Season's Greetings - December 9th with Susan

Hello, friends! Susan here with a quick and easy project that doubles as a card and a gift. 

Season's Greetings

 We give several gift cards during the holiday season and I like to make them look a little fancy. They are a present after all, right? 

Making gift card cards.

  I turned to my favorite source for creative ideas (Pinterest) and found this easy tutorial for making gift card holders. And easy is the name of the game during this busy time of year! 

  To make this project even easier, I pulled a 12x12 paper pad along with a pack of die-cuts from the same collection, and a couple of stamp sets. Then I grabbed a circle punch and a scoreboard - I don't think these tools are a necessity though. You could certainly use a ruler to make the folds and use scissors to cut the notch. 

  I followed the tutorial to make the base and then played with the stamps and die-cuts to decorate and embellish the cards. Here's a few peeks at the insides:

  To kick the presentation up a notch, I slipped the cards into glassine bags I had on hand. (I save them from online purchases but some of the big box stores have them available as well.)

  And since everything came together so quickly (I made three of these in less than an hour), I even had time to decorate the bags with some twine and more die-cuts.

  I'm thrilled with how they turned out and hope the recipients will be happy to receive them as well!

I hope you'll give these a try - I am a very inexperienced cardmaker and I had no trouble at all putting them together. And make sure you come back again tomorrow and the rest of the month for more card ideas!

You know that we LOVE it when you share!

So, if you are inspired to make your own cards, layouts or projects - from Season's Greetings, a previous Christmas special, a Counterfeit Kit Challenge kit that you haven't quite used up or a new kit inspired by any one of our dozens and dozens of inspirational kits - you can share in these places:

• our Monthly Link-up page
• our Facebook Community
• on Instagram (we are @counterfeitkitchallenge or tag us using #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcdecember2019).

See you tomorrow for more CKC inspiration!

November 2019 - Mini Kit Reveal and Projects

Are you feeling overwhelmed by the idea of a big kit this month?

 Perhaps you just want to pull together a few products to get those creative juices flowing again.

Maybe a mini kit is the answer!

Today we'll be sharing a couple of mini kits and projects to give you a little inspiration.

First, here's a reminder of our November inspiration:

 https://www.scrapdelight.nl/product/67860/123-documenter-kit-pocket-pages-winter-thema/

Susan puts together the sneak peeks each month and when it came time to put together her mini-kit, she kept returning to the second grid in the top row of the sneak peek:

She decided to base both her mini-kit and project on that framed stripe print so she pulled pieces of gray, blue and pink papers from her overflowing box of scraps. The design was already going to be busy so she limited her embellishments to one 3x4 pocket card and a sheet of heart puffy stickers.  

Susan has been working on a 6x8 album documenting her favorite quotes and used her mini-kit for this entry about another favorite hobby, gardening:

For MF Laura, the concept of a mini kit was a little bit tough! Once she started pulling supplies she couldn't stop, so instead broke them down into smaller page kits.

And made a layout with page kit 2

• November 12th & 18th:  We'll give you two challenges to help you use the kit you've made.
• November 24th:  I'll be showcasing one of the CKC community who's caught my eye this month
• November 30th: We'll be offering another installment in our {Killing Kits} series to help you find ways to use up all of your kit

We always love to see your work, so please share your kits and projects with us.

You can use our Monthly Link-up page, post them in our Facebook Community, or share them on Instagram (we are @counterfeitkitchallenge or tag us using #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcnovember2019).

Thanks so much for stopping by! We can't wait to see your kits and projects this month! 

Lisa

October 2019 - Mini Kit Reveal and Projects

Are you feeling overwhelmed by the idea of a big kit this month?

 Perhaps you just want to pull together a few products to get those creative juices flowing again.

Maybe a mini kit is the answer!

Today we'll be sharing a couple of mini kits and projects to give you a little inspiration.

First, let's remind ourselves of this month's inspiration kit, the beautiful 'Summer of '69' kit from Studio Calico back in august 2012

MF Susan found herself struck by the pink/red mix of the inspiration kit and she began pulling 6x6 papers in those shades. Once she realized that she had a little stack, she decided that instead of narrowing down those options and adding in the rest of the colors from the inspiration kit, she'd embrace the pink/red vibe and use just those colors for her mini kit!  Here's what she chose:

She included a hexagon punch to mirror the hexagon die-cuts from the Studio Calico kit.  And then she put that punch to work and made this page:

MF Lisa decided to make her mini kit from her scrap box. When she spotted the Studio Calico Banner (you can just spy it there next to the glass container) she knew that this would be the perfect item to form the base to her kit. It was very reminiscent of the original inspiration and colours, and that drove her to pick out all older papers and products - Dear Lizzy, October Afternoon, Authentique, BasicGrey, Cosmo Cricket - in patterns and shades that went with that paper and seemed to match the mood of the original kit. As always, it looks bigger than it really is and there are no full sized sheets in there.

She then used those products to make this page that definitely has a "throwback" feel in colours and style. She's used a lot of items that she often added to her layouts in the past such as flowers, buttons tied up with string or ribbon, and banners to give this layout a feeling of being created in 2012! She intends on using the rest of the supplies to make up a bunch of greetings cards for her stock. Those banner flags and miscellaneous embellishments seem perfect as decoration for simple cards that will use up all those leftovers. Win-win!

You can find more detail shots over on her blog here

• October 12th & 18th:  We'll give you two challenges to help you use the kit you've made.
• October 24th:  I'll be showcasing one of the CKC community who's caught my eye this month
• October 30th: We'll be offering another installment in our {Killing Kits} series to help you find ways to use up all of your kit.

We always love to see your work, so please share your kits and projects with us.

You can use our Monthly Link-up page, post them in our Facebook Community, or share them on Instagram (we are @counterfeitkitchallenge or tag us using #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcoctober2019).

Thanks so much for stopping by! We can't wait to see your kits and projects this month! 

September 2019 - Mini Kit Reveal and Projects

Are you feeling overwhelmed by the idea of a big kit this month?

 Perhaps you just want to pull together a few products to get those creative juices flowing again.

Maybe a mini kit is the answer!

Today we'll be sharing a couple of mini kits and projects to give you a little inspiration.

First, here's a reminder of the personalised, curated kit we're using as our September inspiration courtesy of the Secret Not Secret Kit Club 

Susan began assembling her mini-kit by picking up on the constellation/zodiac paper in the inspiration kit.  She next chose a diagonal stripe and then filled in the rest of the kit with colors in those same shades.  Here's her kit (the papers are all from various 6"x6" paper pads):

As usual, she couldn't resist including plenty of pink but that's the beauty of making your own kits - you can add what you like and know you will use!

Here are the pages she made with her mini-kit:

MF Julene made up a mini kit concentrating on the black and white theme, plus adding aeroplanes and travel embellishments.

From her kit she has made these 2 pages, both featuring Las Vegas.

  

We'll be back soon with more challenges and inspiration for you to use up your kit!  

• September 12th & 18th:  We'll give you two challenges to help you use the kit you've made.
• September 24th:  I'll be showcasing one of the CKC community who's caught my eye this month
• September 30th: We'll be offering another installment in our {Killing Kits} series to help you find ways to use up all of your kit

We always love to see your work, so please share your kits and projects with us.

You can use our Monthly Link-up page, post them in our Facebook Community, or share them on Instagram (we are @counterfeitkitchallenge or tag us using #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcseptember2019).

Thanks so much for stopping by! We can't wait to see your kits and projects this month! 

Lisa

August 2019 - Mini Kit and Projects

Are you feeling overwhelmed by the idea of a big kit this month?

Perhaps you just want to pull together a few products to get those creative juices flowing again.

Maybe a mini kit is the answer!

Today we are sharing a couple of mini kits and projects to give you a little inspiration.

First, here's a little reminder of the August Inspiration Kit - Citrus Twist July 2019

the main kit:

 and the add on kit:

A mini kit can be a smaller version of the main kit, or a small kit specifically curated for use as a page kit, card-making, a mini album, pocket scrapbooking or planning. Whatever works best for you! We are all about using up our supplies so whatever fits into your schedule - you can use the mini kit option at any time you like!

Susan decided to try something a little different this month - she looked to the mood board, released as a "sneak peek" just before the beginning of each month, as inspiration for her August mini kit.  Here's the mood board:

 

She ended up making two mini kits; the first one was inspired by the stars, the anchors, and the lobster in the mood board:

Her second mini kit was inspired by the mood board's rainbow, B&W stripe and citrus fruit:

She made a layout from each of the kits and a third layout with the combined leftovers:

Tina decided to do the same as Susan and chose the Moodboard for the inspiration for her Mini-kit:

The kit she created has enough for 4 page kits and that is a mini for her! She has a nautical kit that includes the lobster and anchors, a bold pink, orange and striped kit, and floral with fruits kit and then the nuetrals. Grabbing a variety of flair, puffy stickers, alphas, stickers and enamel dots in the colors and theme of the moodboard.

Using the bold colors and those lemons for the fun summer layout.

We always love to see your work, so please share your kits and projects with us.

You can use our Monthly Link-up page, post them in our Facebook Community, or share them on Instagram (we are @counterfeitkitchallenge or tag us using #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcaugust2019).

July 2019 - Mini Kit Reveal and Projects

Are you feeling overwhelmed by the idea of a big kit this month?

 Perhaps you just want to pull together a few products to get those creative juices flowing again.

Maybe a mini kit is the answer!

Today we'll be sharing a couple of mini kits and projects to give you a little inspiration.

First, here's a little reminder of July's Inspiration Kit:

Susan started her not-so-mini kit with a blue gingham paper similar to the one in the inspiration kit, and then she added items in pink, green, yellow and gold:

She made a photo-less page featuring some fussy-cut elements.  She was a little stumped when it came time to add her journaling, but luckily the reverse side of the blue polka dot paper was covered with frames that were just what she needed.  So remember, check the "B" sides of your papers - they can give you lots more options!

Lori was inspired by the popsicle paper that was in the Junior Kit to create a page kit of her own. She found a popsicle paper from Bella Blvd in her supplies and created her page kit from there:

She created a double page layout of her granddaughter making popsicles this summer:

You can read all about her layout on her blog here. You can also see another page kit that she created - inspired by the cut apart paper with the lemon on it and see her plans for that kit on her blog, as well.

Kathy also created a layout from her add on kit which are smaller mini kits :) Here’s my first layout using the main kit, some altered elements from my Forgery on the Fourth, and fussy cuts from my add-on kit.

You can see more about this layout over at her youtube channel 
(Scrappy Kathy) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0TTq5vBtMM&t=13s

Don't forget that we love to see your kits and projects! Post through our Link-Up page, share them in our Facebook Community, or post them on Instagram (tag us: @counterfeitkitchallenge and use #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcjuly2019).  Come back on the 6th for some mini-kit reveals, and the 12th & 18th for challenges to help you use up your personally crafted kit. See you then!