July 2019 - Forgery on the Fourth

The July inspiration kit:

A lovely mix of products to spark your creativity!

Let's take a look at what the Team has created & discovered!

Leslie has these to offer:

Blog post HERE

Our Guest Forger KathyMcElfresh created some forgeries for her kit this month.

As I looked for papers and embellishments to suit the “sweet tea” vibe of this kit I realized I’d used all my lemons during Calvinball. After a quick search I found a very lemony pattern in a Jen Hadfield collection called Patio Party. I also had a stencil with an image that COULD be interpreted as a lemon. A little fussycutting and glitter pasting and dimensional painting, and I now have a variety of embellishments that will add a summery brightness to my pages. As I said I would in my kit reveal, I also sprayed white doilies gold with varying degrees of success but I think they’re all usable as layering pieces or backgrounds where other elements have a starring role.
Before:

 After

You can see more about these fun creations over at her youtube channel 
(Scrappy Kathy) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0TTq5vBtMM&t=13s

 

Lisa found these on Pinterest!

Spiral flowers to print and roll up - reminiscent of the "vintage" Prima in the original kit
http://ginasdesigns.blogspot.com/2013/11/freebie-friday-dictionary-page-flowers.html

 A whole bunch of printables including plants cards and tags - sign up to the newsletter for full access
https://www.hannanilssondesign.com/members/

Rustig woodstock printable tags with pretty florals
https://www.hannanilssondesign.com/rustic-wood-tags-romantic-floral-printable/

Some cards and elements which reminded me of some of the motifs and colours in the original kit.
http://imonthecoast.blogspot.com/2016/04/grey-yellow-planner-printable-for-happy.html


And various tutorials and help for creating your own flowers!
https://pen-grunt.livejournal.com/202546.html

Although I have no idea wha the text says on this link, I think you get an idea of how you can update your older flower supplies with modern mixed media to get a whole plethora of up to date florals for your kit.
https://ztinaspysselvra.wordpress.com/2011/08/18/gessoblommor/

This tutorial reminds of how I made flowers back in the day - and they still look gorgeous! Try this with book paper too for an even more vintage effect.
https://www.prettypaperbook.com/2011/06/10/cardstock-flower-tutorial/

And for those yarn experts among you, here is a crochet tutorial for oh-so-pretty crochet and button flowers
http://www.diyhowto.org/crochet-button-flower-free-pattern/


Way way way back in the past, I used to make pretty flowers for my pages!

Here is a tutorial for ricrac roses
- http://lisahausmann.blogspot.com/2011/07/ric-rac-roses.html

And these layered lovelies!
http://lisahausmann.blogspot.com/2011/07/ric-rac-roses.html

Don't forget that we love to see your kits and projects! Post through our Link-Up page, share them in our Facebook Community, or post them on Instagram (tag us: @counterfeitkitchallenge and use #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcjuly2019).  Come back on the 6th for some mini-kit reveals, and the 12th & 18th for challenges to help you use up your personally crafted kit. See you then!