Counterfeit Kit- October

I'm back today with something new!

This month I decided to participate in the 'Counterfeit Kit Challenge' blog for October. I'm guessing more people will counterfeit the girly pink/green kit featured at Little Red Scrapbook. I decided to go against the flow and do the Halloween/October theme kit. Anyone who knows me knows Halloween is one of my most favorite holidays! :)

Here is the inspiration kit:

Here is my take on the kit! :)

 I didn't have anything from the sample kit except the Echo Park Happy Halloween Alpha Sticker sheet, so I used that as my starting point. :)

My kit includes:
5 sheets of patterned paper
3 solids from the inspiration kit (kraft, white, black)
3 diecut papers
2 alphabet sticker sheets
4 border strips
other miscellaneous embellishments! :)

Thanks for looking! Hopefully I did a good job on my first counterfeit kit! :) Can't wait to see what I create with it....

New Scrapbook Challenge!

Hello everyone, its really been awhile since I've had time to sit down and finish a project! Today I have a new layout to share. :) This layout was created for The Paper Variety blog's Birthday Celebration! This was for Challenge 2 which inspired us to use mostly our favorite paper crafting company in our project! Anyone who knows me knows that I LOVE Die Cuts with a View! ;) In this layout, I used predominately papers from their new stack: Ghosts and Goblins!

For this layout, I tried my hand at making paper flowers for the first time with the help of my new Martha Stewart scoreboard! It was difficult at first (wrangling that paper into shape!) but I think I will get better with more practice! Here are some more detail shots, I'm getting better at photographing pages, but I still need a lot of practice so be gentle please ;)

 

Overall, I love the dimension that the paper flowers bring to my page. I added little 'spider mix' buttons that I purchased at Jo Ann's throughout the layout, including the center of my flowers. I used a couple of DCWV matstacks from the new Ghost and Goblins collection to mat my photos, I really wanted to play off of the fun glittery purple mask that Nicole is wearing in the large photo. :) All of the journaling tags are also from the Ghost and Goblins stack, as is the little witch hat which I cut out from a tag. :) The background paper is from the stack as well, and I sprayed it with Pearl and Brown Smooch Spritz. Letters are black Thickers, and 'not even' is written with Echo Park Happy Halloween Collection letter stickers. :)

Thanks for reading, that's all for now!

DCWV Layout Challenge!

Hello everyone, I'm here with my first layout to share! I recently entered this layout into DCVW's Stack-a-holic August Challenge~ I'm only a few days out from the end of the challenge entry period, I finished just in time! I found working with this sketch a bit challenging, because there were so many different patterned elements I wanted to include!
Anyways, here is the sketch:

To enter the challenge, you must create a layout using one of the DCVW Stacks. I chose the Summer Glitter Stack from 2009, I've always wanted to use the sparkler border strip on a layout!

 This layout has tons of sparkle in person, and was really fun to make!

Supplies Used:
K & Company Americana Glitter Stickers
K & Company Americana Die-Cut Cardstock
K & Company Americana Glitter Paper Pack
We R Memory Keepers Layered Chipboard Self Adhesive Words
DCWV The Summer Glitter Stack (2009)
DCWV Brights Cardstock Stack
Cricut Plantin Schoolbook Cartridge

Thanks for reading! Bye for now! :)