Use Your Stuff

Monday, May 18, 2020

#398 Patterns

Are you ready for this week's challenge? It's a fun one and totally unique to you! Our challenge is to use PATTERNS on your project...It could be your paper, how you use your embellishments, or a pattern in your paper or design. It is pretty open to interpretation and this is how the DT has figured it out for them!

Our challenge runs from May 18th to May 30th.

Feel free to enter as many times as you wish, as long as you link back with each entry.

Julene

Doreen

I love Patterned Papers and am trying to get through my stash of them without buying

more! As someone who has recently fallen in love w/ Pocket Pages, I have decided to use PPs, cut as cards, to to fit into my pockets. I also carried the same paper over to the top card and cut it in half-circle embellishments to pull more of the pattern into the page:

Gail

A good way to use up scraps of patterned paper on a card.

Renee

I rarely use patterned papers, so this week had me thinking, I was able to incorporate patterned sticker paper into my planner spread for this week. After it was complete, I really loved this layout. I will have to incorporate patterns more often.

Monday, May 4, 2020

#397 Flowers and/or Butterflies

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Happy Monday! Ready for this challenge! I keeping with all things spring, our challenge is to use flowers and/or butterflies on your projects. You can use one or the other or a combination of both! The choice is yours and we can't wait to see what you picked! Check out what the DT has for you!

This challenge runs from May 4th until May 16th!

Julene

Stephanie

Doreen

For this challenge I chose flowers.

I used a BG paper w/ flowers to highlight this photo of me and our Mini-Potbelly Pig,
Hamlet, cuddling (12x12 Traditional):

Amanda

I couldn't decide so I did one of each. One card for my mom

and one for my mother in law for Mother's Day.

Karrie

Monday, April 20, 2020

#396 Mood Board

Hey everyone! Happy Monday, I hope that you are keeping calm and trying to get some creating in during these times! I know our team is.

On that note, we have a fun mood board challenge for you!

Some great pastels, ovals, bunnies & eggs, flowers and pennants! So many things to draw from. We can't wait to see what you come up with! Don't forget to link back to us....

The challenge will run from Monday April 20th until Saturday May 2nd. Don't forget to link below!

Gail

Here's my card. I was inspired by the mason jar, flowers and kraft colour of the banner.

Julene

I was inspired by the circles on the hats and macroons plus the pastel yellow on the pennant.

Doreen

Well, the Mood Board pretty much screamed "Easter" to me, and though we just had an Easter challenge, I just went w/ it anyway...

Renee

I found inspiration from the board by using the color palette. I loved the muted versions of some of my favorite colors. I used those colors to make a card to send to a friend during the shelter in place.

Amanda

I was inspired by the purples, the banner, the ribbon on the hats and the overall Easter theme.

Monday, April 6, 2020

#395 Easter

Happy Easter Month everyone!
That's our challenge for you this week....create a project that highlights EASTER .

Julene

Stephanie

Karrie

Doreen

I don't celebrate Easter but this (6x12) Carrot Cake pocket page layout is pretty Easter-y

especially with the cute googly-eyed bunny sticker:

Amanda

This was my son's first Easter, back in 2013.

Tina

Our 2nd Annual Easter Egg Hunt with our Grandkids in 2013

Monday, March 16, 2020

#394 Spring

Has it happened where you are??? Are the signs of spring there? We want to see them in your projects for this challenge....

Our theme is SPRING!

Create a project with a spring theme....Maybe it's colors, maybe it's flowers, maybe it's a spring event that you like to do...show us..tell us about it!

Here's what the DT has created for you to show how they see spring!

Gail

Spring is in the air!

Julene

Doreen

During Spring, Sees Candies brings out

these YUMMY flavors of lollipops: Strawberries and Cream and Oranges and Cream

2 page Travelers Notebook layout

Heather R

I did a LO using photos from Epcot's Flower and Garden Festival...nobody does SPRING like Disney!

Renee

I have a fascination with Peeps right now. They are so cute, but we rarely eat them. I made a Spring card using a Peeps cut file.

Amanda

Spring always makes me think of flowers!

Don't forget to link up by Saturday March 28th at 6pm MST. Enter as many times as you like, but no back linking and be sure to link back to our challenge.

Happy Creating!

Monday, March 2, 2020

#393 - Use Your Favorite Embellishment

Like the title says, this week's challenge is to USE YOUR FAVORITE EMBELLISHMENT.

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That one item that is your go to and just can't have enough of in your stash.....let's see it!

Check out the DT's favourites below!

Julene
I always like using brads. On this layout I scattered them to create more background interest.

Karrie

Mine is Patterned Paper! Is so much fun to mix and match it, cut it up, or fussy cut it,
layer it, frame with it, it's the best thing and you can never have too much of it imo.

Stephanie

I love banners! I love premade ones like the ones draping my picture. I love ones that accent the top of the page that are simply strips of paper. I think banners add a fun little oomph to a layout.

This challenge closes at 6pm MST on March 14th! Enter as many times as you like but be sure to link back to our challenge please!&nbsp

Monday, February 17, 2020

#392 Circles

Hey everyone! New challenge day..woohooo!!!

This challenge's theme is CIRCLES!

For your project please add some circles! It could be in some of your embellishments, the shape of your project, some die cuts...it's totally up to you! Here's what the ladies have created to share with you today.

Gail

Space...the final frontier...

Julene

Heather R

Amanda

Doreen

Circles are my favorite shape in general and favorite shape for scrapbooking.

I always like to either add a circle (or polka dot) PP, photo mat, or embellishment(s).

On my layout I used a colorful circle PP for the BG and a medium-sized circle photo mat to highlight my bottom photo. I also used a small circle punch to punch out a clown face from a clown PP.