February 2026 - Mini Kit and Project Reveal

 If you have new to building kits with Counterfeit Kit Challenge group or just need a smaller kit - this is the perfect post for you! Our Master Forgers Laurie and Christine are here to show you how to build and create with a mini-kit!

For February we are using The Scrap Room's Flavor of the Month and embellishment kits from January 2024 for inspiration.

MF Christine

I put together my mini kit by combining two of the inspiration kits...although, I happened to have the Carta Bella Home collection.  So I decided to pull in Vicki Boutin elements (inspired by the Discover and Create collection) and then the Carta Bella Home.  You can check out my kit reveal plus the process videos on my YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@ScrappingHarden 

Here are the 6 papers I chose (one of which I had already cut into as the moth's are great for fussy cutting).

Then here is my fun batch of embellishments.  I snagged the sticker sheet, chipboard elements, and puffy stickers from the Carta Bella collection and then a cardstock sticker and some ephemera from my VB stash.

Project 1 - "Enjoy Every Moment"

My first layout I went with a band design because I really wanted to use the little moth paper from the Carta Bella with the fussy cut moths from my VB paper.  Then I embellished with some of the stickers and chipboard pieces (plus 1 little puffy).

Project 2 - "Build a Life You Love"

I had selected a beautiful piece of navy pattern card stock with the Carta Bella collection, and that became my base.  Then I cut into my other two full sheets to create a vertical band and some layered blocks.  I used more of my fussy cut moths, plus some ephemera.  Really proud I used all those moths up!

Project 3 - "Gather Family"

This last project I did have to break into my cardstock stash for a couple of neutral sheets.  They are quite thin, so I used two sheets.  I cut one down an inch and then used a pen to doodle around the outside and scuffed the edge.  It gave the layout a bit of a 3D look. Then I used the little bit of scrap papers I had, plus the scallop border sticker from the sticker sheet.  Oh and one more tag.

All 3 together!

These are the 3 layouts shown together.  I show in my process video #3 what I had left - but basically it was two tiny pieces of scrap paper, a couple of ephemera and then sticker sheet plus chipboard.  Overall I was really pleased with how I "killed" this CKC Mini Kit!

MF Laurie

Since I’m putting together a mini kit using this month’s inspiration kit, I decided to focus on just one of the four kits. Since we’re in the middle of winter, that’s the kit I chose, Simple Stories Winter Wonderland.  Here’s my kit and the layouts I created.

We have a full month of inspiration and challenges.  See you back here on February 12th for our first Challenge!

• 12th February- Challenge #1 -10 Things I love about... 
• 18th February- Challenge #2 - Birthday Blessings - create a birthday themed layout that focuses on a birthday tradition
• 22nd February- Sketch Challenge from our Guest Designer - Kathy!   
• 27th February- March Sneak Peak (In Facebook Community) 
• 28th February- Baby, Use Those Scraps 

The Master Forgers love to see what you create.  Share on our Facebook Community Find us on Instagram @counterfeitkitchallenge and tag us in your posts #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcfebruary2026.

Happy Scrapping!

Amanda Bass

 

February 2026 Forgeries on the Fourth

 Welcome back! Today is the 4th which means our Master Forgers show you what you can create to add to your kit for backgrounds, embellishments and more! 

Here is another look at our inspiration kit from The Scrap Room's Flavor of the Month and embellishment kits from January 2024.

Master Forger Misty
Misty set out to create two sheets of pattern paper she loved but couldn't represent with her existing stash. First up, the black striped paper from the Simple Stories collection.

Second, she just HAD to have the paintbrush paper from Vicki Boutin.

There is a tutorial on her YouTube channel on how she created both of these.

Master Forager Amanda

I was just as inspired as Misty to create that paintbrush paper! I have a die set that I used with my 49&Market inks, with a more primary color scheme, lots of water for the packaging technique and some water spray for some runs!  Process is here.

If you choose to re-create the paintbrush paper too -- or anything else from the kit - we would love to see your forgeries -- make sure you come share them on the Facebook Group!

We have a full month of inspiration and challenges.  See you back here on the 6th for Mini Kit inspiration!

• 6th February- Mini Kit & Project Reveal:  See how the Master Forgers create a smaller version of the inspiration kit
• 12th February- Challenge #1 -10 Things I love about... 
• 18th February- Challenge #2 - Birthday Blessings - create a birthday themed layout that focuses on a birthday tradition
• 22nd February- Sketch Challenge from our Guest Designer - Kathy!   
• 27th February- March Sneak Peak (In Facebook Community) 
• 28th February- Baby, Use Those Scraps 

The Master Forgers love to see what you create.  Share on our Facebook Community Find us on Instagram @counterfeitkitchallenge and tag us in your posts #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcfebruary2026.

Happy Scrapping!

Amanda Bass

February 2026 - Just the Gist of It

 

 

Here is a reminder of what we are using for inspiration this month The Scrap Room's Flavor of the Month and embellishment kits from January 2024.

When I first put together my kit, I take a look at the patterns and colors of the inspiration kit.  I have most of my papers organized by color, and then by pattern. For example looking at the inspiration, there is the paper that is orange and blue striped - to find something similar to this, because of how my paper is organized I would look in blue or orange colors and then in my stripes.  I choose something that is similar but not perfect - because most of the time I don’t have perfect matches!  Some of my papers are not color organized but themed organized - I found a perfect snowman paper in my winter/Christmas iris case! 

 

After I have all my papers picked out - I take look to see if there was anything in the inspiration kit that wasn’t represented in my kit - two things stand out for me - the Vicki Boutin paintbrush page and the Photoplay video gaming are not represented at all - this is when I lean into my stamps, stencils and embellishments to build out the rest of my kit!  I know I have a Wild Whispers stamp set with video gaming as a theme, so I am going to put that in my kit and I have a die set that has paintbrushes in them that I am just dying to use! (Pun intended)  Both would be great to use to make forgeries.

 

 

Then I round out my kit with things that I know I might need and haven’t used much lately - acrylic titles might be fun to use this month, some old hip kit stash fits in well and some winter themed embellishments will fit that snowman paper nicely!  Sometimes, but not always, I choose photos to go along with some of the papers - I know I have a photo of my husband and our youngest gaming while camping in the rain, so that’s a definite with this kit!

Now I have a massive kit to play with all month long! If you would like to see a real-time run through of how I put the winter portion of my kit together - going through the papers and most of the embellishments- you can see that here.

We have a full month of inspiration and challenges.  See you back here on the Fourth for Forgeries!

• 4th February- Forgeries on the Fourth: Creating elements from the inspiration kit using your own stash
• 6th February- Mini Kit & Project Reveal:  See how the Master Forgers create a smaller version of the inspiration kit
• 12th February- Challenge #1 -10 Things I love about... 
• 18th February- Challenge #2 - Birthday Blessings - create a birthday themed layout that focuses on a birthday tradition
• 22nd February- Sketch Challenge from our Guest Designer - Kathy!   
• 27th February- March Sneak Peak (In Facebook Community) 
• 28th February- Baby, Use Those Scraps 

The Master Forgers love to see what you create.  Share on our Facebook Community Find us on Instagram @counterfeitkitchallenge and tag us in your posts #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcfebruary2026.

Happy Scrapping!

Amanda Bass

February 2026 - Inspiration Kit and Social Media Hop!!!

Welcome to February on the Counterfeit Kit from all the Master Forgers! This month we have a new inspiration kit to help you use up your stash! I am Master Forger Amanda and I am hosting the blog for the month of February! I hope that you are refreshed and ready to tackle some more challenges and you play along with us on Facebook!  This month's inspiration kit is from The Scrap Room's Flavor of the Month from January 2024.  This kit features Carta Bella'a At Home, PhotoPlay's Bro's Amazing, Simple Stories' Winter Wonderland and Vicki Boutin's Discover + Create. 

To add a little more embellishment to play with - I decided to include the embellishment kit too! 

As you can see, this inspiration has a lot of options that you can scrap all sorts of events and everyday activities with!  Make your kit as big or as small as you want to!  There are soo many opportunities to get those memories scrapped!

I am pleased to introduce our Guest Designer for the month of February, Kathy Price. 

 Be sure to follow her on Instagram and YouTube!

 

 

"Hi, I’m Kathy — mum of five, Deputy Principal by day, and a scrapbooker for over 24 years. Scrapbooking has been part of my life through every season, and my style is best described as eclectic: I don’t believe in boxes, rules, or “one right way” to create. I’m always willing to give any scrapbooking style, trick, or tip a fair go. From clean and simple to messy, layered, budget-friendly or bold, if it helps tell the story, I’m in. My heart is in capturing real memories for my family, the everyday moments as much as the big ones. I truly believe scrapbooking is more than a hobby, it’s history recording In real time. One day, future historians won’t just look at textbooks; they’ll look at the stories we preserved. Our layouts show how we lived, what we valued, who we loved, and how life evolved over time. That’s pretty powerful. I love to scrapbook, I love all things paper and my motto - just add more!"

Kathy has some great papers and embellishments picked out for this month! She definitely has a variety in her kit!

Our Master Forgers have lots of inspiration for you as they share their counterfeit kits.  Be sure to check them out on their creative pages, as well as the Counterfeit Kit Community Facebook group.

• Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog - http://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com/
• Guest Designer, Kathy Price   https://www.youtube.com/@kathyloves2scrap617
• Brandi - https://www.instagram.com/scrappy.boymama/
• Misty - https://craftysoup.com 
• JoJo - https://www.instagram.com/scrappyconfessions
• Julene - https://julenebydesign.blogspot.com/
• Ryann - https://www.instagram.com/scrapbookjoey/
• Tina - https://tinasscrapcorner.blogspot.com/
• Tara - https://kryptonite72-rambles.blogspot.com/
• Vikki https://www.instagram.com/memoriesandmomentsscrapbooking/
• Amanda - https://youtube.com/@amandacreates1980

We have a full month of inspiration and challenges.  See you back here tomorrow for Just the Gist of it!

• 2nd February- Just the Gist of It: A look at how to build your own counterfeit kit
• 4th February- Forgeries on the Fourth: Creating elements from the inspiration kit using your own stash
• 6th February- Mini Kit & Project Reveal:  See how the Master Forgers create a smaller version of the inspiration kit
• 12th February- Challenge #1 -10 Things I love about... 
• 18th February- Challenge #2 - Birthday Blessings - create a birthday themed layout that focuses on a birthday tradition
• 22nd February- Sketch Challenge from our Guest Designer - Kathy!   
• 27th February- March Sneak Peak (In Facebook Community) 
• 28th February- Baby, Use Those Scraps 

The Master Forgers love to see what you create.  Share on our Facebook Community Find us on Instagram @counterfeitkitchallenge and tag us in your posts #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcfebruary2026.

Happy Scrapping!

Amanda Bass

January 2026 - Challenge #4 Baby, Use Those Scraps!

 Hello!  It's the last challenge of the month.  It's time to use up those scraps from your counterfeit kit. Whether it's a scrapbook page, a card or an embellishment cluster, you can do many things with scraps of paper or a few leftover embellishments.

Let's take one last look at the inspiration kit, Curiosities in Willow Grove by Vicki Boutin.

Let's look at what our Guest Designer and Master Forgers created with their scraps.

Guest Designer Melinda

Melinda was able to create a double page layout with her scraps.  She made good use of her scraps by cutting them into hexagons.

Master Forger Amanda

I ended up with quite a few scraps and some larger pieces this month -- so I choose to use the 1" strips in the fern paper to border an 8x12 inch piece. I also had enough to mat my photo with a scrap, and had a background paper to match left in my kit! I even got one of my forgeries on this page!  I love using scraps that I have put together in a kit, because they usually go so well together! My process is available to see here.

Master Forger Misty

I'm sneaking in here today! I created several pieces out of my scraps for this layout: die cut letters, banner for my title, background layers for my photos and the small banners I used to fill in the grid. Leftovers are good for so many things!

It's been a true pleasure being your hostess for the month.  I hope this month gave you the inspiration to create your own counterfeit kit, forgeries and to participate in the challenges.  Be sure to come back on the first of February when Master Forger Amanda takes over the blog and shows us a new inspiration kit.  It's sure to get those creative minds working overtime.

Thank you for sharing all of your work with us.  We love seeing it!  Facebook Community Find us on Instagram @counterfeitkitchallenge and tag us in your posts #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcjanuary2026.

Happy Scrapping!

Master Forger Vikki

January 2026 - Challenge #3 Let's Get Sketchy!

How do you feel about sketches?  I love them!  Sometimes I follow them exactly.  Sometimes they are a starting off point and my final product looks nothing like the sketch.  And both are okay!  I hope you like this month's sketch.  I can't wait to see how you interpret it.

 Curiosities in Willow Grove by Vicki Boutin. is our inspiration kit this month.

Our sketch this month was created by me.

Our Master Forgers knocked this challenge out of the park!

Master Forger Ryann used her forgery paper and one of the journaling cards she forged as well for this.  She had landscape photos of her Disneyland trip from last summer that went perfectly with this kit and the sketch!

Master Forger JoJo

She found this paper in her kit and it fit perfectly with this month’s sketch. She used it to make a layout to keep track of her book that she reads this year, a new hobby that’s she been waiting to start for a few years now. The little girl she found the image on Facebook and printed it out and fussy cut it and added a giant Library card and embellishments from her kit.

Master Forger Vikki

I thought the sketch was perfect for a layout documenting two of my favorite things, books and coffee.  Most of the embellishments on the layout were forgeries created and fussy cut.

 One more challenge to go.  And don't forget about the sneak peak for February's inspiration kit.  You're going to love it!

• 28th January - February Sneak Peak

• 30th January - Baby, Use Those Scraps Challenge

We are loving all of the layouts you are sharing with us.  Post on our Facebook Community  Find us on Instagram @counterfeitkitchallenge and tag us in your posts #counterfeitkitchallenge and #ckcjanuary2026.

Happy Scrapping!
Master Forger Vikki