November 2025 - Mini Kit & Project Reveal

 Short on time or just prefer a smaller selection of supplies? Today's post is all about the mini kits! Christine & Tina have some beautiful inspiration to share today, but first a reminder of our monthly kit - October Glow by Cocoa Daisy. 

Master Forger Christine

I got so excited about this kit!  The inspiration kit was just beautiful.  I had some goodies on hand to make up my mini kit so I was ready to get going.

And I got so excited I forgot to take pictures of the mini kit before I started working.  (facepalm emoji!)

Thankfully, I did record a video for my YouTube channel which you can watch here.

So the pictures below are screenshots of my video where you can see some of the elements.  The papers mostly came from a Simple Stories collection but I pulled in some stickers from an old BoBunny set.  

The first layout I used a really old Reminisce paper.  It seemed to go perfectly with these fun pictures of my son-in-law playing with our dogs.  The green diagonal stripe was out of that Simple Stories collection and I snagged a couple of stickers from the BoBunny sticker sheet.  I also fussy cut some tickets from one of the papers. Oh and I framed the layout with a scrap piece of black cardstock.

The second layout was easy, peasy.  This paper was printed with all these yummy layers.  So all I had to add was the photos, a title, and journaling spots.  

The last layout I went all-in on the layering.  I pulled a piece of BoBunny noteworthy, fussy cut even more tickets and flipped one of the ephemera over that I liked the shape of for a journaling spot.  I also pulled in some rub-ons for the hearts.

Here are all 3 layouts together.  I was really pleased to get these fall photos documented with this gorgeous mini kit!

Master Forger Tina

 

It was a beautiful kit to forge this month, making a mini kit of it was fun too. I enjoyed the fall vibe of the inspiration and was able to pull this little Fall kit together. 15 papers is a small kit for me :)

A nice mix of fall colors and favorites, I didn't use everything, but I used quite a bit and waiting on photos for the pumpkin stuff in the kit. 

The chosen papers, made for some fun layouts.

 

My 1st layout and some of the elements for my layouts came from a game we were playing at a crop retreat. Knew when I got the bubbles challenge I was doing the fish I saw at the boat ride I was on. 

This layout features the boat ride I took and the beginning of the fall foliage taking place too, the warm temps this year didn't bring on the fall color as soon as it normally does. The title for the layout came about from the game we were playing at the crop. 

The fun walk I took before heading home that day. Had to add a vintage element to the layout and the doily with walnut stain was perfect addition to this. The railroad bridge was a very vintage. I even added some of the ribbon from the giveaway bag I made for the girls. 

The challenge for this one was to use a number dominantly on the layout. Easy peasy as I was able to title it with the mileage of walking I got done with this walk, added the one old railroad marker that had a number on it too. 

4 fun layouts out of this kit and I have a few papers left to play around with the challenges yet this month. You can see more pictures of my kit at my blog 

 

Here's a look ahead at what we've got coming up in November!

• 12th November - Challenge #1 - Tickets, Tags & Library Cards 
• 18th November - Challenge #2 - Thankful, Grateful & Blessed 
• 22nd November - Sketch Challenge - Single Page, Two Photos 
• 30th November - Baby, Use Those Scraps Challenge 

We would love to see what you create this month! Join our Facebook Group or tag us on Instagram! Find us @counterfeitkitchallenge or use the hash tags #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcnovember2025. 

Happy Scrapping! 

*Brandi*