Out of the Mire

Saturday, February 9, 2019

020919 LOAD Week 1 Roundup

LOAD219: Ruby Red Scissors Week 1 Roundup

Whimsical Musings WM# 301 use product you just had to have + LOAD1 use a rainbow of colours.

I never buy an entire collection but this Pink Fresh Studio Indigo Hills 2 collection had me at hello! This 2012 feet photo was taken at an Artists Trading Cards group meeting at Capture-A-Memory (now defunct lss). We still exchange projects although we find it hard to get together. We have 5 of the 6 pairs of feet identified, lol.

Whimsical Musings WM#248 be inspired by a secret + LOAD2 a surprise.

My SIL is a twin & my daughter threw them a surprise party for their 30th birthday last fall. I had bought a couple of papers from the Echo Park Let's Party collection. I fussy-cut the balloon animals & banner/speech bubbles papers and had a great time layering everything on top of the Celebrate b-side paper strip anchoring everything down the middle.

Whimsical Musings WM#249 a prescribed color scheme + LOAD3 use something soft on your page.

I ran across a piece of "chicken scratch" needlework that my Aunie had made & knew I could make a great page with some product I have related to chickens. Could I find the piece? Nope. The products are set aside for the day it reappears. (Big bummer)
So Plan B was to use this piece of a souvenir scarf from a British Isles trip Aunie gave us for Greg's graduation gift! We had a fantastic time with her. I had a little trouble with my printer but I just pressed on & used a less than perfect photo. I had the 2001(!) Anna Griffin paper set aside for the WM prompt and it was perfect for this layout. I will add a small photo of the chalice to the left of our photo when I figure out where it is, lol!

LOAD4 a safe escape, using my February CKC kit.

True to my scrap motto, I've let the patterned paper do the work. The dreamy evocative background is another stash buster - Tim Holtz, I thnk. Simple but powerful.

Off prompt, using my February CKC kit with this retro photo of a big birthday present back in the day.

I have been saving that perfectly Barbie paper, 2011 Teresa Collins Posh/Cameo forever!
I added the tag after the 5th as I was having printer issues. Here's the closeup:

Whimsical Musings WM#286 be inspired by a country walk + LOAD6 Not in Kansas anymore!

This was a lot more of a walk than expected, but absolutely stunning sights made all the effort worthwhile. I rarely do 2-page or multiple photo (11!) spreads. I need a good looking album for our 2015 Alaska trip, which will include 4x6" pocket pages so we don't miss a thing.

LOAD7 scrap about a favorite accessory

I doubt that I would have thought to add this page to our 6x8" 2017 Fairbanks, Alaska aurora borealis/anniversary trip album, even though it's a real treasure.

I am really enjoying the LOAD journey this month! Permission to create is a real gift.

See you in a week!

Thanks for stopping by!

Friday, February 1, 2019

020119 CKC February Kit Reveal

Counterfeit Kit Challenge

February Inspiration Kit Reveal

February... the LOVE month

This month's Master of Ceremonies Forger Julene has chosen a sumptuously vintage naturalist kit for us to counterfeit. But first, let's meet our February Guest Designer Kim Ferguson!

I've been scrapbooking for over 12 years since I fell pregnant with my first baby and decided to indulge in this hobby.I was pretty sure it would suck me in and it did.All my supplies fit into one closet. I do have a sewing machine and I've started to try my hand at a tiny bit of mixed media.

I live in Canada with my husband and 2 boys,most of my layouts feature them.

I only make 12x12 layouts. I'm very excited to be part of the CKC this month. I love seeing old things in new ways and I love making these kits.

Welcome, Kim!

Now let's see what goodies we get to play with!

Kaisercraft Anthology collection

"Cherish the finer things in life with our Anthology collection. An eclectic collage of antique florals and sketched entomological drawings teamed with vintage ephemera and deep warm textures will add a touch of old world charm to your next project."

My original thought was a very literal but creative counterfeit.
As I explored the papers, this Entomology paper

reminded me of a sheet in my stash of pink butterflies.

And appropriately enough it is from Kaisercraft's Tigerlilly collection.

Aha moment! I'll build a Valentine's kit.
Here's what those papers looked like...

Then I got to browsing through my entire paper stash,
and pulled these:

THEN I pulled out a few more that went with the vibe but had COLOR.

And FINALLY I had forgotten to look through my green paper file... we won't even go there.
Let's see what's in the Magic Blue Box this month!

A closer look at my #girlgonewild February kit:

Papers (there are 55!!!)

Full kit:

There is actually MORE but I just can't make it fit on the table! AND I reserve the right to add whatever else I want.

Whew! The only saving grace with this mega-kit is that I am doing the LayOut A Day challenge for the whole month of February. Yes - a layout each & every day. Oh, how easy a kit makes that process! Join us for a fabulous month of creativity & inspiration at the link above.

Make sure not to miss any of the stops on our reveal blog hop to help show you a variety of ways to interpret the kit. Nothing is so satisfying as visiting all your pretties & rediscovering buried treasure, especially when it ends up on the page!

Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog: http://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com/
Guest Designer Kim: https://www.facebook.com/TWkim.ferguson
Cindy: http://cindyscreations-cinmfoster.blogspot.com/
Tina: https://tinasscrapcorner.blogspot.com/
Julene: http://julenebydesign.blogspot.com/
Leslie: http://lcsmithsaved-outofthemire.blogspot.com/
Lisa: http://lisahausmann.blogspot.com/
Laura: https://www.instagram.com/mrsp_scrapsandtea/

Need some help? Be sure to return for our Forgery on the Fourth tutorial post!

Please don't forget to show us what you put together by adding it to our Link-up page, post it in our Facebook Community or share it on Instagram (tag us using #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcfebruary2019).

Thanks for stopping by!

Thursday, January 31, 2019

020119 Archiscraps February Challenge

OMBRE, any color

I can't look at this image for very long without getting dizzy, lol!

Another vivid inspiration from Archiscraps!

I'm committed to working this year on more pages of our 2015 Alaskan land/sea/air extravaganza. Looking through those photos I found this one that is the perfect example of ombre! This was the last day of our trip and we spent all day cruising towards Vancouver. I will pair the page with a number of other scenic pocket photo pages.

I print at home & the largest I can do is 8x10 so my thought was to collect whatever papers would go with the colors on the edge of the photo and paper piece it, expanding the photo to a 12x12" page. The most fun find was this perfect 2013 ombre paper from the (sadly) defunct Glitz Design for the background.

Ironically it's mostly covered up!

Just a side question: does anyone else have a terrible time with blues? I am always looking for blue paper - true blue. Most have a greenish tone as you can see from my layout.

An additional inspiration for me was the Whimsical Musings Challenge prompt #267 to use this Design Seed summery color scheme:

Now take your inspiration and run with it, and be sure to link it up at Archiscraps!

Thanks for stopping by!

Sunday, January 27, 2019

012719 - 2017 Fall Break Travelers Notebook

One of my scrappy goals this year is to tackle the unfinished projects in my studio. Some are works in progress, others have just been hunted & gathered. First one done! (Photo heavy post)

I made the album ahead to (unsuccessfully) scrap on the road.

I have a seashell souvenir to add to the elastic closure once I drill a hole...

You'll notice how much ephemera I collect! This book is extremely layered, even for me. There are bundles & pockets of photos, menus, receipts, etc that require hands-on exploration.