Master Forger Kits

Our Guest Designer, Helen, has put together this Counterfeit Kit...

"For this month's main kit I at first thought that I'd struggle to copy it from my stash - but lo and behold  - it was easy! I decided to try and stick with the colour scheme and picked out papers that sort of matched the originals where possible. I went for some dots, flowers, fruit and waves to make this a summery kit. Lots of my papers seem a bit busy - so I may have to add in some calmer scraps to tone it down when I come to use it.

The fun part for me was putting together the embellishments - I love this bit the best! I started with a printed out selection of digital elements from the Cosmo Cricket Snorkel line. I added bug stickers, alphas, buttons, gems and a selection of ribbons and trims. The white flowers will get coloured later on to match the LOs as needed.

I added a picture from a cheap secondhand book and a free fabric sample with boats/beach huts on. In went some acetate shapes in matching red and blues even though they came from an oriental kit! Then I got the ink and paint out, stamped 4 tags and painted a paper doily with red acrylic. Next I made banners with ledger and graph paper and used stamps, rub ons and sticker waste to decorate. I then stamped tissue paper with polka dots and cut it into strips - after a bit of crinkling it looks a bit like crepe paper. Finally I cut out flowers and strawberries from interface-backed fabric.

There was such a lot in the original kit! I love the fact that I would not have put these bits together without its inspiration."

Helen also re-created the Martha's Vineyard Add-On Kit...

"I also decided to copy the Martha's Vineyard add-on kit. This one has a colour combo that I would not have picked by myself but I love a new challenge! I've chosen black, lilac, jade, and orange for my colours and I've also thrown in a printout of freebie digital ledger paper.

I've added 4 border strips - the 12 x 2 ones that I never know what to do with! I'm hoping to use up 2 part used sticker sheets and 2 part used rub on alphas. More gems, ribbons, buttons and flowers went in and some handmade stamped journaling circles - to be assembled when needed. I also made 3 twisted fabric flowers that I'll embellish to match the LOs later.

There's a fuller list of products used over on my blog if you are interested at http://craftimperfect.blogspot.com/. I really love what I've put together - I can't wait to use it and to see what everyone else creates!"


Here are our talented Master Forgers' Counterfeit Kits, for more information on their kits, click on their names.


Susanne's Main Kit



Margie's Main Kit

Margie's "Martha's Vineyard" Add-On Kit



Sherri's Main Kit



Sherri's "Liberty Crossing" Add On



Meridy's Main Kit

 

Meridy's "Liberty Crossing" Add On



Meridy's "Travel" Add On



Melissa's Main Kit



Kim's Main Kit



Kim's "Liberty Crossing" Add On



Gabrielle's Main Kit



Gabrielle's Paper



Gabrielle's "Liberty Crossing" Add On



 

Crystal's Main Kit



Crystal's Add On



Bethany's Main Kit