101220 CKC October Challenge #1

 My "Be Happy" October 2020 counterfeit kit:

Master Forger of Ceremonies Tracey has issued the first challenge: 

The first challenge for October is for you to pick your favourite Season from either Autumn (Fall) or Spring and scrapbook a page (a double page if you dare!!!) about an event or activity that occurred in the Season you have picked.

My inspiration began with this October Stick It Down double page sketch:

They post a monthly Double Sketch, Single Sketch, and Card Sketch with an amazing Design Team for inspiration. Pop by & take a look, won't you? Here's my take:

I've got a few less bits & bobs and my journaling appears on the photos themselves.

Here's a closer look:

My title block was anchored with a couple of fussy-cut labels from my counterfeit paper.

More fussy-cutting of the 2018 Pink Paislee/Horizon #04 word paper.

2014 BasicGrey/Second City sticker photo corners helped dress up the open sky of this photo.

We get an early frost here in Michigan!

I printed two photo collages of 3-1/2" square photos, one for each page of the spread. I had a photo that needed to be horizontally rectangle, so I just slipped it into two slots on the right hand side collage. I reserved a blank spot on the left hand side for my title block.

My other problem was only having one sheet of each of my kit papers. I knew that the bright mixed-media style orange paper would be perfect but it was so old that it was flimsy (not cardstock weight), so my spread rests on a foundation of white card. I had to carefully calculate the size of my strips to eke out what was needed from that one sheet!

I'm so pleased with how this turned out. It's certainly been awhile since I've "dared" to tackle a two-page spread! Thanks for the challenge, Tracey!

So what else do we have left for you in October?

• October 18^th: We’ll give you another challenge to help you use the kit you’ve made.

• October 24^th: Tracey will be showcasing one of the CKC Community who’s caught her eye.

• October 30^th: Another Killing Kit Installment to help us finish off our kits!

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 #ckcoctober2020).

 

Thanks for stopping by!

100420 CKC Forgery on the Fourth

 

This is the full Counterfeit Kit Challenge October inspiration kit.. 

I chose two of the papers to forge, along with a page of pocket cards.

 The first is the star paper, CratePaper/Magical Forest "Always" b-side

which I actually forged in March 2020! Here's that LINK.

The second is the label paper, P13/Around the Table 02

Using a 2011 Jenni Bowlin Labels acrylic stamp set with an assortment of Tim Holtz Distress Inks to match my kit's color scheme (Pine Needles, Dusty Concord, Fired Brick, Spiced Marmalade & Forest Moss; Ranger/Nick Bantock Chrome Yellow.) I crafted my forgery. 

I actually stuck the entire label set still attached to the acetate in the packaging onto my stamping block! They were already lined up uniformly & it worked great. I inked each one carefully at the corner edges of the ink pads to get multiple colors with one quick stamp press. Re-inked the same colors, rotated halfway around & stamped the opposite corner - minimizing the time spent cleaning off between color changes.

 And, yes, you eagle-eyed peeps who noticed this:

Yep - I dropped the stamp & made a schmutz! Okay with me. It's likely to get covered or cut up.

Finally, I made some pocket cards using some random things I had tossed in for die cuts + some of the stickers from the 2014 BasicGrey/Second City sticker sheet applied to my kit papers. This is such an easy counterfeit once your kit is together! Just start matching things up & pasting them down.

Well I hope you've been inspired to try out a few things! Make sure we see your creations. 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 #ckcoctober2020).

And be sure to return for our featured posts the rest of October:

• October 6^th: We will reveal the mini kits and projects in case you’re a little limited for time this month and would prefer a more petite kit.
• October 12^th and 18^th: We will give you two challenges to help you use the kit you’ve made.
• October 24^th: We’ll be showcasing one of the CKC Community. Will it be you??
• October 30^th: Another Killing Kit Installment to help us finish off our kits!

 

Thanks for stopping by!
 

100120 CKC October Kit Reveal

 

Seasonal differences in our two hemispheres

Master Forger of Ceremonies Tracy Campbell has a twist of an inspiration kit this month!

Here in Australia it is just starting to get warm again, the spring flowers are popping up bringing lots of colour. A bit different for most of you heading into Fall and seeing the Autumn leaves turn colour. With that in mind, I picked a kit that has both Fall and Spring colours in it, and it is a kit that is a bit different from an ordinary kit club. It is a selection of products put together by a well know scrapper, Shimelle, from a project she has dubbed "The Best of Both Worlds Kit". See how the concept works at this blog LINK.  

A full list of what is included is found at the CKC October Kit Reveal post link in the hop below.

 

I focused on the patterns & products represented for my "Be Happy" kit, using the striped patterned paper as my focal piece.

And don't you know how happy it made ME to include some vintage BasicGrey!

But let's not forget to introduce our October Guest Designer, Machelle Willing. Be sure to visit her blog & get to know her better on the "Porch Ramblings" tab.

 

Hello!  My name is Machelle and I am so happy to be here as the guest designer this month.  My husband, Scott, and I have been married for 21 years and live in Central Texas with our spoiled rotten two dogs and two cats.  I have been scrapbooking for about 20 years now and love all the different ways and sizes you can document your memories.  I also make cards and small home decor items with my supplies.  Recently, I have been learning more about digital scrapbooking as well.  

 

I love the Counterfeit Kit Challenge because it gives you a great starting point for making kits and using what you already have.  The “just the gist of it” series is my favorite because it makes me look at my stash in a new way and gives me options I wouldn’t have thought about otherwise.  I look forward to sharing my ideas with you!

Here's what I put together:

Main Kit

Papers (clockwise from 6:00): unknown orange mixed-media imitation; Webster's Pages/Dream in Color "Nature's Beauty; unknown paper pad bold dark woodgrain; 2014 BasicGrey/Second City "POTM exclusive"; 2014 BasicGrey/Second City "Hyde Park; April 2020 Studio Calico/Limited Edition 12x12" kit featuring Amy Tangerine exclusive hand-lettered paper; former forgery; forged tag paper; Heidi Swapp/No Limits "Smarty"; 2018 Pink Paislee/Horizon #04; 2014 BasicGrey/Second City "Fullerton" - my focus paper.

Other (clockwise from 6:00): 2018 Pebbles halloween puffy stickers; 2014 BasicGrey/Second City badges; 2014 7 Paper/Baxter puffy stickers; 2014 BasicGrey/Second City photo frames; assorted fussy-cut ephemera & project life style cards.

Add-on kit

Top to bottom (l-r): Reminisce National Parks sticker sheet; 2014 BasicGrey/Second City sticker sheet. 

 

Alphas: 2011 A/C Amy Tangerine Remarks letter sticker book; WeR Memory Keepers/Farmers Market stickers; BasicGrey purple & red stickers; 2004 Making Memories Dark & Light alpha fetti; 2011 BasicGrey/Soleil small & ransom stickers.

 

Stitching: WeR Memory Keepers Sew Easy scallop pattern tool & piercing mat; Felicity Jane stitching template; assorted embroidery floos; large eye needles.

 

Mixed media: 2011 Jenni Bowlin Labels acrylic stamp; TCW/Balzer Designs Mini Overlapping Stripes stencil; Tim Holtz Distress Inks in Pine Needles, Dusty Concord, Fired Brick, Spiced Marmalade & Forest Moss; Ranger/Nick Bantock Chrome Yellow ink.

It's going to be a fun month! Happy scrapping!

 Here is the Blog Hop list and reveal - enjoy hopping around and seeing what everyone has put together from Shimelle's Best of Both Worlds September kit.

 

Counterfeit Kit Challenge Reveal and Blog Hop - October Kit Reveal

Guest Designer – Machelle Willing - https://www.smalltownscrap.com/

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

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

YOU ARE HERE Leslie - Be Happy

GO HERE NOW Lori - https://loriannie670.blogspot.com/

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

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

Tracey - https://3obsessions.blogspot.com/

Laura - https://www.instagram.com/mrsp_scrapsandtea/

Here’s what we have coming up this month:

• October 2^nd: I’ll be back with a “Just the Gist” post to help you jump start your kit making.
• October 4^th: We will 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.
• October 6^th: We will reveal the mini kits and projects in case you’re a little limited for time this month and would prefer a more petite kit.
• October 12^th and 18^th: We will give you two challenges to help you use the kit you’ve made.
• October 24^th: We’ll be showcasing one of the CKC Community. Will it be you??
• October 30^th: Another Killing Kit Installment to help us finish off our kits!

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 #ckcoctober2020).

 

Thanks for stopping by!