April Challenge

Altered Frame by Kimmarie

Design Team Member Kimmarie submitted this altered frame for the April Lift Challenge. Somehow I missed getting it posted in April, so here it is now. This is what Kimmarie said about her frame. "This time I decided to alter a frame like Monica did. I love to alter anything wood. So easy to work with. Again, I used Zip Dry glue to adhere the paper to the frame added some ribbon and sticker letters with a nice picture of a bunch of scrappy friends I met about 7 years ago online and we finally were able to get together about 5 years ago. I love to create simple things to show off my pictures and memories.

If you have a project from any of the previous challenges that you were unable to share - we'd love to share them now. Just send a picture to Scrappinpsycho@live.com with a brief description and what tell us what challenge it is from.

Don't miss the May Challenge. See all the details below.

April Challenge Winner

And the Winner is:
Christine!

Christine submitted this layout of her son in his new Harley jacket. This was lift of Kathy's Biker Babe page.

Chistine will be offered a spot as Guest Design Team Member for the month of June.

Congratulations Christine.

Would you like to become a Guest Design Team Member? Just accept the May Challenge.

April Challenge

The April challenge will be to either Scraplift (copy) someone else's project or use a Sketch. We would like to encourage you to scraplift a project that someone has posted here at Scrap Our Stash - but that is not necessary.

The lift or sketch can be from anywhere - a magazine, another blog or gallery or wherever you find inspiration. The only requirement is that you "credit" the original scrapper or the sketch artist if possible.

If you would like to find inspiration here at Scrap Our Stash - just click on the label (in the right hand sidebar) either by card, layouts, altered, or by a particular person's name.

Just complete your project and email a picture and a brief description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com . If you have a picture of the "original" work or sketch please email it along with your project and we will post it along with your project. If you can not submit a picture of the "original" work - please send as much details as you can regarding the original scrapper.

As always, we encourage you to Scrap Your Stash - but it is not required this time.

Come back often to see our Design Team, Guest Design Team and other Readers contributions. Who knows, maybe one of the April posts will be your inspiration piece.

Looking forward to seeing your projects!

A winner will be chosen from all entries and be offered a spot on the Guest Design Team for the month of June. All entries must be received by 10:00 PM on April 30th to be eligible for the Guest Design Team Challenge.

April Challenge

Altered Tin by Kimmarie

Design Team Member Kimmarie chose to lift past Guest Design Team Member Rachel's Altered Tin. She said, "I love altering! I had a couple of Stampin' Up tins laying around so I decided to alter one. I used all Stampin Up patterned paper, chipboard and rub-ons. I also created some cards and tags to store inside the tin. I adhered the paper with Zip Dry glue. This glue is fantastic, adheres to everything."

Now it's your turn to accept the challenge - check out all the details in April Challenge below.

April Challenge

Snow Cute by Kathy

This is a lift of Julie Bonner from Two Peas - it was just too cute not to lift!

Now it's your turn. Check out the details for the April Challenge below. Hurry this ends on the 30th.

April Challenge

Be Me by Joni

Design Team Member Joni lifted Design Team Member Tere's layout. Joni said, I loved the big heart shape and the masking, so I started with a large chipboard circle & misted using a piece of lace cardstock as my mask. I also lifted the idea of doing a layout about myself, using a smaller photo.

Now it's your turn to take the April Challenge. Check out all the details in April Challenge, and find out how you could win a spot on the Guest Design Team.

April Challenge

By Kimmarie

By Laurie

Design Team Member Kimmarie used Guest Design Team Member Laurie's project as her inspiration. She said, I love working on Pop Out albums, some of you call them "smoosh" albums. I made this one of my 3 daughter's first day of school. Most of the products used are form Rusty Pickles's Pirate Princess Collection. I love doing these albums with paper kits. I find it hard to put different company pp together so I always use a kit when working on something like this. tfl

Now it's your turn to take the challenge. You can either Lift someone else's project - create your project using a sketch. Check out April Challenge and see how you can become a Guest Design Team Member.

Also, don't miss the Spring Cleaning Challenge - check out all the details below.

April Challenge

Journal by Rachel

Guest Design Team Member Rachel scraplifted former Design Team Member Danielle's BFF layout and created a new journal to log her visits when she goes Geocaching! Rachel said, "The cover is from the box that my Bind It All came in and the papers are Pink Paislee Queen Bee. I loved using the strips ofpaper and using buttons as accents"!

Now it's your turn. Check out all the details in April Challenge below. Find out how you can become eligible to become a Guest Design Team Member.

April Challenge

Princess by Wendy

Design Team Member Wendy submitted this Lift of Design Team Robin's layout. She said, "My layouts rarely go flower-less and I find it hard to create balanced layouts with 2 pictures. I was thrilled when I found this frame to use. I was looking for an overlay but this was better! It started out plain green and I stamped the polka dots on it. The paper is from the way back part of my stash so it felt good to use that too.
Now it's your turn to accept the Aprl Challenge. See all the details below.

April Challenge

Choices by Kathy

This is a lift of a layout of the same name by Debie T from Two Peas in a Bucket. She is one of my favorite scrappers at Two Peas. When I saw this layout I loved it - and then when I read the journaling about looking forward to choices she will be able to make when purchasing clothes, when she looses weight - I knew this was what I needed to do with this Before picture I had Niko take.

I don't normally lift the title or the theme of the page - but on this one I just couldn't resist.

April Challenge

Rainy Day by Amy

Here is Design Team Member Amy's April Challenge LO. She scraplifted Elizabeth Kartchner from her book 52 More Scrapbooking Challenges.

Now it's your turn. Please share a Lift or a layout in which you used a sketch as your inspiration. You could become one of our next Guest Design Team Members. Check out all the details below in April Challenge.

April Challenge

The Train by Laurie

BFFs by DanielleGuest Design Team Member Laurie submitted this layout for the April Lift Challenge. She said, she really liked the strips of patterned paper Danielle (previous Design Team Member) used in her layout to add interest to a neutral cardstock background.

Would you like to share a lift or a sketch - just check out April Challenge below for all the details.

April Challenge

My Best Friend by Stephanie

Guest Design Team Member Stephanie had this to say about her April Lift project.

I've never scraplifted before. Maybe it comes from being a student and being told over and over again "do not plagiarize!" Most likely, it's because I can't even follow a sketch let alone copy something! To be honest, I think I was being taunted by a layout that can't even talk! All jokes aside, I realized that this book I bought, How to Scrapbook Your Adult Years, was the best $2.00 I've ever spent at a booksale. That's where I "stole" my layout from and you can compare the two and see how well I copied them. This was a fun challenge and it truly was a challenge!
HOw about you - now is your chance to Lift (copy) someone else's project - or maybe you'd rather use a sketch for your inspiration. Either way, we'd love to see what you create. Your project may get you a place on our Guest Design Team. Check out all the details in April Challenge below.

Lights Up by Joni

Love You by Kathy

Design team member Joni lifted Kathy's Love You layout. She said, "I just liked the way it was all laid out, so I pretty much just followed her design."

Now it's your turn - pick a layout from here at Scrap Our Stash (go to labels and click on layouts) or choose a layout from anywhere for your inspiration - or how about a sketch. Check out all details in April Challenge below.

April Challenge

Friends by Monica
Design Team member Monica submitted this layout for the April Lift Challenge. Her inspiration was this PageMaps sketch from April 2009. She said, "I love using sketches when I scrapbook. It makes starting a page so much easier for me. I print out the sketches from PageMaps each month and glue them into a spiral notebook. I pull out the notebook after I decide how many pictures I want to scrap. I don't always follow the sketch completely though, sometimes I get ideas as I go along.




I did use my stash for this lo. This paper is all 2 or 3 years old I'm guessing. It's paper that I was saving I guess for the right lo. I tend to do that a lot! I really love how it turned out in the end!!
Now it's your turn to take the challenge. Send us your project that you've completed using either a sketch or a Lift. See all the details below in April Challenge.

April Lift Challenge

By Mardi

Guest Design Team Member Mardi submitted this layout for the April Lift Challenge. Her layout is based on the attached sketch - "Page Map" by Becky Fleck.

Mardi said, "We surprised our great niece, Bailey with a kitten that she wanted so badly! The look on her face was priceless! I used all products from my stash: s.e.i. "kitty collection" patterned paper and journaling spot, DCWV cardstock, Technique Tuesday stamps, miscellaneous ribbon, buttons and a paper dollie."

Now it's your turn. You may even want to use this "Page Map". Check out all the details in the April Challenge, and see how you can become a Guest Design Team Member here at Scrap Our Stash.