September 2022 - Mini-kit Reveal and Projects

Greetings!  Mini kits are a great idea if you don't have time for big projects. A spark may come from part of our kit which you can use to create a page or two or perhaps some other kind of project. Let's see what this month's MF Kate and MF Misty have come up with!

Just as a reminder, MF Juliet has chosen the digi kit by Traci Reed - Wildflower for our inspiration this month!

Focusing on the 12x12 papers - 

And the stickers - 

Master Forger Misty is here with your first mini kit. She owns the Traci Reed Wildflower collection and printed the "sticker" sheets (die cuts really) as well as several papers (in 8.5x11 size as she doesn't own a wide format printer). She also has two sheets of woodgrain pattern paper in 12x12 size. Unfortunately those didn't make it into the photo! With the addition of some twine and sequins she has a very simple mini ready to go. 

Notice the layouts in the left and right of the photo? She chose her products to specifically coordinate with those already existing layouts. Each layout is about the same event for different albums. Each layout is different in style but have some common color features including dark blue, yellow and green. So she chose products based on colors! Below is a closer look at the existing layouts.

Then she set to work creating THIRD pages to coordinate with those double page spreads!

She kept these new layouts the same in design but mixed up the colors based on the layouts they would coordinate with. You can see below how those combos turned out.

This is one way she adds extra photos to a much larger event layout. If you want more details, she has a YouTube video up for this process. Hope you were inspired to make third or fourth pages for your bigger stories!

Master Forger Kate also owns the Traci Reed inspiration kit too BUT...read to the end to see why she didn't use it to start! She turned to her stash to pull papers and was inspired by all the blues in the kit first.  She chose her papers pulling shades of blue, mustard yellows and rich kelly greens that felt like spring or summer. 

She then moved on to embellishments- butterflies and flowers taking front and center along with more spring and summer elements. AND, since her printer had no ink, (how did that happen?) she decided to print parts of the collection in black and white! Making lemonade out of 🍋 🍋 🍋!!

Kate started going back through that shoebox in her scrap closet and decided to start September by scrapping vintage photos before there were cell phone pics! 

Make sure you come back for more inspiration for the rest of the month!

• 12th & 18th September: Challenges #1 & #2 - to inspire you to get creating from your own kit 
• 24th September: Follower Showcase - who has caught our eye this month 
• 30th September: Killing Kits - an idea or two for using up the bits & pieces left in your kit box 

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 #ckcseptember2022).