Reminder....April Challenges

Hi there!

Just posting a reminder letting you know there is still time to complete our April Challenges

The dead line is tonight (Apr 29th) 11:59 PM (PST)

Here is the prize you are playing for this month, generously donated by our

April Sponsor

Creative Embellishments

And...here are the April Challenges:

April Stash Challenge:

Your challenge is to create a layout and include an item from your stash for each letter in the word 

S-T-A-M-P.

Please remember to list what items you used for each letter when posting your entry.

April Sketch Challenge:

Create a layout inspired by this awesome sketch designed by Laura Whitaker

And... the inspiration photo.

You can use the colors, shapes, phrases, etc. just let us know in your write up what element of the photo you used as inspiration to complete your layout. 

For each challenge you complete you will receive an entry into our monthly prize drawing!

So complete both challenges and that gives you two chances to win!

Have a Scraptabulous Day!

"Cherish My Family" Layout by Rochelle

Hello!

Today's April Sketch Challenge inspiration is this beautiful layout by Rochelle:

Rochelle:

"Although this photo didn't come out good, it is very special to me. This photo was taken on Thanksgiving with my husband and children, at my ex-husband's house, with our children we have together and his family. It is so wonderful for a blended family to come together and have such a great time. I know it's hard for most to understand the dynamics of a how blended families work, but this photo represents that with much love, dedication and support, it works and it works wonderfully! We are truly a blessed family and I cherish them dearly! :)

For the challenge, I pretty much stayed true to the sketch and for the photo inspiration, I was inspired by the flowers and by the dots on the page.:

Just a reminder, you have until April 29th, 11:59 PM (PST) to complete one or both of our April challenges for a chance to win our April prize generously donated by our awesome sponsor:

You will earn in entry into the April prize drawing for each challenge you complete!

Click HERE for both challenges and details!

Happy Scrapping!!!

"Cancun, Mexico" Layout by DT Tracy

Hello and thank you for stopping by!

Today's lovely inspiration is being shared by DT Tracy:

Tracy:

"The first thing that inspired me most about the inspirational photo was the color palette. I just love happy, bright colors! And I instantly knew which photo I was going to scrap too! 

I dug into my older paper collections and Sketchbook by Amy Tangerine was the perfect choice. I gathered up some bits and pieces of the papers and did some fussy cutting as well. I also included a bright yellow flower doilie that was perfect for the colors too, along with some homemade yoyo flowers that I've had stored in a jar for years. 

I'm really enjoying myself being on the SOS DT because it's giving me the incentive to actually dig through my older, stashed product and use it up!"

Inspired by Tracy's layout?
Here is a look at the sketch and photo inspiration that inspired Tracy's layout:

Create a layout using the sketch and the photo as inspiration, link it up by
April 29th for a chance to win this month's awesome prize from our sponsor

For complete challenge details and rules, click HERE!

We look forward to seeing all of the creative ways, you are all inspired by our

April sketch and photo inspiration!

Enjoy the rest of your day and stop by tomorrow for more design team inspiration!

"The Color Run" Layout by DT Kate

Hi everyone!

Today's bright and colorful inspiration is the creative work of our talented DT Kate

inspired by our

April Sketch Challenge:

Kate:

"First 5K in 2014 and it was so much fun! Color Run at the National Harbor and the temps were perfect, Had a foot injury so I walked it and it was still lots of fun with the bff and my daughter! 

Great sketch and I had fun pulling out all my Bella Blvd stash! I was inspired by the mood board in so many ways: First, it had my love of GOLD, then I was inspired by the polka dots, the rainbow colors with lots of focus on fuchsia and the feeling that the layout should be about something that made me very, very happy!"

Here is a look at the sketch and photo inspiration that inspired Kate's layout:

Create a layout inspired by the sketch AND...the inspiration photo and link it up by 

April 29th, 11:59 PM (PST) for a chance to win this prize

from our April Sponsor:

For complete challenge details and rules, click HERE

As always we appreciate you stopping by our blog as well as your comments.

Have a wonderful week!

"Happy Ever After" Layout by DT Becky

Hello and welcome to another day of our daily Design Team inspiration!

Today's featured layout is the beautiful creative work of DT Becky inspired by our 

April Sketch Challenge: 

Becky:

"I love sketch challenges and usually stick to them pretty closely. This one is no exception and the mood board additional direciton. From the mood board, I was inspired by the geometric shapes, the word "happy", the colors (especially pink, gold, and teal), and the cloud."

Your turn to create a layout inspired by our April Sketch Challenge:

Link up your layout by April 29th, 11:59 PM (PST) for a chance to win this month's awesome prize from our sponsor
CREATIVE EMBELLISHMENTS

Click HERE for challenge details and rules

Thank you for visiting us today and I hope you get a chance to stop back by tomorrow for our daily Design Team inspiration!

Enjoy the rest of your day!

"Be Persistence" Layout by DT Claire

Hello...happy Friday!

For today's inspiration DT Claire is sharing her fantastic take on  our

April Sketch Challenge:

Claire:

"I was inspired by the colors and the painting of the flowers in vase. I had leftover exclusive printables from a class I took, Color Theory with Wilna, and the minute I saw the inspiration, I knew I had to use them. I basically colored in the printables using acrylic paints -keeping the color scheme in mind. I completed the layout using Pink Paislee Bella Rouge and following the sketch pretty closely. 

Why I titled the layout "Be Persistence" when that is not grammatically correct? It is a reminder that I need to embody persistence not just be persistent to succeed. I decided the theme of my wedding album is about the philosophy of life lessons, ones I have learned and want to pass on. 

On this day, it took us all day and 3 different locations to get a couple of "good" photos of us -that is persistence."

And here is the sketch by Laura Whitaker and the photo inspiration that inspired Claire's page:

And here is the prize you are playing for this month, generously donated by 

CREATIVE EMBELLISHMENTS

As always, we appreciate you visiting our blog and would love for you to return tomorrow for more Design Team April Sketch inspiration!

Have a great weekend!

"AHHH" Layout by DT Robin

Today we are featuring a bright and cheerful, festive layout created by DT Robin 

inspired by our 

April Sketch Challenge:

Robin:

"Fun sketch! I used some new summer-colored papers and some very, very old ribbon on this layout. These bright colors, of which I took from the Inspiration Board, are my most favorite to use.

For more detailed shots of this layout, please visit my blog at robinredd.typepad/reddrobinstudios."

Here is the sketch by Laura Whitaker and the photo inspiration that inspired Robin's layout:

For compete details and rules of the challenge, click HERE

And...don't forget the prize you are playing for this month, 

generously donated by our sponsor

Creative Embellishments

We would love to see how Laura's sketch and the photo inspiration inspires you.

Link up your entries for this challenge and/or our other challenge by

Aprils 29th, 11:59 PM (PST) 

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

"Love These Cute Faves" Layout by DT Nicole

It's another day of wonderful

April Sketch Challenge 

inspiration!

Below is the fabulous layout DT Nicole created inspired by Laura Whitaker's

awesome sketch combined with our inspiration photo:

Nicole:

"It was a pleasure creating this layout based on Laura's pretty sketch and the fun ecclectic mood board provided this month as inspiration. The first thing that caught my eye was the image of the black and white striped cloud so I started with a similar pattern as my background. Pretty much all stash used comes from the Flea Market collection from Crate Paper which I found matched very well with the feel and the colours of the pictures. I also added a lot of gold accents and lots of sequins to match the lamp base and the confetti on the mood board. And last, but not least, the photo I used features my nieces showing off their adorable painted faces which represent the image of the painting in the top right corner. 

If you want to see more details, visit me at Scrap-Utopia"

Inspired by Nicole's beautiful layout?  

Here's this month's sketch and inspiration photo:

Create a layout using the sketch and any element from the photo that inspires you.

Link it up with us by April 29th, 11:59 PM (PST) to be entered into our monthly

drawing for this awesome prize from our sponsor

Creative Embellishments:

For complete details and challenge rules, click HERE

Thank you for visiting us today and make sure you stop back by tomorrow for

more Design team inspiration!!!

"This Is So The Happy Place" Layout by DT Patircia

Hello!!!

Today DT Patricia is sharing this "fabulous fun" page she created inspired by the

April Sketch Challenge:

"Hi crafters!

What a fun challenge as usual right!?

Here is a layout of my daughter at one of our favorite places! Disneyland of course! I chose to use the title on this challenge that was given becuase it fit the layout perfectly! After all, Disneyland is the happy place...if you ignore the prices of course smile emoticon

For this layout, I used Simple Stories, Say Cheese Collection, random alphas that I had in stash and some of Heidi Swapps letter stickers, along with additional embellishents. 

Hope you enjoy the challenge as I did!"

Here is a look that the sketch Laura Whitaker created for this month's challenge:

and here is the inspiration photo to use with this month's sketch:

Your challenge this month is to create a layout inspired by the sketch and any element of your choice from the inspiration photo.   

You can use the colors. shapes, sayings, etc, just note when posting your entry, what element you used as inspiration.

For complete challenge details and rules, click HERE

Creative Embellishments is our sponsor this month.

and here is the fabulous prize they are rewarding our lucky winner this month:

Please take a little time out and visit Creative Embellishments

Online Store:  http://creativeembellishments.com/

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Enjoy the rest of your day and make sure you return tomorrow for more Design Team inspiration!

"Hello Summer" Layout by DT Joefil

Happy Monday!

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

Today's featured layout is the beautiful creative work of DT Joefil inspired by our

April Sketch Challenge

Joefil:

"Now that summer is almost here I decided to use this photo of mine from summer of 2013. 

Onto the challenge... I was inspired by the colors, love the colors on the mood board so I used 

Heidi Swapp papers, the colors are just perfect.  I dug into my stash and found the gold doily, and added splatters of some gold and teal color shine.

I hope my layout will inspire you!

Can't wait to see what you can create using the sketch and mood board"

Here is a look at the sketch, by Laura Whitaker and the inspiration board:

For complete rules and details on the challenge, click HERE

And remember, you have until April 29th, 11:59 PM (PST) to complete one or both of our April challenges for a chance to win our April prize, generously donated by

Creative Embellishments

Enjoy the rest of your day and make you return each day for our daily design team inspiration!

"This Is So The Happy Place" Layout by DT Lynn

Hello Everyone!

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

April Sketch Challenge:

Lynn:

Hello SOS fans!

'The first thing that caught my eye with the inspiration photo was the bright pink and ombre. I used watercolor paint to create an ombre effect on my background.

I was also inspired by the clouds in the photo which I added in the top strip and the banner strip behind my photo. I rotated the sketch so the cloud banner would be at the top of my page.

I loved the colored polka dots in the inspiration photo and found some an old 6x6 paper pad from Echo Park which matched perfectly!

I pulled the black and beige striped pattern from the clouds in the photo and tucked strips under my photo. 

I used the quote in the photo as my title and was inspired to use gold and multi colored letters.

The last bit of snow just melted in my corner of the world. It sure was a long winter, but I couldn't help but create one last "wintery layout" using fun bright colors!

Can't wait to see what you create!'

Here is a look at the awesome sketch created by Laura Whitaker:

Your challenge this month is to create a layout inspired by Laura's sketch

AND...the photo inspiration below:

(You are allowed to use whatever inspires you in the photo to create your layout, the colors, the shapes, the sayings, etc.   Just make sure when posting your layout, you mention what element you used for inspiration)

Here is the inspiration photo:

Click HERE for complete challenge details and rules

Make sure you check out our April sponsor:

Shop:  Creative Embellishment Store

Inspiration:  Creative Embellishment Blog

Updates:  Creative Embellishment Facebook Page

Return tomorrow for more Design Team April Sketch Challenge inspiration!

Happy Scrapping!

"So Colorful" Layout by DT Tanti

I hope you are all enjoying your weekend!

Today's Design Team inspiration is the beautiful work of DT Tanti inspired by our

April Sketch Challenge

Tanti:

"The moodboard inspired me to scrap this photos that I took during our vacation in Spain last year. 

There were tons of lampions hanging, along the street in the city of Ronda. I love it very much, since I LOVE all colourful things. I was also inspired by the colours of the moodboard. 

I used the pink ombre designed paper from Dear Lizzy for my background, relating to the pink ombre pillow.

The colourful dots inspired me to use sequins and to make those mini lampions out of origami papers.

I found that the striped cloud in the moodboard so cute that I also had to add it on to my page.

I had to turn the sketch one time to the right so it could fit better to my Photos.

This fabulous sketch from Laura Whitaker is so perfect for my pictures.

Now it's your turn. Can't wait to see what you create."

Inspired by Tanti's beautiful layout?   

Create a layout inspired by our April Sketch...

AND...the inspiration photo below.

(You are allowed to choose from the colors, shapes, sayings, etc...your choice.  Just make sure you post in your write up what in the photo inspired you)

Our April sketch created by Laura Whitaker:

and here is the inspiration photo:

For complete challenge details and rules, click HERE

Link up your entries by April 29th, 11:59 PM (PST) for a chance to win this awesome prize 

from our April sponsor, 

Creative Embellishments:

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

'Colorado Boat" Layout by DT Elena

Happy Friday!

We are starting the weekend off with some awesome inspiration from DT Elena!

Check out what Elena created to share with us, inspired by our

April Sketch Challenge:

and a close-up

Elena:

"These photos taken on the Colorado Boat in Gardaland (an Italian amusement park) speaksfor themselves!! 

A very fun day spent with my brave (and reckless) daughter and 3 other fearless people

 (my mom, and family friend with her daughter :D).

As inspiration I used the cloud shape, color fuchsia and the multi-color phrase.
Let us see how this sketch and inspiration photo inspires you"

Here is a look at the sketch and photo inspiration:

Your challenge is to create a layout inspired by the sketch and the inspiration photo.

(You are allowed to select any element of your choice from the inspiration photo, as long as

you mention in your write up, what element inspired you)

For complete challenge rules and details, click HERE

Our awesome sponsor this month,

will be generously rewarding one lucky randomly drawn winner the following prize:

All you have to do to enter into the drawing, is complete one or both of our April challenges and link up by April 29th.   You will receive an entry for each challenge completed.

Thank you for visiting us today and I hope you return tomorrow for more Design Team inspiration.

Have a great weekend!

"Let Your Star Shine" Layout by DT Steffanie

Good Morning!

Today's featured layout is the fantastic work of DT Steffanie, inspired by our

April Sketch Challenge:

Steffanie:

"I took some creative liberties with this one and had a lot of fun! For the sketch, I kept much of the design in the center the same---the single photo focus, the doily and the papers beneath my photo. From there, I went in a different direction. The reason behind it had to do with the inspiration photo we were given. I was drawn to the pentagon shape on the lamp and the mobile which led me to hexagons. I have always wanted to do a layout like this and I felt inspired...so here it is. The golden yellow in my photo and papers also leads back to the gold in the inpsiration piece. And, of course, the phrase about the happy place...isn't the slogan for Disneyland "the happiest place on earth"? I know it's one of mine!"

Now it is your turn to create a layout inspired by our April sketch and the inspiration photo below:
Sketch by Laura Whitaker

and the inspiration photo:

For complete challenge details and rules, click HERE

Link up your entries by April 29th, 11:59 PM (PST) to be entered to win the following prize, generously donated by our April sponsor,

Creative Embellishments

Thank you for visiting us today and return tomorrow for more Design Team inspiration!!!

April Sketch Challenge #25 ~ Guest Sketch Artist, Laura Whitaker

Hi there!

Today we are excited to reveal  our April Sketch Challenge as well as introduce our

April Sketch Artist

Laura Whitaker

Laura:
Hello! I am so excited to be a guest designer here at Scrap Our Stash, it was such an honour to be invited. 
Let me tell you a bit about myself, 

I am a mom to 3 boys (Chris 25, Jon 23, and Timmy 12) and a crazy Olde English Bulldogge puppy named Max! I have been married to my sweetheart (Ian) for 27 years. As well as being a homeschooler, I am a very passionate papercrafter. I have been crafting in various forms all my adult life and scrapbooking for about 15 years and loving every minute of it. I am in love with my Silhouette, and really enjoy creating my own cut files, I usually offer a couple of freebies on my blog each month. 

I also run my own challenge site called Stuck?! Sketches, and am fortunate to be on the DT’s of an online and mobile store called ScrapMuch?, a kit club called Boys Rule Scrapbook Kits, and a Canadian manufacturer called Evalicious which offers embellishments, stamps and journaling cards.

To check out more of Laura's fabulous work, visit her blog:
Laura Whitaker Designs

Now for our

April Sketch Challenge 

Create a layout inspired by this awesome sketch designed by Laura

And... the inspiration photo provided below:

You can use the colors, shapes, phrases, etc. just let us know in your write up what element of the photo you used as inspiration to complete your layout.

Here is the photo inspiration :


Take a look at the  fabulous layout Laura created inspired by the sketch and the photo inspiration:

Laura:

"I loved the mood board that S.O.S is showcasing in their challenge this month, the vibrant colours and geometric shapes really spoke to me. I do not often play with hot pink (being the mom of boys), so I loved adding it to my page for this challenge! I used lots of Crate papers goodies on my page as well as some other odds and ends, like the rub-ons that have been in my stash for probably ten years (yikes!). 

I would love for you to visit my blog and if you let me know you were there, I will come and visit yours!"

With this month's awesome sketch, the color inspiration photo and Laura's beautiful reveal, you should be inspired to get your scrap on!

Make sure to link your layout to Mr. Linky on our side bar by April 29th 11:59 PM (PST)
to enter to win this month's prize

generously donated by our fabulous sponsor

Creative Embellishments

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

We are looking forward to seeing how each of you interpret this challenge!
Thank you for visiting us today and return tomorrow for more Design Team inspiration!