December Winners Announced!!!

Hello

A big thanks to everyone who played along with our December challenges.
We know it is a very busy time of the year and we appreciate you taking the time to play along with us!!  

As always…. with so many wonderful entries, the Design Team had the difficult task to choose the TOP 3 entries for this month.   

The votes are in and the Design Team Top 3 for December are... 

(in order of linkup)

#15 ~ Andrea Jones

#21 ~ Lynn L

#25 ~ Jo

Congratulations ladies!!!!

One of you will be contacted and invited to be our Guest Designer for the month of February.

Please grab our new TOP 3 blinkie below so that you can BRAG on your own blog ;)

And now for our December randomly drawn winner...

Congratulations
#13 ~ Jill Rugg

you have won the following prize

Please leave a comment below AND...
email us at scrapourstash@gmail.com with December Winner in the subject line and we will get your prize sent out to you!!!!

Also, please grab our WINNERS blinkie below to add to your blog

Thanks everyone for visiting us today!  
Make sure you come back tomorrow and check out our January Stash Challenge and meet our January Guest Designer and  check out what she has created to share with us!

Have a safe and Happy New Year !!!!

Thank You For A Great Year and Upcoming Changes!!!

It has been a wonderful year for Scrap Our Stash!!!

With heartfelt gratitude, we would like to extend a
A BIG

to each and everyone who has supported and made contributions to

 Scrap Our Stash this year.
We could not have done it without your support!

First we would like to say thank you to our followers who participated and played  along with our challenges.

A special thanks to our FABULOUS 2014 Design Team Members:

Tanti K.

Leila Cardosa

Kate Blue

Robin Redd

Megan Beaubien

Joefil Cate

Patricia Barnett

Dulcinea

Elizabeth Hellum

Nicole Doiron

Claire Rambo

Steffanie Seiler

Tammy Bennett

Kerry Bruce

Kelly Holifield

Carol Piexto

Jenni Calma

for providing inspiration and promoting Scrap Our Stash.

We appreciate your creative work, support and dedication!!!

AND...to our AWESOME 2014 Sponsors:

The ScrapRoom

Frosted Designs

Paper Secrets

My Kreative Pursuits

The Memory Nests

Your Scrapbook Stash

Scrapbook Circle

Freckled Fawn

Queen Kat aka DT Kate Blue

Nani ke Ola Scrapbooking

 we truly appreciate your generosity and support!!!

AND...we cannot forget our WONDERFUL 2014 Guest Designers 

who created beautiful inspiration to share and inspire our followers:

Doreen Vasquez

Sarah Moore

Denise Luscan

Lynn Lefebvre

Ruby Marchand

Claire Rambo

Rachelle Olaridge

Jenessa Franco

Pamela "Cosmicgirl"

Melinda Felicilda

Sandra Scott

Heather Robinson

You were all awesome and it was great working with each of you!!!

Now... for a little announcement about some changes happening here at Scrap Our Stash

Starting January 2015 we will not only have a Guest Designer, but we will also feature a 

Guest Sketch Artist each month.   The Guest Designer will be selected from the monthly Top 3 Picks as before, the only change is that the Guest Designer will be featured on the 1st of each month only and will be eligible to play along in the Sketch Challenge on the 15th of each month.

We have invited (11) Sketch Artists to create an exclusive sketch for SOS and be our guest each month for our Sketch Challenges.   

For our monthly Stash Challenges, you will be given a scrap word and as to include an item from your stash for each letter found in the word given.
For instance, if the word for the month was INK you could use the following items:
Imaginesce , Numbers, Kraft paper

For our monthly Sketch Challenges, not only will we feature a different Sketch Artist each month, the stash part of the challenges will vary.  For instance, one month the challenge may require you to add just one item and another month, you may be required to use items from a tic tac toe board, bingo card or color palette, something a little different each month!

Make sure you stop in tomorrow before you get your New Year's celebration on
to see who our  December Top 3 Picks are and who is our randomly drawn winner for December.  

Have a great rest of the day!

"Merry Christmas" Layout by Brenda

Happy Monday everyone!!!

I hope you have enjoyed this season's festivities and ready to get your scrap on!

It is my turn to share the layout I created inspired by this month's

Sketch Challenge

Loved that the "Stash" element of the Sketch Challenge for this month was to use up some of the older product in your stash. 

Well, it's that time of year to make room for some of the upcoming CHA releases and the scraps and papers I had left  from WRMK's "Peppermint Twist" 2011 collection, were perfect for these sweet photos of my great-nephews.  

I had to scale down the elements of the sketch to enable me to use the large 12 x 12 die cut, which worked out just fine. 

Of course I loved working with the  sketch, mainly because it was quick and easy and the other reason, I designed it! LOL

Here is another look at the sketch
Click HERE for details

And remember you have until 11:59 PM (PST) tonight to create a layout inspired by one or both of our challenges for a chance to win this month's prize.

For each challenge you complete you will earn an entry into the random prize drawing for a chance to win a $20 Gift Certificate to shop at

My Scraps and More

Enjoy the rest of your day and I hope you have a very good week!

"Daddy Love" Layout by DT Megan

Good morning!

Today's lovely inspiration is the creative work of DT Megan and her last reveal as a designer for Scrap Our Stash!

Megan's layout was inspired by our 

December Sketch Challenge

Megan shared this about the challenge and her reveal:

"I ended up flipping the sketch and doing an 8 1/2 x 11 layout. I used a picture of my son, Max and my husband, Brian. I love how happy Max always is - especially around Daddy - and this picture definitely shows it. I used some papers from a Studio Calico kit and then various embellishments and letter stickers from my stash."

Megan, thank you so much for being a part of our team.  Rochelle and I truly appreciate your support and contributions to Scrap Our Stash!  

We wish you the best in 2015 and in your future endeavors!!!!

Friends of Scrap Our Stash please take this opportunity to leave some comment love below for 

DT Megan!!!!

Here is this month's sketch...you still have time to complete it for a chance to win our monthly prize or to be selected as one of our Design Team Top 3 Picks.  

For challenges details....click HERE

Stop back by tomorrow for our last reveal for 2014.   

We will also have a few minor changes to our challenges and Guest Designers for 2015,

so make sure you keep a look out for that announcement on Dec 30th!

Enjoy the rest of your day!

"Sweet Treats with Friends" Layout by DT Steffanie

Today's festive inspiration is the awesome work of DT Steffanie, 

inspired by our  

December Sketch Challenge:

Steffanie shared this about the sketch and her layout:

"I really enjoyed working with the angles in this sketch. Although I ended up eliminating the middle angled cut, I did this primarily because I changed my photo orientation to horizontal and added a third photo space (occupied by the invitation). By covering more territory, I felt that additional angled cut would've been lost in the background anyway. I kept the upper right tag element but changed it to some banner strips. I repeated this in miniature on the left side of my page beneath the invitation. I had fun digging into my stash for some less used items (ribbon, border punches, tiny type letters) and also including my fave---the tiny wooden stars! The glitter snowflakes came from a recent RAK. I think they make a nice festive addition to this page!"

Steffanie, we are excited that you will be returning and looking forward to working you for another term!   Thank you so much for your support and dedication to Scrap Our Stash!

Friends of Scrap Our Stash, please leave some comment love below for DT Steffanie

And the December sketch...

Click HERE for challenge details

Thank you for stopping by and make sure you return tomorrow for more
design team inspiration!

"Happy Elf Playing in the Snow" Layout by DT Tanti

Hello!!!

Hopefully you all enjoyed a beautiful holiday with friends and family and ready to relax with a cup of a nice warm beverage, while you enjoy today's Design Team inspiration

created by DT Tanti, inspired by our 

December Sketch Challenge:

"Merry Christmas everyone. 

I Hope you all had a wondeful Christmas celebration with your family and friends.

Now, let's get back to our challenge. 

I Love this challenge very much.

It helped me to use up my old christmas paper kit from SEI that I bought a long time ago. It's my first time that I didn't follow the sketch exactly. But I think it looks quite similar to the original."

Tanti, we are happy that you will be returning for another term!   Thank you so much for all of your support and the beautiful inspiration you have created to share with Scrap Our Stash!   Rochelle and I are looking forward to working with you again!!!!

Friends of Scrap Our Stash, please take this opportunity to leave DT Tanti 

some comment love below!

Below is the December Sketch.  I hope that you are able to carve out a little time to create a layout inspired by one of both of our December Challenges and link it up before 

December 29th, 11:59 PM (PST):

This month's randomly drawn winner will receive a 

$20 Gift Certficate to shop at 

Enjoy your weekend!!!!

Merry Christmas

As we enjoy the Christmas season once again, 

we would like to extend warm wishes to you and your family. 

 Thank you for sharing another year with us. 

 Merry Christmas 

from the 

Scrap Our Stash Design Team!!!!

We are taking the day off to enjoy with our families and friends. 

 We will be back on the blog tomorrow with more 

December Sketch 

inspiration from our Design Team!

Enjoy your holiday!!!

"Everyday Love" Layout by Kate Blue

Hello All!

It's Christmas Eve and what better day than to share a little a little love and happiness inspiration with you!  

Today's fabulous feature that just screams happy and love,

 is the creative work of DT Kate, inspired by our

December Sketch Challenge:

Here is what Kate shared about the challenge and her reveal:

"I always have so many ephemera packs laying around with misc leftovers so this sketch was a great way to use lots of small pieces! Mixed collections of course but using the patterned paper triangles as my base, I was able to mix them all together in what I hope is pleasing to the eye. It was family day and my daughter had been under the weather all week but she still went to the pumpkin patch and out to dinner with us, then she went to work! Super trooper!"

Kate, we are excited that you will be with our team for the next term!  Thank you so much for your support and dedication to Scrap Our Stash and for all of the beautiful, fun inspiration you have shared with us.   Looking forward to working with you for another term!!!

Friends of SOS we would love it if you would take this opportunity to leave Kate some comment love below!!!!

Here's the sketch
Click HERE for details on the challenge

Now it's your turn . . . READY, SET, GO!

You have until December 29th, 11:59 PM (PST) to create a layout and link it up!

Enjoy the rest of your day and
Have a Very Merry Christmas!!!

"You and Me" Layout by DT Robin

Today's lovely inspiration is the creative work of DT Robin, inspired by our

December Sketch Challenge:

Robin:

"I went WAY back into my stash for this one. Does anyone remember this paper?! These are pics of my Great-Nephew and his girl that I highjacked from Facebook. I haven't seen him in real life since he was way little. I love Facebook"

Here's the sketch:

Robin, Rochelle and I thank you and appreciate all of your support and contributions to Scrap Our Stash!   We are looking forward to having you as our team for another term!

Friends of Scrap Our Stash, please take this time to leave  a little comment love below for Robin!

Also, just a reminder that you have until 

December 29th 

to link up your entries for both of our 

December Challenges!

Our randomly drawn winner this month will receive 

A $20 gift certificate to shop at

My Scraps and More!

Enjoy the rest of you day!!!!

"Dear Santa" Layout by DT Nicole

Three more days to Christmas, are you ready????

Today's featured layout is this gorgeous Christmas themed page created by DT Nicole,

 inspired by our

December Sketch Challenge:

Here is what Nicole shared about the sketch and her reveal:

"This original and trendy sketch was very challenging for me, but I had a lot of fun playing around with the design to make it my own. Being that it is so close to Christmas, I decided to use up some older Christmas stash to make room for the new. I had won the beautiful City Sidewalks collection from Pink Paislee 2 years ago and never got around to using it yet, can you believe it?! I think I found the papers so pretty that I just couldn't bear to cut into them. Well, I decided that it was now or never! Happy Holidays to everyone!"

Nicole we are so excited you will be returning for the Jan - June 2015 term and appreciate all that you contribute to make Scrap Our Stash successful!
Looking forward to more of your beautiful inspiration!

Here is another look at the sketch:

We know everyone is busy busy busy right now, but we hope you get a chance to sit down in your scrap space and create a layout to share with us!
Link up by December 29th, 11:59 PM (PST) for a chance to win this month's prize and/or a chance to be selected as one of our Design Team's Top 3 Picks!
Click HERE for challenge details

Have an awesome day!!!

"Life Is Better With Friends" Layout by DT Leila

Hello everyone!

More design team inspiration to share with you today!   

DT Leila is sharing this stunning layout she created inspired by our

December Sketch Challenge:

Leila:

"This is my last design team reveal for Scrap Our Stash!
It was a great year to with the SOS team and hopefully inspire you!

As I have said several times, I love sketches and found this sketch cute, unique and very different.

I used an old photo of my daughter and my little brother and some older papers by 

Prima Marketing, to create this cute-cute layout!

Well, that's it for now, see you around!

Kisses to all!!!"

Here is the sketch
Click HERE for challenge and details:

Leila, Rochelle and I appreciate you being a part of the Scrap Our Stash team and all of the support and inspiration you have provided.   We hate to see you go, but wish you nothing but the best in your future endeavors!

Friends of Scrap Our Stash, please take this opportunity to leave some comment love below for
DT Leila!

Thank you for stopping by today and return tomorrow for more Design Team inspiration!!!

Happy Sunday!

" The Good Life" Layout by DT Joefil

Today's super sweet inspiration is the beautiful work of DT Joefil, 

inspired by our 

December Sketch Challenge:

Joefil shared this with us about her layout:

"I think I like how my page turned out. I always do my pages so close to the sketch 90% of the time.

I used some old papers from Making Memories and fussy cut some flowers.

This is a photo of my daughter and I from our last year summer vacation at

Couer d' Alene Lake in Idaho.

I love the summer days there because of the nice weather and lake. 

Behind us is the famous floating golf course.

I hope you are inspired!

Details on my blog Cate's Crafts

Now its your turn! Can't wait to see your layout!

The December Sketch

Click HERE for challenge details:

Joefil, thank you so much for being a part of the Scrap Our Stash team.   We have truly enjoyed the inspiration you have shared with us and appreciate your support and dedication to our site.   Rochelle and I are excited and looking forward to having you on the team for another term!

Friends of Scrap Our Stash, we would love for you to take this time to leave DT Joefil some comment love below.   

Hopefully you will find a little time to get into your scraproom and create a layout or two inspired by one of both of our December challenges, during this busy time of the year!

Be sure to link up your entries for both of our December challenges no later than 
Nov 29th, 11:59 PM (PST)
to be considered for the December Prize and/or a chance to be selected as one of our
Design Team Top 3 Picks!!!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

"Hello Sunshine" Layout by DT Patricia

Welcome and thank you for stopping by to check out today's adorable inspiration
created by DT Patiricia, inspired by our
December Sketch Challenge 

Patricia shared this with us about the challenge and her reveal:

"Hello crafters!

"I shall not tell a story. ..but this sketch challenge was definitely a challenge for me...using the different angles and such, however...I got it done! I'm enjoying seeing all the various takes on this challenge and can't wait to see more!!

I used various embellies from Amy Tangerine...

Thanks for looking and I hope you continue to be inspired!"

The Sketch

Click HERE for complete details on both of our December Challenges

Patricia, we thank you and appreciate all the support and inspiration you have provided to 
Scrap Our Stash for the past couple of terms.   
We are looking forward to working with you another term.

Friends of Scrap Our Stash, please take the time to leave Patricia a little comment love below.
Return tomorrow for more Sketch Challenge inspiration.

Have a great day!!!!

"ONO!" Layout by DT Claire

Today's Sketch Challenge inspiration is the awesome creative work of DT Claire!

Here's the December Sketch

Click HERE for the details of the challenge

And here is what Claire shared about the challenge and her reveal:

"I love this challenge, because I LOVE clearing out stash. I finished my stash of Basic Grey Persimmon papers. I managed to complete 12 layouts and pocket page spreads with the collection. While I LOVE this paper collection and will be sad to see it go, I love that I now have room for new collections. I also used up my cork pieces that I've been using all year.

Ono is Hawaiian for delicious. My hubby decided to make spam mutsubi (a local appetizer in Hawaii) for a party. First time for either of us to make these so I had to document the results. Not only were they delish but they ended up being the hit of the party.

For more details, please visit my blog:Three Waters Creations

I can't wait to see what you do with the sketch and your stash."

Claire, Rochelle and I thank you so much for being a part of our team this past term and we are excited that you will be returning for our next term.  We appreciate your support and dedication to Scrap Our Stash. 

We are looking forward to what you have to share with us in the coming months.

Friends of SOS, please take this opportunity to leave some comment love for Claire!

And remember to return tomorrow for more awesome Design Team inspiration!!!

Have a great day!

"These Little Moments" Layout by DT Dulcinea

Happy Wednesday Everyone!!!

Today's inspiration is the awesome creative work of DT Dulcinea, and is her last design team reveal for Scrap Our Stash! 

Dulcinea's layout was inspired by our 

December Sketch Challenge:

Here's a look at the sketch

Click HERE for details on the challenge:

Here is what Dulcinea shared with us about her layout and the challenge:

"First of all, I want to say how great it was to be on this team and be inspired by all the layouts I saw from you girls, during the past 18 months. 

Now, it's time to take some of your old stuff and make a layout! 
I used some of my older stash to create a layout about small things in my scrap time and room. 
I used the sketch, but for the background I used strips and four pictures. 
I think my layout is very inspired by the sketch, despite the changes I made. 
Now, it's your turn! 
Use the sketch for your next layout!"

Dulcinea, Rochelle and I appreciate the beautiful inspiration you have shared with our followers, for three consecutive terms.
 Your dedication and support of Scrap Our Stash is greatly appreciated and we thank you and wish you nothing but the best in your future endeavors!!!!

SOS followers you can continue to be inspired by Dulcinea's work by following her blog:
So Dulce Memories

Please take the time to comment below with a thank you and/or farewell message to Dulcinea!

More Design Team inspiration on the blog tomorrow, make sure you return to see what our next team member has created to inspire you!

"This is what AWESOME' Looks Like" Layout by Rochelle

Hello All
Today's featured layout is a  super fun layout created by Rochelle, inspired by our

Sketch with Stash Challenge!

The colorful products she used are perfect for her photos:

Here's the sketch

Click HERE for details on the challenge:

Here is what Rochelle shared about her reveal:

"I am so happy that I finally scrapped these photos from the Scrap Society crop back in March. It was a Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory theme and the colors were not my favorite to scrap. I don't have much purple in my stash because that is my least favorite color! lol But I had to get this collection when my friend was purchasing it not knowing what I would use it for. I was so happy to realize that it was perfect for my Willy Wonka photos! 

Although not my favorite layout…. It is a fun layout and perfect for the theme - Willy Wonka! I stayed almost true to the sketch, but I didn't have the right patterned paper for the last triangle and instead of trying to force it… I left it out and feel comfortable with my layout." 

Product used: My Mind's Eye Jubiliee collection and Lawn Fawn twine.

This is a really easy sketch and comes together pretty fast, and the best part, you get to pull out anything from your stash to create your page.  

I hope you get a chance to play along with us this month!

Have a SCRAPTABULOUS day and make sure you return tomorrow for more Design Team inspiration inspired by our

  December Sketch Challenge

December Sketch Challenge #21

Happy Monday!!!

Are you ready for the December Sketch challenge?

For this month's challenge you are to create a layout inspired by the sketch below

AND for the stash element of the challenge....

 use as much product from your older stash as possible to make room for the new CHA releases!

So any product and/or any theme....you decide!

Here’s the sketch:

Click HERE for the SOS Challenge Guidelines!!! 

 LINK up your entries to Mr. Linky on the side bar no later than 

December  29th, 11:59 PM (PST)

to be entered into our monthly drawing and/or the chance to be selected as one of our 

Design Team Top 3 Picks

This is the prize you are playing for this month:

$20 My Scraps & More Gift Card

Now that you have the details on the challenge, how about some inspiration from our

December Guest Designer

Heather Robertson

Heather has created thissuper cute & joyful layout inspired by our sketch challenge:

Here is what Heather shared with us about the challenge and her layout:

"Love the sketch - the Teresa Collins papers were perfect to make a Christmassy page."

Heather's Blog: Unleashed

Thank you Heather for being our guest this month!
We have enjoyedmand appreciate the fabulous work you've shared with us this month!!!

Thanks to all of our followers for stopping by today to check out our new challenge and today's inspiration.   

Please take this opportunity to leave Heather some comment love below!

Have a great week and make sure you return tomorrow for more 

December Sketch inspiration from our Design Team.

"Time Flies" LO by DT Kate

Hello Crafters!

Today our DT Kate share with us her fantastic layout:

Photo inspiration:

This is what Kate says about her layout:

"I was inspired by the "lightness" of the inspiration photo and the white with teal so I tried to keep the feeling light and airy. I have no problem adding bling and so I trolled around my gold stash and my PL cards, mixed them with a dollar store snow ornament. Convinced my kids to do a wintery photo shoot this year and that made me super happy!!"

Can't wait to see how this photo inspires you!  Don't forget to come back tomorrow for our December Sketch Challenge reveal! :) 

"Cookies" LO by DT Tanti

Happy Friday! :) 

Today's inspiration comes from our DT Tanti.  Here's her wonderful… and yummy… layout:

photo inspiration:

Here's what Tanti said about her layout:

"I just LOVE this challenge. 

I was first inspired by the colours of the photo. And then after I took a look at it a little longer, those yummy things on the photo inspired me to scrap about our Christmas cookies that we make every year during the advent season.  

To complete the challenge, I grabbed some blue, grey and brown papers from my stash. All of them are from American Crafts collections.

And I also used some sequins to give the layout some sparkles."

For more information on this photo inspiration challenge, please click HERE.  You have until Dec. 29th to upload your layout to the side bar for a chance to win the Dec prize! :) 

"All Bundled Up" LO by Brenda

Hello Everyone!!!

Today Brenda is sharing with us her fabulous layout.  We hope this layout inspires you to join our challenge! :) 

Here's the photo inspiration:

Here's what Brenda said about her layout:

"I pulled the inspiration for this layout from the drinks, and the colors (white, blue and silver) in the inspiration photo. 

I used some of my January 2014 ScrapRoom Kit Club stash...."Timbergrove" by Fancy Pants and a sketch by Audrey Yeager ~ My Scraps and More to create my page. And to complete the "Sparkle" element of the challenge, I placed rhinestones in the middle of the snowflakes and in the center of the bow and added the two rhinestone circles. 

I know it is a busy time of the year, but I hope you all get a chance to play along with this challenge and share with us what inspires you from the beautiful inspiration photo.

Happy Holidays!"

Now it's your turn! :) 

"Happy 2014" LO by Claire

Happy Hump Day! :) 

Today's inspiration comes from DT Claire.  Check out her wonderful layout:

Photo Inspiration:

Claire says this about her layout:

"What a Yummy Photo Inspiration! So many different ways to interpret and inspire. I love the color combo Gold, Blue, and White with a touch of Brown.  I pulled out last year's Pink Paislee Snow Village collection to create this layout. I am still waiting for photos from a friend of last year's New Years Eve party and I am hopeful that I will get them before the new year.  I added lots of sparkle to this layout using Heidi Swapp color shine in gold and blue along with gold sequins. For a touch of brown, I added heart wood veneers as well as modeling paste using a star stencil for a "snow-like" effect.  I cannot wait to see your interpretations of the photo inspiration. Happy Holidays!"

Can't wait to see how this photo inspires you! 

"Sweet Harley" LO by DT Robin

Hello All!

Today, we are sharing DT Robin's awesome layout:

photo inspiration:

This is what Robin said about her layout:

"I was inspired by our challenge photo with the color. Mostly white, some brown and a touch of Tiffany Blue.  The letters of my title, Harley, are from Doodlebug and they are very glittery!"

Have a fabulous day and see you back here tomorrow with more inspiration!!