Challenge #44: Ink It Up...Finally

Welcome to another Use It Tuesday, Users!

Just another quick reminder that our Open Design Team Call for our January 1 to June 30, 2013 term closes on November 30th. If you're interested, please check out this post to read all about it.

What do we have for you this week? Well, it's a favorite around here...it's UN-INKED STAMP WEEK. There's no excuse not to play along. If you do not have at least one un-inked stamp sitting on your shelf, then come on over to my house. I could keep us both going with this challenge for the next few months! 

***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 to this blog post using Inlinkz by Friday December 7, 2012. No blog? No problem! Just use keyword USE044 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 find out what our Design Team had hiding on their shelves:

Cathy has one of those stamps that we love to hate. You know, the really beautiful image, but no idea how or where to use it? She also used, of all things, bubble wrap from last Christmas to lightly stamp some paint in the corners of the card. How inventive is that!?!

Caroli took awhile to find a stamp for this challenge...not because she didn't have one, but because she had too many!!! She ended up decorating the background of her layout with tiny flowers and snowflakes. She also cracked the seal on some MME brads that have been around for a year.

Danielle stepped away from her usual layouts to bring us this gorgeous holiday card using an un-inked background stamp. She also used some of her lesser used cardstock colors to dress her adorable snowmen.

Stephanie's use of un-inked stamps are effective, but you have to look closely...see those tags at the top of her picture? The red, orange and cream one? They hide another picture behind the main image, but they also utilize some un-inked Stella and Rose stamps that she's had for a year and a half. Neat!

Haven brought along a Guest Designer this week...her daughter! The stamp this designer (and her assistant) chose to use is un-inked, but hasn't been sitting in her stash for quite as long as the "I Love You" tags from a garage sale 3 years ago or the patterned background inked with 10 year old ink (look, still juicy!). A beautiful work of art, ladies!

Marjolaine won this stamp set a few months ago and decided this challenge was a great time to ink it up. The bonus? She discovered another set of stamps in the package that she knew nothing about! Hopefully they get used before our next "un-inked" challenge!

Heather just HAD to have this stamp set from an SU Holiday Mini before it disappeared "forever". Funny thing, "forever" only lasted until the next catalogue came out and lo and behold, there the set was again!! Despite it being a "must have" it's sat un-used on the shelf for some time and was crying for some attention.

And Tammy pulled out this beautiful, but hard to use, stamp from her stash, along with some Basic Grey papers, pearls and ribbon that have been around for awhile.

And, Sherri is our Guest Designer this week!! She had a Jillibean Soup Travel Stamp set from a kit...ready for this?...TWO summers ago! She paired it with some patterned paper that's been hoarded for "months and months" for this perfectly themed Vegas vacation layout. Thanks for playing with us again, Sherri.

It's your turn! Get Inky and 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 #43: WINNERS!!!

We had a great week here at Use It Tuesday with our "Be Thankful" challenge and we're very thankful for the 52 great entries we had to look at this week. Way to go!

Our winner this week, chosen by the always wise InLinkz froggie is Loretta Lock. She made this gorgeous Fall card. If you have a moment, you should swing by her blog and check out the detailed pictures of her coloring. She's very talented!

Loretta, we hope you'll come back and play with us again as a Guest Designer! In addition please feel free to add this badge to your blog. Congratulations, and thanks for playing with us!

Now we turn to our wise Design Team to hear what they've got up their sleeves for our Design Team Top 2 picks. We congratulate:

Monica with her "perfect" layout commemorating her "engaging" day on the slopes.

And Kimberly Bennett with her beautiful memory book full of "special little things" that remind her of all the things she's thankful for in her life.

Here is the Top 2 Pick badge for your blog, Ladies. Thanks for playing!!

We can't say it enough, thank you for returning to Use It Tuesday again and again to play with us. We'll see you tomorrow, November 27th, with our new Use It Tuesday challenge.


See you then, Users!

Challenge #43: Be Thankful

Welcome to another Use It Tuesday, Users!

Before we start our challenge this week, we want to remind you that we are currently having an Open Design Team Call for our January 1 to June 30, 2013 term. If you love to craft, long to inspire and live to USE IT, then we want to hear from you!!! Head on over to this post to read all about it.

Today, we're celebrating. Celebrating you, me, family, friends, our blessings, successes, triumphs, the big things and the little things. That's right, we're asking you to Be Thankful. 

***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 to this blog post using Inlinkz by Friday November 23, 2012. No blog? No problem! Just use keyword USE043 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!

Before you go, we're thankful to our Design Team who provided some inspiration for you again this week:

Haven is thankful for the opportunities, past and future, to celebrate with her in-laws. She knows they won't always be there and wanted to commemorate the great memories. Not only that, but she selected things from her stash that were passed on to her from their stash, namely the background paper, leaves and journal box.

Caroli big blessing in life is her daughter, a frequent subject of her wonderful layouts here at UIT. This week, she used her hoarded Pebbles "Sunnyside" collection. This collection is so loved by Caroli that no other project seemed "good enough" for the paper before now. We're so thankful she shared today!

Stephanie is hard at work on a thankful mini album. This is the cover, which uses hoarded eyelets (wow, somebody uses those things?) and felt embellishments from almost a year ago. You can see more of her beautiful album pages on her blog this week.

Marjolaine found inspiration in this week's challenge to make a gratitude journal. She also wins the prize for oldest supply this week with some 3-year-old Fancy Pants paper and old file folders. Marjolaine also "shared" her stash this week. The triangles on her project were from some costume jewellry passed to her when her Grandmother passed away. Previous to this, no project has been special enough to incorporate them.

Danielle celebrates her friendship with the person whose always there...in good times and bad. She used that paper collection we all have... you know, the one just too special to use for anything but the best project? For her, that was this hoarded MME Your Heart Collection.

Victoria is queen of the super adorable cards and this week is no exception! She took some cardstock she got for a fantastic price, an in-inked stamp, some embossing powder from her stash and some leftover ribbon to make this card of thanks.

Cathy shows her thanks with this beautiful thank you card. She used a hoarded paper pack from well over a year ago and pearl embellishments that tend to sit in her stash for ages. She also pulled out a favorite stamp set that hasn't been used in quite awhile. Don't you love it when you return to old favorites?

Heather made a thanksgiving themed card from a hoarded card kit in her collection (which is quite extensive). The other "hoarding" fact? She actually started this one for a challenge a couple weeks back and didn't get it done in time...but, it worked today!

Tess pawed through her extensive paper and flower collection to find these coordinating beauties for this elegant note of thanks. Love that hand doodling around the edge!

 
Tammy used her retired Basic Grey "Eva" collection for this card, along with some wood accent she received in a swap. 

And this week's Guest Designer is Susan Martin and she created this beautiful thanksgiving card using several hoarded papers from "ages ago". To quote her, "look, they still work!" We love your project Susan, and your sense of humor. 

It's your turn! Show us your orange and 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!

It's a Design Team Call!!

Design Team Call!

Since we only play the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month, there was no challenge for you this week, but we did want to give you a reason to come by and check us out. Use It Tuesday is preparing for the New Year with an Open Design Team Call!  Please read below for all of the details!

This will be Use It Tuesday's 4th Design Team call and we encourage people from all experience levels to apply.

Term: January 1 to June 30, 2013

Requirements:
- have an online gallery and/or a blog
- if you have a blog, you need to be a follower of Use It Tuesday to apply :)
- have a Facebook account or a willingness to make one
- be able to work with deadlines
- make and post 2 inspiration projects per month
- comment on players’ projects
- be a team player
- have a positive attitude

Interested? Please email the following completed application to UseItTuesday@gmail.com by Friday November 30th.

1. Name
2. Links to your online galleries and/or blog
3. Your previous DT experience, if any.
4. Please tell us a little about yourself.
5. How did you hear about our DT Call?
6. Have you played with us previously?
7. Please tell us why you would like to be on our team.
8. Please share one fun fact about yourself.

Thanks and we look forward to hearing from you!!

Challenge #42: WINNERS!!

We're very sorry this post is a bit late. I'd blame it on technical difficulties, but in this case the difficulties were all manual! We all have those weeks once in awhile, right?

On with the show, the "orange" show, that is. We had a great time perusing the orange creations an d we hope you did too!

Our winner this week is Sherri with her fabulous scrapbook page. I love the different ways she used that  same orange chevron patterned paper:

 

Sherri will be asked to join us in a future challenge as a Guest Designer and we sure hope she'll take us up on our offer! In addition to playing along with the Use It Tuesday Design Team, she can add this fabulous badge to her blog. Congratulations, and thanks for playing with us!

Once again, our Design Team had lots of fabulous entries to browse through in our search for our Design Team Top 2 picks. In the end, the honor for this week goes to:

blackdragon with her super creative and pumpkin-y themed Halloween kitchen:

And Riti with her eye-catching Diwali card:

Here is the Top 2 Pick badge for your blog, Ladies. Thanks for playing!!

Thank you to everyone for your inspiration week after week.
Due to another five week month, we have a short break here at Use It Tuesday and will be back next week, November 13th for our next Use It Tuesday challenge.

See you then, Users!