Vacation LO for a Counterfeit Kit Challenge

 Good morning and welcome to my blog. It's time for the 1st challenge of the month at Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog and Christine has a fun challenge for us.

Challenge #1: Summer Soundtrack

Create a layout inspired by a song that reminds you of summer.

Challenge Requirements:

• Include the title of a song somewhere on your page.
• Use at least 3 bold or bright colors.
• Add something that represents movement (waves, sun rays, flowing banners, splatters, stitching, etc.).

When I think about summer, I immediately think about music. Certain songs can instantly transport me to a specific place or memory:  a family road trip, a day at the lake, a favorite vacation, a concert, or even a simple moment spent with friends and family.

That's the magic of music. It becomes part of our stories.

For this challenge, I want you to think about the songs that make you smile when they come on the radio. Maybe it's a classic summer anthem, a song that played during a special vacation, or a tune that reminds you of someone you love. Use that memory as the inspiration for your layout.

Anything by the Go-Gos brings a smile to my face so it was an easy choice to use one of their songs for this challenge and Vacation from 1982 was the right choice for this layout: 

For my inspiration I'm playing along with Off the Board this month a fun hop that Crystal Barrett came up with for us to use our pins on Pinterest. So today is Sunday and that is Sketch day so this is the sketch I chose for my inspiration 

Thank you for stopping by today and seeing what I'm up to in my little corner of the world. I hope you join us over at Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog for this fun challenge.   

CKC - July 2026 Kit Reveal - Rock On!

 Hey hey it's July! Welcome to a new month of scrapping with a new Counterfeit Kit. Christine is our host this month and she chose a Rockin kit for inspiration 

I'm excited to be your Master Forger this month, and I think you're going to love the inspiration kit I chose.  For July, we're taking inspiration from the Crescendo Deluxe Theme Kit from Not Just For Boys Kit Club.

Here is my kit for July:

Rock On!

My papers: 

I followed the papers in the kit pretty close. Close up: 

So glad I had that same stamp set! Got out all my Bro & Co. embellishments 

Brought in some new flair I got and some Pinkfresh Studio embellishments too. 

A  bunch of fun cutfiles and some music theme stickers too. 

More stickers and a cool stencil too :) I'm looking forward to scrapping a few of my music pictures with this fun kit. 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 - http://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com/
• Guest Designer - Rona Mallard - https://www.youtube.com/@ronamallard8547
• Amanda - https://youtube.com/@amandacreates1980
• 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/
• Christine - https://www.youtube.com/@ScrappingHarden
• Vikki - https://www.instagram.com/memoriesandmomentsscrapbooking/
• Briana - https://www.youtube.com/@lovemylifeonpaper
• Shala - https://www.youtube.com/@Bookishshala
• Tina -  https://tinasscrapcorner.blogspot.com/

A Beautiful Day LO for a Sketch n Scrap challenge

 Good Morning and welcome to my blog. We are currently in a heatwave and I've been loving it when I can get out in it, work has been crazy busy too! Today is another throw back sketch over at Sketch and Scrap blog. I chose to do sketch #179 for my layout inspiration. 

Isn't this a cool sketch! I love that it has that one focal embellishment and that had me thinking a cutfile would be perfect. So playing along with Cutfile Craze today too. 

I used my current Counterfeit kit for the background paper and scraps from my 100 pattern paper challenge for the rest playing along with week 21 challenge there too. A fall foliage Riverboat ride. The foliage is just starting to come into color. 

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 - June 2026 Kit Reveal - Summer Vibes

Good morning! Happy June! Welcome back to my blog, still busy busy busy lately with work so not got to enjoy the weather as much as I would have liked last month. It's the 1st so that means it's a new month and a new kit to counterfeit. You'll find the hop list at the end of the post :) We have 2 new forgers so please check them out and give them some love too! Our guest forger this month is Lisa Cuneo, she is one of our regular CKC players from our Facebook group.

Master Forger Ryann has decided on a very colorful it for June, perfect for the start of Summer!  

Let's kick off the month with our inspiration... the Color Me Happy kit. This kit includes such a wide range of colors that you can draw inspiration from nearly any part of the spectrum.

This hybrid kit is filled with a variety of elements designed to inspire your creativity and spark your own unique ideas.  Whether you use stamps, ink pads, or even some scrap ribbon from your stash, I think you can find something fun to counterfeit this month!
 Let's take a look.

Here is my kit for June:

Summer Vibes' 

I was drawn to some older 49 & Market collections from the inspiration. I really thought I would go with one of the newer collections but when I took a second look I thought these would be great too. So I'm combining Alena, Kaleidoscope and Inkwell collections to make up my Summer Vibes kit. 

The papers I choose to play with, not sure of the pictures yet with all those blues a recent bus trip to Niagara Falls might just work! 

I brought in the yellows with the project life cards. 

Closeup of some of the fun embellishments I brought in too. 

Lots of goodness in this picture too. 

 

That's it that's my kit for this month :) I'm looking forward to playing with the kit and this month is Christy's Beautiful life 30 days of sketches series 22! 

Here is the inspiration hop lineup:

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

• Guest Designer - Lisa Cuneo - https://www.youtube.com/@lisacuneo 

• Christine - https://www.youtube.com/@ScrappingHarden
• 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 - Mommie_rn@yahoo.com