Saturday, March 31, 2012

Saturday Shout Out

Hello! I hope this finds you enjoying your weekend or the start of it anyway!  You all sure had fun with the buttons and bows challenge- such gorgeous entries!

The top three fantastic projects for Challenge 44 are:

Carol




Pauline 



and Teresa:



Thanks to all who played along with us last week we really appreciate your participation and support.  You can still join in our current challenge right here!

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Shopping Our Stash Challenge 45: Circles or Dots

Hello there! This week at Shopping Our Stash we are asking you to shop your stash for circles and/or dots- anything from circle nesties, punches, polka dots, patterned paper with a circular motif, round buttons, doilies,  hand-cut or drawn circles- it all works!


We are thrilled be sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps this week, so that means one randomly drawn winner will receive 7 digi stamps!  Check back next week to see if you are the lucky winner!

First off, from the super talented Bugaboo Design Team we have:


Linda J


and Yvonne aka Scrappy



Such cute cards!

And from the SOS Crew:


Lauren


 Carla



 Leslie


Alica




Crystal




Deena


Natalie



Paige


Hope to see your dotty/circular creations this week!






Saturday, March 24, 2012

Saturday Shout Out

Good morning!
Are you curious about Top 3 for our Food/Drink related challenge?
Big Thank You to everyone for playing along with us. All the creations were wonderful, so it was really hard to pick only 3 - but here they are:

Anne from StargrovesJo Ham from It's My Creative World
Candy Blake from Stampin With Candy

Fantastic projects ladies! Be sure to grab the Top 3 Badge from our sidebar.

There is still plenty of time to play along in the current challenge- Buttons and/or Bows.

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Shopping Our Stash Challenge 44: Buttons and/or Bows

Hello everyone!  This week here at Shopping Our Stash we are asking you to pull out your buttons and/or bows! This is a super easy challenge that will get you to use some stash pretty quickly!

Let's see what the SOS Crew has come up with!

And we haven't forgotten about the guest designer spots...I am still under the weather but will be in touch soon if you have emailed me or put GDT after your name on entries, and it's not too late!  Just drop me an email if you would like to be a Guest Designer for an upcoming challenge or just put GDT after your name on your entry!

Also we are sad to say goodbye to Lisa this week who has decided to step down from the team for now...we all have LOVED her fabulous creations and support! We hope she will pop in again in the future!  Stop by her blog and see the details on this gorgeous creation!

Lisa


 Crystal



Alica



 Deena


Leslie


 Natalie


Paige






Saturday, March 17, 2012

Saturday Shout Out

Good Morning!
Is it Spring yet? It sure looks like it here - we are enjoying a spell of un-seasonally warm weather and I'm really thankful for it.
Before we announce Top 3 for our Embossing/Meljen's challenge I just want to thank everybody for playing along with us at Shopping Our Stash . We really love to see your wonderful creations every week and don't forget - the faster you use up your old stash, the sooner you can buy some new goodies - guilt free ;)

Margie Calenda from Bella Bug Creations

Shelby from Color of Happy
Dee from Dee's Designs BlogFantastic projects ladies! Be sure to grab the Top 3 Badge from our sidebar.

There is still plenty of time to play along in our Food/Drink related challenge.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Shopping Our Stash Challenge 43: Food/Beverage

Hello everyone!  I am so glad you stopped in at Shopping Our Stash!  This week our challenge is to raid your stash and uncover those items that are food or beverage related- think coffee, tea, cakes, kitchen fare, anything related to food or drink will work!

We also have two announcements:

The winner of 4 digi images from Meljen's Designs for Challenge 42 is:
Joann/Raggedy Jo!  Joann, please email Nicole at  nicole.anderson@insightbb.com with your choice of 4 Meljen's images!

and a special welcome to our Guest Designer: Natalie!  Be sure to stop bny her gallery at SCS!  We just love her style and are delighted to have her!

If you would like to join us as a Guest Designer for an upcoming Challenge   just send an email to me at scrappypug@gmail dot com or put GDT after your entry and each week we will feature one or two Guest Designers!  Be sure you have a link to your email or send it to me so I can contact you.  


And now for some yummy appetizers from the SOS Crew:


 Alica



Carla



 Crystal



 Deena



 Leslie



 Natalie



Paige







Saturday, March 10, 2012

Saturday Shout Out

A great thank you to each of you for playing along with us at Shopping Our Stash! We truly enjoy seeing what you have created each week and appreciate the kind comments and support! You all certainly did a fantastic job on the Sentiment Challenge.

And here are our Top3 picks:
Allisa from Rocky Mountain Paper Crafts
Donna from Popsicle Toes
Glenda Atkins from Gilby's Corner
Fantastic projects ladies! Be sure to grab the Top 3 Badge from our sidebar.

There is still plenty of time to play along in the current challenge- Embossing or Meljens.

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

SOS Challenge 42: Embossing or Meljens

Hello and welcome to Shopping Our Stash!  This week we have another easy challenge that hopefully inspires you to use your stash- this time of embossing powers or embossing folders!  Any kind of embossing (wet or dry)  is all it takes to play along with us this week.  

Before we take a look at the DT creations, we have to announce the winners of  two earlier challenges! 
  From Challenge 39: Metal Mania sponsored by Dilly Beans Stamps the winner is


and for Challenge 41 sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps (to use a sentiment) the randomly selected winner is 
Jo Ham at It's My Creative World!   Jo and Lizy  if you email me at scrappypug at gmail dot com or use the contact me button I will get your prizes sent to you!


This week we are lucky to be sponsored by Meljen's Designs!


Meljen's Designs is a lovely stamp company owned and illustrated by Melissa Jenkins. She illustrates whimsical rubber and digital images inspired by her kids and family. Meljen's Designs has new releases along with a new challenge every Thursday, freebies every Monday and a Guest Designer each month at the Meljen's Designs Blog. Please visit the Meljen's Designs line of stamps at our store HERE to browse through all of Melissa's lovely designs! You can also see Melissa's rubber stamps at her corner of Whimsy Stamps, too!

Meljen's is graciously offering one randomly selected winner their  choice of 4 Digi Stamps!  


Now onto the SOS Crew Creations!


Alica


Crystal



Deena



Leslie





Paige




Carla

Be on the lookout for YOUR chance to join the Crew as a Guest Designer!  Details will be announced soon!  








Saturday, March 3, 2012

Saturday Shout Out

Good morning! We had a crazy night with strong gusts of wind - whole house was creaking and banging so I didn't get much sleep. So without much talk here are our Top 3 from our inspiration challenge:
Smilyn Stef from Ingenious Inkling
Jan G from Scrap'n SurpriseCarol L from Our Little Inspiration

Fantastic projects ladies! Be sure to grab the Top 3 Badge from our sidebar.

There is still plenty of time to play along in the current challenge- Sentiments required.