Counterfeit Kit Challenge: July 2024 - Inspiration Kit Reveal and Social Media Hop

Sunday, June 30, 2024

July 2024 - Inspiration Kit Reveal and Social Media Hop

Hello and Happy July! Master Forger Ryann here! I am so excited to be your host this month.

For this month's inspiration kit, I have chosen Moonlit Collection by Traci Reed. I chose this kit because July is full of summer nights and celebrations for so many of us.

It is delights of color, even in the dark - which I love - and I hope you do too.

There are so many evening activities in the summer - camping and stargazing, fireworks for some, and camp fires, singing around them, s'mores, sunsets, and fireflies - to name a few!

Here's a look at what we get to work with.

Now I would like to introduce you to our Guest Designer for July, Lacy Stockton.

"Hi, I’m Lacy Stockton and I live in a boy’s world, married to my playful husband and we share three beautiful boys, plus my “Baby,” Zuko (our Boston Terrier) and only other female influence, a tabby cat named Paisley. I began scrapbooking in 1998 when I purchased an idea magazine and scrap lifted every layout from the book, starting my passion for the creative, hands-on art of documenting life. Currently, I am primarily a Creative Memories scrapper, as I love the coordinating collections, but have years’ worth of supplies that mostly remained stored until I was introduced to this group. I am really enjoying reinventing a purpose in old supplies and combining it in ways I wouldn’t put together otherwise through the inspiration kits. I love being involved in the challenges as I am a list maker/checker, and the challenges feel like assignments giving me criteria to complete. I’ve only been involved for a few months and already have been excited to create layouts with old supplies that have happily found a home in a scrapbook. I look forward to a well themed event to assure a more scrapbook content, and it’s very common for me to take a photo knowing something will match scrapbook paper I already own. This is a photo from my “Clue” birthday party when I dressed as Mrs. White."

Let's take a look at Lacy's kit. She has this to say; "This kit was easy to feel inspired by the bold colors and fun summer ascents. When I think of summer fun, I usually think of the bright colors of sunny activities but truly the best part of summer is being able to stay out and extend a day with family into the evenings. I'm in the process of scrapbooking a family trip to Las Vegas where the days blended into nights with city lights and things to see at every corner. I feel the colors will play into my Vegas vacation of swaying palm trees and exploring the hotels of the main strip."