Sunday, March 31, 2013

Mr. Linky APRIL

Welcome to April Mr. Linky. To keep things organized a bit please use your name and a short description of the item you are posting I.E.: kit, mini challenge 1, 2, 3 Layout etc etc.

Friday, March 29, 2013

Been Caught Stealing: Kate Blue

Let's say a big HI to our Guest Designer for April!


Hey everybody! I'm Kate Blue, originally a military brat but have called the wonderful state of Maryland "home" for the last 28 years.  In my previous life, I was an accountant but am now a SAHM to my favorite scrappy subjects- a girl and a boy that I call Thing 1 & Thing 2 and wife to my guy of 16 years who is Thing 3.    I began scrapbooking quite late in the game since I never considered myself artsy or crafty EVER! So for the last 6 years, I a
have dabbled in layouts, mini albums and some altered projects-I do admit that I cannot make cards to save my life no matter how hard I try!  

I'm not sure what my style is called but I do know that I am drawn to bold colors and eclectic mixes of prints and manufacturers, I love kraft backgrounds and lots of bling!  I think that matching and pastels are out of my comfort zone!  I'm excited that the ladies asked me to be the April Guest Designer for CKCB and I hope to inspire your creativity in some small way this month! Happy scrapping and can't wait to see YOUR kits and creations! 

my blog:  http://kateblue.blogspot.com/

Please check out her blog!  We are excited to have her with us this month...she is one talented woman!

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Fab Five



I have searched Mr. Linky for my favorite five kits/projects this month!  Take a peek at what our friends have been doing.


Elaine's March Kit
Chipper's March Kit
Alissa's Very Bradley Challenge
Corina's Pictures no journaling Challenge
Kimberly's Pictures no journaling Challenge

Monday, March 25, 2013

March Blog Hop

It's blog hop time! We have been busy creating this month so grab a beverage of choice, put on some fuzzy slippers and take a look at some great projects!

Our challenge for this hop is pictures only...no journaling!



Make sure you leave comments and encouragement on the blogs as you hop.  I know they will appreciate the feedback!

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Challenge #3: Super Hero Challenge

 

Super Hero Challenge:  Pick your favorite Super Hero and let them inspire your project!

 
 
 

Sunday, March 17, 2013

Trash to Treasure

Well life got in the way this month so let's do something different. YOU tell ME how you use up your SCRAPS! We all have them, how do you use them up? Do you store them, save them, or just recycle them? Do you go ahead and make a card or other project once you are done with one project with them? Inspire me to use my mountain of scraps!

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Step by Step

I have some happy news!  My scrapbook room is completely torn apart still!  I have a brand new floor...my desk has been painted to match the scrapbook furniture that is coming at the end of the month..and now I wait.  I am planning on purging a BUNCH of stuff while I wait.  Yep.  Even my stamps.

I can't wait to post photos for you!

I found this great Scrapper on Youtube...KraftyBuns.  I usually love dialogue in the videos I watch, but I really like her process.  Enjoy!



Saturday, March 9, 2013

Challenge #2: Vera Bradley Challenge

    
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I LOVE Vera Bradley!  They are so much fun with the mix of patterns and bright colors.

Challenge #2: Let's see how well YOU do mixing patterns, colors and scales.  Use 3 or more patterned papers on your project.



Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Roller Date Stamp and DIY Thickers TUTORIALS

So today I am here to share some inspiration on using DIY Thickers and roller date stamps. So here we go.

DIY thickers can mean a great deal of things, here is a video that shows the ones you can BUY :

DIY THICKERS VIDEO

VIDEO FROM PAPERCLIPPING

Also something I do occassionally if I cannot find the correct font, I cut some with my die cut machine (or you could hand draw and cut out with scissors) multiple times and then clue them together in a stack. You can then ink, mist, flock, glitter, and even emboss them (if you keep them thin enough). There you go custom alphabet/title.


Now Roller Date Stamps are taking the industry by storm lately. Now there is the obvious use of using them for the date of the picture or the journaling but you there are a few more ways to use them also. They now come with cute phrases, some arrows etc. So why not stamp them around your journal space/card to make a border like this:


Also here is a gallery over at Studio Calico that I stumbled on that has MANY uses of these neat little things. Enjoy! CLICK HERE

They are also great in "smashing" and Project life to label, add captions, highlight and date things. What else do YOU use them for if they are in your stash?

Sunday, March 3, 2013

Challenge ONE-are you ready?


Welcome back for the first challenge of this month. We have done all journaling and other various ways but this month we want you to do ALL PICTURES NO JOURNALING. Let's see what our DT did!

GDT DAWN
Sweetheart
LYNNETTE


Libeeti

This challenge is going to be for our end of the month participant BLOG HOP on the 25th!
To be a part of our blog hop:
1.  E-mail us your name/blog address/promise to participate at counterfeitkitchallenge@yahoo.com  BY THE 15th!  (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 25th at 12:00 A.M. Mountain Standard Time.

Saturday, March 2, 2013

March Kit Blog Hop

First we apologize for not getting this up on time! We had a communication snafu. But here you go. This month we are counterfeiting the NOEL MIGNON kit HERE

Let's get to hopping!


Again so sorry for the delay. We hope you understand.


MR. LINKY MARCH 2013

Please share your creations here. To make it a bit more organized please label your posts "Kit" "layout" "challenge one, two, three" etc etc. We can't wait to see what you have in store for us this month