September Challenge by Karen

Reader Karen submitted this layout for the September Challenge.  She said,

"Hi !
I only found your site yesterday.
I'm sure I have missed out by a matter of hours ( it is now 3pm in Holland)
I'll try harder next time
Karen Williams"
With the time difference she made the deadline.  I just was unable to post it until now! 
You do still have time for the Frugal Friday Challenge - it doesn't end until midnight central.  And the Pagerize This Challenge goes through the 12th.  So hurry!

September Challenge by Laurie

Design Team Member Laurie created this layout for the September border punch challenge.  She said, "I decided to do something different and actually use the border punched pieces on the border of the layout, whereas I usually use them somewhere in the center of the layout. I thought this would ground my page yet add some other color interest. I then also brought the color in the center of the layout by using my cuttlebug embossing folder, another tool I often forget to use. The brochures about Muir Woods stand in for my title as I used a part of a transparency to make an invisible pocket."

Time is almost up - the September Challenge ends at on the 30th.  Be sure to get your project submitted before the deadline.  See all the details in the September Challenge below.  And don't miss out on our other fun challenges going on right now see the following posts below:  Pagerize This Challenge and the Frugal Friday Tip Challenge.   

September Challenge

The September Challenge is to use a Border Punch or decorative scissors on your project.  You can use any kind of border punch or decorative scissors - no rules here - just use what you have. Be creative!

To participate in the Challenge just submit your projects by sending a picture and description to scrappinpsycho@live.com.
All projects will be posted here at Scrap Our Stash. All submissions must be received by 6:00 PM Central Time on September 30th. A winner will be chosen and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of November!
Be sure to check back daily for new Design Team, Guest Design Team, or Reader's projects to inspire you.


Also, don't miss our "Pagerize This Challenge" - see all the details below.

September Challenge by Kathy

For the September Border Punch Challenge - I used the Fiskar's Wave Punch to create this layout of Niko.  It was actually a lift from Two Peas in a Bucket Gallery! 

Now it's your turn to take the border challenge.  See all the details in September Challenge below. And don't forget the other 2 challenges that are going on right now - the Pagerize This Challenge and the Frugal Friday Tip Challenge - details below.

September Challenge by Malina

Guest Design Team Member Malina submitted this two page 12x12 layout titled Makaria, A Heart Dog for the September Border Punch Challenge.  She said, "I used a couple different edge options in an effort to create some unity between the two pages. Using a lace edge punch I ran the length of my pattern paper on the first side but then the width of the page in a layering effect on the second side. Layering an edge punch in this way I find is an inexpensive way of creating depth and texture that might otherwise be sought out using ribbons. Additionally I also used a scallop edge to highlight a photo of Makaria (pronounced Mah-Car-eeah) but this was not done with a punch and instead I used an exacto knife and Fiskar's shape templates.


I hope you enjoy this simple use of edge punching I utilized in my tribute to my heart dog that passed away 2 years ago.

Now it's your turn to take the challenge.  You could be chosen for a spot on our November Guest Design Team.  See all the details in September Challenge below.

September Challenge by Missy

Reader Missy submitted this layout for the September Border Punch Challenge.  She said,
"for the September Challenge I used my EK Success book binder punch on my layout about my summer reading list. I love to read so when I signed my boys up for the summer reading program at the library, I signed up too. I started reading the Stephanie Plum series and I couldn't stop! I read all sixteen of her books in just a few weeks! I usually don't scrap about "things" like this, most of my layouts are of my kids. I am trying to add more stuff about me to our albums, so my kids can know a few little things about me!

Here are some of the other things that I used.
Jenny Bowlin pp
DCWV pp
Tim Holtz stamps and tiny attacher
Cricut w/ Street Sign
twill ribbon,
Frame by Making Memories
Prima and Paper Studio flowers
CTMH ink
Studio Tree stamps
EK Sucess punch


Thanks for all the challenges to get me to use my stash! Although I still keep buying more new stuff than I need, but at least I am making some room for it!"  You can visit Missy's blog HERE.

Now it's your turn to take one of our challenges.  See all the details below in:  September Challenge, Pagerize This Challenge, or Frugal Friday Tip Challenge.  Just send a picture of your project along with a description to scrappinpsycho@live.com.  Can't wait to see your contribution.

September Challenge by Monica

For our September challenge Guest Design Team Member Monica  decided to share some baby pages she made for a recent baby book. She said, "I enjoy making these baby books for friends as gifts. They take a lot of work and I thought about not making them but I just can't seem not to! It is also a great way for me to use my stash!!! I usually make an 8x8 album with some pages for when the baby first arrives and then one page per month after that. I also try to include some first holidays! So I am sharing a few of the pages that included punches. I will post some other pages from the album on my blog if your interested.



I left this one for mom to fill in with some type of Christmas photo.
Hope you enjoyed these!! It's not to late to play along!"  See all the details of how you can play along with the challenge in the September Challenge post below.

September Challenge - Mandy

Guest design team member Mandy created the scallop borders on this layout using her circle cutter to cut half circles along the edge all the way across the paper. Of course, a scallop punch would have been easier, but this was a great alternative if you don't have one!

Now it's your turn to take the Border Challenge. See all the details in September Challenge below.

September Challenge by Marilyn

Me & my Sisters by Marilyn
Guest Design Team Member Marilyn submitted this layout for the September Border Challenge.  She said, "I used my scalloped border punch for this layout about me and my sisters."

Now it's your turn to take the Challenge.  See all the details in September Challenge below.
And don't miss our other Challenges going on right now:

The Pagerize This Challenge - the challenge is to "pagerize" Joni's Rock Surfer layout.  See all the details below in the Pagerize This Challenge.
Frugal Friday Challenge - use one of the linked Frugal Friday Tips on a project and submit it to scrappinpsycho@live.com.  See all the details in "Frugal Friday Tip Challenge" below.

September Challenge by Stacy H-W

Guest Design Team Member Stacy submitted this layout for the September Border Challenge.  She said, "I am so excited to be a GDT this month here at Scrap Our Stash! I have been really having a hard time thinking of a project that was "good" enough. So I finally just said to myself, "Self, just go ahead and make something...anything..." (lol) And this is what I came up with for our "border punch" challenge this month."
I have really been into holiday stuff (Halloween, Christmas etc) lately so I printed out pictures from Halloween last year and decided to finally make a layout of them. I can be given a break on not having them scrapped before this because I only started scrapping in March 2010 so I have many years and many pictures waiting for me to scrap.

I started with a sketch from Sketch Inspirations and decided to use my Little Yellow Bicycle Booville paper. I topped it with a nice green Bazzill Basics paper which I border punched with my Martha Stewart border/corner punches.

I used Making Memories Spellbound puffy alpha stickers for the title work. I inked a spider web in the corner using an Inkadinkado clear stamp and Ranger Jet Black Archival ink.

I also used a page from my 6x6 Eerie paper pad from BasicGrey. I inked the photos, Eerie paper and the paper that I wrote on with my Ranger Peeled Paint ink pad.

To finish it up I used some Crystal Stickles to outline the spider web at the top and bottom of the paper and onto the black paper that I put under the punched out bat on the Eerie paper. (I used a MS punch for the bat). You have to add a little sparkle to everything...right??!
And last but not least I was excited to find these K&C Company Spooktacular skull accents and border in my stash.
It was really fun to make after I finally let myself relax. And now I have at least two of my five kid's Halloween pictures scrapped from 2009. LOL
I hope you liked it and I can't wait to see what all everyone else comes up with for this challenge.

Now it's your turn to take the challenge. See all the details in September Challenge below.

September Challenge by Ren-Yi

I am absolutely thrilled when I received my set of Half-Pint Heroes from Claire. I was a lucky winner and received two random sets in the new September release. I don't know how Claire knew which to send me, but I was so beyond myself when I received my stamps in the mail, that I was jumping up and down like a little kid. My houseguest probably thought I was weird - or he is getting used to my stunts. Half-Pint Heroes are one of my favorites that made my "to purchase" list came.

So what better to show-case my new Waltzingmouse Stamps then to play in the next Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge? Right...? And I knew I wanted to play with the little car...

My heart almost sank when I saw this sketch, where is my car going to go? But, guess what? If you tilt your held by 90 degrees I have a long enough card to make a road for the car to play.


The inception of the green, grassy field was also inspired by the September Border Punch challenge from Scrap Our Stash. In the Waltzingmouse Sketch, there was also a scalloped border that immediately screamed "border punch!" And then I had a vision - sitting in a car zipping past fun fields of flowers and how scenic it was. Those were some of my favorite childhood road trip moments. So converting a scalloped border into a field of green was just "au naturale." I love how I can stretch my border punches to do more than just fancy up a border. Scalloped borders make also good fake water waves...

Material deets are on my blog. So what other fun ways do you use your border punches? Do share...! And if you haven't submitted for the September challenge, get crackin'!

September Challenge by Amy

Design Team Member Amy submitted this layout for the September Border Challenge. She said, "I love border punches, so this was a really fun challenge for me! I dug out my EK Success scalloped, embossed punch and punched out my border out of Making Memories blue paper. Border punches are so fun to add a lil something extra or to embellish a whole page."

Now will you take the September Challenge?

September Challenge

Reader Jeanne submitted this layout for the September Border Challenge.  She said, "What a fun challenge! I love to use my border punches!! Here is one of my pages using them
for the September Challenge"
Jeanne
http://creativechaos-jeanne.blogspot.com/

September Challenge

Reader Kelly submitted this layout for the September Border Punch Challenge. 

Now it's your turn - send your project to scrappinpsycho@live.com and you could be chosen to be a Guest Design Team Member for November.  See all the details below in September Challenge.

And don't miss the Pagerize This Challenge - details below.

September Challenge - Joni

Joni used 4 different border punches to make her strips. 

She layered (popped up) some of the layers & weaved ribbon through one.

She also used a regular Heart punch to punch the hearts and then backed that strip with red.

September Challenge - Denise

Reader Denise submitted this layout for the September Challenge. She said, "I have fallen behind on Lara's lifebook (bad mommy) but now that school is getting started I'm planning on getting caught up. I lead a lifebook group and the goal is to make one lifebook page a month. Here is a page I finished yesterday. The bit of orange blur near the stamp on the page is text I hid, as it is her information to share, not mine. I got lots of inspiration for this through challenge blogs. I used a sketch from Sassy 'Lil Sketches (love it!), the colors from The Play Date Cafe, pearls and lace from Simon Says Stamp, layers from Simon Says Stamp, and the border punch challenge here. The lace was originally white but I sprayed it with glimmer mist to match my color scheme".

Now it's your turn to take the border punch challenge. See all the details in September Challenge below.

September Challenge - Nataly

Reader Nataly submitted this layout for the Border Punch Challenge. 


Now it's your turn to take the challenge.  See all the details in September Challenge below.   And don't miss the Pagerize This Challenge.  Details are below in Pagerize This Challenge. 

September Challenge - Stephanie

This challenge was more of an opportunity for me. I finally had to man up (or woman up as the case may be!) and use my border punches that I've been buying but not using. (What can I say the punches scare me, but clearance doesn't!) I used two punches on this card there's an around the corner one on the green/purple polka dotted paper and a nice weave on the purple patterned paper at the bottom of the card. I had lots of flower mojo in me when I made this card (I think it had something to do with the lady sitting next to me at the crop I was at!) and felt that my mom deserved a lot of buttons and bling on this card.
I hope this card inspires you to step outside of your comfort zone and decorate some of your borders too! Now that I know the punches don't bite, you may just see a page with borders from me!

Now it's your turn to take the challenge.  See all the details in September Challenge below.

September Border Challenge by Christy

Recently , I participated in Big Picture Scrapbooking's Big Idea Festival. I loved a lot of the projects, however, many of the supplies are just not available to me where I live. So what's a girl to do? Adapt, that's what. Make the design your own. so that's just what I did. I loved the look of Lisa day's bonus project and set out to use it with a series of photos about Junk-a-noo. What is Junk-a-noo you ask? It's a Bahamian tradition...sort of like Mardi Gras or Carnivale. It occurs every year around July 10th (Bahamian Independence day) and around Christmas. Unfortunately, we have never been. It occurs in the middle of the night and literally runs past dawn. While we have never attended, we do see many of the costumes and float decorations around the island. I snapped some photos of my son with those decorations and decided they would make a fun page.

Lisa's design is pretty evident in mine. I varied it by splashing some tiger lily and patina glimmer mist onto the background cardstock. I used some Crate Paper chipboard elements from the pink plum collection. Pages like these are a great way to slip in some girl colors without making the page look to feminine. I used some fussy cut elements from SEI's jocelyn collection to make the rosette's/round flowers and the border strip on the bottom. I cut strips of PP to make the scalloped border for the rosettes/flowers.

If you are like me, you may not have a lot of border punches. I simply don't have the storage space or the budget for them. In fact, I own only 2: an ancient fiskar's punch and an EK success notebook punch. So how did I make the border scalloped?A while back I saw this tip in Creating Keepsakes and I decided to try it... I took the guard off of my corner rounder, and then used it to punch down a strip of paper...which created a scalloped border.

Once you have the border punched, you can easily make it fit around a circle. This will work with any punch or strip of paper and is especially handy for heavier papers that are difficult to fold and pleat. Cut small slits in even increments along the strip. In my case, I chose every 2 scallops. Just be careful not to cut too far into the strip, or it may rip.

I chose to use glue dots to adhere the strip to the flower that I had fussycut. As you adhere each section, you can carefully bend and then slide the next section under the other.

This effectively produces a rounded edge with the strip.

I really enjoy the fun look to this page with the rounded borders. This could easily be done with a straight strip of paper or with most border punch designs.

The borders along the sides of the photos are made with Pink paislee artisan tape. I simply folded it as Lisa had in her design and I hand Stitched over it .


Now let's see wha you can come up with for this month's border challenge!