Use Your Stuff

Monday, October 25, 2021

#434 - Hallowe'en or Pumpkins

Hey everyone! Welcome to another fun challenge with us at Use Your Stuff. Our theme for the next 2 weeks is Halloween or pumpkins! This should be an easy one for you!

Let's check out what the DT has created!

Gail

A Halloween/Birthday card for a friend.

Helen

I've made a pumpkin themed 'thank you' card using a stamp set from The Card Hut and some Stampin' Up patterned paper which I've had for a long time!

Amanda

This is a page I am finally getting to scrapping from my son's first Halloween!

Doreen

Page 2 of my 2-Page August 2021 Project Life Spread, has pumpkins as I document the start of Pumpkin Spice Season:

Renee

Card I made using a free coloring page and Copic Markers

Julene

Some really great projects and I hope that you will play along with us too!

You have until November 6th to link below.

Monday, October 4, 2021

#433 A Double Trouble Collaboration

Hey everyone! As you can see we are a week early with our next challenge! That's because we are happy to be collaborating once again with Double Trouble Challenges!

Our theme for this challenge which will run from October 4th (a week early) until October 23rd...is AUTUMN/FALL~!

The Double Trouble Challenge is below!

If you are playing along with our challenge, be sure to play along with the one over on the Double Trouble blog as well!

Here are some great projects from the DT :

Dawn

Helen

Tammy

Doreen

I do LOVE Fall...
As is evident by the Jack-O-Lantern scarf I'm wearing in my 6x8 Traditional Paper Layout- and nope I couldn't wait until October to start wearing it; Sept 27th, so close!

Stephanie

For my project, I decided to feature one of my favorite Halloween pictures of my daughter posing with her carved pumpkins. As an added bonus, I used a spider web as my "fall garland."

Renee

For this challenge, I used my monthly overview page to do a fall spread with all things orange, pumpkin spice and warm fuzzies.

We can't wait to see what you create for your own project! Thanks for stopping by everyone and happy crafting!

Monday, September 27, 2021

Hey everyone! We are taking a walk through the past for this new challenge. Our theme is Retro. Now if you are unfamiliar, retro means imitative of a style, fashion, or design from the recent past. Maybe for you, retro is out of the 60s or maybe its the 80s. It could be a pattern, it could be a theme etc. This is a pretty broad challenge and we can't wait to see what you do with it!

Check out these cool projects from the DT!

Gail

DOREEN

So technically my layout isn't retro...yet!

But it will be someday! LOL

I was inspired by the music themed art to create this

12x12 Traditional Paper layout about my current character obsession:

Ned from the Twenty-One Pilots "Chlorine" video.

Isn't he cute?!

I used a really old 12x12 PP, a really old sticker border and a few other old-ish

items from my stash

Read more about my layout and my process on my blog.

You can also watch the "Chlorine" video and see Ned in action! :)

Julene

We visited a retro store while on holidays.

Helen

For me retro means going back to the 1980s when I was a teenager. Cassette tapes were seen as really modern then and the ultimate tape was a mix tape. I've used a stamp from Visible Image plus some retro style backing paper to make my card - I still love listening to the songs from 1982!

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Monday, September 13, 2021

#431 Back To School/Primary Colors

Well I'm sure school in whatever form that may be is up and running for most of us. We are using that as our theme this week! Show us back to school projects or ones that focus on the primary colors of red, yellow, blue and let's throw in green too as the focal point!

Let's see what the DT has created to inspire you this week!

Dawn

Helen

Julene

(School reunion)

Monday, August 30, 2021

#430 Anything Goes

It's a free week for the DT this month and so as always our challenge is Anything Goes! Show us what you are working on this week!

Here's some of the latest projects from the DT!

Dawn

Helen

Amanda

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

# 428 Highlights

Thanks everyone for playing along with this challenge. We weren't sure how it would go over!

Here are the top 3 in no particular order!

#1 Donna W

#31 Repolainen

#14 Betta Scrap

Ladies, be sure to grab your badge blog from the sidebar. Congratulations!

Thanks again to everyone who played along and we hope that you will join us for our current water/beach theme challenge.

Monday, August 16, 2021

#429 Water/Beach

Happy Summer everyone! We are happy to bring you this week's challenge! Let's see all those BEACH OR WATER projects.... could be a trip to a beach, an ocean cruise, maybe its a beachy card...whatever you create we want to see it!

Look at what the DT has for you!

Gail

For a closer look at each card, check out my blog.

Doreen

Hamlet bobbing for raisins in his pool.

My way of helping him cool off.

I also sprayed him w/ the hose, which is not something he would let

me do if he wasn't otherwise occupied w/ food.

6x8 Traditional Paper Layout

Dawn

Julene

Helen

I have used a topper from Making Cards magazine to make my card. It reminds me of a village in Cornwall and childhood holidays spent with my grandparents.