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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October Afternoon recycled mini album

I've made a mini chunky album, with some October Afternoon old leftovers. it was given to the sweet young lady, who take care of my boys, and I left it untitled, as I didn't know what photos she'll add.

This is a recycled project. the cover was built from cereal package and the basis for the inside papers  are actually toilet paper rolls. I even used the cover of the 8X8 paper pad for the cover of the mini, so nothing was wasted :).

It has 6 inside pages, and on the inside of each cover I adhered a small evnvelope. each page has a pocket, and inside there's a mini semi book, where you can put 4 photos, or less, and add journaling. this mini album can contain more than 50 small photos!

Here are some close-ups:

I'd like to enter it to the 'fluttering butterflies' challenge at Lessology.

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