Let's Go Places ~~ August CKC Kit

Good Morning my sweets!

I am here with my August CKC Kit.

If you'd like to know more about the above mentioned kits,

and how you can make your own...

go right HERE.

All the info you need to start making fun pages with

a kit of your own, out of your own stash.

Brilliant!

So we were to counterfeit this kit right here.

The June Globe Trotter Kit from the Snappy Canary.

So my take on that is...

"Let's Go Places"

One of my fav combos is navy and yellow.  

Swoon.

So delighted to see this combo in this months kit,

so I took off from there.

I even had at least one of the papers,

the Pink Paislee chevron.

SCORE!

anyway... the kit.

Here she is all tidied up.....

Here are my papers.

Mostly they are from Shimelle's "True Stories" line.

I mean seriously,

how happy are you that she is designing?

So good!

There is a Pink Paislee, a Crate, and of course 

a Maggie thrown in there for good measure.

I mean that's ALWAYS a good idea!  ;)

The original kit itself is kind of small,

but packs a punch.

So I grabbed some pack punching goodness

of mine own and tossed it right in there.

 We have Shimelle's sticker book,

Studio Calico's Seven Paper word stickers,

Pink Paislee's Atlas puffy's and a Gossamer Blue stamp set.

I mean serious goodness right there.

Swoon worthy.

Just sayin'

I LOVED that there are a few 6x6 papers thrown in the kit

as well, so yep, you guessed it, I tossed in a few of my own.

I mean look at those houses.

And envelopes, so I included the red chevron envellies 

you see there and there are a few green tucked in behind.

I'd LOVE to get those babies used up.

Been space wasting in my stash far.too.long.

Then last but certainly NOT least,

I added several sheets of cut aparts,

from Shimelle's line, but also from Crate Paper,

and an older 12x12 sticker sheet from Carta Bella,

from their Hello Again line.

So there we have it!  

Now time to get a scrappin'

Love and Blessings ~~ dawn

CKC Design Team Tryout ~~ YAY!!!

Hello there!!!

So happy you are here.

CKC (Counterfeit Kit Challenge) blog

has a Master Forger Search

and I was SO excited to see this.

I was on the Design team for CKC last year

and loved it so much.

So when I saw this, 

I knew I wanted to try out for the team again.

These ladies are the real deal.

They are SO talented and SO much fun to work with.

So how does one apply for something like this.

Well, they have all the criteria right here

if you are interested in trying out too.

So you answer some multiple choice questions

and they send you your unique kit to 

counterfeit.

And here is my criteria:

1.  Paper Choice **Please click the link to see your specific collections to copy.

c.  October Afternoon

2.  Tools

a. stamps

3.  Embellishments

b. washi tape

4.  Materials

a. metal

5.  Tiny bits

a. sequins

6.  More Embellishments

a. layered embellishments

7.  fun extras

c. sewing element

The papers were browns, yellows, pinks and greens.

Very pretty, and neutral.

Here are the papers I chose.

I mean seriously,

look at that Maggie Holmes cut apart.

Swoon.

A little closer look 

So pretty =)

I was to use stamps and metal.

Some of my favorite stamps are older,

and I love them SO much!!!

And can you go wrong with Tim Holtz metal?

I don't think so.

I mean check out this close up.

The stamps are an old Simon Says Stamp cloud stamp

and this older MME's stamp set + this alpha set.

Lots of ephemera, labels, stickers and that cute little marshmallow.

I mean have you ever?!! =)

Some pretty little alphas.....

My beautiful washi's.

And then we were to forge at least one item to add to our kit.

I LOVE this part!!!

I decided to forge some wood veneer.

I had this very thin wafer board I had picked up

from Michaels once upon a time,

and decided to get to work. 

I have this beautiful "Grateful Moment's" stamp,

so I stamped it on and cut it out and stamped it on

and cut it into a lovely square.

Then I punched a circle.

So cute!

I was also to add some sequins,

so here are my beautiful sequins and some 

forged cork embellies.

I have a roll of cork and decided to get to work.

So I pulled out a fav Heidi Swapp stamp set,

and went to town.

I mean seriously look at those stars,

and those cameras.

LOVE

Then we were to issue a challenge and

make a page with our kit

using that challenge.

So what is my challenge?

4's.

I challenged myself to use fours on my page in some way.

So.....

I used a grid of 4.

4x4 picture 

& 

built my grids on the center being 4x4.

And 4 areas of embellishments.

I am currently taken a class offered by Ashli Oliver

over on her blog, right here.

It opens to the public tonight.

Oh do please check this out.

It is called Softer Side and it is really fantastic.

And a great value for your $$$.  

This class, seriously,

amazing!!!

I love you 4 forever

See what I did there? 

A little journaling.....and stiching.....and layering.....

and and and...

love.

OOO How I love this kit and how this page turned out.

love.

So I didn't want to stop there.

I decided to make a bonus card too.

Here is that cork in action.

I mean seriously...

seriously.

and those sequins.....

And that mist....
love.

So there you have it.

Thank you SO much for stopping by this little corner of the blog world.

And thank you for the chance to be on your amazing Design Team.

Really thank you so much!!

Y'all are simply AMAZING!!!

Blessings ~~ dawn