August Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog Hop

Hi you all and welcome to Counterfeit Kit Challenge August Blog Hop.
With a Backyard Fun scrapbook LO.
If you are coming from the amazing Jemma's blog then your right on track. The challenges this month are:
Challenge #1:  One Layer Challenge: No paper layering allowed - just embellishments.
Challenge #2:  Sketch Challenge: Stretch this card sketch to suit you.
Challenge #3:  Vellum: Incorporate vellum into your project.
 I used Vellum on my layout with decorative edges. That is one cool thing about vellum it makes a nice accent edge to a layout.

 All the elements that are on the layout comes from my current counterfeit kit. I cut up a PL card for the pennants throughout the layout.

 I used the stamped heart on one pennant and altered the pattern paper with adding the same blue stamping hearts

 Lots of fun in the backyard during this get together and this is the boys layout vs the girls layout I did last month.

 Lots of fun pieces scattered about the layouts

Various cuts used.

and the journaling tag. Thanks for stopping by today and seeing what I'm up to in my little corner of the world.

Now your off to Susanne's blog: Snaps and Snippets and if you get lost the list of the hop is below.

Here's the order for the Blog Hop (you don't have to include the list in your post but you must link to the person below you in the list):

CKCB     http://www.counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com

Jemma   http://just-jimjams.blogspot.co.uk
Tina        http://tinasscrapcorner.blogspot.com
Susanne http://snapsandsnippets.blogspot.com

Elaine      http://chidkids26.blogspot.uk

Lesley     http://ohblogitifyoucantbeatthem.blogspot.co.uk
Laura     http://beadsbuttonsandbirds.blogspot.co.uk
Leslie      http://lcsmithsaved-outofthemire.blogspot.com

Cindy      http://www.cindyscreations-cinmfoster.blogspot.com

Lisa      http://lisahausmann.blogspot.de
Binty     http://scrappingpluv.blogspot.com
Julene    http://julenebydesign.blogspot.com.au

2014 Egg Hunt

Hi you all :) Today I have a layout I did using a sketch from My Scraps and More

and the sketch:

This was also made using a challenge of a class I'm taking using your favorite colors. Mine are purple and gold but used the 3 spot on the color wheel with the addition of the blue. Thought the colors were perfect for this year's annual Easter egg hunt.

 I used my current Counterfeit kit, I can say that having the monthly kit is a big saver for me for time, everything is all decided for materials for making the layout, all I have to do is find a sketch and the pictures I want to use. Makes it easy to get layouts done on the weekend

 I added the washi tape to make a border between the 2 pictures

 The egg sticker and the purple heart sticker came for crate paper Phrases pack the rest of the embellishments came from my current kit

 This is gonna make a nice 1st page to a 2 page layout with the other side being grid form to show off pictures of the day.

The 2014 is chipboard that I painted with distress crackle paint to get the right color to match. the border strip of eggs came with a bunch I received in a swap awhile back glad to finally use some of it.
Thanks for stopping by today to see what I'm up too in my little corner of the world....

Isabelle

Hi you all how have you been? I have been scrapping when I can, I think this week will be a little bit better for crafting as I get settled into working 3rd shift. This layout was done for my 1st Challenge with Super Stashbusters at Big Picture Classes. It was a fun one to do with lots of layer clusters.

This was the 1st layout I did with my Counterfeit Kit this month. I pulled a doily and cut it in half so the 3 clusters had some consistency mimicking the doily on the background paper in the upper left corner.  The object of this challenge was to have odd clusters in different numbers.

 I loved doing this layout she some different personalities to Isabelle and might have to do one for each of the grandkids. This is a picture of Isabelle dressed up in a princess outfit to see an event here in town.

 Isabelle is our youngest granddaughter and has been a joy.

 Our Isabelle is a quirky, fun loving and a wantabe leader of the family

A little note for her when she sees the layout.
Thanks for stopping by today, I have done up 4 layouts and you should see them this week ahead

Around Here

Hi you all, thought I would tell you all why I've been missing in action on the blog. I've seen a few blogs do this and thought it would be a good way to explain it.

Currently....

• I started a new job last Sunday and I am working 3rd shift
• Harvest season is really starting to take shape with our garden
• Little League baseball is in full swing at the moment with us cheering on Taney the team from Pennsylvania
• Due to the new job, my crafting schedule is way out of whack, I haven't crafted anything since Sunday

Hoping over the next week

• To get back to blogging my crafting (I've got 2 layouts done and sitting on the desk)
• To work out a schedule that I'm doing layouts again
• That tomato season goes very quickly and we are finished by the end of next week
• To get up and see a few of the games at Little League
• That the Pennsylvania team makes it to the national championship wit would be the perfect fit for the 75th Anniversary of Little League

You all have a fantastic week.....

A Different Type of Blog Hop

Hi you all and welcome to this really different blog hop but it looks like a lot of fun! The Creative Blog Hop (TCBH). TCBH is the brain child of some wonderful enlightened blogger. 

I was invited to participate in a different sort of blog hop this week by Emily at Mrs Crafty Adams. She shared her answers last week thanks for the inspirational words she said of me, I'm rooting for her to do a kit:) I'll be telling you about my creative process with some pictures along the way

1. What am I working on right now?

At the moment I'm working on a current class over at Big Picture Classes called Super Stashbusters by Aly Dosdall and it's been a super fun class. We've been doing scrapbook layouts following a challenge that Aly provides. From last year's class Stashbusters Anonymous

Also been working on a Mini Album of our trip to Steamtown in Scranton, PA

2. How long does it take to create a project?

 That depends on what I am doing, but most times not to long since every month I make a kit along with the gals at Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog it's always fun to pull the kit and create with it. Then I usually will follow along with a challenge from one of the many sketch challenge blogs I follow and that gives me a great starter. So unless I'm doing a very unusually technique then I can usually get a layout done with in an hour or two.

Last month's kit produced 21 layouts and a couple of cards, that is what makes it so fun to do the CKC kit cause it's there no looking just creating :)

3. What are my fave things I love to create with at the moment?

Right now I'm enjoying using sequins, the triangle studs from CTMH and their scrapbooking kits on the go, Project Life cards on my layouts, washi tape and stickles. 

4. How does my writing/creating process work?

I use Oh Life that sends me an email that asks me how my day is and I answer, much like a journal book. So I either use journal entries or a memory from the photo if I sit and look at it long enough I usually will spark some memory. If I don't then I grab a Project Life card with a quote or Google a quote and that works for me.

 5. What inspires me?

Blogs, Pinterest, Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog, Scrappin N Chattin yahoo group, my Grandkids, my dogs, bright colors, vintage/heritage look and nature.

This is just 3 of the Grandkids, would love a picture of all of them together at some point but since we are so spread apart around the states I just don't see it happening.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look into my creative process. I have 3 bloggers that you can visit for inspiration...

Ruth and I are on the same design team at Creative Cutting Challenge and I just love to see what she's scrappin or making and  through her I found a super fun group of ladies at Scrappin N Chattin. Paper and Musings it's fun when we both take the sae cut file and make such totally different layouts she's an inspiration for me.

Cindy at Cindy's Creations love to see what she is creating, I'm in awe sometimes with what she does. Cindy also introduced me to Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog plus we are on the same design team for Card A Day Blog. Cindy makes some amazing cards for our troops.

I love the cards and layouts that Brenda makes Friends Crafting with Friends. She and I have similar lives with husbands that enjoy the same hobbies that is unique to find within the crafting world.

Hey you all have a fun day!

 

Together at Lycoming County Fair

Hi you all, enjoying the summer? It sure is going by quickly. I just finished up this layout with the intention of doing a layout for my Super Stashbusters class over at BPC and with Scrap Our Stash challege #17 in mind: Selfie and use premade/prepackaged frame:

Since I'm usually behind the camera taking the pictures once in awhile I'll take a selfie when we are at places so I'm in the memory of it too :) The challenge for Super Stashbusters to do the layout in grid style, mine's what you call an uneven grid. I kept it unified with framing the pictures and elements one way or another. I used my current counterfeit challenge kit for my layout.

I used the red/blue festive busy pattern paper for my background, from this I pulled the colors of my elements with the addition of the green for October Afternoon's Midway collection, the journaling block is a midway doodad. I used various cut up pieces from the Midway collect throughout the layout too.

 My title came from the picture of the horse barn that sits in the back of the fair, dressed it up with a metal plate embellishment, and some Alphas

 A cut up piece and a picture of another exhibit barn we were entering, I really liked the quilt pattern on the door. Both are framed with CM Jewel paper frames (from an old kit)

 My husband admiring some of the framed artwork

 My selfie in front of a display of basket flowers really liked the purple flowers

 A beautiful sunset framed corner of the cloud vellum attached with TH tiny attacher

This was just a fun sign I took, really would have loved to known what the Frankenstein was but we were appy to have ice cream cones. Fun mustache pennant border cut and the tickets that were fuzzy cut for top and bottom corners.

We do enjoy the fair. Enjoy your day :)

Campbell's Paradise

Hi you all, yesterday I put together the layout that I created the kit for the day before located at this post and this is what I created:

here is the inspiration layout that I lifted/forged

This was a fun layout to put together, took a bit of time because of all the techniques that I did to it:

 What I figured out when I went to first start the layout I noticed on the inspirational layout was the white edges and arrows so I got out CTMH colonial white ink and the arrow stamp from Reel Life Everyday Life stamp set. I added the stamp arrows around the page like they did, also I did the edging too around the page. Added the flowers to the one edge, that's 2 techniques that I don't normally do but was fun on this page.

This side included a punched border and I like how it separated out the pictures gives it nice balance on the page.
Some close up shots:

 Rhinestones in the form of a circle along the picture ( I used a masking tape edge for the circle) It was irontic that Dave was wearing the same shirt as Jessica had on, made us feel so good to see one of them wear the shirts we gave them the last time they were here 2 years ago.

 My husband and Melissa's father looking at our MM tumble bug plow (part of our paradise is the tractors we collect)

 The other part of our paradise is our family :) a nice family shot that I got from Melissa. The die cuts are from the Silhouette store and cut with my cameo.

 I added 2 pictures to the large spot they had on the inspiration photo and they are my favorites of the day. It was a nice shot of the girls on the tractors in the one shed and a photo opportunity I didn't want to miss.

 As the way it is nowadays when the adults are visiting you look over at the kids and their eyes are on their phones. Jonathon our grandson and the girl's friend Mercedes.

 The lower photo is Melissa, our DIL and Mom to the kids, the top photo is Jes and Amber (sisters :)

I added a Journaling card (Snap card) from my current kit, (something seemed missing in this area and the journaling worked) part of the card was on the other side (I pulled it off not wanted on that page) but my journaling I wanted to avoid where the page split was and some how it went in a slant :) hmmm so what do I do with that, still debating on it. Since it's a picture of our grandson with Pap I didn't want to add a flower so maybe just let it be.

Thanks for stopping by today and seeing the view for my little corner of the world :)