April 2011 Counterfeit Inspiration Kit

Papers from this month's inspiration kit!

WOW!  Can you believe we are already on our 4th month of Counterfeit Kits?  Where has the year gone???  We have been having so much fun with this challenge blog, and are very excited to have a design team this month!!!  Now for the reveal...the April 2011 Inspiration Kit for this is put together by a BRAND NEW kit club called Front Porch Kits...you can visit their website at http://www.frontporchkits.com/ . 

Front Porch Kits released their first ever kit club on March 18th...and it was sold out that very day, so this is an IDEAL kit to counterfeit!!!

The link to the picture of their March Kit (called A Little Birdie Told Me) is...

http://www.frontporchkits.com/i_7/March-2011--A-Little-Birdie-Told-Me....htm

ETA-May 2011 Photo of the Main Kit


Photo Credit

 Here is the link to a video of this month's kit... http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/13410163 . They show the contents of the kit starting at around 1 minute and 30 seconds, it lasts for a few minutes (although the video is an hour long, you do not need to watch the entire thing).

There are not any add on kits this month, so if you need more supplies...you are going to have to use your own creativity!!!

What's the next step???

The CHALLENGE is to use this kit for inspiration. How, you ask? Well, there are many ways to go about this. Here are a few ideas...

• Try and match every piece in the kit as close as possible to something from your supply stash.
• Use the "kit contents" as inspiration, and recreate your own kit with the same types of supplies, but in a different color or style that corresponds better with your preferences/photographs/scrapbook style/tastes.
• Make an even smaller "page kit" or "card kit"..."counterfeiting" just a few items from this month's kit as inspiration. 
• Using the color scheme from the kits as inspiration, try to re-create a kit of your own using whatever supplies you have available.

What's to come?...

• Tomorrow we will post pictures of the inspired Counterfeit Kits we put together from our stash of supplies.  The link for you to share pictures of your Counterfeit Kits with each other is here. 
• Over the next week, we will add links to tutorials for counterfeiting many of the embellishments in this month's inspiration Kit's.
• Over the next month, we will post mini challenges to USE your new kit, as well as organize a blog hop to share your creations! 
• We hope you all find some inspiration in the kit club we choose this month!!!  If you aren't sure where to begin, check out the "Hints and Tips" page of our blog for some help.  Feel free to leave a comment, questions, or any suggestions!!!  We look forward to hearing from you.

Mister Linky For April 2011
We are going to use a new Mister Linky each week throughout the entire month.  To find the Mister Linky Post quickly, there is a link on the top right sidebar of our blog called "Mister Linky Post".  Every time you would like to link a picture of your counterfeit kit, or a layout you made with your kit, please link it to that Mister Linky, also found here. 

You do not need to have a blog or on-line gallery to link your pictures.  You can upload the picture to your Facebook (don't forget to share it as "public") and link that web address to Mister Linky!  Or, if you need help figuring out how to link your work, please e-mail us, attach your picture, and we'll help you out.  Our e-mail is counterfeitkitchallenge@yahoo.com.