So Sorry!

Hi All -

Sorry, life got in the way, and I didn't get my blog post completed for the Counterfeit Kit blog hop. 


The next stop is Meridy. Please continue on to see her terrific project and then wrap up back at the Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog. 

I'll be back soon. I've been MIA for no bad reasons - just some unexpected family visiting over the past week. My guest/craft room will go back to just a craft room soon.



Happy Hopping!

Cheating

I have a confession to make....I've felt very guilty all month, and I have to tell someone or I'll just DIE *cue soap opera music*.......I've been cheating..... on my Counterfeit Kit. 

Who is this evil temptress of scrapbooking?  She's DD, my December Daily! :)

She is filling up with lots of pages, all ready to document December.  I spent the past few week amassing her pieces - the album, page protectors, cardstock, papers, stickers, stamps, and vellum - and now I am in the construction phase.  I'm using every spare second, including lunch time at work, to work on this project so it will be ready for December.

So, I'm enjoying my torrid love affair for now, but I am aware that this "business trip" is going to have to end soon.  There are things to be done with my lovely Counterfeit Kit - tags, cards and pages that need my attention - so I'll try to get some of that work done and posted this weekend.

And I hope to get all my December Daily foundation pages finished and take photos of some of that work this week, too. 

Tune in next time to see what happens when CK and DD meet for the first time. More scrapopera drama to come!

November Counterfeit Kit!

It's time to put together a kit for November's Counterfeit Kit Challenges!

This month's inspiration kits come from Scraptastic Club. Scraptastic is also the Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog prize sponsor for the month - one lucky winner will receive a $20 gift certificate to Scraptastic! All you have to do to be entered in the drawing is either join the blog hop or comment on the blog hop...it's that easy! The blog hops will be on November 27th and 28th, and hop details are always available back on the CKCB.





There are four kits and add on kits to choose from. I saw an item in this Home Sweet Home kit that sent me over the moon - see those little houses? I LOVE little houses! I even live in one :). So I opted to counterfeit this kit.



Here is my kit, flipped forward into a Christmas Edition! The little houses in the original kit reminded me of all the little houses in the Little Yellow Bicycle collection, so I started there. Then I looked for anything homey to go along with the theme. In my stash I found a house stamp and a "home" embellishment; I also have several ideas for cutting houses and adding them to my kit. I included several tags and plan to use them and make more, maybe as potential gift tags. Topped it all off with some leftover Jillibean Soup embellishments and alphas, and I think I'll have plenty to keep me busy.

So, check out one of this month's inspiration kits and try making your own kit. It's great fun to shop your own stash, and if you're like me, it's pretty motivating to see a kit come together. Hope you'll play along!

Found My Album!!!!



Everyone has different ideas for the December Daily/winter/holiday season/Christmas/journal project.

Since this is my first year to take on and follow through on this idea, I really want to follow Ali Edwards and her plan of using 8 1/2 x 6 pages. But I didn't want to buy the album kit, because I didn't want the other stuff - I just wanted the album.

Earlier this week I found something that will work, and it's p-e-r-f-e-c-t for me!

It's a Paper Studio stamp storage binder, available in the stamping area at Hobby Lobby. It meets all my requirements.  And it was about $8 after coupon, which added to the thrill.  Here's how I'll use it:

--The album cover is 9 1/2 x 9 1/2.  It's 3 d-ring, I think they are 3" around (maybe 2 1/2", but definitely bigger than any other option I could find).

--I ordered packs of 12 x 6 page protectors.  I'll just need to cut them down to 8 1/2" and punch my own 3-ring holes.  I ordered packs of 6x6 and 4x6 protectors, too, in case I come up with some great idea for those.

--The album came with 5 plastic holders (for stamp storage).  I may use these pieces to divide each week within my book. We'll see if I can find a use for them :).

My chosen papers/supplies should be in at our LSS soon - maybe this weekend - and with album in hand, I can start putting foundation pages together.

I know it's a little thing, but I'm thrilled.  This news is not something I can share with anyone in "real life," because....well.....simply, they don't care.  But anyone reading here really *gets* it, right?!  Well, thanks for indulging my excitement, either way!!

Have a great weekend -

Rebecca

Using Up the Kit

A few pages I finished with my October Counterfeit Kit:

Just need to add a picture.  I'd like to take the picture when my room is clean - yea, that's why there's no picture yet :).
I made one more title from foam and then a layer of glitter. 
Now that I know that trick, I can see myself making those letters more often.

The last of the purple paper! I really got some mileage out of that add-on kit this month.
Have you ever seen these dog puzzles? Junior loves them - it's good brain exercise for him. Dogs are so smart!
I also used Shimelle's Scrapbook Starting Point for this page.

Still need to print the picture for this one, too.
I used a bunch of b-side scraps from my kit.  I really took it down to scraps this month - love it!
Just a thought - Do "kid's today" even know what the phrase "b-side" means?

Have a great week!

Rebecca