Challenge #62: Trends

 Welcome to another fantastic Tuesday, Users!

This week, we're celebrating one of the things that makes a crafty stash grow faster than anything else....TRENDS. Yes, that's right, once it becomes popular, we all need one....or twelve! 

So please, use your craft supplies that you have because "everyone else did"!

***REMEMBER: All of our challenges call for you to use your hoarded supplies! A challenge requirement is to tell us in your post what you used!***

Please link up using Inlinkz by noon EST on Friday September 6, 2013. No blog? No problem! Just use keyword USE062 when uploading to an online gallery and leave us a direct link so we can find your creation. (Linking tips are at the bottom of the post!)

Please make sure to mention you are playing along with a Use It Tuesday challenge (a link is great too!) so we know you are participating.

As always, one lucky participant will be randomly chosen to be a featured guest designer in an upcoming challenge!

Let's check out what our Design Team created this week:

Tracy chose to use washi tape on  her project. It's been trendy for a couple of years now, which is probably how long she's been collecting it! This tape is one of the first rolls she purchased about 2 years ago. 

Rachel also used washi tape, but also made a shaped card, which have been popular for awhile. In addition, she dove into her crafty stash one more time to come up with an un-inked stamp for this challenge. 

Becky worked with trendy triangles on her beautiful fall layout. She also pulled from her stash the fall paper from last autumn and the brown thickers. 

Jessica A used inks and chipboard letters to make this cool background. She placed the chipboard letters under the page and then rubbed the inks over the top. The letters are over 4 years old, but the frames and brads also make the "use it up" category.

Anyone else been making explosion boxes lately? Valentina has! She made this beautiful one from old Crate Paper. The beautiful cake in the middle was handmade with paper. Gorgeous!

Jessica B used doilies and enamel dots on her "trendy" layout. This is a trend that has really "stuck" with Jessica; readers of her blog will know that she's in love with them! The large dot paper is also about a year old and the striped paper is a couple of years old. The real winner is that photo, which has been sitting in the "must scrap" pile since 2007!

Tammy's trend is the chalkboard look. The Designer Paper is from her stash box and has been around for awhile. The stamp she got a couple of years ago, as well as the star punch. She also found some white ink and white embossing powder in her stash that helped to complete the look.

Last up for this week is Nicole who noticed that paper strips on layouts seem to be making themselves popular. She added hers to the bottom of the page. She also used triangles and thickers, also popular craft stash purchases.

That's it for this week, so go Use It!!

Tips for linking:

• On your blog, once you publish your post, click on "View Blog". Then copy the URL and paste that into the Inlinkz address field.
• No blog? Easy enough! Save your creation in your online gallery. Once it has been published, click on the exact project you want linked. Once it is up in your browser, copy the URL and paste that into the Inlinkz address field below. If you don't use any online galleries, you can use Sami's SP Gallery, registration is free and easy!

Challenge #61: Winners!!!

We here at Use It Tuesday just love un-inked stamp week. Not only do we get to see the beautiful variety of projects out there, but we craft happily knowing that many pieces of un-inked rubber are finally feeling the love!

The Inlinz froggy didn't waste anytime finding our winner this week and Alicia was our winner! We love Alicia's brayered background, but we also love those beautiful wheat stamps she inked for the first time.

Congrats, Alicia! We hope to see you soon as a Guest Designer on a future challenge.

And, here are our picks for this weeks Top 2 honor.

First up is Guild Master Crystal with here adorably cute laundry room art. She turned a dull wall into a eye catching beauty with this collage frame and several un-inked stamps. Aren't the mini clothespins attached the the frame adorable?

And our other Design Team winner this week is Anni. We loved her beautiful CAS-style card using an un-inked set from Paper Smooches. She also tried a new technique too!

Congratulations to you both. Here is the Top 2 Pick badge for your blog.

Thanks for playing!!

See you tomorrow for another opportunity to Use It!!

Challenge #61: Un-Inked Stamps!

 Happy Tuesday, Users!

We are playing with an ol' favorite challenge this week...
we are asking you to use an UNINKED STAMP!

We know you have them...  :)

***REMEMBER: All of our challenges call for you to use your hoarded supplies! A challenge requirement is to tell us in your post what you used!***

Please link up using Inlinkz by noon EST on Friday August 23, 2013. No blog? No problem! Just use keyword USE060 when uploading to an online gallery and leave us a direct link so we can find your creation. (Linking tips are at the bottom of the post!)

Please make sure to mention you are playing along with a Use It Tuesday challenge (a link is great too!) so we know you are participating.

As always, one lucky participant will be randomly chosen to be a featured guest designer in an upcoming challenge!

Let's check out what our Design Team created this week:

Tracy made this darling layout using not only an uninked stamp, but one that was not even mounted!  I bet many of you have those in your stash!  What a darling layout about sweet baby Grady!  Looks like she used up plenty of paper, too!

Rachel made this really cool 3-easel card using a darling forgotten clear stamp of a snoozing Grandpa Bear.  How many of those do you forget to use because you can't see them?!  Rachel also made great use of chipboard stars!  You can see more views of her card on her blog.

Tammy pulled out a forgotten Ali Edwards set to dress up this cute page!  She also used some hoarded designer paper, thickers and banners.  Way to use that stash, Tammy!!  You cleaned-up on this challenge!

Jessica A used a circle token stamp and dressed it up with a ton of stickles for a totally different look!  She also pulled out her hoarded paper and die cuts to tie it all together!  We do agree...great things ARE small things brought together!

Valentina paired new with old, taking an uninked stamp (earth flowers) and using it with a well loved stamp (her butterflies)!  She also tried out a new-to-her technique called colored layering.  This fluttered its way to our hearts!

  
Becky had a funny story...she bought this WHOLE stamp set for the cute kitty you see here, yet she had not used the kitty stamp but used the others!  She also used her hoarded papers and spectrum markers to finish off this sweet card.  We are glad this stamp pitter-pattered its way into use, Becky!

Jessica B made this picture perfect layout using stash as old as her darling daughter!  The paper and stamps had been sitting quietly in her closet for 4 years.  We smiled not only at the fact that she used some unloved stamps, but she is also cracking away at her daughter's baby album!

Nicole made this FUN card using an unused Penny Black stamp and her hoarded flower die!  I think her stamp was probably giving her love for finally using it!  We love her bright, fun colors, too.  :)  Way to go, Nicole!!

Brenshevia inked up a Kenny K stamp she had in her stash, coloring it with her Copic markers which don't see much use!  Her card looks like a party with those darling banners, swirls, and blingy flowers.  Celebrate it up for using that stash!

Heather believes that an apple a day makes the hoarded stash go away!  She inked up an old MFT stamp and paired it with the perfect hoarded papers.  The craft doctor could not have ordered anything that would have been more perfect!

We are so very pleased to have Gloria guest design for us this week!  She used her hoarded ribbons, buttons and butterfly that had been punched out for over a year!  She topped off the butterfly with stashed bling...and keeping true to our blog mission, she used hoarded paper and stamps too!  Thanks for designing for us, Gloria!!

Now, go Use It!!

Tips for linking:

• On your blog, once you publish your post, click on "View Blog". Then copy the URL and paste that into the Inlinkz address field.
• No blog? Easy enough! Save your creation in your online gallery. Once it has been published, click on the exact project you want linked. Once it is up in your browser, copy the URL and paste that into the Inlinkz address field below. If you don't use any online galleries, you can use Sami's SP Gallery, registration is free and easy!