January NEW Challenge by Karen W.

Design Team Member Karen W. submitted this layout for the January New Challenge. She said:


This challenge was an easy one for me- my sister had a baby in October so this was the perfect opportunity to scrap another photo of the NEW little one.

Recently we went on a family visit to see my sister and the baby and my three were just so excited and desperate to give her a cuddle- at the end of the day I got this photo of Stanley and Arthur almost fighting to get her on their lap and Nancy reaching in for good measure- poor little one was none to pleased as you can see.


Now it's your turn to take the January NEW Challenge. The January Challenge is anything doing with NEW - it could be a new tool, a new product, a new technique, or the project could have somehing to do with NEW - like New Years Eve - Our New Home, etc!. Anything goes! Have fun sharing something NEW with us.To participate in the January NEW Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com  

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on January 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of March. This challenge ends at midnight central time January 31st.

November Recipe Challenge by Karen

Design Team Member Karen submitted this layout for the November Recipe Challenge.  She said:

My layout is of the boys playing marbles in the garden- I cut out a boy from some PP and punched a little cloud to layer over my tag.
Karen

Now it's your turn to take the November Recipe Challenge. You have two choicesFollow this recipe:5 embelishments (flowers, buttons, etc)4 words or letters in your title3 pictures2 pattern papers1 solid paper or You can do a layout containing a recipe - maybe one of your family's favorite Thanksgiving dish or a family recipe.To participate in the November Recipe Challenge - just complete a project using one of the challenges mentioned above and email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com  All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on November 30th a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of January. This challenge ends at midnight central time on November 30th

October Quote Challenge by Karen

Design Team Member Karen submitted this layout for the October Quote challenge.  She said:

Unlike Sue I am not a collector of quotes- I don't think I've ever come across a quote that i thought I'd like to remember- so when this challenge came along I was totally stumped- I googled quotes but there were just too many.  After reading half a dozen that were too sweet, I gave up.
Pinterest finally came to my rescue with this beauty "I love pictures because the best thing about them is they never change even when the people in them do"- What a great quote to use on pitures of my little boy when he was just a baby. ( he's 6 now)
Karen

Now it's your turn to take the October Quote Challenge. See all the details HERE! 

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September Grid Challenge by Karen

Design Team Member Karen submitted this Layout for the September Grid Challenge.  She said:

This LO was so super quick for me- I cut out the 10x10 background and then used some scraps to make 3x3 squares- I didn't have enough to fill all nine but then again I wanted to show off the yellow zig zag paper underneath and have a space for a title.  Anyway thanks for looking
Karen

Now it's your turn to take the September GRID Challenge. See all the details HERE!  

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Pagerize Wendy C. by Karen

Design Team Member Karen submitted this layout for The Pagerize This Challenge # 14.  She said:

Here is my version of the pagerize challenge
I decided to lift the LO of the LO (if you see what I mean)
i also decided to make my own background paper ( based on a very old piece of paper I used recently - you can find it here.  The old paper had a stitched effect on it- so I made one of my own.

The LO is about our last night in the Netherlands before we moved back to the UK- its a group photo of us around a light in the ground in Utrecht after our last evening meal out.
Karen

Now it's your turn to take the Pagerize This Challenge # 14. See all the details HERE! 

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Pagerize This Challenge # 9

Karen's Nemo is our 9th layout to be pagerized in our "Pagerize This Challenge" Karen was chosen by Helena as the winner of the Pagerize This Challenge # 8.

Karen said:  I chose this LO because I love the bright colours and the summer feel.


I also thought there were lots of elements to Pagerize.

The LO is about our trip last summer to the Nemo Science center in Amsterdam and I used the tickets from the day as a design feature as they were so cool.  I'm hoping that Pagerizers will use some mementos or ephemera on their LO.

Each month on the 15th we will post a new layout for you to "pagerize" (plagerize, copy, lift, steal) whatever term you want to use. The idea will be - to use the posted layout as your inspiration to create your own layout. You can "pagerize" as much or as little of the original layout as you choose. You may want to make a layout just like the one posted - or you may just want to use something about the layout as your inspiration. It's totally up to you.

Once you've completed your layout - email a picture and brief description to scrappinpsycho@live.com.  All entries will be posted here at Scrap Our Stash. The challenge runs through midnight central time on May 12th. The "Pagerizer" (in this case Karen), will then choose a winner from all the entries. The winner will be announced on May 14th. Then the winner will be asked to submit a layout for us to "Pagerize" starting on the 15th of May.
Now it's your turn to take the Pagerize This Challenge # 9.
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April Bring in the Sun Challenge by Karen

Design Team Member Karen submitted this layout for the April Bring in the Sun Challenge.  She said:
Here is my version of the challenge- I went with the song- "you are my sunshine" and used a variety of sunny colours to make the page- I love this photo of my son Arthur- his face is just soo funny and it looked great with the colours I had chosen Hope this is OK KarenNow it's your turn to take the March Challenge. See all the details HERE!http://scrapourstash.blogspot.com/2011/03/march-challenge.htmlBe sure to scroll down the page - Scrap Our Stash posts something new everyday.

Pagerize Helena by Karen

Design Team Member Karen submitted this layout for the Pagerize This Challenge.  She said:

Here is my entry for the pagerize challenge. I loved the muted colours of Helena's LO and the vertical embellishment provided by the felt /lace so that's what I used for my Lo. I also stole the idea of the tag at the bottom of the picture.

This LO is my Grandfather on a beach somewhere- dressed in shirt, cardigan and jacket even though it must have been warm. i love that it is a very candid shot of him- no posing- I imagine he is reading the horse racing news in the newspaper.
Karen

Now it's your turn to take the Pagerize This Challenge #8. See all the details HERE!

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March Dust it Off Challenge by Karen

Design Team Member Karen submitted this layout for the March Dust it Off Challenge.  She said:

Hi! As promised a LO with a hand cut title. My first thought when I heard the challenge for this month was- what am I going to do?  All the other ladies seemed to have various machinery they could dust off and use again but, I have never bought any machinery accept my sewing machine, which I use regularly. I thought about using some of my old stash but it didn't seem very exciting so instead I went for a technique I used to use all the time when I started scrapbooking.  I had a collection of fonts on my computer that I downloaded from free sites and I would print out the titles for my LOs in whatever size I wanted and then trace them onto patterned paper and cut them out (tracing rather than printing directly onto the paper was a bit more economical with the patterned paper).  Anyway it has been such a long time since I did this. We had updated our computer and all the fonts had been lost, so I had to download a few again. The font I chose to use was called Bounty and I printed the title off at font size 200! To update the look a bit I decided to overlap the letters and stitch through them. Hope you like it.

Karen

Now it's your turn to take the March Dust it Off Challenge. See all the details HERE!

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February Challenge by Karen

 Design Team Member Karen submitted this layout for the February Love Challenge.  She said:

Is it bad that I am fast approaching my twelfth wedding anniversary and I still haven't scrapped a single one of my wedding photos? I thought about it for this challenge and then couldn't find any of my photos ( it was the the time before digital) so instead I have a LO about my daughter called "Love at first sight" I have used a Hambly doily paper for this LO - I have a bit of a love hate relationship with Hambly products- I love their papers but becaused they are so hard to get my hands on over here I hate using them! So it is a rare occurrence to see one of my LOs using Hambly.  Back to the LO- these are the first few photos of Nancy after her birth- it is her fourth birthday in February then she starts school- time flies so quickly.

Now it's your turn to take the February Love Challenge.  See all the details HERE!


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Meet Design Team Member Karen

 Hi!  My name is Karen Williams and
I am a 36 year old mother of three who has been scrapbooking since the birth of my daughter three and half years ago ( Nancy thinks the half is very important). Originally from the UK, I am currently living in the Netherlands, hence my new found SAHM status, ( In the UK I was a teacher). I like simple scrapping, half an hour is my average time on a LO, and with three children in the house you can understand why. I set myself the challenge of making 365 LOs this year, I stopped count a month ago when I got to 370!
I love chocolate, pizza boxes from the postman, day trips to Amsterdam, shoes, crime novels, knitting, CSI on TV, baking, taking photographs, Strictly Come Dancing/dancing with the Stars, scrapbooking of course, and the spring.

I hate talking about myself, bananas, dentists, taking my children for jabs, having my hair cut, bananas, that I still bite my nails, and my oven. ( the oven is a long story) (yes bananas is in there twice- I really hate bananas - another long story)

 http://icouldbescrapbookinginstead.blogspot.com/

$$Frugal Friday Tip$$

Design Team Member Karen, submitted this layout for the Pagerize This Challenge #5.  She also pointed out these frugal tips:

the music paper is a flea market find - a music book that I have used on various LOs and only cost 1 euro

the butterfly is from a pair of earrings-£2 a pair and each
earring had 9 butterflies.

Do you have a frugal tip to share.  Just send it along with a picture to scrappinpsycho@live.com.  Your tip could be featured as a future Frugal Friday Tip.

January challenge by Karen

I know the challenge is to do something new, but I am always way behind the times with scrapbooking trends! I have very recently bought my first two bottles of misters and have used one of these for my "new" LO.  Anyway, I used the frame from some old chipboard letters and misted through to make an alphabet background paper which I thought went really well with my son's school photo from this year.

Now it's your turn to take the January New Challenge.  See all the details HERE.

Meet Guest Design Team Member - Karen

Karen Williams was chosen to be our January Guest Design Team Member.  Here is her bio:

I am a 36 year old mother of three who has been scrapbooking since the birth of my daughter three and half years ago ( Nancy thinks the half is very important). Originally from the UK, I am currently living in the Netherlands, hence my new found SAHM status, ( In the UK I was a teacher). I like simple scrapping, half an hour is my average time on a LO, and with three children in the house you can understand why. I set myself the challenge of making 365 LOs this year, I stopped count a month ago when I got to 370!
I love chocolate, pizza boxes from the postman, day trips to Amsterdam, shoes, crime novels, knitting, CSI on TV ,baking, taking photographs, Strictly Come Dancing/ dancing with the Stars, scrapbooking of course, and the spring,
I hate talking about myself, bananas, dentists, taking my children for jabs (one coming up on Monday eek) having my hair cut, bananas, that I still bite my nails, and my oven. ( the oven is a long story) (yes bananas is in there twice- I really hate bananas - another long story)

http://icouldbescrapbookinginstead.blogspot.com/

December Challenge by Karen Williams

Guest Design Team Member Karen Williams submitted this layout for the November Birthday Challenge.  She said,  "My layout is called 'enjoy someone else's birthday.'


The LO is about my daughter Nancy playing in the paper during her brother's birthday- she was about six months old at the time- I thought it was appropriatet as I am involved in celebrating somene else's birthday with you as the Guest Design Team Member for December.

Now it's your turn to take the challenge.  Submit your Birthday project and you could be chosen for our February Guest Design Team.  See all the details in November Challenge below.  And don't miss out on the Pagerize This Challenge - details below in Pagerize This Challenge #4.  Also, how about applying for our Design Team.  See the detais on the Design Team Call in the sidebar.

Pagerize Dawn by Karen

Guest Design Team Member Karen submitted this layout for the Pagerize This Challenge.  She Said, "at first glance it might not look very similar but here are my inspirations:

1. Kraft back ground
2. Music theme- mine is called family rock band as that's what I think they look like
3. Journalling on strips of paper

Now it's your turn to take the Pagerize This Challenge.  You could become our next Pagerizer!  See all the details in Pagerize This Challenge #4 below.  And don't miss our November Challenge (below) or the opportunity to apply for our Design Team.  See all the details on the Design Team Call - on the sidebar.

November Challenge by Karen W.

Guest Design Team Member Karen Williams used sketch number one for her layout.  She said, "it just screamed out to be a rainbow so I used most of the colours and used Arthur's T-shirt for the indigo.  I love this sketch and have plans to flip it around and have the bars going down the page.

Now it's your turn to take the Sketch Challenge.  See all three sketches and all the details on how to submit your layout, and be eligible to become a Guest Design Team Member in the November Challenge Post below.
And don't miss our Pagerize This Challenge - see details in the Pagerize This Challenge below.

Do you have a Frugal Friday Tip to share?  How about a Show N' Tell Sunday?  Check out the Frugal Friday Tip and the Show N' Tell Sunday posts below. 

October Challenge by Karen Williams

Reader Karen Williams sumbitted her layout "The last day" for the October THAT Project Challenge.  She said, "the journalling is hidden it reads:

This photo was taken on a visit to my Nan, we took her out for lunch in the pub even though she did't want to go, she was struggling to walk that day. We went outside for photos before we left. The next day she collapsed getting out of bed, the cancer was back and the tumour pushing on her spine paralysed her legs. This photo was the last day before she went into the hospital. She never came home.

Now it's your turn to take the THAT Project Challenge.  See all the details in the October Challenge below.

Pagerize Joni by Karen Williams

Reader Karen Williams submitted her layout "The Boy with the Beautiful Eyes" for the Pagerize This Challenge.  She said,  "I loved this LO and tried my best to emulate the original. I took from the original the scalloped paper and the single photo. I tried the paint but failed! The photo is covering up the paint disaster!"

It's not too late for you to take the Pagerize This Challenge - see all the details below.

October Challenge by Karen Williams

Reader Karen Williams submitted her layout "The gathering storm" for the October THAT Project Challenge.  She said, "when my Nan went into the hospital it was soon clear she wasn't coming home.  She was paralysed by the tumour on her spine and they could do nothing about it. It got harder to get her out of bed and outside the hospital.  I remember one day in August when we managed to get her outside into the hospital garden. We could hear the storm approaching, the sky darkening and the rain coming. We wanted to take her back in, But she made us wait until it rained. She wanted to feel it on her face for one last time.
Now it's your turn to take the THAT project challenge.  See all the details in the October Challenge below. And don't miss our Pagerize This Challenge - details are below.