CKCB - May 2022 Inspiration Kit Reveal and Blog Hop!

Helllllooooo from freezing Nothern New York, where the snow just keeps getting deeper! Seriously!! Good excuse to stay inside and scrapbook if you ask me!  This is my month to take over  at the CKCB Blog!   You should definitely head over there to check out the full kit reveal and the Blog Hop with our newest Guest Designer, Anna from Piece Craft Love!  Here's a photo of the kit that I chose, Citrus Twist Life Crafted Weekender!

I just loved the bright colors in this kit.  With all the snow we have had since mid-January, I can tell you that I am ready to scrapbook some SPRING photos!  Are you?  I have March and April of 2014 photos printed and ready to go!  So, for me, I always start with the patterned paper in an Inspiration Kit to see what I might already own that is identical or at least, similar.  Since Citrus Twist kits are exclusive content, I know that I didn't have ANY of their product! However one of the pieces of paper in the kit reminded me of a PinkFresh Studios patterned paper that I do have!

This paper really reminded me of the PinkFresh Studio The Best Day and that's the very first patterned paper that I pulled!  

From there, I just tried to find things that were close and then JUST LIKE ALWAYS, I kept grabbing papers that made me happy or that matched the color scheme!  Here are my papers:

Top Row:

• Sassafras Lass Mix and Mend Alterations
• Sassafras Lass Indie Girl Eclectic Elegance x2 so I could have both sides
• Heidi Swapp Paper Pad - no collection name listed on the front
• Amy Tangerine Better Together Sun & Moon (B side for the stripe)
• Dear Lizzy Lovely Day Darling Daisy x2 so I could have the ledger on side B

Middle Row:

• Maggie Holmes Garden Party Trellis (B side)
• PinkFresh Studios The Best Day Welcome Home
• PinkFresh Studios My Favorite Story Best Chapter (B Side)
• Simple Stories Bunnies + Blooms Choose Happy (B side for the pink gingham)
• Hip Kit Club Exclusive Collect Memories Artsy Rainbow (B Side for the yellow floral)
•  Hip Kit Club Exclusive Collect Memories Cosmo-Licious

Bottom Row:

• The Stamp Market Miss Modern Green Floral (Link here)
• My Mind's Eye Gingham Gardens Birdie (text)
• Maggie Holmes Garden Party Gingham Grove (B Side for the houses)
• Maggie Holmes Garden Party Pastry Party (B Side for the pink plaid)
• The Stamp Market Miss Modern Cut Aparts (same link as above)

Ya'll, that's 18 sheets of patterned paper in my kit.  I really was going to try to make smaller kits this year.  HAHAHAHAHA!  Ok...well, I guess that's a failed goal.  Eh...who cares, right? 

 

For embellishments, I went looking at my stash of Ali Edwards chipboard because she also has chipboard very similar to what is in the original kit.  Here's theirs:

 

 

Here's mine...and I, of course, put in more than one set.  duh....  There's also some enamel hearts but not puffy hearts like the original kit because I don't have any.  I added some other Ali Edwards embellishments from my Story Kits stash as well as an acrylic word.  I had some chipboard pieces in baggies that are from Studio Calico plus some Freckled Fawn embellishments.

 Of course I didn't stop there.  Why would you even THINK that I would???

These are my larger alphas and titles that I chose for my kit. I chose to skip gold this month.

More acrylic hearts, some smaller puffy alphas, some fussy cut flowers, labels, chipboard phrases from Freckled Fawn, Hip Kit Club exclusive clear stickers, and some puffy words.

A Sassafras Lass sticker sheet that is partially used and a CTMH stamp set.

OK, so you should be proud.  I could've put so much more into this kit!  I stopped there because I figured I could make embellishments from patterned paper or cardstock if I ran out, or if I chose to do so.  I like my kit this month and I really hope to get some great layouts done over the month.  

Please make sure you check out the rest of the blog hop!

 Counterfeit Kit Challenge Reveal and Hop

·         Counterfeit Kit Challenge - https://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com/

·         Guest Designer – Anna https://www.youtube.com/c/piececraftlove

·         Cindy - https://cindyscreations-cinmfoster.blogspot.com/

·         Juliet - https://www.instagram.com/julesd/

·         Leslie -  http://lcsmithsaved-outofthemire.blogspot.com/

·         Lisa - http://lisahausmann.blogspot.com

·         Tara - https://kryptonite72-rambles.blogspot.com/ 

·         Tina - http://tinasscrapcorner.blogspot.com/

·         Tracey - http://3obsessions.blogspot.com/?m=1

·         Kate - https://kateblue.blogspot.com/

·         Julene - http://julenebydesign.blogspot.com/

Thank you for stopping by my blog today and have a GREAT Tuesday!