071516 WM#219 be inspired by independence

Whimsical Musings #219 from last week:

 Be inspired by independence.

"This prompt can be as wide or as narrow as you wish to make it. Make a page all about your own Independence Day celebrations - possible for many countries around the world. You could talk about the first time you tested out your own independence or someone you know. You could make the jump to the independence of time alone. What about your love of Independence Day - the film? Or a layout about some element from a typical Independence Day celebration such as fireworks, bbq's or a family get together. Make it fun, make it meaningful, make it your own!"

I had a myriad of inspirations from this prompt which I may revisit, but the obvious 

here in the U.S. was our 4th of July celebrations. When I built my July CKC kit 

I had kept that in mind, so this prompt made a good marriage of the two. Here's my kit:

The multi-stripe paper & the blessings PL card both make an appearance,

but the star of the page is that "crazy family" card, which just jumped out of 

the kit with all of the red/white/blue in our photos : )

Of course, I had to dress it up a bit...

... and toss in a lot of stars..

... and some stitched doodles for a border!

 

You can see how crazy they are, lol!

Love the tradition of a patriotic small town parade.

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071316 Date Day: Out of Our League But Enjoying the View

Spur of the moment today: mini-road trip to Great Lakes Crossing/Bass Pro Shop.

After our browse through we realized it was time for lunch... let's keep going south to P.F. Chang's...

...at The Somerset Collection

First stop? Papyrus...

Oh. My.
Gorgeous music boxes from Wooderful Life.

 Love this : )

Great fun gift for a grownup!
(I know I would absent-mindedly try to take a bite, sooner or later...)

 Restoration Hardware = steam punk-esque eye candy.
This store has certainly changed from years ago...

Riveted stainless steel with leather seat - looks like
an airplane wing, and there's a matching desk...

Loved the neutral colors of these napkins!

LOL - we have one of those amplifier horns around here somewhere (totally not kidding)

Someone is making this for our house - what a guy!
It's oversized & mounted on a lazy susan.

Swoon - this is a GIANT desk in a trunk!

Isn't this mall just totally over the top?

Oh, yes!

This window caught my eye - can you see that wallpaper inside???
Love the sentiment in the window as a page title.
Posted especially for my scrappy bff, Lynnette : )

One for the road...

Loved the graphics in this display.

Special gift from my sweetie from Papyrus <3
(yep - it's a fox!)

071216 CKC July Challenge #2

Challenge #2 Inspired by Cool Waters in Hot Weather 

Check out this fabulous color scheme where the cool colors 

of the water balance the warm yellow and orange - nicely.  

Purposefully combine cool and warm colors together,  

take a cue from the photograph itself, or even use something liquid 

when making your project ( ink, mist, paint, gesso, glossy accents, etc.)

 Susanne certainly hit the perfect inspiration for me 

while I was working on my beach hopping vacation mini-album,
or so I thought. I changed course when I found this wet photo from 2015:

Oh. My.

A quick look in my "Hot Mess" July kit didn't yield any of the orange color I desired, but don't forget about your secret stash - the "B" sides of your papers, that often yield what you have need of.
The butterfly paper had the orange color used in the double mat of my photos.

Kit reveal blog post HERE

During the course of putting my page together I cut away a hidden section of the background
October Afternoon bug paper so I could fussy-cut a few of those cute bugs for embellishments!

(You won't tell, will you?)

As the page progressed I needed just a little something...
These came to the rescue with another pop of orange & the perfect sentiment.

I think I managed all of the colors in the inspiration!

Sometimes I have a tough time deciding when the page is done,
but with a busy background there isn't much extra real estate!

One of three insects fussy-cut & popped up for emphasis.

Now YOU go find something to scrap that is cool/warm or wet!
Make sure that you post your creation to the CKC Linky HERE
Happy scrapping!

Thanks for stopping by!

070616 CKC July Challenge #1

CKC CHALLENGE ONE:  Inspired by Beach Reading 

Take a cue from the covers for subject, title, colors, layout or any other way
that sparks your imagination. These are from the Popsugar website here. 

Having just returned from a beach-hopping vacation, the beachy view
on the cover of The Rumor prompted a page with a toes-in- the-sand/my viewpoint photo.

I used a very light dripping of three different Heidi Swapp Colorshines.  I used the large border punch below on the teal gingham to create the little wave shapes & large circles from the off-cuts! The Dear Lizzy chevron paper was transformed into the little banner top left.  I used a small hole punch on the pink ombre paper to make some more small circles & scattered them in the same ombre colorway down the left hand side of the page, plus a few other bits & bobs from various makers as shown below.

A closer look...

 

Although I didn't use my kit for it, the sign on Mary Kay Andrews' Beach Town gave me
the perfect design for my vacation mini-book cover. Show & Tell on that when it's done!

Find your inspiration & grab your scissors & glue.

Thanks for stopping by!

070116 CKC July Kit Reveal

 Please give a warm July Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog
welcome to our Guest Designer, Gretchen Henninger aka

Gretchen is not only a prolific & skilled scrapper
but a wonderful photographer, a hiker & a consummate knitter
whom you will enjoy getting to know this month.

Susanne is up this month in the Fearless Leader role...

...and has chosen this hot, summer-lovin' inspiration kit:
Scrapbook and Cards Today  Crop & Create Delivered  "Heat Wave" kit from Summer 2015

We'll start with my papers...

I can only identify about half of them, but if you're desperate to know, leave a comment below & I'll do my best! I think that yellow gingham on the right might be one of the earliest supplies that I still own.

It began with Kaisercraft's Finders Keepers/"Curio" gorgeous floral.

Here is the complete kit:
"Hot Mess"

Now in all fairness, I think this is a pretty good counterfeit!
The messy part is that it isn't inspiring me :(
I'm going to have to make that a little throwdown to myself this month...

I have a few added surprises up my sleeve for the Forgeries on the Fourth tutorial post.
Don't forget to give it a peek - it often helps round out your kit.
Be sure to post a link to your kit when it's finished.

Remember - challenges will be posted on the 6th, 12th & 16th to help you use up that kit.

Now! Go see the rest of the scrappy genius put into the Design Team's kits!

Gretchen:  http://www.gretchenhenninger.com/

Kelly: http://66.147.244.112/~honeysv0

Lesley:  http://ohblogitifyoucantbeatthem.blogspot.com
YOU ARE HERE: Leslie: http://lcsmithsaved-outofthemire.blogspot.com
GO HERE NOW: Lisa: http://lisahausmann.blogspot.de

Lynnette: http://www.sassyscrapper2010.blogspot.com

Margie: http://scrappinmargie.blogspot.com

Susan: http://littlethingsbigdays.blogspot.de

Susanne: http://snapsandsnippets.blogspot.com

Jemma: http://just-jimjams.blogspot.co.uk

 

 

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