Saturday, June 1, 2013

June Counterfeit Kit Blog Hop

Happy Saturday!  Can you believe that it's JUNE already?  Only 8.5 days of school left for me-summer's coming!
Bethany from the Counterfeit Kit Challenge has chosen such fun, summery kits to inspire us this month: the May kits from Scraptastic Club.
 
I based my kit on the After the Storm main and add-on kits.  Great blue and green color scheme, plus some really fun embellies.  Here's my kit:
 
 
A mix of very old (2006!) and very new (2013) papers, plus a couple of my counterfeited papers.  I loved the bokeh papers in the inspiration kits, so I made my own mini versions using this tutorial from Lawn Fawn: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfrSC6rER2A.  For my butterfly paper, I simply punched 20 butterflies from notebook patterned paper and used a glue stick to adhere them to polka dotted patterned paper.  Cute. :)
 
 
And the fun stuff-the embellies.  Nothing counterfeited exactly, more just "inspired by".  I DIYed 2 things: one paper (did this while I was pulling my embellies, thus the pic of it with them) and the ombre letter stickers.
I really liked the hello text paper from the inspiration kit, and I wanted to try my own.  I used a sentiment stamp from Lawn Fawn and clear ink to repeatedly stamp on a scrap of smooth green cardstock.  I then heat embossed it with white embossing powder.  I think it came out cute and will be perfect for a card.
I also knew that I could easily get the ombre look by using a trio of Copic markers on some white alpha stickers.  I did a few as examples, but I will color them as needed when I start my projects.
 
Well, there it is!  Thank you so much for popping by!  The rest of your stops on the blog hop are from the DT.  Your next stop is Andrea!


15 comments:

Lisa said...

mmm, love the colours here - so fresh and inviting. your counterfeit papers are delightful and I think you will be making some stunners with these lovely supplies - I recognise quite a few of your older papers in there :-)

MiliPea Designs said...

Love your kit - beautiful papers and I love that butterfly paper! Great idea!

Andrea Ockey Parr said...

Sherri! What a beautiful job you did on your kit! You have a great eye for combining fabulously creative elements! It's no mystery why you're our Guest Designer!

joyce rodli said...

awesome sherri

Unknown said...

I really like the stamped green paper you made.

Julie H said...

Totally can't tell which are your old and your new papers! I think they will look right "on trend" on your pages!

Jimjams said...

Good to have you back Sherri. Love the idea of ombre letters in your gorgeous kit.

LCSmithSAVED said...

Genius counterfeit with the stamped paper. May be lifting that, hehe!

glorygirl said...

Beautiful kit! Love the embellies!!!! SO MUCH!

Angela Toucan said...

beautiful kit and great counterfeiting.

sassyscrapper said...

That butterfly paper is so simple and so perfect. Definitely a great one to counterfeit. Have fun with your kit and glad you are spotlighted this month.

Lesley G said...

Beautiful kit, love the "friends" diecut :)

Tricia said...

Beautiful kit!! Really love the embossed paper!

Roxy said...

Cool kit, love your butterfly paper and ombre letters!!!

kate blue said...

that's why the CKCB is so cool-you don't have to counterfeit exactly if you don't want! LOVe your inspiration kit and really love that bicycle!