August 2023 - Thank you to our GD Clair!

There are many things that I love about being the organiser for our creative months. There's picking out the kits, coming up with interesting challenges, picking out a follower to highlight, thinking up ways to help others use up the kits I've encouraged them to make and then of course, there is the picking of a Guest Designer!

It's so great to be able to approach someone you are inspired by, someone whose work you love, someone who does things differently to yourself, perhaps someone the community isn't yet familiar with, or someone we are all fans of!

As you know, this month I asked our community friend and ex-Master Forger Clair to join us. I ALWAYS love anything she creates and I really enjoy the way she makes these tiny (for most of us) kits and then turns them into mini-masterpieces. Small format pages, cards, mini-books - it's all so adorable and I am always tempted to try out the smaller sizes she shares!

However, my passion is 12x12 so most of the time, I just drink in the inspiration and save up the ideas. But it's always lovely when she is around in the community and this month was no exception. 

Now, I have to confess that I messed up this month! She shared her kit and her creations for BOTH the challenges way ahead of the beginning of the month and then, when it came to bringing the blog posts together, I forgot to add in her creation for the second challenge. 

I know that she shared her gorgeous mini-book with you all over in the community but I just wanted to give you a chance once more to see her wonderful creations here and THANK her for being our Guest Designer in August.

Aren't they adorable? I am so happy to have had her with us in August and can't wait to see what she shares with us in the months to come. You can find her on IG here: https://www.instagram.com/obstinatepursuit/

Don't forget to come to the blog on 31st for my last post of the month - Kill That Kit! - where I share an idea for using up the ends of your kit.

I hope that you are inspired to make something and share with us. You can post them in our Facebook Community, or share them on Instagram (we are @counterfeitkitchallenge or tag us using #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcaugust2023). 

 Thanks so much for stopping by.

Lisa