070123 Archiscraps July Challenge

Distressed! Inked up, torn paper, grunge.

Julene gave us another intriguing inspiration this month!

My mind really enjoys tackling the unique creative aspect of the Archiscraps challenges. The imagery may immediately put me in mind of a certain photo. I can be influenced by the color scheme or even the mood of the image. Occasionally a story will pop to mind.

This time nothing specific was bubbling to the surface. I decided to look through old photos for a change of pace. When I found these favorites I couldn't believe that I hadn't scrapped them! 

I knew I had some stone paper that would be perfect - I could tear it & ink it up to recreate the stone walls - but could I find it?!? NO This kind of redirect always results in more creative solutions, and I love the end result!

 I really had no idea that this would look so dramatic!

 This is a series of 3 photos with a dimensional piece made from cardboard sandwiched in. I found the perfect sky back ground paper that looks old & grungy. I fussy-cut the ruined wall on the left photo & just the sky portion of the view through the window photo on the right to reveal the background paper. 

I discovered this awesome packing cardboard I had saved when I was hunting for my inks - it was perfect to imitate those stone walls! I sliced some pieces off & took a hammer to them to reduce the bulk, then inked them up & arranged them.

The final choice was a new-to-me 2002 alpha stamp set (that I thought looked vaguely medieval) used on the sky background to give the history of the place. I am entranced with the antiquity of England...

Super-fun challenge this month! Hope you join in. 

Post over at the Facebook Archiscraps Community Group

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061223 CKC June Challenge #1 - Layer It Up!

 

Master Forger of Ceremonies Tara says,  Welcome my friends!  Today I am going to be giving you the very first challenge of the month to help you use that beautiful kit that you curated this month!

Layer It Up!

 Today, your challenge is to use your kit to create 5 layers of something on your layout.  Create a five layer embellishment cluster or create a five layer photo mat! 

I am combining our CKC challenge with Mix It Up Monday (MIUM) a monthly challenge which pairs mixed media & a sketch on a traditional scrapbook layout. The sketch is posted on the last Monday of the month and the Hop takes place on the 2nd Monday of the following month. Join us on Piece Craft Love Playhouse on Facebook.

 Here’s the June sketch created by Christine Steele Harden.

 I just returned from a brief vacation to Savannah, Georgia & knew I would be scrapping the iconic fountain photo. I am using my self-curated Counterfeit Kit Challenge June kit plus my mixed media choices. This sketch offered the perfect opportunity to use at least 5 layers!

My go-to supply is patterned paper & the MIUM challenge works at prying me out of my standard approach into new & risky territory. Let's face it - mixed media often has a will of its own! My first attempt was a comedy of errors that included dreadfully fatal stamping problems. 

Plan B:

My version of the sketch pulled the circular elements to the corners with paint through a stencil plus (faux rub-on) stitching. I kept the tag title but let the patterned paper provide the vertical element behind the photo. I really had planned a much more bold mixed media blitz but alas... it was fun trying, though!

Now it's your turn to take on Tara's challenge!

Let's see what we have for the rest of the month for you:

• 18th June - Challenge #2
• 24th June - Follower Showcase
• 27th June - Tara's Birthday Challenge
  
• 30th June - Killing the Kit 

We always love to see your work, so please share your kits and projects with us. You can post them in our Facebook Community, or share them on Instagram (we are @counterfeitkitchallenge or tag us using #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcjune2023).

 

 

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060323 LOAD 523 - Frogs, Pigs & Fuzzy Bears Part III

 

RECAP: Yes, it's that glorious month of May, delightful not only for the changing seasons & the end of the school year fast approaching, but it is our second Scrap Happy LAYOUT A DAY challenge of 2023! 

Alice's genius theme this time is inspired by The Muppets: "Get ready to create the craziest felt and fun-fur inspired layouts all about your life! Two daily prompts, one story-based and one technique- base, make it easy to succeed!"

Here are days 23-31 of my pages:

Day 23 food

Day 24 - a lot of different pieces technique

 

Day 25 - an "I am" page (journaling on the back)

Day 26 - distressing (alphas)

 

 

Day 27 - wild & crazy to attract attention

(This will be my wrap-up page shown at the end)
 

Day 28 - found item, the wood veneer peace sign

 

Day 29 - a journey, these babies arrived through a rescue

Day 30 - off-prompt catch up page

 

Day 31 - ACOT Pick 5 challenge + journaling use a quote

It's been a LOAD of fun - pun intended. Don't miss out in October! Get a Scrap Happy membership & enjoy three different LOAD challenges each year!

Happy scrapping!

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052223 LOAD 523 - Frogs, Pigs & Fuzzy Bears Part II

 

RECAP: Yes, it's that glorious month of May, delightful not only for the changing seasons & the end of the school year fast approaching, but it is our second Scrap Happy LAYOUT A DAY challenge of 2023! 

Alice's genius theme this time is inspired by The Muppets: "Get ready to create the craziest felt and fun-fur inspired layouts all about your life! Two daily prompts, one story-based and one technique- base, make it easy to succeed!"

Here are days 12-22 of my pages:

Day 12 - off-prompt

Day 13- off-prompt

Day 14 - off-prompt

Day 15 - off-prompt

Day 16 - b/w technique

Day 17 - include a list

Day 18 - off-prompt + ACOT weekly sketch

Day 19 - off-prompt

Day 20 - off-prompt

Day 21 - something that didn't turn out as planned

Day 22 - cultural (baseball) & technique stars/stripes

It's been a LOAD of fun so far - pun intended. It's not too late to join in, or better yet? Get a Scrap Happymembership & enjoy three different LOAD challenges each year!

Happy scrapping!

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051823 CKC May Challenge 2 - Numbered Background

Master Forger of Ceremonies Julene says: Welcome back to CKC. Today we look at Challenge #2. 

I love using up leftover bits and pieces on my layouts. So today I'm asking you to use leftover numbers as part of your background.  They can be from sets of alphas or elsewhere. Maybe you actually have paper with numbers on it. You can use paints etc to match it to the kit colours if you need to. Be creative!

I actually created a forgery imitating the inspiration kit's alphabet paper:

 

only with numbers,

 

using the full sheet of numbers stamp set in my kit 

 

 for this layout about all the numbers on our recent vacation!

 

 This will become the final page in the album. I hope this inspires you to make a numbers page!

Remember that we have a couple more features in May for our CKC followers:

24th May- See who has caught our eye this month. 

28th May- Killing the kit-ideas for using up the kit.

We always love to see your work and your kits so please share with us on our Facebook community page or on Instagram (we are @counterfeitkitchallenge or tag us using #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcmay2023).

 

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050123 CKC May Kit Reveal & Blog Hop

May's moodboard

 Master Forger of Ceremonies Julene has chosen the May Counterfeit Kit Challenge kit & our Guest Designer, Sheryle Thomas! 

Hello, I am Sheryle Thomas from Michigan, USA. I have been a member of the Counterfeit Kit Community for a while and have enjoyed putting the kits together and participating in the challenges though I find mood boards very difficult, lol. 

I am a retired nurse. While I worked most of my career in Long Term Care, I spent 5 years caring for my mom full time until she passed in 2021. I have been scrapping since 2004 or so though many years were spent accumulating and now I have the opportunity to enjoy this hobby and my stash. 

I am single and my usual subjects are nieces, nephews, siblings, daily events and, of course, as I am sure you are all well familiar with (and probably tired of) my beloved cats. Currently I have 5 kitties, several of which love to “assist” me scrapping.

Delighted to have you with us this month, Sheryle! Read all about our kit at the main blogpost - the first stop on the hop listed below!

Our inspiration kit:

{Not} Just For Boys Kit Club Noteworthy Limitless kit

My kit:

My papers:

Plus:  BasicGrey Clippings collection:

Plus 49 & Market add-on bits & bobs:

Next it’s time to continue on the hop - don’t miss a stop!

Here's the full hop link list check out these blogs and YouTube for the reveal of everyone's kits!

• Counterfeit Kit Challenge: http://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com/
• Guest Designer: Sheryl's kit on our Facebook community page
• Anna: https://youtube.com/@piececraftlove
• Cindy: https://cindyscreations-cinmfoster.blogspot.com
• Julene: http://julenebydesign.blogspot.com
• Leslie: http://lcsmithsaved-outofthemire.blogspot.com
• Brandi: https://www.instagram.com/scrappy.boymama/
• Tara:  https://kryptonite72-rambles.blogspot.com
• Christine: https://www.youtube.com/@ScrappingHarden
  
• Tina: http://tinasscrapcorner.blogspot.com

Here's what is coming up the rest of the month:

 

2nd May-Just the Gist of It - a review & analysis of the kit components

4th May-Forgery on the Fourth- master forgers show you how to create your own kit items

8th May- Mini kit reveal - for those who have not as much time to do a full kit or just want to dabble this month.

12th May- Challenge #1- To inspire you to get creating 

18th May- challenge #2 - To again inspire you 

24th May- See who has caught our eye this month. 

28th May- Killing the kit-ideas for using up the kit.

We always love to see your work and your kits so please share with us on our Facebook community page or on Instagram (we are @counterfeitkitchallenge or tag us using #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcmay2023).

We can't wait to see your kits and projects this month!

 

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050123 Archiscraps May Challenge

Be inspired by Legos!

 Another great inspiration from Julene for our Archiscraps followers!

I just happen to have a number of Lego-maniacs in my family, but one outshines them all.

The photos are old but his enthusiasm still has no bounds.

I managed to find a "building block" font that was perfect for the layout. Really glad to have this scrapped!

Won't you find some inspiration from Legos at Archiscraps this month? This could be small coloured pieces to make up your background or mosaics or something else you can come up with.  

Be sure to check out what the Design Team has done or catch up with the other followers on our Archiscraps Facebook Community page, where you can post your own work for us to applaud! 

 

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