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

Hello!  Long time, no see...at least not here on my blog!  I have finally finished unpacking boxes in our new home and am down to just the micro-organization that always follows a move!  Thank God! I have never been more tired of boxes than this move.  For whatever reason, it seemed unending.  LOL!  

Today, I am sharing the CKCB Inspiration Kit and Social Media hop!  First I want to introduce you to the Inspiration Kit and then, we'll move on to sharing the Guest Designer for the month!  This month, Master Forger Tina is in charge of the blog and she has chosen a wonderful digital kit from Traci Reed Designs!  The kit is called Story Foundations Chapter Six:  Destinations.  You can guess from the name of the kit that it's a travel kit, which is awesome because many of us had vacations this summer or in previous years that need to be scrapped, right???  Here's the kit:

 

I love that it has a cruise ship icon because that was my vacation this summer!  I went to Alaska with Master Forger Tina and had an awesome time.  Here's a close-up of the patterned papers in this kit:

 

And here's a close-up of the Stickers that are sold separately from the digital kit, or in the bundle. 

 I am a former DT member for Traci Reed and I always loved her papers and stickers from her collections.  I did purchase this digital kit, but didn't soley use it for my own kit.  We'll get to my kit in a few minutes.  I would like to introduce you to the Guest Designer, Karin!  

Karin had this to say about herself:

I have been a scrapbooker since 2004 and just love to put the photos and the stories together. I live on an island at the Swedish West coast with my husband and two cats. My brother with family lives an hour away and the two kids make me a proud aunt. ❤️

My scrappy social media is IG:

instagram.com/kadas_scrapbooking

 Please remember to check out the CKC blog or our FaceBook Community Group to see her projects!

Now for my kit.  

 I did start with a few papers from the inspiration kit this month.  I printed some that I knew I didn't have in my stash and then added others from my stash to round it out.  

My papers include papers from Hip Kit Club and Cocoa Daisy!

Here are some photos of my ephemera and other embellishments!  I Print and Cut one set of the stickers for my kit, as well as some basic labels from Story Foundations.  There are even 6x8 papers in my kit, which should be helpful when I am ready to do Mad About Mini Paper Pads later this month!   

 Here's the link to my walk-through of my kit on YouTube:

Tara's September CKCB kit 

Make sure you check out our Social Media hop where you can see the Guest Designer's kit as well as all of the Master Forgers' kits:

  Counterfeit Kit Challenge Reveal and Hop:

• Counterfeit Kit Challenge - http://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com
• Guest Designer - instagram.com/kadas_scrapbooking
• Brandi - https://www.instagram.com/scrappy.boymama/
• JoJo - https://www.instagram.com/scrappyconfessions
• Laurie - https://www.instagram.com/scrapbookingbits/
• Ryann - https://www.instagram.com/scrapbookjoey/
• 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/@lovemylifeonpaper

Thank you for stopping by my blog today!  Have a GREAT day! 

 

April 2026 - Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog Inspiration Kit Reveal & Social Media Hop

 

 Well, it's the first of April and it's time for another Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog Inspiration Kit Reveal and Social Media Hop.  This month, Master Forger Julene has chosen a kit from Citrus Twist.  Here are some photos of the kit:

 Before I share the kit that I curated from my stash, I want to introduce you to the Guest Designer for April.  Her name is Diana.

Here's Diana's bio:

This is exciting for me. I have never been asked to do anything like this before. I love CKC because it challenges me to use my stash in so many new ways. I am so glad I found this community! I have been a paper crafter for most of my life and I started making layouts 35 years ago. I am a wife ( for 46 yrs.) years. My hubby and I are quite a pair. He is "ducks" and I am "squirrels"...makes for a fun and interesting life. I am mom to 2 adults children ( and their partners) and Nana to 7 grandchildren, ranging in age from 7 yrs - 20 yrs old. These people are my life and most often the subject of my layouts. A few of the grandkids even craft with me. I have a full time job at an industrial laundry. We supply our regional hospitals and care facilities. When I am not at work, I enjoy my aquafit and gym classes. I love making food art for my family, for every holiday. I love being outdoors. I enjoy photography. I love viewing and making visual art. Lately I'm loving mixed media. And of course I love spending time with my family Fun fact about my layouts: I hate making titles because too often I feel like they end up ruining the whole design . I hope you all enjoy the month of April at CKC. 

You can see photos of Diana's kit on the CKC blog post or our FB group.

 For my kit, I chose to go with mostly Maggie Holmes collections.  I did start with the paper first. 

These papers are all from various Maggie Holmes collections.

I also included a 6x8 mini paper pad from her Round Trip collection:

I added just a few embellishments and Thickers/alphas:

 I do have a very short video of my kit to watch here if you'd like a verbal account of my kit.

Social Media Hop:

• Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog - http://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com/
• Guest Designer: Diane - WILL SHARE IN FB COMMUNITY ON THE FIRST
• Brandi - https://www.instagram.com/scrappy.boymama/
• JoJo - https://www.instagram.com/scrappyconfessions
• Julene - https://julenebydesign.blogspot.com/
• Laurie - https://www.instagram.com/scrapbookingbits/
• Misty - https://craftysoup.com/
• Ryann - https://www.instagram.com/scrapbookjoey/
• Tara - https://kryptonite72-rambles.blogspot.com/
• Tina - https://tinasscrapcorner.blogspot.com/
• Amanda - https://youtube.com/@amandacreates1980 
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As always, thank you for stopping by my blog today and I can't wait to see what you share on our FaceBook Group. 

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

It's March!  Can you believe that???  And because it's the first of the month, that means that it's time for a new Inspiration Kit over at CKCB!  This month, I am the Master Forger for the month and I chose a beautiful kit from Cocoa Daisy.  Here's the kit:

 I chose Neyla as a Guest Designer for March and I am looking forward to all of her layouts this month.  

You can see her bio and social media links on the CKCB blog post listed below in the hop list.

I really love this kit.  I wish that I could purchase it, but it's out of stock!  Oh well.  Nothing to do but try to counterfeit it, right?  I almost always start out with the patterned papers in the inspiration kit and this month is no different.  I saw the paper with the dripping paint and it reminded me of Spectrum Gardenia from 49 & Market.  I pulled it first.

Here are the rest of the papers that I pulled:

I pulled in some tags and other embellishments from Spectrum Gardenia.

 I also added some scraps I created making my forgeries for this kit, plus I added the mini paper pad from Vicki Boutin's Print Shop:

 Then, I added a few more embellishments to my kit and I called it complete:

Make sure you follow our social media hop to see what our Guest Designer and the other Master Forgers curated from their stashes this month:

Social Media Hop:

• Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog - http://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com/
• Guest Designer: Neyla https://www.instagram.com/nelliepickles_crafts/
• Brandi - https://www.instagram.com/scrappy.boymama/
• JoJo - https://www.instagram.com/scrappyconfessions
• Julene - https://julenebydesign.blogspot.com/
• Laurie - https://www.instagram.com/scrapbookingbits/
• Misty - https://craftysoup.com/
• Ryann - https://www.instagram.com/scrapbookjoey/
• Tara - https://kryptonite72-rambles.blogspot.com/
• Tina - https://tinasscrapcorner.blogspot.com/
• Amanda - https://youtube.com/@amandacreates1980

 Thank you for coming to say hi to me this month!  See you on the FaceBook Community group!!!

 

February 2026 - CKCB Inspiration Kit and Social Media Hop!!!

 Hello!  It's February 1st and that means it is time for a new Inspiration Kit and Social Media Hop for Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog!  This month, our newest Master Forger, Amanda, is in charge of our blog and has chosen a wonderful inspiration kit by The Scrap-Room for us to use to curate similar kits from our own stash.  Here are the photos of the Inspiration Kit:

 I think this is going to be very fun month.  We haven't done one of the ScrapRoom's kits in a very long time so it's awesome that there's four different mini kits into one.  There are so many ways to curate this type of kit from your stash.  You could choose just one of the mini kits and create one large kit.  This would have been a great idea for me to use up my Vicki Boutin Discover & Create.  I didn't choose to do it that way.  

 Before, we dig further into my own kit, let's talk about this month's Guest Designer!  Welcome to the team for the month, Kathy!  She is one of my Scraplift Crafternoon tribe members and participates in many of my hops I host on my own FaceBook Community Group. 

 

"Hi, I’m Kathy — mum of five, Deputy Principal by day, and a scrapbooker for over 24 years. Scrapbooking has been part of my life through every season, and my style is best described as eclectic: I don’t believe in boxes, rules, or “one right way” to create. I’m always willing to give any scrapbooking style, trick, or tip a fair go. From clean and simple to messy, layered, budget-friendly or bold, if it helps tell the story, I’m in. My heart is in capturing real memories for my family, the everyday moments as much as the big ones. I truly believe scrapbooking is more than a hobby, it’s history recording In real time. One day, future historians won’t just look at textbooks; they’ll look at the stories we preserved. Our layouts show how we lived, what we valued, who we loved, and how life evolved over time. That’s pretty powerful. I love to scrapbook, I love all things paper and my motto - just add more!"

 

You can catch her kit for February by making sure you follow along with the social media hop at the end of my post.  She has a pretty colorful kit!

 

Now, let's have a chat about my own kit!  The ScrapRoom kit has four collections in it:

 

Carta Bella At Home

PhotoPlay Bro's Amazing

Simple Stories Winter Wonder

Vicki Boutin Discover + Create

 

Lets start with the Carta Bella At Home collection.  I don't own it and really not a whole lot like it.  I did have some Carta Bella papers in my stash so I pulled those to use this month.  I have no matching embellishments, so I can see using my dies and/or cutfiles to complete layouts with this part.  I can also see using the stuff I pulled from Vicki Boutin's Discover & Create because I put in a whole lot of embellishments from that collection into my own kit.  Here's a photo of the papers that I chose:

 

Next up, the inspo kit has Vicki Boutin's Discover & Create.  This collection I do have and I have barely even touched it!  YIKES!  I pulled some papers from that collection and quite a few embellishments:

 

 The inspo kit has a Simple Stories collection called Winter Wonder.  I didn't dig through my Simple Stories collections, but instead dug through my winter themed drawer where I pulled a Hip Kit Club kit with similar colors inside of it:

 

 And last, the inspo kit has Photo Play's Bro's Amazing collection in it, which I do own.  I have the full collection pack plus two extra sheets of paper and an extra set of stickers because I got those items in a We Create class kit and those were leftovers:

 

 I had lots of help curating my kit and taking the photos of it:

 

Penny was trying to decide if these papers matched her beautiful fur or not! 

Penny decided that the orange in these papers were a better match plus it has blue so it makes it perfect for her to get her good side captured.

Jasper had to see how good he looked as well. 

Phineas thinks they are both being silly and is overseeing the process instead. 

In all seriousness, this is a bigger kit than I have been making lately.  I hope to use at least half the papers in there because I really hate putting things away.  As always, I reserve the right to make additions to my kit with cardstock, stamps, mixed media, inks and dies/cutfiles. 

Make sure you check out the Guest Designer's and the other Master Forger's kits by hopping along with the social media hop below.  If you are interested in being a Guest Designer for CKCB, let me know! Thank you for stopping by this month!

Social Media Hop:

• Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog - http://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com/
• Guest Designer (Kathy) https://youtube.com/@kathyloves2scrap617?si=hjbNjBdvtylRwUaa
• Brandi - https://www.instagram.com/scrappy.boymama/
• Misty - https://craftysoup.com
• JoJo - https://www.instagram.com/scrappyconfessions
• Julene - https://julenebydesign.blogspot.com/
• Ryann - https://www.instagram.com/scrapbookjoey/
• Tina - https://tinasscrapcorner.blogspot.com
• Tara  https://kryptonite72-rambles.blogspot.com/
• Vikki https://www.instagram.com/memoriesandmomentsscrapbooking/
• Amanda - https://youtube.com/@amandacreates1980

 

 

 

 

November 2025 Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog Inspiration Kit Reveal & Social Media Hop

Well hello scrappy friends!  It's the first of November and that means that it is time for the CKCB Inspiration Kit Reveal and Social Media Hop.  This month, Master Forger Brandi is taking over the blog for us.  She has chosen a kit from Cocoa Daisy, called October Glow, for us to use as inspiration to curate a kit from our own stash.  Here are some photos of the kit:

 

As you can see, it's full of fall goodness!  Before I show you my own kit, let me introduce you to our Guest Designer for November! Meet Lisa:

 You can find her here:

YouTube 

Instagram 

 

I really pulled out the fall stuff from my stash this month!  Fall is one of my fave times of the year to scrapbook and I love all things fall in the scrappy world!!

 My papers, which include a 6x8 paper pad:

I also threw in quite a few embellishments and alphas:

My patterned papers are mostly Simple Stories this month with two sheets of 49 & Market patterned papers from their older collection called Take A Hike.  I felt like those gave me some premade backgrounds so that is why I included those!  My embellishments are a mish mash from Simple Stories, Elle's Studio, and Hip Kit Club.  I think there is one pack of ephemera from Fancy Pants.

Make sure you check out the rest of the Master Forger's kits this month by hopping along with us!

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

• Guest Designer Lisa - https://www.instagram.com/lisa_cuneo_scrapbooking/

• Vikki - https://www.instagram.com/memoriesandmomentsscrapbooking 

• Brandi - https://www.instagram.com/scrappy.boymama 

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

• Ryann - https://www.instagram.com/scrapbookjoey 

• Misty - https://craftysoup.com 

• Amanda - https://youtube.com/@amandacreates1980 

• JoJo - https://www.instagram.com/scrappyconfessions 

   

  Thank you for stopping by my blog today and I hope you have a scrappy day!!!  

 

August 2025 - Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog Inspiration Kit Reveal and Social Media Hop!

 Hello!  It's the first of August and that means that it is time for the August Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog Kit Inspiration Kit Reveal.  Master Forger Laurie is in charge of the blog this month and has chosen a collection for us to counterfeit!  Here's a photo of the collection from Carta Bella:

Before I get started with sharing my kit and thought process behind what I chose, I want to welcome our Guest Designer, Nadine Michelle.  You can find her on YouTube here. 

       I always start with the patterned papers for my counterfeited kits and this month, I checked my Carta Bella stash to see if I had any of this collection and I did!!! Here are the three papers from the Inspiration Kit that I had in my stash:

 When looking at this collection, I looked at the flowers on the far left hand patterned paper in the photo above.  They reminded me of a Paige Evans collection that I knew that I owned a little bit of so, I added some of those papers and the embellishments.  That collection is called Turn The Page.  Here's a photo of the inspiration I got from this collection:

And here's the floral pattern from the Paige Evans collection that those florals reminded me of:

 

It's not a perfect match but I am sure you can see why it reminded me of the original pattern!  Here's all of my papers for my August kit:

 I genuinely tried to keep the paper down to a minimum but I kinda failed since there are quite a few pieces in there.  Three of those sheets will be fussy cut because I didn't put many embellishments into my kit this month:  

 My kit is sort of small but still has choices in it.  I hope to use my Cameo or metal dies to create additional embellishments. 

Check out the social media hop with our Guest Designer and the rest of the Master Forger team!

Counterfeit Kit Challenge Reveal and Hop:

• Counterfeit Kit Challenge -https://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com/
• Guest Designer - Nadine - https://www.youtube.com/@paperroutescrapbooking4007
• Brandi - https://www.instagram.com/scrappy.boymama/
• Christine - https://www.youtube.com/@ScrappingHarden
• Cindy - https://cindyscreations-cinmfoster.blogspot.com/
• JoJo- https://www.instagram.com/scrappyconfessions/
• Julene - https://julenebydesign.blogspot.com/
• Ryann - https://www.instagram.com/scrapbookjoey/
• Tara - https://kryptonite72-rambles.blogspot.com/
• Tina - https://tinasscrapcorner.blogspot.com/ 
• Vikki https://www.instagram.com/memoriesandmomentsscrapbooking/
• Amanda -https://youtube.com/@amandacreates1980?si=j3Ed1pSbf7Wm3DF 

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope that you have an amazing month creating awesome layouts for your family's memories!