"So Cute" Layout by DT Tammy

Hello, we are glad you stopped by!  

Today's inspiration is the work of DT Tammy.  This super cute layout is Tammy's final SOS Design Team Reveal.   What a great mix of patterned papers to showcase these adorable photos! 

Here is what Tammy had to say about her layout:

"So I have a little secret to share, I don't really keep scraps. When we moved last summer I realized I kept all my scraps and never used them, so now I usually give them to my kids. Luckily I must have forgot to purge this Echo Park paper pack and yay, it had scraps! I also used an Echo Park journaling card and The Twinery twine to complete the challenge."

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Tammy, thank you for being a part of our team, and sharing your work with us for the last few months!   You have been an inspiration to SOS and we wish you the best in your future papercrafting endeavors!!! 

Brenda & Rochelle

Make sure you stop by tomorrow for more DT inspiration and remember, you still have
until June 29th to complete both of our June challenges.
Click HERE for challenges!

Have a great day!

"French Chateau" Layout by DT Karen

Happy Tuesday!!!

Today's inspiration is being shared by DT Karen and is her final SOS Design Team Reveal!

Karen's layout, inspired by our June Sketch has such a nice color combo.  Check out the twine work and how she layered it with embellies.  Karen also made the sketch hers, by changing the number and size of the photos:

This is what Karen said about her layout:
 "The pictures are of our visit to a local castle when we went to France last summer. there are three tags on there and a couple of shades of twine as well. Nancy is the cold grumpy child in the first picture- it was very windy and you couldn't go inside so we left quite quickly and went to watch some show jumping instead."
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Karen, we have enjoyed and appreciate you for being part of the SOS team!! 

Thank you so much for sharing and inspiring us with your wonderful creations over the last few months!
Rochelle & Brenda

Thanks to all of you for visiting us today, stop by tomorrow for another DT Reveal of our June Sketch!

"Awesome Walk To Paradise" Layout by DT Kelly

Good Morning!

 Today's inspiration comes from DT Kelly!  

Kelly did a great job mixing and matching her scraps to create a layout inspired by our

  June Sketch.

I love how her strips of patterned paper pop against the marigold background and how she used her journaling card and twine as part of an embellishment cluster.  

Kelly:  "I loved the sketch for this challenge and had some scraps that I decided to make into paper ribbons. These colors reminded me so much of our trip to Cozumel and when I came upon these photos I knew the title I would make! I grabbed an OLD journal card to write about our daily walks to paradise. Glad to use up some of my stash!"

Thank you for stopping by!

 We hope you get a chance to play along this month in our Sketch Challenge and link it up for a chance to enter into our monthly proze drawing!

Have a great day and return tomorrow for another dose of our daily DT inspiration!!!!

"All Day Long" Layout by DT Rochelle

Hello, I hope everyone is enjoying a wonderful and relaxing Father's Day!

Todays fabulous inspiration was created by DT Rochelle and was inspired by our June Sketch Challenge!   The paper and embellies choices she selected for her page are perfect for those cute swimming photos of her son.  The doodling and twine work are great accents to her page:

Rochelle:  "One thing my kids love to do in the summer is swim!!! They will be in there all day and night if they could! These photos were perfect for scraps I had from an EP mini kit. I added a pre-made journal card under the photos (yellow and white) and also twine across my layout and in the center of the sun."

Click HERE for our June Sketch Challenge!   We would love to see your take on it and for playing along you will be entered into our monthly prize drawing.   

This month, we are awarding the randomly drawn winner:

Authentique's 12 x 12 "Glory" Collection Kit!

You have until June 29th to link up your entry!

Thanks for stopping by today and make sure you come back tomorrow for more design team inspiration!

Sketch with Stash Challenge #4

We are back with our second post for the day!
Did you get a chance to check out our earlier post where we announced our new
Design Team Members?
If not, click HERE for the announement!!!

It is time to reveal our June Sketch with Stash Challenge #4!!!

THE CHALLENGE:

Create a LAYOUT using the sketch below using SCRAPS ONLY (except for background) 

AND...you MUST include the following stash items:

1.  Either a PRE-MADE (Purchased)  TAG and/or
 PRE-MADE (Purchased) JOURNALING CARD

2.  TWINE or JUTE

Here is the sketch:

To be eligible for the June prize drawing, you must link your layout to Mr. Linky on the right side of the blog by

June 29, 2013 ~ 11:59pm (PST)

And don't forget to check out the SOS CHALLENGE GUIDELINES!

You also have until June 29th to participate in our

 June Stash Challenge "All About Our Guys" 

Complete both challenges this month and that gives you two entries into the random prize drawing!!!!

Our June 

Guest Designer Tanti K 

is back and sharing her fabulous reveal of our June sketch: 

This is what Tanti had to say about her layout:

"I've always wanted to make a LO for these pictures. And this fabulous sketch is just the perfect one for them. I've really had a lot of fun making this page.

For this LO I used the background Paper from Rico Design and some scraps from my stash. I also added the Bakers Twine to the pre-made tag from Roobee.

For more details please visit my blog: TantiK Creation

Looking forward to seeing your creative interpretation of this sketch.
Make sure you check back tomorrow for another DT reveal!!!
Have a great weekend!

New Design Team Announcement!!!!

Thanks for joining us today. 

This is the day so many of you have been waiting for…the announcement of the new 

Scrap Our Stash Design Team! 

We know that inquiring minds want to know who made the team!

This was the first design team call under the new admin and challenge format. It was real exciting as well as a very challenging process selecting this team. These designers possess an array of amazing talent and skills and we are confident that you will be inspired by each and every member of the new team, starting wth their first reveals in July!

CONGRATULATIONS and WELCOME to all of our new designers, as well as our two returning designers. 

 For all of the designers who submitted applications and were not selected, we want to thank you for applying and just want you to know it was not easy narrowing it down to the final 13.  We sincerely appreciate your interest in wanting to be a part of SOS and hope that you would apply next term!

So without further adieu....

Please join SOS in welcoming the next

Scrap Our Stash Design Team

(in alphabetical order)

Louella Mae Aliermo

Kerry Bruce

Jenni Calma

Joefil Cate

Elizabeth Hellum

Kelly Holifield (Returning)
Patricia Barnett 

Lindsey Krauss (Returning)

Manda Moore

Carol Peixoto

Robin Redd

Dulcinea Silva

Lee-Anne Thornton

Click on each of the designers names to visit their blogs and make sure you come back July 2, when we will formally introduce one designer every day along with their first SOS reveal.   

Thank you for visiting us today and while you are here check out our June challenges and how you can earn not one but two entries into our monthly prize drawing for your chance to win:
Authentiques 12 x 12  "Glory" Collection 

Have a wonderful scrappy weekend!   

"Um-Um Good" LO By Brenda R.

Our last inspiration for "All About Our Guys" challenge come from Brenda R.  Look at how cute her layout came out using Basic Grey papers! She did an awesome job on the paint spatters and rings and made great use of her brads throughout her layout. Take a look:

This is what Brenda said about her layout, "This was an awesome challenge for me for several reasons: (1) I love scrapping photos of the lil guys in my family (2) Months ago I purchased this BG collection with all the matching embellies and have only completed one layout with it. (3) I used brads, which is one item in my stash that I always forget to use. The brads used were part of the matching embellies for this collection, which made putting this layout together, easy! Combined with a few paint splatters and twine, I am pleased with the "GUY" page I created. Looking forward to seeing everyones cool "guy" pages and how you use your stash of brads!"

Our next challenge will be up soon but don't forget that you have until June 29th to complete this challenge and upload it to the sidebar.  

Be looking out for our Design Team Announcement too!! :) 

"Boy Rules" LO By DT Wendy K.

Wendy shares with us a double page layout she created of her nephew!  What a great "guy" layout! Love the tire marks and the brads in the wheels... how creative! Take a look:

Wendy had this to say about here layout: "With three girls I don't do masculine very well or very often but it's fun to do every once in awhile for a something different. When I was looking through pictures and came across these of my nephew I knew exactly what I would do with them. I added brads to the wheels of the truck and mixed other metal embellishments on the layout. I often have 4 pictures for a layout and can get stuck on the design. These pictures worked well to overlap between the two pages."

"Our Guy" LO by DT Haley

Haley brings us another double page layout! :) Check out how she used her brads from her stash  throughout her layout.

Here is what Haley had to say about her layout, "My husband grew a beard and mustache this winter to mixed reviews from family and friends! He just shaved it off with the onset of warmer weather, so I couldn't resist immortalizing the beard in this layout all about our favorite guy. All of my supplies are from Close To My Heart, and it's a mix of old and new. The layout sketch is from the "Imagine" how-to guide (retired). I used the new Surf's Up paper pack, but the brads, the metal embellishments, and the sassy strands are all retired. If you look closely, you can see that I distressed the edges of my photos and my Outdoor Denim card stock with a sanding block. I used Cashmere ink to distress the Colonial White card stock to give the layout more texture."

"Brothers" LO by DT Heather G.

Today Heather brings us wonderful inspiration with this totally "Guy" layout!!!  Love the collection she used and the border punches.  She also did a great job using up her brads by creating a border along side her paper.   Check it out:

Heather said, "Triplet boys . . . who ever would have thought that as one of 3 girls growing up that I would end up with triplet boys? Legos, hot wheels, dinosaurs, and most importantly, SUPERHEROES!!! I love these Guys soooo much!!! Pun intended . . . our last name is GUY! Lol"

Thank you to all who applied for the Design Team Call. We will be announcing our new team real soon! :) 

"Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" LO By DT Tamara

Tamara shares with us a great page she did about her son sharing a evening with his Nana.  She did a great job incorporating her brads throughout her page.

Tamara said: "A night out with "Nana" to see Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. It was a very fun show for my little nine year old, he makes a great I love this guy page! I used We R Memory Keepers for my background paper. Added some ribbon and rick rack as well as a journaling card. Brads are around the flower under the third picture as well as all of the flower centers."

Today is the last day of our Design Team Call.  We will be announcing our new team soon! :) 

"Casa Mila" LO By DT Charlotta

Today's inspiration comes from Charlotta! Look at her awesome layout with lots of beautiful color and masking.  Love how she incorporated different size brads throughout her layout. Take a look:

Charlotta said this about her layout, "I created this layout just days after an amazing workshop with lovely Amy Tangeringe in Barcelona, so I used scraps from her American Crafts collection (left from the projects), a Mr. Huey stencil and several spraycolours. Finally, at least 9 brads from my stash. That's when I found out I have almost only pink and purple brads... Good luck in creating for, or with, your boys!"

Lets how you use your brads! :) 

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"Brothers" LO by Sarah

Happy Saturday! Today we have this awesome layout from Sarah.  She did a fantastic job on the background of this layout.  Read below to find out how she use mist and paint to create this layout!

Sarah said this about here layout:

 Boys... My Boyz... are goofs!

Have been waiting to do something with these pictures and, yet again, perfect SOS theme!

Every year we go the last-ish week in November to have Family Holiday photos taken, they know us there... and so they indulge us 'frolicking' a wee bit. Which means some awesome outtakes! Really my eldest, Arthur, should have known better... be careful what you do when your Mother scrapbooks. 

Background is Kraft paper on which I sprayed some Tattered Angels spray over a polka-dot stencil, flipping it around a few times. Then I sponged light green and blue paint through 2 sizes of punchinella (sequin waste) also flipping it around and squishing all the last bits off with a brayer so as not to waste the paint. My Brads are hard to see but each boy's picture has their 1st initial in a Letter Brad and also the line of orange dots marching down the middle of the page. 

I also tacked an 'S' on the end of the title (Chatter Box) to make it 100% authentic boyS.

Titles are My Mind's Eye Bohemia Rub-Ons.

Pattern Paper strip is leftover Fancy Pants Halloween paper.

Chipboard elements are all Basic Grey: Oliver.

Dimensional Pebble is from Prima. 

Orange Brads are BoBunny.

Letter Brads are from the $ store. 

Inks are Stampin' Up!

Pen is black Sharpie PEN.

"Super Star" LO by Lindsey

Today we have wonderful inspiration from Lindsey!  She did a fantastic job with the star brads! Great way to use your stash!!!  

Lindsey said, " So I went a little starry on the page. Once I found that old Cherry Arte, I just had to! He's my star, what can I say? I have so much trouble scrapping professional photos for some reason, so I ran away with the stars. The only small stars I had multiples of were eyelets and I didn't care for the holes. So I slipped brads through the eyelets holes, and voila! Starry brads. 

Thanks for looking - more on this layout at 

http://lindseysscraps.blogspot.com/2013/06/creative-thursday-aristocats-at-sos.html"

Stop by tomorrow to see what DT Sarah brings us! :)

"Waiting for Dad" LO by DT Michelle

Take a look at today's inspiration from DT Michelle.  Michelle really used her stash on this layout and did a great job with her rubons!  

Michelle said, "The Heart just works all around (original title of this challenge/love for Daddy) piece was in my scrap stash and matched! Used a bunch of rub-ons I had in my stash and journaling reads:Here you were waiting for Dad to get home. You pulled the chair over "I DO" by yourself and set up your post for Dad's arrival home!" 

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"Bug Boy" LO by Tammy C.

How cute is this Boy layout! Tammy did a great job utilizing her brads by using them in the center of all the different circles! 

This is what Tammy says about her layout, "For this challenge I decided to bust into my Basic Grey Lime Rickey collection...you know the one I had to have (along with the matching brads) but just opened for the first time when I made this layout, lol! I found a cute photo of my son that matched the colors of the patterned paper perfectly, and used brads with the cardstock stickers to add dimension. I also used an Allison Davis sketch for inspiration."

See you back tomorrow with more inspiration! :) 

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"I Love These Guys" LO by Karen W.

Karen did a wonderful job on this layout! Love the colors and the embellishments she used.  Grad use of the brads and love that washi tape! Take a look:

Karen said, "this is my " I Love those Guys " LO. I cheated to include my daughter with the Guys . I struggled with brads as I don't really have many. I managed to rustle up 6 yellow one so I then chose the papers to match. the photos came last as they had the big yellow slide in ( and hilarious faces from the kids) there is a seventh patterned brad as well."

Now it's your turn! Let's see your "Guy" pages! :) 

"Good Times with My Dad" LO by Kelly H.

Kelly brings us great inspiration today with her lovely father's day layout!  I love the variety and placements of her brads! Take a look:

Kelly said, "Good Times with My Dad - I wanted to get a father's day layout done for my Dad and loved our theme for this challenge! I opened a package of American Crafts epoxy brads and actually USED them on top of my Jenni Bowlin stars as well as various other colored brads. I was happy to use up some of that brad stash but I need a ton more brad challenges to get me to use up my stash! I guess I thought I would actually run out someday? I combined a few different paper lines too such as Simple Stories 24/7, We R Memory Keepers Hall Pass and Echo Park This & That. I used a Little Green Frog Designs sketch for inspiration. I hope this inspires you to scrap the guys and use up some of your brad stash!"

Come by tomorrow for more inspiration! 

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"Another Year Older" LO by Rochelle S.

Our current challenge this month is All About Our Guys and I knew I had to scrap this photo of my son who just turned the big "5".  I didn't really know where to start on this layout so I took a white piece of cardstock to my "messy" area of my scraproom and started playing with my paints/mists/stamps and stencils and this is what I came up with!

I included 5 brads - 4 on the border strip on the right of my photo and another one on the bottom left side of my photo.

Can't wait to see what you do with your brads! :) 

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Stash Challenge #4 ~ All About Our Guys!

Happy Scrappin' Saturday!!!!

Welcome to our Stash Challenge #4

"All About Our Guys"

The Challenge:

Create a LAYOUT about a MALE  using 5 or more brads on your layout.  

Here is the prize that you are playing for this month:
Authentique "Glory" Collection

To be eligible for the prize drawing you must link up your project using Mr Linky

on the side bar by

June 29, 2013 ~ 11:59 PM (PST)

Don't forget to read the SOS Challenge GUIDELINES! :) 

Meet our JUNE 

Guest Designer:

Tanti

Hi everyone, my name is Tanti.  I'm 37 years old. I was born and raised in Jakarta, Indonesia.  I speak indonesian, german and english.  In 1994 I went to Germany for my studies. There I met my husband, so I stayed for good. Nowadays I'm a stay at home mom of 2 kids. I've been papercrafting since I was at school.  Fifteen years ago I started making cards for my friends and family.  2009 I fell in love with scrapbooking and I'm addicted to it since I made a vintage mini album for my mother in law. I love working with acetate and I have most fun making mini albums. I like creating a few extra details or an  interactive part for most of my projects but I don't have any specific style.  I'm currently a design team member at Lasting Memories and at Fairy Tale Challenge.  Besides scrapbooking and papercrafting I also love  playing the piano, singing, dancing (especially balineese dance) and taking pictures from my kids and any kind of animals.  Thank you to the Scrap Our Stash Team for choosing me to be their guest designer this month. I'm so excited and feel honored about it.
Love Tanti :)

My blog: http://tantikcreation.blogspot.de/

Tanti's take on the challenge:

"For this challenge I decided to use a picture from my son, one of the most important guys in my life.  There are six brads on this page. I used four of them to fasten my picture to the page, one heart brad at the right corner on the upper side and one as a dot at the exclamation mark on my title. All brads have been in my stash for a long time. I even don't know which manufacturer they're from.  I also used the older paper collection from DCWV and some scraps."

Came back daily to see our DT's Reveals! :) 

Happy Scrappin'!