Sunday 12 June 2016

Afternoon Tea

This month I'm joining in with the Counterfeit Kit Challenge and this is the first layout I've made with my kit.  

I've had my eye on this challenge for a while but never got round to joining in. The kit chosen to be inspired by is the May Hip Kit Club Kit. 
So the idea is to put together your own kit based on the inspiration kit.  I loved the floral paper and so that was my starting point. I have to admit that as I was pulling this together I began to get ideas of photographs to use and have called it Afternoon Tea for reasons that will become obvious. 
I then set about creating an embellishment kit - I don't have the budget for lots of ready made embellishments or digital cutting machines but love making my own anyway. I had great fun using my stamps and die cuts - I went with a predominantly water colour style - again some of the embellishments were created with specific photos in mind.   
 The inspiration on the Counterfeit blog is published in stages but as I'm coming late to the party this month I've done the kit assembling, forgeries on the fourth and Mood board all together.  I made some large enamel button embellishments and also took inspiration from the guest DT member and created my own decorated paper clips and die cut word embellishments. The tea pots and cups are stamped and embossed and the flowers and cake stands stamped in archival ink then painted with distress inks. I also used distress inks to create colour washed card to die cut my alphas. 
The Mood board is from Burnetts Boards and I took the floral place settings and plates with painted flowers as my inspiration. I've never bought or put together a kit before and the layout came together so easily.  I used the sketch over at Let's get Sketchy as a starting point for using my kit. 
I've loved putting together my first kit and am looking forward to creating more layouts with it.
As well as Counterfeit Kit Challenge and Let's get sketchy I'm also sharing my layout here - 


 If you've made it this far, thanks for sticking with me....Happy Crafting...Esther xx.

15 comments:

  1. Oh love what you have done here hun super layout hugs cheryl xxx

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  2. Welcome to the CKCB.. you'll be hooked now.. I am. This LO proves you don't need fancy cutting machines or expensive embellishments.. FANTASTIC job!

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  3. Love the teapot and cup! -Just standout on the page! Nice TEA page! thanks for using the sketch and joining us at Let's Get Sketchy!

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  4. Beautiful done!Thanks for joining us at LGS!

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  5. Its such a wonderfully warm and vibrant page! Love the lettering, and the black paper with the white writing really makes everything else pop! Lovely!

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  6. You have done a fabulous job assembling your kit! Those handmade watercolor embellishments are gorgeous - you're definitely using what you already have to create some unique pieces. Great job on the layout too. Thanks for playing along with us this month - looking forward to seeing more of your pages!

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  7. Love your take on the sketch. Boy the food looks yummy. Thanks for joining in with us at Let's Get Sketchy.

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  8. So glad you are joining in this month. That layout is delightful - full of color and personality to complement that photo. Delightful!

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  9. What a great page layout! Your use of the text and bright colors is very fun! Thanks for sharing with us at Inkspirational!
    - Shauna

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  10. Such a beautiful layout, I love all your layering! Thanks for joining us at LGS!

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  11. Great colour and layering and I love the the tea pot and cup.
    Thank you for joining us at Inkspirational Challenges. Come back next time! Marina

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  12. Gorgeous page!!!! Thank you for joining us @LGS!

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  13. Just thrilled to have you with us this month at CKC! You are a total natural at forging & kitting. I was so interested that you were being inspired by your kit as to photos you would be scrapping.

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  14. Beautiful page. Love what you did with the sketch. Thanks for joining us at LGS.

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  15. Great take on the sketch, thanks so much for playing along with us at LGS!

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