March Dust it Off Challenge by Meital

 Reader Meital submitted this layout for the March Dust it Off Challenge.  She said:

Hello! My name is Meital and here is my layout for the March challenge. This layout is very special to me. I never made a layout with a picture of me by myself, not including my pregnancy album which in a way includes my beloved son.
The picture was taken a few minutes befor heading out to a PURIM party which is my favorite jewish holiday. In Purim it is a custom to wear costumes and masks. This year I went as a Ballerina and I loved my costume! I used for the background a shaped cardstock from Making Memories that I have more than two years and never had the chance to use it since most of my scrapping is about the boys. Here is a link to a video I shot while working on this page: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxdRUOvgKa0 Have a nice day! Meital http://moominit.blogspot.com/2011/03/blog-post.html

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March Dust it Off Challenge by Gemiel

 Reader Gemiel submitted this layout for the March Dust it Off Challenge. She said:


After a really hectic month, I’ve finally found the time to work on my Dust it Off Challenge layout.

Years ago, I belonged to a scrapbook kit club – Club Scrap. I stockpiled their kits for years, not using them because I was waiting for the “perfect photos” to showcase the beautiful papers. For this challenge I decided to dig into my stash and use one of the kits. The kit I chose was the Moody Blues kit from March 2002, perfect for this layout of Hurricane Katrina memorials that we saw during our trip to New Orleans. In addition to the kit, I used some silver pearls by Recollections and a circle punch, a tool I haven’t used in ages.

Gemiel Matthews

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March Dust it Off Challenge by Sharon

 Reader Sharon submitted this layout for the March Dust it off Challenge.  She said:

THANKS so much for inspiring me--- I needed to make a couple layouts from our spring break this year, so I pulled out an old paper pack (the Pet Stack—buried beneath so many other papers)—used some of my little sizzlets (literally had to DIG through dust to find one, I thought I might have {bowl, and bone}) and I used an ollllldddd little rubber paw print, that was in the back of my embellishment drawer so all in all this was great inspiration for me, to make a cute NEW layout, out of lots of older things! (I love this challenge, thanks)! Oh, and my paper punch for holes, haven’t seen that in years.

Sharon Bessinger http://sharonbscraps.blogspot.com/2011/03/march-dust-it-off-challenge.html

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March Dust It Off Challenge by Missy

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

When I found out about the Dust It Off Challenge, my first thought was to use my Fasenator, but I thought that I had given it away long ago. So I was going through my "old stuff" box, and guess what? I found it! Now what was I going to do with it?

I was making a banner as a gift in a swap. So I used the Fasenator as the way to attach the banner together. I had some of the decorative staples and just slid the ribbon under each side and tied knots. I learned alot about my Fasenator, and it has since earned it's spot back on my tool shelf! I'm not so sure it won't get dusty again though!

I used my Cricut Storybook cartridge for the letters and used my Gypsy to alter some of the shapes for the letter backings. Both the hot pink ribbon and the light pink scalloped oval were distressed with my mini mister filled with water and then scrunched up. I inked around the edges with Close to My Heart Bubblegum stamp pad.

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Dust it Off Challenge by Wendy

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

I pulled out all the stops with this layout. Everything I used is old, old, old and I literally had to dust off my border punch! I used a sketch from My Little Sketch Book which made a perfect layout out of these boring pictures. For more details, visit My Scrapbooking Blog.

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March Dust it Off Challenge - By Colleen

Reader Colleen submitted these cards for the March Dust it Off Challenge. She said:

I have had these metal frames forever and what a great way to use them but on a card. I painted and sanded them down and glued them onto card stock. Added some embellishments to complete the cards.

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March Dust it Off Challenge by Sarah

Is 2007 dusty enough?  I was cleaning out some older bins of sh-tuff in the Studio over Christmas Break when I ran across this Halloween Mini-Album... I put it aside so it wouldn't get 'sucked under' again and boy, am I ever glad I did!  I had started it right after Halloween that year: got the pictures printed, cut the back paper and then... I dunno. I think part of it was that being the year of my separation and my Ex was along for this trip (Bless Cropping!), maybe Christmas Rush???  It's a mystery!  But...
I'm so happy for this challenge giving my Muse a good kick in the rear to get it done. As soon as it was finished my 4 boys were passing it around to look at.  It was the last project I got done before this killer virus that's been going around put me out of commission for over 2 weeks. I had to hunt it down on one of their dressers after I was feeling better just to get the photos. That, right there, is why I scrapbook.

The Album is a K & Company Brag Book which was part of  a kit. I bought the kit for the stickers and other embellishments then the book sat around for a year.  Dusty even before this challenge! lol

I started all the pages by 'wallpapering' with pattern paper...

Then added the Photos...
Then went through and embellished.
I used up papers that had come with some $ store mini-album kits. The boys had taken the albums to do some small books of their own.
Stickers were a mish-mash of leftovers in my Halloween Stash.
Then a final go through to do the journaling.All Done!!! ...at last.

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March Dust it Off Challenge by Kathy

My collection of 12 x 12 post bound albums

Organizing all the complete layouts in chrono order

For the Dust it Off Challenge I decided to dust off my closet full of 12 x 12 post bound albums and put my completed layouts in them.  I use to scrap in chronological order - but that was before my  digital camera - and before Grand kids 2 and 3.  I have been putting my completed layouts in what was originally 1 3 ring binder.  The 1 grew to 5, plus 3 overflow albums - so it was definitely time to get them in a postbound.  

I was able to file layouts from 2005 - 2009.  I decided to keep the 2010 & 2011 layouts in the 3 ring binders.  I ended up with 24 post bound albums. 

2 piles of complete albums

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March Dust it off Challenge by Kathryn

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

Hi there
Thanks for a lovely theme this month, I have dusted off and used and it feels great!


I have posted this on my blog just now:  Scrap our Stash Challenge blog this month has a theme of 'Dust it Off' for March. I have done a layout of Emma, nearing a year old and crawling around pulling one of the special funny faces that she has. This challenge was great as it made me think about things I have bought ages ago and never used. I have dusted off my fabric collection and some appliqué work that I cut from one of Emma’s ruined t-shirts and made embellies with them.

Recipe:
· Bo Bunny dotty card stock in a lovely turquoise colour, distressed around the edges and highlighted with Adirondack Pool ink
· A variety of spotty and patterned fabric. I think the patterned ones are also K & Co papers, but I’m not sure what they are called. I ran them through the big shot using Tim’s tattered rose sizzix die and then sewed red buttons into the centers to pull them all together. I’ve then layered them around the page using pinflair glue.
· The branch is another piece of fabric, stuck onto an Aslan fabric tape sheet and then run through the big shot again using the branch with leaves bigz die.
· I have sprayed the paper doily with a mixture of Blue Mist and Cosmic Shimmer sprays.
· I finished it off with the cut out appliqué details from the old t-shirt.

Thanks!
Kathryn

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March Dust it Off Challenge by Tracy

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

The challenge this month is to dust off something scrapbook related that has been unused and to be honest for me that would surely be photos of my youngest daughterl. I haven't done her scrapbook since her birth page. I have all her information tucked into sheet protectors in her scrapbook with post it notes that state what was going on with her along with photos and sketches but I just haven't done the pages. So I am planning to sit down this month and clean out all those photos and actually get them scrapbooked.


This layout is of her first month of life. It includes several photos that we had taken that month. The journaling is tucked inside the mini library pocket.


The supplies
Patterned papers
My Mind's Eye, Making Memories, October Afternoon, and Cosmo Cricket (pink dotted paper used for the title)


Diecuts
Cricut- (MTC)09 Impact and MISC font
Spellbinder- Scalloped heart, circle, pinking circle
Fiskars scalloped border punch


Embellishments
May Arts-Twine
Making Memories- felt butterfly, button


Ink/Stamps
Studio G- baby onesie stamp
Coluzzle- library card stamp
Stampin Up-Sweet one stamp
Ink CTMH-ocean, Colorbox-pink pastel chalk ink
Copics-Y11-Pale Yellow, RV21-Light Pink

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March Dust it Off Challenge by Sue

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

Here is my contribution to the March Challenge. These are some older papers from my stash, and the swirl stamp has been hiding out for some time in my supplies. I recently moved my stamps closer to my work area to help me remember to use them!  Even though these are recent photos of my dad fishing, they triggered an old memory, so that is the story I told.  Journaling reads: "I grew up knowing my dad loved to fish. When he had a little free time, he'd head out to Krieger's pond or up to his boat on Lake Erie. Fishing in the surf at Holden Beach was another favorite. I remember one time on vacation, he took us to a trout farm that had just been re-stocked. He spent the day baiting our hooks and we reeled 'em in! I don't think he had any time to fish at all on that day!

"Suehttp://suealthouse.blogspot.com/

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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

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March Dust it Off Challenge by Tammy

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

These are some photos of my children after a road trip to Kansas City to visit their cousins. They always have such a great time and play hard, which usually means my husband and I have a nice, quiet drive back to North Carolina, lol! In this layout I used a monthly kit I got in September of 2009! I loved this kit and was so excited to get it, then I used one sheet of paper, a few embellies, and put it away in a drawer, which unfortunately is pretty typical for me. The papers are from the My Minds Eye Abby Road: Round and Round collection, as is the chipboard van embellishment. I also used American Crafts Thickers, a Bo Bunny Chipboard bracket, and some WRMK extra large grommets, for which I dusted off my Crop-a-Dile to use. To stick with the circle design from my grommets I pulled out a circle journaling stamp that I haven't used in a good two years! This was such a fun challenge, and got me to use a few items I just had to have but haven't used in years!

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Tammy Cunningham

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March Dust it Off Challenge by Linda

Former Guest Design Team Member Linda, submitted this card for the March Dust It Off Challenge.  She said:

 I used metal brad strips from Karen Foster that I have had for several years. They were really bright orange so I sanded a bit of the color off to expose the metal. I used the metal strips to hold the ribbon and the easel in place.


The only product actually new on my card is the Magnolia stamp I used. By the way, I also used my 'Stamp-a-ma-jig' tool on this card. I wonder how many of you have that tool and never use it? It is an awesome tool and not just for stamping!


Card Recipe:
Ribbon Hair Tilda Magnolia stamp Old Bench Magnolia stamp Memento tuxedo black ink X Press IT blending paper Copic markers Stickles Glossy Accents Recollection pearls K&Co. designer paper Bazzill cardstock Seam binding colored with Glimmer Mist Karen Foster metal brad strips Prima flowers Robin's Nest Dew Drops Quickutz border die Insect die cut from stash Nestabilities dies Sharpie white poster paint pen Stamp-a-ma-jig Sewing machine and thread.

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March Dust it Off Challenge by Ren-Yi

Scrap Our Stash's March challenge is very near and dear to my heart: Spring Cleaning, which means dig long and deep into your stash to find things that need some dusting off and loving. Dig up dusty stamps and love them with some fresh ink. Pull out that pattern paper that's been attracting dust mites - I know we wait for that "perfect" project, but do we really know if we're making that perfect project upfront? Dust off those punches that have been sitting in a bin and give them some punching action.

I'm sure we have certain crafting vices, so this is a good time to 'fess up. Mine is pattern paper. I see some and fall heads over heel over it and often can't help myself from buying it. The key is to really do paper swaps with gals, so if you're interested, drop me an email and we can do a paper swap! :)

Anyways - off to the deets of the card. I needed a good guy card and knew that I was hogging my Archaic paper from Basic Grey for far too long. So I created a "quilt" of pattern paper and laid each panel together. Super easy.



I decided a nice clean window cut, such as Label One or a Circle would create a fun focal point. Super fun and it makes a teeny weeny dent into my paper hoarding mountain. What are your vices and how do you try to over come them?

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March Dust it Off Challenge by Wendy Crowe

Regular contributor Wendy Crowe submitted this layout for the March Dust it Off Challenge. She said:

One of my main goals this summer is to pull out those great kits that I just HAD to buy and finally use them. This kit has been around for at least 2 - 3 years. It's from The Paper Studio from Hobby Lobby. I bought it on clearance for around $3! I loved the colors and obviously couldn't find the right pictures for it....until now. :)

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March Dust it Off Challenge by Christine

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

'Spring Cleaning'. I've attached a few pictures, 'before and after'.
I dusted off a plain wooden box I purchased ages ago and went to town with paper, punches, ribbon and string (and of course a butterfly or two!) All papers are Fancy Pants - Roadshow. At the moment I'm unsure what to keep inside but I'm happy to have it on my sideboard just to be admired now and again!


Christine :-)

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