Kramer Bridge LO for a Counterfeit Kit Challenge

Hello and welcome to my blog! Love doing the sketch challenge over at Counterfeit Kit Challenge and this month did not disappoint!  This month, Tara has us using the 30 Days of Sketches, Series 18, Day 22 sketch.  This sketch was created by Fatima Oliveira Avila.

Gotta love a 2 page sketch for those times you have a bunch of photos! 

I was inspired by the design of the sketch and used that for my background. Added a few more photos to the layout. Used some fun nature embellishments and words from my kit. The paper was perfect for the for the wood floor of the bridge inside the bridge. 

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.

Jingle All the Way 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:  

Perfect for one of those 3x4 cards that come with Christmas paper collections :) 

I cut down the 3x4 to where the writing and the decoration is added some ribbon for some glitter and using a tree I made last year for my Christmas card swap. Yes this is a fantastic sketch for a cute 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. 

So Happy Together LO for Sketch N Scrap challenge

Good morning and welcome to my blog. We been seeing lots of rain this Spring weather here in PA another rainy weekend it is. It would be great to see the sun out a bit on the weekends too, not just the week days. Today is another throw back sketch over at Sketch and Scrap blog. I chose to do sketch #107 from June 2016 for my layout inspiration. 

I love sketches that are multiphoto and pretty sure that is what drew me to this sketch.

 I added an extra photo to my layout. A day at Hershey PA with my sister this was right before we headed in Chocolate World. I used paper from my counterfeit kit and used the stickers I got from there in the Chocolate World along with the pressed penny for my embellishments.

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 2025 Kit Reveal - It's All Good

 Hey hey and welcome to my blog, it's the 1st of June and that means it's time for a new inspirational kit for us to counterfeit and make our own for the month. Counterfeit Kit Challenge kit to challenge us to look through our own stash and choose a kit to play with. 1st you should have arrived here from Tara's blog. I'm looking forward to checking out her kit and she's our hostess this month and she choose a fabulous kit for us to forge this month. But first I would like to welcome our guest Master Forger this month, MK Gunn. I've had the pleasure to meet MK in person for the first time at a retreat a long time ago, but recently enjoyed her company and her teaching at the 2 scrappy cruises I've been on this year and last year. She also is a the owner of Some Assemblage Required and creates some of the coolest wood veneer and acrylic out there for sale. We are so glad she joined us this month. 

This month, I, Master Forger Tara am in charge of the blog and I have chosen a fun kit from Not Just For Boys Kit Club.  I chose their August 2023 kit, "Intrinsic" Limitless Kit.  Here are a few photos of the kit. 

Main Kit

 

 

Love all the nature related elements in this kit :) Here is my kit for June:

It's All Good

I love the inspiration this month, perfect for all the Spring photos that I have taken lately :) 

The papers I pulled for this kit plus not shown are the few I had left over from last month's kit that works perfect for this month's inspiration. 

Close up of the Pinkfresh Studio Simply the Best embellishments which feature some of those natual elements and the colors of the kit. 

Close up of the chosen stencils, stamp and die cut set for this month which I have got them at MK's shop. Some 49&Market pieces in that picture too. 

Closeup of the bits and pieces from the kit, lots of frames, rainbows and wordy bits. 

Close of all those full icons bits lost of mushrooms and other nature bits and I found this specialty piece that had rainbows on it 

Found a few flair and some fun chipboard for the kit too.

Thanks for stopping by today and seeing what I'm up to in my little corner of the world. I'm last on the list of hoppers, if you missed any you can see the list below. We look forward to seeing what you come up with for the inspiration, your always welcome to post over at the CKC communly facebook group

 Make sure you check out the Social Media Hop below which includes a link to MK's YouTube channel where she'll share her kit.  Let's see what the other Master Forgers curated from their own stash!

 1st  - Counterfeit Kit Challenge Reveal and Hop 

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

• Guest Designer - MK Gunn  https://www.youtube.com/@SomeAssemblageRequiredMKGunn

• Brandi - https://www.instagram.com/scrappy.boymama/

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

• Jody - https://www.instagram.com/floppyearedfarm

• Julene - https://julenebydesign.blogspot.com/

• Laurie - https://www.instagram.com/scrapbookingbits/

• Misty - https://craftysoup.com/

• Ryann - https://www.instagram.com/scrapbookjoey/

• Tara - https://kryptonite72-rambles.blogspot.com/

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

See the World LO for Sketch N Scrap challenge

Good morning and welcome to my blog. We been seeing lots of rain, just about every day it's raining. It would be great to see the sun out a bit this weekend. Today is Birthday Bash 13 sketch #3 over at Sketch and Scrap blog. A fun sketch with lots of photos. 

Love everything about this sketch! So this is my creation:

Using my current counterfeit kit Gotta Get Away I scrapped the pictures I took of Galveston, TX on our way to the pier to get to the ship. It was cool to see the old buildings along the way, lovely church, that cool street sign and a old factory building. I used pieces from my cruise album kit too. 

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.

Tis the Season 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: 

Perfect for layering paper scraps.

Using last month's counterfeit kit Oh Yeah! using that red scrap of paper from the kit for the background, the rest of the scraps came from a bin of Christmas scraps I have on hand to use for cards.

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.

Let's Go Anywhere LO for Sketch N Scrap challenge

Good morning and welcome to my blog. We been seeing lots of rain this Spring weather here in PA. It would be great to see the sun out a bit. Today is another throw back sketch over at Sketch and Scrap blog. I chose to do sketch #282 from October 2023 for my layout inspiration. 

The layout I created with it using my current counterfeit kit Gotta Get Away

I changed it up a bit by adding 2 more photos and I flipped the sketch. Packing the day before leaving and packing up the car the day I left for Kris's house to then how out for the cruise.
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 - May 2025 Kit Reveal - Gotta Get Away

Good morning and welcome to my blog :) Yay to May! 1st weekend of May is dedicated to us Scrappers being National Scrapbook Day. May is also National Scrapbooking Month a month of fun creating and I've got a great kit to do it with. 

Welcome to a new month of Counterfeit Kit Challenge kit to challenge us to look through our own stash and choose a kit to play with. 1st you should have arrived here from Tara's blog. I'm looking forward to checking out her kit. JoJo is also our hostess this month and she choose a fabulous kit for us to forge this month. But first I would like to welcome our guest Master Forger this month, Kathy McElfresh. I've had the pleasure to meet Kathy inperson at a retreat a long time ago, but we've been internet friends as long as I can remember from my 1st days of LOAD. She is known by Scrappy Kathy, she has a YouTube channel, Instagram and even a Facebook group called "Scrappy Kathy and Friends", be sure to check them all out.

Now the kit JoJo chose and what she says about her pick of inspiration this month: I picked a very fun travel collection for this month's inspiration. I chose Anywhere but here By Traci Reed over at Sweet Shoppe Designs. I chose this collection because it's almost summer and we will be starting our summer travels. The inspiration collection is very cute, and the colors scream summer to me.

                                                                        

 Another fun travel kit to inspire us :) Here is my kit for May:

Gotta Get Away

 

The paper:

Close up of some fun embellishments from my advent calendars from Some Assemblage Required

Close up of the Travel Notes embellishments I have

Close up of various travel embellishments from various places

Close up of the little odds and ends . Lots of travel going on this month :)

Thanks for stopping by today and seeing what I'm up to in my little corner of the world. You're off to see what Laurie has come up with in her it this month check it out here. We look forward to seeing what you come up with for the inspiration, your always welcome to post over at the CKC communly facebook group

 

Our new kit reveal always comes with a team social media hop to get your creative ideas flowing. Be sure to visit all our team members this month to see a wide range of takes on this inspiration. 

•  Counterfeit Kit Challenge - http://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com/
• Guest Designer - Kathy- https://www.instagram.com/scrappykathyy?igsh=dXR0OGliNjdpeDUy
• Brandi - https://www.instagram.com/scrappy.boymama/
• Christine - https://www.youtube.com/@ScrappingHarden
• Cindy - http://cindyscreations-cinmfoster.blogspot.com/
• Jody - http://www.instagram.com/floppyearedfarm
• JoJo - https://www.instagram.com/scrappyconfessions
• Julene - http://julenebydesign.blogspot.com/
• Misty - http://www.craftysoup.com
• Tara - https://kryptonite72-rambles.blogspot.com/
• Tina- https://tinasscrapcorner.blogspot.com/
• Laurie-https://www.instagram.com/scrapbookingbits/

Favorite Good Times LO for a Counterfeit Kit Challenge

Good morning and welcome to my blog. Today is the 3rd challenge over at Counterfeit Kit Challenge which is a sketch challenge and we got a good one from Master Forger Brandi Jo. 

An interesting sketch had me thinking of something fun with the stars and the splatters so decided to scrap some ice cream photos from the trip:

Using my current kit used that paper with the polka dots and a 49&Market paper for to do the splattering like the sketch had in it. Used film strip pieces for the base of my clusters lots of stars and some wood veneer too. Brought the gears in because this Ben and Jerry's had a penny press which I added the penny to the layout. This took just about little over an hour to do :) Love quick layouts.

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.

Merry Christmas card for a Sketch N Scrap challenge

Good morning and welcome to my blog :) Enjoying a beautiful warm weekend here in PA loving the time off for Good Friday for some self care enjoying the outside a bit before going to church for service. Made a Christmas card with one of the older sketches over at Sketch and Scrap. First here is the sketch I chose:

This is a great sketch for a sweet fast card. Building up my Christmas card stash this one came together fairly quick.

Using my current Counterfeit Kit for the red paper but the rest came from a container of scraps I have on hand. The trim makes it glitter Christmas and so does the glittery sentiment.
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.

Country Dance Party LO for Sketch N Scrap challenge

Good morning and welcome to my blog. We are starting to see Spring weather here in PA so good to see the sun out and the weather warming up. Today is another throw back sketch over at Sketch and Scrap blog. I chose to do sketch #178 from June 2019 for my layout inspiration. 

This is the layout I created with this sketch: 

Country was the theme of the day on the cruise and they finished off the night with a Country Dance Party. It was fun to watch and danced a couple too. Used my Kit Conspiracy kit of the week for this layout. 

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 - April 2025 Kit Reveal - Oh Yeah!

Welcome to my blog and a new month of Counterfeit Kit Challenge kit to challenge us to look through our own stash and choose a kit to play with. 1st you should have arrived here from Tara's blog. I'm looking forward to checking out her kit. Brandi Jo is also our hostess this month and she choose a fabulous kit for us to forge this month. But first I would like to welcome our guest Master Forger this month, Briana Spors. You can check out her creations over at these social spots: Instagram: mommie_rn orYoutube: lovemylifeonpaper

Here is the kit Brandi Jo has chosen for us and what she says about it: It is really starting to feel like SPRING in my neck of the woods, so for this month's inspiration kit I chose Lil' Man Collection by Bella Gypsy Designs. Don't let the name fool you, there's a lot of beautiful inspiration here no matter what theme or season you are scrapping!  

This is an awesome choice for April I agree it has that Spring vibe to it and can see a bunch of nature layouts and Spring walks being scrapped this month. So with my list in hand of the delicious things I took from this kit: Here is my kit for April:

Oh Yeah!

I went into my masculine stash a bit for my kit Would love to knock out the one collection I have in there and get it used up and a heavy dent in the Cocoa Vanilla No Limits collection which certainly has no limits as I try to use it up, lol!

The chosen papers for the month :) I'm playing along with Kit Conspriacy this month too so the No Limits will be used that 1st week of April and some of the pinks and reds will get used the 3rd week of the month when they do a female mash up. With the pine trees paper hopefully I'll get Bushkill Falls trip finished up in April so I can start on a few other waterfalls trips I have taken over the years.

I brought in a bunch of gears cutfiles to be used

The No Limits embellishments to be used throughout the month. You'll see a bit of these used next week.

Some odd frames, tickets and stamps I got in a misfit box to get used

Some fun wood veneer in gears and fun boy stuff bring out those early photos of my boys. Yep I'm a boy Mom, all grown up they are.

This is the collection I would love to see get used up! Not much left in paper but a bunch of embellishments that I think I could use up in my Cruise 2025 album too. So a decent kit to scrap with this month.
Thanks for stopping by today and seeing what I'm up to in my little corner of the world. You're off to see what Laurie has come up with in her it this month check it out here. We look forward to seeing what you come up with for the inspiration, your always welcome to post over at the CKC communly facebook group

Our new kit reveal always comes with a team social media hop to get your creative ideas flowing. Be sure to visit all our team members this month to see a wide range of takes on the inspiration.

Social Media Hop:

 

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

• Guest Designer, Briana Spors - https://www.youtube.com/@lovemylifeonpaper

• Brandi - https://www.instagram.com/scrappy.boymama/ 

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

• Misty - http://www.craftysoup.com

• JoJo - https://www.instagram.com/scrappyconfessions

• Tara -  https://kryptonite72-rambles.blogspot.com/

• Tina - http://tinasscrapcorner.blogspot.com/

• Laurie - https://www.instagram.com/scrapbookingbits