August 2026 - Forgery on the 4th

 

Sometime when we look at a kit, we have nothing in our stash that matches what we want to add, BUT we can use the kit for inspiration to make things for our own kits! I love being able to pull out my stamps and stencils to create something that I don't have!

Here is a reminder what the inspiration kit looked like

 Master Forager Amanda

A favorite for me is to create at least one background paper - the pink with the yellow heart was a must try. I used a cardstock pink paper, and mustard seed distress oxide through a Hip Kit Club stencil. The yellow looks a little more orange on the pink paper -- but I am OK with that.  If you wanted to give this a try, but wanted more of the vibrant yellow - take your yellow ink, and a white texture paste and mix them together before applying! 

I also had a lot of fun creating some of the embellisments from the including the strawberries and lemons, and I had a stamp for some cherries - so why not?  I used the stamp set from 49&Market and Sissix called Perfectly Imperfect. I love that some of the items came with metal dies to make cutting them out easy!   First I choose some inks that would go well with the two strawberries (large and smaller stamp) and the cherries.  I choose Festive Berries for the large strawberry, Picked Raspberry for the small strawberry and Lumberjack Plaid for the cherries.  I used the packaging technique to add color to white cardstock first, and then used my black archival ink to stamp over top.  A few of the berries also have the addition of some Fossilized Amber Spritz added before stamping with the packaging technique too! 

I also stamped a few two overlapping color titles.

I also decided to mimic some of the lemons in the kit using the same stamp set.  I used Mustard Seed Oxide to add some color to white cardstock with the packaging technque and then stamped with black, and then hand cut them out. I stamoed these just black and white, as there are some black and white lemosn in the kit too.  I also felt inspired and did a mini background paper with using the packaging technique with the yellow ink, and the spritz and then stamped the background with a repeating lemon pattern! 

You can see my process for all of the above bits here: https://youtu.be/V4oFYI10qLU 

We'll be back in two days with some Mini Kit inspiration. Stay tuned for that and much more.

• 6th - Mini Kit and Project Reveal
• 12th - Challenge #1 Summer Adventure
• 18th - Challenge #2 Let's get a little Messy
• 22nd - Challenge #3 - Let’s Get Sketchy
• 30th - Baby Use Those Scraps

We love to see what you are working on so don't forget to show us on our Facebook Counterfeit Kit Community.  Also tag us wiht #counterfeitkitchallenge #ckcAugust2026

Are you inspired to create? I sure hope so! 

See you soon! Amanda