September's Counterfeit Kit and DT Hop

It is back to school and back to a normal schedule here in the Hardy house.  Hallelujah!  LOL  I am a routine kind of girl.  I love knowing what is coming next and tend to work first and play later.  That OCD tendency makes it a bit tricky to get crafting time in...any other "work is never done" readers?  Who is with me?  Oh well, that will be a fun thing for me to get over.

In the Spirit of FUN, let's jump right into our kit for this month.  Scrapbook Circle had a wonderful kit with some very interesting designs for last month.  I think we can get a bit out of the box with this one, don't you?

                                     

For a complete look at the kit, head over to SCRAPBOOK CIRCLE for more photos and a list of the kit elements.  You can also check out the SC BLOG for some great photos of the elements and ideas for the kit.

Our Guest Designer for this month is the very creative Tina from Tina's Scrap Corner.

I've always been a crafter of some sort but scrapbookin' started with a couple of friends introducing me to the craft in 2007 and I've been at it ever since. I always loved taking pictures but then I just put them in an album, but scrapbooking changed all that, it redefined for me how to present a photo. I also enjoy other paper crafts like making cards, smashin/crushin and project life, but scrapbooking is my favorite. I enhance my scrapbooking with tools of the trade, I enjoy using my cameo, big shot, cricut and cuttlebug.  I love using sketches to help me streamline my scrappin and I like learning new techniques. A friend introduced me to Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog and I then found another way to streamline my scrapping by having an available kit ready to go each month. I am married to a great man and my best friend for 21 years, we are empty nesters and we are the family owners of Jake and Buddy our 2 Austrialian Cattle dogs (Blue Heelers). Between the 2 of us we have 8 kids, 18 grandkids, 1 Ggrandchild and 1 on the way. I definetly have plenty to scrap about and you will usually see my family in my scrappin, see I'm the one usually behind the camera...

A BIG WARM WELCOME TO TINA!  I know she has some awesome things planned for us this month (I sort of peeked!)

I heard some chatter from the Design Team about the Fox's in this month's kit.  I am interested to count up how many of them threw in a Fox or two.  Let's see how many you can find in our hop this month.  Here is the list of DT blogs for you to view, comment on and get inspired by.  Then get moving on your own kit and don't forget to link up to Mr. Linky!

Guest Designer:  Tina:  http://tinasscrapcorner.blogspot.com

Susanne: http://snapsandsnippets.blogspot.com

Lisa H.:  http://lisahausmann.blogspot.com/

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

Julene: http://julenebydesign.blogspot.com.au 

Stephanie: http://skylinepaperie.blogspot.ca

Jemma: http://just-jimjams.blogspot.com/

Sherri:  http://sherrithompson.blogspot.com

Margie: http://scrappinmargie.blogspot.com

Lynnette http://sassyscrapper2010.blogspot.com/

Angela Toucan Scraps and News

We have another WELCOME BACK to give to SHERRI.  It was hard to not spill the beans last month when she was guest designer, but we are happy to have her back on the team.  

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Now, how can YOU participate?  Go to the sidebar and use Mr. LINKY to link us to YOUR kit or project using your kit so we can leave you some love!  We will make a brand new Mr. Linky for each month, so get your blog posts linked ASAP!

To make Mr. Linky a little easier for us to use, please type your name and then a description of what you are linking (ie: kit, mini challenge, ect…).

We also have a Flicker group, if you don't have a blog, but would like to share your creativity with us!  CKC Blog Flicker Group

If you take a peek at our side bar <<<<<<<<  you will see links to our Facebook and Pinterest, as well.  We hope to see you hanging out at ALL of those places.

We also have a new twist on our Follower Blog Hop for this year!  I hope you like it!

End of the Month Blog Hop:

On the 24th of each month we offer a blog hop opportunity to all of our followers!  A chance for you to show off a special project made with your counterfeit kit for that month.

Here is how it will work:

Your Blog Hop Project may be from any of the 3 challenges we offer throughout the month.

Your project must be something new that you have not shown before and only post for the hop.

To be a part of our blog hop:

1.  E-mail us your name/blog address/promise to participate at counterfeitkitchallenge@gmail.com  BY THE 18th!  (No late requests will be able to join this time due to the work it takes for us to get it put together.)

2.  You will receive  an e-mail from us by the 20th with a list of the hop participants.

3.  You will need to schedule your own blog post showing your project based on this challenge and links to the person after you in the hop.

4.  All Blog Hop posts will need to be scheduled to go live on the 24th at 12:00 A.M. Mountain Standard Time (Arizona)

Milk and Cookies for Santa

Merry Christmas, everyone!  This is Sherri, and I want to share some adorable ideas that I found online for leaving out milk and cookies for Santa.  Some are simple and include free downloads for you to print; others are more elaborate but totally inspiring.  I hope you find an idea that inspires you, too!  The links to original blog posts are below the photos.

http://www.partyblog.mygrafico.com/santa%e2%80%99s-milk-and-cookies/

 Merry Christmas!

This first photo just amazes me.  Isn’t it beautiful?  It’s also the perfect alternative for me, since my kids aren’t little anymore.  The “grown-up” feeling would be great for a holiday party, as well.  There is a link to an affordable download, or you could take inspiration from the photo and make your own decorations.



http://tatertotsandjello.com/2011/11/28968.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FOivM+%28Tatertots+and+Jello%29



This next photo is from a fabulous blog called “Tatertots and Jello.”  Tons of great ideas and free printables!  The “Cookies for Santa” printable is a free download that you can print on white cardstock or patterned paper (like Jen did.)  I love the patterned background-I think this would look great printed on ledger paper, don’t you?  Just print, add some red baker’s twine, and attach to any empty jar.  I like the glass mug, too!



http://www.scribd.com/doc/45798250/Cookie-Milk-Note-to-Santa-by-Fresh-Chick-Design-Studio



This last photo is also a free printable that would be perfect for those procrastinators (like myself) who decide on Christmas Eve that they want to do something special for Santa.  Simply print the sentiment, have your child sign the letter, then frame it.  Display the frame beside a plate of cookies and a glass of milk.  I love the little milk bottle in the printable-an empty Frappuccino bottle would be perfect to hold milk for Santa!

I hope you’ve enjoyed these ideas-and I hope that your holidays are the happiest!  Merry Christmas!

-Sherri

Christmas Gift Card Holders by Sherri

With less than 10 shopping days left until Christmas, are you beginning to wonder if you will be able to finish your holiday shopping?  Every year, I tell myself that I will begin my shopping earlier and finish before December even arrives.  Never happens-ever!  I find myself resorting to gift cards at the last minute, especially for some of my hard-to-buy-for relatives.  To add a personal touch, I love to wrap the gift cards in a cute little gift card holder.  Here are some festive gift card holders, for both kids and adults, that I found on Pinterest:

http://addinkandstamp.blogspot.com/2010/12/snowman-gift-card-holder.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/32385314@N03/6344785855/

 http://blog.papermonkey.org/index/2008/12/holiday-house-gift-card-holder-tutorial.html

Here is a cute cash holder, too!

http://www.bhg.com/christmas/crafts/ornament-shape-gift-card-holders/

I’m so sad that this will be my last post for the Counterfeit Kit challenge, but I am so very glad to have found this incredible blog and met the wonderful girls who make it so much fun.  I can’t wait to play along again this summer.  Until then, may you all have the happiest of holidays!

Hugs, Sherri

October Winner, November Sponsor, and Two Goodbyes

First to announce our October winner, who will receive a great prize from Momenta...

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

3 

Timestamp: 2011-11-01 12:21:29 UTC

And Number 3 is.....

Michelle Cain

Michelle, e-mail us your address so you can get your great prize from Momenta!

Next, to announce our November Sponsor...

Scraptastic Club, you can visit the site at http://www.scraptasticclub.com/ 

Scraptastic Club is giving one lucky winner a $20 gift certificate!  All you have to do to be entered in the drawing is either join the blog hop or comment on the blog hop...it's that easy!  The blog hops will be on November 27th and 28th.




And now, two Goodbyes..


We would like to say goodbye to 2 of our Master Forgers, Sherri and Jessica, for counterfeiting with us for the past 8 months.  Sherri and Jessica have had some wonderful new opportunities and can no longer be (official) Counterfeiters...although we still hope they will come a join us every once in a while.  Thank you both for sharing your kits and your work with us over the past 8 months!  Your layouts, tutorials, and cards have been very inspiring.  We will miss you!

Tutorial- Paper Counterfeiting

This piece of paper by Sassafras was in this month's Inspiration Kit

Sherri created a wonderful tutorial for counterfeiting the stitched look on the back side of this piece of paper.  See Sherri's tutorial here. (PS- Sherri is having small give away on her blog, since this tutorial is her 300th post, all you have to do is comment  on her post and you are entered!)

There was also a strip of peach colored "paper lace"  in this month's Inspiration Kit.  These are very easy to replicate using some scrap paper and a cute border punch! 

An example of my Counterfeit Lace Paper... used a Martha Stewart punch.

Back to School Add-On Kit and Layout Challenge

This month Sherri choose a sketch and put together a page kit from her stash for you to counterfeit.


Sherri's Page Kit

Page Kit Contents:

 4 pieces patterned paper

Yellow mini pom pom trim

Blackboard/chalk stickers
Vintage "report card"

Composition book die cut

2 Apple die cuts

2 star embellishments

"Student" title
1 scalloped border strip

Tutorials:  Sherri designed the awesome report card embellishment herself, you can download the printable PDF here.  She also found a Chalkboard Labels Tutorial to create your own "chalk-able" tags!

The sketch Sherri choose is from Sketch Support and can be found here.

Sherri's Completed Layout

For more details about Sherri's layout, visit her blog at http://www.sherrithompson.blogspot.com/.  I hope you enjoyed this change of pace from using your Counterfeit Kit this month!

Tutorial- kraft mini envelopes



These Maya Road Kraft Mini Envelopes are in
the "Liberty Crossing" Add-On Kit this month.

• Here is a great video tutorial for creating "knock off" Mini Kraft Envelopes
• Sherri has created a step by step tutorial with photographs as well on her blog, Bits and Pieces of Me
• Check out how Leslie Langdon altered these envelopes on her blog post Altering Craft Envelopes-Maya Road (for this time of year, imagine "sand" in place of the "snow"!)
• And this Maya Road Tutorial for creating a mini album using the Kraft Envelopes Krafty Envelopes Mini Album
• Check out all of these great layouts for inspiration on using these envelopes in your layouts (scroll down about half way, and click on the "Member Gallery" tab located right in the middle of the page)... Gallery of Maya Road Envelopes on Layouts

Sherri's Layout Mini Challenge #3-"Frames"

 

"I am still trying to make a dent in my bottomless stash of chipboard!  I trimmed my frame to better fit my design, painted it with acrylic paint, then heat embossed it with iridescent embossing powder.  I then used Glossy Accents to adhere a little gem in the hole in each scallop.  Being the frugal scrapper that I am, I saved the side that I cut from the frame to use as a chipboard border on another project."

Masters of Forgery Introductions Part 3

Lisa

My Word: MASTER FORGER

M aya Mist
A ltered Art
S ketches
T im HoltzE - Embossing
R ipping paper

F riends
O ctober Afternoon
R anger
G runge
E phemera
R ibbon
S tamps

Margie

My word: COUNTERFEIT KITS

C amera, Cricut (2 of my most important scrapbooking tools)

O ctober Afternoon (I love their patterned paper!)

U niball Signo (my favorite white pen)

N ew supplies (I love finding deals and getting new scrapbook goodies!)

T im Holtz (need I say more?)

E mbossing ( I love both dry and heat embossing for scrapbooking and card making-it really adds a special touch!)

R ibbon! (It adds such yummy texture to a page!)

F lowers (I love Primas, Handmade flowers, you name it...)

E cho Park (love their papers-Especially the newest collection, "For The Record"!)

I nking (one of my favorite techniques)

T wo Peas In a Bucket ( I have been addicted to this site since 2002!)

K it Clubs (Counterfeiting them from my own stash=even better!)

I nspiration (It's everywhere! Some of my favorite sources are: Two Peas Gallery and Photography Board, Crafty blogs, and home decor, fashion, and craft/scrapbook magazines)

T attered Angels (Love their mists, screens, and paints!)

S ketches! (There is nothing like a good sketch to give my creativity a jump start!)

Gabrielle

I Spy game:

1.  Find my picture.
2.  Find photos of my hubby, my daughter, and my three sons.
3.  Find the state I live in.
4.  Find the first and last letters of my name.
5.  Find eleven stars, representing the eleven MASTERS OF FORGERY.
6.  Find our newest family pet.
7.  Find the two pictures of my 2nd son's favorite sport.
8.  Find something you would wear to our favorite place to visit in the summer.
9.  Find the instrument my hubby and kids play.
10. Find one popular building toy that my son's love to play with.
11. Find two common childhood fears.
12. Find 13 (or more) rhinestones.
13. Find 12 flowers.
14. Find the largest living land mammal.
15. Find the largest living sea mammal.

My word:  COPYCAT

C osmo Cricket
O ctober Afternoon
P ink Paislee
Little Yellow Bicycle (this was a bit of a stretch!)
C reating
A dhesive
T im Holtz

Sherri

My Word: STAMPER AT HEART

S pellbinders

T hickers

A merican Crafts

M omenta

P earls

E K Success border punches

R ubber stamps

A li Edwards

T echnique Tuesday

H ero Arts

E mbossing Folders

A ny color of Stickles

R hinestones

T iny Alpha Stickers

Let's Welcome Your Masters of Forgery!

Numer of DT applicants: 41

"Folders and Notes" sections we created to keep track: at least 6

Days spent agonizing over our decision: 36

Number of times we changed our list: too many to count

Number of DT members: 8...no wait...let's do 10....no wait, how about 11...

Okay, 11...and here they are:

 Crystal

Jessica

Melissa

Sherri

Kim

Shazi

Jemma

Margie

Susanne

Lisa

Gabrielle

Interesting note: we have 5 first timers on our DT!

Congrats to our new team!

Now head off to their blogs to leave them some love!

Sherri's Etsy Challenge

Printer's Tray:

When I heard about this challenge, I knew right away that I wanted to make a printer's tray.  I had seen some on Etsy before, and I loved them!  I also knew that I could make my own for a fraction of the cost.  I found this printer's tray which I absolutely loved: Etsy Printer's Tray.

Because I am a frugal scrapper, I thought I could save a lot of money just by re-purposing a shelf.  I found this one for only 45 cents at Goodwill!  You can see the original shelf on my blog-I love looking at the before and after shots!  Almost everything I used to alter it was from this month's kit.  The only things that I added were some epoxy brads.  I made the most of the die-cuts from my kit, plus lots of fun tools like punches and stamps.  Did you notice that the dress form and sewing machine were stamped on a transparency?  No transparencies in my kit, though-check out my blog for how I made these accents from my kit.

(  Don't you just love it!  To see more about Sherri's project, please go to Bits and Pieces of Me.)