June Blog Hop!

It is blog hop day!  If you are just jumping in, make sure you stared at Counterfeit Kit Challenge


Here is my contribution to the hop.  I had fun going through the list of I statements and filling in my thoughts.

The cute layered pieces are thanks to my friend Jennifer who sent me some funs thing she cut out from her Imagine.  The layered half flowers are one chipboard piece that I cut apart and painted.  Then I stamped a lowercase "i" on it in a random pattern.

One last stop before you head off for your day....Sarah

Summer Time Kit

We have a pool.  In fact, most of our backyard is pool.  Nice in the summer, but not practicle for general playing.  As you can imagine, I take alot of pool pictures (we host pool parties alot), so I went in more of a water/pool direction with this kit.

 **I LOVE the Momenta stickers...how cute are those?  And it was really fun to pull out random paper to create a layout with...

Here is our sketch chosen by Kim. 

Here is the layout I made...I tried to stay pretty close to the sketch. I love all of the white space, but it still allowed me a nice mix of patterened papers.  Great chance for layering, too.

Here is a sketch (from Sketch support, of course) that I just HAD to use on a second layout.

Still plenty of paper left (believe it or not), so I just might see what else I can make.

 



Summer time...and the livin' is....

BUSY!!

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Goodness!  Where, oh where is the time going?  Oh, yeah!  It's summer and the kids are home!  LOL  We are week 2 of summer vacation and are still trying to create some sort of routine so mommy can still have some scrapping time.  So far, it has not been bad (I've gotten a few things made), but my poor little blog has been neglected.

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 It has taken a back seat to my OTHER blog (Counterfeit Kit Challenge) and the amount of posting I do on there (we have daily posts...Meridy does the first half of the month and I take the second half).

I do have a lot of 1/2 finished pages that I am hoping to finish up soon.  Once again I have become over ambitious about what I can accomplish.  Or what I WISH I could accomplish.  LOL

My main goal is doing the kits/challenges from CKCB (which really is helping me catch up with my scrapbooking), but it does box me in a bit.

Our first CKCB challenge for June is an Ad Challenge.  I was flipping through the few ads I had (I generally toss them as soon as they come in) when I spied a clever summertime ad from Target.  (Love that store)

I promise to be back soon with a new project...I have a few finished.  :)

June's Counterfeit Kit!

The sun is shining...the birds are singing...our pool is sparkeling and we are counterfeiting!  It is time for our June kit reveal!  It is getting harder and harder to pick the kits each month!  There are so many to choose from and they are all revealed at different times!  Make sure to keep your eyes on our blog as we have some fun things up our sleeves...and some great prizes coming up!

To see the orginal kit we are counterfeiting and see the kits we have already created based on this kit, head over to the CKCB . 

A photo of my whole kit is posted over there, but here are some more specific photos of my kit for this month!

My whole kit

My papers

Journaling spots (instead of crate paper stickers)

I LOVE printing my own lined paper for journaling.  I found a really cute one that I used on these HERE

Paper imbellisments (instead of crate paper stickers)

Paper Pieced Owls (to replace the butterflies)

My version of Bloomers



Here is the list of what is in the original kit, websites for better photos of each item and how I replaced them in my kit:

June B&B kit contents:

12x12" Patterned Paper (1 sheet each):
BasicGrey's Hello Luscious line: Honeyed (DCWV Lemon Flowered Stack)
Raspberry Syrup (K&Co Paper stack)
Blissful (K& Co. Amy Butler)
Yumberry (K&Co Amy Butler)
Rosemary (K&Co Stack)
Inviting (K&Co. stack)
 http://www.basicgrey.com/scrapbook/shop/collections/show/current/hello-luscious

My Mind's Eye Stella & Rose line: Memories Die-Cut Woven Paper (Lemon Flower Stack)
Hazel "Mother" Ledger ( Chloe’s Closet)
Gertie "You & Me" (SEI Winnie’s Walls)
http://www.mymindseye.com/SR/Stella-Rose.asp

American Crafts' Hello Sunshine line: Fluttery (made with Stella and Rose Stamps) http://americancrafts.com/subcategory.php?id=25&sub=276

Bazzill Cardstock (1 sheet each):
Irish Eyes
Butter
Sugar Cookie
Pirouette
Lagoon
Embellishments:

BasicGrey's Hello Luscious painted brads, assorted colors and sizes (Basic Grey Glazed Brads)
http://www.basicgrey.com/scrapbook/shop/collections/show/current/hello-luscious/page:3

3 Maya Road chipboard frames, assorted sizes and styles (Misc. Chipboard frames/negative spaces)
http://www.mayaroad.net/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_10&products_id=102

1 package BasicGrey Hello Luscious Bloomers (Misc. layered flower/buttons/twine) http://www.basicgrey.com/scrapbook/shop/collections/show/current/hello-luscious/page:3

1 package Jenni Bowlin vellum embellished butterflies, yellow (paper pieced owls with jems) http://www.jennibowlin.com/eco/wstore.asp?SID=1&Item=736

5 Maya Road trinket pins, leaf (Corsage Pins)

American Crafts alpha thickers, Merry (Spinach) (Thickers – Marquise Pearl Pink)

Crate Paper phrase stickers, Emma's Shoppe (Cricut shapes) http://www.cratepaper.com/emma_shoppe.html


Ribbon/Trim:
Jillibean Soup Bean Stalks twine, 1 yd blue and 1 yd green (Twine)
1 yd. American Crafts velvet ribbon with scallops, Sunflower (cream tulle, orange poms, pink sheer ribbon)

Don't forget to go to CKCB and link up your kit for us to see!

Smash Book Challenge!

Looking for something new to do this summer?  How about making your own Smash Book?

Check our blog (CKCB) for the details!

May Blog Hop!

What a great hop!  I'm afraid my list of company blogs is growing at a tremendous rate!  And I just can't seem to pick a favorite.

You should  have started here: Counterfeit Kit Challenge

I knew that I wanted to get inspired to do a layout, so I headed straight to Jillibean Soup (love them) to see what I could find...and I found this:

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Here is my intrepretation of it...

I was excited about using the tags in my kit...I'm not a big tag person (I never remember to use them).  Love the round photos, too...don't usually do that.

Next up is October Afternoon.  Take a look at their Miss You Beary Much card:

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I'm loving all of the boy cards I am able to make with the kit.  Here is my take on the O.A. card:

Using the typography paper was a fun touch that I was excited to try.  Since I made ahead my embellishments, it was super quick to put this together.  I love that.

Since I'm on a roll....let's take a stroll over to Sassafras.  How cute is this?

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And now me!

I guess I was on a roll, huh?  LOL

 

Award Ribbon Tutorial

As I was putting together my kit, I started to realize that, once again, I had fallen back on the trifecta of embellishments.  You know, kind of like the trinity of cooking (also known as sofrito)?

My trinity seems to be buttons, ribbons and flowers (or brads if I am doing a boy page).  Hmmmm....in a rut would you say?  So I decided to start browsing and see what boy type embellishments I could find to counterfeit this time.  And I found these:

Jenni Bowlin Ribbons

What a fun idea!  And totally boy worthy!  Here is what I came up with:



I started by looking at tutorials for doing ribbons and found these:
Little Birdie Secrets
This Simple Life
Made by Me

Here is my first ribbon:

I did the "rosette" base and cut a fun shape with my cricut to layer on top...then added a star and some ribbon.  I did use Hot Glue, to speed up the process.  Regular glue would take a while to dry and I am not that patient.

My next ribbon was this:

Don't tell Collin, but I used my Mother's Day Bouquet Cricut Cart and used some of the flower shapes, but not the girly ones.  LOL  I layered them and pop dotted the top layer.  I tried to keep my ribbons sort of blank, so I can add what I want when I put them on the page.

My last ribbon is this one:

I remembered that there is an actual ribbon on the Plantain Schoolbook Cartridge and cut it out twice.  I then cut off the ribbon part and popdotted the circular part.   Added some ric rack and called it a day. 

I really think you should make at least ONE ribbon...and I would LOVE to see it!  I could use some more inspiration!