August 2024 - Forgeries on the Fourth

 

Hello! It's the fourth of August and that means it's time to share our Forgeries on the Fourth with you! Let's take a look at our inspiration kit again: Bee-utiful Day Kit by Jennifer Ferh from sweetshoppedesigns.com

This feature is all about the fun of making  your own embellishments or re-creating the papers as a way of getting the same look as the inspiration kit even if you don't have any of the original items. These tutorials are often so simple and easy that it really is a perfect chance to try out an idea or two. Make sure you share, if you do, we love to see it. We hope you're motivated to give it a go!

Now it's time to what our talented team has come up with. The Master Forgers often create things that would just not have crossed my mind.

Let's see what our Guest Designer, Sarah, created for her forgeries!

She recreated the solid paper example picture with coordinating flowers.

She also created some beautiful sunflowers with buttons in her stash.  

Master Forger Misty 

Misty created two items this go around. She made a version of the striped hexagon print in the bottom right of the pattern paper graphic. Secondly, she created some colorful butterflies inspired by a red and teal one hiding in the kit overview graphic. Check them both out.

Master Forger Jody 

Hello friends! I had this cute little bee stamp and die in my stash for quite some time! I am so glad I got to create these bees and use them on my projects.  

 

Master Forger Laurie

When I saw this month’s inspiration kit I was smitten with those cute bees. I happen to have a bee punch from Creative Memories which makes them easy to create. What’s that you say? You don’t have one. That’s okay. I’m going to show you how to create your own bees using circles punches and a heart punch. I used a 1” circle punch for the body, a 1/2” circle punch for the head and a teeny tiny circle punch for his antennae. For the wings I used a heart punch, and for his yellow stripes I just cut some card stock. I hope you’ll give this a try.

 

Master Forger Tara used dies, inks, and buttons to create some flowers for her kit!

Here's a link to a video where she created these on camera! 

Master forger Julene found a bee stamp and made some journal cards.

She had scraps of hexagon paper and drew a hive on the bottom card 

Master Forger JoJo

She made this cute embellishment's using a bee die set. The flower she added ribbon 

and used a button die for the center. The bottle cap tops, she punched circles out of

scraps and embellished them, What a fun addition to her kit.

 

Now, let's see what we have lined up for the rest of this month:

 

• 6th August -  Mini Kit and Project Reveal
• 12th August -  Challenge #1
• 18th August - Challenge #2
• 22nd August - Challenge #3 Sketch Challenge
• 24th August - Follower Showcase 
• 28th August - September Sneak Peek (on Instagram and the Facebook Community)
• 30th August - Challenge #4 Baby, Use Those Scraps Challenge

We really love to hear from our followers! Make sure that you come hang out with us on the Facebook Community Group. You can also hang out with us on Instagram by tagging #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcAugust2024. 

Thank you so much - XO Jody