CKC Kit Build, October ’25

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😉 ).

Hello, hello, hello. This is the first time in a while that I am officially creating a full scrapbook kit for the month. Over at CKC we share duties and I was on other tasks the last few months. It feels good to be back to my full kit self. With that…

Welcome to a new month of kit building! Team member Tina is our hostess this time. She chose the Not Just for Boys Kit Club kit called Journey the World to inspire us. We’ve got more travel theme to work with this month and a very neutral color palette. But before we take a closer look at that, let’s welcome our guest designer for October.  Lori Stroup, a prior forger, is joining us. You can find her on instagram or her blog, My Happy LIfe.

And now for the crafting! Here is what is inspiring us this time around.

While I DO have travels to document, there was a time when travel scrapping was not my thing. I just didn’t go anywhere. So if that is the case for you, remember that travel and easily slide over to “Advendure”. You can have adventures anywhere at any time, big or small. Keep that flexibility in mind as you build your kit.

For me I will still with the solid travel theme. I’ve included several map prints, as well as a few other travel related ideas: geotags, luggage tags, camera. I’ve also added bright pops of color with a handful of scrap papers. This helps me shift a neurtral color palette more to my style.

I loved a lot of the embellishment elements in the inspo. From roller phrase stamp, to wax seals, I tucked in plenty of ideas right out of the kit. I’ve also thrown in a few of my own items, such as ribbon, puffy phrases and chipboard. When I finish making some embellishments on the Fourth, that will round out my extras.

Speaking of the Fourth, I hope you’ll join me as I create those elements to add into my kit. Of course these are inspired by the original kit, but often have a twist of their own. So don’t miss what I will make in just a couple of days.

There is a tradition over at CKC of titling our kits just like companies do. So I’m calling mine…

Rainbow Globe

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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