February 2014 Winners Announced!!!!

Hello friends of SOS!!!!

It's time to announce our February Top 3 as well as our winner for the February prize generously donated by our awesome sponsor:

Thank you Barb Craft and Frosted Designs for being our February Sponsor!!!

After going through all of the fabulous entries that were linked up this month, 

the Design Team has voted and here are the

February Top 3

(in numeric order as linked up):

#13 Lynn L

#19 Cynthia

#53 Marlies

Congratulations Ladies! 

One of you will be contacted to be a Guest Designer on our blog in April!!!!

Here's our Top 3 blinkie to display on your blog:

AND…for our randomly drawn WINNER of our February prize:

#6 Barbara

Congratulations  Barbara

Please leave a comment below, then email us at

scrapourstash@gmail.com

with February Winner in the subject line and we will get the Frosted Design Gift Card information to you!!!

You have until March 15, 2014 to claim your prize. 

Here is our WINNER blinkie to place on your blog:

Thank you so much to everyone who participated in the February challenges!

Make sure you check back tomorrow, we will be kicking off our month long birthday celebration!!!!

Lots of challenges and prizes!!!!

Have a Scraptabulous Weekend!!!!

"Us" Layout by DT Megan

Hello!

Today's fabulous inspiration is the creative work of DT Megan, inspired by our 

February Sketch with Stash Challenge:

Here is what Megan shared about her layout:

"For this layout, I scrapped a picture of my husband and I from the fall. I substituted doilies for the hearts in the sketch and added lots of layering. For the heart and arrow, I used wood veneers and colored them with chalk ink. I cut out the title and a few other elements from gold POW paper from American Crafts using my silhouette cameo. The products are mostly Maggie Holmes lines for Crate Paper."

You have until 11:59 PM (PST) tonight to create a layout inspired by either of our two challenges for an entry into our February prize drawing, sponsored this month by Frosted Designs!!!  

Complete both challenges and that gives you two entries into the prize drawing and/or you could be chosen as one of our DT Top 3 Picks!!!!

Click HERE for the February Challenges

You also have until 2-28-14 to get your shop on at Frosted Designs and take an additional 10% off of your purchase.  

 Use code SYS10 for an extra 10% off your purchase, including sale and clearance items!

"I Love You" Layout by DT Tanti

Hello and thank you for stopping by!

Today's featured layout is being shared by DT Tanti, inspired by our

February Sketch With Stash Challenge:

Here is what Tanti shared about her layout:

"For this sketch I've decided to make a girly layout again I had a lot of fun making this page, using almost all of my old embellishments. 

All the papers I used including that heart PP for the background is from the old DCWV paper collection „Madly In Love“. 

I drew freehanded two big hearts with a pencil and coloured one of them with the water colour. I didn't erase the pencil line to give my page an interesting touch. And the other heart is a shaker background with sequins in it.

My premade heart and arrow embellishments are those glitter foam rubber stickers at both corners and also the three mini heart puffy stickers on the polaroid frame. Unfortunately I don't know from which company they are."

Remember you have until tomorrow Feb 27th, 11:59 PM (PST) to create a layout inspired by either or both of our February Challenges and link up with us for a chance to win a $20 gift card, generously provided by our awesome sponsor this month:

Enjoy the rest of your day!!!!

"Oh So Lovely" Layout by DT Kerry

Thank you for stopping by to check out today's awesome inspiration created by 

DT Kerry and inspired by our 

February Sketch with Stash Challenge 

Kerry shared this about her layout:

"I have been wanting to use this heart paper for ages and so when this challenge came up I just knew it was perfect! The photo of my youngest DD and our old cat was very colourful so I re-printed it in B & W so it wouldn't clash with my colour choice for my page.

The packaged hearts are the brad in the centre of the rosette and two heart pins. The arrow is under the photo and originally was wooden but I dressed it up by covering it in gold washi tape and a star sequin.

I really hope you can join in the fun with this challenge and I look forward to seeing your creations." 

How would you like a chance at winning a $20 gift card to shop at

Well you still have time to complete one or both of our February Challenges.   For each challenge you complete, you will earn an entry into our February monthly prize drawing sponsored by

Frosted Designs!!

Click HERE for details on our current challenges!!!

We will have more design team inspiration to share with you tomorrow, so make sure you come back and check out what DT Tanti  has created to share with you!

And...

We kick off our month long Birthday Party on March 1st and you are invited!!!

Lots of prizes and challenges and great ways to use up your stash!

Enjoy the rest of your day!!!

Double Design Team Inspiration Today!!!!!

Happy Monday!!!

February is a short month so today, we have doubled up on Design Team inspiration!!!

So grab a cup of coffee or tea, and gt ready to be inspired with today's double dose of beautiful inspiration created by DT Kate and DT Kelly, inspired by our

February Sketch with Stash Challenge:

First up is DT Kate sharing her lovely layout,

"The Best Is Yet to Come"

Here is what kate shared about her layout:

"Just a casual family picture-We try to catch daddy in the picture when we can which isn't as often as we'd like!

This was the last day of school June 2013-a tradition we do instead of the first day of school,; it's less chaotic! Anytime I can scrap a family picture is a good day for me and as our kids are doing better in school and getting older, we believe the best is yet to come!!

I used my wood veneer as my arrow (I am addicted to wood veneers) and used some Elle's Studio wood veneer hearts in there as well as some Heidi Swapp hearts. Heart paper is from the awesome Creative Girl collection by Cosmo Cricket. The rest is just stash that I thought was romantic and said LOVE to me"

Now check out this adorable layout created by DT Kelly

"Nighttime Moments"

And this is what Kelly shared about her layout:

"My Minds Eye Love me Do patterned papers have been hanging around for a while and were perfect for this sweet photo of my boys. I used the Studio Calico wood veneer hearts and arrow and my mini heart punch for extra floating hearts. Such a super fun sketch to work with!"

You still have 3 more days to create your take on this challenge and link it up for a chance to win this awesome prize from our February Sponsor, Frosted Designs

Take out some time and check out the Frosted Designs Shop.

And until 2-28-14, to make your shopping a little more fun, Frosted Designs has a special discount just for you!

Use code SYS10 for an extra 10% off your purchase, including sale and clearance items!

Thanks for stopping by today and we hope you come back tomorrow for more Design team inspiration!!!

Stash A Thon Announcement!!!!

Good Morning Everyone!!!

March marks a year since Rochelle and I became co-owners of Scrap Our Stash, and to celebrate our 1st year, we have planned a month long celebration you and your scrappy friends are invited to celebrate with us!

There will be lots of challenges, weekly prizes and 2 BONUS Prizes!!!

You will not want to miss this event!

The fun kicks off on March 1st, so make sure you check back then for all of the details!!!

Have a wonderful  day and come back later this morning for our daily design team inspiration!!!

"Us" Layout by DT Robin

I hope you are enjoying your weekend so far!

Today we are featuring DT Robin's fun take on our 

February Sketch with Stash Challenge:

Here is what Robin shared about her layout:

"Here’s my take on this month’s Stash & Sketch challenge. I cut a large heart out of heart patterned paper using Clear Scraps Heart acrylic shape. For my arrow, I used an arrow and heart rub-on by Amy Tangerine. I painted the blue heart chipboard piece to match the blue in the heart patterned paper. I love this color combination!" — at Redd Robin Studios.

If you have some time to scrap this weekend, why don't you pull out your supplies and create a layout inspired by our current Sketch w/ Stash Challenge and/or SWAK Stash Challenge for a chance to win this month's sponsored prize generously donated by Frosted Designs!!!

AND...

Mark your calendars, to celebrate our first year as co-owners of Scrap Out Stash, Rochelle and I along with our fabulous Design Team are hosting a Scrap A Thon for the entire month of March!

Make sure you check back on March 1st for details!

Have a Scraptabulous Day!!!!

"Love This" Layout by DT Jenni

Hello everyone!

Today's stunning reveal is the creative work of DT Jenni, inspired by our 

February Sketch with Stash Challenge:

And this is what Jenni shared about her layout:

"I have been saving this piece of paper for the perfect LO and this is where it belonged! I love the bokeh look and even so more with the hearts. All of the embellishments are from Crate Paper, making it easy to layer them together. I used some of my favorite things on this page; gold, vellum, hearts and a bird!"

You have until Feb 27th to show us how our current sketch challenge inspires you. 

  Click HERE for the sketch and challenge details.

Visit our Fabulous February Sponsor

Frosted Designs has a special discount just for you!

Use code SYS10 for an extra 10% off our purchase, including sale and clearance items!

(Offer expires 2-28-14)

Thank you for stopping by and make sure you return tomorrow for more fabulous 

Design Team inspiration!!!!

Enjoy the rest of your day!

"Capture the Moment" Layout by DT Leila

Happy Friday!

I hope you have carved out some time to scrap this weekend and to get your mojo going, today we are featuring this gorgeous layout created by DT Lelia, inspired by our 

February Sketch with Stash Challenge:

This is what Leila shared about her layout:

"I just loved this challenge and used and abused the hearts. 

The cute background paper with  little hearts is from The Robin's Nest, chipboard by Blue Fern Studios (title, heart with arrow and circle framing the photo).

In the picture, my brother and I at the end of last year viewing the lighting and decor of my home town."


For a chance to win our February prize, complete one or both of the challenges and link up before February 27th, 11:59 (PST)
For each challenge you complete you will earn an entry into our monthly prize drawing which is a 

Generously donated by of Fabulous February Sponsor, Frosted Designs!
Make sure you stop by and check out the store at Frosted Designs.
AND...

To make your shopping a little more fun, we have a special discount just for you!

 Use code SYS10 for an extra 10% off your purchase, including sale and clearance items!

 (Offer expires 2-28-14)

Next month we are celebrating our first year, and to celebrate we are switching things up...

make sure you stop by on March 1st for details, we have a month long celebration planned for you:

Have an awesome weekend!

"My Love" Layout by DT Joefil

Hi !

We are in the month of love and what a perfect time to create layouts about the people and things we love!

Today DT Joefil is sharing this lovely layout about her husband, inspired by this month's

Sketch with Stash Challenge:

Joefil share this about her layout:

"Finally I scrapped this photo of my hubby for this perfect sketch. I used this heart patterned paper by crate paper for the background, then I hand stitched the big hearts behind the photo, and the premade hearts I used is the burlap hearts by little yellow bicycle and the small black and white hearts is by Heidi swap and the arrow and title word love. And then added some heart stamping and heart sequins and misting."

Visit my blog...http://joefilcate.blogspot.com/

Now it's your turn to create a layout using this challenge!
Scrap Our Stash would love to see what you come up with!  

This is a short month so remember, the deadline to get your entries for both of our February challenges in for a chance to win this month's sponsored prize below, is Feb 27th, 11:59 PM (PST)

Make sure you visit the store at Frosted Designs to check out all of the wonderful products they offer!  

 AND.....

to make your shopping a little more fun, Frosted Designs has a special discount just for you!

Use code SYS10 for an extra 10% off your purchase, including sale and clearance items!

(Offer expires 2-28-14)

One more thing to share with you....
Next month is special to us because it is the month Rochelle and I became co-owners of
Scrap Our Stash
and so to celebrate the Scrap Our Stash Team will be celebrating the entire month and would love for all of our followers to celebrate with us!!!

There will be weekly prizes as well as 2 sponsored grand prizes.
You will not want to miss this event, so make sure you visit our blog on March 1st for details!!!!

Have a Scraptabulous Day!!!
See you tomorrow when we will feature more Design Team Sketch with Stash inspiration!!!

"Will You Be Mine?" Layout by DT Patricia

Lots of love around Scrap Our Stash this month!

Today's sweet feature was created by DT Patricia, inspired by our

February Sketch with Stash Challenge:

Here is what Patricia shared about her layout:

"Well this sketch was fun! As mentioned in the last challenge I normally don't have a lot of themed stuff hanging around, but I thought I would take a stab at free cutting my own hearts! I think I did a good job!=)

This layout shows me and my #1 acting silly as usual. One of my hearts contained the heart themed paper and the arrows are corkboard...love those things!

Hope you are enjoying working with the sketch this month! 

Love is definitely in the air!"

If you have not had a chance to join in on this challenge, make sure you get your entry completed and uploaded soon, because you only have until 11;59 PM (PST) Feb 27th to link up for a chance to win a $20 gift card from our February Sponsor:

And ...Frosted Designs is also offering a special discount just for Scrap Our Stash followers! 

Use code SOS10 for an extra 10% off your purchase, including sale and clearance items! 

Offer expires 2-28-14...so hurry and get your SHOP ON!!!

Stop by tomorrow for more Design Team inspiration!!!

Thank for stopping by, enjoy the rest of your day!!!

"Lunch Date" Layout by DT Elizabeth

Hello and welcome back for another day of Design Team inspiration!

Today we are featuring this awesome layout created by DT Elizabeth, inspired by our

February Sketch with Stash Challenge

Elizabeth shared this about her layout:

"I love sketches as they are a jump start for creativity! I went with the over all structure of the layout, but added my hearts in the clusters and focused on that. I also used the button as my heart and added the chipboard made arrow! I love this photo of Mitchell & I. We carve out times to just go out and be together and because I wasn't working, I met him at his work and took him to lunch! It was the perfect date."

We would love to see your take on this challenge!   

You have until February 27th, 11:59 PM, PST to create a layout and link up for a chance to win a $20 gift card from our awesome sponsor this month:

Enjoy the rest of your day and return tomorrow for more fabulous design team inspiration!

"Love, You + Me = Good Times" Layout by DT Dulcinea

Happy Monday!

Today's sweet Sketch with Stash inspiration is being shared by DT Dulcinea:

This is what Dulcinea shared about her layout:

"For this layout I wanted a lovely, but masculine look. For that reason I choose a clean white background with  heart stitching to give a texture and matching the sketch and some geometric elements. I used two hearts patterned paper on the back of my picture, from Carta Bella's "Hello Again" Collection.. One has the same geometric look of the sticker heart that I used as an embellishment. I then completed my page with a heart (stickers and wood), arrows (stickers), some sequins and a little bit of stamping.  My layout is about my two lovers: my husband and our cat on their moments."

We have provided the sketch, Frosted Designs has provided this month's prize, so now all you need to do is dig into that large stash of yours and pull out some patterned paper with hearts, an arrow and a heart, and create a wonderful page to share with us!!!

Looking forward to seeing all of your beautiful pages!

Have a great day!  

"Happy Times" Layout by DT Carol

Hello Crafty Friends!!!

I hope you have been enjoying your weekend so far!!!

To start this week off, DT Carol is sharing this fabulous layout she created inspired by our

February Sketch with Stash Challenge:

This is what Carol shared about her layout:

"For this layout I decided to use a picture of my 2 boys because of the 2 big hearts on the sketch. For the heart patterned paper I used one from the Close Knit collection by crate Paper. For the premade heart and arrow I used wood veneer pieces. I hope you like my take on the challenge!

Now it is your turn! 

Have fun!"

We would love for you to show us how Carol's layout and our current challenge inspires you?
Link up your entry by Feb 27th to enter in this month's sponsored prize drawing for a chance to win a
a $20 gift card from

Have a great paper crafting week!

Remember to return tomorrow for more Design Team inspiration!!!

Sketch with Stash Challenge #12

Hello!
If you celebrated Valentines Day or not, I hope your day was filled with lots of LOVE!!!

It's time to reveal this month's

Sketch with Stash Challenge!

But before we get to the challenge, we just want to remind you that our AWESOME February Sponsor
Frosted Designs
is generously offering a: 

to one randomly drawn February Challenge participant!

Frosted Designs started out as a challenge blog that encouraged crafters to share their cards, layouts and off the page projects. Over the past few years, we have met amazing people from around the world who share our passion... creating! Whether you like paper projects, mixed media or a combination of both, Frosted Designs is a place to come for encouragement, tutorials and now, supplies! We offer customizable monthly kits! You can decide what goes in your kit at no extra charge! And we are excited to announce that we are adding some new manufacturers to our store over the next few months..... 7 Dots, Lindy's Stamp Gang, Elle's Studio, Authentique, and so many more. Be sure to check in often to see what is new! 

To make your shopping a little more fun, we have a special discount just for you! 

Use code SOS10 for an extra 10% off your purchase, including sale and clearance items!

 (Offer expires 2-28-14)

THE CHALLENGE:

Your challenge is to create a layout inspired by the sketch below

AND...you must include

A) Heart patterned paper

B) One or more premade/packaged Hearts

C) One or more premade/packaged Arrows.

One more important thing...click HERE for the SOS Challenge Guidelines!!!

 Make sure to link your layout to Mr. Linky on our side bar no later than February 27th 11:59 PM PST

Our February Guest Designer

Sarah Moore

is back with us today sharing this AMAZING layout she created inspired by our
Sketch with Stash Challenge:
"All You Need Is Love"

If you would like to see more of Sarah's awesome work, please visit her blog:

My Life On Paper

Sarah thank you so much for designing with our team this month and sharing such amazing inspiration!!!

Okay scrappy people, it is your turn to create a layout inspired by this challenge and link up with us!  
We would love to see your creations!

Return tomorrow for more design team inspiration!!!!

"Love XOXO" LO by DT Kate

Today's beautiful inspiration comes from DT Kate:

Kate said this about her layout:

(S) STITCHING pocket, (W) WASHI tapes added to my journaling cards tucked in the pockets (A) ARROWS epoxy arrows from Heidi Swapp and (K) KRAFT kraft paper tucked in for dimension and punched kraft arrows.  Loved that I finally could get my husband in the pictures. We usually take a picture of each child on the last day of school and in 2013, we decided to get in the pictures too!!

Make sure you come back tomorrow for the new February sketch challenge! :) 

"Moment Captured" by DT Megan

Hello Crafters! Today Megan inspires us with this amazing layout:

This is what Megan said about her layout: 

"This is a layout of my sons and their cousin, Will playing in their cousin, Micah's room. I love how I captured the boys playing in a pink room! I used mostly Dear Lizzy and Amy Tangerine on this layout. My stash items were:

S- Stitching - I hand stitched the yellow feather using an Amy Tangerine template.

W- Washi tape - I used a strip of yellow washi tape on the left of the layout and a strip of multi-colored washi under the photo.

A- Arrow - I added a pink chipboard arrow in the right corner of the photo.

K - Kraft - I used Kraft paper with a chevron design in the middle of the layout."

See you back here tomorrow for more inspiration! :) 

"My Cute Little Girl" LO by DT Tanti

Happy Hump Day! :)
Tanti brings us today's lovely inspiration:

Here's what Tanti said about her layout:

"I 've realized that I haven't done much layout about my daughter as a baby. It's just because all of the pictures were taken with an analog camera and most of them are already glued in the ordinary photo album. So I don't have much photo left to scrap. But I finally found these old photos of her as she was one year old (she's fifteen now) and decided to make a girly layout with these pictures for this challenge.

I used from my stash the old DCWV paper collection „Madly In Love“. 

I did the machine stitching along the right side of my page.

Two Washi Tapes that I don't know from which company they are.

Two arrow paper clips from IKEA.

And the kraft journaling card is from K&Company."

Don't forget to get your layout linked up to the right of the blog! If you need more information on this stash challenge, click HERE! :) 

"Nap Time" LO by DT Kerry

DT Kerry brings us this fabulous inspiration today:

Here's what Kerry said about her layout:

"I am currently trying to scrap some of my older/less than perfect photo's and this one of my middle daughter is from 1999!   I love hand stitching so it was no contest about which type I would choose, I used light pink tread to highlight the painted sunburst.  The MME chevron washi tape is my favourite and I used a strip down the side of the photo and also mounted some on card and cut out.

The pink arrow on the photo is actually a post-it tab and the awesome printed kraft paper is of course American Crafts.  It's been a long time since I have done a 'pink' page but the kraft works so well at toning it down!  Will you be using pink, red or a mix for your page? I'm looking forward to seeing it."

For more information on challenge, click HERE. 

"Play all Day" LO by Kelly

Happy Monday! :) 
Today's fabulous inspiration comes from DT Kelly:

Here's what Kelly said about her layout:

"Play All Day - I really enjoyed this challenge! I recently discovered my sewing machine won't work so I did some faux stitching (S) in the corners of the layout and the corners of the photo mat. I added the blue strips of washi tape (W) after I had the layout in place and thought it needed more pop of color. The wood veneer arrows (A) are truly some of my favorites from Studio Calico and the kraft paper (K) is my background and photo matt layers. I used many different scraps of papers for this layout and a current sketch from Stuck Sketches for inspiration."

Check out the current challenge HERE! 

"True Love" LO by DT Robin

Today Robin brings us this lovely inspiration:

Robin said this about her layout:

"I’m not much on romance, but I sure did enjoy making this layout. I used some very old stash and some pretty new stash.

S. - Stitching (machine, hand or faux), I hand stitched the word LOVE. The stitching stencil is from Amy Tangerine.

W. - Washi Tape-I don’t remember where that red bicycle Washi tape is from, but I love the look of it on my layout. Normally, I would think I have to have pictures of a bicycle or a bicycle riding trip on the layout to use that tape.

A. – Arrow-the arrow and outlined heart is from Freckled Fawn.

K. - Kraft paper/embellishment-the kraft background paper is also from Amy Tangerine. And the Kraft ticket is from Tim Holtz."

Make sure you stop by tomorrow for more inspiration! :) 

"Melt My Heart" by DT Jenni

Today's amazing inspiration comes from DT Jenni:

Here's with Jenni said about her layout:

"I think this is such a clever Challenge and was mostly inspired by the photos! Then I found this sweet cut file for the Silhouette. This vellum is from the Crate Paper collection 'Love Notes' and I wanted to make this page seem as though the vellum had been torn and folded back to reveal the love note underneath."

Check out Jenni's tutorial Video on this layout:

Click here for more information on this STASH challenge! 

"Love" LO by DT Leila

Based of the Feb. 1st Stash challenge, DT Leila brings us today's inspiration:

Leila said this about her layout, 

"I think all mothers and are passionate about their children unconditionally. But it is so much easier to love when they are sweet, gentle and loving. So is my Clara, a charm girl, who always brightened my life. 
Daughter, I love you!! today and always!"

Make sure you visit tomorrow with more inspiration! :) 

"Princess" LO by DT Joefil

Joefil brings us today's fabulous inspiration based of the Feb. 1st Stash challenge:

 Here's what she said about her layout:

"Another fun challenge this month! In this SWAK challenge I used my daughter photo looking so serious in her princess outfit, because when I took this photo mommy said be serious, lol. I used pink cardstock for the background,I hand stitched the scallop border on top using pink thread, then the washi tapes behind the photo is from recollections, then I used stamp arrows from studio g the small ones on the page, then the big pink arrow is cut from my cameo and add color using the Heidi swap pink color shine, and the kraft paper I used is on the right corner behind the photo by the title. I also added some misting using primrose and red cherry color shine and then the last thing I added is recollections bling."

Now it's your turn to try out the challenge! :) 

"Love is Happy" LO by DT Patricia

Today's wonderful inspiration is by DT Patricia:

This is what Patricia said about her layout:

So....I had to dig pretty deep in my stash for this, as I don't usually purchase themed paper. But thanks to my monthly kits from the ScrapRoom, I found some paper from the past! Yay! 

S - Stitching...never have done the real deal stitching, but took a shot with the faux stitching.

W - Washi, used one of my favorites, polka-dot.

A - Arrow, used 2 of those from a stash

K - Kraft paper (2nd matte on photo) and sticker embellishment.

Products used:

American Craft / Amy Tangerine Embellies

American Craft - "XOXO" Paper Line

Glitz & Glitter Border Stickers

Button Stick Pin

Bakers Twine

and some other odds & ends that had no name on the package.. 

For more information on this challenge click on the current challenges tab above! :)