Monday, February 28, 2011

Counterfeit Kit Challenge February Blog Hop

Welcome to the Counterfeit Kit Challenge February Blog hop!!!

  Blog hopping is always fun. I love seeing everyone's blogs and the inspiration they have to offer. I will admit, I often end up getting distracted and find my way off the trail of the hop. If you are easily distracted like me or did not arrive here from Kim's blog, just pop back over to the Counterfeit Kit site so you can get back on the right path.

I have really enjoyed utilizing the kit I made this month. There is always such a good feeling when I see a completed page...knowing a page is done and stash is used. I love my stash but it sure can be a bit overwhelming as it slowly consumes my dining room. I have quite a collection after around a decade of scrapbooking. Which brings me to my subject today...collections. 
  Some people collect stamps or magnets. I collect and acquire scrapbook supplies. My son collects action figures. They usually have a science fiction theme. He started doing this at the tender age of 3. He is fascinated with all things alien. In the last few years, he has acquired an obsession for predators. One morning, he decided to photograph his collection. Off he went with my camera, posing and shooting photos of his beloved toys. I was, at first, a bit unsure of the photos. What would I do with them? Being 10, my son is not the world's best photographer( then again, neither am I). As I examined his work, I realized that some of them could be said to have interesting merit. I had wanted to document his collection, so why not use his photos...his perspective. So I discarded the blurry shots and cropped some of the photos. In a weird way, they seemed sort of artistic. Next came the daunting task of finding the right papers and embellishments to scrap about his love of the most ugly of alien toys.

Scrapbook Challenges Sketch # 241
I quickly realized that the colors I had in my kit were perfect...black ,green and pink. In the right tone, they sort of could be, well...alien colors. I chose to smear black paint onto the page, then added a black K and Co. border for some tone on tone texture. Staples seemed a perfect accent to harden the scroll work of the border. I cut apart a Making memories pink leather frame. The leather reminded me of the alien's armor. The clear pink paislee flower reminded me of the crystal stealth predator and his weapons.

Counterfeit Kit Scraps of Darkness Sketch
 Hand stitching added to the rough grunge feel. On page 2, I used some basic grey flourish stamps with white ink. They reminded me of alien plant life. To add a touch of pink to this page, I used another scrap of the leather frame. I also added Shimmerz Plum Pudding spritz to the flocked MME Lush paper. On both pages, I highlighted certain photos by raising them with 3-d adhesive. It was a fun way to document one of my son's collections.

Thank you for stopping by. It's time for you to hop on to Melissa's Blog.  If you haven't tried it, I hope you try making your own counterfeit kit in March.

26 comments:

  1. Wow, love those colours. Great pages. Your budding photographer did a great job with the photos too.

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  2. I have never used paint on a page before and it loks reat. Thaks for explaining all the rationale behind your kit choices it looks great, well done to your 10 yr old DS too!

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  3. Good photos and cool collection. Definitely alien colours.

    My son's lego shots all went into a 2 up slip in album where he journalled about them on index cards. Simple, sweet and easily added to as he get more shots. Easy to take with you to show off your collection too ;)

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  4. Love the artistic qualities of both your son's photos and the layouts you created with them! I bet your son with love looking back at his collections as well.

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  5. Great page! Love how you used the paint!

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  6. Great job documenting your son's favorite toys-very creatively done

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  7. I think you did a great job with the ugly alien toys! I have some pictures from my three year old that I want to scrap so thank you for the inspiration!

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  8. You have tried some techniques that I have never used before - very inspiring! Great layout, so unique.

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  9. Such cool pages! Love the colors and paint!

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  10. SO I'm thinking maybe you and your son should sign up for a self-help group for people obsessed with collecting...I'll see you there as I have another bag of scrap goodies just sitting in my car. Love how you made the sketch with lots of the little pics.

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  11. Great twist on the sketch, we all thought romantic and you thought aliens. hmm....
    Great layout, I'll bet your son loved them.
    Thanks for sharing.
    Ang

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  12. Wow- what a great colour combo and such amazing photos

    love the LO with the three photos best

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  13. You're right -- the paper you chose is perfect for these layouts!! I just love how you put everything together and the story behind it all. Nicely done.

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  14. These are so awesome.. I love everything about these layouts.. SO totally love the smeared black ...love love it.. So perfect for the pictures.. which are fantastic!!

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  15. I like the stamping you did on your layout - I'm trying to incorporate more into my scrapping.

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  16. That is an awesome layout...love the colors, they fit very well with your pictures.

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  17. Fab to see some green against the pink and black - a lovely take on the kit and pretty perfect as a backdrop to those funky alien photos - how lovely to encourage your son in this way!

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  18. I love your unique take on the sketch! The unexpected green paper is perfect for this layout! Fabulous!

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  19. Love this!! What a fantastic way to document your son's collection!

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  20. What a great theme for your layout! I wish that I had taken photos of my son's toy collections when he was younger. He was all about Rescue Heroes and Beyblades!

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  21. I think you made the perfect layout with the cool paint technique for these pictures!!! Great job...I bet your son likes this layout :)
    *meridy*

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  22. What a cute idea to do a layout using photos that your son took. I think it's soooo cute that he wanted to take pictures of his collection!

    I think that circle is great! It reminds me of outerspace and goes great with the subjects in the photos!

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  23. am so loving the creativity of that fab kelly green paper with the black paint! And I believe we should all give our kids a camera (a cheap one) at some point just to see things through their eyes!

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  24. What a fun concept for the layout. Love it!

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  25. I love your take on this challenge. I didn't do any pages with my son with this kit, I picked to many pinks for my kit. But you have inspired me for next month.

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