CKCB Challenge # 1 - Masks & Mists and a Blog Hop!

I'm joining another blog hop, this one hosted by the Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog, there's a list of all participants at the end of this post.
If you're on the hop you'll probably have arrived here from Lesley's blog "Oh! Blog It!, or you may just be visiting to see what I'm up to today.
However you got here, I'm so glad to see you!

I don't often use masks or misting on my layouts, because frankly I get more ink/paint on me and the desk than I do on the page.
However, when I saw the criteria for the CKCB first challenge this month:

Challenge 1:  Masking Challenge: Make your own or use one you have, but use a masking technique on your project!

I decided to try something similar to a process that I had seen on YouTube a while ago and see what happened.
In my stash I have a few push out chipboard alpha sets that came with some of the earliest kits that I bought in the States.

I removed the remaining alphas from one set to use as a mask, placed it on the plain white card stock and lightly misted with Adirondack Color Wash - Lettuce and Denim and dripped random ink blots in two corners

The photo is of my husband and Nicholas (our nephew and his godson), relaxing on the couch at our holiday cottage in Swaledale earlier this year.

Some masculine (y) embellies and the TH glassine envelope (I added eyelets and string) are from my May counterfeit kit.

Inside the envelope a journalling tag to say how much we love both of our nephews who are growing up into clever, kind, not to mention handsome, young men.

Thanks for stopping by, your next hop is to Milissa's blog.
and in case you lose track of where you've been
 these are the links to everyone who is taking part in the blog hop today.

CKCB   http://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com/

Jemma   http://just-jimjams.blogspot.co.uk/

Dawn   http://www.dawnsscrapbookcottage.blogspot.com/

Lesley   http://ohblogitifyoucantbeatthem.blogspot.co.uk/

Maggie   http://maggiebscrapblog.blogspot.fr/

Milissa   http://millermall.blogspot.com

Julie    http://spendlesscraftmore.blogspot.com.au

Molly   http://www.42shadesofpink.com/index.html

Lisa    http://lisahausmann.blogspot.com

Candace http://usthreebythesea.blogspot.co.uk/

Sherrie http://sherriesmuddlepuddle.blogspot.ca/

CKCB Blog Hop & A Giveaway!

Welcome to my part of the CKCB Member's blog hop.

You probably arrived here from the Southern Hemisphere and Julene's blog
julenebydesign

As well as participating in the CKCB hop today 

I'm celebrating my first anniversary as a UK Scrapper

and that means a giveaway!

This is the layout that I created using the February Counterfeit Kit.

Click here to see how I put the kit together.

The February challenge was to create a project 

about something we love

 but no photographs were allowed

 only journalling.

Normandie cows, my neighbours!

Thanks for joining me on my first CKCB blog hop.
Your next hop is going to take you thousands of miles away from Normandy
back to the Antipodes to Mandy's blog
A Teacup of Scrapisms also in Australia!

But before you go, take a look at this amazing kit
 that I put together for one lucky visitor to just scrapping.
The kit contains
2 x 12 " pp Marrakesh basic grey
2 x 12" double sided pp Bloom & Grow MME
1 x 12" double sided pp American Crafts
1 red & 1 blue 12" cardstock
2 chevron patterned paper bags
2 French shipping tags
1 new sheet AC thickers "delight"
1 new sheet Crate Paper Fourteen accent stickers
and a variety of buttons, brads, feathers & assorted embellies.
All you have to do to have this stash of goodies heading your way soon
is to leave a comment on this post before 28th February.
The winner will be picked at random and announced here on this blog
on Friday 1st March.

Right, off you go back to Oz and don't forget
 if you get lost along the way
you will find the full blog hop list on CKCB.

Click here to get there and start hopping again.

Happy hopping.