Shopping Our Stash Challenge 37: People Who Need People

This week at Shopping Our Stash we are asking you to use your "people" images!  As long as it is human, it will work: kids, vintage pics, adults, teens, groups, singles, babies!

And our sponsor this week is Bugaboo Stamps!  One lucky randomly selected participant will win her choice of 7 Digi stamps!

Everything That You Ever Wanted to Know About Bugaboo Stamps: A Short Essay

As if raising five children in the frozen land of the North was not enough of a challenge, Jodie Mackrell decided to dip her cold little Canadian toes into the world of papercrafting by opening an online store full of her illustrations. That was two years ago. Today Bugaboo Stamps is one of the leading companies in digital images, and we're still growing!  From seriously snarky to sugary sweet to sublimely soulful all the way over to the other side of the super sexy spectrum, you're bound to find all that you need and more to create your paper projects.  Jodie works very hard to provide New Releases and Freebies every week! 

 If your taste runs to rubber (and you know who you are), you can find Bugaboo Stamps   at Totally Stampalicious. And finally, join the Bugaboo Stamps DT   for weekly challenges atCatch the Bug. 

And joining us today are two super talented members of the Bugaboo DT!

Sandye

Yvonne/Scrappy

And our own SOS Crew has created these for your inspiration!

Carla

June

Leslie

Paige

Alica

Crystal

Deena

So dig out your "people" stamps/images and join us!  Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Saturday Shout Out

Before we announce Top 3 for our last week'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 hit the stores and buy some new goodies (guilt free) ;)

And now in no particular order our Top 3:
Jenny B from Craft by Jenny
JoyceAnn from Addicted to fabric, paper, ink
Scrappy Sandie from Sandie's Card Garden
Congrats ladies and please grab the Top 3 badge from the sidebar.

There is still plenty of time to play along in our current challenge - beat the winter blues and create something that mostly BLUE.

Shopping Our Stash Challenge 36: Winter Blues

Hello everyone!  We are knee-deep in winter in some areas this time of year, and with colder temps and less sunshine comes Winter Blues!  But don't let our challenge title limit you to a winter theme!  As long as your project is Primarily BLUE (any shades are fine) it works!

I seem to not use a lot of blues when crafting, but I really enjoyed doing something off my normal routine- and I used up some blue stash!

So, dig thru your stash and create something that is mainly Blue!

The SOS Crew came up with these blue projects for your inspiration:

Leslie

Paige

Alica

Carla

Crystal

Deena

June

Lauren

Saturday Shout Out

Good Morning everyone! Sorry I'm late with my today's post, wen to donate blood this morning and just got back.
Are you ready for Top 3 creations from our Sparkly & Shiny challenge? Here they are:
Natali from Just becoZ of Love

Jessi Fogan from One crafty Mama

Natalie

Congrats ladies! Be sure to snag the badge from our sidebar.

Have a fantastic crafty weekend, and there is still time to join us in our current challenge!

Shopping Our Stash Challenge 35: Across the Border- Use a border punch or create a border detail

Hello everyone!  Welcome to another Challenge!  Before we get to this week's challenge, we have a couple of winners to announce!

From Challenge 33:  Rewind or use a Meljen's image:  The lucky random winner of 4 digi images from Meljen's Designs is:  Hazel!  Hazel,  to claim your prize, email Nicole with your choice of digis and indicate you won at this challenge!

and from Challenge 34: All that Glitters sponsored by Dilly Beans Stamps- the random winner is: Crystal!  Crystal if you will email me using contact button on sidebar, I will hook you up to claim your prize of 5 digi images from Dilly Beans Stamps!

Now, onto this week's Challenge:  Across the Border!  Dig out your border punches, or bordered paper, or make your own!  As long as we can spot some sort of  border detail, it's all good!

Here's is what the SOS Crew created this week:

Paige

Alica

Carla

Crystal

Deena

June

Lauren

Leslie

Saturday Shout Out + Top 3

Good Morning everyone! Are you snowed in? We are and with all the snow and freezing temperatures I don't feel like going anywhere, just stay home and craft.

And here are Top 3 from our last week's challenge:
KatheD - so cool and she linked up to 10 past challenges - can you believe that!?

Tonya M - so sweet - well worth finishing the UFOs

Natalie - love the elegance and sparklines


Congrats ladies! Be sure to snag the badge from our sidebar.

Have a fantastic crafty weekend, and there is still time to join us in our current challenge!

Shopping Our Stash Challenge 34: All That Glitters, Sparkles or Shines

Hello and welcome to another challenge at Shopping Our Stash!  This week we have a shiny, sparkly challenge for you!

All That Glitters, Sparkles or Shines- use anything that has shine, sparkle, gleam, glitter!

Or you can simply use a Dilly Beans Stamps image!  We are being sponsored this week by Dilly Beans Stamps! 

 One lucky winner will win his/her choice of 5 digi images!



Let's see what the SOS Crew has created!


Paige

Alica

Carla

Crystal

Lauren

Deena

June

 Leslie

So dig out your glossy accents, glitter, sparkly stickers, shiny paper, bling, etc. and play along with us this week!

Saturday Shout Out

Hello everyone! Hope your New Year started just right, not too busy and you still have time t craft and play with us.

We had many beautiful entries last week (although some of you disqualified yourself by entering too many challenges) and I couldn't narrow it down to only 3, so here is Top 4 from Challenge 32 - Tie it Up!:
Shari from Pickled Memories

Tracey's Faerie Land
JanR from Huh. So this is a blog

Jen's Uncharted Teritory


Congrats ladies! Be sure to snag the badge from our sidebar.

Have a fantastic crafty weekend, and there is still time to join us in our current challenge!

Shopping Our Stash Challenge 33: Rewind or a Meljen's Image!

Happy New Year!  On behalf of all the SOS Crew, I want to wish each of you a new year filled with blessings, loads of crafty time, and all good things!

As we start a new year, it's a good time to review the past, so this Challenge is REWIND- redo any of our challenges OR simply use a Meljen's image!  Just be sure to specify which challenge you are repeating this week somewhere in your blog post!

As you probably guessed we are being sponsored by Meljen's Designs this week!

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!


I have loved seeing what challenge the DT members chose to revisit. 


Paige: Challenge #13 Weakest link: embellishments, ribbon and patterned paper and punches!

Alica- combined two challenges! Challenge 12 - Dogs, Digis & Denim and also Challenge #3 - UFO by using an image she had colored and found in her stash!

Lauren: Challenge 25- November 8- Stickers or Rubons or Chipboard

Carla- Challenge 2: Oldies but Goodies- I used my oldest Meljen's image!

Deena: Challenge #16 - birds, bugs or beasts- all all items from the scrap pile!

June: Challenge #9:  technique turn back...supplies gathering dust and/or a technique I have not used in over a decade:  PEARL EX powders!!!

Leslie:  Challenge #3 UFO- unfinished objects- all elements came from the UFO pile!

Crystal: Challenge #26 Never Been Inked

We hope you will take a few moments to look back at the challenges and pick one to revisit this week or if that doesn't work, simply use a Meljen's image!  Thanks for stopping by!