Challenge #54: Flowers for Mom

Happy Tuesday, Users!

As we come into the latter part of April we know that the warm weather, flowers and sunshine are just around the corner....
It's also a time to celebrate the special Mom's in our lives, whether they be ours or someone else's. : )

***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 May 3, 2013. No blog? No problem! Just use keyword USE054 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's a look at the DT projects for the week:


Danielle documented that special pre-motherhood time with a photo from her cousin's pregnancy photo shoot. She used an Echo Park collection that she's had for about a year and was completely untouched. She also added some tags, pins, buttons and canvas butterflies that were in her stash too.

Stacey went with the "flowers" and "Mother's" themes with this gorgeous Mother's Day creation. The flowers on the card are at least 3 years old!

Tracy created this insightful layout about her Mother and all the wonderful lessons her Mom passed onto her. The patterned papers are only about a year old now, but did come from the scrap bin. The sticker letters and numbers, however are all over 6 years old. The blue ones are so old, they were no longer sticky and needed a little extra adhesive help!

Stephanie made this simple beauty with her Bo Bunny Jazmyne paper (about 2 years old). She also handmade the flower embellishments using paints from...not her stash, but her kids...that's over 10 years old!

 

  
Tammy wrote out her thoughts on Motherhood in this layout celebrating her son, born 4 years ago. Everything came from her stash, including "paper so old I don't even know who makes it!". What a fantastic memory piece!

 

  
Sherri used a Crate Paper collection that is at least 2 years old, but also added in some Petaloo flowers that have been in her stash almost as long! 

Heather used some "very old" flower stickers. It was a big package and it was time to use it up and make room for more hoarded things. She also used paper and ribbon from a card kit that's been in her craft room for almost two years now.

And this week we have TWO Guest Design Team members for you:

Rina was our winner from our diecuts and punches challenge several weeks ago. She put some amazing detail into her project that week and is back again with an equally detailed creation. Rina tells us she has an extensive craft room and "all" the supplies are many years hoarded!

And Janis won our All About Spring challenge. She's back this week with a cute and adorable purse fold card using some great spring papers and flowers that have been in her stash for over 2 years!! Simply adorable, Janis! Thanks for playing with us again.

Your turn and we can't wait to see it....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 #53: WINNERS!!!

So much sticky goodness on our pages this week!!

Inlinkz channelled it's inner wisdom and Doreen with her pretty 

Easter layout was chosen as our winner for this week. 

I love that background paper!!! Congrats, Doreen! We hope to see you again soon at Use it Tuesday as a Guest Design Team Member for one of our upcoming challenges. 

And which two projects stuck to the Design Team's hearts?

That would be Brenda Ragsdale with her deep blue layout celebrating Mother's love. Brenda used sticky alphas, banners and labels on her project for us this week.
 

Our other pick this week was Papersniffer with her "toad"-illy cute and perfectly coordinated Giant Toadstools layout. She used letter stickers on this beauty!

Here is the Top 2 Pick badge for your blog.
Congratulations and thanks for playing!!

Tomorrow's that wonderful day - Tuesday! - come back and see what we're up to!

Challenge #53: Sticky Situation!

Happy Tuesday, Users!

This week, we`re getting sticky. Our challenge is called "Sticky Situation" and we want you to dig out those hoarded things that stick....stickers, embossing, rub-ons, glue-dots, glue sticks, etc. 

***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 19, 2013. No blog? No problem! Just use keyword USE053 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!

There`s lots of variety in our DT projects this week. Let`s see what everyone stuck to their projects this week:

Heather bought these flower embellishments almost 4 years ago and just never found the right project for them. She pairs them with a rub-on sentiment that's also several years old.

Danielle shares a page from her art journal with us. She finds rub-ons perfect for journaling and included alphas, flowers, stitches and work memory rub-ons on this bright page. Most of those rub-ons have been in her stash for almost a decade!

Stacey stuck with the stickers. Everything white on this card is a sticker from Making Memories that has been in her stash for at least 5 years...and the package had been NEVER opened! 

Tracy  found this trio of koala's in her stash, just hanging around and waiting for this perfect picture. She also found these older patterned papers and coordinating embellishments in her stash. So adorable!

Nicole created this beauty using only scraps in her stash...the card base, doily die, ribbon...everything! She got sticky with this sentiment sticker, raised from the back of the card with foam risers. Want a neat Nicole tip...put powder on the back of your raised sticker to reduce the stickiness and keep the dimension of the raised sentiment during mailing.  

Stephanie taught some of us a new word with this challenge....GLUBBERS! These large glue-dot like objects are great to turn some old ribbon (3 years in this case) into a beautiful rosette to adorn the card. The alphas on her project are also stash finds from about 4 years ago.

Sherri used some Crate Paper stickers that are at least 2 years old for her gorgeous layout, as well as a clip from when she first began scrapping with more than just stickers (about 5 years ago).

Tammy found some rub-ons to stick onto her project, but also found some glubbers in her room and opened them for this project. And, the paper represents the last of her MME All Spice paper pack.

What will you stick to your project? 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 #52: WINNERS!!

Did last week's challenge put a spring in your step? It sure did for us!

Who did Inlinkz want to see as our next Guest Design Team member? 

None other than Janis, who created this dandy spring time card. 

 

Here you go, Janis! The Use it Tuesday winners badge is yours for the taking.
We'll see you again soon on an upcoming challenge.

And which two projects did the Design Team pick for our Top 2?

That would be Debbie Piercey with her brightly colored layout. For Debbie, spring means the school Field Day (oooh, I remember those), the chance to be outside away from the books.

 

Our other pick this week was from Michaela with her Easter card `Chicken Knittle` card. The detail and colors on this card was just amazing, Michaela!

Here is the Top 2 Pick badge for your blog.
Congratulations and thanks for playing!!

The glue has dried on the DT projects for this week and we`re ready to go. We hope you stick us on your calendar and play along!

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!