Saturday, March 8, 2014

030814 CKC March Color Switch Kit Tutorials

Once again, I was intrigued to try to forge some of the papers.
Cocoa Daisy actually designs some of their own papers in the kit each month!

I took on the hexagon from the main kit.

First I tried Heidi Swapp gold Color Shine on one of her resist papers but the color was much too subtle.
Then I used mustard, which was much too bold, but a lot of wiping eventually toned it down somewhat.
There is a lot more white space on the inspiration paper...

Next was the chevron from the Paint Chip add-on.
 I liked how it had a translucent feel to the chevrons so I used vellum!

I knew I would never have the patience to do those tiny pieces so I went with a 6x6" paper.
I simply positioned the pieces randomly one at a time in a column starting at the edge.
By sewing through the center I didn't have to worry about adhesive showing through.
I had creased the vellum to cut it & that helped the shapes "hug" the paper & lay flat.

I really liked the beautiful watercolor pattern on this
American Crafts autumn crisp cherry patterned paper
from the Palette add-on.
Mine's not so vibrant but I love it!

The inspiration here is obviously NOT the bold hot pink graffiti paper but the tinted script.


I used a Basic Grey script dotted paper & randomly misted the colors as in the original.
The thought was to dry brush the white areas in but I confess I still haven't done it!
BAD COUNTERFEITER! Let's face it - inspiration may strike but it's not much use if you don't follow through...

And I'm still considering forging these:


In real life these are truly stitched with thread, but I kind of like them like this!


10 comments:

  1. Brilliant counterfeiting Leslie, love the yellow paper at the top :)

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  2. LOVE those chevrons ... did you hand cut them (I was wondering as I don't have the chevron punch that seems to have come out recently)? Great idea to sew them on for a lovely effect and save on glue showing.

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  3. Bad counterfeiter? NEVER! Your idea to make it a 6x6 makes just about any forgery do-able. Thanks for contributing.

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  4. Love the chevrons and a good tip for the left overs from the border punch I have :)

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  5. Good job on those chevrons.. and I LOVE that watercolour one.. can't wait to see it in a layout!

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  6. Leslie, you just keep impressing me with your creativity - love the water color paper :) subtle papers are my style!

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  7. Oh and I meant to ask...you have all those colors of vellum? I know your stash is impressive, but WOW! LOL! xo

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  8. bad? Nah, perfect! I have only done a counterfeit embellishment once or twice but I think I'm gonna be inspired by you and do my own paper background and my own version of the sewing cards. THanks!!!

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  9. the chevron paper is my fave! not sure I'd have the patience to make it but your 6x6 page is fab!!!

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  10. Love you r watercolour paper and the vellum chevrons were a stroke of genius! :o)

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