111319 December Daily Preparation

After listening today to The Scrap Gals "December Daily" podcast,

I spent a little time on DD2019 Phase II: choose papers.

Here's a reminder of my inspiration - the Amazon Wish Book!

I'm looking for orangey red, peachy pink, teal (light & dark), light blue and navy.

It was easy-peasy, as my papers are sorted by color.

I was pleasantly surprised to find a few multi-coloured papers that fit my scheme.

Of course, once in the zone, I couldn't resist starting to sift through my embellishments. 

I also made some notes about certain dates not to forget - a birthday, travel, etc.

And just in case you noticed that cute little box I'm using to collect my bits & bobs.

Makes me smile!

If you are posting about your December Daily leave me a link below.

And by the way, The Scrap Gals podcast was only part one!

Subscribe at http://www.thescrapgals.com & tune in next Tuesday.

Thanks for stopping by!

111219 CKC November Challenge #1

It's time for Challenge #1 today and it's all about the waiting. 

The excitement. 

The "how many sleeps until....". 

The build up to the main event!

"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 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!" - Lisa

My kindred spirit hasn't lived in my state in forever, at times not even living in the same country! Our connection has stayed close & we have even managed to meet up in real life on rare occasions. This summer her family moved back (YAY!!!) but two hours away. Finally we managed it last week in honor of my birthday, and spent a few hours having brunch & a little retail therapy at Tuesday Morning - an epic haul! The obvious choice for this challenge.

One of the goodies she brought me got tossed into my kit along with some Felicity Jane puffy stickers since both fit my color scheme.

A few of the pieces were perfect for my layout!

Come back again soon for more fun and inspiration!

• November 18th:  We'll give you two challenges to help you use the kit you've made.
• November 24th:  I'll be showcasing one of the CKC community who's caught my eye this month
• November 30th: We'll be offering another installment in our {Killing Kits} series to help you find ways to use up all of your kit

We always love to see your work, so please share your kits and projects with us.

You can use our Monthly Link-up page, post them in our Facebook Community, or share them on Instagram (we are @counterfeitkitchallenge or tag us using #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcnovember2019).

Thanks for stopping by!

11042019 December Daily Inspiration

Anyone else taken a look at the Amazon holiday wish book?

Let me show you why it's my 2019 December Daily inspiration!

This is the inside cover:

Perfect reason why page!

And how about that cute Wish List insert?

And there's more...

Stickers!

Plus all of the headers will make perfect title embellishments.

Plus my color scheme & size is settled!

I'll keep you posted after I hunt & gather. 

I think I'll appropriately end with one last inspiration page:

Thanks for stopping by!

110419 CKC Forgery on the Fourth

I had all sorts of ideas on how to forge most of the kit, until I took a troll through my stash & surprisingly discovered many quite good look-alikes to make up my kit. Here is what I hand crafted:

Some of the papers to forge.

The light bulb banner on blue sky could have been achieved so much easier than coloring in the paper with a Sharpie & then fussy-cutting those teeny tiny light bulbs! Just draw on the paper!

The other two forged papers were easily achieved by finding good look-alike papers & stamping the star motifs.

Some embellishments that inspired forging:

Loved the bold black stars (snowflakes?) that were easily achieved with a Sharpie. I wanted a scripty word so I stamped one. Those little houses are totally swoony! Another fussy-cut from this American Crafts paper plus a little coloring faked them nicely.

Easy-peasy! Thankful that my stash yielded up so many goodies, though.

Can't wait to see yours! 

Here's what we have coming up:

• November 6th:  We'll reveal a couple of mini-kits and projects, in case you're a little limited for time this month and would prefer a more petite kit.
• November 12th & 18th:  We'll give you two challenges to help you use the kit you've made.
• November 24th:  We'll showcase one member of the CKC community from this month.
• November 30th: We'll be offering another installment in our {Killing Kits} series to help you find ways to use up all of your kit.

We always love to see your work, so please share your kits and projects with us.

You can use our Monthly Link-up page, post them in our Facebook Community, or share them on Instagram (we are @counterfeitkitchallenge or tag us using #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcnovember2019).

110119 CKC November Kit Reveal

Thankful for all of our inspiring followers!

Lisa has brought us a delightful new kit club this month - Scrapdelight Scrapwinkel! 

Here is the CKC November inspiration kit:

Winter Themed Pocket Page Kit

Winter Themed Scrapbooker Kit

Winter Themed Paper Add-On

Here is my Choose Happy version.

Papers: 2018 Shimelle/Sparkle City "Clean Cup; 2016 Felicity Jane/Maggie (check); Creative Imaginations/Sonnets "Sky" (light banner forgery); Photoplay/Family Ties "Fan Chart"; 2016 Felicity Jane/Chloe (pink stripe/star forgery); 2013 October Afternoon/Girl Talk "Gossip (stripe with stars forgery); 2018 Pink Paislee/Indigo & Ivy #12 multi-stripe; 2016 Felicity Jane/Chloe painted dot.

I've created my kit in a 6x8" size this month & have included some forgeries for you to copy.

So, now it's time to check out what our wonderful team has created using this beautiful inspiration kit on the blog hop. Be sure to give a warm welcome to our Guest Designer and faithful follower for many years, Tara O!

• Counterfeit Kit Challenge - http://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com
• Guest Designer Tara - https://kryptonite72-rambles.blogspot.com
• Cindy:- http://cindyscreations-cinmfoster.blogspot.com/
• Julene:- http://julenebydesign.blogspot.com/
• Leslie:- http://lcsmithsaved-outofthemire.blogspot.com/
• Lisa:- http://lisahausmann.blogspot.com 
• Lori:- http://loriannie670.blogspot.com/
• Tina:- http://tinasscrapcorner.blogspot.com/

And of course, don't forget that we'll be back throughout the month to give you some tips, ideas and challenges as you put together and use your kit. 

Here's what we have coming up this month:  

• November 2nd: I'll be back with a "Just the Gist" post to help jump-start your kit-making. 
• November 4th:  We'll have our "Forgery on the Fourth" post where the Master Forgers will reveal how they created their own version of some of the items in this month's kit. 
• November 6th: We'll reveal a couple of mini-kits and projects, in case you're a little limited for time this month and would prefer a more petite kit. 
• November 12th & 18th:  We'll give you two challenges to help you use the kit you've made. 
• November 24th: I'll be showcasing one of the CKC community who's caught my eye this month 
• November 30th: We'll be offering another installment in our Killing Kits Series to help you find ways to use up all of your kit. 

We always love to see your work, so please share your kits and projects with us. You can use our Monthly Link-up page, post them in our Facebook Community, or share them on Instagram (we are @counterfeitkitchallenge or tag us using #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcnovember2019). 

Thanks for stopping by!