May 2022- Forgery on the Fourth

Here's a reminder of the inspiration Sweet Life  kit from Scrapbook Doodle which I think has lots of possibilities to make up your own elements!

Let's see what the Design Team has counterfeited!

MASTER FORGER KATE:

I don't normally have flowers and it seemed like the rest of the Design Team had those luscious golden flowers already! I decided to make some quick mixed media imperfect florals. All you need is a pencil,  paper, watercolors or acrylics and a black pen.

I loosely drew some simple flowers on my paper because I am not an artist, using a floral stamp as a loose guide:

And then I painted them in varying shades of yellow. I let them dry then loosely and imperfectly outlined them.  Last step, fussy cut them!!

MASTER FORGER JULENE : 

I've forged some punched flowers. 

Use your scallop circle punches to make some different sized flowers. 

(These were made for Christmas, but same method applies)

I used music paper then painted in a pale green wash.

Next, I highlighted the edges with Liquid pearls in white. Layer them in order of size and join using a brad.

Curl up the petals to make them more 3D. 

Place a white doiley underneath to make them stand out.

You could just as easily do these using yellow paint or mist and edge with navy or a darker gold.

Or even using yellow patterned papers in layers.

MASTER FORGER MISTY :

I'm here with lots and lots (and lots) of butterflies using a die and scraps of paper. I also took some of the ideas and proceeded with shapes other than butterflies! More info in this video or this blog post.

Here is what the rest of the month has to offer.

• 6th May: Mini kit Reveal and Project Showcase - Inspiration for a smaller kit or project ideas.
• 12th and 18th May: Challenge #1 and #2 to inspire you to get creating from your own kit.
• 24th May: Followers Showcase - who has caught our eye this month
• 28th May: Killing Kits - an idea or two focusing up the bits and pieces left in your own kit.

You know that we always love to see your work, so please share your kits and projects with us. You can post them in our Facebook Community or share them on Instagram (we are @counterfeitkitchallenge or tag us using #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcMay2022).

April 2022 - Forgery on the Fourth

We're back today to give you an idea or two of how to make your own elements for your April Counterfeit kit! 

Let's just have a quick look again at the original inspiration kit from Papers & Beyond:

Follow Your Bliss by Papers & Beyond

This feature is all about the fun of having a go at making up 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 it when are motivated to give it a go!

Now it's time to see what our talented team have come up with - this is always such an inspiration for me. The Master Forgers often create things that would just not have crossed my mind.

 So talented, so resourceful, so inspirational!

MF Leslie went a little forge-happy... and left a mess behind LOL!

Blog post

MF Juliet LOVED the large titles she saw in the Vicki Boutin ephemera.  She realized how often we can make our own so she played on her Cricut and wa-la.....

MF Julene forged 2 of the papers using blue watercoloured paint.

The first one was done by dipping a drinking tumbler in the paint then the second was an all over wash.

MF Lisa went Pinterest searching for some watercolour effect printables and came up with a whole bunch of gorgeous designs. They come in different sizes and formats but I'm sure they could be adjusted to use on scrappy projects. 

First off is this post here at The Happy Housie which features 6 stunning watercolour florals that can be emailed to you. They are just gorgeous! Then at the bottom of the post, there are some links to other possibles such as:

• The Turquoise Home - spring printable
• So Much Better With Age - an easter bunny and rabbit
• Paint Me Pink - vintage butterflies
• Nina Hendrick - a list of printables including some Easter tags which look so cute!
• Homemade Lovely - a post about free printables and includes links to resources
• Summer Adams - printable baked goods tags - I think you could easily fussy cut out the super cute cake mixer! Or even include the tags as is!

MF Tara created some watercolor floral ephemera out of some stamps and a piece of the patterned paper from her kit. 

You can see more detail on Tara's Blog.

MF Tina created that fun Field Notes "Daydreamer" paper that looks like coffee rings with ink and a stencil

More about this paper is seen over at Tina's blog

Master Forger Misty snuck in here with another forgery of button like elements. She used punches and some Nuvo drops to mimic the look of wood rimmed button flair.

Here's what we still have in store for you this month:

• 6th April - Mini Kit and Project Reveal 
• 12th April - Challenge #1
  
• 18th April - Challenge #2
• 24th April - Follower Showcase
• 30th April - Killing the Kit 

We always love to see your work, so please share your kits and projects with us. You can post them in our Facebook Community, or share them on Instagram (we are @counterfeitkitchallenge or tag us using #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcapril2022).