October 2026 - Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog Inspiration Kit Reveal and Social Media Hop

 Hello!  It's officially fall in the US and I can begin to see the cooler temps arriving in our forecast here in Kentucky.  I am so glad.  Extreme heat isn't my friend!  LOL Today, I am sharing my October Counterfeit Kit and the social media hop, but first I want to share the Inspiration Kit and our Guest Designer for October!  Our Inspiration Kit is a brand new fall collection from Simple Stories, Pumpkins and Plaid:

 

 

 

So many pretty things in that collection and while I was away at We Create in mid-September, this collection came home with me.  However, I am not cheating and using it for my kit this month!  Instead, I dug into my Hip Kit Club kit and pulled two fall kits.  I believe that they are October 2024 and 2025 kits and they coordinate together gloriously! So here's the photo of my kit:

 As you can see, my kit has more pinks and purples than burgundy and oranges.  I know it is NOT an exact match but my goal with CKCB kits is to always shop my stash and start using this stuff I keep amassing in large amounts!  Hee hee.  

Our Guest Designer this month is Jennifer Cain!  You can find her here and here. Her photo and bio are on the Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog and you can view that in the Social Media Hop I have added below!

Counterfeit Kit Challenge Reveal and Hop

• Counterfeit Kit Challenge - http://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com/
• Guest Designer- https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferscrappincain
• JoJo - https://www.instagram.com/scrappyconfessions
• Laurie - https://www.instagram.com/scrapbookingbits/
• Tara - https://kryptonite72-rambles.blogspot.com/
• Tina - https://tinasscrapcorner.blogspot.com/
• Amanda - https://youtube.com/@amandacreates1980
• Shala - https://www.youtube.com/@Bookishshala
• Briana - https://www.youtube.com/@lovemylifeonpaperVikki https://www.instagram.com/memoriesandmomentsscrapbooking/

Thank you so much for spending a little time with me this morning and I hope you have a wonderfully creative month! Happy scrapping!!! 

September 2023 CKCB Inspiration Kit Reveal and Social Media Hop

 It's the first of the month and time for our inspiration kit reveal and social media hop over at the Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog!  This month Master Forger Tina is in charge and she has picked us a beautiful kit to take inspiration from and shop our own stash to create a kit for us to use this month. It's just fabulous.  With no further to-do, here's this month's Inspiration Kit from Not Just For Boys Kit Club, "Aurora" Limitless Kit

Main Kit

 "A" and "B" side of the patterned papers

Isn't just beautiful!  Next, I'd like to introduce you to our Guest Designer, Jennifer Croasdale!!  

Hi, I'm Jen and I'm glad to be joining you this month. I have been scrapbooking since 1996 when my sister showed me her album. Patterned paper is my favorite supply, but I love everything scrapbooking. I live in NJ with my husband, Fred. We have two grown daughters and three grandkids. Most of my layouts are about travel or family. I am inspired by challenges and look forward to this fun month of scrapping with you.

You can find me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jen_cro_scraps/

Normally, when I begin kitting for CKCB each month, I always start with the paper.  I kinda did that this month, but kinda NOT.  I knew I had that package of 49 & Market ephemera in my stash.  So, I pulled that and the matching chipboard plus one of the Viken patterned papers from that collection.

This is how I started matching up my other papers for my kit-from these three items.  It's a little different than I normally do it but not too much.  LOL!!  Here are all of my patterned papers for my kit.

I really did a deep dive into my patterned papers.  I chose papers from Amy Tangerine, Basic Grey, Fancy Pants, Paper Studios paper pads, and a sheet of cut fussy cutting elements plus one more piece of patterned paper from Paper Rose.  One of my papers in the kit was actually stuck behind another and doesn't show up in this photo unfortunately but it's a sheet of aqua with multi colored butterflies from Basic Grey.  I am quite happy with my paper choices!!!  I wanted to make sure that I had papers to scrapbook my boys too, so there's plenty of non floral pieces in there.

Here's a photo of my whole kit plus some close-ups!

Don't forget to check out the full hop this month, including our Guest Designer!

• Counterfeit Kit Challenge - http://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com/
• Guest Designer Jennifer Croasdale -  https://www.instagram.com/jen_cro_scraps/
  
• Christine - https://www.youtube.com/@ScrappingHarden 
• Cindy - https://cindyscreations-cinmfoster.blogspot.com/ 
• Julene - http://julenebydesign.blogspot.com/  
• Lisa – http://lisahausmann.blogspot.com 
• Leslie - http://lcsmithsaved-outofthemire.blogspot.com 
• Misty - https://craftysoup.com  
• Tara - https://kryptonite72-rambles.blogspot.com/ 
• Tina - http://tinasscrapcorner.blogspot.com/ 
• Brandi - https://www.instagram.com/scrappy.boymama/

Thank you so much for stopping by my channel today!  Lots of love to you and have a scrappy day!

July 2023 CKCB Inspiration Kit Reveal & Social Media Hop!!!

 And the month of June has now come to an end and we are at the beginning of July!  I'd like to say June went by quickly, but only the last week did!  YIKES.  It's been a rough month for us with my husband leaving and EVERYTHING BREAKING, including three cars.  Ha...things are smoothing out now and we are a month closer to my husband returning home from yet another deployment.  

This also means that it is time for another Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog inspiration kit reveal and social media hop!!!  Master Forger Leslie is in charge this month and she has chosen a brand new kit club for us to use as our Inspiration Kit.  She chose the debut kit from Mercy Tiara: Feeling Groovy!  Here's some photos of the kit for you!

Here's a list of the kit contents for you

•   12 double-sided patterned papers from Vicki Boutin, Maggie Holmes, and Jen Hadfield
•    1 set alpha Thickers – Vicki Boutin Where To Next? gold foil chipboard
•    1 set of Vicki Boutin Where To Next? embellishment die cuts
•    1 set of Jen Hadfield Flower Child holographic stickers
•    1 set of Pink Fresh Studio Spring Vibes enamel dots
•    1 set of Pink Fresh Studio Spring Vibes chipboard frames
•    3 exclusive flair buttons
•    Exclusive digital cut files - 1 background, 1 title, and a set of icons designed by Nicole Nowosad

I also was able to snag a couple photos of the exclusive cutfiles.

So, I have almost all of the Vicki Boutin Where To Next? collection as well as the Jen Hadfield Flower Child collection in my stash.  I didn't have the papers from the Maggie Holmes collection included in this kit but I do have the PinkFresh Studios chipboard frames and enamel dots from Spring Vibes. 

I chose to basically stick with Jen Hadfield's Flower Child collection and then add two sheets of patterned papers from Hip Kit Club that are the same color palette to go with them. I did also bring in both PinkFresh Studios frames and enamel dots. I liked the color combo in Flower Child and felt that the PFS items were a great match.  I am not scrapbooking travel photos at the moments, so that is why I skipped the Vicki Boutin collection.  

Here are my paper choices:

I did make sure to have lots of summer themed items in my kit since I will be able to print many photos to scrapbook summer themed layouts!  Here are my alphas and embellishments that I chose.  I added some Hip Kit Club items, including some pocket cards that I either need to use OR purge.  HAHA!!!

My goal this month was to have a little less in my kit.  I "think" I managed that but it IS still a rather large kit!  I am hoping to do better about "killing the kit" by the end of July.  I made the embellishments "my own" by adding things from my stash that are typical me, such as labels for journaling.  

I really hope that you enjoyed hearing about my July kit and will also follow the Social Media Hop below for our Guest Designer and the rest of the Master Forger Team!!  Thanks for stopping by!

• Counterfeit Kit Challenge - http://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com/  
• Guest Designer DawnLyn Litz - https://www.instagram.com/Storm2c/ 
• Brandi - https://www.instagram.com/scrappy.boymama/ 
  
• Christine - https://www.youtube.com/@ScrappingHarden
• Cindy - https://cindyscreations-cinmfoster.blogspot.com/
• Julene - http://julenebydesign.blogspot.com/
• Leslie - http://lcsmithsaved-outofthemire.blogspot.com
• Misty - https://craftysoup.com
• Tara - https://kryptonite72-rambles.blogspot.com/
• Tina - http://tinasscrapcorner.blogspot.com/
• Laura - https://www.instagram.com/mrsp_scrapsandtea

CKCB April 2022 Inspiration Kit and Reveal!!!

It's the first of the month!  Woop Woop!  It's time for a new Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog Inspiration Kit Reveal and Blog Hop!  I handed over the reins of the CKCB blog back to Miss Lisa and she chose a wonderful kit for us to use as an inspiration.  Lisa chose a kit from Papers & Beyond called "Follow Your Bliss".  You can check it out here on their site.  I am including photos of the kit for you below.

Look at how bright and happy that kit is!  And I needed a bump to actually start using my hoarded Vicki Boutin stash!  LOL!! 

Let's introduce our April Guest Designer!  A warm welcome to Helen.  Check out her Instagram! 

So, let's get to kitting!!! Here are some close-ups of the various items in the Inspiration Kit.

So much beautiful stuff in this kit.  I had a little of the items of the original kit from Jen Hadfield. Here are my paper choices for this month!

My very first purchase of Vicki Boutin was this paper pad from Tuesday Morning. This is from her All The Good Things collection.  I included the whole paper pad instead of individual sheets.  The rest of my patterned papers are Jen Hadfield.  There's some from Hey, Hello and other collections.  I had the actual cut aparts from the Inspiration Kit but I had used one or two already, so I just put them in there.  I really kept my paper choices simple this month.  

Next. I want to share the alphas and phrases sets I put into my kit.  I did NOT keep those simple.  I actually put SO MANY choices in there! 

Two of these sets are carry-overs from last month's kit:  The black titles and the teal glitter ones (although it was the other side of those that you saw in my March kit-they were silver).

I also included the stamps from my March kit into this kit.  I didn't use them enough last month.  I don't know if that will change THIS month but that's my hope.  LOL!!!

 Let's talk embellishments!  I did put some of last month's embellishments in this kit.  There are several almost bashed sticker sets.  The goal is to use those up this month or put them away in my color binders at the end of the month.  

That's all of my kit this month.  I feel like it is smaller than normal.  I didn't include washi this month.  I also consider embellishments such as buttons, brads, enamel dots, and twine to be extras that are  "allowed" as I create. 

How about you?  What motivates you about this month's Inspiration Kit?  If this kit isn't you, make sure you check into the CKCB tomorrow for the Just the Gist Of It post.  I am sure that Lisa will have ideas for you to curate a kit that works for you!  

Here's the schedule for the month at CKCB:

April is going to look something like this:

• 2nd April: Just the Gist of It - to help you find an easy way into creating your kit 
• 4th April: Forgery on the Fourth - Master Forgers share simple ideas for creating kit elements 
• 6th April: Mini-kit Reveal and Project Showcase - inspiration for a smaller kit or project idea 
• 12th & 18th April: Challenges #1 & #2 - to inspire you to get creating from your own kit 
• 24th April: Follower Showcase - who has caught our eye this month 
• 30th April: 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 #ckcapril2022). 

 

Thank you for stopping by my blog today.  Have a great weekend! 
 

August 2021 CKCB Reveal and Blog Hop!

It's the first of the month again and it's time for a new Inspiration Kit over at Counterfeit Kit Club Blog, or otherwise known as CKCB!  If you are new to CKCB, you can check out our About Page on our blog to see what we are all about!   But let's get on to the new Inspiration Kit! 

Master Forger Lisa is bringing us our kit again this month and she chose a beautiful kit from Dani Peuss from May 2021!  Let's look at the photo!!

There are few add-on kits as well. I am going to share those photos because I took my inspiration from those as well as the Main Kit.

The first add-on is the Sticker Sheet and Paper Pad.  I liked the labels and the rainbow stickers.  I don't have but one sheet of the Heidi Swapp Carefree line of papers so, I went a different way with those as you'll see.

The second add-on is the Embellishment Kit.  If you know me, you know I absolutely love word and phrase stickers.  And tags.  And washi.  I was able to pull all of these items from my stash.

The last add-on is the Paper Add-On.  I not only spotted some Maggie Holmes and Heidi Swapp patterned papers in this add-on, but also some Prima. 

The very first thing that I did was dig through my Heidi Swapp and Maggie Holmes collections.  I only had one sheet of the Carefree line as I mentioned above, and it was actually in a Hip Kit Club kit.  LOL!  I have the entire line of Maggie Holmes Garden Party so I pulled out the sheets I wanted to use from that line.  I didn't own actual sheets of patterned paper from Prima as I tend to only buy their embellishments,but I did have a 4x6" Journaling card pad from the line in the Paper Add-On.  Here are my papers that I included in my kit.  I have twenty 12x12 papers and 4 8.5x11 sheets.

Top photo-Left Side:

• American Crafts - Craft Paper - Maggie Holmes - Garden Party - Blossom in Blue (B side-ledger)
• Hip Kit Club - Dream Big - Dare To Dream
• American Crafts - Pink Paislee - Indigo & Ivy - Paper #04 (B Side)
• American Crafts - Pink Paislee - Indigo & Ivy - Paper #04 
• American Crafts - Pink Paislee - Indigo & Ivy - Paper #07
• American Crafts - Pink Paislee - Indigo & Ivy - Paper #07 (B Side-green monstera)
• American Crafts - Pink Paislee - Indigo & Ivy - Paper #09
• Studio Light - Celebrate New Beginnings (B Side-Grid with floral along side)
• Studio Light - Celebrate New Beginnings (B Side-Leather side)
• Ciao Bella - Paper Craft Art - Delta - Tags and Buttons (B Side-Blue Woodgrain)
• Sassafras Lass - Starters - Line Up (B Side)

 Top photo-Right Side:

•  American Crafts - Pink Paislee - Indigo & Ivy - Paper #09 (B Side-Blue tone on tone leaves)
• American Crafts - Craft Paper - Maggie Holmes - Garden Party - Blossom in Blue 
• American Crafts - Pink Paislee - Indigo & Ivy - Paper #10
  
• American Crafts - Pink Paislee - Indigo & Ivy - Paper #10 (B Side-Green Linen Stripe)
• American Crafts - Pink Paislee - Indigo & Ivy - Paper #11
• American Crafts - Pink Paislee - Indigo & Ivy - Paper #11 (B Side)
• American Crafts - Pink Paislee - Indigo & Ivy - Paper #12
• American Crafts - Pink Paislee - Indigo & Ivy - Paper #12 (B Side - Multi-stripe)
• American Crafts - Heidi Swapp - Carefree - Sunset
• American Crafts - Pink Paislee - Indigo & Ivy - Paper #01

Bottom photo:

• ·         Studio Light Celebrate New Beginnings A4 Paper: #336
• ·         Studio Light Celebrate New Beginnings A4 Paper: #337
• ·         Studio Light Celebrate New Beginnings A4 Paper: #338 
• ·         Studio Light Celebrate New Beginnings A4 Paper: #335

Whew! That's a lot of paper.  I think that might even be a record amount for ME! Hahaha!  As you can see, I went with more blues than the pinks. I added pink in my various embellishments.

 

In this photo, you can see the tags that I created in June in the Killing The Kit Series.  They matched this kit, so I put them in my August kit!  I had some KaiserKraft stickers from their Marrakesh line that were partially used so thought they would aslo go great in my kit!  

 

 

Here are some more word and phrase stickers/chipboard.  I love these and included quite a few to play with this month! 

 

My alphas and some Maggie Holmes titles!

 

 

Upper right hand of this photo, I included a Studio Calico kitty themed embellishment/Pocket card kit that I have had forever.  You can see all of the washi tape I added.  Some of the washi is from the Prima Santorini line that you saw in the Paper Add-On kit from the Inspiration Kit.  There are some journaling cards and tickets embellishments from that same line.

More embellishments in this photos.  Only the puffy sequins are opened.  The rest are brand new, never opened.  

More embellishments plus some twine.  I added the brand new alpha die in place of the stamps from the inspiration kit.  There are no stamps in my kit this month. 

 

I know you are wondering why on earth my kit is so big.  This is the last month of the summer vacation.  My granddaughter has been with us since July 18th and is going back home on August 3rd.  I have not been able to scrapbook while she's here and I am feeling withdrawal symptoms.  LOL!!  In July, I didn't put very many embellishments in my kit.  And I hated that.  I didn't feel like I had much choice when scrapping so I definitely rememdied that this month!!!  

 

I am so thrilled to see Sarah back as a Guest Designer this month!  She joined in our iNSD crop and challenges back in May and as a thank you for playing along, she was invited by Master Forger Lisa to be a Guest Designer for August!!!  Here's our Blog Hop this month!  Please check out the other Master Forgers' blogs to see how they worked this month's kit!

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

• Guest Sarah Rice - https://www.instagram.com/sassybagladysarahscraps/

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

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

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

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

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

• Misty - https://craftysoup.com

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

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

 

Thank you for stopping by my blog today!  I hope that you can find some great inspiration in building a kit from your own stash.  Have a great Sunday!!