The Amalfi Road counterfiet kit - September 2022

I think it's been years since I played along with Counterfeit Kit Challenge, I nearly forgot how how much fun it is to 'shop' your own products and build a kit, adding some handmade counterfeited items.

This month CKC blog are countefeiting a digital kit - Wildflower by Traci Reed:

This kit is full of beautiful papers and embellies, in one of my all time fav color combo - green, blue and yeallow. No pink, no red, no purple at all!

Look at all the beautiful papers (20 papers in the kit!):

Like always, I start with the colors - blue, yeallow and green. Then I write down the patterns that coaught my eyes - flowers (daisies!), hearts, leaves, stripes, woodgrain, butterflies, plaid, hexagons, diamonds. The final stage is looking at the embellies - well, there're so many beautiful ones here!

So I picked patterned papers in the kit's colors (then I had to reduce the ammount...LOL), with flowers, daisies, butterflies, plaid, woodgrain and stripes:

I also counterfeited some journaling cards, with pp, stamps, stickers and some fussy cuts:

I added large alpha stickers in navy, ephemera pieces, and some 6X6 pp.

I will probably add enamel dots, some more stickers and handmade embellishments, as I work with this kit.

I plan to use this kit for making a mini album about a journey I had with my son at Italy last March. We were in the sudden part of Italy, mostly in the Amalfi coast, so I named my kit 'The Amalfi Road kit'.

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A traveler's notebook with pockets, inserts and tags

 

It looks as if the sky are really open, so traveling around the world is comming back!

For a near weekend vacation I will be traveling abroad, I made myself this travellers notebook, with cheerfol and colorful pp, stamps and stickers.

The basis for this notebook is a tyvek envelope a friend gave me. I cut and folded it to create pockets on each page, and also two more pockets on the pages.

I stitched the pages to the cover.

There are four pages, each has a pocket on top. I made inserets for each pocket, with a small tab to pull out. I used some of the cut appart journaling tags, either adhering them on the busy pp, or tacking in the small pockets.

I also made an envelope, so I can hold some stickers and handmade embellishments inside, to use while travelling. It will also be used to keep memorabilia from the journey.

There are inserets to write important information, like flights schedule, places I want to visit and opening times. Other inserest are for journaling while traveling. 

It can easily become a mini album, as there's enough room to place photos.

I tied a baker's twine to the middle of the spine, using the stitches, and the twine is wrapping the notebook all around  to hold it close.

Now I'm all set up for the journey!

Use up those scraps! - two cards

We're nearly the end of April, and I'm almost done with my April Counterfeit kit. Although I used only one of the 12x12 pages, I used almost all the smaller papers and many of the embellishments (including my counterfeited ones!).

I run into two sketches which were just perfect to use more of my kit scraps, and made two cards.

The first card:

I used Freshly Made Sketches #432:

I rotated the sketch to the side, as I wanted to use this long 'thank you' die.

The circle is a handmade 'chipboard' that I was very happy to use here.

The second card:

I used Atlantic Hearts Sketches #365:

Again, the circle is a handmade 'chipboard'.

Loooking again at the card, I might just add some black faux stitching to the edges of the pp.

Both cards go also for the 'All occasion' challenge at Krafty Chicks.

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A different spring - my April Counterfeit Kit

Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog has a beautiful Cocoa Daisy kits to counterfeit this month - Orchard Path kits. Here's the inspiration kit (part of it, as Cocoa Daisy has many kits in for this line):

Being home dew to the Corona Virus, I have plenty time to craft, so I joined the challenge!

I named my kit 'A different Spring', as this spring is really so different, and with the inspiration of  The 4 Questions we ask at Passover Seder, which was last night. Every Seder we ask 'Why is this night different from all nights?'. This time it had an additional meaning, as we all celebrated the holiday applying social distance, apposed to our usual habbit, which is to celebrate the Passover with the whole family.

As always, when I make my counterfeit kit, I start with the colors: apple green, pale pink, blush pink, mango orange, peach, coral, grey, pale blue, some gold black and a touch of red.

Then comes the patterns: floral, stripes, chevrons, scattered dots, lace circles in squares, plaid, scales.

Here're the 12X12 papers in my kit:

I have here Carta Bella, Altair Art, DCWV and Echo Park. The scattered dots paper is foil gold, but it doesn't show in the photo.

I wanted to use up more of my 6x8 & 6x6 papers:

Papers are from Simple Storeis, Carta Bella, WhiteRus.

Another goal was to use up scraps, large enough for matting, cards and making more embellies:

I added stickers, enamel dots (lots of them..), chipboards, Prima's flowers, washi tapes and AAll & Create stamp set:

Last, but certainly  not the least, are my counterfeited items. There are so many embellishment in the kits, but what my eys were drawn to was the large golden clip with the peach ribbon bow, and that was the first item to counterfeit. I also made some 'chipboard' circles, labels, tabs, floral embellishmet and lots of butterflies:

And here's again the full kit:

I'm looking forward to using my kit!

The Bats Whisperer- CSI case file no. 295

Mid September and it's time for a new case file at CSI - case file no. 295:

I was inspired by the color scheme, and did my layout in a free style, so I didn't follow the evidence and testimony.
My layout is also in a bold look, not like the inspiration photo.
I used my September Counterfeit kit for this layout, with some of my handmade embellishments.
When my youngest and I were on a visit at London 4 years ago, we saw some artificial bats hanging from the trees. We really liked it and my son started 'whispering' to the bats. It was so funny to see him doing this.
Here're some close-ups on the details:

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#Summer - CSI case file no. 285

This is my take on case file 285 at CSI, with this inspiration photo:

At the begining, I didn't like the photo and the colors, but then I thought I'd give it a try, using my June Counterfeit Kit, and voila! 

This is how I solved the case: I used all 5 colors (that was the real challenge!). For the evidence - stripes, flowers, trees, sun, a bird, feathers, wet medium, camera, vellum, a bow and buttons. I documented our visit to the kangaroo park years ago.

I use Laura Whitaker's fab sketch from My Creative Scrapbook:

Along using my kit, I added the oval frame and the hashtag title - chipboards from Creative Embellishments.

I covered them both with white gesso. For the frame I used Lindy's spray Fuzzy Navel Peach 3 times, and then I inked here and there with Ranger's embossing ink and used Lindy's ep - Byzantine Bronze. The title was heat embossed with Lindy's Sunset Yellow Orange ep.

I also used Lindy's Frosty Forest Green spray to splatter here and there.

Here're some close-ups on the details:

I would like to enter it also for June challenge at Creative Embellishments:

I was inspired by most of the colors in the image, the summer atmosphere and the sun. 

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Shabby or Rusty - As you like it... May Counterfeit Kit

When I saw inspiration kit for this month at Counterfeit kit challenge blog, I thought I'd skip it this month. This kit is totally far away my style and my stash. 

The inspiration kit is April 2018 kit from Mind the Scrap:

See what I mean? totally not me. But if you know me, nothing I love more than a good challenge!

So I used 'Just the gist of it' post from Counterfeit kit blog, and marked what I was attracted to in the inspiration kit:

Colors - different shades of pink, teal, gold, dark blue, bright pale blue, yellow, dark purplish brown.

Patterns - circles, stripes, polka dots, woodgrain, gold foil, multi-colors elements.

Embellishments - light bulbs (the first element I was attracted to!), flowers clusters, icecream scoops, black script words on a white background, gold elements, glittery alphas, gold sequins (I forgot to add some to my kit, but will use them later!).

So with these guidlines, I dived into my scrappy goodies and came up with my OWN version of kit. As it's a mix of shabby chic style and some rusty style, I named it 'Shabby or Rusty - As you like it':

A mix of American and Europian companies - 13@rts, 7 Studios, Lemoncraft, Simple Stories, Echo Park, kind of eclectic, don't you think?

I wanted to use some of the non 12x12 papers I have, so I've added some 8x8 papers and 6x6 pads (Lemoncraft and 75 Studio):

As for the embellishments, I've grabbed 3(!) ephemera packs...

The 1st one is with 6x4 and 4x3 cards from Push collection by Simple Stories, plus two big patterned envelopes from Fancy Pants, with colors and elements that match my guidlines:

The 2 nd emphemera pack contain bits & pieces:

Did you notice my counterfeited elements? I stamped a light bulb over some shiny papers, and fussy cut them. I also used some of my words dies to cut words and backed them on a white cardstock and then fussy cut them:

The 3rd pack is from 13@rts, and it has some lovely element that I can use for layouts and/or cards:

As for my alphas, I took some long forgotten glittery alphas, both in English and in Hebrew, along with some glittery numbers foam stickers:

Lastly, I add stickers from 13@rts. they're simply great to use, as they're black on a transparent background:

Thinking of what my starting point was, I guess I managed to build a pretty big and beautiful kit :).

Now it's time to use it!

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