Counterfeit Kit Challenge for November (and guest designer!)

Hello from Melbourne on a rather uncomfortably hot Spring Day!

Since we've been going a bit seasonal with CKC kits lately, I felt you should all know what this VERY pink Mama has been dealing with today!  😂

I know I've been pretty consistent with the Counterfeit Kit Challenge in the last few months, but I can't remember when I first started.  Feels like forever ago.

I know I did uncharacteristically well with both my kit and layouts last November because I actually blogged about it and at the time I felt I was doing better than in previous years.

Click on the lovely rose to see the November reveal post!

Well this November, I have had the pleasure of being asked to be the guest designer for the month!  IKR?? 😮😮😮

This month's kit is a bit different to the previous couple of Autumnal kits and I'm pretty excited since it's definitely more Springy.  The inspiration kit is Citrus Twist's October 2018 kit so a REALLY recent one! It's called "Little Things".

This is the overall image of the kit from the Citrus Twist website.  Click on the link and see a more detailed description.

You can also watch this YouTube video to see all the various Citrus Twist kits for October being unboxed

Oooh see what I mean?  All that purple and Alice blue and florals and stars are just the very thing to document a recent visit to an Alice in Wonderland exhibition.  But as usual I'm getting rather ahead of myself.

In order to successfully pull off this counterfeiting exercise, I need to put on my lab coat and goggles (old habits die hard, what can I say?😜) and analyze every last detail.

First colour, and don't forget to analyze the embellishments too, since sometimes they have some unique colours not present in the patterned paper.   Here we go:

Colour:

• White, cream, grey, black, woodgrain
• Red (just a small amount of blue toned red)
• Pink from peachy pink to baby to dusty to lolly pink
• Orange from pale peachy orange to deep vibrant orange
• Yellow from pale lemon to bright yellow to mustard
• Green from mint to light to lime green
• Aqua, turquoise and teal
• Blue from pale blue to Alice, royal and navy blue to steely greenish blue
• Purple from lilac to medium purple to dusty plum to indigo

Now for patterns and motifs.  I tend to group these together since there is usually some overlap

Motifs:

• Hearts
• Stars
• Flowers
• Butterflies
• Leaves/vines
• Scripty text/words
• Tags, labels and frames
• Tea and Coffee
• Mixed media look on patterned paper
• sketchy and watercolour style illustrations
• Plaid, polka dots, scallops, hexagons
• Cameras
• Rainbows and clouds 

This is one of the few times I've has specific events in mind when hunting and gathering kit supplies.  It means I have a clearer idea of which parts of the kit will require tweaking.  For example, I didn't include any orange or peach, but opted for more pink etc

As a former subscriber to Citrus Twist Kits (about 5 years ago I think), I also know what my buying habits were.

For example, I would usually get extra patterned paper to have 2 of each pattern, and 2 sets of the add-on patterned paper.  I would also get the embellishment kit and sometimes the add-on kit.

These approximate numbers are what I based my counterfeit kit on,  and while it's still big, it's nowhere near the size of my October kit.  😳😳😳

So there are a few more things you should know about the way I pull kits (known as the Alex Rules):

⭐Single sided paper taken from a paper pad only counts as half a sheet so I get to pick 2 😜
⭐If I'm "shopping" for 2 sets of patterned papers, I pick one set based on the A side of a kit and 1 set on the B side (even though each of my papers have a unique back since I'm not pulling 2 identical ones from my stash
⭐There are certain items I don't add to the kit, and take from stash like mist, ink, mixed media, and stamps.  I have lately added small flat alphas to this list and suspect washi isn't far behind!
⭐I don't have a problem "cheating" since anything that gets a layout made from stash is a win no matter how you look at it!

My kit will be called  Alice Does the Twist 

The name plays up on "Citrus Twist" and twisting up the Autumn/Spring seasons...and a nod to Alice herself of course!

Here are some of the goodies from my kit:

So let's see it come together,  We'll start with the paper in the Inspiration kit:

Here are the A Sides

(And not shown are 2 sheets of white cardstock)

In my version, you will see 9 sheets (the two purples are single sided from pads and count for one) and two specialty papers which are subs for the 2 cardstock sheets

And the reverse of these? (top line only since bottom 4 are all single sided)

Now for the B sides to the papers in the inspo kit:

And my second set based on these:

 

Now the B side of my B sides 😂

So what else is there?  Keep in mind that the embellishment kit by Citrus Twist to go along with the kit, is just 2 items, and even with that added, it's still way too scant in terms of how I scrapbook.  I love all the things.  I NEED all the things!

Some items correspond pretty well to what's in the inspo kit and others are based on what I use and want given I'd like to be scrapbooking Alice photos (among other things)

So...we have ephemera (various Paige Evans collections, Alice in Wonderland by Echo Park and Tealightful by Pebbles) and a bunch of washi in patterns and colours to match

Chipboard sheets and Thickers!

Puffy Stickers, enamel shapes and dimensional embellies

Aaaaaall the stickers and sticker books!

Oh and I almost forgot that the inspo kit had vintage book pages which I happened to have from an old kit.  I could never actually bring myself to tear up an actual vintage book! 😢

Now for what Citrus Twist call "Pattern Paper Play" which are extra papers different to the main kit, but designed to co-ordinate with it.

Here are their A sides for October 2018:

And B Sides:

My 2 sets of papers (top row for A sides and bottom for B Sides)

And the back of my 2 sets of "Pattern Paper Play" counterfeits:

So.  There has to be a bit of extra stuff, right?  This kit is bigger than average, but waaay smaller than my last few.  I'm afraid my fellow mega-kitting-co-conspirator will be rather disappointed! (You know who you are, B! 😂😂😂)

Oh and I forgot to add that since I'd normally "buy" an add-on kit...that would take up a fair few of the above embellies and extras below (just saying!).  It's very autumnal this October so I wouldn't have bought it to go with the Main Citrus Twist kit, but lovely as a stand-alone

So just to make sure she still loves me (and make this kit more Alicey - yes I just officially made that a word!):

I added in just a few papers from the EP Alice collection

and some with cameras since that was prominent in the exhibition along with more hearts and more from Tealightful

(Oops forgot to photograph the backs! Soz!)

What I didn't add were wood veneers and buttons since I have my handy snack centre:

I'll pull from doilies and frames if/when needed.

And I'll keep picking from my messed up chipboard and Thickers and word Thickers.  But honestly I really don't count all te messed up stuff and leftovers!

Thank you so much to Lisa and the CKC team for asking me and giving me this opportunity!! 

Thank you so much for stopping by!  Links to my socials are right on the top left on the left sidebar (small pink icons)

Oh and in case you find it handy, here is the blog hop link up:

Counterfeit Kit Challenge Reveal
Guest Designer Alex ⬅ you are here!
Julene
Leslie
Lori
Tina
Cindy 
Lisa
Laura

 Love, and kick butt kitting!