Use Your Stuff: 2023

Monday, December 4, 2023

#481- Double Trouble Collaboration

Hey everyone! Welcome to our very last challenge here at Use Your Stuff. We decided to go out with a bang and so we are doing a Collaboration with Double Trouble Challenges! Be sure to link up your projects with them as well as with us! You can use the link here!

This challenge will run until the 31st of December on both our blog and the Double Trouble one!

Check out the images below so that you can create your project to play along with both of us!!

You are going to need a die cut image for your project for the Double Trouble portion.

Our portion of the challenge is to Wrap it Up, so use things like ribbon, twine, bows, washi, etc.

Here's what the DT has for you!

As this is our last challenge, I have a little giveaway for you. I will randomly be picking 5 entries to receive a crafty surprise from me, so make sure you play along. You are welcome to enter as many times as you wish, but you must play along with both blogs, and the giveaway will be open internationally. Winners will be posted here on January 2nd so watch for it!

Gail

Amanda

Helen

Haven

Monday, November 27, 2023

All Good Things.............

Hey there all of our dear friends and challenge enthusiasts. It is with a heavy heart that I am here to announce on behalf of the design team that Use Your Stuff will be closing our blog as of December 31st, 2023.

On behalf of our current Design Team and all of our team members in the past, we thank you so very very much for being with us every challenge and sharing with us your joy and love of creating. We have been so proud to have been here to help stimulate your creativity and crafting!

We do have a challenge today and then we have a final challenge next week that will go for all of December that will co-ordinate with Double Trouble which we are super excited for!

We wish you nothing but love and joy going forward and we look forward to still seeing many of you on your blogs and in other challenges.

#480- Shine Bright

Shine Bright - Use bling or something that gives off light.

You can also highlight items that give off light in real-life lamps, twinkle lights, sun, etc.

Amanda
I used some stickles on my snowflakes to give them some sparkle
along with a gem sticker in the center of each one.

Haven

I went with some almost dried-out stickles in blue and small clear rhinestones around the star, along the top of the photos, and a larger one on the camera lens. I also used some puffy stars as those give off light in real life

Gail

This cool light up cupcake card was taught to me by instructor, Meghann Andrew!

Monday, November 13, 2023

#479- Winter/ Snow

(Hey Everyone! Looks like we had a bit of a Blogger glitch with today's post...bear with us as I think it is fixed but it might take a little bit more time for the inlinkz code to work, Feel free to leave your link in the comments if you can't link up yet. )

Our theme for this challenge is Winter or Snow! Not sure if you have any yet where you might be, but definitely tis the season! We look forward to your amazing projects and here are some from the design team to get you into that Winter Wonderland frame of mind!!!

Amanda

There is certainly never any shortage of snow where I live!

Haven

Stephanie

Monday, October 30, 2023

#496- Anything goes

We have a bonus challenge this month with an anything-goes theme, so show us your project . Let's see what you are working on this week! Feel free to enter as many times as you would like. Let's sneak a peek into what the DT is working on this week!

Amanda

A couple of Halloween cards to celebrate the season!

Haven

Monday, October 16, 2023

#495- Autumn mood board

Hey everyone! We are excited to see your Autumn projects for this week's challenge. All those pretty fall colors and themes. Check out these great DT projects! We have this awesome mood board to help you along!

Haven

Amanda

Gail

Monday, October 2, 2023

#494- Small type

Welcome to October everyone! Hard to believe we are in fall already!

Our first challenge of the month is

Small type ( use small words or alphabet or your project).

This should be a pretty easy one, so we can't wait to see what you create!

Here are this week's DT projects to help inspire you!

Haven

Stephanie

Amanda

Monday, September 18, 2023

#493- Hand draw lines

Hi everyone! We have such a simple challenge for you this week! We just want to see some hand-drawn lines on your project! It could be a faux border, a squiggle, part of a design, a mat around a picture, lots of possibilities. Let's see where the design team went with this one!

Gail

I drew the dashed border around the edge...

Amanda

Haven

Lines for journaling and XC logo

Monday, September 4, 2023

#492- Borders

Hey everyone! Welcome to this week's challenge which is Borders! They can be on top, on the bottom, side, decorative or plain. Show us what you can create! Now for a few DT projects to get you started!

Haven

Tammy

Monday, August 21, 2023

#491- Vintage

Hey there everyone! Another great challenge is coming your way! Our theme this go round is

Vintage (add some sort of vintage element, think lace, pearls, images). Shabby chic also works for this theme too.

We are excited to see what you come up with! Check out these projects from the DT.

Amanda

I used pearls, lace, a doily and buttons here!

GAIL

What's more vintage than a 1920s Flapper Gal!

Monday, August 7, 2023

#490 - Recycled, Upcycles

Ohh, a fun challenge for you this week folks! Our theme is Recycled, Upcycled! Your challenge is to add something to your project that was once something else!

It could be cardboard, or perhaps you used some saran wrap or bubble wrap to do a mixed media element, what about a napkin technique, or maybe even cutting out some elements from magazines or flyers as die cuts. Lots of exciting possibilities for this one!

Let's see what the DT has created for you!

Haven: Not a papercraft but an upcycled project nonetheless

Helen - a recycled Christmas card front

Sunday, August 6, 2023

Highlights for #488 summer mood board and #489 small clusters

Summer is quickly flying by and I'm trying to catch up on the features post so we will have both the summer mood board and small cluster challenge highlighted this time around. As always thanks for joining us at Use Your Stuff

#488 Summer mood board

Haven: I picked #8 Trijntje. I love all the tropical layers and images

#489 small clusters

Haven: #24 Melanie that cluster of wonky birds is too cute and the sentiment is perfect

Monday, July 24, 2023

#489 - Three item cluster

Hi All! Welcome to another challenge to get your stuff used up and get the creative mojo flowing. Today we want you to create some 3 piece clusters! All that means is there needs to be a grouping of 3 items on your project. It could be 3 of the same items or 3 different ones together, same size, different sizes, same color or different colors...play around with it, and see what you come up with! Just remember that the 3 items have to be together in some form, not spread out around your project.

Check out these great ideas from the DT!

Gail

Helen

Amanda

Haven

Monday, July 10, 2023

#488- Summer Moodboard

Now that we are well into summer it's time for the Use Your Stuff summer mood board challenge.
Make a project inspired by the board. There are so many great elements on this board to choose from. It could be colors, textures, shapes, themes or icons....what inspires you?? The DT has found some amazing inspiration in this board.

Stephanie:

When I saw the mood board for this challenge, I instantly thought of the pictures I snapped in Costa Rica of my daughter & the beautiful foliage everywhere we looked.

Sunday, July 9, 2023

Highlights for #487 Heart

We "loved" seeing all the ways you use hearts in your projects. Thanks for sharing them with us.

Here are a few of my favorites

#13 Heather

#8 Pauline

#4 Bonnie

Thanks for playing along everyone and be sure to check out our next challenge!

Featured artists make sure to grab your badge from the sidebar.

Monday, June 26, 2023

#487 - Hearts

** hey everyone, there was an issue with the link for the hearts challenge...if you happened to link up with that last one, could you please relink using the one below! ***

Hello one and all! What a turn out for our flowers challenge! Thank you all so much for playing along with us. Amazing creations!
Well it's time to announce this week's challenge......it's HEARTS!
Create any project you desire, as long as we can see some hearts on it! If you are at a loss for inspiration, look no further than down below with the DT creations and I know that something there will spark your imagination!
Happy crafting everyone!

Gail