Garden Party {August's Counterfeit Kit}

Balloon hats and wooden spoon puppets aside, I missed making things while I was in India. So, once I'd had a bath, a good night's sleep and a properly brewed cup of tea (who would have thought you couldn't get a good cuppa in India?) I decided to act on my urge to create and headed into the craft room to put together a Counterfeit Kit.

This month there were four inspiration kits to choose from, all originally available from My Creative Scrapbook in September 2010. I liked both the Main Kit and the Album Kit - but because there's less than half of the month left and I'm not a speedy scrapper - I combined what I liked from each of the kits into just one main kit for me to use. I'm calling it Garden Party.

I loved the floral elements from the papers and embellishments in each kit, along with the use of small repeat patterns and vintage style flourishes. I also adored the colours - pink, turquoise and green - and, although it looks as though I haven't used much pink in my kit, some of the sheets have pinks on their reverse sides. I love how versatile this makes my kit, without making me feel as though it's too big to work with!

Having restrained myself with my paper choices, I went a little crazy with my embellishments. I've pulled out three alpha sets, tons of pretty flowers from my stash and some super pretty die cuts. I've also added a couple of cute little birdcages that I stamped using Elegant Birds from My Cute Stamps.

Hiding under the flowers in the bowl, there's also a ton of buttons, beads and brads. Everyone needs a little bling every now and then, right? And let's not even talk about how much ribbon I've pulled out of my stash!