CKC - October 2026 Kit Reveal - Fall into Creativity

Good Morning and welcome to my blog. It's the 1st of October and that means it's time for a new inspiration kit reveal. Laurie is the host this month and has chosen a cool Fall collection for our inspiration. But first you should have arrived from Tara's blog looking forward to seeing what she put together. Our Guest Designer for this month is Jennifer Cain. You may know her as ScrappinCain on YouTube and Instagram.

It's me, Laurie,  I'm so excited to be your hostess this month as we take a look at a brand new inspiration kit and put our own creative spin on it. Let's take a look at the kit I've chosen. It's Simple Stories Pumpkins and Plaid. Click here for a better look.

Love the colors of this collection and all those plaids too! Here is my kit for October:

Fall into Creativity

The papers: 

I added some woodgrain too as well as those plaids. Some fall theme papers are included. Fall for me is all about nature as it is in Spring just with different colors. 

The wood veneer I chose quite a bit from my loose ones. 

Brought in some fun leaf gems 

A closeup of the acrylic titles I added to my kit and some laser cuts from 49&Market too 

Some fun diecuts I acquired from a past weekender. 

The last close up more acrylic titles, some more wood veneer and some more nature related diecuts.  

Thanks for stopping by, I'm last on the list so if you haven't catched any of the other hoppers check on the list below. Happy Scrapping!

Now it's time to see how everyone else interpreted this month's inspiration. Be sure to visit each stop on the hop and leave some love along the way.

 Inspiration Hop Line Up: 

• Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog - http://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com/
• Vikki -  https://www.instagram.com/memoriesandmomentsscrapbooking/
• JoJo - https://www.instagram.com/scrappyconfessions
• Laurie - https://www.instagram.com/scrapbookingbits/
• 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
• Jessica -  https://www.instagram.com/kids2scrap/

Teamwork LO for a Sketch n Scrap challenge

Welcome to my blog, today's layout is from a day in Colorado Springs when I was taken out for the day exxploring it.Today is the mid-sketch over at Sketch N Scrap, a throwback sketch, I chose this sketch for my layout inspiration: 

 I chose to rotate the sketch to work with my photos: 

I used a cutfile from Cutfile Confidence class for my title work along with 49&Market Campfire Memories and Simple Stories Here + There. This was a fun sketch to play with. 

Thanks for stopping by today to see what I created and can't wait to see what you create from this cool sketch over at Sketch N Scrap blog.

CKC - Spetember 2026 Kit Reveal - The Great Adventure

 Good Morning and welcome to my blog. It's the 1st of September and that means it's time for a new inspiration kit reveal. As I'm the host this month over at Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog and I knew that I wanted to do a travel kit to start on my Seattle and Alaska adventure so that lead me to my choice... But first you should have arrived from Tara's blog which is fitting as she pointed me to this month's inspiration kit. I want to welcome Karin as our guest forger this month she's a great member of our CKC facebook community. So let's see this month's inspiration: 

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.

 Isn't this kit amazing! I'm considering purchasing it. But for now I'll build something from my own stash: Here is my kit for September:

The Great Adventure!

This kit is packed full of all kinds of goodness! Let me try to break it all down

The Papers: 

approimately 60 papers in this kit some are cutaparts and will be used for that.

Pocket cards that are Alaska specific that a dear friend gifted me and received just in time to make it into my kit! 

Acrylic titles and a bunch of fun flair specific for Seattle and Alaska plus generic ones too. 

Cutfiles gifted to me from my roommate on this cruise! Looking forward to playing with those...

Closer look at the variety of things in this kit so many embellishments to play with and choose from. 

Close up of some older product and newer product and the colors just flow together. 

Close up 2 and that included cutapart sheet from the inspirational kit my roommate already bought and sent me some! 

The perfect way to end this is with the Best Summer Ever as I not had such a fun summer as I had with this trip in a looooooong time! Some fun wood veneer and I will be adding more throughout the month that are travel related. Thanks for stopping by, I'm last on the list so if you haven't catched any of the other hoppers check on the list below. Happy Scrapping!

Now it's time to see how everyone else interpreted this month's inspiration. Be sure to visit each stop on the hop and leave some love along the way.

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

 

Ho Ho Ho card for a Sketch N Scrap challenge

Good morning and welcome to my blog :) Made a Christmas card with one of the older sketches over at Sketch and Scrap can certainly be fun. First here is the sketch I chose: 

The card I made: 

Fun sketch to play with for a fast easy card. Used a scrap and some fun stickers for a very flat card.

Thanks for stopping by today to see what I created and can't wait to see what you create from this cool sketch over at Sketch N Scrap blog.    

Happy Hello LO for a Sketch n Scrap challenge

Welcome to my blog, today's layout is from a self-guided walk I did in 2023 of Milton, PA.Today is the mid-sketch over at Sketch N Scrap, a throwback sketch, I chose this sketch for my layout inspiration: 

I love the simplicity of this sketch for the photos I chose of a garden I saw there in downtown Milton. 

Using my current counterfeit kit for the layout too, lots of 49 & Market Nature's Haven used here. This garden was just the sweetest touch to the downtown area, a nice spot to sit and relax. 

 Thanks for stopping by today to see what I created and can't wait to see what you create from this cool sketch over at Sketch N Scrap blog.  

CKC - August 2026 Kit Reveal - Sweet and Juicy

 Hello August! Wow summer just flew by! and so is the year. We have a great kit inspiration choice from Master Forger Amanda this month. I'm following Ryann on the hop this month and excited to see what she put together for her kit. To see the hoppers just check the end of the post. Our guest Master Forger this month is Sarah R, who participates often in our community so check out our Facebook page to see what she pulled together. So here we go: 

 Amanda is our Master Forger host this month, and I think you're going to love her chosen inspiration kit. For August she choose a kit from a UK company called Crafty Templates, and their May/June kit have lots of summertime, fresh fruit fun, with some great tags, some sequence and some great mixed media goodies! 

https://www.craftytemplates.com/product-page/may-june-2026-embellishments-kit

https://www.craftytemplates.com/product-page/may-june-2026-main-kit

So much bright colors with this kit and all those fruits had me thinking what to pull and I came up this. Here is my kit for August:

Sweet and Juicy

So I knew I had Nature's Haven from 49&Market which had a bunch of strawberries in it so that was my first choice for this inspiration and I mashed that up with Kaleidoscope for the other brighter colors in the inspiration kit that I was missing. 

The papers from the 2 collections combine well. 

I grabbed an older cutfile collection for this month's scrapping and speaking of cutfiles there will be others coming into play as it's 31 days of cutfiles with MK and Janet.

The checked tissue paper, the watermelon slice and bugs plus the 2x2s also came in that cutfile kit. 

I didn't have the pompom ribbon, but I did grab this ribbon and trim that I felt suited the theme of the kit well. 

I want to make a dent in this chipboard this month too. Thanks for stopping by, I'm last on the list so if you haven't catched any of the other hoppers check on the list below. Happy Scrapping!

Now it's time to see how everyone else interpreted this month's inspiration. Be sure to visit each stop on the hop and leave some love along the way.

Inspiration Hop Line Up:

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

Guest Designer: 

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/

Tina - https://tinasscrapcorner.blogspot.com/

Vikki https://www.instagram.com/memoriesandmomentsscrapbooking/

Amanda - https://youtube.com/@amandacreates1980

Shala - https://www.youtube.com/@Bookishshala

Briana - https://www.youtube.com/@lovemylifeonpaper

Joy to the World card for a Sketch N Scrap challenge

 Good morning and welcome to my blog :) Made a Christmas card with one of the older sketches over at Sketch and Scrap can certainly be fun. First here is the sketch I chose: 

The card I made: 

I changed it up a wee bit with the torn edge but that was about it. Fun sketch to play with for a fast easy card. 

Thanks for stopping by today to see what I created and can't wait to see what you create from this cool sketch over at Sketch N Scrap blog.