CHA Kit - Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog

I was inspired by Trisha for the CHA Bonus Challenge Kit!  She made up an amazing kit.  Then made some amazing projects with the kit.  This is a must see!  Just click the link above!

YAY!  This kit made it in with what I would call small!  I got through with the kit the day the bonus was announced.  Except I let it sit overnight.  As I looked at the kit I realized I needed two things.  A sheet of paper with pink...Done.  Then I needed the right type of fabric for the kit.  A few dozen clicks later and the right fabric is on the journey to my house!  I have sat for two months wanting Anna Griffin's paper Barn Wood.

I finally ordered it a two weeks ago from ACOT and I have just the photo for this paper.  I included everything that is under a year old.  I just have too much paper to buy anything new....it's the one thing that shuts me down from buying.  So here's the smaller kit I'll work with on other photos then the courthouses!

I wanted pieces of fabric in the kit....but didn't have the colors I wanted.  So I ordered some two days ago.  When it arrives I'll replace the correct colors with the one in this kit....or may just add to the kit.

Contents of kit:

Paper

Anna Griffin Gabbie Barnwood Paper

Lily Bee Design Destination Souvenier

Webster's Pages Composition & Color Chalk Prints

Studio Calico Classic Calico III Timesheet

Glitz Color Me Happy Hearts

Imaginisce Love You More Heart Attack

Embellishments

Elle's Studio Limited Addition August 2013 Kit

Paper Bakery Flairs - That's My Bike

Queen & Co. - Candy Shop

Paper Bakery Kit Club - Happened Stamps

Prima ~ Leeza Gibbons Wishes & Dreams - Washi Tape

Crate Paper Party Day - Ephemera Pack

Jillibean Soup - Alphabeans Newburg Navy

fabric - purchased from Moda

Honestly I like this kit better then the first!  But I have different uses for each.

Then on CKCB Blog today is Challenge #1!  Fits me for both kits.  It is all about Unfinished Projects.  I'll start with the CHA Bonus Kit.  I have the cutest picture of Lynn and James on their bikes or big wheels that I have been wanting to scrap for months.  That's challenge #1.  The next project will take albums upon albums to get done.  Years ago I found Texas Courthouses on the web.  I had always loved the Hill County Courthouse.  Gorgeous!  I cried when it burned but the replica stands in it's place.  I found this whole world opened up when I went through the Texas Courthouse site.  Now there are many more sites dedicated to our state's County Courthouses.  I have since 2007 taken photos of 16 of the 254 county courthouses in our state.  I started to just put them in the family albums.  Now I want them in albums of their own along with some of the other notable landmarks around the state.  I have a photo of me the first time I visited the Alamo!  That will go in these scrapbooks.  Some counties I have checks by that very short list to return and photo again because of renovations at the time I photographed them.  It's a walk through history of our state and the people who live in each county!  I have a very short doable bucket list and this sits at the very top to photograph each courthouse.  Total square miles of our state:  268,601 square miles.  That is a lot of traveling.  No end date in site for this project!  Of course I had to get a WRMK Buttercup (Yellow Album) for the Yellow Rose of Texas although our state flower is of course the one and only Bluebonnet!  Plenty of those photos to go in this scrapbook!

He he....these are only two unfinished projects!  I have a boat load of projects for Christmas this year to fit in as well as my Mother's Cruise album and her horse album!  Best get started...

Until next time!

Courthouse Travel Kit

After I wrote my post yesterday I dived in to make my first kit for Counterfeit Kit Challenge.  I wanted it small and it turned out large.  I'm going to definitely have to work on that item.  When I started pulling embellishments is where I really went overboard...I do for every layout, too.  But never seem to use all I pull.  I also wanted to make this first kit easy for me.  I started with one of my oldest Paper Bakery Kits almost used up.  Then picked out some scraps and one full sheet from Carta Bella So Noted.  Then came two full sheets and a Large Die Cut from MME Stella Rose.

I call it Courthouse Travel!  When I do a layouts of the courthouses in my state I don't use travel paper or embellishments.  I'm focusing on the courthouse and the inspiration it gives me.  My inspiration came from the type of items in the kit. I don't do near the traveling I did before I was married, and now the kids are grown I sometimes make a day trip to photo some of Texas' County Courthouses.  Other times Larry and I are off to attend a cattle event or visit a friend's ranch and we stop to see the courthouses along the way.  There is an amazing amount of history and architecture in Texas Courthouses. I think this will make a perfect kit for my day trip adventures. 

Here are the kits we had to counterfeit from Citrus Twist:

And this is my kit:

The only item not shown is Studio Calico Wonderland Fonts Mistables (alphas).  I think they are buried in my Studio Calico Atlantic Collection.

Here's the list of Paper:

Bazzill Cardstock:  Bazzill Celery & a Yellow I don't know the name

Studio Calico:  Abroad 12x12 Paper:  First Class & Somewhere

MME Stella Rose:  Gertie Friends Forever, Hazel Lovely, Memories Woven Paper (large diecut)

Basic Grey:  Sweet Threads Knotted Shirt; Out of Print Mish Mash;  PB&J scraps from Toasted, Sunny Days, Raspberry Jam

Carta Bella So Noted:  Script & Scribbles;  Scraps from Inked Numerals, Musical Score, Dear Jane

I am a bit Embellishment OCD and actually pulled twice what I settled on!  Here's the list!

Basic Grey:  Sweet Threads Office Tabs, Wheels, Pieces;  Out of Print:  Pops;  PB&J Cardstock Stickers, Miscellany

Carta Bella:  So Noted 12x12 Sticker Sheet

Jillibean Soup:  Bakers Twine Mustard & Olive

Washi Tape:  Queen & Co.  Trendy Musical Notes

Little Yellow Bicycle:  Naturals Burlap Tags

Tattered Angels:  True Blood; Chalk; Sun Sisters

Studio Calico Wood:  Speech Bubbles; Farm Animals

Prima:  Song Bird Collection Tickets; Shabby Chic Treasures Baroque;  Musical Notes Clips

MME Stella Rose:  2 Frames, 2 Tabs Sticker Sheets, 1 Title, 1 transparency, Stars Trinkets, Buttons, Trim, and Layered Cardstock Stickers

Bazzill:  Die Cut Numbers - White

Paper Bakery:  Vintage Milk Cap #1, May Arts Yellow Chevron Ribbon, Simple Stories Folder, Vintage Milk Cap, Vintage Inspired Bag, Yo-Yo Flower

Jenni Bowlin Studio:  True Vintage Labels

Alphas:  See Above

I'm so looking forward to creating with this kit and playing along at Counterfeit Kit Blog!

Now to upload some photos for me to pickup tomorrow or Tuesday.