Good vibes only - Corona days notebook II

I loved my first Corona days notebook so much, that I decided to make another one, again using my April counterfeit kit.

For this notebook, I used pp for the inner pages, so I actually combined two of Keren Skubatch's tutorials - Here and Here.

I also adhered pp to the inner covers and used the extra of the spine to create two little pockets on each cover, where I added some tags.

On each page I added a spot to write, stickers and mini cards for decoration. Each page is designated for writing down ideas, thoughts, projects I want to make during the lockdown, wishes for the day after the crisis ends, etc.

So let's have a look in the inside of this springy notebook:

Opening - inside cover with tags and 1st page - my new daily routine:

Pages 2 & 3 - good things about this period (and yes, one of them is lots of crafting time!), and a page for work:

Pages 4 & 5 - 'I'm tired of...' and 'I took a moment to think':

Pages 6 & 7 - 'I miss...' for all the things that I don't have on this period and that I miss. 'It about time to...' for all the home projects that I never get to do, and now I have time/energy to do (anyone said something about organizing my craft room?):

Pages 8 & 9 - for all the crafting projects I want to make and finally have time to do.

Pages 10 & 11 - well, I think I want to make a lot of crafting projects, so I left another page for the list... The other page is 'I also want...' - for other leisure activities I want to do (tv series binge, watching movies that are on my list, books I want to read, home spa, etc.):

Pages 12 & 13 - things I MUST do, not necessarily I WANT to do, or LIKE to do:

Pages 14 & 15 - 'Something good is about to happen' - plans for the day after (haircut for sure!), and 'I'm prouod of myself' - all the things I managed to do during this period (from all the previous lists... one of them - have lots of patience...).

Page 16 & back cover - 'Moving on'... for returning to the old routine, and another small pocket with a tag.

Now, do you agree with me that ' Good vibes only', or what?

This notebook is a real 'mix 'em up', as I used here papers from different companies (DCWV, Carta Bella, Echo Park, WhiteRus), washi tapes, stickers from different companies, lots of stamps, punches, dies - you name it. Therefore I enter it to the current challenge at Little Red Wagon.

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A Happy Holiday card, in soft colors

This is the 2nd card I'm sharing today, again for a charity project.

I was inspired by the grayish and brownish colors of the inspiration photo at The Card Concept #127:

The sketch is from Stick It Down card sketch, rotated on the side:

The papers are DCWV and Lemoncraft. The butterfly was fussy cut from Altair Art paper.

I love the golden dots on the flowery paper, although it doesn't show well in the photo.

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A CAS birthday card

I had some paper leftover from my Heroes layout, so I made a CAS card, with my November's counterfeit kit.

The sketch is sketch #411 from Freshlymade sketches:

For the inspiration I followed the moodboard from Double D challenges, of neutral fall colors:

I was inspired by the lots of white, mixed with gray and touches of mustard, such a soft and subtle palette!

It also goes for the challenge at Seize the Birthday (I didn't use the topping).

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My heroes - Scrap The Boys

This my layout for November's challenge at Scrap The Boys, with the theme 'Super Hero':

Obviously, I have not one, but two super heroes. Not only they are really super duper boys, but they also dragged me into the world of Super Heroes, and now I'm totally addicted to all Marvel movies...

So here are my two superheroes:

The photo was taken about 7 years ago (gosh... how time flies!), at the Biblical Zoo in Jerusalem. They climbed the Moma Bear and her Baby bear sculpture, feeling very super heroes making to the top.

I used my November's Counterfiet kit. I also use my handmade pp with the pine trees, from September's Counterfeit kit. I finally found a project that I could use this paper, as I loved it very much.

Here're some close-ups on the details:

Would you like to know what I've made with the left over papers from this project? Well, hop again soon and you'll find out!

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My November Counterfeit Kit

I loved the inspiration kit for November at Counterfeit KIt Challenge blog, with a very beautiful color palette. 

The inspiration kit is from a Dutch club:

I used Lisa's tip to use Coolors.Co to play with the colors, and this is what I came up with:

And this is my kit, first papers side A (along with solid cardstock in coordinating colors):

Papers side B:

I love the houses and the coffee cup to go images, and especially the watercolor strocks paper, so I counterfeited them. I played with Lindy's Gang products and made my a paper with strocks of the kit colors. I stamped a house stamp, and colored it with the same colors I already made, as for the coffee cups, I found this digital stamp, and then playes on my pc with the colors:

Finally - the embellishments:

Lots of buttons, some wood veneer embellies, stickers, alphas stickers, flair buttons and chipboards.

I didn't include flowers, stamps and enemal dots, as I will use them enyway as I make my projects.

I love my kit and hope to use it as much a posiibble!

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Chess - Scrap The Boys

This is my take on October challenge at Scrap The Boys. Well, one can not resist a sketch by Laura Whitaker, right?

Here's the sketch:

I used my October counterfeit kit, and along with me being happy how this layout turn out, I'm also very happy that I've used my old stash, and my DIY embellishments.

Here're some close-ups on the details:

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October Counterfeit kit

This month I joined (again) to the challenge at Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog, which had Studio Calico's 'Summer of '69 kit' as inspiration:

With the color scheme and patterns in mind, along with some of the embellishments, I decided that it's time to finally use some of the oldest items in my stash.

Yes, like most of us, I'm an addicted hoarder! So I took a decision that all the papers that I will include in my counterfeited kit, as well as some of the embellishments - will be at least 6 years old!

Here's the full kit:

Papers:

It has Fancy Pants, DCWV, My Mind's Eye, Echo Park, Carta Bella, Studio Calico, October Afternoon and Glitz. The only exception are 2 pp by Mintay Papers, but all the papers are 2013 and even before!

As for the mbellishments, again, a mixture of oldies with some new ones. Lots of enamel dots, in many colors, as I wanted all the colors that match my papers, doilies, DIY embellies ('chipboard' banners and buttons, large and small tabs, pp circles, 3D 'stickers', pp hexagons), washi tapes, stickers and alphas. I also added some embellishments from September countefeit kit, hoping to use them this month.

Finally, I also gathered some scraps of pp, with coordinating colors. It's time to destash the scraps box too:

And here're some close-ups on the counterfeited embellishments - I'm really proud of them:

I already have the 1st project to share with you, using this kit, in my next post.

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