Monday, June 27, 2011

Counterfeit Kit Ad Challenge

Here's a quick page I did for the ad challenge on the Counterfeit Kit Challenge.

My inspiration ad:
The ad reminded me of a pack of We R Memory Keepers divided page protectors that I wanted to use.  I have a few different configurations and love to use them for quick pages and for lots of pictures on one page. 


Blah....what a terrible picture.  But it's late and dark and no time to try again. 
This page is about the day I got to meet my latest niece, Josie.

While looking through my stash for anything baby (not much to be had), I found a vellum quote stack.  Does anyone use those quote stacks anymore?  I found a way to use it here.  I fussy cut the background shape from a piece of patterned paper.  I ran the vellum strip through my little Xyron X and adhered it to the background shape.  Then I trimmed the edge of the vellum to match the shape, and inked the edges black to finish it off.  It's hard to tell here, but the vellum really disappeared - it looks a little like a rub-on.  I made a couple of other shapes for the page the same way.  I was really happy to have a new use for an old supply. 

The only things not in my original kit - the brads and the last of a pack of paper flowers. The pink ones were kicking around for a loooong time, and I was glad to get them used.

That's it for tonight.  Have a great week!

7 comments:

  1. Love your use of the page protectors - it works really well as a copy of your ad. Well done on using up old stash and making something pretty with it!

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  2. Great idea to use that page protector! Nice take on the ad challenge.

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  3. Looks good. I bet I have at least one vellum quote stack lurking in my stash - thanks for the idea to use it.

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  4. Sweet layout! I love how you were inspired by the ad's design...it works perfectly!

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  5. I love your ad inspiration and how you thought of the page protectors. Very cool!

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  6. I have thse stacks too-thanks for sharing a great idea!!

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  7. Love seeing what you've done with the first kit you created! Great job and I hope I'm that productive with the one I just made!

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