April already! Welcome to a new month and to a new inspiration kit here at the Counterfeit Kit Challenge BLOG.

We can't wait to spend the month with you getting crafty -This month's inspiration kit was picked out from the Canadian kit club Papers & Beyond !

 Their "Follow Your Bliss" kit is filled with bright colours and a gorgeous mix of florals, watercolours and happy vibe. April is such a bright month with the lengthening days, spring flowers in full bloom and of course, we have Easter at the end which is such a pretty occasion.

Follow Your Bliss by Papers & Beyond

and their ADD-ON

Thanks for popping by from Tracey's blog-hope you've been inspired all along the hop! This month at the Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog, our Master Forger Tara has chosen a light and airy kit from Citrus Twist Kits! March 2020  highlighted their  Life Crafted "Weekender " kit and it's perfect for us for March!

 

 

Bright, pastely (is that a word?) and makes me think of spring, Easter,and outdoors ! I did my usual and started with the papers...mixing Maggie Holmes stash and Obed Marshall Buenos Dias for all the pastel prints, especially the pink (out of my comfort zone) and various shades of blues. and a FIRST-I actually added colored cardstock in a kit!  I don't own but maybe 12 pieces of colored cardstock that's not kraft, white or black if you can believe it!

I then added florals, chipboard journaling cards,labels, gold letters and MORE!

 Counterfeit Kit Challenge Reveal and Hop

·         Counterfeit Kit Challenge - https://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com/

·         Guest Designer – Anna https://www.youtube.com/c/piececraftlove

·         Cindy - https://cindyscreations-cinmfoster.blogspot.com/

·         Juliet - https://www.instagram.com/julesd/

·         Leslie -  http://lcsmithsaved-outofthemire.blogspot.com/

·         Lisa - http://lisahausmann.blogspot.com

·         Tara - https://kryptonite72-rambles.blogspot.com/ 

·         Tina - http://tinasscrapcorner.blogspot.com/

·         Tracey - http://3obsessions.blogspot.com/?m=1

·         Kate - https://kateblue.blogspot.com/

·         Julene - http://julenebydesign.blogspot.com/

 

 Don't forget that we'll be back throughout the month to give you some tips, ideas and challenges as you put together and use your kit!!

 And just like that, SEPTEMBER is here!  I still wanna hold on to summer but it's just not possible :( 

Here we are with this month's Counterfeit Kit which comes from Not Just For Boys Kit Club!  A kit full of vivid colors and earthy tones, hence the name VIVID.  I focused on the "feel" of the kit which screamed autumn and outdoors:

Oranges, browns, blues of various patterns-Plaid, animal prints, tie dye and even a bold floral in there so that's what I tried to match. I had some of the original Heidi Swapp papers and I HAD to add the tiger in there too.  Leftover remnants of animal print from my August Counterfeit Kit.  Woodgrain and some glitter paper round out the papers.

Embellishments wise, I'll be honest-I've been traveling and haven't unpacked my travel scrapbook tote so the doilies are MIA...for now!  I also do not have ANY buttons so I substituted with some Shimelle wood buttons.  LOTS of sequins!! Some autumn embellishments for fall activities like hayrides, wine tasting and football round out my small kit this month.  I'll probably add to it later because I can't help myself :)

 July just ran by so quickly but here we are in August and with an amazing kit that's a little different!

Main kit:

 

 It's time for the Counterfeiters to show you some Forgery on the Fourth!

If you will recall, in the original inspiration kit from Kelly Purkey she had these papers:

I was inspired to make my own embellishments from the 2 center papers since I loved those patterns.  Since I'm still traveling, I broke out my trusty watercolors, my circle trace thingee (don't judge, I'm traveling without punches and only have what I can find in my dad's junk drawer lol) and my black gel pen.

I then just drew (loosely) some leafy strands and also some connected circles like the inspiration photo- definitely loose,  I like that organic feel cause there's less pressure to make it perfect-comes from being a scrapper and an art journaler and also the fact that I hate to measure ANYTHING.

Next, scribbly outline with a black pen of choice: I do scribbly cause it's too much pressure to be straight!

and VOILA-MY own watercolor embellishments inspired by patterned papers! You could leave it as patterned paper and do more repetitions or cut it out like I did.  Your art, your choice!

and of course, how I used them along with my July Counterfeit Kit!

 Happy July 1st and welcome to our Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog hop!  I can say I am officially a Master Forger over at the Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog!   I joined the Counterfeit Kit (CKC) Design Team because I love hunting through my own stash and finding forgotten treasures and I've always been a HUGE fan of paper kits!  It's a great way to mix old and new items, making sure you are always trying new things AND it helps you pack lightly when going to a crop  or traveling.  If you haven't heard of us before, check out the main blog at Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog so you can understand what we do!

First order of business is this month's kit that we are counterfeiting...Master Forger Lisa decided to go for the Paper Person April 2021 kit - "New Episode". This is of course, the kit club run by Kelly Purkey that she rebranded late in 2020 to really reflect the love of paper.

Kelly added papers from Obed Marshall's "Buenos Dias" American Crafts collection and since I already had some of the kit left, I started with the 6 x6 and 12 x 12 sheets from that and then tried to add more goldenrod, gold and dark blues to it.  None of my kits are ever complete without floral prints or papers of some kind so I added some Maggie Holmes floral papers in there as well.I then added some leftover journaling cards, die cuts and the epoxy elements I had from the Buenos Dias collection...I noticed labels,  cameras, hearts and leaves elements in the original so I added those in as well.

• Counterfeit Kit Challenge - http://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com/

• Guest Designer Antonia - HOME | chasingdaylight

• Cindy - http://cindyscreations-cinmfoster.blogspot.com/

• Julene - http://julenebydesign.blogspot.com

• Kate - https://www.instagram.com/kraftyqueenkat/

• Leslie - http://lcsmithsaved-outofthemire.blogspot.com/

• Lisa - http://lisahausmann.blogspot.com/

• Tina - http://tinasscrapcorner.blogspot.com/

• Tara - https://kryptonite72-rambles.blogspot.com

• Tracey - https://3obsessions.blogspot.com