August Counterfeit Kit and Social Medial Hop

 Welcome to August's Counterfeit Kit and Social Media Hop. Tara is our Master Forger in charge this month.  As usual the full blog hop is listed below. Tara has selected a Sweet Shoppe Design collection for our inspiration kit this month, can be found here: Sweet Shoppe Designs - Making Your Memories Sweeter. Here are the papers and the embellishments:

Our Guest Designer this month is Sarah Rouault, Here is a little bit about Sarah: 

"I live in Newbury, Berkshire UK. I’m a PA to the Directors at a Building Society. I have

two grown up children and one granddaughter Daisy who is 6. I’m a widow of 19 years

so I know to make the most of every day - we’re only here for a visit.

As a child I kept Newspaper cuttings of the Royal Family in a scrapbook and I started

to scrapbook my photos about 11 years ago but stopped due to life events, however I

really got back into it during 2020 - COVID and lockdown! I have followed Counterfeit

Kit Challenge on the blog for years but only a few months ago joined the Facebook

group and got stuck into creating kits from the inspiration each month. I have hundreds

of photos still to scrap from many many years of snapping away and I like to use a

defined kit for each event, occasion or holiday so CKC is great to help me focus on

pulling different collections from my stash together to use this way for each project. I

love all the ideas each month and the support and comments posted in the group is so

encouraging - everyone is so lovely."

Please give her a warm welcome.

Here is my August CKC - Bee Happy.

First off, I pulled mainly yellow, kraft, black papers for my kit. 

I also have a 6x8 paper pad and embellishments. I added in the 12x12 chipboard frame I would like to use up I will be adding in 12x12 and 11 1/2 x8 cardstock and pattern paper for the backgrounds.

I also pulled in a few pieces of scrap paper, and a partially used 6x6 paper pad that I would like to finish off. 

Here are a few of the specific embellishments I will be using. I pulled these for my page kits that. As for the rest I will be using some stamps, tiny word stickers and of course I can add from my stash. I also have a white alphabet set that I will need to make a few letters for my title. 

I have several stamps that I want to use both on my layouts and for cards. I have also pulled in some Hexagon and circle dies. I am substituting butterflies and birds for the bees in my kit. 

thanks for stopping by. 

The full blog hop:

1st August - Counterfeit Kit Challenge Reveal and Hop

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

 Guest Designer - Sarah Rouault https://www.facebook.com/sarah.rouault.3

 Ryann - https://www.instagram.com/scrapbookingjoey/

 Laurie - https://www.instagram.com/scrapbookingbits/

 Julene - http://julenebydesign.blogspot.com/.

 Tina - http://tinasscrapcorner.blogspot.com/

 JoJo - https://www.instagram.com/scrappyconfessions

 Jody - https://www.instagram.com/floppyearedfarm/

 Misty - https://craftysoup.com/

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

July Counterfeit Kit and Social Media Hop

 Welcome to July's Counterfeit Kit and Social Media Hop. Ryan is the Master Forger in charge this month.  You should have arrived here from Brandi. As usual the full hop is listed below. Ryan has selected Moonlit Collection by Traci Reed. It has a Summer Nights vibe which should appeal to anyone who enjoys evening activities in their summertime. It is a pretty vestal kit. 

Our Guest Designer this month is Lacy Stockton.  She says, "Hi, I’m Lacy Stockton and I live in a boy’s world, married to my playful husband and we share three beautiful boys, plus my “Baby,” Zuko (our Boston Terrier) and only other female influence, a tabby cat named Paisley.  I began scrapbooking in 1998 when I purchased an idea magazine and scrap lifted every layout from the book, starting my passion for the creative, hands-on art of documenting life.  Currently, I am primarily a Creative Memories scrapper, as I love the coordinating collections, but have years’ worth of supplies that mostly remained stored until I was introduced to this group.  I am really enjoying reinventing a purpose in old supplies and combining it in ways I wouldn’t put together otherwise through the inspiration kits.  I love being involved in the challenges as I am a list maker/checker, and the challenges feel like assignments giving me criteria to complete.  I’ve only been involved for a few months and already have been excited to create layouts with old supplies that have happily found a home in a scrapbook.  I look forward to a well themed event to assure a more scrapbook content, and it’s very common for me to take a photo knowing something will match scrapbook paper I already own.  This is a photo from my “Clue” birthday party when I dressed as Mrs. White."

Lacy will be posting her layouts on the Counterfeit Kit Facebook page. Please give her a warm welcome.

Here is my July CKC - These Moments.

I have a variety of papers. I tried to stay to the darker side, but I have added in a few lighter colors. 

I have a variety of photos to scrap this month, Derek with a sparkler, eating ice cream, at the fire pit, making hot dogs with dad, Darcy playing in the sunshine with Derek, and watching a parade are just a few of the layouts I plan on finishing this month.

As for my embellishments I have a wide variety, a couple of cut- a-parts, sticker sheet, I have one alphabet picked out, enamel dots and some chipboard. 

Various Flowers, DIY Enamel dots, ribbon, wood veneer words, cameras, buttons, labels, tabs, and paperclips.

More cut-a-parts, chipboard and chipboard frames, bare chipboard, tasses, tags, stamped images and some puffy stickers. 

I've added in my circle dies and punches, a couple of Cricut Cuts from various cartridges, Stamps, glitter and sequins. 

Your next stop on the is JoJo  https://www.instagram.com/scrappyconfessions. Thanks for Stopping by.

July Counterfeit Kit Challenge Reveal and Social Medial Hop:

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

• Brandi - www.instagram.com/scrappy.boymama 
• Cindy - http://cindyscreations-cinmfoster.blogspot.com/ 

• JoJo -https://www.instagram.com/scrappyconfessions
• Misty - https://craftysoup.com
• Ryann -https://www.instagram.com/scrapbookjoey/
• Tara - https://kryptonite72-rambles.blogspot.com/
• Tina - http://tinasscrapcorner.blogspot.com/
• Vikki-https://www.instagram.com/memoriesandmomentsscrapbooking/?hl=en

Counterfeit Kit Challenge #2 - Color Explosion!

 Welcome to Counte3rfeit Kit's challenge #2 - Color Explosion! Laura asked us to create a layout bursting with color, using vibrant hues and playful patterns to express joy and creativity. There is no journaling as it is part of Darcy's birthday pictures for Katie's album, the picture is of Grandpa Mark and Darcy. 

I used the Distress ink in picked raspberry, peacock feather, and twisted citron. I have the mini–ink pads. I used the ink pad on white cardstock to make my background, just inkpad to paper. This is my Vibrant hues paper.  

From my stash I found the "love" cut is from a Cricut cartridge that was already cut out, the butterflies are ones that I have fuzzy cut out of other pattern paper and keep in a small container for future use. I glued the butterfly body and used foam dots behind the butterfly wings to give dimension.,

I did get a picked raspberry smudge where the bottom left had side cluster is. I used a word sticker and flower from the Carpe Diem sticker book and another butterfly. 

Layout using Forgery on the Fourth

 From my June Counterfeit Kit - CKC June 2024 - Bright and Bold, I am using my Ray of Sunshine Forgery paper, post is here. 

My paper is 8 1/2 x 11, the photo I am scrapping goes into my youngest album and this the size he chose. 

The is part of a two-page layout. The Minnesota Vikings had a fundraiser at the Vikings new training center a couple of years ago. When you signed up you scaled a walled of the training center and got you picture taken with him. 

I pulled in a scrap of red to mat the photo and trimmed down the white cardstock to mat on black cardstock. 

Distress ink: mustard seed and fossilized amber

Thanks for stopping by.

Counterfeit Kit Challenge - Forgeries on the Fourth

 Ourt inspiration kit this month is 49 and Market Vintage Artistry Sunburst collection. Here is a preview of the Kit:

I really like the yellow "Ray of Sunshine" paper, but I do not have this paper.(Vintage Artistry Sunburst - Ray of Sunshine - 49 and Market).

 I find the distress paper hard to use, but this one was calling my name. I pulled out my Cricut cartridge Artbooking and played around with the cut on page 15. 

The set is cut at 3 1/2" - top right, 7 inches middle, and the left side is at 11". 

The left is cut at right side is cut at 8" and the left is at 11". I am cutting them out of white cardstock to use as a template.

After cutting and removing the rays from the first set I thought I should keep the cut-out parts to use for scrap paper. (I did not go back and do this any of the other but the 11" on the left side. 

For my forged paper I used Distress ink in fossilized amber and mustard seed. This paper is for an * 1/2 x 11 layout. I outside the top, so I just extended the ink beyond the border. No can really tell until you lay the stencil on the top.  

Thanks for stopping by