March Dust it Off Challenge by Tamara

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

Here is my "dust off project" for the March challenge. I have had this 6x6 album from All My Memories for a few years, so I decided it was time to put it to use. I chose to do a family album. These are mostly pictures with my grandkids. I used so many misc. pattern papers from my 6x6 pile that I can't even tell you all of the brands. But here is a tip. My scraps stack up so quickly that I had to make the decision to only save a certain size or they would take over my scrap room. I cut all of my leftover paper into 6x6 squares and rarely save a piece any smaller. It is my go to stash whenever I need a small piece for something or anything. This went together rather quickly once I was able to concentrate on it. I used several embellishments that were right at my fingertips. This was a project not to doddle around on. Here is hoping you like the results.

Tamara
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Frugal Friday Tip: Tin Can Recycling by Christy

Last November, I got a Sizzix Texture Boutique. While I love what I can do with it, I really have not used it to its fullest potential. When I saw a recent tutorial about using soda cans and punches, I had the idea to dust off the texture Boutique and embossing folders to see what I could come up with. The results were quite wonderful!

Materials: Embossing machine and folders

               soda cans, rinsed out

               old scissors

               a Bic Mark it or other permanent marker

              optional: a child (My son likes to use my embossing machine. So I cut the soda cans while he worked         

                 the machine.  My son thinks this is great fun.)

You will need to carefully cut a slit into the can. Then remove the top and bottom. You are left with a curled piece of aluminum. Then it's just a matter of placing this into an embossing folder and putting it through the machine. I would just advise caution since the can is a little sharp after you cut it.

We experimented with a variety of designs. Some look better than others. You can use some punches to create your own shapes or use the permanent marker to draw a design of your choice.Then use old scissors to cut it out. The marker also comes in handy to draw an inked look to the edges of your cut shape. 

I found glue dots to be the best way to adhere the shapes to my page. It's also very easy to punch holes  for brads with your paper piercing tool. You could also conceivably choose to hand stitch on your metal embellishment. I plan to dust off my alcohol inks to see how well they would look on my newly embossed designs.

Sassy Lil Sketches 3-14-11 design
Cream Acrylic paint
MME paper
Maya road Chipboard motif inked in Colorbox black ink
Paper Trunk Carson, black alphas
Black paint stamped with a round lid
DMC floss

All in all...a wonderful and inexpensive way to make your own page embellishments and recycle.

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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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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

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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!

Now let's see what you can dust off and create!! See all the details
HERE!

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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March Dust it Off Challenge by Jessica

Reader Jessica submitted this layout for the March Dust it Off Challenge.  She said:
Hello!
Here is my submission for the March Dust it Off Challenge! I used a die-cut that I bought in 2007 that I’ve been hoarding ever since. Your challenge inspired me to actually pull it out and get our San Francisco trip scrapped! I also used a bling circle that I’ve had around for ages.

Thanks so much for the inspiration!

Sincerely,
Jessica Navarro

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March Dust it Off Challenge by Danielle

Guest Design Team Member Danielle submitted this card for the March Dust it Off Challenge. She said:

I wanted a masculine card to give to my husband. I liked the colors of the paper and because it was a St. Patrick’s Day collection, I just rolled with that theme. This card was made using the Cricut cartridge, Celebrate with Flourish. (I’m going to love this machine before this challenge is done.) It is a 5x7 card. I used the shamrocks as they were designed. I pop dotted the paper shamrocks onto the cardstock shamrocks for added dimension. The inside sentiment is kind of quirky, because that is how we are. I wish the photo were better, but even with natural light, the glare reflected off of the foil paper. It really is vibrant in person.

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Pagerize This # 8 by Helena

Helena's So Much Alike is our 8th layout to be pagerized in our "Pagerize This Challenge. Helena was chosen by Joni as the winner of the Pagerize This Challenge #7.

When Helena found out she was chosen as winner she said: I was surprised and very happy to hear that I had won Joni's challenge.
I chose this layout for all of you to pagerize. It's one of the recent ones I've done. I hope you have fun with it.


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 April 12th. The "Pagerizer" (in this case Helena), will then choose a winner from all the entries. The winner will be announced on April 14th. Then the winner will be asked to submit a layout for us to "Pagerize" starting on the 15th of April. Then on the 12th of May - the winner will be chosen by the winner of the "Pagerize This Challenge # 8" and on and on it goes.

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March Dust It Off Challenge by Mary Pat

Hi,
It is me Mary Pat and I am here with my March Dust it Off Challenge.  I have to say I was so excited to get this challenge.  I first went through my stash of paper and I was so excited to find this Cosmo Cricket paper collection.  I remember when it came out and I was so excited to buy it.  Well I kept saving it for that "special occasion".  Well through the years I forgot about the paper and it got pushed to the very back of my stash.  I knew I had to use the paper on this layout.  I then went through my old collection of brads and dusted off my case and I found two perfect brads to use.  I then found an old pack of Die Cut With A View stitch rub ons (remember the collection packs from QVC?).  Well, I got busy with my stuff and this is what I came up with.

This is a picture of my youngest.  For some reason I had been saving this picture to scrap as well.  I just love the quote on the paper.

If you want to see more pictures and details on the layout please go to my blog POST.

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Pagerize This # 7 - Winner

Pagerizer Joni provided this layout for the Pagerize This Challenge # 7.
Joni chose this layout by Helena as the winner of The Pagerize This Challenge #7. So, Helena is our new Pagerizer for the Pagerize This Challenge #8. Her layout will post tomorrow! Be sure to come see what she submits for us to Pagerize.

March Challenge by Karen

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

For my LO I chose to use up some Anna Griffin chipboard letters that I have had for ages and never used.  The last time I tried to use them I found them too big to use for many titles.  I also used some photos from last spring as the theme is spring. I can't wait for the flowers to start coming out this year. The colours of the chipboard letters reminded me of spring. I cut my photos of the Keukenhof garden tulips down to size so I could fit four across the page.  I chose  pink tulips to tie in with the the colours of the paper and letters. The Keukenhof gardens here in the Netherlands is only open for a few weeks in spring.  It is full of bulbed flowers such as  tulips, daffodils and hyacinths ( all my favourites).

I do intend to make another Lo, as my original idea was to go back to a technique I haven't used in ages - that of hand cutting my titles. So stay tuned for another Lo soon.

Karen

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March Dust it Off Challenge by Carri

Reader Carri submitted this card for the March Dust it Off Challenge.  She said:

Hello,
Here is my post.  I used beads to make pins that I planned on making over a year ago! 

Thanks!
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