March 2026 - Just The Gist Of It

OK, so you've seen the Inspiration Kit for this month and now you are wondering what to do next?  Or how to shop your stash?  This is the post for YOU!  Let me remind you of the March Inspiration Kit first:

Cocoa Daisy February 2026 Kit - Inklings

 

The very first thing that I do when I am shopping my stash to curate one of my kits is to look at the papers in the Inspiration Kit.  Do I have anything from that collection?  If not, do I have things that are similar.  Since I do not own this kit, I will have to dig in deeply to curate my kit this month.  Here's the papers from the Inspiration Kit as a reminder:

 

The paper that caught my eyes first is in the middle row, far right. I know that I have a piece of 49 & Market's Spectrum Gardenia, which is similar.  So, I'll grab that piece first.  

From here, I just started adding papers that I thought would work with this one and kind of go with the Inspiration Kit.  My kit isn't an exact match, but I am happy with my selections.

Here's my papers:

I included a mish mash of papers from various designers!  I have two papers that I forged for my kit, three papers from Cocoa Daisy, two papers from Spectrum Gardenia (49 & Market), two papers from Hip Kit Club, and two papers from Vicki Boutin. 

Here's my scraps and a mini paper pad that I included in my kit: 

 

 The scraps are from creating my forgeries and the mini paper pad is from Vicki Boutin's Print Shop.

Here's my embellishments: 

These embellishments came from Spectrum Gardenia, Discover & Create (from my February kit), Bramble Fox Perspectives, Print Shop, and Hip Kit. 

My kit is a mixture of pure color and joy!  I am very happy with how this kit came out and I hope my choices help inspire you to go digging into your stash for color and joy for your own kit!  

Here's what we have in store for you this month:

• March 4th - Forgeries on the Fourth
• March 6th - Mini Kit and Project Reveal
• March 12th - Challenge #1
• March18th - Challenge #2
• March 22nd - Challenge #3 Let’s Get Sketchy
• March 28th - July Sneak Peek(FB Community & Instagram)
• March 30th - Baby Use Those Scraps

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 #ckcfeb2026  

Master Forger Tara

 

March 2026 - Inspiration Kit Reveal and Social Media Hop!

  Welcome to March and the Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog where we pick a kit that inspires us to shop our own stash and curate a similar kit.  Our goal here at CKCB is to help us to use our stash rather than to continue to add to it!  Of course, that's easier said than done with all of the deliciousness that's available for us to purchase!   HAHA!  This month, I am in charge of the blog and I have chosen a fun kit from Cocoa Daisy.  This is their February 2026 kit, Inklings, and it is full of deliciousness!  Let's share some photos of this kit with you:

This is an overview of the whole kit!

 

Close-ups of the patterned papers!

Close-ups of some of the stickers in the kit!

 

 

This is such a fun, artsy kit and I really wish I could have gotten the kit myself!  HAHAHA!!!  

 

I would also like to introduce you to our Guest Designer for the month of March!  Please say hello to Neyla!  I have included her bio below her photo:

 

Hi, crafty friends! My name is Nelya, I’m originally from Ukraine. I’m a mommy of 4; I mostly got into it after having our first baby. My style has definitely evolved since then! I love to glean inspiration from other crafters; I think that’s how I was able to grow so much. I like to start a layout in different ways. Sometimes photos, sometimes a product that I want to use or use up, sometimes a sketch or challenge… I love to join in challenges! I’ve also focused more of my attention on journaling and story telling rather than a photo itself. Everyday moments are my favorite to document. I love to hear stories from my childhood, and want to make sure my kiddos have that too. I scrap in a variety of sizes: 12x12, 8.5x11, 6x8, and TN - as well as an occasional pocket page in any of those sizes! Last year I achieved some crafty goals like being featured in a magazine and being on a Design Team, and recently I was on the Scrapbook Your Way podcast! This taught me that having dreams/ setting goals is worthwhile. If anyone is interested in following me on Instagram or YouTube here are my links:

 

https://www.instagram.com/nelliepickles_crafts/

 

 https://youtube.com/@nelyal181?si=YVxCd2mJLdN22liU 

Here's a couple of photos of Neyla's kit for March:

Neyla's papers which include mini paper pads

Neyla's embellishments which include several she would like to use up this month!

 Make sure you check out our social media hop to see what the Guest Designer and other Master Forgers have to say about each of their kits!!! 

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

Here's what we have in store for you this month:

• March 2nd - Just the Gist of It
• March 4th - Forgeries on the Fourth
• March 6th - Mini Kit and Project Reveal
• March 12th - Challenge #1
• March18th - Challenge #2
• March 22nd - Challenge #3 Let’s Get Sketchy
• March 28th - July Sneak Peek(FB Community & Instagram)
• March 30th - Baby Use Those Scraps

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 #ckcfeb2026 

 

As always, thank you for stopping by our blog!  

 

Master Forger Tara

February 2026 Challenge #4 Baby Use those Scraps

 I know if you have been creating as much as I have been this month, you have a pile of scraps to use!! Challenge 4 is always using your scraps on the Counterfeit Kit Challenge! Scraps have an annoying habit of building up if you don't use them -- so this is a great challenge to do some more stash-busting, but now with the smaller pieces that you have collected over the month!

As the last day of February, here is one more reminder of what our inspiration was for this month! The Scrap Room's Flavor of the Month and embellishment kits from January 2024.

Let's see what our Master Forgers created with their scraps! 

MF Ryann has had this circle cut away in her stash for at least a year.  When she put her kit together, she decided this needed to get used up!  What better way than to use it on a Scrap Challenge?!?

MF JoJo

MF JoJo used her scraps to make this fun layout and she made it match her sketch challenge by using the scraps from that challenge.

MF Amanda 

I decided to use the larger blue and white scrap as a base on the black and then used some smaller strips and the dark blue pattern paper to mat my photos - this came together super quick, and made it so some of those very small pieces were strategically used, and not put in the recycling bin! My process is on my channel. 

• Come back tomorrow,  March 1st for our Kit Reveal and Hop!! 

The Master Forgers love to see what you create.  Share on our Facebook Community Find us on Instagram @counterfeitkitchallenge and tag us in your posts #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcfebruary2026.

Thanks for playing along with us this month, and with my first time hosting the blog 

 I hope you were inspired! 

Happy Scrapping!

Amanda Bass

February 2026 Challenge #3 Let's Get Sketchy!

Here is a reminder of the kit we are counterfeiting this month - The Scrap Room's Flavor of the Month and embellishment kits from January 2024.

 

Next up for Challenges in February is a Sketch Challenge!  Our Guest Designer, Kathy, made the Sketch for us to use this month!  Do you like using sketches?? I love them -- you can take just one small piece of a sketch or the entirety of the sketch and create something completely different than someone else, and sometimes not even realize that  it was from the same sketch!  Flip, rotate, shrink or stretch a sketch to make it work for you!  Don't have a banner to use -- add something else or delete it altogether! Use a sketch as a jumping off point -- or if you are new to scrapbooking use it like a recipe to create something! Let's see how our Master Forgers have adapted the sketch for their memory keeping! 

Guest Forager Kathy Price

Kathy created a layout using her sketch. She has a lot of little details on her page such as the doodled stitching and a fun circle wood veneer title!  Kathy shows that you can mix and match patterns and have a great layout!   Be sure to follow her on Instagram and YouTube!

MF Brandi

MF Tina

MF Amanda 

I tried to stay pretty close to Kathy's sketch this month and used up some of my gorgeous winter papers, and even made a couple of  penguins with my metal dies! 

Look at those blue eyes! At that penguin! 

If you want to see the process it is here.

We have a full month of inspiration and challenges.  See you back here on the 28th to see how the Master Forgers use up their scraps! 

• 27th February- March Sneak Peak (In Facebook Community) 
• 28th February- Baby, Use Those Scraps 

The Master Forgers love to see what you create.  Share on our Facebook Community Find us on Instagram @counterfeitkitchallenge and tag us in your posts #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcfebruary2026.

Happy Scrapping!

Amanda Bass

February 2026 Challenge #2 Birthday Blessings!

 Hey - welcome back for our second challenge! Birthday Blessings -it's my birthday month and I want to Celebrate! For this challenge, make sure your document a birthday tradition in your house! Do you do cake and candles? Presents? Get to choose the meal? Something else creatively different? Show us a tradition that you do to celebrate yours or someone else's birthday! 

As a reminder this is the kit we are counterfeiting this month -- from The Scrap Room's Flavor of the Month and embellishment kits from January 2024.

MF Misty

Misty has a tradition of creating slideshows for the birthday person and she documents her latest efforts in this layout.

MF Tara
 
 I am sharing a layout I created celebrating my husband's 48th birthday.  I made his birthday special that year by making him a pumpkin pie instead of cake for his birthday.  Pumpkin pie is his favorite and with his birthday being so close to Thanksgiving, it was an easy choice to celebrate him.

 

 

I didn't have birthday related items in my kit this month, so I made some rosettes from the papers in my kit with a die that I have. I also used my Cameo to cut some balloons out of my patterned papers and a title from orange cardstock.  I did dig into my stash for a matching alpha to finish off my title and add the number 48 to the layout as well.   

MF Vikki

One tradition that I've done since my son was born was taking his birthday photo.  This has proven difficult in some years because he's not one for having his picture taken.  Luckily he was agreeable this year.

We have a full month of inspiration and challenges.  See you back here on the 22nd for the Sketch Challenge! 

 

• 22nd February- Sketch Challenge from our Guest Designer - Kathy!   
• 27th February- March Sneak Peak (In Facebook Community) 
• 28th February- Baby, Use Those Scraps 

The Master Forgers love to see what you create.  Share on our Facebook Community Find us on Instagram @counterfeitkitchallenge and tag us in your posts #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcfebruary2026.

Happy Scrapping!

Amanda Bass

February 2026 - Challenge #1 10 Things I love about....

 I hope you are enjoying playing along with the inspiration  The Scrap Room's Flavor of the Month and embellishment kits from January 2024 this month! 

When choosing the first challenge this month - I was inspired by that it is almost Valentines day -- but instead of doing the quintessential challenge of memory keeping a romantic love -- I challenge you to take it further -- what are the 10 things that you love about them? Don't have a romantic somebody -- no biggie!! What are 10 things you love about your kid, or dog, or your hobby or even yourself?  

Let's see 10 things you love about someone or something!! 

Guest Forger Kathy Price

Kathy put together this wonderful page about the 10 things she loves about being an educator! She has some beautiful layers, some doodling around her journaling and a great picture of herself!  Be sure to follow her on Instagram and YouTube!

 

MF Julene

Master Forger Julene has used her trip to Costa Rica as inspiration.

MF Amanda

I decided to use 10 random photos about 10 different things that I love about my husband. It ends up be represented by both photos and journaling today! You can see the process here: https://youtu.be/JV6AALmNSAg 

We have a full month of inspiration and challenges.  See you back here on the 18th for our second challenge - Birthday Blessings! 

• 18th February- Challenge #2 - Birthday Blessings - create a birthday themed layout that focuses on a birthday tradition
• 22nd February- Sketch Challenge from our Guest Designer - Kathy!   
• 27th February- March Sneak Peak (In Facebook Community) 
• 28th February- Baby, Use Those Scraps 

The Master Forgers love to see what you create.  Share on our Facebook Community Find us on Instagram @counterfeitkitchallenge and tag us in your posts #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcfebruary2026.

Happy Scrapping!

Amanda Bass