CKC Kit Build, September ’24

I love kit building and that is why I am on the design team for the Counterfeit Kit Challenge project. We take an inspiration kit each month and proceed to replicate it, or as we say, counterfeit it. This is a free, friendly group that helps inspire you to use up supplies you already own. We are not about needing to buy the latest and greatest thing (though we won’t stop you if you enjoy new crafty goodies😉 ).

I am not ready for summer to be over. I’ve barely been outdoors this year! Maybe after ridiculously hot summer temps I can shift my outdoor mindset into fall. Until then I will continue to scrap in my basement and avoid the overwhelming heat.

That means I need to kit build once again. This time I am taking a different tack for two reasons.

  1. I’ve taken on the mini kit job this month over at CKC.
  2. I need smaller kits since I have barely made a dent in the past few kits.

With that in mind I decided to build out page kits. I have done this in the past, but I have a bit of a difference this time. I’ve chosen my stories first, then built my page kits. Kinda. Sorta. I’ll explain after I introduce you to CKC’s guest designer for the month. Welcome Amy Jo Johnston. She will be sharing her work over on the CKC Facebook group. Be sure to check her out there and show her some love.

Now we can get to the paper. Brandi Jo chose our inspiration this month. As she has boys, you’ll notice a lean toward blues and greens. Yet there is a hint of florals if you need some of that in your life! Check it out.

I love the colors and the option to add some pops of boldness. The camera icons are something I’m all about, yet haven’t done in a while. It’ll be nice to pick up some old favorites again. Plus I’m always down for some mixed media vibes.

I took different elements of inspiration and tucked them into each kit. As I mention above, the idea to choose pictures/stories before product popped into my head as I was mulling things over. This is NOT how I normally kit. Taking on this change felt good this time around. That allowed me to use the inspiration yet really define the kits. I started really by pulling a few papers that played into the kit, then my photos/stories, then more paper for balance, and I wrapped it up with embellishments. This let me take on a bit more specific theme for some things.

Kit #1: School Kit

This one starts off looking quite different than the inspiration. But if you take a look, you’ll find commonalities. The elements I pulled from the inspo: text print, bird motif, “+” motif (in my case I used “x”, but you get it, right?), cameras and frames. Then I felt free to add in extra embellishments for the story. In this case a school story.

Kit #2: Memorial Kit

For this one I leaned into the pops of black. In addition I included film strips, frames, a hint of floral, washi tape (including a bird one), and a few tabs and tags. The basics from this kit (papers, stickers, journal cards) are all from Simple Storie’s “Heart” line from several years ago. I’m sad to need this line, but glad I had it on hand already.

Kit #3: Solar Kit

Here again you can see some similarities and differences from the inspo. Floral in a bold way. Teals in watercolor. A shot of black. Cameras, film strips and frames.

Each kit is it’s own entity, while all were inspired from the same goods. That is one of the joys of kit building! I’ll be creating a few of my own items from this inspiration as we typically do for our Forgeries on the Fourth project. I will also have that mini kit project up on the 6th. As you can guess it is another page kit… but for a double page layout! So stay tuned for all of that.

Before we go, there is a tradition over at CKC of titling our kits just like companies do. So I’m calling mine…

Memorable Moments

If you want more details on my kit building thought process, check out my kit build video.

I hope you can follow along with the other designers and see how they interpreted their own kits.

Here’s the full hop link list

Have fun kit building and don’t forget to show off your stuff over on the CKC Facebook group, or tag us on Instagram @counterfeitkitchallenge or use #counterfeitkitchallenge.

I’ll be back on the 4th, for our Product Forgeries. Until then, have an artful day!

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