June HOMECOMING Challenge by Sarah

Design Team Member Sarah submitted this layout for the June HOMECOMING Challenge.  She said:

Sooo... 

A project about any changes since joining the Design Team here at Scrap Our Stash:

As an encore to last month's page about our Celtic Betrothal Handfasting Ceremony in 2009 I made a page for our 1 year Wedding Anniversary in 2011. When I joined all the wonderfully talented ladies here at SOS it was January 2011 and I had *just* gotten married. Now we're swiftly heading towards Wedding Anniversary #2. 

The wheels of time keep turning!

On our 1 year anniversary we had a nice lunch out, then since the weather was so beautiful we went for a walk in the park our Betrothal Handfasting Ceremony was held. We brought a pretty stone from our garden with us and placed it on the large flat rock we'd stood on to say our vows when we had our hands tied together. We also took some pictures... my favorite being the one of our shadows over that special rock. 

Page base is a My Mind's Eye: Life Stories sheet... part of the much drooled on, but barely used stash.

I cut a piece of white vellum to go across the page, it's slightly wider than 12" so I folded the extra around the base paper on each side. Dug out a Fiskar border punch (threading water) and punched along each edge and threaded the ribbon through. Ribbon is a Celebrate It St.Patrick's Day pattern of wee plaid shamrocks. When threading them through I flipped the vellum around so the stems are facing the photos each way.

Photos were cut using the cutter I saved that never worked right... cuts the edges all 'shaggy' which has it's uses... then I sanded them with an emery board. When attaching the largest photo I left is open underneath on the right so I could hide some journaling underneath. Journaling block is from Little Yellow Bicycle's 'Lucky Me' Journaling Tablet. I punched it with another border punch (leave it to weaver), sliced off that strip and attached it the bottom of the block, then punched the top again to match. 

My favorite part of this page is the LYB Clear Cuts Lucky Me 'logo' with the 'EST.2009' on it: The Year of our Betrothal Ceremony. The September is a rub-on from Bohemia. 

Will be slipping this page into the back of our 'I'm still working on it' Wedding Album, lol. 

Now it's your turn to take the June HOMECOMING Challenge. 

See all the details HERE!

May 'MAY I?' Challenge by Sarah

Stuck close to home: Snarf my idea from an Artist who also lives here in Ottawa and who's work I can (and do) spend much time admiring. She does it all: jewelry, painting, journaling... and it's all just so pretty. 

 The copied work is HERE.

The Blog post around it is HERE.  

Really liked the ripped bits and pieces in this, 

As well as the 'highlighted' framed photo. 

Though it itself is not a Scrapbook Page, it works as a great template for one. 

Been falling behind in my personal goal to have at least 1/2 of our Wedding Scrapbook done by the end of 2012, so I used this challenge as an opportunity to git'anuther page done. 

The pictures were taken by a dear friends Mother (Barbara McGoey) who attended our wedding. She is a FAB-u-lous photographer who took a bunch of really awesome candid shots. 

 Most the the ripped up bits are either a copy of our Wedding Invitation or the online RSVP information card. 

Background paper is Little Yellow Bicycle 'Lucky Me' line.  

Flower sticker strip (snipped into 2 pieces) and Lucky Journal block (ripped in 2) is also from LYB 'Lucky Me' line. 

Other paper strips are unknown, bits I found in the scrap pile that matched well. 

Bling-y Double Hearts and 12" strip (snipped into smaller pieces) are from KaiserCraft. 

Metal Frame around the Cake is Making Memories. 

The Dreams sticker is from K&Company.

Ribbon was a bit I got in a Swap, er... years ago... *blowing the dust off*

Hoping that she likes my 'May I?' take on her project, 

Thank-You for the inspiration Wendy!

 

Now it's your turn to take the Mother May I? Challenge.

 The May challenge is to use someone else's blog as your inspiration for the MAY I Challenge.  The idea is for you to complete your project by getting inspiration from someone else's blog and then leave a comment at the blog stating that you are using their blog as inspiration for the Scrap Our Stash May I Challenge. In other words your asking MAY I use your blog as my inspiration.  Once you complete your project submit a picture and brief description of your project along with the a link to the inspiration blog.  Each submission will be posted here at Scrap Our Stash along with the link to the the inspiration blog.   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 May 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of July. This challenge ends at midnight central time on May 31st.

April SPRING FLING Challenge by Sarah

Design Team Member Sarah submitted this layout for the April SPRING FLING Challenge. She said:

For my 2nd project this month, I decided to go with more SPRING than FLING. 

I Scrapbooked our March 31st trip to The Log Farm Sugar Bush near us and the YUMMY Maple Candy. 

It got unusually warm, unusually early here this year... which was nice but unfortunately not good for Maple Syrup production. This year was more about the nice stroll in the sun at the farm and less about watching the Maple Syrup workings, because there was none to see, they were all done by then.  

For the FLING part I used some trash: 

The base is a corrugated cardboard backing that came with a pack of papers. Sprayed it down and dribbled (ahhh... more FLING!) Glimmer Mist on it, then peeled some of the top layer off in long strip and around all the edges. Then I sprayed it again, a LOT. 

The pictures are all sanded around the edges with the rougher side of an emery board. Did this quick and hard to get a really roughed up look. 

The strip down the middle is ripped Bazzill, edges inked in dirty yellow... As in a dirty ink pad I save for just this kinda thing. Waste-Not-Want-Not!

Then I finger painted Tan paint across the strip so the rub-on letters from Daisy D would *pop*. 

The FAMILY was a white outline only, I filled it in quickly with a fat Sharpie. 

SWEET tag is a leftover form a Me&My Big Ideas 'Baby Boy' embellishment kit.

 

Now it's your turn to take the April SPRING FLING Challenge. The April Challenge is anything to do with SPRING FLING. The possibilities are endless. Anything goes! So think SPRING FLING and take the challenge. To participate in the April SPRING FLING 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 April 30th a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of June. This challenge ends at midnight central time on April 30th.

March GREEN Challenge by Sarah

...aaaand it's another 'Lucky' Layout!
Why mess with a great theme? lol

The pictures for this layout were taken over (Canadian) Thanksgiving weekend in 2011 at a local Apple Orchard. Every year we go to pick apples on the last day it's open. Thanksgiving Monday = 1/2 price pick-your-own! yum. We (read: my boyz) also do the corn-maze and hay-jumps, this year due to health issues I had to sit out and wait. While sitting in the field, poking around I found 3... 4 leaf clovers. Must be *some* fertilizer they use! ;O)
Background paper is K & Co which 'luckily' matched the Little Yellow Bicycle 'Lucky Me' stuff I had bought to do our wedding album. Of which I have maaany dupe, trip and many more-lacates. The stripe with the sentiment and diamonds is part of a LYB 12X12 patterned sheet. Lucky and Lucky Me 'signs' are Clear Cut foil accents. Strip of clover across is a sticker, cut to go around the sentiment stripe.
Was thrilled to be able to work one of the actual pressed and dried clovers into the layout. I started with a round LYB journal block, layered round stickers over top then after cutting the clover to fit in the 'hole' I coated the inner circle in 3D Crystal Lacquer. This was left to dry for 2 days because it's laid on THICK to create a bubble look. Better safe than sorry!
Final touches were stick-on gold braid, part of an auction lot I got of vintage sewing stuff and a few Gem stickers along the sentiment stripe.
Isn't it great when Mother Nature provides the embellishments? Now I ask you, What's more GREEN than that? huzzah!

Now it's your turn to take the March GREEN Challenge. The March Challenge is anything to do with GREEN. It could be a project using the color Green, or about being "green" - or you could use the word Green in your title. The possibilities are endless. Anything goes! So think GREEN and take the challenge. To participate in the March GREEN 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 March 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of May. This challenge ends at midnight central time on March 31st.

February LEAP Challenge by Sarah

Design Team Member Sarah submitted this layout for the February Leap Challenge.  She Said:

Another perfect challenge topic... I went all literal with the 'LEAP'.


The pictures used on this layout were taken over the (Canadian) Thanksgiving Weekend at a local Trail called Lime Kiln. Along the trail are ruins of the original kiln, powder storage and the quarry that they gathered the lime from to make into bricks. There is a great spot over what was the entrance to the powder storage that my 4 boys like to jump over... My husband Greg lay on the ground taking thier pictures as the jumped over. All the pictures on this layout are of my youngest, Thomas.


Background paper is from a 'stack' aquired long ago... can't recall the maker. Blue with brown flecks, I edged it all in black ink.
Scalloped Circle is from Making Memories, also inked on the edges.
The photos are all inked on the edges and around the rims with black ink.
Little pearls placed all around the edge of the scallop are from the $ store. When I took the main picture one had 'run away from home', it's been returned to the page now. Bad pearl!
The 'Head in the Clouds' and 'Leap of Faith' chipboard embellishments are from Colorbok, mounted on black cardstock. The computer printed quote is also mounted on black cardstock.
Glass gems (inside the flower cut outs) are snaps from the $ store.


"Sometimes you have to take the leap, and build your wings on the way down."
~Kobi Yamada~~

Now it's your turn to take the February LEAP Challenge. The February Challenge is anything to do with LEAP - it could be a Leap you've taken in buying or using a new tool, a new product, a new technique, or your project could have something to do with your taking a leap. Anything goes!
Take a leap and take the challenge.
To participate in the February LEAP 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 February 29th a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of April. This challenge ends at midnight central time February 29th.

January NEW Challenge by Sarah

New Year... New Word of the Year.
For the past 2 years I've not made New Years 'resolutions' but instead chosen a 'Word of the Year' to guide me through the 12 months ahead. Previously they've been 'Create' and last year was 'Home'... both helped me so much focusing my energies to reach toward multiple goals.
This year is: Space.

Started this layout with paper I've been hoarding... it's just so pretty. Lovely Kraft Cardstock paper from My Mind's Eye Life Stories Pad. Though I love how it looks I wasn't sure what to do with it (we all have *those* papers don't we?) it looked 'all done' already.

Across the bottom are a picture of me and some clip-art images representing just a few of the 'Space' things I want to work towards this year: Life, In Home, Freedom, Finding and Financial.
Almost everything on this LO was sized and printed to 'fit' inside the sections already laid out on the Pattern Paper.

Sized and Printed the 'official' dictionary definitions of Space to fit along the side. Listed under 'Supporting Material' (Photo, Memorabilia or Additional Documentation) on the Paper.

Wanted a real office-y, file feel so in addition to gluing it on I stapled it.
When everything was on I spattered some light brown glimmer mist on (coffee colored) and messed it all up with a kleenex rubbed on a light brown ink pad. Some finger prints too!

The middle section was made up using 2 sheets I ripped out of a small art-pad and made to look like they were held in with paperclips.

The General Information section was filled in with printed papers to look like filing stickers.

Main image was played with on PikNik...
Vintage edge shading, some 'stickers' and added journaling:

Space: the Word of the Year. This is the artwork of the Artist Sarah Cooper. Her one-year mission: to explore this word, to seek out it’s meanings and build upon these things, to boldly go where no one has gone before…

The coffee ring is legit, it was made with the bottom of a mug 'painted' with the glimmer mist. An inked thumbprint for good measure, then the last thing added was some 'file notes' along the side.

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 something 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.

December Anything Goes Challenge by Sarah

Every year I make *something* to decorate around the house...
Figure with 4 kids leaving home at some point (no rush... yet!) they will be taking some of it with them.
For now, the more the Merrier!
This year it's this 'Santa's Little List Helper' Sign.
It's been a HUGE hit so far.

We had to make 1 rule though:
You can flip anyone else from Nice/Naughty or back,
BUT not yourself.

It started off as this $2 sign from Dollar-Rama:

I peeled the 'Family' Letters off, easily done with an exacto knife. They're just so pretty, so I'm saving them for another project.
Waste not, Want not!
The sign was then spray painted in a glossy white, 3 coats to get over the pink flowers that kept popping through.
The 'frame' was made using Making Memories Masking Tape laid over the edges of the cut pattern paper I added with a glue stick.

The Dangling Flippers are 2 1/2" disks punched out of heavy cardstock. Ran the black ribbon down in between and then stapled and glue gunned them to the back of the sign. I know they're going to get flipped a *lot* in this house so I wanted to make durn' tootin' sure they wouldn't come off the back.
Printed the Nice and Naught out on the printer using perty fonts and punched them out with fancy frame punch.
Inked the edges with Stampin' Up! Stampin' Spots.

The Title was done mostly with a Sticker Set I've been hoarding for a few years. The 'List' is Thickers the rest was that set by Recollections.

Our names were also done on the printer then cut out free-hand and matted, again free hand.

So that's my Project for Christmas 2011!
~Sarah~

Now it's your turn to take the December Anything Goes Challenge. The challenge is to do just that - Anything! To participate in the challenge just complete a project 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 December 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of February. This challenge ends at midnight central time on December 31st.

November Recipe Challenge by Sarah

I really enjoyed the Challenge this month...
At 1st I wasn't sure exactly 'what' to scrapbook. Sooo much isn't done and I'm always behind. I started looking through pictures and came up with the '3', which are from *last years* family Christmas pictures (see... behind!).
These 3 went together, so...
Pictures X3: check!
Then started thinking about recipes... and food...
Remembered I had this 'Recipe of Love' Icon pinned on Pinterest. Perfect!
I printed it off at the same time as the Photos on the glossy photo paper.
The rest,  I had no plans for, I just started and it all just kinda came together.
The 2 pattern papers are both Graphics 45 (Steampunk Debutante and Botanicabella) scraps from my cut-off stash.
Pattern Paper X2: check!
Cardstock is textured Bazzill, rubbed with a red SU! ink spot.
Cardstock X1: check!
Then I got stuck, reeeeally stuck on the 4 words.
Rummaged my stash for a few days and finally I found an idea.
Letters are Teresa Collins.
Comma is the inside of the 'a', so annoying when they don't add these to sticker sets. lol
Letters X4: check!
That left the 5 embellishments... and another day of digging. ;O)
Found a $ store sticker set I bought waaaaay back (at least 4 years ago) and it was perfect!
The right colors, theme to boot... woot!
4 stickers + black ribbon trimming out the pattern paper strips=
Embellishments X5: check!
Recipe, er... Page Done!
I took a few really close up pictures of the stickers, they're just so stinkin' cute. :O)
Glad I found them and got them used. Thank-You again for Scrap Our Stash!

Now it's your turn to take the November Recipe Challenge. You have two choices
Follow this recipe:
5 embellishments (flowers, buttons, etc)
4 words or letters in your title
3 pictures
2 pattern papers
1 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 Sarah

Design Team Member Sarah submitted this layout for the October Quote Challenge.  She said:

Time for another wedding page...

Planning to do a few pages using quotes from the songs we used in our wedding; yet again Scrap Our Stash comes through with a perfect challenge.

The words are from 'I Do' by Paul Brandt, the song was playing while we signed the registry.

Pattern Paper and Lace Cut Cardstock are Little Yellow Bicycle 'Lucky Me'. As is the white strip behind the Lace Cut Cardstock: It's the backing from the LCC package. It's patterned in very light green shamrocks... such a waste to toss and it was already co-ordinated!

Bling Letters and Rings are My Big Ideas and the rest of the Bling-age is Recollections.

Now it's your turn to take the October Quote Challenge. See all the details HERE! Be sure to scroll down the page - Scrap Our Stash posts something new everyday.

$$Frugal Friday Tip$$ by Sarah

This project was made for another challenge:
The theme was 'Patchwork' but it works for 'Grid' too...
and it is VERY Scrap Our Stash!

It's a 8" X 9 1/4" X 1 1/2" Chocolate Box I altered.
I *HAD* to save this one...
-the liner and sides are covered in textured brown paper, beautiful!
-a shiny gold cover, gorgeous!
-AND it holds closed magnetically, stays shut to if the contents aren't too heavy!
Such a waste to just toss!


The paper for my 'patchwork/grid' is also a rescue from the 'trash':
It's all from the main page insert from a paper kit.
Now ask yourself how many of these you have sitting around?
or you've tossed out in the past? Bet you won't now! :O)

I love using these on projects... they can be chopped up for Cards, ATCs, Art Journals and are poi-fect for Twinchies and Inchies. You've got perfect miniatures of several entire 12X12 pages, PLUS they all co-ordinate!


The set of 'paper' I used here is from Fancy Pants.
I even used the title for the kit on the Box.
Inked all the edges to get a spooky-grungy look...
If you don't have a 'perfect' cutter this helps cover that when you 'match' them up like this. Trust me... I uh... Ink edges a lot if you catch my drift and I blame it all on my cutter! *wink*


Bling strip is MaryEngelbreit from Studio 18.
Back ground paper is Textured Mulberry Paper from Memory Stor.
All inks are Stampin' Up!
Now it's ready to be filled with some Tasty Halloween Goodies!

Now it's your turn to take the September GRID Challenge. See all the details HERE Be sure to scroll down the page - Scrap Our Stash posts something new everyday.