March 2025 - Challenge #3 Let's Get Sketchy

It's time for the March sketch. Before we dive into the sketch, remember that this is the inspiration kit from which we are working this month.

 A Beach Tale

Knowing that I want to work on my vacation album this month, I chose this sketch I found from ScrapbookTree.net with a tropical vibe.  Obviously, if you don't have tropical photos to scrapbook, you can modify this however you would like!  You don't even have to use both sides - make it a single page layout, or flip the whole thing upside down if you like it better that way!  This is a starting point for you to work from.  I love the circles on this layout, which I think really draw the eye across the page.

Master Forger Julene

My daughter recently went to a garden wedding, so I used her photos on this.

I painted my circles with a fine brush in red. I fussy cut around the pink flowers X2 for bottom left and top right. I added to these sections with extra flowers and leaves. The strips under the photos had flowers to match and I border punched another paper strip. Finally, I added tiny hearts from Simple stories plus wood veneer ones. The red title also matches the bride's dress.

MF JoJo

These photos was taken on our November vacation to California, from Santa Barbara Mission rose garden. This sketch is perfect for me photos and I had fun using circles on my layout.

 

• 24th March - Follower Showcase 
• 26th March - April Sneak Peek (on Instagram and the Facebook Community) 
• 30th March - Challenge #4 Baby, Use Those Scraps Challenge

We love to see what you are working on!  Drop in your projects to our Facebook Community Group and of course tag us on Instagram at #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcmarch2025

Remember to Make Every Day a Day Worth Scrapbooking!

March 2025 - Challenge #2 - Vacation Variations

Welcome back to the blog. Master Forger Ryann, here!  I hope you have been using up the supplies in your kit to tell your stories. If you still need a bit of motivation, we have another inspiration for you. First let's take a look at our inspiration kit again.  

A Beach Tale

Vacations can come in all shapes and sizes – from across the globe to a staycation, from solo mental health vacations to family reunions and chaos vacations, from all-inclusive to camping with whatever you carried in your backpack! So, for this challenge - Do a layout about some type of vacation.

Include:

• What you would do again or longer
• What you would change – if anything

and/or

• What you might have expected that was different or exactly as you thought it would be
• Include a small detail that was that a special “silver lining” of the trip or something fun – a special moment, attendee, or little story (i.e. this cute little squirrel was watching us through the window when we woke up that morning, etc.)

I decided to do the Title Page of my album for my Hawai'i vacation for this challenge. I summarized the entire trip into this book - over 2,000 words - and I'm super excited with the way it turned out! The title of my journaling "book" is "Not Exactly What We Expected" which is a summary of the entire, wonderful trip!

MF Misty

At first I didn't think I would be able to tell a vacation story. Then I had a face-palm moment when I realized our big trip from 2023 was largely unfinished. Time to get to work! I started with a bit of a trip overview.

MF Cindy

I am documenting a trip to the one of the many local parades. It is always exciting see the parades through the eyes of the grandkids. He had so much fun we tend to hit as many as time allows during the summer. It's not really a vacation but it was definitely an all-day trip. 

MF Tara

I recently went on a Scrappin' On A Ship cruise in February.  I scrapbooked the photos of my roommate and I arriving to the port and getting onto the ship.  So exciting.  The only thing that I would change about this trip was I would've scheduled my flight for earlier in the day because weather caused my flight to be delayed by 2.5 hours and I missed out hanging with my sister in Galveston because it was very late when I finally arrived. That was the fun part of getting there-seeing my sister and having dinner with her. 

Still coming up!

• 22nd March - Challenge #3 Sketch Challenge
• 24th March - Follower Showcase 
• 26th March - April Sneak Peek (on Instagram and the Facebook Community) 
• 28th March - Challenge #4 Baby, Use Those Scraps Challenge

We love to see what you are working on!  Drop in your projects to our Facebook Community Group and of course tag us on Instagram at #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcmarch2025

Remember to Make Every Day a Day Worth Scrapbooking!

March 2025 - Challenge #1 - Birthday Bash!

 It is time for our first March challenge. We always start off with a reminder of the inspiration kit we are working with.

A Beach Tale

March is my birthday month!  I want you to scrapbook any birthday – but if you've got photos, start with your own!  Include a list on the layout – this could be your guest list, a list of birthday wishes, the menu that day, anything, but include a list.  

Guest Designer Martha says, "I love these beach themed papers and embellies! I couldn't find a birthday and beach picture but love this picture of my son's 15th birthday. I had fun playing with some simple embellishments and "dressing up" my layout."

MF Jody

Hello crafty friends! For Challenge #1 I am documenting all the family members that went on a Spring Break cruise. We were actually celebrating 2 birthdays, my oldest niece turned 20 and the youngest turned 10!

The Spritzed cut files were such a fun element to add. They make the blue ocean in the photo pop!

We had so much fun and made some great memories with such a big group! Hopefully we'll do it again soon!

MF Christine

Hello my scrappy peeps!!  I am documenting my daughter's 20th birthday since we spent time out of town in Houston and Galveston...so the beachy/travel papers seemed to fit perfectly.

My list is basically the things we did for her birthday (or I suppose we could say the vibes since that's the title!)  My color palette is a bit more muted than the inspiration kit, so you'll notice some softer blues and pinks.  My inspiration was more around the travel and beach, rather than the colors this time.  Huge shocker as usually the colors start my curation. 

MF Brandi

I decided to highlight a "birthday buddies" photo taken at my nephew's 2nd birthday party in 2022. We have a crew of four birthdays in just six days in my family (my sister, my son, my nephew & my sister-in-law) - I managed to capture a photo of the 4 of them together and knew it deserved a special spot in my album! The two little guys are actually less than 12 hours apart!

Now, let's see what we have lined up for the rest of this month:

• 18th March - Challenge #2
• 22nd March - Challenge #3 Sketch Challenge
• 24th March - Follower Showcase 
• 26th March - April Sneak Peek (on Instagram and the Facebook Community) 
• 28th March - Challenge #4 Baby, Use Those Scraps Challenge

We love to see what you are working on!  Drop in your projects to our Facebook Community Group and of course tag us on Instagram at #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcmarch2025

Remember to Make Every Day a Day Worth Scrapbooking!

March 2025 - Mini Kit and Project Reveal

Welcome back to the blog. Today is the day we share mini kits with you. If you are short on time, or if you have a specific project in mind, a mini kit can have you covered. Two of the team, Vikki and Laurie, are here to show off how they go mini.

As a reminder here is the inspiration We are working with this month.

A Beach Tale

MF Laurie

When I first saw this month's inspiration kit, I knew it would be perfect to scrap photos from a trip to Hawaii in 1988. Yes! I said 1988! I know you all have older photos you haven't scrapped, maybe not as old as mine, but we all have them. I loved the tropical feel/ Here are the papers I chose.

These are the embellishments.

Here is my first layout. I made by flowers with stamps and Distressed Oxide inks.

Layout number two is a double page spread.

MF Vikki

I went super mini with the kit this month.  I didn't have beach photos to scrapbook, so I pulled my kit from the colors in the inspiration kit. My kit consisted of four full sheets of paper, four pieces of scrap patterned paper, a few alphabet options, minimal embellishments and I couldn't forget enamel dots.

For my first layout, I made a page documenting my recent birthday.  By shrinking the photos, I was able to fit sixteen on the page.  A few simple embellishments and enamel dots finish off the page.

I was able to make a second layout with my mini kit this month.  I used the paper scraps for the backgrounds behind the photos and the scallop border.  I really loved the colors of the kit this month and it was perfect to document a breakfast date with my bestie.

Now, let's see what we have lined up for the rest of this month:

• 12th March - Challenge #1 
• 18th March - Challenge #2
• 22nd March - Challenge #3 Sketch Challenge
• 24th March - Follower Showcase 
• 26th March - April Sneak Peek (on Instagram and the Facebook Community) 
• 28th March - Challenge #4 Baby, Use Those Scraps Challenge

We love to see what you are working on!  Drop in your projects to our Facebook Community Group and of course tag us on Instagram at #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcmarch2025

Remember to Make Every Day a Day Worth Scrapbooking!

March 2025 Forgeries on the Fourth

                 

Today is the day when our Master Forgers share the forgeries they have created for the month of March. First, let me remind you of our inspiration kit, 

A Beach Tale

MF Misty

She took several ideas from this kit and created her own elements. Starting with those woodgrain phrase banners. These are not banner shape, but they work.

She used her new obsession, hot foiling, to create these elements. While she had her foil machine out, she also made an alphabet set. If you look really closely at that top inspiration picture, there is a big letter A in multicolor with sparkles. She wanted to capture the color and shine!

Here is the project that most excited her: creating paper Plumeria flowers. From soft and mild to bold and colorful. These will brighten up any layout.

MF Ryann found this example on the kit website really inspiring.  Despite the fact that the image shown here is a digital kit, she really wanted to make something with the feel of the die cut style image here.  She used her Cricut and put this cut file together.

 

Master Forger Tara pulled out her dies and created some embellishments based upon the embellishments in the digital kit.  She matched the colors in her own kit which are slightly different than the inspiration kit colors but they really are close.  Here are the images from the inspiration kit that she used to create her embellishments.

 

 

 

 

 

Here's her dies that she used.  They are from Hip Kit (palm tree) and Arden Creative Studio:

 

 

 

Here's the embellishments completed:

 

 

Now, let's see what we have lined up for the rest of this month:

• 6th  March - Mini Kit and Project Reveal 
• 12th March - Challenge #1 
• 18th March - Challenge #2
• 22nd March - Challenge #3 Sketch Challenge
• 24th March - Follower Showcase 
• 26th March - April Sneak Peek (on Instagram and the Facebook Community) 
• 28th March - Challenge #4 Baby, Use Those Scraps Challenge

We love to see what you are working on!  Drop in your projects to our Facebook Community Group and of course tag us on Instagram at #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcmarch2025

Remember to Make Every Day a Day Worth Scrapbooking!