Counterfeit Kit Challenge Bog - Challenge #1 - Oh Happy Day.

It's time for Challenge #1 at the Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog. Our Challenge is: Oh Happy Day  and Leslie says "Our Club Echo Park "Oh Happy Day" inspiration kit collection name provides our first challenge! Check through your phots for that great happy memory, or perhaps one of your kit elements reminds you of something happy? Use your creativity to lift spirits & and bring a smile."

When I was growing up on the ranch my Grandmother Jessie would tell the story of riding a mule down the Grand Canyon walls to the river below. She would talk about the different colors of the rock wall and how pretty it was.  Several years back my husband and I went to the Grand Canyon in January. We were not riding mules down the Grand Canyon, but it was amazing to see the Canyon.

In my kit I included several cut apart sheets as I am horrible about not using them and my challenge for myself was to try to get a few of the used up. I pulled out this one and am going to use

create moments not things on my layout. I pulled out the yellow wooden paper, the gray frame, leaves and a scrap of paper for the vertical band.
 - Grand Canyon Adventure

My journaling is on the back of the layout.

If you follow my blog you know that 1. I make page kits when I put my Counterfeit kit together and 2. I scrap for my guy's.  All of my paper for this page kit

Simple Stories - Wood and Gingham paper pad, I substituted K and Company - Basics Darks paper pad as I didn't have enough dark blue ; Jen Hadfield - Simple Life.

Here are their layouts using those paper.

 - It's All Good:
12x12 Layout:

I really like the Woodgrain paper with the lemons it just doesn't seem to make it so girly. I all of the  stickers are from the Good Vibes sticker sheet. The little gold pieces were inside the stars, instead of throwing them away I used them like enamel dots.

The  8 1/2 x 11 Layout:

I have to go back and add a dark blue border around the lemon paper, I evidentially forgot to do this when I was making the layout.

Be sure to stop by the Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog as there is  more inspiration for challenge #1.

Thanks for stopping by.

Recipe:
Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog - CJC May 2020 - Home
Papers: Tan cardstock, Simple Stories - Wood and Gingham paper pad, K and Company - Basics Darks paper pad; Jen Hadfield - Simple Life; Scraps of yellow and green
Cut a part sheet - Jen Hadfield - Heart of Home
Stickers- Crate Paper -Good Vibes
Die Cuts - are from my stash