Counterfeit Kit Blog Hop: Summertime Birthday Party

The Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog is hosting a blog hop that should provide you with lots of inspiration.  You can check out the CKCB main page at this link.  Each of the posts in today's hop will tell you about a favorite web site/manufacturer and will create a project using inspiration from that website.  I chose Club Scrap because it remains my all time favorite paper arts producer.  Even though my counterfeit kit doesn't feature Club Scrap product this month, their website is full of inspiration.  If you go to the main Club Scrap site and click on the "Inspiration" tab, you'll see galleries based on their collections, a video archive and lots of other fun stuff.  Within each collection, there are sample cards, layouts and projects.  I based my Houston Memory card (see explanation here) on a card I found in the "Lotus Pond" gallery.  Here's the link to the card which inspired me.  It was made by a very talented Club Scrap member named Farley:

I almost forgot . . . the inside of my card reads, "During the summer which Cordelia and I spent in Houston, our aunts and uncles decided to throw us a birthday party since we were never in town for our 'real' birthday.   We were both born in March. I only ever had one summertime birthday, and it's one I will never forget."
I hope you have fun perusing Club Scrap's website for inspiration, as well as the other websites in the blog hop!
{As with most blog hops, it's possible that blogger may have problems or the timing of posts may be a bit off. So, if things don't go smoothly right away, check back in later}
To continue on the hop, click on this link to go see Jennifer.


And, if you get lost along the way, here's a complete list of the participating blogs:

Counterfeit Kit Challenge       http://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com/

Emily http://aplaceformyscraps.blogspot.com/

Ashley         http://papercatnipcupcakes.blogspot.com/

Patty                 http://pattycakescreations.blogspot.com/

Lisa J                                   http://thesimplelifewithlisa.blogspot.com/

Julie Ann         http://julieannshahin2.blogspot.com/

Milissa http://millermall.blogspot.com/

Jennifer G. http://jennifersjumbles.blogspot.com

Lesa         http://cutescrapbookingideas.com/

Tricia http://scrapquilt.blogspot.com

Karen http://icouldbescrapbookinginstead.blogspot.com/

Lisa A.         http://dreamingofcreativity.blogspot.com/

Glinda         http://razzledscrapper.blogspot.com/ 

Rinda         http://gallorganico.blogspot.com/

Jennifer C. http://www.mypair-a-dice.blogspot.com/

Christy                 http://myscrapbookevolution.blogspot.com/

Michelle         http://creativeoperation.blogspot.com/

Bethany                                   http://inspiredscrapper-bethany.blogspot.com/