Out of the Mire

Sunday, July 7, 2013

070713 Independence Day, Birthday, Date Day - all rolled into one post!

Big doings this week:

Thursday, July 4th - Independence Day!

And we celebrated Greg's birthday while we were all together.

A little kiddy pool fun before dinner...

Grandma makes a great pacifier...

The rest of the menu?

Grilled hot dogs & hamburgers, sweet tea, potato chips, deviled eggs,

macaroni salad, tuna salad, jello, watermelon, and home made ice cream.

Best birthday present this year!

Always fun having time with my little man :~)

Rounded up the evening with a few fireworks - Lincoln's first. He had mixed feelings!

Saturday was Greg's actual birthday, so we took a walk up in the Shiawassee Nature Preserve.

Furniture for the new screened porch, and such a good deal! Thanks, Martha Stewart at Home Depot.

Plus a fun new accent fountain (we've named it Fin)

I'm thinking his eyes need some enhancement!

Here's to enjoying more fun, family & friends.

Friday, July 5, 2013

070613 July CKC Kit "Up Tempo" CONTEST WINNER!

Here are the close-ups, followed by the complete kit.

Remember, we were searching for

Hellos, ampersands, hearts, stars, cameras, buttons, and "6"s...

Hellos 2, ampersands 1, hearts 42 , stars 23, cameras 1, buttons 0, "6"s 0.

NEW: Hellos 1, ampersands 3, hearts 1 , stars 3, cameras 14, buttons 1, "6"s 2.

NEW: Hellos 0, ampersands 1, hearts 19, stars 3, cameras 13, buttons 0, "6"s 0

NEW: Hellos 0, ampersands 2, hearts 1 , stars 1, cameras 3, buttons 2, "6"s 3

GRAND TOTALS: Hellos 3, ampersands 7, hearts 63 , stars 30, cameras 31, buttons 4, "6"s 4!

sassyscrapper said:

July 1, 2013 at 8:26 AM

Okay...here's what I spied in this jam packed kit:

Hello - 1, Cameras - 10, Stars - 24, & - 2, Hearts - 61, Number 6 - 2. That was fun!

Joyce Rodli said:

July 4, 2013 at 8:51 PM

Ampersands =1 hearts=42 stars=10 cameras=17 buttons=4 there is two that might be I am going with the spool of twine in upper right corner as the "6"

July 4, 2013 at 8:54 PM

...PLUS 12 hearts

July 4, 2013 at 9:08 PM

... and now that my hubs has seen the pictures I know where 3 6 are, confound it! and I totally missed the hellos - I thought you were saying hello!

And Julene Matthews said:

I'll come back and count all those goodies.

But, alas, she never did...

SOOOOOO... the winner is...

Well, I don't really want to choose, so EVERYBODY GETS A PRIZE!

(Of course that is easy when there are only 2 players, lol!!!)

Each lucky winner will receive a page kit from yours truly!

I hope you will post a pic of yourself with it when you receive it & send me

the link so I can feature you (and YOUR blog link) in a future blogpost .

Thanks for playing along!

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

070213 June Scrap Wrap

060313 Saturn

060813 40 Weeks - Worth Every Minute

061313 Young Love

061713 Double Rainbow

061913 Right Now...At This Very Moment Today

062113 Welcome Home

062313 At Church With Gramma

062313 Supermoon

062513 Laughter - Treasure Each Day

Most of the month was spent regrouping in my happy scrappy place.

Monday, July 1, 2013

070113 July CKC Kit "Up Tempo"!

This is an exciting month, being my first on the CKC Master Forger's Design Team!

What a thrill, and as Peter Parker's Uncle Ben said, With great power comes great responsibility :~)

Here is this month's fab inspiration kit "Summer Fun" from the Crop & Create Delivered folks at Scrapbook & Cards.

I am naming my counterfeit kit Up Tempo because I think this has a very contemporary graphic feel to it

and I am a bit more of a vintage, traditional type - definitely stretching me a little!

So let's get to the fun!

I truly love the kitting as much as I do scrapping with it, and the challenge to counterfeit has opened up
a whole new avenue of creativity for me. Lately I have been tackling the papers, and this month is no exception.

I decided to do 6x6 papers for my kit this month. First up? Simple Stories Urban Traveler Let's Go!

This made me think of washi tape, and since I have a little in my stash...ahem...

Let's keep it to the chevron/striped tapes for this one.

Not bad!

Next up, American Crafts Lucky Charm Wild Hearts...

I really liked this, but decided I would use red instead as last month my kit had a ton of yellow in it.

I cut my base paper to 6x6 (really glad I am doing the smaller size with THIS counterfeit, lol!)

Punched a bazillion little hearts, positioned them & very carefully placed it in my spray booth box.

Next up? Pebbles Love You More Zach.

I liked the stars between the words on the original so I chose the "Family" stamp with the hearts.

Next up? Simple Stories Urban Traveler Bingo Cards (we are using the B side)

This was the easiest one by far! And I feel the colors work better for my kit, too.

Now on to the bits & pieces!

Here's a go at the custom stamp set, which is not clearly seen in the inspiration kit.

Maya Road Kraft Camera & Tickets counterfeit

A little tip when counterfeiting tickets - it's so much nicer to have the perforation & a tracing wheel is the perfect tool for it.

Pebbles Basics clothespins counterfeit - watch for the painted versions in the final kit reveal.

And it was bound to happen, sooner or later - a failed counterfeit attempt!

I have been certain that adding a good big blob of Glossy Accents to a punched hole of colored cardstock would yield the PERFECT faux enamel dot, but alas - I was DEAD WRONG as you can see!

Looked good wet, but dried flat, bubbly & was impossible to reach all the way to the edges... sigh...

Now let's open up the Magic Blue Box!

"Up Tempo"

Shall we play a game?
I Spy... hellos, ampersands (&), hearts, stars, cameras, buttons, and the number "6".
Give me your count of each & whoever is closest to actual will get a little happy mail prize!
I will even give you a closer look...