CKC - January 2023 Kit Reveal - Optimism

Spring brings hope after winter and many of us look forward to a new year with optimism. Let us use each new year to make the most of every day. I thought this was a good place to start this post as I'm ready for Spring even though we are in the early part of Winter! Welcome to my blog and to a new year! 2023 starts us off with a New Year of Counterfeit Kit Challenge kits to challenge us to look through our own stash and choose a it to play with. 1st you should have arrived here from Tara's blog I'm looking forward to checking out her kit and see what inspired her. We are thrilled to have Anandi join us as Guest Forger.

Lisa is our host this month and she chose Hip Kit Club and decided it was time to head there again even though it's only exclusive products.  I've gone for the December 2022 kit as it seems a winter kit with the slightest touch of Christmas which can be totally ignored if need be. I like the idea of something brighter and fresher for the new year but also hanging on a little for the recent festivities!

 

So, here's the kit and details: 

Inspiration Kit: Hip Kit Club - December 2022

https://www.hipkitclub.net/december-2022-main-kit

The inspiration had me thinking of Pinkfresh Studio as soon as I saw it. So that is where I started to pull my kit from. Here is my kit for January:

Optimisum

The 1st thing I saw was the female cardinal paper, that golden yellow color and then the pink squirrels, the blue leaves where a nice touch. So that is where I went with my kit Pink, Yellow and Blue (few shades of blue)

The papers:

I pulled in the pinks and blues with majority of Pinkfresh Studio paper and that pop of yellow is one of theirs too. Brought in some paper from my paper drawers that include specific designs and colors so I easily found the diamonds, plaid and florals and I added the pink/blue stripe too. I did bring in a paper from Graphic 45 Birdwatcher for that bird paper, I certainly have a story to tell about a bird I saw in December.

The alphas

I brought in a pack of pocket cards too as that is a goal for this year is to use more pocket cards/pages in my scrapping so if I use have the package I'll be a happy camper.

closeup of the embellishments

Stickers, chipboard flair, die cuts, florals

Puffy stickers, frames, regular flair (not shown here) and enamel dots too. I've not scrap much in December so I think I'm making up for that lost time with this kit :) Thanks for stopping by today and seeing what I'm up to in my little corner of the world.

So if you missed the beginning of the blog hop.

1st January - Counterfeit Kit Challenge Reveal and Hop

• Counterfeit Kit Challenge - http://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com/

• Guest Designer - Anandi - https://www.instagram.com/anandirc/

• Anna - https://www.youtube.com/c/piececraftlove

• Cindy - https://cindyscreations-cinmfoster.blogspot.com 

• Julene - http://julenebydesign.blogspot.com   

• Juliet - https://www.instagram.com/julesd

• Leslie - http://lcsmithsaved-outofthemire.blogspot.com 

• Misty - https://craftysoup.com/

• Tara - https://kryptonite72-rambles.blogspot.com 

• Tina - http://tinasscrapcorner.blogspot.com