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Thursday, January 1, 2015

010115 CKC January Kit Reveal



I'm hoping you are reading this in your pajamas 
no earlier than 2 pm on January 1st, after a leisurely 
delicious brunch with your favorite people. 
(Oh, and someone else is doing the dishes!)

After a month off from making a counterfeit kit you are, of
course, awaiting this reveal with great anticipation & delight :~)

Hip Kit Club December main kit
Hip Kit Club December Embellishment kit

Icy cool & glittery gold...
let's see what's in the Magic Blue Box!

Here are the papers from our inspiration kit:


Here's my take.
I've arranged my counterfeits with the B side papers below the larger image of the A sides.

I couldn't resist subbing in the gorgeous feather paper for the main floral.
Both have a watercolor look to them.
The floral had a more peachy tone but I went more on the pinky side.
The original was also more subtly patterned overall than
most of my stash so my choices were a bit bolder.


I've kept things a little more manageable so far this year, lol.
The paper on the right with the images in the little squares will be cut
into as needed instead of stickers & embelli packs as in the inspiration kit.


My plan for the photocopy of these is to use the gold pen on transparency paper to trace
whichever word(s) I need this month. I will then fussy-cut them for my page.


Here's my version of American Craft's 
Amy Tan alphabet embroidery stencil kit


Evalicious Photo Shoot wood veneer counterfeit.
I plan to stamp my own sentiment on the banner piece.


Don't forget to return on the 4th for our little freebie mini-class
of tutorials on how our amazingly creative Design Team
made some of the elements in our counterfeit kits. I feel like this is
one of the biggest perks you get from the CKC - new ways to make
that old, tired stash stand up & be counted as trendy!

Don't miss one stop on this kit reveal hop:

27 comments:

  1. No in pj's here tee hee... its already dinner time in the evening of the 1st! ANyway, that aside, I'm in love with your kit!!! This is one I could definitely see myself playing in! (and love your subbed in feathers by the way!) Hope to join in this month with any luck!

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    1. So happy you got here today, even in street clothes, lol :D Looking forward to your kit this month, as always. Happy New Year!

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  2. Lots of lovely bits to see here. I always think I will keep my kits manageable too. But then I can't stop mixing and matching. You've done that well here, enjoy!

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    1. Happy New Year! Restraint this time was a function of time :D I am hoping to try harder to use up my kits this year.

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  3. stunning kit, and I like your alphabet stencil.

    No, sorry I'm not in my pyjamas, and it's before lunch. They children are all playing a role play game that doesn't need me so I'm taking a little break online before cleaning up in the kitchen.

    Many blessings to you.

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    1. Happy New Year! I think your day sounds lovely in spite of no pjs :D I am hoping to add your alpha to my digi arsenal.

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  4. Terrific kit! You have some wonderful substitutes and I adore the watercolor feather paper in place of the flowers. Your idea to use the word stickers as a template is a great one to get more bang for your buck. Enjoy!

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    1. Happy New Year! Let's hope my idea works for the words, lol. Looking forward to your kit this month - you've been an extra fun playmate last year :D

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  5. Love your wooden pieces and what a fab plan for the photocopy. Looking forward to seeing the results!

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    1. Happy New Year! Looking forward to your kit as well. Planning to make every effort to kill my kits this year :D

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  6. I'm in Pjs on the morning of the 2nd.Love all your elements! I have gained 2 ideas from your kit...use gold pen (why didn't I think of that?) and the blotchy paper top right can be created using baby wipes.

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    1. Had to laugh at the pjs! Forge on, scrap sister :~)

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  7. Love the watercolors and those wood veneer!

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    1. Thanks, Margie :) Will be looking for your kit this month!

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  8. Such a pretty kit. Love the idea of using the gold pen, I have it just didn't think to do this.
    Cindy f

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    1. Thanks, Cindy! I will be watching for your gold pen :)

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  9. A pretty kit :) good job on the little cut out tags they are rally cute :) The wood veneer is fun too :)

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    1. Thank you, Tina :) I have a small tag punch so those were really easy. I must say, though, that I adore the look of the cut out lettering but no patience to do it with a craft knife!

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  10. I love the idea of tracing words in gold pen and fussy-cutting them - I would never have thought of that. *Digging out my metallic pens and shamelessly stealing the idea*

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    1. Steal away! Forging a forgery is why we are here :) Can't wait to see - I'm using one of mine on my Challenge #3 page.

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  11. Thanks, Julia! We've got some great challenges this month for you to play along with :D

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  12. there are some great ideas in here and I especially like the feather paper - looks so very pretty! Excited to be starting the new year with these gorgeous kits and spending some virtual scrappy time with you :-)

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    1. Thanks, Lisa! I like the sound of virtual scrappy time - we may have to figure out how to have a DT virtual crop!

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  13. gorgeous, gorgeous kit! I'm in love with those little enamel bows!

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  14. Fussy cutting, oh you brave lady!!!
    What a kit - superb! And those little tags are just too cute!

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