Shopping Our Stash Challenge 53: May Flowers (anything floral related)

Hello everyone!  I just have to say I somehow got outta whack on numbering our challenges so you may see the DT posts as 54 but really it is the 53rd challenge this week!  This week we say goodbye to May with a floral sendoff- use anything flower or floral related on your project- whether it's designer paper, handmade flowers, floral images, embossed floral patterns, etc. , as long as we can see a flower in there, it will work!

Here are our projects we hope will provide some inspiration for you to play along with us this week:

Leslie

Lynn

Paige

Lauren

Alica

Carla

Deena

Saturday Shoutout - Top 3 for Challenge 51

Good Morning! I hope you all are having or will have a great weekend!  The weather here skipped spring and went straight to summer - it's hot and sunny, splash parks are open and I actually found couple of red strawberries in my garden (I'm in Canada btw. and it's very early for them)

The 3 patterned paper challenge  certainly inspired you all to create adorable creations!  So hard to pick three, but here they are in no particular order:

14. Laurel S

29. Holly

42. Sharon

Love your creations!  Feel free to snag the Top  3 Badge from our sidebar!

And to everyone- thanks so much for joining in our challenges each week!  Don't forget to join in the current challenge- our Birthday Bingo - don't get scared by the 5x5 grid - it's easier than it looks. And if you would like to win some goodies -  some of our DT members are offering blog candies, so go and visit their blogs!!

Week 2 of Challenge 52 Bingo

Just a reminder with a few more DT creations for your viewing enjoyment this morning.    The Bingo Challenge is running for one more week-  don't forget to play along!  See the original post right here!

Deena

Deena

Lauren

Leslie

Paige

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget there is some blog candy available on some  of the DT blogs- be sure to check it out!

Shopping Our Stash Challenge 52- Bingo

Hello!  Can you believe that Shopping Our Stash Challenge blog turns ONE YEAR old this week?  This is the 52nd Challenge!   They say time flies when you are having fun, and this year has flown by for sure!

To celebrate our anniversary, we are holding a special TWO WEEK Challenge designed to do some serious stash-blasting!  You can enter as many times as you like, and as always, just limit your links to a total of 13 challenges including ours.  

The Challenge is a BINGO challenge:

You need to complete a row either diagonally, vertically or horizontally.  You are not  limited to only the elements listed, but your project should include each element in the row you are doing.  For example, if your row is: yellow, glitter, monster, brad and  fabric- you can also include buttons or ribbon, etc.  Just make sure your project has one of each of the squares on the row you are doing and let us know which row you are following!

Also be sure to stop by the individual Design Team blogs and- many of us will be featuring a little blog candy!  And you have TWO WEEKS to play along with this challenge!

Now here is what the SOS Crew has designed for your inspiration:

Crystal

Lauren

Lynn

Carla

Alica

Deena

Deena

Paige

Leslie

This challenge will run for two weeks, so you have no excuse to not play along!  Don't forget to stop by the DT blogs and leave them some love and enter the different blog candies that will be available!

Top Three for Girly/Mother's Day

What a bumper crop of gorgeous cards for Challenge 50! Love all the girly and Mother's Day cards- so pretty!

The Top 3 are, in no particular order:

Marilyn at Marilyn's Cards and More

Betty at Crafting with Betty

Michelle at My Pampered Cottage

Be sure to grab the Top 3 badge from our sidebar, and thanks for playing along with us!

Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend, and for all the Mom's out there, Happy Mother's Day!

Shopping Our Stash Challenge 51: Use 3 or more designer papers!

Hello and welcome back to another challenge at Shopping Our Stash!  This week we have a challenge guaranteed to get you using your scraps!  Pick out three or more different papers and use them on a project!  Easy Peasy!  

Also, I forgot to announce the winner of Challenge 49: Things with a B sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps!   The lucky winner is Colleen at My Life in Scraps!  Colleen if you email me at scrappypug at gmail dot com I will get your gift certificate sent to you so you can pick out some new digi images from Bugaboo!

Now, next week we will be celebrating our FIRST ANNIVERSARY!  Seems like just the other day we were gearing up to start a new challenge blog!  So stay tuned as we have a special two-week challenge and rumour has it some of the DT will be offering some blog candy as well!

Now for this week- here is what the Crew has created for your inspiration:

Leslie

Carla

Lauren

Crystal

Deena

Paige

Alica

Lynn

Thanks for stopping by, and we hope you can join us this week!

Saturday Shout Out: Things with B

Happy National Scrapbooking Day! I think it has spread across the globe so wherever you are- do something crafty today!

All the fabulous participants in our Things with a B challenge really pulled out the stops on this one!  It is getting harder and harder to select three each week!

The Top 3 this week, in no particular order are:

Hilde/ Tindaloo at Thoughts and Creations in Cyberspace

Holly at Ribbons and Glue

Shelly at My Paper Love

Love your creations!  Feel free to snag the Top  3 Badge from our sidebar!

And to everyone- thanks so much for joining in our challenges each week!  Don't forget to join in the current challenge- Girly or Mother's Day!

Shopping Our Stash Challenge 50: Mother's Day or anything "girly"

 This week we hope to help get you digging thru your stash for all things feminine or girly or any type of Mother's Day card!  Whether you indulge your penchant for pink or go a different route, as long as it fits the general theme, it's all good!

This week we have a variety of styles that help showcase all the options available to you!

First off we are thrilled to introduce you to Lynn, our newest DT member!  Be sure to stop by her blog and say hello!

Isn't her card gorgeous?

Lynn

Leslie

Paige

Carla

Crystal

Deena

Lauren