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!

Challenge #48: Winners!

You guys never cease to amaze us with your creativity!!  We loved all the projects and plays on the color scheme.   They certainly warmed our winter days!

This week, Inlinkz pulled Melanie's gem out of the hat.  Melanie made this sweet sympathy card;  I have to say, this will certainly warm the heart of someone who is hurting. 

Thanks for playing, Melanie!  Feel free to add this badge to your blog and we hope you'll be back with us soon for your Guest Designer spot.

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

Leslie made this 'epic' birthday card using all the colors in our challenge:

 

And Jessica had a party with our color palette and made this darling layout:

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 12th with our next challenge!

Challenge #48: Warm It Up: Use Red, Orange and Yellow

Happy Tuesday Users!

Use It Tuesday is so very blessed to have Users from around the world playing with us each week. Some of you will probably be reading this in shorts with your bottle of sunscreen. But here in the Northern Hemisphere, where Use It Tuesday originates, we're stuck in the middle of winter
and looking for signs of spring.

To get us out of those mid-winter blues, we want to you to
"Warm It Up: Use Red, Orange and/or Yellow".

Please make a project that uses at least one of these colors.

***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 February 1, 2013. No blog? No problem! Just use keyword USE048 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:

Stacey kicks things off with these adorable flip flops! She used a pattern paper stack that's been in her stash for almost two years and orange bling that's never been opened. And those cute Flip Flops? From a Cricut cartridge that saw use for only the second time.

Sherri scrapped this sweetie using a hoarded Crate Paper collection, embellishments and the Evalicious flair badge. Bow, wow, WOW!!

Heather had a colored image without a project home, so gave it one for this challenge. She also pulled out her scraps for those flags and the red rhinestones, which have been in her stash for several years.

Danielle challenged herself to use a color that doesn't often hit her projects. This Echo Park paper kit had a yellow theme, sitting unused on her shelf. She pulled it out for this darling layout.

Stephanie used some almost 3 year old Creative Memories papers for this layout, along with her twine which often gets forgotten in the scrap stash. Love the colors!!

Tracy punched her way through this challenge and used up scraps from a K&Company stack from about 3 years ago. The beautiful flowers on her layout and the letters are some old favorites, having been in her stash for almost 6 years (wow!). 

Nicole made this terrific layout using washi tapes and other smash book items she's had in her stash since they first came out. She also found an unopened package of decorative paperclips and put them to good use too. 

Our Guest Designer this week comes from our 2103 challenge at the end of last year. Sheena B make us this beautiful card. She dove into her paper flower stash to rescue those beauties for this challenge. Thanks for joining us, Sheena!!

And we are also honored to have our winner from Challenge #45 design for us as well!  Ruthie made this beautiful Valentine's Day card from recycled paper she made herself!  Thanks for joining us, Ruthie!

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 #47: Winners!!

We had another great challenge here at Use It Tuesday and we were excited to see everyone's 

sparkle and glitter filled projects !

Inlinkz did it's magical thing and choose Kym's Crafty Cards as our challenge winner. Kym used some glittery holographic paper on her project. 

We were also impressed that her crafty efforts go towards helping different charities. Way to go, Kym!! Feel free to add this badge to your blog and we hope you'll be back with us soon for your Guest Designer spot.

The Design Team had so much fun admiring the twinkle and glimmer of this weeks' projects. We chose these two as our favorites for this challenge:

Melanie Reid with her super cool Halloween Advent calendar. What a nifty idea! And, we loved her use of the glitter glass on her lettering as well as the itty bitty sparkles on those cute bats!

 

And Marlene Gomez with her 3D Stacked Snowman. Marlene simulated snow using glitter glue to add her sparkle. She also used an embossing folder that hasn't been loved in awhile.

Melanie and Marlene, 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 tomorrow with our next challenge!

Challenge #47: Make It Sparkle!!

Hello Users!

I'm sure more than a few of us are attracted to sparkly things. Whether it's bling, glitter, mists, stones, papers, embellishments or pearls...you must have SOMETHING in your stash to  
Make it Sparkle!!

***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 January 18, 2013. No blog? No problem! Just use keyword USE047 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 from our new Design Team to get you started: 

Stacey found this old glitter paper stack for her card, along with a glittered white frame. She also added bling that's been right at home in her collection for at least the last year.

Danielle claims she's not a glitter girl, but she sure can use it!! Her gorgeous uses hoarded glimmer mist and silver washi tape from over a year ago (and never used before). Plus, she found some Sassafras paper scraps that might be almost 6 years old!!

Tracy found a lonely piece of white glitter cardstock in her scraps box for this challenge. And those glitter letters? At least 5 years old! The ribbon, ribbon charm and black glitter paper also comes from her scrappy stash. What a great start to your "Using", Tracy! Will you have anything left for the next challenge?

Tammy revved up her Sweethearts cartridge to make this card, adding some bling from her stash and smooch spritz on the envelope to make it special!

Stephanie pulled this black and white patterned paper from a glitter stack that is at least 4 years old. She also used some blue tread from a Sew Easy tool that's barely been used since it joined her craft room. 

Sherri's Christmas themed layout is perfect for this challenge!! The glittery alphas have been in her stash for years and the fabric holly has been waiting to adorn the perfect page for almost two years! Love those shiny doilies!!

Nicole has had a hard time finding the perfect project for these beautiful glitter Thickers...even today's project almost wasn't good enough, but in the end she cracked the package open. And, the clear rhinestones in the corners are so old the adhesive wouldn't stick!!

Heather searched through her stash to find the perfect "shine" for this project and found this paper with gold embossed butterflies, one of the first sheets she bought when she took up cardmaking (about 5 years ago). She accented it with some glitter that had never been opened some ribbon that was re-purposed from Christmas gift wrapping.

And Caroli cut into her Konnichiwa papers from Basic Grey, as well as a sheet of glittery paper for the page title (the black lettering). But the real hoarded item here is the layout from her vacation to Japan...in 2004!!!

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!