Shopping Our Stash Challenge 62: What was I thinking?

Challenge 62: What was I thinking?

Hello everyone!   Okay, admit it.  We all have purchased crafty items on impulse or because people we admire created such cool things with it, or it was on sale, it was supposed to be the next big trend, etc... then we get it home (or open it if it was an online purchase),  and we are faced with reality....WHAT was I thinking!  (WWIT)

now it's just sitting on your table staring you down.  Maybe you realized you really don't need 35 shades of red ribbon, or you can't get the technique down just right, or you now can't stand the way those images look.  Well, time to set them free for this challenge and use at least one of your WWIT purchases!  Sometimes you will find out you CAN make it work, or see a way to use it that makes the purchase less guilt-inducing.    Or maybe you don't have a problem with buying the WWIT items, just come up with something using something you normally wouldn't or something you just don't really like, and join us this week at Shopping Our Stash!  Be sure to stop by the DT blogs to see what items we used that make this a WWIT project!

Carla

Leslie

Deena

Paige

Lauren

Lynn

Alica

Saturday Shoutout

Good Morning! It's the last July weekend and I can't believe summer is half gone -  how the time flies....

Soo without much further talk here are our Top 3 picks for our last challenge:

Sylvia Blum

Candy Blake

Celeste M

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

Thank you all so much for playing along with us and don't forget - there is still time to play in our  challenge where we want you to use Something New!

Shopping Our Stash Challenge 61: Something new!

Hello everyone!  This week here at Shopping Our Stash we are asking you to use something you haven't used before!  Maybe it will be the new paper you just had to have, or a stamp that hasn't been inked yet!  Maybe you found some fabby bling or a new color ink pad!  Whatever it is, just let us know in your post!

Also, there is still a few days left for our DT call!

Alica

Carla

Deena

Lauren

Leslie

Lynn

Paige

Saturday Shoutout

Good Morning! Summer is in full swing and I hope you all manage to enjoy it! What I'm enjoying right now is that we are back from crazy heat to more pleasant temperatures.
And also your beautiful creations linked up to our challenges.
Here are our Top 3 picks from More than one fold/Pleating challenge:

Three Trees

Heather

Hazel

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

Thank you all so much for playing along with us and don't forget - there is still time to play in our My Precious challenge!

Shopping Our Stash Challenge 60: My Precious....

Hello everyone!  This week here at Shopping Our Stash we are asking you to sacrifice one of your most precious hoarded items....all in the name of crafting!  That's right- time for some tough love!  I am sure you have something you have been hoarding or hesitating to use! So for this challenge use one or more of your hoarded items and please let us know what it is in the post or by the link!
Be sure to stop by the individual  DT member blogs and see what exact item on our project we have used!

And there is still time to throw your hat in the ring for our DT CALL!

Alica

Deena

Lauren

Leslie

Lynn

Paige

Carla

Saturday Shoutout

Good morning! I hope everyone is going to have a lovely weekend!
I would like to remind you that we have a DT call - more details in this post.

The Triple Threat challenge didn't scare you of, but inspired you all to create adorable creations!  So hard to pick three, but here they are in no particular order:

 Anita M

Viv

 Tammie E

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 - More than one folds or Pleating!

SOS #59: Extra Fold or Pleats and DT Call!

Please see this post for details on our Design Team Call!

Welcome! It's time for a new SOS challenge! This week we ask you to add at least one extra fold to your card -OR- incorporate pleats. Here are some ideas from our DT crew to get your ideas flowing:

Alica

Carla

Lauren

Leslie

Lynn

Paige

Deena

Now it's YOUR turn! Break out all those non-standard fold ideas and get busy! If you are allergic to multi-folded cards, try pleated ribbon or paper. If you don't have any, try making some!  We can't wait to see what you come up with, so come on back here and link us up!

Please remember to limit your challenges to 13, including ours. Thanks!

Design Team Call for Shopping Our Stash!

Hello!  The SOS Crew is looking to expand with addition of a few more crew mates!

We are a laid-back, drama-free group of crafty ladies who share commenting duties, some help out with posts (not required), and we all pitch in ideas for challenges.   You will be able to work ahead as we have challenges set up in advance.  You would need to have one project a week uploaded by Sunday evening before the challenge goes live on Tuesdays, and have your post scheduled for Tuesday mornings.   We all need mini-breaks now and then, so if you are on holidays, sick, family issues, etc, you can certainly skip a challenge or a few as long as you let us know.

We currently aren't looking for sponsors, but if we do, you would share in any images we might be given to use. Otherwise, there is no "pay"- just a fun group of people to hang out with online and the structure of having projects due weekly-which some of us need to actually accomplish anything! :)  We try to focus on using what we already have in our stash instead of acquiring more.

You do not need Design Team Experience to apply, and you can be on other teams as well;  just be sure you don't over extend yourself!

Sound like something you would like to do?  Our terms are open-ended but we ask for a three month commitment to start with.    If you are interested, just shoot me an email at  scrappypug@gmail.com  OR use the contact me button at the top of the page  with SOS DT in the subject line.  Include in the email:
blog address, a bit about yourself and current commitments,  and anything else you would like to include.   ALL types of crafting are welcome-not just cards!

Deadline:  July 31, 2012
Those drafted will be notified by email by August 4, 2012.  

Saturday Shoutout

Good morning and happy summer weekend. It's my DS's birthday today, so we are living in party preparation mode :)
So without much further talk, here are our Top 3 picks from Stars &Stripes or Red/White/Blue Challenge.

Holly

mONAmi

Julie P

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

Thank you all so much for playing along with us and don't forget - there is still time to play in our Triple Threat challenge!

SOS #58 - Triple Threat

Happy Tuesday, and welcome to the next Shopping Our Stash challenge: Triple Threat. Admittedly, we had some discussion amongst the DT as to whether it should be Triple Treat or Triple Threat (okay, that was mostly me), so you may see references to both on our individual blogs. :) Either way, this challenge is about THREE. We ask you to use at least three items from the following list on your card: ribbon, flowers, lace, pearls, glimmer mists, punched elements or die cut elements, rhinestones, doilies (stamped will work, too), dry embossing or scoring -OR- use three of one type of embellishment.

Here's some inspiration for you from the DT:

Alica

Carla

Deena

Lauren

Leslie

Lynn

Now it's YOUR turn. Go into your stash and pull out lots of stuff, make a card with it, then come back here and link us up!

Thanks for playing, and please remember to limit your number of challenges to 13, including ours.