New Counterfeit Kit!

Today is the day to check out the new kit we picked to counterfeit!  Head over to the Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog right now to find out!

I did one of the add on kits for this month.  I am very excited about doing a fair/theme park/amusement park theme!  Here is my kit...remember it is just for one page, so it will be easy to put together:

I found some awesome paper from The Paper Studio (newsprint paper) and Sassafrass (Alphabet and music notes).  I love the colors and wanted to try a more vintage look.  The stickers are fun fair food stickers from Momenta (great colors...really cute).  The stamps are from Studio G (wood stamps) and Unity.  I got some fun twine from Miss Arts Paper Crafting School (have to get more of that stuff) and the note card from the dollar spot at Michales.  My last addition was a Cricut cartridge with great travel and fair images on it. 

I hope you feel inspired to make up a similar kit.  I have have several years of photos to choose from for this page kit.  We love fairs at our house. 

It is that time again! New counterfeit kit!

Kids are heading back to school this month for most of us...which means more time to play!  We have a great kit for you this month over at Counterfeit Kit Challenge.

You will need to head over there to see the kit we picked for August!  It sure is pretty...I mean THEY sure are pretty!  Yep!  Another month of choices for you!

So very excited for August!

When I think about what I need to do this month with the kids going back to school and family events coming up, well....

But there is a bright spot in the month of August.

Counterfeit Kit Challenge has yet another fabulous sponsor for the month!  One of my blog crushes has stepped up and offered a great prize for our blog hop for this month...Sketch Support! 

Why do I love this site so much?  Pull up a comfy chair!
1.  The sketchs are really brainless to just follow exactly as they are.
2.  The sketches are great to change up a bit to put your own spin on them.
3.  You can fit ALOT of pictures on your pages using these sketches.
4.  They have something for everyone (1 page/2 page/cards...).
5.  Allison is SUPER nice and very talented!
6.  Sketch Support has a great variety of FREE sketches!  And if you love those...they even have books you can order!
7.  They give great examples of each sketch!

Oh, and Allison has a pretty great site herself.  Check out her work here!

Suddenly, August is looking much brighter!

CKC Embossing Challenge

If you look at my scrapbook stuff, you can see that I have a thing for embossing.  Or, um, at least for collecting embossing stuff.  I honestly forget about it sometimes and don't use it nearly enough!

Here is my layout for the Counterfeit Kit Challenge Embossing Challenge.

I used a few different techniques on it. 

Cuddlebug Folder Embossing:

 Regular Embossing (Alphabet chipboard piece) and Cracked Glass Embossing (Bicycle Stamp):

Three Embossing Techniques in one layout...not too shabby!

Dusting off my Dollar Stamps

I am a stamp collector.  No, not the kind that will actually be collectable and make me money someday.  The kind that they sell for $1 at Michaels and Joannes.  Uhem.  I own quite a few of them.  Come on now!  They are just SO cute!

I bought some awesome new ones (oh, yes, I did!) last week...great old fashioned hot air balloons...ford cars...old time telephones...bowler hats....sigh.  Love them!  One of my finds was a set of mustache stamps.  How awesome is that??  So in honor of those stamps...and dollar stamps everywhere, here is a layout made out of my Counterfeit Kit and inspired by a layout idea in Creating Keepsakes.

Are you amazed that I had pictures to go with those stamps?  LOL  If you knew my family, you wouldn't be.

Summer Fun!

So, I stopped subscribbing to scrapbook magazines to save some money.  Yeah.  I can't seem to stop picking up each issue when it comes out at the store.  LOL  It is an addiction, I tell you! 

I love to look at blogs and even online scrapbook magazines, but there is just something about the feel of  paper in my hands.  Since I can't seem to stop buying them, at least I can start using them more.  :)  I pulled out my recent issue of Sccrapbooks ect. and found a great layout on page 16.  I don't generally do a lot of circles, but this seemed to be a great time to start.  Here is my version:

It was fun mixing up the patterened paper.  Usually I over think it.  This time I just started cutting.  I love it!

My sweet girl pulled out one of my card magazine to see about making a card.  She like to copy them EXACTLY and needs a bit of help with the cutting.  Then she adds her own flair to it..."just one more thing, mamma, then it will be perfect!".

Here is her take on a card she loved.  I enjoy watching her process and her new facination with texture on a card.

Off to make some more layouts and cards...hopefully with my girl!

A Scrappy Day...sort of

We had 2 free days this weekend...and I was prepared to scrapbook!  I have my Counterfeit Kit calling out to me....a new mini fridge in my scraproom and energy to spare.  And the family was home.  And wanted mommy's help and attention.  I should have known better.  LOL

Sunday I did get a good amount of time to myself.  Unfortunately, I got distracted a bit re-organizing some of my embellishment boxes.  They look so pretty now!  And I got distracted cyber chatting with some friends.  Well worth the typing time!

I saw this card on the Hero Arts Blog and really liked the graphic look of it.  Congrats Card

Isn't that great?  Really fun for kids...or a guy depending on the colors used.

Here is my take on it:

I think this design is going to be really flexible for some other fun cards!