May 2022 Happy {I}NSD - Challenge #15 and Goodnight!

It's time for us to say goodbye to {i}NSD and a goodnight to all of you! 

But first of all - THANK YOU for spending the day with us! 

We can't wait to see all the kits and creations you have shared with us throughout the event and hope you enjoyed our gentle day of inspiration, challenges and forgeries as much as we did!

Just a reminder to you about our PRIZE DRAW. 

We are offering TWO vouchers for your online scrapbook store of choice! All you have to do for a chance to win is link up your kits and/or creations on the {i}NSD posts over at the Counterfeit Kit Community Facebook Community. 

You have until MIDNIGHT on SUNDAY 15th MAY to play along and link up before we throw all your names into a hat and pull the lucky winners!

 Now it's my honour to offer you one final challenge:

Challenge #15 – Use our May 2022 Moodboard to inspire your layout.

And... that's a wrap!

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May 2022 Happy {I}NSD - Challenge #14 - Forgery

 

Welcome to {i}NSD at The Counterfeit Kit Challenge!

 MF Juliet here again.  I think on of my favorite things that made me fall in love with Counterfeit Kits is the forgeries!  Are you like me and when you are shopping for supplies say to yourself when you see the embellishment isle 'I can make that'...well that is exactly what this is!  Putting THAT 'thought' into practice.  Here are a few.

First I LOVE layered embellishments...those little things you can add to your project.  I had purchased these little flat stickers quite some time ago and they came with 4 sheets of the same ones in the pack...perfect to create layered embellishments!  The top piece (Today) is just a little extra from stuff laying on my desk...kind of like the card after the layout...why not embellishments to use later or even stick on a card base for a quick card!

One more because I couldn't stop, are titles...I love quick titles I can just pop on a layout, and again, I love layers.  So I made a few here to hopefully inspire someone to use their supplies.  First I used some OLD letter alphas...picked a few words...put them on some heavy cardstock and then fussy cut around the letters and wahla....quick titles to use when I want!  

And lastly I used some of my bigger stamps...stamped the words, fussy cut around that word and then again, glued to a piece of cardstock and fussy cut around that...instant titles to use for later!  And don't forget you can customize the colors of those large words to match your layout...check out the title from my layout/card challenge and you will see I did just that.

So....your challenge for this one is to show me some layered embellishments with your stash or maybe some titles you created to use later!  Make sure you have FUN and share your creations with us over on our Facebook page!

May 2022 Happy {I}NSD - Challenge #13 - Forgery - Tags and Butterflies

Welcome to {i}NSD at The Counterfeit Kit Challenge!

Hi everyone, this time I'm making forgeries of some tags and butterflies from our May inspiration kit, Sweet Life from Bo Bunny.  With a few stamps, ink, embossing powder, hole punch, scissors and a butterfly die and a few paper scraps from my scrap pile.  I even used a piece of chip board from a paper pad.

The supplies I am using are Tim Holtz -Distress Ink in black soot, spiced marmalade and embossing ink, Tsukineko ink - moonlight white, Recollections white embossing powder, Firefly stamp and die - Butterfly, Pink Paislee Bloom Street Stamp set, Prima wild and Free stamp set and finally a couple of Unity Stamp Company stamps - the butterfly and the look at you stamp on the stamp block.

I started by stamping my butterflies and the leaf circle, then stamp and embossed the butterfly on Kraft cardstock. I also use the chip board from a paper pad to die cut the butterfly. The orange blob with the butterflies is me putting the stamp on backwards. I then fussy cut them out. 

From the Kraft cardstock I also cut a couple of tags out added the teal pattern paper then stamped and heat embossed with white embossing power. 

The best part is that I can make as many as I need for a project, make to use at a later date and it is all from something I already own. 

Don’t forget to link up over on the {i}NSD posts in our Counterfeit Kit Community Facebook Community  for this and ALL the following challenges to come for a chance to be entered in our prize draw!

 You can also share over at Instagram where you can can find us @counterfeitkitchallenge and/or tag us using #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcINSD2022

Also a reminder about our PRIZE DRAW for a chance of winning a 1^st prize of $25 voucher and 2^nd prize of $15 voucher to your online scrapbook store of choice. 

All you have to do is link up your kits and/or creations on the {i}NSD posts over at the Counterfeit Kit Community Facebook Community. 

You have until MIDNIGHT on SUNDAY 15th MAY to play along and link up before we throw all your names into a hat and pull the lucky winners!

May 2022 Happy {I}NSD - Challenge #12 - A Layout and A Card!

Welcome to {i}NSD at The Counterfeit Kit Challenge!

 MF Juliet here, hoping you are having a fun day of creating and crafting! In my world it is iNSD everyday (or every weekend at least!). I have a challenge that way back when our local scrapbook store was open we would do almost every month!  Scrap a layout and then use your leftovers to create a card! You know we always have leftovers so why not put them to use immediately and then you will build up your card stash!

I used my May mini kit and created this layout

THEN I even 'lifted' the layout to create this card:

                                          

So...I challenge you to show me a layout and then a card using your scraps... you know you have some laying around from all the projects you have done today!

Have fun and make sure you share your creations over on our Facebook page!

Don’t forget to link up over on the {i}NSD posts in our Counterfeit Kit Community Facebook Community  for this and ALL the following challenges to come for a chance to be entered in our prize draw!

 You can also share over at Instagram where you can can find us @counterfeitkitchallenge and/or tag us using #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcINSD2022

Also a reminder about our PRIZE DRAW for a chance of winning a 1^st prize of $25 voucher and 2^nd prize of $15 voucher to your online scrapbook store of choice. 

All you have to do is link up your kits and/or creations on the {i}NSD posts over at the Counterfeit Kit Community Facebook Community. 

You have until MIDNIGHT on SUNDAY 15th MAY to play along and link up before we throw all your names into a hat and pull the lucky winners! 

May 2022 Happy {I}NSD - Challenge #11 - Colour Challenge

Welcome to {i}NSD at The Counterfeit Kit Challenge! 

For my challenge I have chosen a colour palette .

It is based around one of the original photos from the kit.

I've used an app named "let's chip it" which is handy if you don't have a clue where to start when scrapping your photos. 

 For this challenge, you can use as many, or as few, of the above colours you like on a layout.

 You should have something in your kits that will work.

Here's mine. I kept the palette handy and used mainly yellow, orange and black with teal embellishments.

 Enjoy your scrapping! From Julene

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 You can also share over at Instagram where you can can find us @counterfeitkitchallenge and/or tag us using #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcINSD2022

Also a reminder about our PRIZE DRAW for a chance of winning a 1^st prize of $25 voucher and 2^nd prize of $15 voucher to your online scrapbook store of choice. 

All you have to do is link up your kits and/or creations on the {i}NSD posts over at the Counterfeit Kit Community Facebook Community. 

You have until MIDNIGHT on SUNDAY 15th MAY to play along and link up before we throw all your names into a hat and pull the lucky winners!

May 2022 Happy {I}NSD - Challenge #10 - Enamel Dot Forgeries

Welcome to {i}NSD at The Counterfeit Kit Challenge!

I'm back with an idea about how to make your own version of enamel dots using plastic beads. 

Perler (or similar) beads can be found in most craft shops, and even Ikea, in jars of literally thousands. With a little work and ingenuity, these thousands of beads can be turned into dot embellishments at a fraction of the price of the ever-popular enamel dots. You need never run out again! 

Of course, you can iron-melt a perler bead shape and then apply that to your layouts just like you would any sticker or dimensional detail but I looked around online and found that faux enamel dots were to be found in every corner! Different brands of beads work and melt in different ways – the beads I used took around 30 mins at 200°C and easily provided small, evenly-sized, shiny, bright dots so give yours a go and see how they work. I used almost 20 on my first layout and I’d never have been so generous if those had been normal enamel dots! 

But I love gold embellishments as much as the next girl and was determined to find a way to turn these bright plastic shapes into something a little more luscious. A gold sharpie worked well and covered the dot evenly and smoothly, even if they were a little dark. Heat embossing re-melted the plastic and distorted the perfectly round shape. It took a little time and patience but painting the dots with nail varnish provided the prettiest results and how much fun is it to scatter gold dots all over the layout without worrying about using up the whole pack! 

Any plastic beads can be used to create little or large dots to use on your pages. Mini-perler and “pony” beads can be found in a multitude of colours and sizes including clear and pearl which would make a great mix. Imagine a whole pile of pretty Prima-style pearls swirling across your layout. 

Tiny flowers and hearts are possible by placing your perler beads in a circle with a contrasting colour in the middle or with three beads in a triangle respectively, while cookie cutters can be used as a shape form for your melted art - you will need to coat the cutter and the beads with a little spray oil first. 

The only limit is your own imagination but a few minutes on YouTube or Pinterest will provide you with so many ideas and inspiration on different ways to melt your way into pretty, individual embellishments for your cards, pages or projects. 

Melt on! 

Instructions: 

1. Line a flat baking tray with greaseproof paper or a non-stick liner. Pre-heat the oven to 200°C. Place the beads a little distance apart on the tray, standing on end. Carefully place the tray in the pre-heated oven. 
2. Check the beads at 10 minute intervals. As they melt, they will form mini-donut shapes. This is about the half-way point. 
3. After about 30 minutes, your beads should have fully melted, the donut hole in the middle will now be filled and the top of the “dot” should be rounded. Leave in for another 5 minutes if they are not all at this stage until you are satisfied with the look you have achieved. 
4. Take out of the oven and leave to cool. Using a spatula knife, carefully release your beads from the baking parchment and leave to fully cool. You can attach them to your layout using glue dots or a dab of clear glue.
5. To change the colour of the beads, I found it easier to take each dot and stick them on the end of my craft knife so that the top surface of the dot was fully accessible and then to use two coats of nail varnish to get the desired shade! 

 Here are two layouts I made using my "forged" enamel dots!

I hope you will give this a try and let me know how you get on.

Don’t forget to link up over on the {i}NSD posts in our Counterfeit Kit Community Facebook Community  for this and ALL the following challenges to come for a chance to be entered in our prize draw!

 You can also share over at Instagram where you can can find us @counterfeitkitchallenge and/or tag us using #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcINSD2022

Also a reminder about our PRIZE DRAW for a chance of winning a 1^st prize of $25 voucher and 2^nd prize of $15 voucher to your online scrapbook store of choice. 

All you have to do is link up your kits and/or creations on the {i}NSD posts over at the Counterfeit Kit Community Facebook Community. 

You have until MIDNIGHT on SUNDAY 15th MAY to play along and link up before we throw all your names into a hat and pull the lucky winners!

May 2022 Happy {I}NSD - Challenge #9 - Scraplift a Layout!

Welcome to {i}NSD at The Counterfeit Kit Challenge!

Hey everyone,  it's Master Forger Kate here wishing you a happy and productive (inter)National Scrapbook Day! My challenge is easy, we're doing a scraplift challenge!

For those of you who are beginners or who don't know what scraplifting is, it's basically looking at a layout and  copying all or some of it. Could be the whole look, the whole design, part of it, some of the elements,  whatever ideas you incorporate into your own. 

With that being said, let's scraplift our fabulous leader, LISA! Here are 2 of my favorite layouts that she's created - I love that she uses texture, multiple photos and handwriting- you can pick one or both to scraplift! 

And since we are all about using your stash, you can use your May Counterfeit kit and add anything else you want!

Don’t forget to link up over on the {i}NSD posts in our Counterfeit Kit Community Facebook Community  for this and ALL the following challenges to come for a chance to be entered in our prize draw!

 You can also share over at Instagram where you can can find us @counterfeitkitchallenge and/or tag us using #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcINSD2022

Also a reminder about our PRIZE DRAW for a chance of winning a 1^st prize of $25 voucher and 2^nd prize of $15 voucher to your online scrapbook store of choice. 

All you have to do is link up your kits and/or creations on the {i}NSD posts over at the Counterfeit Kit Community Facebook Community. 

You have until MIDNIGHT on SUNDAY 15th MAY to play along and link up before we throw all your names into a hat and pull the lucky winners!

May 2022 Happy {I}NSD - Challenge #8 - Use your punches and dies to create focal point for your layout

Welcome to {i}NSD at The Counterfeit Kit Challenge!

For my challenge I want you to create a focal point with your punches or dies on your layout. You can even use your die cutting matching to cut out the flowers, plants, soccer ball, tennis ball, or how about some tools for guys in your life.   

For my supplies I am using white cardstock, dark blue and green cardstock, Craft Smith - Corner Office (2019) polka dot paper, a scrap of Best Creations Inc - glitter paper, buttons, flowers, pearls, sequins. For my tools I am pulling in the Spellbinders Dahlia dies, and the Hero Arts Infinity Ovals. I don't remember the last time I used the Dahlia die set.

I used the oval die to cut out of the glitter cardstock the vase for my flowers and then cut off the top and bottom of the oval. 

I use the Dahila die as a mat for the vases. I even have a couple of the punched and die cut flowers from previous kit as the inside of my flowers.

I had enough of the pattern paper left over so do a 8 1/12 x 11 for my yourngest son. The pictures are of Mother's day last year. We were up at my oldest son mkeing sure that Katie had a Mother's day.

Thanks for stopping by.

Don’t forget to link up over on the {i}NSD posts in our Counterfeit Kit Community Facebook Community  for this and ALL the following challenges to come for a chance to be entered in our prize draw!

 You can also share over at Instagram where you can can find us @counterfeitkitchallenge and/or tag us using #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcINSD2022

Also a reminder about our PRIZE DRAW for a chance of winning a 1^st prize of $25 voucher and 2^nd prize of $15 voucher to your online scrapbook store of choice. 

All you have to do is link up your kits and/or creations on the {i}NSD posts over at the Counterfeit Kit Community Facebook Community. 

You have until MIDNIGHT on SUNDAY 15th MAY to play along and link up before we throw all your names into a hat and pull the lucky winners!

May 2022 Happy {I}NSD - Challenge #7 - Veneer Forgeries

Welcome to {i}NSD at The Counterfeit Kit Challenge!

Hi again and I thought I'd offer some ideas of making your own veneers! Some time ago, I was asked to come up with some different ways to make your own veneers and my write-up and techniques were featured in a UK magazine! So I've paraphrased what I wrote back then and have included the techniques - more or less! Unfortunately, I've lost the original technique photos but I hope the photos of the final layouts featuring the ideas are enough to give you the idea!

I started off by going online and gathering some inspiration from tutorials, videos, Pinterest finds and blogs. There are so many ideas out there that it was difficult to limit it to just four. But in the end, I decided to try out four different techniques – painting, printing, die-cutting and using natural elements.  

The easiest was the printing. Simply search for free printable wood veneer shapes and print them out. There are so many freebies out there where someone else has done all the work for you. Simply print and cut – what could be easier? 

Second up was using my electronic die-cutting machine and some woodgrain printed paper. Simple and so easy - I'm sure you can rustle up some woodgrain design paper to try it out yourself! 

And the trickiest for me was the painted chipboard. I have to admit to mixing up about 5 bowls of paint before settling on some brown shades I was happy with, as well as painting and then sanding the paint off my chipboard pieces several times before getting it “right”. But that was half the fun – to test myself and see older pieces of chipboard being transformed into something unique. 

But the elements I’m most proud of are my natural beech bark punched shapes. What a perfect embellishment for my Nova Scotia page – no one in the world will have the same. Imagine the possibilities of using up your found and stashed items in new and interesting ways in a design that is unique to you. It made my page all the more special for having found a way of incorporating that Canadian bark and I’m sure you have similar bits and pieces hiding away in the corners of your scrap room. 

Step by Step techniques

Printing

1. Go online and carry out a search for printable veneer shapes. There are so many to choose from. Select a design you like and download it to your computer. Use a thicker pure white paper or a cardstock and print with best quality for the paper you have chosen. Print the design twice as many times as elements you wish to have.
2. Hand cut out each element twice for the number you wish to have. Adhere each of these printed shapes onto plain card or paper and hand cut once more. Glue these double layer shapes together so you have printed wood design on the top and the bottom. 
3. Ink the edges in a dark brown to mimic the dark edges in shop bought veneer designs.

Die-cutting

1. Select a woodgrain paper with the shade of wood you are looking for, as well as some kraft cardstock. Choose a die-cut template – electronic or manual – in the design you wish to duplicate.
2. Die-cut one copy of each shape you wish in your woodgrain patterned paper. Then repeat the process for each shape with kraft cardstock. Depending on your cardstock, you might need three or four cardstock pieces per shape to get the thickness you want. Use a liquid glue or a glue stick to glue each layer together so that you have some time to move them around to get the shapes lined up and then adhere the woodgrain paper on the top.
3. Ink the edges of each shape to give them that familiar “burnt edge” look.

Painting

1. Select some cardstock shapes and if they are already coated in colour, sand them down with a fine grain sandpaper so that the paint will adhere to the surface better.
2. Mix a blob of yellow, a little brown and a big blob of white paint to create a creamy colour and paint the first coat. Don’t worry about it being thick, this will add to the grainy feel of the element. Leave to dry and then add some more brown to your mix and paint a second coat of paint. Again, don’t worry if the paint is thick. This will help give your item some texture and dimension.
3. Sand down the surface of the second coat so that the creamy undercoat shows through in places and gives the item some variation in colour and texture.
4. Add some more brown to your left over paint and using a fine, dry brush, delicately add some find grains of brown across the surface to mimic woodgrain. Work quickly and don’t think too much about what you are doing. Once the elements are on your page you won’t see the detail so much and the look will be very effective. If you are unhappy with the result, just sand off the paint and start again.

Punching

1. Select the natural product you wish to punch. I found this piece of natural beech bark I had brought home from Canada but you might find some very thin wood veneer in your craft shop that could work just as well. 
2. Select the paper punch you wish to use – a larger, simpler shape is going to be better than something small and delicate because you are cutting out something thicker than standard paper. 
3. Cut a small piece of the natural product you have chosen to punch and then press very hard on the punch. It will be much harder to punch through wood or bark than paper but if it’s a big punch it should work.
4. Using a kraft or brown coloured cardstock, punch two or three of the same shapes and then use a liquid glue to bind the layers together. 
5. Place the shapes under some heavy books to keep them flat while drying.

Will you give one of these techniques a try today? 

 Don’t forget to link up over on the {i}NSD posts in our Counterfeit Kit Community Facebook Community  for this and ALL the following challenges to come for a chance to be entered in our prize draw!

 You can also share over at Instagram where you can can find us @counterfeitkitchallenge and/or tag us using #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcINSD2022

Also a reminder about our PRIZE DRAW for a chance of winning a 1^st prize of $25 voucher and 2^nd prize of $15 voucher to your online scrapbook store of choice. 

All you have to do is link up your kits and/or creations on the {i}NSD posts over at the Counterfeit Kit Community Facebook Community. 

You have until MIDNIGHT on SUNDAY 15th MAY to play along and link up before we throw all your names into a hat and pull the lucky winners!