At this point, you should have used Gingerbread to load your clipboard with footprint data.
Open KiCad. As of this guide, the version is 7.x. You should get the following screen if you've opened the main KiCad application and not one of the submodules:
Open the KiCad main window and create a new project (I use New LCARS below), then Open the Footprint Editor by going to Tools -> Footprint Editor.
Here is the KiCad Footprint Editor:
Click the New Footprint Icon (circled in red on the left) or use File -> New Footprint.
Select a name for your footprint -- since it isn't a standard component, for the Footprint Type select Other.
The text that appears is used in a standard circuit. As we do not want our design labeled by KiCad, click each line of text and press the Delete key to get rid of it, giving a blank slate in the central footprint area.
In the central footprint window, right-click and select Paste. Or use File -> Paste.
If the Gingerbread data is still in the clipboard, it will paste your design into the Footprint Creator. If it doesn't, go back to the Gingerbread web window and press the Export to Clipboard button again and try to paste once more in KiCad.
You should then see your design. Move it so it is centered in the footprint area and click your mouse to "drop" it.
Don't worry about the colors at this point.
You'll rarely need to do anything else here. If there is anything you want on the PCB that is not available in the Affinity Designer 2 -> Gingerbread -> KiCad workflow, you can do that now. Most times, you can just select File -> Save and you'll get a dialog to save the footprint.
You should look to make a new library for your design - I selected "Anne". Do this using the New Library button located on the lower left. I named this footprint "LCARS Front". Click Save.
Now you have your design in a footprint library, congratulations.
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