Thursday 18 August 2011

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.

Counterfeit Kit - August

Counterfeit Kit - August

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.

Counterfeit Kit - August

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!

10 comments:

  1. Oooh, these colours are just lovely Clair! I can't believe you can manage to pull together such a great kit so soon after your trip .... of which I am looking forward to seeing some great snaps!

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  2. I think I'm seeing an little bit of an Indian influence in that kit! It's beautiful

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  3. Fab kit - and great counterfeiting to combine what you like from two! Looking forward to your pages now - welcome back!

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  4. I think your kit might be my favourite of all I've seen this month - can't wait to see your creations. I have kit envy!

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  5. Hey Clair - nice to see you back! You've got a great eye for these kits. I had a go too last week to put some bits and pieces together for my sister in law. Lots of fun x

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  6. Just gorgeous!
    Love your embellishment choices!

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  7. That looks great - but personally I go back and forth on the issue of restraint - it is overrated - don't you think? (wink)

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  8. Very pretty! Love the flowers with the texture/depth! I had restraint this month too!

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  9. So lovely! I love the blues! How wonderful you got to travel in India!!!! xoxo

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  10. Love you choices - I could happily use this kit!

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