February Book Inspired Stash Challenge ~ Guest Designer Laura Whitaker

Hello everyone!

Today we are revealing our 

February Book Inspired Stash Challenge.

But before we get started, we want to thank everyone who played along in our January Challenges.  

As always, such awesome inspiration!  

We hope you all get a chance to play along with us this month.

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And now it's time to reveal the challenge:

The Challenge:

Create a layout inspired by the BOOK COVER.. 

You are allowed to use anything from the cover that inspires you,

for instance, the animal, the rays, the colors, title, etc.

AND...you must include at least (2) hearts on your layout!

When posting your layout, you must include in your write up

what inspiration you pulled from the book cover, to be considered for the 

random prize drawing.

Click HERE for SOS Challenge Guidelines

Entries are due: February 29th, 11:59 PM (PST)

Please join with us in extending a warm welcome to
returning
Guest Designer
Laura Whitaker

"Hello! I am so excited to be back as a guest designer here at Scrap Our Stash, it is always such an honour to be invited. Let me tell you a bit about myself,

I live in Ontario, Canada in a tiny lakeside community with my husband. We have three sons, two of which are grown and live on their own and one that is at home with us. My passion for scrapbooking and papercrafting began about fifteen years ago and is still going strong! Through scrapbooking, I feel I can accomplish two things; a family memory album (or many) and an outlet for my creative side. I love that this is such a social hobby and feel blessed to have made many friends through scrapbooking. I love layers of patterned papers, embellishments of any type, creating sketches and playing with my Silhouette software designing 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 of an online and mobile store called ScrapMuch?. I have also recently joined the 2016 Design Teams for both Imaginisce and Simple Stories which is this scrappers dream come true! I would love for you to visit my blog, grab a free cut file or all of them, and maybe play along with some of my sketches!"

Laura Whitaker Designs

Thank you Laura for designing with us again, as always we are excited to work with you
and we love and appreciate the awesome inspiration you share with us!

Take a look at Laura's fabulous interpretation of this month's stash challenge.   Don't you just love her page design, vibrant colors and the super cute photos?

"1st Bath"

And this is what Laura shared with us about her page:

"I found inspiration from the colours in the book cover; as well as the animal (moose) inspired me to scrapbook about an animal. I printed out three photos of our dog, from a few years back when he was a pup - they are just perfect!"

Inspired by Laura's page and/or our challenge? 

 We would love to see what you create based on this challenge!

Thank you for stopping by and return tomorrow for more awesome inspiration from a member of our Design Team, inspired by our February Stash Challenge!

Reminder…. January Challenges

Happy Hump Day!

Just a quick reminder about our January challenges! 

Here's the Stash Challenge #34 ~

Book Cover Inspired Challenge

Create a layout inspired by the BOOK COVER..
You are allowed to use anything from the cover that inspires you,
for instance, the stripes on the hat, the snow, colors, title, the cat, etc.

AND...you must use white paint or paint splatters on your layout.

And here's the Sketch +3 Challenge:

Create a layout inspired by the sketch above and 

YOU MUST choose at least one item from each list.

Example #1: Arrow, the color blue, chipboard

Mix it up anyway you want as long as you have at least (1) item from each row.

When posting your layouts, you must include in your write up what items you used (sketch challenge) and what inspired you (book inspired challenge), to be considered for the random prize drawing.

Click HERE for SOS Challenge Guidelines

Entries are due: January 29th, 11:59 PM (PST)

If you haven't already completed these challenges, you still have time!!  

"Beautiful" LO by DT Carole

Happy Monday!!

Today, Designer Carole is sharing with us her fabulous layout to inspire you:

Here's what she shares about her layout:

"Hi everyone Carole here with you today and this fab stash challenge. Jess did a photo shoot recently and I cant stop using the photos as they are so lovely. This one was taken at our local beach in October, a very chilly day, Jess has a wet suit on under the dress and top!!!

For this challenge we had to use an item from our stash for each letter in the word DIECUTS.

Here is what I used

D - Doily punch, I - Ink, Index card

E - Envelope, C - Clocks, U - Uniball pen,T - Tag, S - Shells. I hope you like it and visit all the designers blogs for lots more information. You can see a list of the stash i used and a How To Do This Page on my blog. Have a happy scrappy day, bye for now."

Here's the challenge:

Remember, you have until the 29th to upload your layout for a chance to win the monthly prize.   In addition, there will not be a sketch challenge this month.  Enjoy your holidays and we will be back Jan 1st with fun new challenges! 

"Got Snow" by DT Steffanie

Hello!!

Today we have a wonderful layout to inspire you!  Check out Steffanie's layout here:

Here's what Steffanie shares about her layout:

"I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again…I love these word stash challenges! And this was a longer one using even more items! Here’s the breakdown for my layout:

D – doily

I – ink

E – eyelet

C – circle punch, photo corner

U – uniball pen (white to make faux stitching and outline letters)

T – tag, twine

S – stripes, snowflakes, sticker letters

I pulled out some softer toned papers for this one. I generally use a lot of primary colors or at least more saturated colors, so this is always a challenge for me. Since my son was wearing a very blue coat, I went with black and white for these photos to better coordinate with the papers. These delicate snowflakes had been in my stash for Years! So great to finally use them!"

Here's the challenge:

Please visit us tomorrow with more DT inspiration and the new DT will be announced!!!

How exciting is that!! :) 

"Holiday Lights" LO by DT Becky

Happy Saturday!

Today, Designer Becky shares her lovely layout to inspire us.  Check out her layout:

Here's what Becky says about her layout:

 "Here's a holiday themed layout! This was taken a couple years ago when I joined friends for a holiday theme light tour of the city. The embellishments are mostly from the Crate Paper DIY Shop. It's not a holiday collection, but it worked so well with the gold, greens, and reds. As for the challenge: D- DCWV Paper. I- Ink. E- Enamel Dots. C- Crate Paper embelishments. U- Uniball pen. T- Tag, Ticket. S- Sewing."

You still have time to dig in your stash and submit your layout.  

Here's the challenge:

Can't wait to see what stash items you come up with! :)

"Gingerbread House Party" LO by DT Crystal

Hi Scrappers! 

Here's a fun and festive layout to inspire you from our Designer Crystal:

Crystal said this about her layout:

"I used old pictures from a couple years ago from a gingerbread house party we had so much fun decorating the houses but as always Christmas time is so busy we have not had another party since. I really dug into my stash this time and enjoyed this challenge by using up some really old stash.

D- Dream Street Papers, I- Ink, E- Enamel dots, C- Carta Bella, U- Uchida, T- Thickers and Tape, S- Sassafras Pappers."

Now it's your turn! 

Here's the challenge:

Happy Scrapping! :) 

"Memory Noted" LO by Rochelle

Hello!!

Today I get to share my layout I created for the December Stash challenge! :)  Here's my layout:

I love these stash challenges! It really makes you dig into your stash and use product that we've had just hoarding away!!! lol  I was able to use scraps from an Authentique collection I had sitting around and even was able to use some Heidi Swapp wood words that I just LOVE and was holding onto for that "special" layout, right? ;)  The tag and the stick pins also have been sitting around in my stash waiting to be used!  

So Yay for me that I was able to use them up! 

Here's the items I used for the challenge:

D - Diecuts 

I - Ink platters

E - enamel Dots

C - Cardstock

U - Uniball white pen

T- Tag

S- Stick Pins

I also used an PageMaps sketch for this layout. 

Here's the challenge:

Happy Scrappin'! :) 

"Be Merry 2014" LO by Cassie

Hey Scrappers!

Today, we have a fabulous double layout from Designer Cassie to inspire you!  Check out her layout:

This is what Cassie said about her layout:

"This word challenge made me realize just how many supplies I can use in my stash for certain letters. I love these types of challenges because of how many items I can find in my stash that will work. For this page, the fact that I was able to pull together a two page layout with 13 pictures is just fabulous.

Items used:

D - Doily, Dear Lizzy, Die Cuts, DCWV

I - Ink

E - Echo Park, Enamel Dots, Eyelet Outlet

C - Cardstock, Chevron, Cork

U - Uniball Pen

T - Teresa Collins, Tim Holtz, Thickers

S - Stars, Stickers, Studio Calico, Stamps, Snowflakes"

Here's the challenge:

Now it's your turn! :) 

"Love My Crew" LO by Patricia

Happy Monday!

Are you all ready to start off your week with some inspiration?  Here's Designer Patricia's fun layout:

Patricia said this about her layout:

"Hello scrappers!

Here is my layout to share with you and we are challenged to come up with a layout that contains items on the page that spell out "D-I-E-C-U-T-S"

Okay! Here is what I came up with!

D - Dylusions Paint

I - Ink (Inked Edges)

E - Ephemera

C - Clipbard

U - Unibal

T - Thicker (sticker words)

S - Stencil 

A little about my layout...do you just love your crafty friends? Let me tell you....I ADORE my crafty friends! This particular photo is a pic of us in a Hobby Lobby that we all took an "extended lunch" and met up at to shop for our Create 365 - Happy Planners, by MAMBI!

Oh man, did we have fun! So thankful for all of my crafty friends in my life!

Enjoy the challenge and I cannot wait to see what you come up with!"

Here's the challenge:

Get you layout uploaded by the 29th! :) 

See you back here tomorrow with more Designer inspiration! 

"Let it Snow" LO by DT Rachelle

Hello!

Today, Designer Rachelle has a fantastic layout to share inspired by the December Stash Challenge.  Check it out:

Here's what she shares about her layout:

"Hi there scrappers! Rachelle here so excited to share my stash design layout. I love snow so I designed this layout with mixed media, distressed and snowflakes. It is so easy when you create a layout you really enjoy creating. Justin loves snow too, trying to catch a snowflake in his mouth. I applied ice sickles topped with glitter to make it just pop off the page. Adding the snowman created the perfect scene. I hope you have been inspired to get your layout going and enter the challenge. Can't wait to see it!!!!

Stash:

*D- Distressing, diecuts

*I- Ink

*E- Enamel Dots

*C- Chipboard

*U- Unibal Pen

*T- Tag

*S- Stencil"

Have you started digging in your stash yet?  Can't wait to see what you come up with! :) 

Here's the Challenge:

Happy Scrapping! 

"Under The Sea" LO by DT Sherri

Happy Saturday!

Today, Designer Sherri is inspiring us today with her wonderful layout:

This is what Sherri said about her layout:

I can't wait to share my layout with you this month! I've titled it "UNDER THE SEA." 

The photos I used are from our April 2013 cruise on The Disney Dream. We had a great time snorkeling on Disney's Private Island, Castaway Cay. That Island is truly Paradise, and we have been blessed to have been able to visit it 4 times ( so far! ) if only for a day each time!

I've used the following items from my STASH for the Challenge:

D - Dimensional Magic - to give shine and dimension to the fish and the shells that I fussy cut

I - Ink - Ranger Distress Stains and Distress Inks - LOVE them!

E - Embossing Pen and Embossing Powder - I can't tell you how long it has been since I've embossed! -check out the glittery coral!

C - Crab - look at that cute little crab sticker!! (I was going to say cardstock too -but realized I didn't use any!

U - "U" in Under, Uniball white pen for journaling

T - Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher and Staples, Twine, Thickers

S - Sticker, Staples, Starfish, Seashells 

Here is the link to my blog post for more close-ups and details! Hope you will play along with us this month at Scrap Our Stash!"

http://shercara.blogspot.com/2015/12/december-sos-word-challenge-diecuts.html

Here's the challenge:

Have a wonderful weekend! 

"Santa Cat" LO by DT Tanti

T.G.I.F!!!

Today, we have a super cute layout from Designer Tanti to inspire you!

Check out her layout here:

This is what Tanti said about her layout:

"Hi everyone. Since Christmas is coming soon, I made this Christmas theme layout for this challenge. For my page, I used a photo of my brother's cute cat „Romeo“. I took the picture a while ago. He was such a sweet cat and we loved him so much. But unfortunately, he passed away last year. So I have to scrap this picture to remember him.

To complete the challenge I used:

D – Doily and Die Cuts.

I – Ink for the background.

E – Eyelet.

C – Cardstock as a photo matt.

U – Upcycled Bottle Cap and golden Bell.

T – Ticket and Twine.

S – Sequins, Stamps and Stickers."

Here's the challenge:

Let's see what items you can find in your stash!!

"Momenti Speciali" LO by DT Elena

Hello!

For today's inspiration, we have Designer Elena sharing her wonderful layout:

This is what Elena said about her layout:

"Emma is very lucky because she has grandparents young and full of life and they do lots of fun and interesting activities with her (on this page I have selected only a few like fishing, archery, grape harvest, mountain walk and tree climbing). She is never bored with them and always learns a new lesson.  It's a fortune that all children should have. Thanks grandparents.

I used:

Diecut

Ink

Enamel dots

Cork

Uniball pen

Thread

Stamp"

Now it's your turn!

Happy Scrappin'! 

"Bliss" LO by DT Sharon

Hello and Happy Hump Day!

Today, Designer Sharon is sharing her lovely layout she created inspired by this month's

Stash Challenge.  Take a look:

This is what Sharon said about her layout:

"Hi everyone. Welcome to my take on Scrap our Stash's Challenge #33! This month we are challenged to create a layout using items from our stash for each of the letters in the word D-I-E-C-U-T-S.

I used the following items from my stash:

D~Doily (heart shaped)

I~Index card 

E~Enamel frame

C~Chipboard hearts

U~Ultramarine Blue color burst (Ken Oliver)

T~Tim Holtz die cut (scallop), transparency

S~stitching, staples

I loved working on this challenge and I hope that you do, too! (I used a favorite photo of my mother and father-in-law on their wedding day.)"

You have until December 29th to upload your layout to the sidebar! 

Can't wait to see what you come up with! :) 

Stash Challenge #33 with Guest Designer Tone K.

Good Morning!!! It's time for the Scrap Our Stash

Stash Challenge #33

But before we reveal our challenge, meet our 

December Guest Designer

TONE K.

"My name is Tone K. Jensen and I live in Norway under 20 minutes drive north of the capital Oslo. I am 46 years old live with my husband and son (15 years old). I also have a stepdaughter (soon 30 years old). I've always taken pictures and put them in albums, but I have been scrapping since 2004. The last two or three years I have also started making cards and I have relatively recently start with PL pages. I guess I am one of few that scrap everything and chronologically. But I love it, although I have only come to 2007 J (With PL everything goes much faster though).

Scrapping is my way to retrieve energy and relax. I do not know if I have any special style and if I have I do not quite know what category it falls under. I'm very fond of using stencil and mist and make LO with layers. Otherwise I use far too much time surfing around in the blogworld, but that's where I get inspiration."

Thank you Tone K.  for agreeing to be our guest this month!!!

Here's the challenge:

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

Entries linked up without a list will not be eligible for the prize drawing. 

Entries are due: December 29th, 11:59 PM (PST)

NOTE: The objective of our stash challenges is to get you to dig into your stash, get creative and use up some or your buried, and hoarded stash, old or new. Therefore for the Stash Challenges you are to use items from your stash

(photos, objects in photos, etc are not considered stash items)

and...

You must use a different stash item for each letter and only once. 

Click HERE for our challenge guidelines

Now that we have the challenge and the rules out of the way, it is time for a little

Stash Challenge inspiration.  Check out the fun, bright layout GDT Tone K. created inspired by our challenge:

Tone K. shared this with us about her page:

"I have used the following:
D -Dusty Attic chipboard
I - ink

E - torn Edges
C - circles - chipboard - bottle Caps
U - the letter U in the song title (this was a hard one)
T - tissue tape, Tim Holtz
S - stamps, scraps, metal embellishment from Storyteller

My son Daniel got a guitar from his Uncle an Aunt for his 7`th Birthday. :)  I do not know why he wanted a guitar because he could not play on it, but he liked to sit and try "play" on it ( I have to say that he can actually play a little guitar today...15 years old :) ).  When I got the challenge I thought some letters we fairly simple to find stash to, but the I, E and U is not very easy....especially the letter U. I struggled here, so I was very happy when I found a paper with notes and U in the song title :)"

I sure hope you get a chance to dig through your stash, create a layout and share it with us for a chance to win this month's prize:

Thank you for stopping by and we hope you return tomorrow for more 

Stash Challenge inspiration from our Design Team.

Have a great day!

"U and Me" Layout by DT Carole

Hello everyone!

Today we are  featuring a lovely layout created by our talented designer, Carole,

inspired by our 

November Stash Challenge:

Carole

"Hi everyone, Carole here with you today with our latest stash challenge. This photo is of Jess and I on a shopping trip in the summer. 

For my stash I used;

A - ARROWS 
L - LACE,LAYERING
 B - BUTTERFLY, BUTTONS
 U - THE LETTER U IN THE TITLE
 M - METAL CHARMS,  MARTHA STEWART DOILY CIRCLE PUNCH, 

S - STICK PINS  (hand made by me!). 

I hope you like it. If you would like to see how I did this and view a list of all the stash I used, please visit me on my blog here http://theprettypaperpatisserie.blogspot.co.uk/"

Now it's your turn to create a layout using items selected from your stash beginning with
each letter in the word ALBUMS and share it with us!  We would love to see your creations.
For complete details and rules on the challenge, click HERE!

You have until November 29th, 11:59 PM (PST) to link up your entries
for a chance to win our November prize and/or be selected as one of our
Design Team Top 3 Picks for November.

Our November Sketch Challenge along with our November Guest Sketch Artist, will be
revealed tomorrow, so make sure you stop by to see the beautiful sketch and and layout
our Guest Sketch Artist created to share with us!

Have a wonderful day!

"I Love U" Layout by DT Sharon

Hello!

Today's amazing feature is the creative work of SOS designer, Sharon, inspired by our

November Stash Challenge

Sharon:

"Hi everyone! 
Here is my take on Scrap our Stash Challenge #32. I found this photo of John and I taken back in 1998 and knew that I wanted to scrap it for this challenge

.(We looked so young back then!) 

I used the following items from my stash:

A~Arrow (pink chipboard)

L~Lace

B~Beads (aqua and pink)

U~the letter "U" (in my title: I love U)

M~Metal pin and chain

S~Star template and star printed paper

I hope you will enjoy using the items in your stash as much as I did. And I am looking forward to seeing everyone's layouts this month."

And the challenge that inspired Sharon's beautiful layout:

There are so many possibilities to create a layout for this challenge using various items 

from your stash. 

What will you find in you stash?  We would love to see what you find for each letter in

the word ALBUMS!

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

Entries linked up without a list will not be eligible for the prize drawing. 

Entries are due: November 29th, 11:59 PM (PST)

NOTE: The objective of our stash challenges is to get you to dig into your stash, get creative and use up some or your buried, and hoarded stash, old or new.

Therefore for the Stash Challenges you are to use items from your stash, like paper, embellishments, inks, paints, punches, embossing folders, etc.

(photos, objects in photos, etc are not considered stash items)

and...

You must use a different stash item for each letter and only once.

Click HERE for our challenge guidelines

We appreciate you stopping by today and hope that you return tomorrow 

for more of our design team inspiration!

Happy Scrapping!

"Hello Fall" Layout by DT Katherine

Hello and thank you for stopping by to check out today's 

November Stash Challenge 

inspiration, created by SOS Designer, Kate:

Kate:

"The leaves had already changed color by the time we traveled north to Pops & Granny's house but we faked it for the girl! We sent her to find leaves so she could get fresh air!

MY" ALBUMS" supplies:

(A) Amy Tangerine (American Crafts) papers

(L) Leaf punch

(B) bird chipboard, blue papers and enamels

(U) Uniball white pen to add texture to my leaves

(M) Metallic title and metallic gold washi

(S) Stencil"

And here is the challenge that inspired Kate's wonderful layout:

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

Entries linked up without a list will not be eligible for the prize drawing. 

Entries are due: November 29th, 11:59 PM (PST)

NOTE: The objective of our stash challenges is to get you to dig into your stash, get creative and use up some or your buried, and hoarded stash, old or new.

Therefore for the Stash Challenges you are to use items from your stash, like paper, embellishments, inks, paints, punches, embossing folders, etc.

(photos, objects in photos, etc are not considered stash items)

and...

You must use a different stash item for each letter and only once.

Click HERE for our challenge guidelines

Happy Scrapping!!!