Well, I say mini kit but it ain't so mini...the Counterfeit Kit mini kit is still inspired by their custom created Secret Not So Secret kit:


I added more Cool Kid stuff and more travel elements, stars, epoxies and some just because stuff!  It kept growing and growing until it resembled a real kit- sorry!!!!

Like I said before, I had misplaced it and had to come down here and do some cleanup....Finally found it so here ya go!  This month's inspiration kit comes from Khristina , owner of the Secret Not Secret Kit Club- a club that selects a custom kit based on what YOU want, I'm pretty sure no two kits are ever alike!
The kit she custom put together just for us Counterfeit Kit fans:



Very masculine but I can make anything look feminine with my add-ons! This kit reminded me of the Cool Kid collection by Crate Paper so I kinda used that as my jumping point.  Dark papers,black, blues, greens, oranges,,,,  then I added die cuts, enamels, travel type elements.
And, I'll be honest,I made a mini kit too for the midmonth but since I'm just posting my original kit,I'll post the mini kit tomorrow :)

I'm terrible-I did put my CKC kit together for September and then I misplaced it!  SO...today's post is only a LOAD:

or TWO:

The kit over at the CKC (Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog) is revealed and I have to say I was surprised!  Surprised because it's  a custom kit! YIPPEE!!!!    Created just for them by the talented Ms. Khristina Sorge, owner of  The Secret Not Secret Kit Club!~



A bit masculine this time but that truly means nothing to me-I'm still gonna scrap the girl cause you know I'll have my own add-on kit full of nothing related to the original lol.  So for now, I'm off to the scrap room to start pulling my own counterfeit kit together!  See ya back here on maybe Thursday with my reveal:)

Posting the rest of my August CKC (Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog ) layouts...I slacked at the last few days of August because my mojo just wasn't there for a variety of personal reasons :(  





I think I got about 11 layouts done with my August kit so I'll be happy with that!  

Our next challenge up on the Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog ! We wanna know what summertime means to you!  It's still summer in the USA (but not everywhere) so show us what it means to you**
Summer ALWAYS gets a little hectic here but we usually still find  time to get in some water play :)  That means pool or beach or both lol.  Here's MY favorite summer view- ENJOY!!

Hey friends!  Hope you are still finding time to create with the Counterfeit Kit Challenge (CKC) team and me, the Guest Designer this month; I know some of ya'll who live in different areas have already sent your kids back to school and might have some time to craft :0 and then there's some ofus who have to wait until September and have to sneak some crafty time in lol.

Challenge #1 is up and it's all about using up those decorative paper clips, planner clips and tabs. I
love clips because they come in so many shapes and sizes but I always have to stop myself from using too many on one layout!  

So, my first layout used the lovely Golden Days fall leaf clips from Fancy Pants.  They are pretty vintage (2016) but I still lov em and wish I had hoarded the whole collection.
I kept it simple and just wanted to showcase the fact that just because your embellishments may be theme related doesn't mean that your layout has to be "themey"...aren't the leaf clips super cute??
And then for my next layout, I went theme related :)

It's the 4th and as the Guest Designer this month at the Counterfeit kit Challenge (CKC) blog, that means it's Forgery on the 4th time!  One part of the original  July "Best of This Life"  Citrus Kit were some custom bonus journal cards.
ORIGINAL:


I don't normally have a lot of journal cards hanging around since I don't do P, so I just used a plain piece of vanilla cardstock and my water colors and got to forging!

Measured out room for 6 but I only did 3 cards and then did a rough sketch with just a pencil.  Don't worry about perfection, it's so overrated!  Got out my little watercolors and just painted :)  Not measuring makes it look more crafty in my opinion.

and VOILA,  my take on the cards along with a layout that I did to show you how I used one of them!

As this month's Guest Designer for the Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog, I'm off to a great start with my August kit! 
First up- stripes along with sequins! 

 Something you'll see a lot of this month cause I'm addicted to them!  I own a lot of them and am determined to use at least 50% of them.

And next, something out of my comfort zone-WHIMSY and lots of pink!

 But I was determined to use this background, reminds me of a bokkah feature-is that what it's called???  Searched high and lo for a unicorn and could not find one!

Still honored to be this month's CKCB guest scrapper-hope you're showing us your kit and creations and I'll see you on the 4th for a bit of FORGERY :)

Happy Thursday everyone!  I'm happy to reveal that I've been asked to be the August Guest Designer over at the Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog!  Most of you know the blog and how it works BUT just in case you don't, here's the gist:   The Design Team searches the internet and picks out a scrapbook kit that catches their fancy.  They reveal it on the blog on the 1st of the month and the 1st CHALLENGE part is to troll through YOUR OWN STASH and to COUNTERFEIT using your own stash!  You don't have to copy it exactly piece by piece, it's all up to your interpretation!  They then have other challenges throughout the month to help you to keep using your kit. 

This month's inspiration comes from Citrus Twist Kits-

Their July 2019 "Best of This Life "MAIN KIT:





 I usually start my counterfeit with looking at patterns instead of colors.  So for the Main kit I focused on STRIPES, STARS, TRIANGLES, NUMBERS AND PRINT.
 Then I went back and added some pastels to mimic the Main papers up in there!


   Their Add-On kit:






And Mine:  Blue alphas, paper clips, more stars, All Heart chipboard, words, puffies, flamingos (yeah baby), sequin  and more!  I made a ginormous kit this month since I played at the beach last month and didn't scrap that much!

Every so often,I treat myself to a class -(mixed media type) just to break up the scrapbook mojo and to fill up my art journal.   Painting unrealistic faces relaxes me so I love checking out free classes as well as inexpensive classes.  This year's treat tomyself for my birthday is Ever After 2019 created by the super talented Tamara Laporte.

So as the title states, we'll be doing some great things with various instructors and their take on selected fairy tales from around the world. Ya'll already know that the Evil Queen (MY FAVORITE) is part of the lesson but with a twist!

Here's my interpretation of her- Imperfect cause I hate waiting for paint to dry!  Enjoy!