Wednesday 1 January 2014

January Counterfeit Kit

After my last mammoth blog on my re-organised craft room, this blog is going to be very brief... but firstly I want to wish every one of you a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR!
As part of my New Year Resolutions, I have resolved to be more creative, try new things, and don't get stuck in a rut... be a more regular blogger and enjoy my 'me' time.
To that end I intend to join in a few more challenges and I start with my old favourite The Counterfeit Kit challenge. This month they are counterfeiting Hip 2 be Square's December kit.
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......and here is my take on it which I am calling Favourite Things.. on the basis that I chose a lot of teal/turquoise which features heavily in a lot of my LO's.  Of course, I added pinks, reds and Kraft colours too.. and even some vellum, which I am hopeless with so it'll be interesting to see how that turns out. At least its a resolution to tackle.. how will I use the vellum?? I may have a snoop round You Tube to get some ideas. 


Unfortunately it is horrible weather today so the colour is rubbish, but given the conditions, I can live with it. The colours are much closer to the original in real life.


Here is another picture of the close ups of the embellishments I have chosen to go with the kit too. 


Now I'm off to load it on their blog and start using the kit... laters...

Thanks for looking!


11 comments:

  1. Wow Elaine, you didn't waste any time!!!
    A lovely kit and look forward to seeing your challenge projects:)
    Happy New Year!

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  2. LOVE that you are already IN! Scrap on, sista!

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  3. I love your kit. So pretty!!
    Blessings ~~ dawn

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  4. Oh I LOVE vellum! YouTube should give you tons of ideas. Try Pinterest too :) Can't wait to see what you create!

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  5. Beautiful kit, love the teal/tourquise with the reds.

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  6. Quick off the mark! Must be that organised craft room. And what a lovely kit - you nailed the colours perfectly. Great job and it's lovely to see you here.
    Vellum: I use it quite often - make journalling pockets, overlays over a double photo or a brighter paper that you'd like to tone down, confetti filled bags, subtle layers, edges and cut out elements for clusters. It can be sprayed or embossed (dry or wet) too. I LOVE it! Have fun, looking forward to seeing what you make with it

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  7. Great kit!!! Vellum. Wow...what an older (LOL) stash item. I was wishing I had some the other day because I saw this neat idea on a blog. Someone had sewn a pocket full of sequins and layered it as an embellie on their page. It was adorable. You know....I bet I still have some vellum, some where. ;)

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  8. The pops of minty green are wonderful! And Vellum is a must for me right now…I found some great vellum with polka dots. :) Happy Sigh.

    **bethany

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  9. Oh lots of goodies there. Love the teal, I've been enamored with it for months. And I too struggled with cloudy skies - but I couldn't wait any longer to get started.

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