September 2026 Just the Gist of it

 Master Forger Tina here with you to try and break down this kit for you. Here you'll find more pictures of this kit. 

 Here is a reminder what our inspiration kit looks like!

This kit provides so many fun destination items for a trip that involves many things. Lets first look at the papers. There is a variety of colors and patterns too. So just about anything would work, just need to add a few trip theme papers and you would have the perfect kit for any trip. The pocket cards can bring in more extra details for the type of trip it is without including all the papers. The black and white letters bring in the bold fun ways to express the fun of the trip! Add vacation phrases through colorful word art to add a nice touch leaving to bold to the black and white letters. The diecuts are what brings the trip collection to actually being a trip collection adding all the things! Cameras, compass, transportation icons, globes, mountains, buildings, binoculars and geotags. Then add some generic icons to for the fluff needed for clusters: flowers, stars and fun phrase stickers too. That's it.... that is what really makes up a fun trip kit and can be any color or any transportation to work. 

I look forward to seeing what your kit looks like and what you create with it.  

• 4th - Forgeries on the Fourth
• 6th - Mini Kit and Project Reveal
• 12th - Challenge #1: Ready, Set, Explore!
• 18th - Challenge #2: Travels Documented
• 22nd - Challenge #3: Let's Get Sketchy
• 30th - Baby Use Those Scraps

We'd love to see what you create! Share your projects in the Counterfeit Kit Community on Facebook or tag us on Instagram @counterfeitkitchallenge.  #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcSeptember2026

Happy Scraping! Tina

 

September 2026 - Inspiration Kit Reveal and Social Media Hop

 Hello and welcome to the 1st of the month Inspiration Kit Reveal for September! Tina here for this month's hosting duties. I recently was on an awesome vacation and wanted to scrap some of it in September so was blessed that a friend pointed out this kit for me and new it was perfect for this month's inspiration  This month we are using a kit from Traci Reed called Story Foundations:  Destinations.  Let me share the kit with you.

Here's our Guest Designer:

 

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

 Here is my kit. I admit; I have gone rogue!
Usually the colors inspire me the most; this time it's the pattern the most :-)

I don't have any travel photos to scrap but will make it work for me in other ways.

In the paper pad I have one full sheet of each left + some small scraps. I do have some embellishments and stickers left as well. But I have added a lot of other things from my stash that I would love to get use of too. 

Such an awesome kit Karin!

 

Inspiration Hop Line Up: 

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

Here's what we have coming up this month:

• 2nd - Just the Gist of It
• 4th - Forgeries on the Fourth
• 6th - Mini Kit and Project Reveal
• 12th - Challenge #1: Ready, Set, Explore!
• 18th - Challenge #2: Travel's Documented
• 22nd - Challenge #3: Let's Get Sketchy
• 30th - Baby Use Those Scraps

We'd love to see what you create! Share your projects in the Counterfeit Kit Community on Facebook or tag us on Instagram @counterfeitkitchallenge.  #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcSeptember2026

 

August 2026 Challenge #4 Baby Use Those Scraps!

Here is a reminder what our inspiration kit had in it!

One of my favourite challenges is always using up the last bits of papers that you have left! It is feels so successful in a kit when you use it up! This is what our Master Foragers came up with using up those scraps this month! 

Master Forager Amanda

Sometimes I use up my scraps as I go in the month, just leaving a little bit to play with, but NOT this month -- I have so many scraps left to play with! 

One of the things I love to do when playing with scraps, is looking at other challenges to incorporate to make using them up easier! When looking through challenges, I look for inspiration that I can easily use some of the scraps I have up. Today I used a sketch from Stick It Down, and a weekly grab 5 challenge from the 100 pattern paper challenge. 

Using dies makes using your scraps easy and fun! And I really love how that pink ink is in the striped paper! 

I did sneak the heart stamps and the word stickers from out of my stash. 

The alpha stamp and the 1, 2,3 postage stamps make a great title, as these were the kids' top three DC characters at that time! For a little more texture - I added two ribbon bows! 

I really love how this page turned out -- you can see the process up on my channel.

We'd love to see what you create! Share your projects in the Counterfeit Kit Community on Facebook or tag us on Instagram @counterfeitkitchallenge.  #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcAugust2026

I can't wait to see what you come up with - I hope you will play along with your scraps!  

Thanks for playing along in August -- Master Forager Tina is up next for September! Come back on September 1st for the inspiration reveal and share! 

Happy Scrapping!  XO Amanda Bass 

August 2026 Challenge #3 - Let's Get Sketchy

Here is a reminder what our inspiration kit had in it!

Your challenge for Let's Get Sketchy - is a sketch that I made -- I hope you have lots of fun with this sketch!

Guest Designer: Sarah 

Sarah stayed pretty close to the sketch with her layout! From using a border punch around the matting elements to using some fruit and even the smile title! What a super cute layout!

Master Forager Ryann

 Master Forager Ryann wanted an excuse to use the little orange shaker box she had made years ago that was still sitting in her stash.  The food table and all the fruit included in her son's luau birthday party seemed like a fun opportunity to use up some of the food items from her kit!

Master Forager Tina

Master Forger Tina used those wood frames in her kit to mimic the Polaroid frames in the sketch for this layout

Here's what we have coming up this month:

• 30th - Baby Use Those Scraps

We'd love to see what you create! Share your projects in the Counterfeit Kit Community on Facebook or tag us on Instagram @counterfeitkitchallenge.  #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcAugust2026

I can't wait to see what you come up with - I hope you will play along with your stash! 

Happy Scrapping!  XO Amanda Bass 

August 2026 - Challenge #2 Let's Get (a little) Messy!

 Our inspiration kit this month also had some spritz spray and some fabric trim, among other items that could be considered mixed media! 

Here is a reminder what our inspiration kit had in it!

Your challenge for Let's get (a little) Messy is to use some wet media (think spritz, splatters, inks, paste) and some fabric (trim, lace, ribbon, fabric square) on your layout! I always love some messy play with some of my layouts each  month -- you don't have to get super messy -- just a little messy will do! 

Guest Designer Sarah R

For For my layout I used one of the Vicki Boutin titles in my kit as a mask spraying Distress Spritz - this means I can use the cardboard title on another layout.

I’ve used the papers, a few odds and ends from ephemera and pompom trim that I put in my kit, which co-ordinate with the colours in the photo of my granddaughter.

Master Forger Amanda

I had a lot of fun creating this layout of my youngest and myself at the zoo at the butterfly garden.  The 49&Market paper from Nature's Haven was perfect to use on this along with some of the embellishments from the kit.  Since the challenge was to get a little messy, I used my heart stencil and Festive Berry Oxide and then some cream paste through a different stencil to add some texture. 

 The white flowers that I added is a fabric trim meant for sewing.  Lastly, I added some Nuevo drops to add some more mixed media and some glossy texture to the page. 

Here is the page all completed together, I love how the extra blends well with what was on the pattern paper, but adds additional texture and interest to the page! 

My process can be seen here: https://youtu.be/9vnrs26H0UE

Master Forger Briana

I started with texture paste and a Vicki Boutin stencil. This is actually my favorite stencil, and I've only used it a couple of times! I love polka dots, and this stencil is full of overlapping circles, so I'm not sure why I don't use it more often.

After adding the texture paste, I bordered the stenciled area with yellow pom-pom trim. I love the texture and little bit of whimsy it adds to the page.

Next came the experimenting. I took my regular watercolors and painted over the texture paste, hoping to mimic the colors of a sunset. I wasn't sure exactly how the watercolor would react with the texture paste, but I really liked the soft, imperfect effect it created.

I also pulled out some Vicki Boutin fiber paper, which was something I had never used before. I added it along the bottom of the page and painted over it with blue watercolor, hoping to give it the look of water. I love how the texture of the fiber paper adds another dimension to the page.

And since I was already playing with paint, I painted some clouds across the top of the page. Between the clouds, sunset colors, and blue “water,” the mixed media helped create a little beach scene around the photos.

The photos are of my husband and me on our Florida vacation in 2025. I used a clear “Sun & Sand” sticker for the title, which seemed like the perfect finishing touch.

I'm also getting to the point where I'm running out of embellishments from my August Counterfeit Kit, so instead of reaching for another collection, I stamped my own florals. I added sequins to the centers of the flowers for a little sparkle.

And then I stopped.

There was already quite a bit happening on this page between the texture paste, stencil, watercolor, fiber paper, painted clouds, pom-pom trim, stamped flowers and sequins. I didn't want to keep adding just for the sake of adding. The mixed media had already created so much texture and interest that I felt the page didn't need much more.  I definitely got a little messy with this one—and I had fun doing it!

My Process Video:  https://youtu.be/mbVsD2mx8EY

Master Forger Shala

Shala met the challenge by adding some splatter in multiple colors on the background paper, and added some ribbon up the sides!

Here's what we have coming up this month:

• 22nd - Challenge #3: Let's Get Sketchy
• 30th - Baby Use Those Scraps

We'd love to see what you create! Share your projects in the Counterfeit Kit Community on Facebook or tag us on Instagram @counterfeitkitchallenge.  #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcAugust2026

I can't wait to see what you come up with - I hope you will play along with your stash! 

Happy Scrapping!  XO Amanda Bass