old DCWV kits which the papers are all used up but they are kid friendly and my box of stamped images that didn't make it onto a project. . I've still got a few embellishments from the previous kit so I'm just going to include them here. I will include my alphabet dies and will pull any that I need. 

Now here is the blog hop:


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

Khristina Sorge - www.redefinedkreative.com/blog

Cindy - http://cindyscreations-cinmfoster.blogspot.com/

Leslie - http://lcsmithsaved-outofthemire.blogspot.com

Lisa - http://lisahausmann.blogspot.com

Lori - https://loriannie670.blogspot.com/

Tina - http://tinasscrapcorner.blogspot.com 

Laura - https://www.instagram.com/mrsp_scrapsandtea/
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Now your next stop is the lovely Julene for her take on the inspiration kit. 

We always love to see your work, so please share your kits and projects with us.

You can use our Monthly Link-up page, post them in our Facebook Community, or share them on Instagram (we are @counterfeitkitchallenge or tag us using #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcseptember2019).

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