September 2026 - 1st Challenge - Ready, Set, Explore!

 Our inspiration kit this month has a bunch of words throughout it so this challenge came from there.

  Here is a reminder what our inspiration kit looks like!

 

Ready, Set, Explore! Challenge

These words were on one of the word art pieces in the inspirational kit. Use it in a fun way for your layout. Goal: Step outside your routine and discover something new.

Ready — Pick a place, activity, food, or experience you’ve never tried before.

Set — Give yourself a time limit and one small goal to accomplish.

Explore — Go discover it, take a photo, and share one thing you learned.

Let's see what the Master Forgers created for this fun challenge:

 

Guest Designer Master Forger Karin

I’ve been afraid of horses since I was a child. So when the neighboring farm got two adorable little foals last year, I never imagined I would actually dare to get close to them. But they were just too cute to resist! I got to pet them when they were tiny, and it’s still such a special little treat whenever I get the chance to say hello.

She used 2 of her forgeries on this layout.
 

 

 

Master Forger Amanda

 

My daughter had always been a little shy of bugs, and the thought of eating them was unreal to her -- but when we went to the Bug Zoo in Victoria, BC, Canada, we bought some Bug Pops to try. She is definitely trying (and overthinking) eating a bug even in a lollipop! I also scraplifted our fellow Master Forager, Briana Spors for this layout. You can see her original, and how mine came together in my process here. 

 Master Forger Shala

We took a trip with our county 4-H group in 2018 called WOW (Wonders of Washington). These pictures are of my two kids and me at Mt. Vernon. I scraplifted a layout shared on a Facebook group this summer and used the Ready, Set, Explore for my title.

 

• 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 - Mini Kits and Project Reveal

For the ones that don't like big huge kits but want to play along we are here to help :) 

 Here is a reminder what our inspiration kit looks like!

Our Mini kit curators this month are Master Forger Christine and Master Forger Vikki

 

Master Forger Christine

 

When I signed up for the Mini Kit for this month's Counterfeit Kit Challenge, I knew I wanted to keep things simple. Then I saw the inspiration kit and immediately noticed the travel theme. That sent me digging through my stash, and I remembered this Echo Park collection that had been sitting around waiting for the right photos.

 The collection is Echo Park's Born to Travel, which originally came from a June 2025 ScrapRoom kit. It wasn't an exact match to the inspiration kit, but it had the same general feeling—travel, adventure, bright colors, airplanes, maps, luggage and all the fun little details that make a travel collection fun to work with.

And, honestly, since it was already in my stash, it seemed like a pretty good excuse to finally use it!

Once I decided on the collection, I went looking for photos to match it. I landed on pictures from a 2011 trip to England. These photos have been waiting for a scrapbook home for a long time, so this challenge gave me the perfect reason to get them out of the photo box.

I ended up creating three layouts from the kit.

The first layout focuses on our visit to the Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway. I loved the larger "Adventure Awaits" piece from the collection, so I built the layout around it and used the plaid paper as a big grounding element. The little windmill, clouds and travel embellishments helped reinforce the whole adventure theme without making the page feel too busy.

 

The second layout is all about the journey. I used the colorful travel-themed patterned paper behind the photos and added the large "Trip of a Lifetime" embellishment as the focal point. The little airplane, Big Ben, hot air balloon and travel pieces were just too perfect not to use.

And then there was the third layout, which might be my favorite of the three. I used the orange camera paper as the background and paired it with the green patterned paper behind the photos. The large stack of luggage across the bottom made a great embellishment cluster and really helped tell the story of getting ready to head off on an adventure.

And Then There Was... What's Left?  After completing three layouts, I took another look at my kit.  Let's just say I was pretty successful at using it up. 

What remains is basically some stickers and two 4x6 cut-apart pieces.

 

 

Master Forger Vikki  

 Here's my mini kit for the month. I didn't really have any travel photos ready to scrapbook, so I tried to stay with the colors of the inspiration kit.  I created a neutral kit that could be used for anything.

For my first project, I made a 12x12 layout using the cutest hot air balloon paper.  I cut the paper into 1/2 inch strips and spaced them just a tad apart on the background paper.

I used a few different papers from my kit to mat the photos and to layer behind the photos.

For my second 12x12 layout, I stamped several images of flowers in various colors.  I then fussy cut them out and they turned out to be a great forgery.  I made a flower wreath around the photo, alternating the flowers with a circle die.  I really love how this turned out.  With all that fussy cutting, it was definitely a labor of love.

 

• 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 Scrapping! Tina

September 2026 - Forgery on the Fourth

 

 Today we show you ways to add to your kit items from the inspiration kit that you may not have in your stash. A fun way to include things is by creating it yourself. Here is a reminder what the inspiration kit looked like: 

 

Guest Master Forger Karin

 Here are my two forgeries for my kit. I used a stamp to make the cute signposts and dies to create my location pins. I had so much fun making these myself!

and these

So much fun created here for her kit.

 

Master Forger Tina 

She used her stamps also to create some journaling pieces and some icon pieces.

 

 

 

 We'll be back in two days with some Mini Kit inspiration. Stay tuned for that and much more.

• 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 Scrapping! Tina  

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