November 2025 - Challenge #2 - Thankful, Grateful & Blessed

Welcome to our second challenge for November! Before we get into the challenge details, let's take a look at our monthly inspiration kit again - October Glow by Cocoa Daisy 

Here in the USA, November is a time to show thanks for the wonderful things in your life. So, create a layout featuring ANYTHING you feel thankful for. Please include at least one of these words on your page/title: thankful, grateful, blessed (or any variation of them) 

Master Forger Misty

Misty had the perfect story to go with this prompt. Using the word Thankful was just what she needed for her title.

MF Ryann

Ryann has been lifelong friends with these two ladies, and she couldn't be more grateful for that friendship!  These large poster photos in the background were taken by her dad when she and her friends were little.  Then they took pictures in front of them last year when they were all together - about 45 years from the first photos!  

MF Amanda

Amanda decided to document a favorite place her family visits as she feels so very blessed to be able to live near such beauty.  One large photo that is minimally embellished leaves the focus on the beautiful scenery. 

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

• 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* 

November 2025 - Challenge #1 - Tickets, Tags & Cards

 Welcome to our first challenge for November! Before we get into the challenge details, let's take a look at our monthly inspiration kit again - October Glow by Cocoa Daisy

One of the things that stuck out to me in the inspiration kit, were the variety of embellishment choices! I see tags, tickets and even a fun library card! Choose at least one of these elements to include on your project! 

Guest Designer Lisa 

Lisa used some tickets she forged using her stash! Here's some closeups and the full layout. 

Master Forger Brandi 

Tickets, especially the kind in the 49 & Market ephemera packs, are such fun clustering pieces! Check them out here! 

Master Forger Tara 

 

I had several tags and one library card in my kit-quite by accident since I built my kit before getting the information on the challenges!!  Good thing!  I layers tickets and the library card on my layout-some behind the photos and some in the upper left corner of my layout.  I added three detail shots of my layout as well, because I had included some clear mixed media stickers in my kit and I used one full sheet of them on this layout!  I did add some twine and a blue cardstock to mat my photos from my stash as well! 

 

 

Master Forger Amanda

I did not put a lot of cards, tickets or tags into my kit this time around - but I do have a tag punch that I decided that I could use this month - I used it both for white cardstock where I did my journaling, as well as I used some washi tape and punched the tags with that too! 

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

• 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* 

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* 

 

 

November 2025 - Forgeries on the Fourth

 

Welcome to Forgeries on the Fourth! Our monthly feature were our team of Master Forgers shares their ideas on how to truly "counterfeit" items inspired by our monthly kit! As a reminder, here is our kit for the month - October Glow by Cocoa Daisy

Master Forger Misty
She created three things to share this month.

First up, a piece of leafy paper. Not quite the same as the inspo, but a good substitute.

The tags in the kit had nice grids that could work well for journaling. She recreated those and then took a few extra to embellish further.

Finally she recreated some die cuts with mixed media paper and watercolor.

Master Forger Amanda

I created just a few leaves to go with my kit.  I used my Better Press Plate Autumn cheer with Tim Holtz's distress oxides in Rusty Hinge, Pealed Paint and Bundled Sage, to make these leaves.  

 I also used a very old to me leaf dies with some of my paper in the orange color from last month's kit that works perfectly with this month. 

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

• 6th November - Mini Kit & Project Reveal: A full-sized kit not your style? Or just short on time this month? The team shares ideas on a smaller-scale! 
• 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* 

November 2025 - Just the Gist of It

Whether its your first time building a kit or you're looking for a new approach, today's post is all about  how Master Forger Brandi built her November kit! 

Before we get into that, let's take another look at our inspiration kit, October Glow by Cocoa Daisy! 

Everyone has their own unique approach when it comes to building a kit from stash, for me, I almost always start with colors and theme. I knew I wanted to keep with the "October" theme, but I did want to bring in some more Halloween-y vibes as well, so I stretched my color palette a little and included black from those fun photo corners in the inspiration kit. Here's a mixed media color palette I'm using for November! 

I really love the warm-tones and almost water-color feel to the inspiration kit. I actually found quite a few newer kits in my stash that seemed to fit the mood I was going for - I pulled from PhotoPlay Paper's Autumn Junque and Halloween Junque; Harvest by Carta Bella; and finally, Curiosities of Willow Grove by Vicki Boutin for 49 & Market. Here's some close ups of some of those items. 

Next, I knew I wanted to try to bash some stash & use products I tend to forget about... so I pulled a lot of neutral alphas & some stencils to use this month. 

And finally, because I personally have a "I don't like putting things away" problem; I went through a ton of little bins I have around my space filled with bits & pieces from various kits I've made in the past. When I do this, I focus first on color, then theme. I love layering in all sorts of pieces as embellishments on my layouts and this method really ensures I have lots of options to use in my clusters! 

And after all of that, I have one gigantic, full of options, stash kit! I gave this one the name "Haunted Harvest" - isn't it fun?! 

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

• 4th November  - Forgeries on the Fourth: Using your own stash/tools to replicate products in the kit! 
• 6th November - Mini Kit & Project Reveal: A full-sized kit not your style? Or just short on time this month? The team shares ideas on a smaller-scale! 
• 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*