Forgeries on the Fourth

 Good morning, I have made a few Forgeries for the Fourth at the Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog. We are using the Citrus Twist Travelogue Life-Crafted Kit - April 2022., You can find this it here. 

I am using the tools I included in my kit.

I have Spellbinders Nested lacy Pennants, and small pennant dies. I included a stamp set from Shimelle unknown name but it's from 2016, and The Unity Stamp Company -July 2022 Kit of the Month {fresh air and sunshine} 

Here are my forgeries. 

I use a couple of Silhouette cut files First is the Pennant cut file is from Paige Evans Taylor from the 30 Days of Boy. Her files can be found here Paige Taylor Evans.  I used a free file for the view finder. and the leaves are from Paper Issues, can be found here.  I pulled out my scraps to die cut the pennants I stamped the train from the Simmelle stamp onto the banner.

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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

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.

Car Show Layout

Today I'm using Allison Davis' sketch for my layout.  I thought this was the perfect sketch for a lot of photo's of this summer's car show.  When my oldest son is in town he always makes time to go to the Car Shows and this sketch will hold a lot of photos. (Remember you can click on the photos to get a close up).

 

I started by cutting down the blue background paper to 11 1/2".  Because this paper has some stamping along all of the edges I cut a 1/4" of off each side to keep some of the stamping.  This is one of the new stacks I picked up at JoAnn's. while they were on sale.  It full of patterns and colors that can be used for guys and not just for girls.  Love this!!

 

 

I created the Car Show ticket with my Silhouette using "Cleanadvertising" as the font, added a row of pearls, the blue stamped car,  wrapped a couple of pieces of twine around the ticket. I  then layered behind it the cream cardstock using pop up dots to give it some dimension.  

 

 

For the first page I changed the photo to 4x6's and used stamped images of the cars instead of little pictures at the bottom of the page.  I used the ticket corner punch on each of the cars.  I added a pearl in the corner of the bottom cars.  I added a photo corner to the top left and bottom right photo spots.  All of the edges are inked with burgundy.

For the second page I kept it pretty much like the sketch.  I added the photo corners to the top left and bottom right photos.  My photo spots are 3 3/4" x 3 3/4", but you can easily put a larger photo there, I left room to tuck it behind the embellishments

 

I embossed the Old Jalopy on orange cardstock and then used Dark Soot ink to high light the image.  The journaling spot as stamped and can slide out to the detail information.  I have a piece of chipboard with a pearl in the center holding it in place.  I used a toothpick to make the "Good Times" sign and hid the bottom of the toothpick behind the card image.  A couple of word arrows and a few pearls finish off the center. The tickets were embossed and then inked with Vintage Photo. I added another toothpick and word arrow to the side.

 

 

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Recipe:
Cardstock: Bazzill Basics - Champagne; Recollections - white, cream and orange; DCWV - The Timless Texture Stack; Textured Yellow Cardstock, brown cardstock
Stamps:Hero Arts - transportation (largest and smallest cars, arrow); Lil Davis Designs - Away we go (journaling spot); Unity Stamps - February 2012 Kit of the Month {lucky to have you}
Ink: Martha Stewart - dark blue; Inkadinkadoo - burgundy; Distress Ink - Vintage Photo, Black Soot; Stampin' Up - Early Espresso, Crushed Curry, Dusty Durango
Embossing Folder: Tim Holtz - Ticket and Old Jalopy
Punches: Martha Stewart - photo corners and Cherish border; Stampin' Up - ticket corner punch
Rub-on: Scenic Route Paper Co - Spring Summer Words
Silhouette: Car Show ticket
Misc.: Adhesive, Recollection Pearls, pop up dots, Cuttlebug, Piggy Tales chipboard, toothpicks, scissors