Challenge #52: All About Spring

Welcome Back Users!

We've got a theme for you this week and that them is: All About Spring.

What does spring mean to you? Showers, flowers, Mother's?
Lots of options this week, so we hope you play along!

***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!***

We're looking to see your fabulous entries on our Use It Tuesday site using Inlinkz by noon EST on Friday April 5, 2013. No blog? No problem! Just use keyword USE052 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!

Now, let's find out what spring means to our Design Team:

Tammy brought us some sunshine using scraps of scraps (wow!) from her Little Sprout collection by Crate Paper from 2009. She also found a stamp and ink that haven't been used in awhile and finished off a package of bling for this bright and cheery card.

Danielle thinks spring and this Echo Park collection go hand in hand. She also used pictures from a family Easter celebration 2 years ago.

Heather went straight for this uninked Easter stamp, which has been unopened for almost 2 years. The flowers on the card were from her "extra" pile and provided the color inspiration for the card. She also polished off three pieces of paper from her scrap paper bin.

 
Sherri focused on Spring flowers and sprinkled several onto her layout. She also used a 2 year old Crate Paper collection called Random for her layout.  

 
Stacey had an under-used image stamp (only used once before) and a never-used sentiment. She also brightened the card up with that pretty yellow (and two years old) background paper.

Stephanie designed this Easter/Spring banner. The yellow and green rosettes are almost 3 years old and the rest of the papers, diecuts and buttons are a purchase from last year that have been barely touched.

 
Tracy  used patterned paper pieces from last year for this Easter layout The cardstock, ribbon and flowers all came from her stash of goodies. Isn't the detailed circle punch border on this layout fabulous? 

Nicole pulled out some cardstock colors that don't tend to get used, so they've been accumulating in her stash for awhile. She also did a clean of her craft room and found these great buttons for accent!! They've been collecting dust in the craft room for almost 5 years!

This week we welcome Evelyn as our Guest Design Team member. Evelyn used some patterned paper from a prize pack for her card. She loved it so much that she's hoarded it all this time (and decided to do a 6x6 card to make sure she could use it all up!). She also cracked the seal on two packages of bakers twine and found an un-inked sentiment to include. Great card, Evelyn! Thanks for playing.

We're ready to see your All About Spring creations. 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 #51: WINNERS!!

What a week!! 115 fun and fabulous entries!! Obviously, die-cuts, punches and cut-outs have a special place in your heart and craft room and you were looking for the perfect opportunity to break them out.

What did Inlinkz pick this week? That would be entry #13, by R Meyers. She created this beautifully decorated Mother's Day card using numerous items from her stash. 

Thanks for playing, R Meyers! Here is the Use It Tuesday winners badge for your blog and we hope to see you soon as a Guest Designer.  

The Design Team had much fun going through all the entries. There was so much variety, so many great dies, creative use of punches and intricate cut-outs. These two entries caught our eye this week:

Allisa wowed us with her creative use of dies. She sponged around a scallop border die for her clouds and turned an icicle die upside down for her grass. Now that's some versatility!

And Lovely Linda's creation utilized some "UFO's" (unfinished objects - I love that term!) from her desk to finish this beauty. The diecuts used were one of those "UFO's".

Allisa and Lovely Linda, please help yourself to our Top 2 Pick badge for your blog.
Congratulations and thanks for playing!!

We're back tomorrow with our next challenge. Hope to see you then!

Challenge #51: Diecuts, Punches and Cutouts

It's another Tuesday, time to Use It!

We're back with another inspiring challenge and this week we're turning our attention to those
Diecuts, Punches and Cutouts!! 

We know some of you out there collect die-cuts and punches just as fast as un-inked stamps, so there should be no problem with this challenge, right?

***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!***

We're looking to see your fabulous entries on our Use It Tuesday site using Inlinkz by noon EST on Friday March 22, 2013. No blog? No problem! Just use keyword USE051 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!

And now it's time for our Design Team inspiration to get you started:

Tammy found a finished project in her stash that just wasn't up to her standards. So, she gently peeled of the pictures and tried again. She used her favorite punch to make that adorable film strip, but also pulled the stickers and thickers out of her crafty pile to finish the layout off just so!

Stacey pulled the wrapper off her Hoot 'n Holler Cricut cartridge for this whimsical card centrepiece. She also dug to the bottom of her paper stash to find this gorgeous pattern in a practically good as new (and over a year old) paper stack. Whoooo doesn't love this card?

Tracy keeps her punches front and centre, so finding something neglected was a challenge. In the end, she found an under used label punch to create a unique side border. The patterned paper came from her scrap bin and the buttons were treasures found in her big bag of buttons.

 
Sherri made us all a bit envious that this layout didn't come from our stash! Her elegant project was created by sifting through her extensive collection of Cameo files (most of them un-used) to find the perfect vellum background, doilies and fonts. The brads, dew drops and My Mind's Eye pin are also over a year old.  

Nicole echoed Tracy's sentiment that punches stay pretty close at hand for crafting. So she found inspiration in page of Pebbles cutouts for this greeting card. The cord was also a long ago purchase, but has only come out of the craft drawer to play a couple of times.

Stephanie is ready to invite spring over with this welcoming door wreath. She use a MME Miss Caroline 6x6 pad that hasn't been touched in almost a year and some MME Alphabet Soup and Lime Twist die cuts in her stash for "awhile". She tied it all together with some twine won over a year ago that has sat unused since now.

Heather couldn't wait to get to this week's challenge, the perfect excuse to break out her new MFT dies (Fishtail Banner and Rounded Banner) that were purchased just after Christmas. She also spent a few moments hunting down her round tab punch and used papers that were in a card kit gift over a year ago.

Danielle decided to use up some old page kits and found one with die cuts for this challenge. She also revved up her Silhouette Cameo for the green lettering. So impressed!

Sheena is our Guest Design Team member for this challenge and she made this adorable monochromatic birthday card with her Spellbinders Petite Circles die and Verve Pennant Trim die. She also created her own cut-out by cutting the cupcake stamped image out of paper.

We can't wait to see what you create! 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!

Challenge #50: WINNERS!!

Thank you for helping Use It Tuesday celebrate their 2nd Anniversary and 50th challenge 

with our "un-inked stamp" challenge and "use gold" bonus. 

Just a reminder that we also celebrated the "opening" of our Facebook page. If you haven't already, please stop by, give us a like and leave us a wall doodle.  

The always wise Inlinkz was at it again this week and awarded Evelyn with the lucky Guest Designer spot. We loved her St. Patrick's day theme and noticed the touch of gold she added to her happy Leprechaun. 

Thanks for playing, Evelyn! Don't forget to grab the Use It Tuesday winners badge for your blog. 

The Design Team has spent days pouring over the beautiful entries and these two creations caught our eye:

Sharon's unique passport holder caught our eye. What a great way to showcase your paper crafting skills, while protecting your important documents.

And Sarah M's catchy "Dude, There's My Car!" layout with her uninked camera stamp captured our hearts.

Sharon and Sarah, our Top 2 Pick badge is yours for the taking. Congratulations and thanks for playing!!

We're back tomorrow with our next challenge. Hope to see you then!

Challenge #50: Uninked Stamp

Hello Users!  Happy Birthday to us!  Use it Tuesday is turning 2! 

We would love to have you join in our celebration by making a project that uses an uninked stamp...and as a BONUS...use GOLD!

We are also celebrating our birthday by opening a Facebook page that will keep the party alive!  Please feel free to like us...we will showcase players each challenge as well as keep you up to date on our happenings.

***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 your creation using Inlinkz by noon EST on Friday March 8th. No blog? No problem! Just use keyword USE050 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!

Here is a little inspiration to get you started:

Stephanie used a stamp she got free in July (don't you love free gifts?!) and paired it with sold gold sew-easy thread!  We love how it looks with the button!

Tammy had fun digging through her stamps to find something uninked...and then admitted she discovered MANY that would have fit the challenge!  Oh la la...what a beautiful use of the gold embossing powder and her hoarded ribbon.  Amour!

Tracy found not only uninked stamps, but unmounted stamps!  Oh the fun we discover in our stash!  Her black ink was unopened and she used hoarded papers, too.  We love that flower, too!

 
Danielle rarely uses gold, but she pulled out all the stops for us!  She used gold embossing powder to accent the hoarded background stamp, as well as on the wood veneer stars and letters.  Even though she only used 3 stars, this is a 5 star card in our eyes!

Heather is celebrating her baby girl's first birthday!  Just last year we had a baby challenge in her honor.  Where does the time go?  Anyway, this uninked Birthday Monkey could not be more perfect...and she paired it with a gold embossed number1, as well as the gold layering.  Happy Birthday, sweet monkey!

Nicole had the help of an 8 year old with this card!  I would say they make quite a team!  We love the use of her uninked Tim Holtz background stamp paired with this embossed gold flower on vellum.  She also snuck in some gold cording and layering to accent the design.

Sherri broke out a new set of alpha stamps to make this delicious layout!  So glad she also used hoarded papers and Pink Paislee trim for this triple-threat!

Stacey also used three hoarded items for her darling card that celebrates spring!  Her sentiment is the unused stamp, and she got double gold with the butterfly punch and the gold stickles!

And we have our guest designer, Melanie, who won Challenge #48.  She made this sparkly beauty for our challenge!  Her gold glitter was hoarded and her stamps are all over a year old!  Way to use it!  Thanks so much Melanie!! 

We can't wait to see what you create! 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!

Challenge #49: Winners!

We had so many fabulous entries for our fasteners challenge!  Apparently you guys like to collect cute little tidbits just like we do!

This week, Inlinkz chose Sheena's bright, fun card!  Look at her coloring!  Awesomesauce!

Thanks for playing, Sheena!  We know Sheena has played and won before, so she already has this badge added to her blog. We are excited to have her back as a Guest Designer!

The Design Team chose these two as our favorites for this challenge:

Brenda made this gorgeous card that made our team's collective heart skip a beat:

And Sonia made this amazingly intricate heartfelt box:

Please feel free to add the Top 2 Pick badge for your blog. Congratulations and thanks for playing!!

Thank you to all of our talented participants for the time spent on your projects. We hope you'll come back and play with us again soon. 

 

Use It Tuesday will be back February 26th with our next challenge!

Challenge #49: Fasteners

Hey there Users! Welcome to our first challenge in February.

Fasten your buttons.
Anchor your eyelets.
Tighten those brads.

This week, we want to see your FASTENERS!! 

***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!***

But wait, before we fascinate you with our Design Team creations, we have a little extra goodie for you. In two short weeks, Use It Tuesday will be celebrating a cool FIFTY challenges. Let's take a quick look back at what we were using from our stash way back then.

What was challenge #6? Why, it was...fasteners!! Here's an inspiration pick from that challenge, designed by non other than Use It Tuesday co-founder Siobhan.

 Now, it looks like Siobhan may have used up her buttons back in April 2011, but I'm sure the rest of us have a healthy collection of buttons, brads and eyelets to complete this challenge.

Now, please link your creation using Inlinkz by noon EST on Friday February 22, 2013. No blog? No problem! Just use keyword USE049 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!

And now it's time for our Design Team inspiration to get you started:

Stacey starts us off with this beary cute card!! She used some of her shaped brads, the balloons, which have been hiding in her craft room for the past six years. Do you have a collection of unused shaped brads?

Heather had a little container in her craft stash filled with buttons in retired Stampin' Up colors. Without matching paper, they were difficult to use, making this Christmas Tree button collage the perfect way to use them up.

Stephanie wowed us with her careful lacing on this card, using eyelets that have been in her stash for at least two years. She also used some papers that have been around for almost a year.

Tammy didn't have to go further than her stash for all the ingredients for this "love"-ly tag, including those eyelets and some spritzes that haven't been out to play for awhile. Aren't those staples a great additional fastener?

 
Sherri scrapped this gorgeous layout using an inspiration picture she's had her eye on. Hoarded items on this beautiful page are the AC brads, Maya Road star pin and all the itty bitty scraps of paper backing the cut out title. 

Tracy also scrapped her way through this challenge with vintage buttons from her Grandmother's button jar (guess how old those might be). Plus, she found some long lost twine and gorgeous lace in her stash just waiting to be used. 

Nicole rocks this challenge with glitter brads from We R Memory Keeps that have been in her stash for about a year and an un-inked stamp that has been waiting almost 2 years for it's moment to shine.

Danielle likes to hoard entire papercrafting collections...because what's the point if you can't have it ALL! MME loves to support Danielle's hoarding with their gorgeous paper and embellishment lines. This Indie Chic collection had a large variety of buttons and brads to work with. Danielle accented her garland and also added the wooden buttons to the top of her page.

Our Guest Designer this week is Kym Upshaw from Kym's Crafty Cards. She won our Make It Sparkle challenge at the beginning of the year. Kym used some hoarded papers on her card, along with a decorative clip. Also hoarded are the vintage buttons on this card, which came from Kym's mom's extensive stash!  Thanks so much for playing with us again, Kym!

We can't wait to see what you create! 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!