Challenge #64: Use Two Hoarded Items

It's Use It time!!

This week, you get to dig into your scrappy stash and come up with TWO hoarded items to use on your project. That's right, It's USE TWO week at Use it Tuesday.  

Use two hoarded items on your project.

 

***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 October 4, 2013. No blog? No problem! Just use keyword USE064 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 are the beautiful projects the design team came up with this week:

Rachel found a digital stamp in her collection that she pulled up for this card. She also had a metal template for doing the fancy cutting that's never been used. It might go right back to the bottom of the crafty stash, since it was a bit difficult to use!

Becky has a stash of baker's twine she's been hoarding (and adding to) for quite awhile. She pulled some out to use on this week's layout. She also found the "Special Event' ticket in an antique shop a number of years ago.

Jessica A cheered up a friend's day with this happy card. The flower stickers and embroidery floss are both over the 3 year mark and quickly approaching their forth birthday!

Michele's super sweet card this week uses Pebbles Chips, chipboard pieces that she bought 2 years ago when she started scrapbooking again. She also used an American Crafts sentiment sticker from a book that has been severely under appreciated - only 7 of 58 stickers used so far!

Tracy is a Use It Tuesday over-achiever this week. Instead of two items, she went with three! The patterned papers have been in her stash for about 4 years, but they're not as old as the chipboard title or the felt butterfly, which are both closer to six-years-old. 

Valentina made this gorgeous work of art this week to celebrate a golden anniversary. The paper doily on the front is VERY old and the flower bouquet for the inside of the book card is so old she can't even remember what it was recycled from! Beautiful!

Tammy pulled out one of her favorite things to hoard....Echo Park! This one is made from a mini-kit that's been waiting for love. She also found some Glitz Flare buttons that matched (lucky!). Oh, and don't forget the pictures...they're oldies by a few years too.

Jessica B practically gave herself a heart attack on this challenge, using a very beloved hoard. That flower paper, bought two years ago for a premium. But, the colors were a perfect match for this sweet picture, so she was determined to use it. The yellow shimmer paper as been in her scraps for about 3 years too. 

And, Hilde is our Guest Designer this week. She used this origami shirt that she's been hoarding and a dress die-cut she got off of ebay. Of course, then she wasn't sure what to do with then. She finally decided on this his and hers congratulations card, making it work with scraps that matched the colors in the die cuts.

Super cute, Hilde!! Thanks for coming back to play with us again.

That's it for the Design Team today, but watch for more inspiration later this week on
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Challenge #63: WINNERS!!!

We here at Use It Tuesday are blessed to have so many crafty friends, and we're glad you came by this week to find inspiration in our FRIENDSHIP challenge.

Our winner this week is Lyndal! She made this super cute "coffee and friends card" with some old papers that are - can you believe it - between 3 and 7 years old. Now that's digging to the bottom of your scrap pile!

Congrats, Lyndal! We sure hope you'll come back in a few weeks and be a Guest Designer on a future challenge. Don't forget to add this badge to your blog.

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

Lizzie R's glimmered layout caught our eye. She used her stash of glimmer paint to splatter this colorful work of art. Love it!

And Lynne in NI made this adorable zombie card with some ribbon and paper from her stash. She also pulled out an old technique, using heat embossing that she hasn't done for awhile.

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

Thanks for playing!!

We're back tomorrow with another opportunity to Use It.
We hope you find some time to join us.

Challenge #63: Friendship

 Happy Tuesday! It's doubly happy, since this is one of Tuesday's this month we post a new challenge.
You ready, Users?

Most of the kids, young and old, have headed back to school now. While days of school work may not be their first interest, I'm sure everyone is excited to see their old friends, as well as making new ones.

So, this week at Use It Tuesday, we're celebrating FRIENDSHIP.
 

***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 20, 2013. No blog? No problem! Just use keyword USE063 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!

The Design Team has some fabulous projects this week:

First up is our newest Use It Tuesday Design Team friend. We recently had to say goodbye to one of our designers, so Michele agreed to step in for the rest of the term. Here's a little bit about Michelle:

Hi, my name is Michele and I live in Salt Lake City, Utah. Stamping, scrapping and card making give me a much needed crafty break from my job as an engineer. I like to stamp and craft alongside my 3 year old daughter. I tend to prefer a more clean and simple style on my cards, but I like to layer up embellishments on my scrapbook layouts too. When I’m not crafting, I like to ski and read, and hangout with my husband and daughter. 

Michele's project this week is an eye catching "Best of Friends" card using one of the "dozens" of My Mind's Eye die cut titles in her stash. This particular title is 2 years old. Great to have you here, Michele!

Rachel used a pre-scored card and old template to do the fold-back down the side of the card. She also used and old sentiment stamp and the corners were made with a template that has been around for a few years. 

Becky made this friendly card with a sketch from a PageMaps book that hasn't been opened for over a year. The sentiment and cherries were from a stamp set bought last year and has sat mostly unused. She also found this ribbon in one of her 8 mason jars full of ribbon - if I kept my ribbon in beautiful mason jars, I think I'd have 8 of them too!! 

Jessica A pulled papers and flowers from her stash to make this gorgeous layout. Aren't those flowers arranged beautifully? The green flowers and leaves, in particular, are from almost 4 years ago!

Valentina made this tag to celebrate friendship. She bought the Tim Holtz tag die a couple of years ago, but has never used the bookmark die cut that came with it. She used handmade chipboard and kraft paper, which she has alot of, since she loves the vintage/postal style used in this tag.

Tracy chose to scrap photos of one of her best friend's beautiful family in honor of this challenge. The pattern papers are at least 4 years old and the decorative ribbon came from her Grandmother's sewing box. How old do you think it might be? 

Jessica B acknowledged the friendship between siblings with this pretty layout. The sibling themed paper has been hanging about her stash for around 3 years and the punch she used with the yellow paper has NEVER been used before (it's gorgeous!).

Tammy'slayout uses the SEI Poppy line of papers and embellishments, which has hung around for awhile. Plus, the pictures celebrating her "BFF" is from a scrapbook carnival 2 years ago. Time to get those pictures scrapped!

Nicole went desk hunting...picking a bunch of random supplies off her craft desk to create this adorably cute card. Everything on the card, with the exception of the stamps, has been in her stash for at least a year! Super cute!

And this week Use It Tuesday is lucky to have two guest Design Team members!

Alicia won our un-inked Stamp challenge a few weeks ago. She made this adorably cute House Mouse decoupage sheet, also including an old SU punch and even older brads! And, in keeping with her win theme from a few weeks ago, she even found an un-inked sentiment!

And Jane won one of our challenges a few months ago, but had to delay her Guest DT spot. We're glad she was finally able to join us this week. Jane made this beauty using "everything" hoarded. The K&Co papers are....can you believe it...10 years old!! The sentiments are from a HOTP booklet that has also been around for several years and the silhouette stamp was previously un-inked.

Thank you to both Alicia and Jane for joining us this week. Now, go Use It!

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• 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 #62: WINNERS!!

Washi tape, hexagons, kraft cardstock, chevrons, chalkboards...
So many fabulous trends out there that we've been collecting for WAY too long!

Who did our happy little Inlinz froggy pick this week? It's none other than Hilde with her paper bag mini album. She did a beautiful job with this trendy technique, making a beautiful butterfly creation using many items from her stash.

Congrats, Hilde! 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.

Twisted Witch - Lin wowed us with this awesome and tremendously detailed jewelry wrap. Her trend for this project was peel-offs, of which she claims she has an extensive collection!

And our other choice this week is ~Deanne~ with her eye-catching, bright red layout. Deanne used washi tape on her layout, in addition to some hoarded brads in her collection. 

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 #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!