New Beds - Double Page Layout

 As if I don't have enough paper in my CKC February 2025 - The Neutrals, I am adding in this set of papers with these photos. I will be making another set of 2-page layouts.

The papers are from DCWV - Vintage Memories paper pad (2017), Natural cardstock paper pad (2010), and The Old-World Stack (unknown) and I am also using Pinkesh Golden foiled Wood Alpha stickers. I am also playing along with Follow a Sketch February Day 3. 

I grabbed a couple of scraps for the vertical strip down the center. My background paper is plenty busy with the gold highlights throughout, so I am not including any extra embellishments. I have also started scrapping this story and the journaling is on other pages. 

The difference on the second page is the flipping of the photos to the other side and the addition of the strip of paper I cut off from the first page. 

Here is my 8 1/2" x 11" pages.

Thanks so much for stopping by

February 2025 Counterfeit Kit and Social Media Hop

 Welcome to February's Counterfeit Kit and Social Media Hop.  Are you ready for another month of inspiration?

Master Forger Misty is up this month as our Master Forger in charge. She has chosen for our inspiration kit this month a kit from Kitaholic Kits in Australia. She chose the May 2024 kit and says this, "This one appealed to me since it reminded me of a winter cabin in the woods. I wanted something wintery but not full of the typical motifs. With a really neutral color palette and just the right pops of accent colors I hope you find this kit flexible.

Kit overview

Paper "A" sides

Paper "B" sides

Embellishments

And the mixed media add-on kit...

Please welcome our guest designer, Sheryle Thomas. Sheryle is from our very own CKC Facebook community. I love her consistent activity in the group and was happy to invite her to be our guest. Here is more from Sheryle...

"After a long career in nursing and years of caring for my mom, I have been able to focus more on the fun aspects of scrapbooking. I have been scrapbooking and collecting supplies for 25+years so time to use the supplies. I love following sketches and challenges to play with all the pretty paper and embellishments. As a retired person and childless cat lady I get to tell the stories of my extended family and of course those beloved cats. My favorite technique is probably die cutting as I do some on most pages."

Now for my Counterfeit Kit - CKC February 2025 - The Neutrals.

I pulled a lot of neutrals for this kit with a few pops of colors in greens and teals. I added in a lot of different metallic papers, either in the patterns or full sheets. 

My papers:

For more specialty paper I included vellum and transparencies, to round out my kit I pulled from my scrap pile for a lot of scraps to make up page kits. 

Embellishments: I have a lot of die cuts from my Cricut and Silhouette for my embellishments along with trying to use up a few of the miscellaneous bits and pieces. Here is a few.

We also have a couple of stencils, a cloud one I made a few years ago, stamps, flowers, pom poms, labels, buttons stickers and a rub on or two, embossing folders circle punches and dies. I even used a paper plate for one of my die cuts which means I used my distressing tool and of course lots of inks 

Here is the full Social Media Hop and you next stop is Jody - www.instagram.com/floppyearedfarm, click here.

Social Media Hop:

• Counterfeit Kit Challenge - http://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com/
• Guest Designer - Sheryle Thomas (Sheryle is sharing her work on our Facebook Group)
• Counterfeit Kit Challenge - http://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com/
• Guest Designer - Sheryle Thomas (Sheryle is sharing her work on our Facebook Group)
• Brandi - https://www.instagram.com/scrappy.boymama/
• Christine - https://www.youtube.com/@ScrappingHarden
• Cindy - http://cindyscreations-cinmfoster.blogspot.com/ (you are here)
• Jody - www.instagram.com/floppyearedfarm
• JoJo - https://www.instagram.com/scrappyconfessions
• Julene - http://julenebydesign.blogspot.com/
• Laurie - https://www.instagram.com/scrapbookingbits/
• Misty - http://www.craftysoup.com
• Ryann- https://www.instagram.com/scrapbookjoey/
•  Tara - https://kryptonite72-rambles.blogspot.com/

 Now, let's see what we have lined up for the rest of this month:

• 2nd February - Just the Gist of it. 
• 4th February - Forgeries on the Fourth
• 6th February - Mini Kit and Project Reveal 
• 12th February - Challenge #1 
• 18th February - Challenge #2
• 22nd February - Challenge #3 Sketch Challenge
• 24th February - Follower Showcase 
• 26th February - March Sneak Peek (on Instagram and the Facebook Community) 
• 28th February - Challenge #4 Baby, Use Those Scraps Challenge

We love to see what you are working on!  Drop in your projects to our Facebook Community Group and of course tag us on Instagram at #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcfebruary2025

Thanks for stopping by.

May Counterfeit Kit and Social Media Hop

Welcome to May Counterfeit Kit and Social Media Hop. Misty is the Master Forger in charge this month. She has selected Timeless from a company called DLS Design. This kit is offered by a kit company in the Netherlands. Since you are unlikely to have any of these items, you will really have to put those counterfeit skills to use this month!

This image from the company's website is a bit hard to see. So she has taken screen shots of all the kit elements and compiled them into an overview.

Misty chose this kit for that bold circle print which features red. She doesn't normally use red. However this bold color is well balanced with white, yellows, greens and pink. It all just called to her. 

There is even more to this line of paper goodness. If you want to explore all the add ons and extras in this offering, you can head over to the Timeless Collection page to see even more.

Please welcome our guest designer for May. I'm so happy to introduce you to my friend Alison Day. Here is what Alison wanted to share about herself.

"Hi I'm Alison and I've been playing with pretty paper since 2009. I've dabbled in crafts of every description all my life, but I discovered scrapbooking when my children were small, and I didn't look back. I trained as an Interior Designer and tend to use my knowledge of colour and design on my pages and in my cards instead of other people's houses. I'm a life-long student so learning from others inspires me and tends to lead to ideas. More ideas than I have time in the day to implement! 

In 2021 I opened an Arts & Crafts store in my town of Ladner, BC. [Ladner Village Arts & Crafts]. It became my home away from home and being surrounded by not only racks and racks of pretty paper, but also fabric, yarn and painting supplies has had my brain buzzing ever since. It also allows me to give back in the form of teaching others what I've learned over the years. In the fall of 2022 I audited a beginner crochet class to be better educated as a yarn salesperson, and now I'm completely obsessed with all things yarn! Don't be surprised if my layouts are all about crochet projects now LOL.

I am super grateful to my friend Misty for giving me the opportunity to share my passions with you and can't wait to see what you all do with this month's inspiration!"

You can find Alison on her social media

• Blog: http://alisondaydesigns.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/daydesigning/
• YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@AlisonDayDesigning

As usual I have the full Social Media hop listed below. 

Now for my May Counterfeit Kit - CKC May 2024 - Waiting for Summer.

Once again, I pulled my papers in Page Sets and then a few general papers.

Page set 1:

I pulled in black cardstock, some scraps - orange polka dot, orange on orange floral and a stripe. I have the photo ready trimmed to size and include white and orange acrylic paint.  

Page set 2:

I have Kraft cardstock for my background. Little Miss Darcy had her birthday which is what I'm planning on using the Pennant cut file for. I had a couple of spots where it didn't cut perfectly but by the time I back it I think it will work out just fine. I also have a rub on sheet and some border strips. I'm planning on using the strawberries since she had a Berry Birthday party!

Page Set 3:

For this one I pulled in the yellow cardstock for my background, two embossing folders - woodgrain and Flower Garden along with a scrap of pink for the Flower Garden embossing folder. I have a multicolored ribbon and a couple of silk flower embellishments.  

Page set 4:

I pulled out a house paper similar to the one in the inspiration kit, white cardstock and a teal pattern paper along with a yellow pattern paper.  I have a flower made out of netting, pompons, buttons and two acrylic words, two different teal/blue washi tape. I couldn't find my yellow washi tape.

My Additional paper for May is:

Coral Cardstock, pattern orange paper, offset multicolor circle, light blue, teal pattern, pink cardstock, teal pattern paper. 

I pulled out a few stencils, and some frames.

I pulled out a couple of Tim Holtz word stickers, various stickers and a 6x6 paper pad

For the last of my embellishments I have brads, some trim - floss and embroidery thread, a heart template a couple of stamps, bling, stickles - it will be interesting to see if they still work, I will be pulling from my scraps as needed. 

Your next stop is    Jody - https://www.instagram.com/floppyearedfarm/

Here is the full Social Media Hop: 

1st May - Counterfeit Kit Challenge Reveal and Social Media Hop

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

• Guest Designer - Alison Day http://www.youtube.com/@AlisonDayDesigning

• Brandi - https://www.instagram.com/scrappy.boymama/ 

• Christine - https://www.youtube.com/@ScrappingHarden/featured

• Cindy - http://cindyscreations-cinmfoster.blogspot.com/ you are here

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

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

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

• Misty - https://craftysoup.com/

• Ryann - https://www.instagram.com/scrapbookjoey/

• Tara - https://kryptonite72-rambles.blogspot.com/ 

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

 We really love to hear from our followers! Make sure that you come hang out with us on the Facebook Community Group. You can also hang out with us on Instagram by tagging #counterfeitkitchallnge and #ckcMay2024. See you next time.

Thanks for stopping by.

A Little Dirt Never Hurt

 From my April Counterfeit Kit - Best Days I pulled the blue and yellow paper I did not know what pictures I was going to scrap. I added in blue cardstock for the background and cut a dump truck from the Everyday Paper Dolls in white. The dump trucks are cut at 3 1/2" and 2 1/2". 

 I colored them with Stampin' Up ink and a black marker and used foam tape for some dimension on the page. 

I matted my photos on the blue and yellow paper. It's hard to believe that this February of 2024, which is why Mr. D has his snow pants on, but it was a relative warn day for February.

I turned the layout landscape for the 8/ 1/2 layout, I used blue alphas for the title - Color Theory. They are really old, but I am trying to use them up.  Thanks for stopping by.

April Counterfeit Kit Challenge and Blog Hop

Welcome to April's Counterfeit Kit Challenge and Blog Hop. You should have arrived here from Misty - https://craftysoup.com/, the full hop is at the bottom of the post. This month Tara is the Master Forger in charge. Our Guest Designer is Nikki Ihus. Nikki can be found on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@nikkisscrapbookingadventures and on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/nikkis_scrapbooking_adventures/, please give her a warm welcome.

Tara has picked our inspiration kit this month a digital kit from Traci Reed - Felicity https://www.tracireed.com/journal/felicity.

Here are the papers:

and the Embellishments:

For my kit I did things a little bit differently this time. I love the green and blue combination and I was surprised how much pink I pulled in. I did add in yellow I have some papers that I'm not sure what I'm going to scrap and page sets that I have specific photos to scrap with. 

First up is the various papers that I don't know what I'm scrapping.

Page set 1:

Pink Paislee paper, green, yellow and black cardstock, flowers, tags, jewels and ribbon.

Page set 2:

Unkown papers, lace, flowers, flower paperclip, spring die cut, and an origami dress. 

Page set 3:

Unknown papers. Shamrocks, hearts, flowers, pom poms, green doily, DIY crepe paper ribbon.

 

Page set 4:

Pink Paislee paper Aburn Lane (2019), three pieces of scrap ribbon, leaves, buttons, stamped fern leaves. I'm planning on fussy cutting the house for embellishments.

Page set 5:

Pink Fresh papers from 2017 and 2018, velum punched borders along with a white cardstock border, ribbon and a DIY flower frame.

Page set 6:

Unknown paper, flowers, washi, ribbon and a couple of DIY stick pens. 

Page set 7:

Pink Fresh (2018) and Pink Paislee (2011), ribbon and twine, white flower, butterfly and heart. 

For my embellishments I have a few die cuts that I'm trying to use up, several flower and leaves stamps to mimic the flower and leave in the embellishment kit, flower and leaf dies and punches, border punches and a cut apart sheet and tags and labels.

Don't forget to check out the Facebook group and the blog for more inspiration. 

Thanks for stopping by.

Blog Hop:

1st April - Counterfeit Kit Challenge Reveal and Hop

• Counterfeit Kit Challenge - http://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com/  
• Guest Designer   Nikki Ihus https://www.youtube.com/@nikkisscrapbookingadventures
• Ryann - https://www.instagram.com/scrapbookjoey/ 
• Christine - https://www.youtube.com/@ScrappingHarden/featured
• Laurie - Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/scrapbookingbits/ 
• Tara - https://kryptonite72-rambles.blogspot.com/ 
• 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/

Counterfeit Kit Challenge # 2 - Notable Quotes

 Our challenge today is to use a Quote on our layout. As you know, I have a hard enough time getting a title on the layout, so this was a good one for me to do. 

I picked out the quote first, one by Ralph Waldo Emerson. "Live well, learn plenty, laugh often, love much." I had a couple of ideas of the pictures I wanted to use and settled on these. They are pictures shortly after getting back from his last deployment and Derek getting used to having a Daddy around. I think it was easier for Derek to do a little bit of playing since we were all there - safety in numbers, maybe. It was also the first day that he stopped saying that it was his mommy and pushing David away. 

I used my October Counterfeit Kit - CKC October 2023 - Around here. pulling out the Basic Grey - Oliver papers. I added in a white scalloped punched border, some green cardstock from my scrap pile and green photo mats. 

Don't forget to check out Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog and Facebook group for more ideas and inspiration. 

Thanks for stopping by.

Cards and a Layout using Embossing Folders

 I made a couple of cards using my CKC October 2023 - Around Here kit. I started by pulling out the embossing folders and cardstock. I wanted a frame to go use as a background for my stamped image. 

Card 1: I used the Tim Holtz Alteration Fancy Frame on this card. 

I colored the image with colored pencils and stamped and clear embossed the image on the envelope. She is fussy, inked edges, and popped up on foam tape. 

Card 2: 

I used colored pencils to color the image cut around it, added the embroidery yarn and popped up on foam tape. I was not happy with any of the frames and the image. Again, the envelope is stamped and clear embossed.

Card 3:

I used distress ink for my background on a cream card base. Stamped and clear embossed the boots and popped up on foam tape. The footprints on the envelope are clear embossed.  

I made a quick layout with one of the frames that did not work out on the card. I cut the inside of the frame out and lightly inked the raised edges of the embossing. Love how this turned out. I just pulled a bunch of scraps for this layout.

I wish I had thought of inking the embossed part in time to send it with the cards. 

Here is a close up of the lightly inked embossed folder.

Thanks for looking. 

  Welcome to the October Counterfeit Kit Challenge and Blog Hop. This month Leslie is the Master Forger in charge.  Our Guest Designer - a familiar face in our community! 

 Hello, I’m Laurie and I’ve been scrapbooking and enjoying this hobby for 30 plus years. My favorite stories to scrapbook are about our grandchildren and our travels. I live in Central NY with my husband, Henry, of 49 years, our cat, Harley and our Shih-Tzu/Maltese mix, Zoey. We have 3 children and 6 grandchildren ranging in ages 7-21. I joined the Counterfeit Kit Facebook group this past summer and am so glad I did. Everyone is so kind. I truly am excited to have been chosen as the Guest Designer for October and cannot wait to see what everyone else will be creating with their kits.

Leslie has this to say about the October inspiration kit: "I normally prefer not to chose an older kit, but I wanted to use another kit site than the usual plus a color scheme that will work for both ends of the globe in October. Spring might take you lighter & brighter and Fall might shade the peachy/orange to a slightly deeper red on some of your selections. You can trade the flowers for leaves or butterflies for mushrooms!

 Inspiration Kit: My Creative Scrapbook October 2022 Limited Edition

Unboxing video LINK

Here are the elements: 

49 & Market Art Options Aleena/Dramatic

49 & Market Art Options Aleena/Garland

49 & Market Art Options Aleena/Flirty

49 & Market Art Options Aleena/Exquisite

49 & Market Art Options Aleena/Peek-a-boo

49 & Market Art Options Aleena/Full Bloom

 

 

49 & Market Art Options Aleena/Happy Dancers

49 & Market Art Options Aleena/Alluring Moments

49 & Market Art Options Alena/Laser Cuts

49 & Market Art Options Alena/Ephemera Bits

       

Echo Park Designer Stencil/Wedding

Prima flower assortment

Prima Happy Flowers chipboard

I pulled out a couple of kits that I had used just a few pieces of before. They have just been getting shuffled from the top to bottom of the pile and back again. Except for the monthly shuffle they have seen no action from the initial first few pages.  My goal this month is to finish them up this month.

Up first are two collection packs from Basic Grey - Olivia and Oliver. They both have a bit of grunge. d Oliver has way darker colors where Olivia has a lot of pinks.   They are from 2010 and its definitely time to get them used up. 

I have no embellishments for them - I don't even know if they made embellishments to go with them. I will be pulling in a lot of card stock for both sets and using dies and punches along with some stamping. I would like to do some double page layouts of Derek and Darcy and thought these would be perfect for them. 

The next set of papers are from Bo Bunny - Bella Rosa (2016). It is not as old as the first two, but again it has not seen any love in a long time.

Besides the 12x12 papers I have the die cuts which are large, some off cuts, a few buttons, flowers (not sure if they are from my stash or came with the kit), smaller tags and black and white arrows. Again, I will be pulling in cardstock for the layouts. 

I do have a few tools I pulled out to go along with these three paper kits. 

I'm pulling in a few of the embossing folders that have a frame on them. I have not used them for a very long time and decided I need to do something with them. I love the frames in the inspiration kit, so we will see that I can up with the embossing folders!

I also have a couple of stamp sets and a old alpha that I thought would work. 

 

I know I will be pulling more as I start to Scrap. I am " Title Challenged" on my layouts, I do have alpha stickers but I tend not to use them so I will be pulling as I need the. I guess that is challenge number two for me - "Titles". 

Thanks for stopping by. Your next stop on hop is Julene -  http://julenebydesign.blogspot.com/ and the who hop is listed below.

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

• Guest Designer - Laurie Crouse Winiarski will be posting on the

  CKC Community Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1336271363079421 

• Brandi - https://www.instagram.com/scrappy.boymama/ 

• Christine - https://www.youtube.com/@ScrappingHarden 

• Cindy - https://cindyscreations-cinmfoster.blogspot.com/ you are here

• Julene - http://julenebydesign.blogspot.com/ go here next.

• Misty - https://craftysoup.com  

• Tara - https://kryptonite72-rambles.blogspot.com/ 

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

• Brandi - https://www.instagram.com/scrappy.boymama/

You know that we always love to see your work, so please share your kits and projects with us. You can post them in our Facebook Community or share them on Instagram (we are @counterfeitkitchallenge or tag us using #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcoctober2023).