Design Team Call Challenge and LO

So the Challenge I chose to do for the Design Team Call and Challenge over
at the Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog is.....
DIY an element of  the kit I counterfeited and use it on a LO.

So in my last post I showed what I chose to DIY, those darling little bows,
and now I'm gonna use them on a LO.

This is another LO in the series I've been doing in my scrapbook this
year on my spine surgery back in February.  It has been so good for me
to document this event in our lives.  Its been a tough season, but God is
good.  In every season.

So here is one of those sweet little bows in action.
Isn't she pretty?  =)

And here is another one of those darlin's.  Yep dressed up and stuck down.
Fun.

My letters are those great white Thickers that I put in my kit, and I used
Heidi Swapp Color Shine in Primrose and Mint Green to color them.
I sprayed and then dried and then sprayed a little or a lot more =) and then
dried.  I LOVE the way they turned out.
Beautiful.

Here is my journaling, complete with these beautiful verses in James 1.
Love them.  They have been so very helpful to me.

I saw a particular hand writing that I liked, so I practiced and practiced and
practiced some more and had so
much fun, and decided to use it on this page.
LOVE the result!

I got this crazy idea to use the banner stamp that I put in this lovely kit,
but to turn it on its side and use it vertically instead of horizontally.
So pretty.
And yep there is a little peak of the Maggie Holmes Washi.
Lots of pieces of that Washi put here and there and yonder
on this page.
Love.it.

Here is some of the Oh Snap in action with that little Remember: piece,
and there is that little DIY'ed bag.  So cute!!

This has been such a beautiful experience for me.  

Thank you for the Design Team Call and allowing us

to try out for this amazing blog.

Thank you for the opportunity.

DIY Bows - The Maggie Holmes Effect =)

In the Scrap Circle Kit I chose - My Favorite -
they had those GREAT Maggie Holmes fabric
bows.  And since I don't have any of those bows
I decided to DIY them.

I saw some tutorials on how to do them,
but in the end, just kind of did my own thing.

I first started with a strip of paper.....
Yep just a normal, beautiful, strip of double sided paper.....

I folded it in half.....
See that beautiful double-sided feature coming into play.....

Then I folded each side into the middle.

Then I took a small piece of the paper and turned
it to the other side and wrapped it around the center.

Pretty.

Then I took another strip of paper, just a little longer
than the bow.....
(Yep the other side of that double-sided paper).

Then cut banner type notches on either end.....

Then mounted my bow and top of that notched strip.....
and Voila!!!

And here are several DIY bows all ready to go onto my pages.
Love.

Now time to get a couple of these beauts on a page.

Stay Tuned.....

=)

Have a Blessed and Beautiful,

Crafty, Kind of Day ~~

Design Team Call Kit

Well, after thought and prayer, I've decided
to try out for the Design Team for Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog.
If you are not familiar with it, you should really go here and check
it out.  It is one of my favorite blogs to read and be challenged by.

In March, I was the guest designer.  It was such an honor
to be asked, and such an honor to participate.
I'd never done anything like that before, and I learned so much from it.
When I saw they were having a Design Team Call, I decided to "apply".

So the first criteria was to counterfeit your favorite kit, but since I don't
actually subscribe to any kits, I had to go on a search.

There are some GREAT kits out there.  I chose to counterfeit the
May Kit from Scrapbook Circle:  My Favorite.

I love all the colors, and the elements, and I knew I had that Maggie Holmes
Washi sheet, so this would be a great kit to build from.

Here are my selection of papers.
Included are:
Elle's Studio Day to Day
American Crafts Lucky Charm
Crate Paper DIY
Maggie Holmes for Crate the cut apart sheet
Studio Calico Memoir
And that great Maggie Holmes Washi sheet

Aren't they pretty?

Even the B sides are just fab!!

I included a cut apart sheet from the Oh Snap collection.
And a My Minds Eye label sheet.

For the letter stickers, I used a pink Doodle Bug set, that has been very well loved on and used.
And the color goes so well with the kit, so they were included =)
And I included this white Thicker set, so that I could color them to match the papers,
since I didn't have any good color matches.

The Scrapbook Circle kit included an exclusive Heidi Swapp tiny tag set,
but since I didn't have that, I cut out some tiny tags using my Tim Holtz
Tiny Tag die.  And I LOVE the result.
SO cute!!!
Why yes that is a clear acrylic sheet with velvet blue flowers.
LOVE.

I added some pins for the brads, a little Washi for good measure,
and 3 bags (1 DIY'ed).
Good stuff right there.

In my kits, I always add  little scrap sheets.  I have SO many.
I love to include a few.  And stamps.  I don't use them enough,
so this time decided to include some that I LOVE and know I'll
use.  This is an older My Minds Eye and a newer Heidi Swapp.
Love them both.  The single stamp is one I got in a studio sale.
Love.

I really LOVE the Maggie Holmes fabric bows, but do not have any.
So what's a girl to do?
Make them herself of course =)

These are not fabric, but paper.
I LOVE the way they turned out and they were oh so easy to do.
I will be doing a small tutorial on those when I post my LO.
SO cute!!!

So here is my kit.  I love it SO much!!

Thank you for this opportunity.

Have a Blessed and Beautiful,

Crafty, Kind of Day ~~