My July Counterfeit Kit

  Seems like lately I have gotten around to making my kit a few days late. Seems like I also have had some issues getting the time to play with said kit. I know...it's not an unusual scrapper's lament. Life is busy and one can not spend all of their time cooped up with scrap book supplies making layouts. If we did, we'd have no photos to scrap. So, this first week of July has found me taking some time out for family. I have tons more photos and a new camera( I wore out another one. Part of me is sorry and part of me isn't. Dh says my cameras have a 3 year shelf life due to the high quantity of photos I shoot. Anyway...said new camera rocks! Thank you Dh for spoiling me!)
   I will say that I did not always look to my kit as the go to resource for scrappy supplies this last month. It's not my only stash and other papers just seemed the ticket for certain layouts. Why fight it, right? The goal is pages completed and in albums while fun making them is had. That happened...so all is well. I do think making these counterfeit kits has been a great way to teach me about coordinating supplies better. Anyway...enough chatting and on to the kit!
  July's counterfeit kit is right up my alley! There is a huge travel element to it. It seems, in looking through my stash, that I collect a lot of travel papers and embellies. I have 2 from kit clubs along with a travel stack and TWO( yes that's right!) of the making memories travel lines in their almost entirety.  I think I may have a problem. Either that or I am foreseeing some MAJOR travel plans in my future that as of yet I have no clue about. So it was very easy for me to make the travel add on. I think I shall start there rather than the main kit.

travel add on contents:
We R Memory Keepers travel light papers- travel log, all aboard,Mileage chart,direct flight
and passport stamp and 4x6 albums made easy pad
Basic Grey wander papers- tarmac and arrival
Best Creation  6x6 glitter papers-Travel Forever
Making Memories Panorama rub ons
7 Gypsies carte postal fold over stickers
Making memories die cut tag,canvas tag and sticker
unknown journal spot-postage bracket style
Basic Grey buttons
Maya road chipboard arrow
We R Memory keepers travel light  embossed tag and layered chipboard

I confess that the We R memory keepers items are from last month's Treasure box club kit. Maybe now I will use some of it.

  As for the main kit, as I composed it, I realized that beach themed papers are also something I collect. Maybe it's due to the fact that I am from a tropical climate. I guess I anticipate a lot of use of those papers. I still have some Fancy Pants rusted sun from last year along with the new beach bum collection. I am happy to say that the two go together well. You'll see them in my main kit and an add on.

Main kit contents:
We R Memory keepers embossed stickers and tag, travel tags
American crafts foam thickers-black
ATD Beach fun sticker pad
Sassafrass in Stiches blossoms in kelly green and kraft
Making Memories simply stated rub on alphas
crochet blue flower thing- from Ikea in the curtain section of the store
Maya Road chipboard airplane
Scenic Route garden grove labels
October Afternoon Road Map papers- Skyline Motor inn and Vacationer motel
Fancy Pants Beach bum- Boogy Board paper
Fancy Pants rusted sun papers- Indian summer,Pool party, Umbrella and suit up
Best creation Travel forever die cut  paper
Best creation Travel forever glitter paper- arrows
We R Memory keepers travel light- luggage lining paper
Basic Grey wander- road trip paper
Webster's pages paper- trend setter
Making Memories paper- passport collection
Fancy pants rusted sun ribbon and pom pom trim-yellow
Unknown polka dot strip of tape
Making Memories greenhouse paperie flowers and buttons

I did my best with matching the paper colours and style in the main kit.I did later find a sheet of the Fancy Pants Pool party in my stash. However, I was too lazy to retake the photo.

  When I made the Martha's Vineyard add on, I chose not to emulate the purple tones of the kit.It just was not going to work for me. So I chose to make an additional summer type kit in the hopes of maybe using up a bit more of that beach theme paper I have. 

Martha's Vineyard add on content:
Basic Grey Wander mini mono stickers-alphas
Fancy Pants Beach bum alphas
unknown ribbon
Fancy Pants Beach bum element stickers, rub ons and glitter cuts
Crystal stickers-blue gems
Fancy pants rusted sun papers- cards, sunrise and sunny day
Fancy pants Beach bum papers-  Hammock,sail, boardwalk, shells and Hawaiian stripes

I got the beach bum paper pack about a month ago and I have been very excited to find some photos to go with it. I hope I get some pages done with it this month!

  One of my favourite kits to counterfeit this month happened to be the Liberty Shores add on. Just when I thought I didn't have papers for fourth of July layouts, along came this kit to change my mind. I don't know why I never considered mixing any blue and red papers I had. This will be a wonderful way to use some floral papers in a non-traditional manner.

Liberty Shores add on contents:
Sassafrass Cherry sweet treats stickers
Cosmo cricket flour sack chipboard alphas
Prima e-line pearls and crystals in red
Basic grey basics trims
felt flower and star tag from swaps
Jenny Bowlin bingo card
My Mind's eye union square ticket
Webster's pages petite roses
K and Co. tranparencies
Sassafrass in stitches flowers
October afternoon modern homemaker papers- red plaid and small dot
Cosmo Cricket Sunday picnic and sunshine papers
Sassafrass papers- anthem/sing loud,sapphire/cherry delicious, Spring spring/cherry delicious
and feathered/life is beautiful

  I also made up a trims kit for the liberty add on. I have a lot of old jeans in too tattered a condition to donate. So I included a swatch here as a reminder to use some of that up.

red tulle. unkown ribbons, denim, and maya road ribbons

   By now, I know I have way more papers and embellishments than I can use in a month. It's nice to have options though. We'll see how much I can use this month. Hopefully more than last!

I want this thing off me...a Pagerize this challenge!

A very short time ago, we had a very sick cat. He had several surgeries and fought off severe infections and complications from kidney crystals. At one point, we thought we would lose him. In January, I got these photos of him trying to take the cone off of his head. It was one of those defining moments when I knew he'd be ok. Boo was back to being his clown self. He has since gained back all of the weight he lost and his personality is as playful as it ever was. When I saw Joni's page, I knew it would be perfect for this series of photos featuring Boo's attempt's at taking his cone off.

papers- We R memory keeper's Grandma's kitchen
DMC floss
Colorbox chestnut roan ink
Basic Grey alpha stickers and cat ctickers from max and Whiskers line
Making Memories Tiny type alphas in choc. and white
Bic marc it in woodsy brown

  I chose the papers for their fun, but cozy feel. I stitched under some of the title words to add some emphasis to them. The brown marker was an inexpensive and fast way to add a little detail and a more finished feel to the base paper. I used adhesive foam to add a little dimension to the paisley's.

  Now it's your turn to find the right photos and papers so that you can play along with the Scrap Our Stash Pagerize This challenge!

So Much Energy

  I wish I had it. My son and his friends all seem to have it. Energy, that is. Kids seem to have it in overwhelming abundance. So it seemed fit to scrap these photo of my husband pushing my son and his friends on a tire swing with some bright energetic colours. The title sort of found me via the Scrap it With A Song challenge spot.

All papers and embellishments are from Echo park except:
notebook paper-Basic grey
brads-Basic grey
white CS-colorbok
blue cs-coredinations

Oh and speaking of energy... I hope you have enough to participate in a hop going on through scrapbook challenges. You can start at Brynn's blog. Brynn even came up with the sketch I used for this page. I love the fun banners which were perfect for this upbeat page. It's always fun to see how different people interpret a sketch. So if you'd like to see some other variations, check out the links found here.
 Sorry for the short post, but life is hectic right now. I am pleased to have found a little time to scrap. I am less pleased with myself for not reading all of my challenge list properly. By that, I am referring to the notepad I keep listing all the challenges I want to participate in. I had several I wanted to do for Sketches for all. I thought I was completing one of the challenges with the above LO only to find I was just supposed to use 1 flower and not three.Oh well! Back to the drawing board. I at least have another page done that I like. Happy scrapping everyone!!!