scrap Our Stash Challenge

February LEAP Challenge by Marie

2012-02-11T00:00:00.000-06:00

For this month's Take a Leap Challenge, I tried my hands on a Chipboard Album. It was my first go at a Chipboard Album, so it was interesting!

Supplies:

Heart Chipboard

Binder Rings

DCWV Lace & Linen Stack

American Craft Mini Marks Rub-ons

Kaisercraft Le Chateau Run-ons

K & Company and Bo-Bunny Chipboard Layered Stickers

Bo Bunny Trinkets

ArtChix Studio Wood Chips

Melissa Frances Vintage Embellishments and Florals

May Arts Ribbon

Making Memories Pearls and Rhinestones

Queen and Co Pearls

I will be entering this to May Arts' Sentimental Journey Challenge.

I love the DCWV Stack so much, I purchased a little birdhouse and altered it using the same supplies as above!

Now it's your turn to take the February LEAP Challenge. The February Challenge is anything to do with LEAP - it could be a Leap you've taken in buying or using a new tool, a new product, a new technique, or your project could have somehing to do with your taking a leap. Anything goes! Take a leap and take the challenge. To participate in the February LEAP Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on February 29th a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of April. This challenge ends at midnight central time February 29th.

February LEAP Challenge by Wendy K.

2012-02-10T00:01:00.000-06:00

I have so many projects that are sitting around waiting for me to find the time to do them. This challenge motivated me to LEAP into one of those and get it done! I bought these letters who knows how long ago for my craft room. I know it was over 1 1/2 years because they came with the move. They were lots of fun to make once I got started. All the extras are cut with the Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge exclusively by Close to My Heart. This is my absolute favorite cart! I started the project at a friend's house and when I told her how I was going to embellish them she suggested the Cricut-cut flowers and I knew that's what I wanted to do. I find they are too thick for my scrapbook pages but they are sooooo pretty! And perfect for this project! For full details, visit My Scrapbooking Blog.

Now it's your turn to take the January NEW Challenge. The January Challenge is anything doing with NEW - it could be a new tool, a new product, a new technique, or the project could have somehing to do with NEW - like New Years Eve - Our New Home, etc!. Anything goes! Have fun sharing something NEW with us. To participate in the January NEW Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on January 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of March. This challenge ends at midnight central time January 31st.

February LEAP Challenge by Erin

2012-02-09T00:01:00.000-06:00

Guest Design Team Member Erin submitted this layout for the February Leap Challenge. She said:

When asked to do a "Leap" themed layout, I took the challenge literally and these photos of my oldest child Wyatt instantly came to mind. Close to our house is a gravel pit way back in the woods. It was Wyatt's most favorite place to go this last summer! Along with his brother Gunner (and me pregnant with my daughter Aspen), we would take the four wheeler out there and he just had the greatest time throwing rocks in the water and climbing on the big boulders to see if he was daring enough to jump off of them :). I also took a personal "leap" and allowed the focus of this layout to be on the photos, rather than the embellishments (I generally cram quite a bit of product onto a page...). I used the beautiful "Memoir" collection from Studio Calico. The colors fit so perfectly with my photos.
So what does "leap" bring to your mind? I hope you all have the chance to join in on this challenge!
http://scrappin-sisters.blogspot.com

Now it's your turn to take the February LEAP Challenge. The February Challenge is anything to do with LEAP - it could be a Leap you've taken in buying or using a new tool, a new product, a new technique, or your project could have somehing to do with your taking a leap. Anything goes! Take a leap and take the challenge. To participate in the February LEAP Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on February 29th a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of April. This challenge ends at midnight central time February 29th.

February LEAP Challenge by Tamara

2012-02-08T00:01:00.000-06:00

Design Team Member Tamara submitted this layout for the February LEAP Challenge. She said:

I chose to play Leap frog with the February challenge. I took my grandchildren to the "Toadily Frogs" exhibit at the college museum in town. These photos of my grandson trying to imitate a frog were so cute and perfect for this challenge. I started with a piece of Leapfrog Bazzill cardstock, added some Basic Grey originals pattern paper, sugar pea; and Bo Bunny wasabi dot. I also used Rock-a-bye thickers and making memory stickers for my title. I added some frog stickers by EK success and used misc buttons and rick rack to complete this darling page of green and frogs.

Thanks for looking and sharing this great hobby.
Tamara
http://scrappinsmiles-myblog.blogspot.com/

Now it's your turn to take the February LEAP Challenge. The February Challenge is anything to do with LEAP - it could be a Leap you've taken in buying or using a new tool, a new product, a new technique, or your project could have somehing to do with your taking a leap. Anything goes! Take a leap and take the challenge. To participate in the February LEAP Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on February 29th a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of April. This challenge ends at midnight central time February 29th.

Pagerize Tamara by Laurie

2012-02-07T12:01:00.001-06:00

Reader Laurie submitted this layout for the Pagerize This #18 Challenge. She said:

Hi,
Here is my entry for the Pagerize #18 challenge. Pardon the ebonics in the title. I used Echo Park Life is Good papers and some extra stuff on this one. This is going in my Book of Me: it's just another example of people getting my name wrong. VERY wrong. The journaling reads: I gave the security guard my driver's license and this is the name he got from it. ??? The last name is close but where did "Angela" come from? It never fails to amaze me how people botch such a simple first name. I knew I had to document this.
Thanks!
Laurie
-- Check out crafty projects and delicious recipes at my blog, Cook Scrap Craft: http://cookscrapcraft.blogspot.com/

Each Month on the 15th, we post a new layout for you to "pagerize" (Plagerize,copy,lift, steal) whatever term you want to use. The idea will be- to use the posted layout as your inspriation to create your own layout. You can "pagerize"as much or as little of the original layout as you choose. you may want to make a layout like the one just posted-or you may just want to use something about the layout as your inspiration.
Here is Tamara's layout for Pagerize this #18.

Once you've completed your layout-email a picture and a brief descriptionmailto:descriptionscrappingpsyhco@live.com

All entries will be posted here at Scrap our Stash. this challenge runs through midnight central time on February 12th. The pagerizer ( in this case, Tamara), will then choose a winner from all of the entries. The winner will be announced on February 14th. then the winner will be asked to submit a layout for us to "pagerize" starting on the 15th of February.

February LEAP Challenge by Jean

2012-02-07T00:01:00.000-06:00

Guest Design Team Member Jean submitted this project for the February LEAP Challenge. She said:

I’ve been promising myself I would document my Christian journey and Confirmation and finally had the inspiration to do it when Kathy over at SOS asked me to be Guest Designer for February. Our word this month (as it’s leap year) is to create something around the word LEAP. I had saved a little advertising booklet, (I save them all as they make the basis for great mini books.) This one was from a Garden Centre and was a perfect A4 folded size.

I measured, cut and covered a sheet of cardboard to wrap around the booklet, making sure I made it ¼ “ bigger all round. I used the Basic Grey Indian Summer papers as I love their rich colours and detailed patterns.

I used the die-cut stickers from the pack to arrange a small scene on white gloss paper (a cut off from printing a photo) I fussy cut around the edge of the scene then backed it with black paper and cut around that too. I cut a heart from some corrugated card and coloured it with Dylusions spray ink in worn leather.

I arranged the die-cut words LEAP and FAITH onto some black gloss card, cut them and stuck on the front page together with the other words. All the letters were from the diecut sticker sheet with the pack. I used a piece of handmade embroidered tissue to decorate the fold. A piece of wide ribbon was sandwiched between the front cover pages.

The inside pages of the book were then covered with a selection of papers which echoed the colours in the front paper.

I shall enjoy adding all my documents and shall be writing about my journey on some of the pages.

I hope you like it and gain some inspiration for your own project.

Regards Jean

Now it's your turn to take the February LEAP Challenge. The February Challenge is anything to do with LEAP - it could be a Leap you've taken in buying or using a new tool, a new product, a new technique, or your project could have somehing to do with your taking a leap. Anything goes! Take a leap and take the challenge. To participate in the February LEAP Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on February 29th a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of April. This challenge ends at midnight central time February 29th.

February LEAP Challenge by Nicky

2012-02-06T00:01:00.000-06:00

Guest Design Team Member Nicky submitted this layout for the February LEAP Challenge. she said:

There are two things that you need to know about me. 1. I am a compulsive purchaser so when I see something I like I can't stop thinking about it until I have bought it. and 2. I am a huge fan of Teresa Collins! How does this apply to my layout? Well for over 12 months now I have had some of her paper collections sitting in the scrap room waiting to be used. Perfect candidates for Scrap Our Stash! When I saw the challenge for Take a Leap I thought I'd do a layout on me and my plans for the year. And I thought what a good time to get some of my Teresa Collins papers out! I decided to use this photo as it has a certain feeling. It's like I'm challenging myself. So it works well with my 'Taking the leap' page. If you have a close look at the top of the photo spot you'll see the hidden tags that I put together. I added them so that you can relate the theme to my page and also because it's my promise to myself to take the leap. To challenge myself to go beyond my comfort zone, beyond my limits and to learn as much as possible this year.

Now it's your turn to take the leap and participate in the February challenge. Create a project describing your Leap and email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com I can't wait to see what you come up with!

Nicky

The February Challenge is anything to do with LEAP - it could be a Leap you've taken in buying or using a new tool, a new product, a new technique, or your project could have somehing to do with your taking a leap. Anything goes! Take a leap and take the challenge. To participate in the February LEAP Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on February 29th a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of April. This challenge ends at midnight central time February 29th.

February LEAP Challenge by Debbie P.

2012-02-05T00:22:00.000-06:00

Design Team member Debbie P. submitted this project for the February LEAP Challenge. She said:

I took a big leap with my project this month. I decided to make my own mini book using my Cinch for the first time. We won a trip to Las Vegas back in November of 2011, and I took a ton of photos as you can imagine. I figured doing a mini book was better than doing several layouts, since I had only one or two photos of each casino. Here is my cover, and three of my double page 8 X 8 layouts. You can see more of the album on my blog at http://www.dpiercey.blogspot.com/.

Now it's your turn to take the February LEAP Challenge. The February Challenge is anything to do with LEAP - it could be a Leap you've taken in buying or using a new tool, a new product, a new technique, or your project could have somehing to do with your taking a leap. Anything goes! Take a leap and take the challenge. To participate in the February LEAP Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on February 29th a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of April. This challenge ends at midnight central time February 29th.

Pagerize Tamara by Amanda

2012-02-04T00:01:00.003-06:00

Reader Amanda submitted this layout for the Pagerize This Challenge #18. She said:

I kept the single photo on a panel of paper with borders below it, but my picture was portrait and I moved the title, so my panel ended up much larger than Tamara’s. I was originally planning to copy the embellishment cluster in the top left corner but I ran out of space.

Amanda Jane
http://amandas-scrapbook-pages.blogspot.com/

Each Month on the 15th, we post a new layout for you to "pagerize" (Plagerize,copy,lift, steal) whatever term you want to use. The idea will be- to use the posted layout as your inspriation to create your own layout. You can "pagerize"as much or as little of the original layout as you choose. you may want to make a layout like the one just posted-or you may just want to use something about the layout as your inspiration.

Here is Tamara's layout for Pagerize this #18. Tamara said:

Here is one that I just did a couple of weeks ago and although it is a Christmas subject, I feel it has a lot of potential for Pagerizing! I used some old pattern paper from my stash that isn't marked, manufacturer unknown and I can't remember if the die cuts are Creative imaginations or something like that. I tried to search it but ran out of time. It was a pretty quick and easy layout. I used my son's Christmas card for the main focus. I am excited to see what others can create with this!!

Once you've completed your layout-email a picture and a brief description to scrappingpsyhco@live.com

All entries will be posted here at Scrap our Stash. this challenge runs through midnight central time on February 12th. The pagerizer ( in this case, Tamara), will then choose a winner from all of the entries. The winner will be announced on February 14th. then the winner will be asked to submit a layout for us to "pagerize" starting on the 15th of February.

February LEAP Challenge by Lynn

2012-02-03T00:01:00.006-06:00

Guest Design Team Member Lynn submitted this layout for the February LEAP Challenge. She said:

This month's challenge was to "Take a Leap". I decided to use this photo of my daughter and her husband taken at zoo lights in Calgary. I leaped out of my box and used the color "red". I misted and distressed and misted again trying to come up with the right colors. I also took a "leap" and used a brand new paper line that I have never used before called Canvas Corp. This year my goal is to always take a "leap" and try new products and techniques. Come take a leap out of your box and play along with the challenge! http://scrappyhappymom.blogspot.com/

Now it's your turn to take the February LEAP Challenge. The February Challenge is anything to do with LEAP - it could be a Leap you've taken in buying or using a new tool, a new product, a new technique, or your project could have somehing to do with your taking a leap. Anything goes! Take a leap and take the challenge. To participate in the February LEAP Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on February 29th a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of April. This challenge ends at midnight central time February 29th.

Pagerize this #18 by Tamara

2012-02-02T12:00:00.000-06:00

Each Month on the 15th, we post a new layout for you to "pagerize" (Plagerize,copy,lift, steal) whatever term you want to use. The idea will be- to use the posted layout as your inspriation to create your own layout. You can "pagerize"as much or as little of the original layout as you choose. you may want to make a layout like the one just posted-or you may just want to use something about the layout as your inspiration.

Here is Tamara's layout for Pagerize this #18. Tamara said:

Once you've completed your layout-email a picture and a brief description to scrappingpsyhco@live.com
All entries will be posted here at Scrap our Stash. this challenge runs through midnight central time on February 12th. The pagerizer ( in this case, Tamara), will then choose a winner from all of the entries. The winner will be announced on February 14th. then the winner will be asked to submit a layout for us to "pagerize" starting on the 15th of February.

February LEAP Challenge by Karen

2012-02-02T00:01:00.000-06:00

Design Team Member Karen submitted this layout for the February LEAP Challenge. She said:

I've been a little bit literal with the challenge this month and used some photos of Nancy on the bouncy castle at my Sister's wedding (hence the inappropriate dress)

I used a barcode strip to underline the title and that's where I used the word leap to fit with the challenge.

Now it's your turn to take the February LEAP Challenge. The February Challenge is anything to do with LEAP - it could be a Leap you've taken in buying or using a new tool, a new product, a new technique, or your project could have somehing to do with your taking a leap. Anything goes! Take a leap and take the challenge. To participate in the February LEAP Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on February 29th a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of April. This challenge ends at midnight central time February 29th.

February LEAP Challenge

2012-02-01T00:02:00.003-06:00

Since 2012 is Leap Year - and it only come around every four years - The February Challenge is anything to do with LEAP. It could be a leap you took in buying or using a new tool, a new product, a new technique, or your project could have somehing to do with taking a LEAP or you could use the word LEAP in your title. Anything goes! Take a Leap and take the challenge.

To participate in the February Leap Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on February 29th a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of April. This challenge ends at midnight central time on February 29th.

January NEW Challenge Winners

2012-02-01T00:01:00.004-06:00

We had some great reader submissions for our January NEW Challenge which made it very dificult to pick a winner. You can see all the entries HERE!

And the winners are:

Penny

Rita

Angela

Charlotte

Thanks to everyone who took the NEW Challenge and Congratulations to our winners!

Now it's your turn to take the February LEAP Challenge. The February Challenge is anything to do with LEAP - it could be a Leap you've taken in buying or using a new tool, a new product, a new technique, or your project could have somehing to do with your taking a leap. Anything goes! Take a leap and take the challenge. To participate in the February LEAP Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on February 29th a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of April. This challenge ends at midnight central time February 29th.

Meet Guest Design Team Member Nicky

2012-01-31T12:04:00.000-06:00

Hi, my name is Nicky Normandale. I live in Adelaide, South Australia with my darling boyfriend Shannon. I am a proud Aunt of 6 nephews and a very gorgeous niece who is my favourite person to scrap about. I first started scrapping almost 2 years ago now... My sister had a kit that she'd put together and I borrowed it for a few weeks to see what this scrapbooking thing was all about. When I went to return it I told her how hooked I was and that I planned to buy the basics and go to some classes so I too could learn about all the magic that people can create. I was so excited when she said 'Keep it all then, I don't use it so you may as well'. Since then I have been to many classes and learnt so many techniques. And I've gone from a shopping bag full of bits and pieces to a whole room full of goodies for me to scrap in! I love every moment that I get to spend playing in my room and wish I didn't have to work so I could be in there all day..... I scrap because I love capturing the story behind each photo and so that I can tell our story as a family as to what we got up to in our lives. I scrap about anything whether it be a special occassion or just every day life but mostly cherished moments. I love to sit down and look through my albums to remember those beautiful moments and to see how much I've evolved as a scrapper.

I don't really have a style of my own. I like to try anything and adapt with each project. I follow artists like Teresa Collins, Donna Salazar and Tim Hotlz with passion (perhaps it could be classed as borderline stalking!) and am truly inspired by the products and projects that Kaisercraft create - they are also the reason why I started scrapping, a few clicks on their blog and I was hooked! I love all types of scrapping whether it be making layouts, cards, OTP items and I also like to get my Zutter out and make my own books now and then.
Keep creating that magic!**********************************************************************My Memory Box (photos attached)This is one my favourite projects. I made it a short time after my darling Mother passed away in September last year. It was quite an emotional project but I'm glad I did it. I have put all of Mum's jewelry and the special trinkets, cards, etc that she gave me over the years in it along with the DVD of photos and music from her funeral and most importantly, a bottle of her perfume. When i'm really missing her I sit on the bed with the box and go through the bits and pieces while I reminisce about her. And I dab a little of her perfume on my wrist so that I can feel her there with me.

Meet Guest Design Team Member Erin

2012-01-31T12:03:00.002-06:00

My name is Erin Blegen, I'm 28 years old and my husband Josh & I have three beautiful children: Wyatt (4), Gunner (18 months), and Aspen (5 months). We live in a small cabin in the woods of Northeastern Minnesota, USA and we love anything outdoors~ hunting, fishing, 4-wheeling, swimming, gardening, and taking care of my chickens. But indoors, my passion is most definitely scrapbooking! I first tried it in 2007 when Wyatt was born, completed an album, and then quit until July 2010 when Gunner was born and haven't stopped since! I love experiementing with new techniques, styles, and mediums but would say that my personal style is shabby/chic with a little bit of artsy/messy thrown in :).

I'm very excited to be guest designing this month at Scrap Our Stash! Thanks Kathy for the opportunity!

Feel free to visit my blog, which I share with my sister and best friend, Kelly:
http://scrappin-sisters.blogspot.com

Meet Guest Design Team Member Lynn

2012-01-31T12:02:00.000-06:00

Hi everyone!

My name is Lynn Shokoples and I've been around the scrapbook world since the days of paper, pens and scissors, lol. Let's just say that I've grown as a scrapbooker since those first layouts. I live in Canada and am a mom to two wonderful children. Time flies by. I turned around one day and my daughter was getting married and my son was starting university.

When I'm not scrapbooking, I work as a occupational therapy /recreational therapy aide at an Extended Care facility. I feel this is my opportunity to give back to my community. I love to garden, bake, cook, play the piano and sing my heart out. I love dancing and taking long walks, well except when it's -40! My favorite thing to do though is scrapbook. It's my therapy when I'm happy, sad, mad or glad. It's the cure for everything. I love to capture my love of family and friends through this art. It helps me take time to focus on what they mean to me. My family are my biggest fans. I would love for you to stop by my blog, I love to meet new friends and share our journeys through our scrapbooking. Have a wonderful day!
Lynn
http://scrappyhappymom.blogspot.com/

Meet Guest Design Team Member Jean

2012-01-31T12:01:00.000-06:00

Hi everyone my name’s Jean and I live in the UK, very near to the centre of England, in Solihull. I gave up work following a car accident when I was 56 and found painting and drawing passed the time during my recovery.
About 5 years ago I discovered paper crafting and scrap booking which has become a passion. I have 3 beautiful granddaughters who are a constant source of joy and material for my scrap booking. My style is a bit of an eclectic mix as I love trying new things. My bedroom is also my craft room and is filled with paper and crafting materials, many of which I‘ve either made or recycled.

I started up a craft club in September 2010 at our local community centre and I love it. I take all my own materials and share a happy couple of hours with 6-8 other ladies who don’t have the funds to buy things. This term I’m helping some of them to draw and paint too. Others are making cards or scrapbooks. My local Arts Centre is now interested in helping with some funding which is very encouraging.

I feel very honoured to be chosen as Guest Designer for February 2012. My NEW project, “Angels Meet“, was instigated when I had an Angel Tag from a Bloggy Friend at Christmas. I added the tag to a small wooden house which was NEW and decorated the rooms with different Angels and Angel quotes. The largest Angel in the recess, I made by covering a dolly peg with a hand cut out robe and wings in gold paper. I added a ruff and a halo in cream paper and drew a face on the top of the peg. I also added glass mosaic tiles behind which I’d never used before. It now lives on my bedroom wall.
Hope you like it. You can see more of my work at my Blog www.apaintaholicsprogress.blogspot.com

January New Challenge by Connie

2012-01-31T00:01:00.000-06:00

Reader Connie submitted this layout for the January NEW Challenge. She said:

Thanks for the challenge! Here is my layout. I've copied a bit of what I posted on my blog about it. This year, my list of goals seemed very long. I made a layout to record them (and hopefully hold myself accountable). This layout itself is helping me work on my goal of submitting to more challenges. The layout uses the word "New" and a new product for me. The star stamp on the top right corner of the layout has been in my stash since July, but I've never used it! - Scrap Our Stash January challenge. http://scrapsstories.blogspot.com/2012/01/new-year-2012-two-challenges.htmlConniescrapsstories.blogspot.com

Now it's your turn to take the January NEW Challenge. The January Challenge is anything doing with NEW - it could be a new tool, a new product, a new technique, or the project could have somehing to do with NEW - like New Years Eve - Our New Home, etc!. Anything goes! Have fun sharing something NEW with us.To participate in the January NEW Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on January 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of March. This challenge ends at midnight central time January 31st.

January NEW Challenge by Penny

2012-01-30T12:01:00.002-06:00

Reader Penny submitted this layout for the January NEW Challenge. She said:

Here is my challenge layout: It's titled "New Smile". I hope you like it!
Love
Penny

Now it's your turn to take the January NEW Challenge. The January Challenge is anything doing with NEW - it could be a new tool, a new product, a new technique, or the project could have somehing to do with NEW - like New Years Eve - Our New Home, etc!. Anything goes! Have fun sharing something NEW with us.To participate in the January NEW Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on January 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of March. This challenge ends at midnight central time January 31st.

January NEW Challenge by Jean

2012-01-30T00:01:00.000-06:00

Guest Design Team Member Jean submitted this tag for the January NEW Challenge. She said:

This is a double tag I made for a New Year’s Message to a dear friend. Made from white card folded into a 6 x 3 inch double tag. The papers are from a cheap but pretty pack of coloured tissues from a local pound shop, I cut diagonally to fit the card. I made the angel by drawing around a stencil of a Christmas angel onto the tissue paper and cut 2. I used double sided tape to attach it to a plastic straw, (firm sort) cut to size, sandwiching the straw between the 2 angels. I wound ribbon cord at the top of the angel, twisted it across the front and glued it at the base. A computer printed angel quote finished it off. The reverse side was built up the same with another angel quote added. The same corded ribbon finished the tag with some pearl beads threaded through the same hole.

Thank you for looking.

Now it's your turn to take the January NEW Challenge. The January Challenge is anything doing with NEW - it could be a new tool, a new product, a new technique, or the project could have somehing to do with NEW - like New Years Eve - Our New Home, etc!. Anything goes! Have fun sharing something NEW with us.To participate in the January NEW Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on January 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of March. This challenge ends at midnight central time January 31st.

January Challenge by Christy

2012-01-29T12:01:00.000-06:00

Design Team Member Christy submitted this layout for the January NEW challenge. She said:

I homeschool my son and one of our favourite subjects is science. I tend to hoard science kits like I hoard scrapbook supplies. So my son and I made a commitment to not bring any more home until we used some kits up. This kicked off some good fun in our home, though I must admit, some of those kits were duds. As in...duds, not working, it's a no go. This was one such kit. Maybe the citrus was too old to conduct a charge.( we live on an island and it's shipped in). Maybe we had the wrong kind of penny or paper clip. Who knows!?!? We never got the light to come on using oranges and lemons as batteries. We still had a great time and managed to learn about electricity. I took a bunch of photos for me to scrap which meant I not only used up a science kit, I used up stash too. It was a win-win all around.

Can you tell what's new on my page? Probably not. No hard feelings about that. It's hard to tell unless you know. I got Adobe Photoshop elements 10. I must say that it has helped me out quite a bit in the "having better photos" category. I still need to learn to take better pictures, but at least the ones I have look a tad better. I also used a large photo on my page thanks to the Cathy Zielske Design your life class at Big picture Classes. It's not something I would normally do. There is one other new thing on my page...I finally got around to weaving.

Initially, I had just stitched boxes on the right hand page to even out the design.After stitching the boxes, I thought it needed a bit more than just a plain box with mist droplets in it. I was, sadly, too lazy to stitch a whole pattern inside the box. If I had planned things out, I would have evenly aligned the holes to make the weaving easier. So the weaving is a bit uneven. No matter, it turned out to look pretty interesting. I added some punched stars with a bit of glossy accents and ended up with some nice texture on my page. Here is a close up:

I wove the threads at random through various strands of the thread. It created this lovely pattern through the block. Proof positive that trying something new can yield a wonderful result.

So now it's your turn. Try a new tool, a new technique...anything new will do. Then share it with us at Scrap Our Stash!

January NEW Challenge by Cindy

2012-01-29T00:01:00.000-06:00

Reader Cindy submitted this project for the January NEW Challenge. she said:

Hi!

My name is Cindy Adkins and I just completed this piece which is an Old World Style book. I used
all brand-new pieces to create it and it was a "first" for me. I have a tutorial on my blog.

It's at:http://cindyadkinswhimsicalmusings.blogspot.com
I am so excited for you to see it!
Thanks so much!!!
XO
Cindy

Now it's your turn to take the January NEW Challenge. The January Challenge is anything doing with NEW - it could be a new tool, a new product, a new technique, or the project could have somehing to do with NEW - like New Years Eve - Our New Home, etc!. Anything goes! Have fun sharing something NEW with us.To participate in the January NEW Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on January 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of March. This challenge ends at midnight central time January 31st.

January NEW Challenge by Alanna

2012-01-28T12:01:00.000-06:00

Design Team Member Alanna submitted these cards for the January NEW Challenge. She said:

Here are my cards for the January "new" challenge. I decided to make a set of new baby cards, I copied my design for the second to make two identical cards - one for a boy and one for a girl :) Thanks for another great, inspiring challenge :)
Alanna

Now it's your turn to take the January NEW Challenge. The January Challenge is anything doing with NEW - it could be a new tool, a new product, a new technique, or the project could have somehing to do with NEW - like New Years Eve - Our New Home, etc!. Anything goes! Have fun sharing something NEW with us.To participate in the January NEW Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on January 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of March. This challenge ends at midnight central time January 31st.

January NEW Challenge by Elizabeth

2012-01-28T00:01:00.002-06:00

Design Team Member Elizabeth submitted this layout for the January NEW Challenge. She said:

After pondering on this month’s challenge theme for anything to fit the concept of NEW, I decided to go the whole hog and I have used some of a new scrapbooking kit to make a layout of photographs of new Christmas stash received. It’s really lovely to be given so many super presents, so it seems fitting to keep a record like this. This year I’ve vowed to use only what is already here in my craft room – there’s tons anyway – and apart from absolute essentials, e.g. glue gel, DS tape, etc., I will not succumb to temptation!!! So, most of the materials have been taken from the kit, the rest came from my stash.

Apparently, teal and pink are going to be the in colours this year ... however, I'm not that keen on pink so teamed the gold with the teal - actually it's a Core'dinations cardstock called Mediterranean - beautiful colour! I briefly considered scrunching it up and then sanding but changed my mind and instead streaked it with a pale green paint dabber, stamped flowers and dragonflies, also using the green dabber, then dotted some bees using a gold ink pad. I've only recently discovered metallic ink pads – I can’t think why!

The two design papers were cut using two sets of Kiwi Lane Designs templates. I don't think these templates can be bought in the UK, certainly I've not seen anyone else using them, but I'm a fan. They are simple and easy to use and I like the undulating affect.

This gold flower in the centre of the arrangement was made by cutting out 4 different sized circles of fabric ... in this case it was white with a small print. The next step was to spritz the pieces with water and scrunch them up. I left them for a little while to partly dry, spritzed again, this time with a water/gold mica powder mix, and allowed to dry naturally. To complete I glued each layer with a tiny amount of glue gel and added a gold pearl to the centre.

Thanks for looking,
Elizabeth
http://silverscrappers.blogspot.com

Now it's your turn to take the January NEW Challenge. The January Challenge is anything doing with NEW - it could be a new tool, a new product, a new technique, or the project could have somehing to do with NEW - like New Years Eve - Our New Home, etc!. Anything goes! Have fun sharing something NEW with us.To participate in the January NEW Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on January 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of March. This challenge ends at midnight central time January 31st.

January NEW Challenge by Joan

2012-01-27T12:01:00.000-06:00

Design Team Member Joan submitted this card for the January NEW Challenge. She said:

Here is a new card I've made for this month's theme.I used stickers, winter paper and rhinestones that I've had in my stash for awhile.
Joan Liddle, DT member

Now it's your turn to take the January NEW Challenge. The January Challenge is anything doing with NEW - it could be a new tool, a new product, a new technique, or the project could have somehing to do with NEW - like New Years Eve - Our New Home, etc!. Anything goes! Have fun sharing something NEW with us.To participate in the January NEW Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on January 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of March. This challenge ends at midnight central time January 31st.

January NEW Challenge by Jessica

2012-01-27T00:01:00.000-06:00

Reader Jessica submitted this layout for the January NEW challenge. She said:

Here is my layout for the January “New” Challenge. This is of my new baby (just 23 days old) and our first photos of our new family. I also used the new BoBunny Welcome Home line. I have posted more details and pictures on my blog at: http://scraplifterdesigns.blogspot.com/2012/01/our-new-family-lets-scrap-challenge-127.html

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on January 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of March. This challenge ends at midnight central time January 31st.

January NEW Challenge by Rita

2012-01-26T12:01:00.001-06:00

Reader Rita submitted this layout for the January NEW challenge. She said:

This is my LO.
Bazzil white and other in lime.
I used two stamps for the first time and I bought the badge in December.
Thanks!

Now it's your turn to take the January NEW Challenge. The January Challenge is anything doing with NEW - it could be a new tool, a new product, a new technique, or the project could have somehing to do with NEW - like New Years Eve - Our New Home, etc!. Anything goes! Have fun sharing something NEW with us.To participate in the January NEW Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on January 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of March. This challenge ends at midnight central time January 31st.

January NEW challenge by Debbie B.

2012-01-26T00:01:00.000-06:00

Reader Debbie B. submitted this layout for the January New Challenge. She said:

Here is a layout I did for the "New" Challenge- I used only cardstock and no photos- instead I scrapped a poem that my daughter wrote- which both of these technigues are new to me- I was really stepping out of the box on this page. I used all cardstock and either embossed the sun & clouds, misted the masked stars, chalked the rainbow and drew some birds on the page. This will be a treasured page of my daughter for sure- it was a poem she wrote the night my father (her grandfather) passed away and I have saved it- so I thought I would put it into her scrapbook for wonderful memories.

Now it's your turn to take the January NEW Challenge. The January Challenge is anything doing with NEW - it could be a new tool, a new product, a new technique, or the project could have somehing to do with NEW - like New Years Eve - Our New Home, etc!. Anything goes! Have fun sharing something NEW with us.To participate in the January NEW Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on January 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of March. This challenge ends at midnight central time January 31st.

January New Challenge by Devra

2012-01-25T12:01:00.002-06:00

Reader Dedra submitted this layout for the January New Challenge. She said:

Great Challenge. I have tried 2 new things so far this month but I do not know if I can enter 2 LOs. I like your blog and am going to try to participate more often.

I have never masked over a stamp before I use this journal stamp all the time, but this time, I needed it to be blank in the middle. I couldn't remember exactly how to do it, but I figured it out and it turned out ok! I used it at the top to list some of the expressions my son has on his face. I used half of the journal spot at the far right edge of the LO to continue and finish the title.
Here is the link to my blog post in case you have any problems: http://mycreativeview.blogspot.com/2012/01/been-busy-creating.html
Thank you!
Devra

Now it's your turn to take the January NEW Challenge. The January Challenge is anything doing with NEW - it could be a new tool, a new product, a new technique, or the project could have somehing to do with NEW - like New Years Eve - Our New Home, etc!. Anything goes! Have fun sharing something NEW with us.To participate in the January NEW Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on January 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of March. This challenge ends at midnight central time January 31st.

January New Challenge by Ren-Yi

2012-01-25T00:01:00.000-06:00

Design Team Member Ren-Yi submitted this project for the January NEW Challenge. She said:

This month at Scrap our Stash we're doing something New for January. For the details hop over to this post. This year I did something completely new, I threw myself a huge birthday party. With all this Project 30 talk on my blog, I want to share something new I did - party favors.
Since Project 30 was very food centric, I was trying to find the perfect party favor, when I stumbled upon this Bambu Pot Scraper at Crate & Barrel. I bought one and tested it at home and have been in love with it. I use it on all my pots & pans, or pyrex dishes, and it works like magic. It doesn't scratch anything up, so it's the perfect kitchen must-have tool.
At $1 a piece, it's quite the thrifty party favor too. I added a fun little wrap around it. Cut each pattern paper down to, border punched with Upper Crest and stamped on "thank so much."

Easy peasy, lemon squeezy... Check out the Scrap Our Stash's January Challenge. You have until the end of the month to get your inspirations in. What new things have you been up to?

Now it's your turn to take the January NEW Challenge. The January Challenge is anything doing with NEW - it could be a new tool, a new product, a new technique, or the project could have somehing to do with NEW - like New Years Eve - Our New Home, etc!. Anything goes! Have fun sharing something NEW with us. To participate in the January NEW Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on January 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of March. This challenge ends at midnight central time January 31st.

Pagerize Tamara by Debbie P

2012-01-24T12:01:00.001-06:00

Design Team Member Debbie P. submitted this layout for the Pagerize This Challenge # 18. She said:

What a classic design Tamara's Pagerize #18 layout has. I went with a smaller canvas, so I had to resize many of the design elements. The layout is so adaptable and I just love it. I will keep her layout in my scrapbook inspriation file so I can use it again.
Thanks
Tamara!

Each Month on the 15th, we post a new layout for you to "pagerize" (Plagerize,copy,lift, steal) whatever term you want to use. The idea will be- to use the posted layout as your inspriation to create your own layout. You can "pagerize"as much or as little of the original layout as you choose. you may want to make a layout like the one just posted-or you may just want to use something about the layout as your inspiration.

Once you've completed your layout-email a picture and a brief description to scrappingpsyhco@live.com

All entries will be posted here at Scrap our Stash. this challenge runs through midnight central time on February 12th. The pagerizer ( in this case, Tamara), will then choose a winner from all of the entries. The winner will be announced on February 14th. then the winner will be asked to submit a layout for us to "pagerize" starting on the 15th of February.

January NEW challenge by Laurie L.

2012-01-24T00:01:00.000-06:00

Reader Laurie L. submitted this layout for the January New Challenge. She said:

Attached is my entry for the January New Challenge. These papers are from Echo Park and I just got them for all my scrapping in the new year. I love them! I've never worked with Echo Park before, so this is a new brand to me. The couple in the picture is my brother-in-law and his wife and they are still sort of newlyweds. I'm giving this to my sister-in-law for her birthday in April, so this will be something new for them to add to their home.
Laurie
-- Check out crafty projects and delicious recipes at my blog, Cook Scrap Craft: http://cookscrapcraft.blogspot.com

Now it's your turn to take the January NEW Challenge. The January Challenge is anything doing with NEW - it could be a new tool, a new product, a new technique, or the project could have somehing to do with NEW - like New Years Eve - Our New Home, etc!. Anything goes! Have fun sharing something NEW with us.To participate in the January NEW Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on January 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of March. This challenge ends at midnight central time January 31st.

January New Challenge by Angela

2012-01-23T12:01:00.003-06:00

Reader Angela submitted this layout for the January New Challenge. She said:

Hi there!
My "new" layout features new products (Echo Park's Yours Truly collection), a new (to me) technique -- the glittered pattern tissue background -- AND a New Year's Eve photo, taken right at the stroke of midnight this year!
You can read all about it on my blog -- http://www.papercupboard.blogspot.com/2012/01/ooh-sparkly.html
Thanks!
Angela Hathikhanavala

Now it's your turn to take the January NEW Challenge. The January Challenge is anything doing with NEW - it could be a new tool, a new product, a new technique, or the project could have somehing to do with NEW - like New Years Eve - Our New Home, etc!. Anything goes! Have fun sharing something NEW with us.To participate in the January NEW Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on January 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of March. This challenge ends at midnight central time January 31st.

January NEW challenge by Ange

2012-01-23T00:01:00.002-06:00

Design Team Member Ange submitted this layout for the January NEW challenge. She said:

I chose to go with newly printed photos, some new supplies my awesome daughter got me for Christmas and to use some punches in a new way. So the cute white card stock, green patterned paper, green with white polka dot ribbon and stickers in the bottom right corner were all picked out by my dear daughter. Everything else is much older stuff from my stash. The photos are from this year's tree assembly production. I used a border punch to make the red 'ribbon' look for the bottom strip. Then took the little curls that were punched out and added them around the circle. I also used a glaze pen I've had for quite some time, but haven't done much with. Looks really great in person, but hard to see here. :) Lots of sparkly fun tho!
:)Ange
More details on my blog: http://scrappingcompulsion.blogspot.com/

Now it's your turn to take the January NEW Challenge. The January Challenge is anything doing with NEW - it could be a new tool, a new product, a new technique, or the project could have somehing to do with NEW - like New Years Eve - Our New Home, etc!. Anything goes! Have fun sharing something NEW with us.To participate in the January NEW Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on January 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of March. This challenge ends at midnight central time January 31st.

January New Challenge by Haley

2012-01-22T12:01:00.001-06:00

Design Team Member Haley submitted this layout for the January New Challenge. She said:

My January submission is a layout of my daughters modeling their NEW clothes. I used a NEW layout sketch from Close To My Heart, along with NEW papers (called Stella) and a NEW stamp set called Fashionista. It was really fun to memorialize their NEW duds with NEW products! (I also have close up pictures on my blog.)
Happy scrapping!
Haley
http://inkyscrapper.blogspot.com

Now it's your turn to take the January NEW Challenge. The January Challenge is anything doing with NEW - it could be a new tool, a new product, a new technique, or the project could have somehing to do with NEW - like New Years Eve - Our New Home, etc!. Anything goes! Have fun sharing something NEW with us.To participate in the January NEW Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on January 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of March. This challenge ends at midnight central time January 31st.

January New Challenge by Amanda

2012-01-22T00:01:00.001-06:00

Reader Amanda submitted this layout for the January New Challenge. She said:

Hi
I have another layout to share with you. This is for January’s NEW Challenge. It’s my first attempt at a digital page, definitely something NEW for me.

However I didn’t find it particularly fulfilling – and I’ll be returning to my paper and sticky tape very soon.

Regards,

Amanda
http://amandas-scrapbook-pages.blogspot.com/

Now it's your turn to take the January NEW Challenge. The January Challenge is anything doing with NEW - it could be a new tool, a new product, a new technique, or the project could have somehing to do with NEW - like New Years Eve - Our New Home, etc!. Anything goes! Have fun sharing something NEW with us.To participate in the January NEW Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on January 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of March. This challenge ends at midnight central time January 31st.

January NEW challenge by Charlotte

2012-01-21T12:01:00.000-06:00

Reader Charlotte submitted this layout for the January New Challenge. She said:

I've attached a LO I did of my DD on New Years Eve. I did enter it in another challenge and am not sure of your rules on that, so if it's not eligible, I understand.

(Note: there are no rules regarding not submitting a project you have submitted elsewhere - all we require is that your project fit the monthly challenge - Kathy).
Charlotte

Now it's your turn to take the January NEW Challenge. The January Challenge is anything doing with NEW - it could be a new tool, a new product, a new technique, or the project could have somehing to do with NEW - like New Years Eve - Our New Home, etc!. Anything goes! Have fun sharing something NEW with us.To participate in the January NEW Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on January 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of March. This challenge ends at midnight central time January 31st.

January NEW challenge by Marie

2012-01-21T00:01:00.003-06:00

Design Team Member Marie submitted this layout for the January NEW Challenge. She said:

Here's my January Challenge Entry! The Challenge is something NEW!
Every anniversary, I have to outdo my last anniversary card for my husband! This year I tried a NEW Technique! I tried a Circle Flip Up Book. I found the instructions at Splitcoaststampers.com.
I used DCWV's Heritage Stack, MME's Lush, and Solid Cardstock from my stash. I used my scallop scissors and ribbon from my stash to add details.

Now it's your turn to take the January NEW Challenge. The January Challenge is anything doing with NEW - it could be a new tool, a new product, a new technique, or the project could have somehing to do with NEW - like New Years Eve - Our New Home, etc!. Anything goes! Have fun sharing something NEW with us.To participate in the January NEW Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on January 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of March. This challenge ends at midnight central time January 31st.

January New Challenge by Mary Pat

2012-01-20T12:01:00.001-06:00

Design Team Member Mary Pat submitted this layout for the January NEW challenge. She said:

Hi Everyone,
Mary Pat here to bring you my take on the January New Challenge. I decided to make a layout with my favorite New tool--my Cameo. I have had the original Silhouette for close to 6 years and I decided to upgrade to the Cameo because I LOVE the 12x12 shapes for background on layouts. So for my layout "Summer Star" I used my brand new Cameo and my first 12x12 shape.

To make the layout I cut the background and then cut it in half in order to use the 2 different patterns. I then stitched the two back together with my sewing machine. I used the Nikki Sivils Summer line to create this layout.

I hope you enjoyed my take on the January Challenge.

Now it's your turn to take the January NEW Challenge. The January Challenge is anything doing with NEW - it could be a new tool, a new product, a new technique, or the project could have somehing to do with NEW - like New Years Eve - Our New Home, etc!. Anything goes! Have fun sharing something NEW with us. To participate in the January NEW Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on January 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of March. This challenge ends at midnight central time January 31st.

January New challenge by Tiffany

2012-01-20T00:01:00.001-06:00

Reader Tiffany submitted these layouts for the January New challenge. She said:

Happy NEW year! attached are 2 layouts for submission in you "New" challenge for January!

Thanks for the consideration,
=) Tiffany

Tiffany CallThe Painted Frogblog: http://bkfastattiffanys.blogspot.com/
etsy shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/thepaintedfrog

Now it's your turn to take the January NEW Challenge. The January Challenge is anything doing with NEW - it could be a new tool, a new product, a new technique, or the project could have somehing to do with NEW - like New Years Eve - Our New Home, etc!. Anything goes! Have fun sharing something NEW with us.To participate in the January NEW Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on January 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of March. This challenge ends at midnight central time January 31st.

January New Challenge by Kathryn

2012-01-19T12:01:00.000-06:00

Design Team Member Kathryn submitted this layout for the January New challenge. She said:

Happy New Year!! I hope everyone had a lovely holiday?
We have had a few ‘new’ things this past year, but the biggest was definitely my daughter Emma starting school after over 4 years at nursery. She looked such a big girl in her uniform! I have also had a go at a new technique - handstitching each piece of paper onto the layout. I do have a small sewing machine, but never got beyond being able to thread it!! I think I’ll have another go now as I don’t want to hand stitch all those panels of paper again, especially when I started having to go through 3 layers. At the time it never occurred to me to just stitch around the single pieces before I stuck them down! Ah, well, you live and learn, LOL.
Have a lovely January
K x

Now it's your turn to take the January NEW Challenge. The January Challenge is anything doing with NEW - it could be a new tool, a new product, a new technique, or the project could have somehing to do with NEW - like New Years Eve - Our New Home, etc!. Anything goes! Have fun sharing something NEW with us.To participate in the January NEW Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on January 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of March. This challenge ends at midnight central time January 31st.

January New Challenge by Carri

2012-01-19T00:01:00.002-06:00

Reader Carri submitted this card for the January New Challenge. She said:

Hello!
Here is my entry for your January new challenge!
All Papers are 100% scraps! The bird is cut from Live Simply Cricut Cartridge.

I used my NEW notebook border punch. I also used a New Ribbon Technique, Stickles colors green and frosted lace, Glue and pink ultra fine glitter, Liquid Pearls Opal White
Ribbon
Bug stamp from Bug Bites
Happy Birthday stamp

Carri~
abusybeewww.doubleclickconnections.blogspot.com

Now it's your turn to take the January NEW Challenge. The January Challenge is anything doing with NEW - it could be a new tool, a new product, a new technique, or the project could have somehing to do with NEW - like New Years Eve - Our New Home, etc!. Anything goes! Have fun sharing something NEW with us.To participate in the January NEW Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on January 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of March. This challenge ends at midnight central time January 31st.

January NEW Challenge by Wendy K.

2012-01-18T00:01:00.000-06:00

Design Team Member Wendy K. submitted this layout for the January New Challenge. She said:

I have decided (with the exception of CTMH stuff because I'm a consultant) that any new scrapbooking stuff I buy is going into a cubby at my desk and I'm going to really focus on using it right away so it doesn't get lost in my stash. I really don't buy too much new stuff anymore and I am going to try with extra effort this year to use up the stash that I already have. I did have a shopping trip lately and this Doodlebug paper pack and stickers popped out at me and was the bulk of my purchase. I was also able to add some things from my stash to the layout as a bonus. The pictures are from my daughter's first Valentine's Day last year. I used a sketch from Scrapboook Generations Sketches for Scrapbooking Volume 8. All details are on My Scrapbooking Blog.
Wendy K.

Now it's your turn to take the January NEW Challenge. The January Challenge is anything doing with NEW - it could be a new tool, a new product, a new technique, or the project could have somehing to do with NEW - like New Years Eve - Our New Home, etc!. Anything goes! Have fun sharing something NEW with us. To participate in the January NEW Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on January 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of March. This challenge ends at midnight central time January 31st.

January New Challenge by Tammy

2012-01-17T00:01:00.000-06:00

Design Team Member Tammy submitted this layout for the January New Challenge. She said:

For my January Challenge I decided to scrap a New Year's Eve picture, from 1993 to be exact! (See, don't ever worry that you aren't caught up on your scrapbooking, lol!) Anyway, this is a picture of some friends of mine from a New Year's Eve party many years ago. We had dressed up but by this point we had changed into some comfy clothes. In this layout I used the following products: Cardstock--Bazzill; PP, journaling card and chipboard elements--Teresa Collins; rhinestone flourish--Prima; Letter stickers--October Afternoon; misc. flower.

Now it's your turn to take the January NEW Challenge. The January Challenge is anything doing with NEW - it could be a new tool, a new product, a new technique, or the project could have somehing to do with NEW - like New Years Eve - Our New Home, etc!. Anything goes! Have fun sharing something NEW with us.To participate in the January NEW Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on January 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of March. This challenge ends at midnight central time January 31st.

Good bye to Design Team Member Sue

2012-01-16T23:22:00.000-06:00

Unfortunately, I received the following resignation from Design Team Member Sue Althouse:

Hi Kathy,

It's hard to believe that it has been a year since I was a Guest Designer and you so graciously asked me to stay on the Scrap Our Stash Design Team. As I am carefully considering my work load and other commitments for 2012, I have sadly come to the conclusion that it is time for me to end my term as a member of the Design Team at Scrap Our Stash. I have enjoyed working with you and posting my projects on the SOS blog. I know of at least one reader who saw an SOS challenge on my blog and entered, and is now on your Design Team!

I want to wish you and everyone at Scrap Our Stash all the best. Thank you so much for this opportunity. I will continue to check out your great monthly challenges!

Best wishes,

Sue Althouse

http://suealthouse.blogspot.com/

January NEW Challenge by Sue D

2012-01-16T01:01:00.000-06:00

Reader Sue D. submitted these layouts for the January New Challenge. She said:

Thanks for giving me the chance to put my work on show.

In this design my NEW part is the string (I have used it on cards - but first time on a page)....and the crochet flowers. It seems to be the "in" embellishment at the moment.
also the family in the photo is my eldest daughter Bec, her husband Kevin, and 2 grand daughters Allira and Simone....this was their first family portrait since having Simone....so its a NEW family portrait.
This set used is the Posh papers....I bought as a kit.

hope this qualifies ok.....thanks, Sue

Now it's your turn to take the January NEW Challenge. The January Challenge is anything doing with NEW - it could be a new tool, a new product, a new technique, or the project could have somehing to do with NEW - like New Years Eve - Our New Home, etc!. Anything goes! Have fun sharing something NEW with us.To participate in the January NEW Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on January 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of March. This challenge ends at midnight central time January 31st.

January NEW Challenge by Sarah

2012-01-16T00:01:00.001-06:00

New Year... New Word of the Year.
For the past 2 years I've not made New Years 'resolutions' but instead chosen a 'Word of the Year' to guide me through the 12 months ahead. Previously they've been 'Create' and last year was 'Home'... both helped me so much focusing my energies to reach toward multiple goals.
This year is: Space.

Started this layout with paper I've been hoarding... it's just so pretty. Lovely Kraft Cardstock paper from My Mind's Eye Life Stories Pad. Though I love how it looks I wasn't sure what to do with it (we all have *those* papers don't we?) it looked 'all done' already.

Across the bottom are a picture of me and some clip-art images representing just a few of the 'Space' things I want to work towards this year: Life, In Home, Freedom, Finding and Financial.
Almost everything on this LO was sized and printed to 'fit' inside the sections already laid out on the Pattern Paper.

Sized and Printed the 'official' dictionary definitions of Space to fit along the side. Listed under 'Supporting Material' (Photo, Memorabilia or Additional Documentation) on the Paper.

Wanted a real office-y, file feel so in addition to gluing it on I stapled it.
When everything was on I spattered some light brown glimmer mist on (coffee colored) and messed it all up with a kleenex rubbed on a light brown ink pad. Some finger prints too!

The middle section was made up using 2 sheets I ripped out of a small art-pad and made to look like they were held in with paperclips.

The General Information section was filled in with printed papers to look like filing stickers.

Main image was played with on PikNik...
Vintage edge shading, some 'stickers' and added journaling:

Space: the Word of the Year. This is the artwork of the Artist Sarah Cooper. Her one-year mission: to explore this word, to seek out it’s meanings and build upon these things, to boldly go where no one has gone before…

The coffee ring is legit, it was made with the bottom of a mug 'painted' with the glimmer mist. An inked thumbprint for good measure, then the last thing added was some 'file notes' along the side.

Now it's your turn to take the January NEW Challenge. The January Challenge is anything doing with NEW - it could be a new tool, a new product, a new technique, or the project could have something to do with NEW - like New Years Eve - Our New Home, etc!. Anything goes! Have fun sharing something NEW with us.To participate in the January NEW Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on January 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of March. This challenge ends at midnight central time January 31st.

January NEW Challenge by Wendy C.

2012-01-14T00:01:00.002-06:00

Design Team Member Wendy C. submitted this layout for the January NEW Challenge. She said:

I finally got the new I-top tool!! I was so happy! Now I just need lots of practice. Here is my first attempt. I used the brad maker and some patterned papers for the centers of the flowers.

Wendy***

Now it's your turn to take the January NEW Challenge. The January Challenge is anything doing with NEW - it could be a new tool, a new product, a new technique, or the project could have somehing to do with NEW - like New Years Eve - Our New Home, etc!. Anything goes! Have fun sharing something NEW with us.To participate in the January NEW Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on January 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of March. This challenge ends at midnight central time January 31st.

Frugal Friday Tip by Elizabeth

2012-01-13T00:01:00.001-06:00

Design Team Member Elizabeth submitted this Frugal Friday Tip. She said:

I’m sure I’m not the only one of us who has lots of leftover snippets of design paper, cardstock, ribbon and trims tucked away in boxes and drawers, considered too lovely to throw away but too small to use on most projects. These little tree decorations are the perfect way of using up even the smallest snippet.

I just made them up as I went along. The only tools used are circle and label punches. The basis of three were some pretty die-cut shapes I already had tucked away but the base of the top one is just made from punched circles of packaging materials covered in circles of patterned paper, including one cut from the leftovers after poinsettias have been cut out of it. I just backed it on to another co-ordinating circle of paper. Even the gold ribbon bow was saved from the packaging of a 2010 Christmas gift. The backs have a little bit of decoration too so they look good from any direction.

They don't take much of anything ... a little bit of ribbon, twine and some interesting trim, a few flowers, glitter, brads, gems, card candy, peel-offs, various adhesives and a hot glue gun and they can be made in super quick time ... ready to go on the tree or hung on a wall. I’ve even taken the idea a step forward and made one for my little granddaughter, Shari-Ann, to hang in her newly decorated bedroom ... it’s pink, of course.

It’s a little bigger than the others allowing me to add her initials. I made the concertina flowers some time ago, just practicing, and I’m happy to have found a use for them at last.

The floral paper on the back is from a Prima paper stack, Romantique. I hope these have given you some inspiration to pull out your leftover bits and pieces to create these pretty little decorations.

Now it's your turn to go use those leftover snippets - send a picture along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com and we will post it here.

Do you have a frugal idea to share? Send your tip along with a picture to Scrappinpsycho@live.com . You could be featured as a future Frugal Friday Tip.

January NEW Challenge by Lynn

2012-01-12T00:01:00.002-06:00

Guest Design Team Member Lynn submitted this layout for the January NEW Challenge. she said:

I got so excited to see the January NEW Challenge. I had just the idea in mind for this layout. This is my daughter and her husband on their first Christmas together as a "NEWLY married couple". I paired that idea with the NEW snowfall paper from Bo Bunny and was on my way. I've wanted to use this paper for awhile but all my photos were in color and I love to stash my new products. Thank goodness for Photoshop and the sepia button and to the ladies here that challenged me to use my new things. Happy NEW Years Everyone!
Lynn
http://scrappyhappymom.blogspot.com/

Now it's your turn to take the January NEW Challenge. The January Challenge is anything doing with NEW - it could be a new tool, a new product, a new technique, or the project could have somehing to do with NEW - like New Years Eve - Our New Home, etc!. Anything goes! Have fun sharing something NEW with us.To participate in the January NEW Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on January 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of March. This challenge ends at midnight central time January 31st.

January New Challenge by Lisa

2012-01-11T00:01:00.007-06:00

Reader Lisa submitted this card for the January NEW Challenge. She said:

Hi! Here is my submission to the January challenge. The new products I’ve used are Studio Calico Cameo Mister Huey Mist, Intertwined circles masking template, kraft butterflies, and Webster’s Pages bloomers. I know just about everyone has now used bloomers but it was my first time – for the ribbon that is J.

To create the card, I used the mask on some naturals ivory cardstock and spritzed with the Cameo mister. I then spritzed with some homemade mist using Baja Breeze Stampin’ Up! Ink and Perfect Pearls. The edges were inked with additional bright pink ink. The butterfly was cut on the Cricut, embossed and inked with various blue/green inks. The butterfly stickers were stamped with some white pigment ink. All was assembled to create a girlie card for a mother-to-be expecting a baby boy.

Link to my blog post featuring this card: http://lisae-design.blogspot.com/2012/01/misty-card-for-mother-to-be.html

Thanks for your consideration.
Lisa

Now it's your turn to take the January NEW Challenge. The January Challenge is anything doing with NEW - it could be a new tool, a new product, a new technique, or the project could have somehing to do with NEW - like New Years Eve - Our New Home, etc!. Anything goes! Have fun sharing something NEW with us.To participate in the January NEW Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on January 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of March. This challenge ends at midnight central time January 31st.

January NEW Challenge by Stacy

2012-01-10T00:01:00.001-06:00

Design Team Member Stacy submitted this layout for the January NEW Challenge. She said:

Happy New Year!! Stacy here.

I'm so happy to finally have life slow down a bit and go back to normal. I have been dying to scrap but wasn't really able to find the time with all the holiday madness. I was lucky to get a few new scrappy things for Christmas and am happy to now have time to use them!! How about you?? Did you get some scrappy goodness. And are you ready to use it?? Well, I hope that our January NEW Challenge inspires you to scrap some of your "new" stuff and share them with us here!!

I decided to make a layout for this challenge project. It is a layout about my daughter's school field trip to the mountains. I thought documenting her new adventures would be perfect for this challenge! I also was happy to use the new edge punch I got in my stocking. ha

Almost everything on this layout is Basic Grey Origin goodies that I had in my stash! I think the only thing not from my stash was the photo and the sparkly yellow alphas that are from Pink Paislee's Sweetness collection. Look at me using up my stash!! Woo hoo!! lol

I had fun making this layout and the best thing is that my daughter loves it. I hope you enjoyed looking at it too.

Now it's your turn to take the January NEW Challenge. The January Challenge is anything doing with NEW - it could be a new tool, a new product, a new technique, or the project could have something to do with NEW - like New Years Eve - Our New Home, etc!. Anything goes! Have fun sharing something NEW with us.

To participate in the January NEW Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on January 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of March. This challenge ends at midnight central time January 31st.

Pagerize Amanda by Christy

2012-01-09T00:01:00.007-06:00

Design Team Member Christy submitted this layout for the Pagerize This Challenge # 17. She said:

I have a very vague memory of making an iron on shirt with my mom as a kid. The memory is so vague that I am not sure if it ever even happened. Saying that makes me feel quite sad. So much so that I hope my son manages to have more vivid memories of me. At the least, he will have tons of scrapbook pages to reference what some may believe is an over-documented childhood. Isn't it great to be a mamarazzi?!?!
Anyway, When I saw Amanda's page for the Scrap our Stash Pagerize this challenge, I knew I had to lift it. I loved the dynamic look of the circles on her page. I also liked how the smaller cropped photos acted like embellishments to support the main photo.

SEI papers, Basci Grey Brads,DMC floss, glass beads
artsylicious green brad, Fancy pants star sticker
papr trunk alphas, basic grey woolie
Cosmo cricket chipboard arrow with souffle pen in white
colorbox black ink

Can you spy my new favourite product? I began using them on my pages within the last few months. They are glass beads. I have some that have been in my stash for awhile now. They are sprinkled onto the word "monster" and then adhered using glossy accents. The little black beads were salvaged from one of my favourite evening bags (I was pretty sad when it broke!). I am finding that glass beads are an economical way to add a little more umph to my pages without breaking the bank. I have made my own stick pins as well as using them to decorate pages or embellishments. I hope to add more colours to my stash at some point in the future. Meanwhile, I am glad I finally pulled these out to play with.

If you would like to pagerize Amanda's page, you can check out her page HERE!

Each month on the 15th we post a new layout for you to "pagerize" (plagerize, copy, lift, steal) whatever term you want to use. The idea will be - to use the posted layout as your inspiration to create your own layout. You can "pagerize" as much or as little of the original layout as you choose. You may want to make a layout just like the one posted - or you may just want to use something about the layout as your inspiration.

Once you've completed your layout - email a picture and brief description to scrappinpsycho@live.com All entries will be posted here at Scrap Our Stash. This challenge runs through midnight central time on January 12th. The "Pagerizer" (in this case Amanda), will then choose a winner from all the entries. The winner will be announced on January14th. Then the winner will be asked to submit a layout for us to "Pagerize" starting on the 15th of January.

January NEW Challenge by Sindi

2012-01-08T00:01:00.000-06:00

Design Team Member Sindi submitted this layout for the January NEW Challenge. She said:

Here is my entry for the January challenge. This is my first attempt at DIY book binding, so it was definitely new to me. I created a journal and used the Coptic stitching method to bind it. The covers are made from old manilla folders covered in fabric. I used regular copy paper for the inside pages and more manilla folders for section headers. Coptic stitching was actually pretty easy. I learned by watching a few youtube videos. It created a tight hold on the pages and took hardly any time to do. The flower on the front is from Sassafras and I added a ribbon that's been in my stash forever to tie it together.

Now it's your turn to take the January NEW Challenge. The January Challenge is anything doing with NEW - it could be a new tool, a new product, a new technique, or the project could have somehing to do with NEW - like New Years Eve - Our New Home, etc!. Anything goes! Have fun sharing something NEW with us.

To participate in the January NEW Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on January 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of March. This challenge ends at midnight central time January 31st.

January NEW Challenge by La Vikinga

2012-01-07T00:01:00.000-06:00

Design Team Member La Vikinga submitted this layout for the January NEW Challenge. She said:

On these pics, the girl is 12 years old, living with her mother in Chile. Now that she has turned 18 she decided to come to Sweden, where she was born, and that is definitively going to be a new beginning not only for her, but also for me, and for her father. Let's hope everything goes well and it turnes out to be a positive new life for us all!!
La Vikinga

Now it's your turn to take the January NEW Challenge. The January Challenge is anything doing with NEW - it could be a new tool, a new product, a new technique, or the project could have somehing to do with NEW - like New Years Eve - Our New Home, etc!. Anything goes! Have fun sharing something NEW with us.To participate in the January NEW Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on January 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of March. This challenge ends at midnight central time January 31st.

Pagerize Amanda by Debbie P.

2012-01-06T00:01:00.007-06:00

Design Team Member Debbie P. submitted this layout for the Pagerize This Challenge # 17. She said:

My layout, which was inspired by Amanda’s Pagerize layout, is a cute story about my middle granddaughter that we reminisce about quite often. Amanda’s layout inspired me to use one larger photo with three smaller photos to compliment it. And I kept the circular feel with the circular die cut paper. You can read more about the story on my blog at www.dpiercey.blogspot.com.

.Each month on the 15th we post a new layout for you to "pagerize" (plagerize, copy, lift, steal) whatever term you want to use. The idea will be - to use the posted layout as your inspiration to create your own layout. You can "pagerize" as much or as little of the original layout as you choose. You may want to make a layout just like the one posted - or you may just want to use something about the layout as your inspiration.

Here is reader Amanda's layout for the Pagerize This Challenge # 17. Once you've completed your layout - email a picture and brief description to scrappinpsycho@live.com

All entries will be posted here at Scrap Our Stash. This challenge runs through midnight central time on January 12th. The "Pagerizer" (in this case Amanda), will then choose a winner from all the entries. The winner will be announced on January14th. Then the winner will be asked to submit a layout for us to "Pagerize" starting on the 15th of January.

January NEW Challenge by Sue

2012-01-05T00:01:00.001-06:00

I recently purchased the We R Memory Keepers Sew Ribbon tool and some of their ribbon packs. So let's see if I can use this thing! (if I can do it, anyone can!)

Punching the design into my paper was easy enough. The magnets keep things in place nicely. It is recommended to do this on a harder mat, not the foam mat that comes with the Sew Easy tool. I agree.

You get these little pieces of plastic adhesive to create a needle at the end of your ribbon, so threading is easy. I just had to be careful not to twist my ribbon and pull gently, but the ribbon slides along easily.

With a little layering and minimal embellishing, I quickly completed this card. The ribbon adds a nice texture without a lot of bulk.

Using the additional tool I purchased, I kept the same basic design, changed the color scheme, and made a similar card. This time, the ribbon has a bit more dimension but I still would not call it bulky.

The Verdict: The tool was easy to use and the ribbon threaded nicely, but I had to pay attention! This is one of those tools I will need to keep close at hand so I remember to use it. I thought the finished result was worth the effort.

Now it's your turn! All the details can be found here. Why not give it a try?

January NEW Challenge by Tamara

2012-01-04T00:01:00.000-06:00

Design Team Member Tamara submitted this layout for the January NEW challenge. She said:

Here is my January NEW challenge: I used Cosmo Cricket papers and added some Bakers twin and sparkly brads. I am looking forward to some new memories to scrap. I love this new flower technique where you punch out a scallop flower and crinkle it up, then flatten it back out and scrunch it as you layer it. I also ink all my edges for the finished vintage look.

Tamara
http://scrappinsmiles-myblog.blogspot.com/

Now it's your turn to take the January NEW Challenge. The January Challenge is anything doing with NEW - it could be a new tool, a new product, a new technique, or the project could have something to do with NEW - like New Years Eve - Our New Home, etc!. Anything goes! Have fun sharing something NEW with us.

To participate in the January NEW Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on January 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of March. This challenge ends at midnight central time January 31st.

January NEW Challenge by Karen W.

2012-01-03T00:01:00.003-06:00

Design Team Member Karen W. submitted this layout for the January New Challenge. She said:

This challenge was an easy one for me- my sister had a baby in October so this was the perfect opportunity to scrap another photo of the NEW little one.

Recently we went on a family visit to see my sister and the baby and my three were just so excited and desperate to give her a cuddle- at the end of the day I got this photo of Stanley and Arthur almost fighting to get her on their lap and Nancy reaching in for good measure- poor little one was none to pleased as you can see.

Now it's your turn to take the January NEW Challenge. The January Challenge is anything doing with NEW - it could be a new tool, a new product, a new technique, or the project could have somehing to do with NEW - like New Years Eve - Our New Home, etc!. Anything goes! Have fun sharing something NEW with us.To participate in the January NEW Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on January 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of March. This challenge ends at midnight central time January 31st.

January NEW Challenge by Debbie P.

2012-01-02T00:01:00.004-06:00

Design Team Member Debbie P. submitted this layout for the January NEW Challenge. She said:

My layout is about our girls and their New Year's Eve celebration. Super quick layout that used up some older product I had laying around.

Now it's your turn to take the January NEW Challenge. The January Challenge is anything doing with NEW - it could be a new tool, a new product, a new technique, or the project could have somehing to do with NEW - like New Years Eve - Our New Home, etc!. Anything goes! Have fun sharing something NEW with us.

To participate in the January NEW Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on January 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of March. This challenge ends at midnight central time January 31st.

January NEW Challenge

2012-01-01T00:02:00.001-06:00

The January Challenge is anything doing with NEW - it could be a new tool, a new product, a new technique, or the project could have somehing to do with NEW - like New Years Eve - Our New Home, etc!. Anything goes! Have fun sharing something NEW with us.

To participate in the January NEW Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on January 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of March. This challenge ends at midnight central time on January 31st.

December Anything Goes Challenge Winners!

2012-01-01T00:01:00.009-06:00

Once again, it was a very hard to choose a winner. See all the great submissions HERE. I decided to pick 5 winners this month. Each of the winners will be given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of February.

And the winners are:

Erin

Lynn

Karen L.

Nicky

Jean

Congratulations ladies, we look forward to seeing each of your future contributions to Scrap Our Stash.

December Anything Goes Challenge by Lynn

2011-12-31T12:01:00.000-06:00

Reader Lynn submitted this layout for the December Anything Goes Challenge. She said:

This is a layout of my daughters wedding. She wants me to do framed layouts for her new house, so I'm on a mission. This is a story about how when they got married the mass was half in Ukrainian which is her husbands first language, and English which is her first language. She didn't understand much but she knew he loved her no matter what language he spoke. The details and the rest of the story is on my blog http://scrappyhappymom.blogspot.com/.

Thanks for the great challenge. Have a wonderfully Happy New Year filled with scrappy inspiration.
Lynn

Now it's your turn to take the December Anything Goes Challenge. To participacate just complete an ANYTHING project and email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on December 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of February. This challenge ends at midnight central time on December 31st.

December Anything Goes Challenge by Erin

2011-12-31T11:06:00.002-06:00

Reader Erin submitted this layout for the December Anything Goes Challenge. You can see more details HERE.

Now it's your turn to take the December Anything Goes Challenge. This challenge ends at midnight central time on December 31st.

December Anything Goes Challenge by Elizabeth

2011-12-31T00:01:00.001-06:00

Guest Design Team Member Elizabeth submitted this layout for the December Anything Goes Challenge. She said:

The challenge of Anything Goes left me with an awful lot of choice. However, I’ve been working on an album for my grandchildren’s other grandmother, Granny Ann, forever and the pace has been pretty slow. So, I’m taking the opportunity provided by this challenge to complete the album in time for Christmas. I have boxes and boxes of photographs of my grandchildren to get through and this one of my granddaughter, Jennifer, showing her big gap-toothed grin for the camera, is one of my favourites. Jennifer and her three brothers were all Christened on the same day and this photograph was taken during the party that followed. I’ve chosen to use papers from a Kay Miller Designs set called Simple Pleasures because the colours in the floral designs echoed the colours in Jenny's dress perfectly and the ornate heart-shaped shapes together with the little ribbon bow provided just the right embellishment for the layout.

Thanks for looking,
Elizabeth
http://silverscrappers.blogspot.com/

Now it's your turn to take the December Anything Goes Challenge. Just complete your ANYTHING GOES project and email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on December 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of February. This challenge ends at midnight central time on December 31st.

December Anything Goes by Tamara

2011-12-30T22:59:00.000-06:00

Design Team Member Tamara submitted another project for the December Anything Goes Challenge. She said:

Here is another painters tray. I used a little of pink everything to create this tray for my boss. It is his granddaughter Lily.

Tamara http://scrappinsmiles-myblog.blogspot.com/

Now it's your turn to take the December Anything Goes Challenge. This challenge ends at midnight central time on December 31st.

Pagerize Amanda by Tamara

2011-12-30T12:01:00.001-06:00

Design Team Member Tamara submitted this layout for the Pagerize This Challenge # 17. She said:

Here is my pagerize this: I used Rusty Pickle pattern paper for the background as well as the large circle. I sanded the edges of my paper and also the photos. I used We R Memory Keepers alpha chipboard and also sanded the edges. Plain cardstock for the journaling strips and what a quick, fun, fast layout!Tamara
http://scrappinsmiles-myblog.blogspot.com/

Each month on the 15th we post a new layout for you to "pagerize" (plagerize, copy, lift, steal) whatever term you want to use. The idea will be - to use the posted layout as your inspiration to create your own layout. You can "pagerize" as much or as little of the original layout as you choose. You may want to make a layout just like the one posted - or you may just want to use something about the layout as your inspiration.

Here is reader Amanda's layout for the Pagerize This Challenge # 17. Once you've completed your layout - email a picture and brief description to scrappinpsycho@live.com

All entries will be posted here at Scrap Our Stash. This challenge runs through midnight central time on January 12th. The "Pagerizer" (in this case Amanda), will then choose a winner from all the entries. The winner will be announced on January14th. Then the winner will be asked to submit a layout for us to "Pagerize" starting on the 15th of January.

December Anything GoesChallenge by Ren-Yi

2011-12-30T00:30:00.002-06:00

Design Team Member Ren-Yi submitted this project for the December Anything Goes challenge. She said:

Christmas is truly a wonderful time of the year. It's also one of the craziest when it comes to getting everything done (at both work and home) I have to come clean and admit that my international mailing is not complete. So, dear international friends, if you're reading this, you might be getting it near around (after) Christmas. It will allow you to enjoy Christmas a little longer ;) This is also the time of year when I am most grateful for any Anything Goes challenges, like we have going at Scrap Our Stash's December Challenge. It allows us DTers to "kill a few more birds with that the many Christmas stones" we have going. It's also neat, because lots of the girls are sharing cute gift ideas which are already making me think of next year :)

Most of you know that I make a home-made thing every year, be it baking or something paper crafty. This year is no different, except that I didn't inspire this project, but rather Florian. Who would have thought he'd take a crafting interest in my December madness? Evidently, he use to make these very cute "gingerbread" houses during his childhood. The catch is, they are made out of butter cookies, rather than gingerbread. Look, our own Mini Candy Cane Lane!
I really like them, because they were (1) easy to make (2) fast to make (3) fun to make (although some houses had some questionable structural integrity) (4) and they don't make you sick to the stomach trying to eat it all. Nice bite-size houses that any parent could approve.
Icing

Lemon Juice (fresh or bottled in the plastic lemon)

Powdered Sugar (lots!)

Foundation & Structure

LU Le Petite Beurre

Bahlsen Leibniz Butter Biscuits

House Embellishments

Haribo Gummy Bears

Lambertz Dominosteine

Kraft Marshmallow Trees & Stars

M&Ms Dark Chocolate

M&Ms Mint Chocolate

Hershey Mint Chocolate

Holiday Red Raspberry Berries

Holiday Dark Chocolate Nonpareils

Sugar Sprinkles (Red & Green)

There is really no science to this, except to have fun! It's really a great project to do with friends or kids. Some hints:

For the icing just start with some powdered sugar & some lemon juice and mix to the right consistency. The icing does harden over time, so with a little drop of lemon juice, the icing can be quickly thinned out.

Watch out, that it's not too runny, or else the little candy pieces won't stick.

The LU Le Petite Beurre were better foundations & walls because they do not crumble as easily as the Bahlsen did when trying to create half sheets for the walls. (But the Bahlsen taste better ;) Maybe I am biased since I had those cookies growing up.) But next time I make them, I will go with the LU Le Petite Beurre.

With two people, we managed to make about 30 in 2 hours. This is a fast project!

Check out the Scrap Our Stash's December Challenge. You have until the end of the month to get your inspirations in. What are you making for the holidays? Are you done?

December Anything Goes Challenge by Kathryn

2011-12-29T12:01:00.000-06:00

Design Team Member Kathryn submitted this layout for the December Anything Goes Challenge. She said:

Hi everyone,

What a relief to have free rein with the challenge this month and I’m still quite late! I hope everyone’s holiday preparations are going well and you all have a lovely Christmas!
My page this month is of my daughter, Emma (as always!) petting a goat at a city farm this summer. I just think she looks so grown up and so pretty in this photo. The papers are all Graphic 45 ‘Once Upon a Springtime’ and ‘Le Romantique’ collections. I’ve kept it nice and simple this time, with some coordinating ribbons stapled to the page, flowers using Tim’s tattered florals die and some plain white American Crafts Thickers, which I have inked and glittered. A bit of bling as well of course!
See you in 2012!!
K x

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December Anything Goes Challenge by Mel

2011-12-29T00:01:00.000-06:00

Reader Mel submitted this layout for the December Anything Goes Challenge. She said:

Hey!I'd like the idea of anything goes! Attached is my layout of a day out at Universal Studios. I have also attached the link to my blogwhere I posted about it.Happy holidays!

Mel
http://melgetsscrappy.blogspot.com/2011/12/glowing-report.html

Now it's your turn to take the December Anything Goes Challenge. Just complete your ANYTHING and email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on December 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of February. This challenge ends at midnight central time on December 31st.

December Anything Goes Challenge by Holly

2011-12-28T12:01:00.002-06:00

Reader Holly submitted this layout for the December Anything Goes Challenge. She said:

Here is my entry for the December Anything Goes Challenge. This memory box was created as a special reminder of our pet cat who sadly passed away recently. She was in my life for 15 years so it has been difficult not having her around anymore. I wanted something I could display as a tribute to this special friend, Felix. I love the way it turned out, even though there were tears at times during its creation. You can see more details on this creation on my blog http://harmonydiy.blogspot.com/2011/12/memory-box.html

Thanks
Holly

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December Anything Goes Challenge by Marie

2011-12-28T00:01:00.000-06:00

Design Team Member Marie submitted this lyout for the December Anything Goes Challenge. She said:

I created a LO for my little Santa Claus for this month's anything goes challenge! I used DCWV's Holiday Collection Stack, May Arts Ribbon, and Thickers.

My little guy posed for me so I could take Christmas card photos! This little guy is such a ham!! :)

Now it's your turn to take the December Anything Goes Challenge. Just complete your ANYTHING and email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on December 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of February. This challenge ends at midnight central time on December 31st.

December Anything Goes Challenge by Amanda

2011-12-27T12:01:00.000-06:00

Reader Amanda submitted this project for the December Anything Goes Challenge. She said:

Hi,

I have a project to share for the December Anything Goes challenge. I have had these frames for a few years. They were a freebie from Cross Stitch Crazy magazine and I haven’t got around to stitching the inserts yet.
I finally decided to use patterned paper instead of cross stitch. I used scraps from the Peppermint Twist collection from We R Memory Keepers for the stocking and tree, with a piece of velvety paper for the stocking cuff. The star is cut from a Papermania paper from a Christmas mini book kit.

I hope that you like them. You can see more of my crafting at http://amandas-scrapbook-pages.blogspot.com/

Regards,
Amanda

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December Anything Goes Challenge by Mary Pat

2011-12-27T00:01:00.001-06:00

Design Team Member Mary Pat submitted this project for the December Anything Goes challenge. She said:

Hi Everyone,

Mary Pat here to bring you my take on the December Challenge of Anything Goes! I wanted to make a home decor piece. I have seen so many wonderful banners on the internet and wanted to make one for us. Here is my Believe Banner!

For the banner I used Bazzill cardstock and Imaginisce paper and embellishments! To connect them I used some yummy twine. To cut out the actual banner pieces I used my Silhouette, but I know there are Cricut banners as well. I really loved how it turned out and the kids went crazy for it!

Thanks so much for looking!

Mary Pat
Siehled With A Kiss

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December Anything Goes Challenge by Nicky

2011-12-26T12:01:00.000-06:00

Reader Nicky submitted this layout for the December Anything Goes Challenge. She said:

Hi There,

I'd like to submit a layout for the December Anything Goes Challenge. This is my gorgeous niece Ava. She has the cutest little face and I really enjoy using her on my layouts. This layout suits her to a 'T' as she is so sweet, you just can't help but get caught up in all her cuteness!

For this layout I used the Bo Bunny "Gabrielle" collection. One of my favourite collections to use. I just adore those butterflies!

Regards
Nicky Normandale

Now it's your turn to take the December Anything Goes Challenge. Just complete your ANYTHING and email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on December 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of February. This challenge ends at midnight central time on December 31st.

December Anything Goes Challenge by Kathy

2011-12-25T00:01:00.001-06:00

My December craftyness has been lacking so the Anything Goes Challenge was perfect for me. I did make this decoration for my door at work. The tree is actually made from the yellow pages that were in my recycle bin. The angels were from Christmas Pasts. I was going to add Goodwill to men - but I knew everyone that knows me would get the pun!

Now it's your turn to take the December Anything Goes Challenge. Just complete an ANYTHING project and email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on December 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of February. This challenge ends at midnight central time on December 31st.

December Anything Goes challenge by Laurie

2011-12-24T00:01:00.003-06:00

Reader Laurie submitted this layout for the December Anything Goes Challenge. She said:

Hello!

Here is my take on the December Anything Goes Challenge. I challenged myself to follow a sketch and use up stuff in my stash. I based this off of a layout by scrapbooker Seppa from Scrapbook.com. I had an 8x8 pad of Basic Grey paper in my stash and I never scrap 8x8 so the paper pad was just taking up space. But I knew that the smaller paper would be great for cutting out the squares, paper strips, and orange title tag on this layout. Also, I used some orange misting spray that had been sitting around my desk without being used for months. I wish you could see it better in the picture, but it's there! I'm so glad I was able to use some unloved and forgotten supplies for this layout!

Happy holidays!
Laurie

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December Anything Goes Challenge by Jean

2011-12-23T00:01:00.001-06:00

Reader Jean submitted this cute project for the December Anything Goes Challenge. She said:

Hi!

Here's my entry for the December Anything Goes challenge. It's all made from scraps of this and that, with toilet paper rolls, cardboard, material and a cardboard box for our Sunday School kids at church. I got the idea from the December Prima Magazine. The children are going to draw the faces and put the bling on the Kings. Hope you like it.

Jean Green

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Just complete your ANYTHING GOES project and email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on December 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of February. This challenge ends at midnight central time on December 31st.

December Anything Goes Challenge by Ange

2011-12-22T00:01:00.001-06:00

Design Team Member Ange submitted this layout for the December Anything Goes challenge. She said:

As my challenge I chose to dig for some of my oldest products from my stash and I found some (a lot), but in the process I came across these papers and embellies from SEI and immediately thought of the photos I just got of my son's first stitches. So these products aren't as old as I originally intended to find but at least a couple yrs., so I'm calling it good. We had a great friend day for my 3 oldest right before Halloween, but it ended in 5 stitches for my son. Who would have thought 2 boys could cause so much damage just running into each other? I'm guessing they were going high speed for sure. What can you find in your stash that will go great with some of your recent photos?:)
Ange

More layout details on my blog: http://scrappingcompulsion.blogspot.com/

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December Anything Goes Challenge by Haley

2011-12-21T00:01:00.000-06:00

Design Team Member Haley submitted this layout for the December Anything Goes challenge. She said:

Here is my "anything goes" layout for December. The left page is the title page for my family's trip to New England this summer. We drove (roundtrip) about 2900 miles and passed through 14 different states in 13 days (from Georgia to New Hampshire for my cousin's wedding and back). The large photo is my immediate family gathered at my cousin's wedding. The entire album was created digitally using Close To My Heart's Studio J online scrapbooking feature. All I had to do was upload my photos, choose my layout sketch, and scrapbook away. I made the entire album with the same paper pack for cohesiveness. The right page is the end page of the album. I collected several of my favorite pictures from the trip and repeated them on this last page. The nine pages in between highlight the places we visited and things that we did. (If you'd like to see the entire album, you can find it on my blog, http://inkyscrapper.blogspot.com.) Thanks for looking! This trip was a great family adventure!
Haley

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December Anything Goes Challenge by Debbie B.

2011-12-20T00:01:00.002-06:00

Reader Debbie B. submitted this layout for the December Anything Goes challenge. She said:

Here is my 2-pg layout for Scrap Our Stash- Anything Goes Challenge...and a silly one at that of my son and his girlfriend at college, bored one evening and taking these bizarre pictures of themselves, which they posted on Facebook- which I just loved them -so jfk I did a page for his scrapbook. I used plain black and white striped background- not to take away from the photos from my stash, the polka dot paper and die cut in peach are by MME "so sophie" and the punched out circles are from Making Memories and scattered on the page with pop dots. I used my Cricut and Gypsy to cut out the large arrows with the title "Double Vision" which works so well -- on them with backed them with black cardstock, which I also used for the mats on the pics. I really enjoyed working with these photos- and really like how this layout turned out...Anything Goes!
Debbie Bakk

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All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on December 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of February. This challenge ends at midnight central time on December 31st.

December Anything Goes Challenge by La Vikinga

2011-12-19T00:01:00.002-06:00

Design Team Member La Vikinga submitted this layout for the December Anything Goes Challenge. She said:

I wanted this project to be special so I used a lot of small things and they are all from Prima; a stamp, papers and flowers etc. The picture's a few years old and is from Belgium, where these warm waffles are sold on the street! Yummy!
La Vikinga

Now it's your turn to take the December Anything Goes Challenge. To take the challenge just complete a project and email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on December 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of February. This challenge ends at midnight central time on December 31st.

December Anything Goes Challenge by Tammy

2011-12-18T00:01:00.001-06:00

Design Team Member Tammy submitted this layout for the December Anything Goes Challenge. She said:

I absolutely love sketches, I am a sketch junkie. I have books of sketches, blogs I frequent for sketches, and of course magazines with sketches. I find that sketches are such a great starting point for a layout. Sometimes I might keep with the sketch design but other times it may not look like the original at all by the time I'm finished with my layout. For December's challenge I decided to use one of the many sketches I have accumulated, this layout is based on a sketch from Let's Scrap. The photo is of my oldest DD dressed in a bunny costume for one of her ballet recitals. In this layout I also used the recital tickets, but since the color of the tickets didn't blend well with the rest of the layout I made a little memorabilia pocket by using a Jenni Bowlin journaling diecut topped with an MME glitter title. Other products I used were Bazzill--CS, MME--PP, dimensional sticker, misc. ribbon and flower. Now let's see what you come up with. And remember, for December anything goes!!

To participate in the December Anything Goes Challenge - just complete a project and email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on December 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of February. This challenge ends at midnight central time on December 31st.

December Anything Goes challenge by Debra P.

2011-12-17T00:01:00.015-06:00

Design Team Member Debra P. submitted this layout for the December Anything Goes challenge. She said:

Hello there,
This month I started off a bit shaky on the Christmas spirit, so I decided I would try to scrap some Christmas layouts to maybe help me get into the Christmas mode. I must say, it is helping a bit. I pulled all my Christmas product together and started going through my photos, and I've just been going to town. This was a super easy layout with five 4X6 photos made into a two pager. Quick, simple, and done. I just love coordinating scrapbook products!
Happy Holidays!

Now it's your turn to take the December Anything Goes Challenge. Anything goes - just complete a project and email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on December 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of February. This challenge ends at midnight central time on December 31st

December Anything Goes Challenge by Elizabeth

2011-12-16T00:01:00.000-06:00

Guest Team Member Elizabath submitted this project for the December Anything Goes challenge. She said:

I’m really enjoying this challenge because it leaves me so free to choose whatever I want to make. This time I’ve chosen to make an 8”x8” birthday card with matching bookmark for my brother, Dougie, but I've treated it as I would a scrapbook page, cutting out and piecing together the papers to create a background.
The design paper, chosen for its vintage country-style in earthy tones, is taken from a Simple Stories 6x6 paper pad, Generations. I’ve highlighted the number seven, Dougie’s birthday.
The background of the stamped topper was created using a brayer ... the stamps used are from Clarity Stamps, stag & fir trees and Tim Holtz, birds in flight ... and matted on to gold pearlescent card ... the same card used to make the bookmark.
The design for the pocket is the result of a suggestion from my husband ... a man of many talents. You can see from this shot that there is a little pleat on the side giving plenty of room to neatly hold the bookmark. Dougie loves our beautiful Scottish countryside, having been a farmer for much of his adult life, hence the topper. Unfortunately, due to ill health, he's now retired and so doesn't get out into the hills as much as he would like. I'm hoping he will enjoy this little reminder as much as I enjoyed making it for him. And, just in case he hasn't got the message to 'live, laugh and love' it's repeated front, inside and back - some things are worth repeating.

Thanks for looking,
Elizabeth
http://silverscrappers.blogspot.com/

Now it's your turn to take the December Anything Goes Challenge. Just complete a project and email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on December 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of February. This challenge ends at midnight central time on December 31st.

Pagerize This challenge # 17

2011-12-15T06:40:00.001-06:00

Each month on the 15th we post a new layout for you to "pagerize" (plagerize, copy, lift, steal) whatever term you want to use. The idea will be - to use the posted layout as your inspiration to create your own layout. You can "pagerize" as much or as little of the original layout as you choose. You may want to make a layout just like the one posted - or you may just want to use something about the layout as your inspiration.

Here is reader Amanda's layout for the Pagerize This Challenge # 17. She said:

I’ve attached a layout I made about the Flåm railway in Norway. It will be interesting to see what other people do with all my circles, and how many embellishments they add to my quite simple layout.
Once you've completed your layout - email a picture and brief description to scrappinpsycho@live.com All entries will be posted here at Scrap Our Stash. This challenge runs through midnight central time on January 12th. The "Pagerizer" (in this case Amanda), will then choose a winner from all the entries. The winner will be announced on January14th. Then the winner will be asked to submit a layout for us to "Pagerize" starting on the 15th of January.

Pagerize This Challenge # 16 Winner

2011-12-14T12:01:00.000-06:00

Pagerizer # 16 La Vikinga selected Amanda's layout as the winner. She said:

I chose Amanda's layout - She has got inspired by the use of bubble plastic and acrylic paint and made a very colourful layout that makes me happy to look at!!

Amanda will submit a layout for the Pagerize This Challenge # 17. Be sure to check back and take the Challenge. You could become our next Pagerizer.

Congratulations Amanda.

December Anything Goes Challenge by Allana

2011-12-14T00:01:00.000-06:00

Design Team Member Allana submitted these cards for the December Anything Goes challenge. She said:

I decided to take advantage of the "free choice" challenge this month and make some Christmas cards using a less traditional range in pinks and light greens. It's so gorgeous! I've recently acquired a bow easy tool so there are quite a few bows featured on these cards!! I can't tie bows free hand to save my life!! And of course.... a Christmas card isn't Christmasy without some bling! Have fun with this month's challenge... looking forward to seeing what everyone comes up with :)

Thanks,
Alanna

Now it's your turn to take the December Anything Goes Challenge. The challenge is to do just that - Anything! To participate in the challenge just complete a project and email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on December 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of February. This challenge ends at midnight central time on December 31st.

December Anything Goes Challenge by Sarah

2011-12-13T00:00:00.004-06:00

Every year I make *something* to decorate around the house...
Figure with 4 kids leaving home at some point (no rush... yet!) they will be taking some of it with them.
For now, the more the Merrier!
This year it's this 'Santa's Little List Helper' Sign.
It's been a HUGE hit so far.

We had to make 1 rule though:
You can flip anyone else from Nice/Naughty or back,
BUT not yourself.

It started off as this $2 sign from Dollar-Rama:

I peeled the 'Family' Letters off, easily done with an exacto knife. They're just so pretty, so I'm saving them for another project.
Waste not, Want not!
The sign was then spray painted in a glossy white, 3 coats to get over the pink flowers that kept popping through.
The 'frame' was made using Making Memories Masking Tape laid over the edges of the cut pattern paper I added with a glue stick.

The Dangling Flippers are 2 1/2" disks punched out of heavy cardstock. Ran the black ribbon down in between and then stapled and glue gunned them to the back of the sign. I know they're going to get flipped a *lot* in this house so I wanted to make durn' tootin' sure they wouldn't come off the back.
Printed the Nice and Naught out on the printer using perty fonts and punched them out with fancy frame punch.
Inked the edges with Stampin' Up! Stampin' Spots.

The Title was done mostly with a Sticker Set I've been hoarding for a few years. The 'List' is Thickers the rest was that set by Recollections.

Our names were also done on the printer then cut out free-hand and matted, again free hand.

So that's my Project for Christmas 2011!
~Sarah~

Now it's your turn to take the December Anything Goes Challenge. The challenge is to do just that - Anything! To participate in the challenge just complete a project and email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on December 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of February. This challenge ends at midnight central time on December 31st.

Pagerize La Vikinga by Christy

2011-12-12T21:33:00.000-06:00

Design Team Member Christy submitted this layout for the Pagerize This Challenge # 16. She said:

I've been eyeing border punched backgrounds for awhile. Tone on Tone punched backgrounds always seem to make quite a statement. So when I saw the current pagerize this challenge at Scrap Our Stash, I felt the punched background would be a nice substitute for the stamped and painted background of La Vikinga's page.
Since this was a page for my wedding album, I chose to use some of Bazzil's pearlized cardstock. I only own three border punches and only one seemed to be appropriate for my wedding theme. This meant that I had to get a little creative. I hand cut scallop borders from one inch strips. I then layered the leftovers from the punched edges and the hand cut borders in alternating patterns. Doing this made it seem as though I had more border patterns then I really did.

Pagerize this challenge#16-Scrap our Stash
Bazzill Cardstock
Apron Lace border punch- Martha Stewart
Bazzill paper flowers-white
other flowers-Prima
K and Co. brad
Webster's pages trims and lace
Little Yellow Bicycle hat pins with glass beads
Pink Paislee rhinestone button
Webster's pages sparkler's buttons

I added an additional photo to the design and substituted flowers and embellishments for the title. I did not feel the page needed a title since it will be in the middle of my wedding album. I am happy to say that the lace I used was a scrap piece. There was just enough to make a second page with the same design.

I managed to use up the last of my Webster's pages sparkler buttons and several packages of flowers. I can say that I am happy to have used so much of my stash and I now have two more pages complete in my wedding album.

December Anything Goes Challenge by Karen L.

2011-12-12T00:01:00.000-06:00

Reader Karen L. submitted this project for the December Anything Goes challenge. She said:

Hi!

I found your challenge by way of Debbie today. I am submitting these little paper mache houses I made. The roof comes off so that you can put cookies or a small gift inside. I decorated them with vintage sheet music, some Christmas patterned papers, hand-made scrunched seam binding, a Melissa Frances resin keyhole, Making Memories holly, buttons, and a few other little embellishments. They turned out super cute. Thanks for allowing me to enter your fun challenge. I hope that you can eventually do a link-up for challenges, but for now - I am honored to play along.

My blessings to you,

Karen
karen-mycuprunnethover.blogspot.com

Now it's your turn to take the December Anything Challenge. Just email a picture of your ANYTHING project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on December 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of February. This challenge ends at midnight central time on December 31st.

Pagerize LaVikinga by Amanda

2011-12-11T12:01:00.006-06:00

Reader Amanda submitted this layout for the Pagerize This Challenge # 16. She said:

Hi,

I am new to your blog and was inspired to try the ‘pagerize this’ challenge following the purple layout from La Vikinga.

I took my inspiration from the bubble wrap stamped background and also used a single portrait photo with flowers, ribbon and black letters, but changed the rest of the colour scheme, and came up with this version.

Now it's your turn to take the Pagerize This Challenge # 16 - see all the details HERE! The challenge ends at midnight on December 12th. La Vikinga will choose a winner, who will then become our Pagerizer for the Pagerize This Challenge # 17.

December Anything Goes Challenge by Stacy

2011-12-11T00:01:00.005-06:00

Hello everyone!! It is Stacy here today to share with you a Christmas Tree home decor project I made.

I am an admitted Scrap Magazine addict. I should probably be in a 12 step program for it but I'm not. lol The other day I was in my local book store and picked up Paper Creations Magazine. Right on the cover was a gorgeous paper crafted Christmas Tree. It was just so gorgeous that I immediately went to my scrap desk and started cutting out strips of paper! (I am totally not exaggerating!! LOL)

I cut the paper strips 1/2 inch by 4 inches out of MME Signature Christmas paper. I cut WAY TO MANY strips because I had decided to make 3 trees in graduating sizes to sit on my fireplace mantel. I think a good number of strips would be about 140. I used 5 different papers of coordinating paper. (Unfortunately, you can't really tell how different the papers are in the photo.)

Next I got out a Styrofoam cone. After gently folding the paper strip in half without pinching the folded end, I started attaching them to the bottom of the cone with pins. I continued doing this all the way up the tree until I got almost to the top of the cone. Once I finished attaching the paper strips, I got out some ribbon and wound it around the top covering the last row of pins in the paper. Finally, the last step is to top off the tree with buttons. I actually pinned down the bottom button and then glued the others to that button. If you have long pearl pins you could just pin the stack of buttons to the top of the tree.

I already have them sitting on my mantel and LOVE them!! This was such a simple project. It took a bit of time to cut out the paper strips because as I mentioned I cut way too many of them but after that it just went together quickly. So that is my project for December.

Now it is time to see what you can come up with for your December SOS project!! Until next time.....happy scrapping

To participate in the challenge - just send a picture of your project to Scrappinpsycho@live.com along with a brief description.

December Anything Goes challenge by Joan

2011-12-10T01:17:00.000-06:00

Design Team Member Joan submitted this cute project for the December Anything Goes Challenge. She said:

Hi, Kathy,

Congratulations on the 2nd birthday of Scrap Our Stash!!! My December piece is a birthday layout to celebrate your wonderful blog! I used paper, stickers and Thickers from my stash.
Joan - DT member

Now it's your turn to take the December Anything Goes Challenge. Anything goes! To participate in the Challenge - just complete a project and email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on December 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of February. This challenge ends at midnight central time on December 31st.

Frugal Friday tip by Christy

2011-12-09T00:01:00.002-06:00

Design Team Member Christy submitted this Frugal Friday Tip:

We are all attracted to it in some way or another. Sometimes, it's part of what inspires us to make the purchase. Companies pay top dollar to design it. What am I talking about? Packaging, of course! Sometimes, I am loathe to throw it out. There has to be some way to use it. Today, I am going to invite you to get out some of your punches the next time you open a new scrappy supply.

Recently, I acquired a Martha Stewart embossing button punch. I have been searching high and low for things to punch (other than patterned papers) to make buttons with. I also happen to have a very messy drawer full of recycled items I hope to use in the near future. The problem with the messy drawer is that I hate to open it and look at the mess. Thus, I rarely use anything out of it. I merely pop it open as fast as I can to shove something else in. So I resolved to actually use some of that mess. I figured that if the item became an embellishment (as I had intended it too) than I might be more apt to reach for it the next time I was scrapping. Armed with my button punch, I opened the drawer and pulled out some package bits.

In November, I had acquired the Melody Ross chip art tool. I set aside the clear packaging portion to make ghost letters and homemade acrylic style shapes. The backing is a nice thick piece of chipboard. From it, I cut the bracket shapes outlined in yellow. These will be filed into my journal spots box. I can use them as is with the quotes intact or I can paint or cover the quotes to adapt them to some future page.

Now to punch some buttons from what's left. Parts of the packaging had lovely wooden patterns on it. That's where the buttons on the left came from. Other parts had flowers, birds and butterflies. Those would make some lovely buttons! However, the chipboard is too thick for my punch. So, I decided to peel away the chipboard layers. To loosen the layers, I took my paper piercer to a corner and separated the edges.

Once the corner is started, you can carefully peel away the layers. I did my best to peel it in half. This made thinner chipboard which my punch could handle and also allowed me to punch images from the front and back of the package.

Try to plan out where you want to punch. I cut away the unwanted parts of the back which had words and the sku number. This made it easier to punch the parts of the image I wanted.

As you can see, these made some nice embellishments. If you don't have a button punch, try using one of your own favourite punches.

Now it's your turn to go use that packaging - send an picture along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com and we will post it here.

Do you have a frugal idea to share? Send your tip along with a picture to Scrappinpsycho@live.com . You could be featured as a future Frugal Friday Tip.

December Anything Goes Challenge by Wendy K.

2011-12-08T00:01:00.000-06:00

Design Team Member Wendy submitted this layout for the December Anything Goes Challenge. She said:

So when I found out that the December Challenge was to do anything I had all these ideas come to mind, projects that I have wanted to do and haven't gotten around to, all these plans... Then reality set in and I realized that an anything goes challenge was perfect for this time of year because it is a time when we should just be happy that we get anything done! :-)

So for this month, I completed this layout, one more down!

I just love these pictures of my youngest sucking her thumb. She was the only one and was even doing it at the ultrasound so she was a pro.

Now it's your turn to take the December Anything Goes Challenge. The challenge is just that ANYTHING. Email your a picture of your project with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com . All submissions are posted on the Scrap Our Stash blog. The Challenge ends at midnight on December 31st. A winner will be chosen and offered a spot on the Guest Design Team for the month of February.