A little game of Clue

Clue:  This kit will "restore" your creativity!  Even the big bad wolf would leave grandma alone long enough to play with us next month!

Susanne's Birthday Page Add-On Kit

Susanne made us a fun Birthday Page Kit to counterfeit for this month!  It would be awesome for a layout or even a few cards!

And to make your scrabooking even easier...here is a sketch to use with your page kit!

Link to Sketch with examples!

Have fun and don't forget to post your creation to Mr. Linky.  :)

September Blog Hop!

Don't forget to leave a comment on this post so you can be entered to win a stamp set of your choice from Sherri!

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It is blog hop time!  We have a great line up of projects for you this month!  Are you ready to be WOWED?

Blog Hop Challenge:  Use a stamping technique on a project...and share a tutorial for that technique!

Ali

Amarilys

Helen

Karen

Angela

Emily

Milissa

Jessica

Rebecca

Bethany

Master Forger September Blog Hop!

It's Blog Hop Time!  Our challenge this month was to showcase a stamping technique in project (and share the technique with us).  Here is our hop list!  Have fun!

 Guest Designer: Lisa H.

Melissa

Sherri

Kim

Jemma

Margie

Susanne
Lisa

Gabrielle

Meridy

Lots of Stamping Video Goodness!

I hope you don't mind, but I never get enough of these!  Here are some great stamping videos from Unity!

Unity Youtube Channel

Blog Hop Reminder and a sneaky clue...

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 You have until 12:00 EST tonight to send us an e-mail if you want to play in the blog hop this month! 

Want to know what stamping technique I am showcasing on MY blog? Do ya?  Here is a hint:

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LOL  You have NO idea, do you?  Good!  You'll find out soon!

And don't forget to check out our Counterfeit Kit Challenge Sponsor for this month:

Ippity Chick Sherri

The prize:  a stamp set of your choice from her online store!

How to get it:  comment on our blog hop post on the 28th....and you get an extra entry when you participate in our blog hop!

I Spy...Julie J.!

Julie

**The layering is FANTASTIC on this layout!  Lots of fun bees and butterflies!

Master Forger Challenge #3

Guest Designer:   Lisa H.

Crystal

Jemma



Melissa

Susanne

Bethany



Gabrielle

Lisa T.



Meridy

Challenge #3: Stamp an embellishment

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We are all about making our own embellishments around here!  And what better way than with stamps?

Try making:

Tags

stamp on buttons

Stamp on canvas and cut out the embellishment

Stamp on plain colored flowers

Stamp an image into clay and let it air dry

Make a stamped shrinky dink

Hand Stamped Flowers

Stamped Clay Embellishments

3-D Embellishments with Stamps

Fun Stampers Corner

**Browse Etsy or Pinterest for even more fun ideas!

Challenge #3:  Use stamping to make an embellishment for your project!

I am looking forward to seeing some fun new ideas from you!

These are Stamps??

In my stamping travels through Pinterest, I have found some very unusual stamping ideas!  You have to check these out!

Lego Stamping

Okra Stamping

Bleach Stamping

Pencil Stamping

Potato Stamping

Bubble Wrap Stamping

A yummy new idea for your stamps!

This idea is brilliant!  I can't wait to try it!

Tutorial for stamping on cookies

I Spy...Brenda!

Brenda

**I love the border of patterned paper and how the journaling layers on the background paper!

Blog Hop Challenge: It is all in the technique

Stamp Photo Credit     Embossing Photo Credit    

 Copics Photo Credit     Ink Photo Credit

Blog Hop Challenge:  Use a stamping technique to create a project.  Make sure you make a link to that technique so we can give it a try, too!  (Or, if you feel adventurous...make your own tutorial for your favorite stamping technique!)

Need some inspiration?  Here are some ideas for you!

Split Coast Stampers

The Stampin Place

Close to My Heart: Alysta

Stamp TV

Hero Arts

You Tube

Blog Hop Details:

Create your assigned project and take a photo of it.

You have until the 25th to e-mail me at counterfeitkitchallenge@yahoo.com with BLOG HOP in the heading.  In your e-mail, please give me the LINK TO YOUR BLOG and be ready to publish a post with your challenge on the 28th (12:01 AM Eastern Time) for the hop

We will put together a list of all participating blogs and will e-mail everyone the order of the blog hop and how to do their post!

By the 28th (or earlier if you want to schedule it to simply post on the 28th) you will create a blog post that shares your creation and then post the link to the next blog on the list!  Easy!

 

Don't forget we have an awesome prize this month for the hop!  An Ippity Stamp Set of your Choice from Ippity Chick Sherri!  You will get one entry if you participate in the hop...and one entry for commenting on the hop post.

I have a Crush....

I have some absolute FAVORITE stampers!  You will be so inspired by them!

Betsy Veldman

Dawn McVey

Geralyn

Chan

Mathilda

Stamping Basics

Still not quite sure about stamping?  Not sure where to start?

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Stamping Basics
Stamping 101: Ink Pad Basics
Types of Stamps

And here is a video for you...there is a part 2 as well, if you go to youtube.

If you still have questions, post on the comments here or even e-mail us!  We are happy to point you in the right direction!



Master Forgers take on Challenge #1

Yesterday's challenge was to make some handstamped background paper and our Master Forgers have been BUSY!

Guest Designer: Lisa



Crystal

Gabrielle

Kim



Margie

Susanne

Sherri

Bethany



Challenge #1: Create your own background paper

If there is one part of scrapbooking I love, it is the paper.  So many pretty patterns and color combinations, I can't seem to help myself.  :)  When I have the money (and can actually get my hands on the paper) that is so much fun, but there is a great way to get the same "fix" without spending the money at all! 

Let's talk about Counterfeiting paper!

Some tips about stamping your own paper:
1.  Stamp with your larger stamps first...then fill in with your smaller stamps
2.  Stamp off the edge of the paper for a more authentic look
3.  Try embossing, coloring in your stamped images and distressing the paper to add demension
4.  Stamp one small section of your paper at a time to get a more random look
5.  If you are creating a smaller piece of background paper for a card or embellishment...use smaller stamped images to keep the scale the right size

Here are some great tutorials about making your own paper:

Paper Sensei
The Stamp Goddess
Inkadinkado
My Favorite Things

Another alternative is going digital.  You can use it digitally, or print it out to use!
Make your own background paper with digital stamps
2 Peas: Making digital paper using brushes

So onto THE CHALLENGE:

Stamp your own background paper and use it in a project! 

Let's get our stamp on!

Since Sherri is our lovely sponsor this month, we are ALL about stamping this month!

I am VERY excited about this!  I have a thing about stamps.  I own alot of them.  Seriously!  Boxes of clear, rubber and cling stamps.  I even have a box devoted to Unity.  :)  I also have NOTEBOOKS full of Studio G stamps in baseball card protectors.  I LOVE STAMPS! Oh, and stamping.  I love stamping, too.  <Grin>

Here is one of my absolute favorite stampers, Nichol Magourik!  She has a class on 2 Peas right now about stamping:

You should check it out!  Scrapbook Stamping with Nichol Magourik

Tutorial-Faux Thickers

Peacock Blue Thickers are in this month's Inspiration Kit.

One of our new Master Forgers created a great tutorial (complete with "trial and error" information) for how to create Counterfeit "Foam" Thickers.  Here is a link to her tutorial, Rebecca's "Faux" Thickers Tutorial.

In Memory of the Lives Lost 10 Years Ago...

Tutorial- Vintage Style Journal Cards

Jenni Bowlin "Family Tree" Journaling Cards

These pretty "vintage style" journal cards are in the "Juicy" Add-On Inspiration Kit.  While on a search for similar free vintage images I came across this wonderful blog called Far Far Hill.  This blog has 100's of free images available for download.

Here are two sets from Far Far Hill that I thought would coordinate with this month's kits...
Vintage journaling cards to coordinate with the Main Kit
Vintage images to coordinate with the "Juicy" Add On Kit

Tutorial- Paper Counterfeiting

This piece of paper by Sassafras was in this month's Inspiration Kit

Sherri created a wonderful tutorial for counterfeiting the stitched look on the back side of this piece of paper.  See Sherri's tutorial here. (PS- Sherri is having small give away on her blog, since this tutorial is her 300th post, all you have to do is comment  on her post and you are entered!)

There was also a strip of peach colored "paper lace"  in this month's Inspiration Kit.  These are very easy to replicate using some scrap paper and a cute border punch! 

An example of my Counterfeit Lace Paper... used a Martha Stewart punch.

Tutorial-Mini Calendar Embellishments

There was a cute mini calendar set in this month's Counterfeit Inspiration Kit.  A mini calendar would make an excellent embellishment on a scrapbook page.  So we were on a mission to find some cute mini calendars to print.  Here is what we found...

   

On Monika Wright's blog, http://iloveitallwithmonikawright.blogspot.com/, she has shared these SUPER cute 2011 mini calendars with "Subway Art" on each one...
January-April Download link
May-August Download Link
September-December Download Link

Here is a link to a simple mini printable 2012 calendar http://yearlycalendarhub.com/printable-yearly-calendar-2012/


And when I saw this post I thought JACKPOT!!!   http://zuhauseingermany.blogspot.com/2011/01/2011-free-printable-calendar-round-up.html 


Enjoy!

Tutorial-Flowers



These are in the Add-On Inspiration Kit

There is a set of "Blooms a Bella" fabric flowers in this month's Add-On Inspiration Kit.  The flowers in this tutorial look fairly similar, Chiffon and Tulle Flowers.

There is also a set of 3 handmade flowers in the Inspiration Kit this month.  The flowers in this tutorial look very similar to the ones in the Inspiration Kit.   Text and Glitter Flowers Tutorial

Sherri created this tutorial using stamped images to make some similar flowers pictured below. Stamped and Layered Flower Tutorial


Sherri's Stamped and Layered Flowers



Master Forger's Counterfeit Kits

First, check out our Guest Designer, Lisa's, Counterfeit Kit...

"When I saw the Sweet Peach Crop Shop kit from September 2010, I was thrilled to see pretty papers and a fresh colour palette. This kit was full of products that I loved right away. I think the Indie Girl range is gorgeous but I didn’t have a single sheet of it in my stash and knew I would have to get creative with my choices. Right from the start I decided to try and dig deep into my products and give some older items an airing. I always give myself some kit objectives at the beginning of the month and September will be to use as many of these “vintage” pieces as possible (vintage as in how long they've been sitting on my shelf!)

The gorgeous blues and greens in the inspiration kit were my starting point and I picked out an initial selection, including some fabric paper, which I am pushing myself to find a use for. The original kit had a touch of pink which never fails to make me happy and also one of my favourite papers from recent times featuring gorgeous hearts (Affection) so I picked out a few pinks and softer tones to represent these. I thought I could spy some music paper and knowing how I like to mix in some neutrals with the brighter shades, I picked out a vintage double-sided sheet that will be really useful. Paying homage to the original kit, I also added in a pretty Sassafras sheet that I came across while rummaging. I sorted through the sheets until I had reduced it to 10 and love the mix of brighter, bolder patterns and colours, and softer, more vintage feeling papers. I matched this up with 6 sheets of cardstock in supporting shades.

Moving onto my embellishments I decided to limit myself a little but I always put in a bit more than the original kit as filling the page with stuff is what I do ;-) Again, not having any of the original products from the inspiration kit, I decided to go with the same kind of items as a starting point. An alphabet, some brads, some ribbons, a few flowers, rub-on stitching and some calendar die cuts. And then I added more! A tiny alpha, a handful of pins, some photo corners, a bobbin of baker's twine and some paper trims that have been seriously faded in the sun so they will need some TLC before I can put them to use. Adding in and taking out a few items here and there took less time than usual because the inspiration kit was very much what I love to scrap with and the kit came together really quickly.

When I looked at the kit I'd created I realised it looked bright and fresh, but definitely not high season and the name Departing Summer seemed appropriate.

Then I decided that I needed even more! More embellishments, more letters, more journaling choices. And for the first time an add-on kit, September Notes was born. Again, using the Sweet Peach Crop Shop embellishment add-on as a starting point, I matched alphabets, flowers, die-cuts and some journaling spots before adding shipping tags, some pretty buttons and a bit of bling for good measure!

I am sure that I will be sneaking in one or two items as I go through the month and I always consider inks, stamps and tools as just part of my standard supplies so it's going to be a full and busy month!"

And now for the Master Forger's Counterfeit Kits!  For detailed information on each of these kits, click on the Master Forgers' names...



Kim's Main Kit



Sherri's Main Kit



Susanne's Main Kit



Meridy's Main Kit

  

Crystal's "Juicy" Kit



Jemma's "Juicy" Kit



Lisa's "Juicy" Kit



Gabrielle's "Juicy" Kit



Margie's Main Kit



Margie's Embellishment Add On Kit



Margie's "Juicy" Kit

Margie has also created a Digi Counterfeit Kit...I'm pretty sure she will be going into more detail about her digi kit on her blog at http://scrappinmargie.blogspot.com/



Margie's "Digi Paper Kit"

Margie's "Digi Embellishment Kit"



Melissa's Counterfeit of Studio Calico's Paper Moon Kit
(counterfeiting Sweet Peach was a conflict off interests, since Melissa is on their DT!)