Shopping Our Stash Challenge 66: Use Your Favorite Things

Hello everyone!  Time for Challenge 66!  This week we want to see you use your favorite crafting items!  You can go with color, product, image, embellishments, themes, anything that you really love to use!  The only "catch" is please mention what it is in your post!  That way we know!

Also,   there is a new Challenge blog going live on Sunday, Sept. 2!  It is geared for anything BUT a card! So if you are looking for something like that, please stop by and  join us!   I don't want to confuse you on this Shopping Our Stash challenge, so just click HERE to find out about the other blog!

Now let's see what favorite items our Design Team has incorporated into this week's inspiration pieces- be sure to click on their links to read all about it!

Alica

Michelle

Deena

Carla

Jessi 

Lauren

Leslie

Linda

Lynn

Paige

Sandie

Thanks for joining us! Remember to tell us what favorite items you used on your project, please limit your challenge links to a total of 13 including ours.  Thanks!

1. Karin  2. SHARI GREEN  3. TC  4. Carol L  5. Corrinne Quinn  6. Seafield Jo  7. Corrinne Quinn  8. Julie  9. Sharon  10. Linda J  11. Kitty  12. Eesha Kolli  13. Donna H  14. Andy L-B  15. Lawren F  16. Judy McKay  17. DebbieM  18. Crystal T.  19. Lisa McKinney (aka Lisabee)  20. lalkygirl  21. Vickie ODell  22. KRAFTY KAREN  23. Olga  24. Julie M  25. Cris  26. Maria S  27. Liv Solveig  28. Corrinne Quinn  29. Amelia  30. Samantha :0)  31. Tammie E  32. Angela P.  33. Bonnie  34. Cynthia T  35. Jess  36. DianaQ  37. Carol (Carol's Creations)  38. pinky  39. shellshearer  40. Lis-m  41. Jenny B  42. ~DEANNE~  43. Monika/buzsy  44. Gina Tyggereye  45. carol gill  46. Trina  47. Ursula Uphof  48. Donna T  49. Candy Blake  50. Debbie  51. Stephanie W  52. Lorraine  53. Claire Day  54. Lovely Linda  55. Crafting Vicky  56. Nataliya  57. R Meyers  58. Mel X  59. CraftyGirl  60. CraftyGirl  61. Melissa Shea  62. Pia  63. Helen  64. Natalie  65. michelle  66. Susan M. Brown {sbartist}  67. NanaConnie  68. Caz W  69. Carol C  70. Pauline  71. Natalie  72. Natalie  73. Poornima  74. Papersniffer  75. Claire C  76. Lindsay  77. Sheena B  78. sue w  79. Diana Fernandez  80. Tara  81. Meighan Wheller  82. megha jain  83. Elly Booij  84. Elaine  85. Dee  86. CraftyGirl  87. Kimberly C  88. JanR  89. Karen Nofziger  90. Ciska  91. jaya raghuvanshi  92. jaya raghuvanshi 2  93. shikha m  94. Dorothy S

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Saturday Shoutout

Good morning! I just looked at the date and can't believe it's the last Saturday in August - yes, next one is September 1st... looks like summer is almost over...
We had lot of wonderful entries in our technique challenge and I'm inspired to try new things too :)
It was really hard to pick only 3 favorites, but we put our heads together and decided...

 13. Maya

19 Rebecca

20. Deepthi 

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 Sketch challenge.

Shopping Our Stash Challenge 65 :Sketch it!

Hello everyone!  This week at Shopping Our Stash we are feeling sketchy!  Do you bookmark or print sketches with the hopes you will get to them?  Or do you regularly have sketch challenges you rely on for inspiration?  Or maybe you haven't dabbled much with sketches before and are ready to try one out!  Whatever your experience has been, this week we are asking you to use and link to a sketch- any sketch at all!  It doesn't matter if the sketch is current or not, but please don't back link to an old project.  We want new! And be sure to show the link to the sketch you are using!

Also, it's time for quick re-visit to our simple rules that apply each week:

*Limit your links to a total of 13 challenges including ours

*Make sure you explain how it qualifies when we ask you to do so in the challenge.  Sometimes it will be obvious depending on the challenge (like for using flowers or a specific color scheme), but usually we ask you to raid your stash or link to something or give us the reason/details.

*No back linking to already posted projects that aren't within the time frame of the challenge.

Now on to the fun stuff!   Today we have all of the new Shopping Our Stash Crew Members joining us!  We are thrilled to have you with us and a special thank you to the veteran DT members who have continued to provide us with fabulous projects and inspiration!

Here's what we have for you this week!

Michelle- New DT Member

Linda - New DT Member

Lauren

Leslie

Lynn

Jessi- New DT Member

Alica

Carla

Deena

Paige

Sandie- New DT Member

Use and link to a sketch! Please remember to link to no more than 13 total challenges including ours. Thanks so much for joining us!

1. ~DEANNE~  2. Lorie  3. Debbie  4. KatheD  5. Jen  6. Lizy  7. Cynthia T  8. June Houck  9. Stephanie W  10. Carol L  11. Mari Harpham  12. Susan M. Brown {sbartist}  13. pinky  14. Susan M. Brown {sbartist}  15. Bonnie  16. Candy Blake  17. NanaConnie  18. Judy McKay  19. Dee  20. Karen Nofziger  21. Helen  22. Tina Phillips

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Saturday Shoutout

Good morning! Summer is winding down slowly - mornings are starting to get cooler here - so enjoy it while you still can.
We had lot of wonderful entries in our Monochromatic Challenge and it was really hard to pick only 3 - but here they are:

Leesa

Laura Love

Sue bearhouse

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 Try a new Technique or revisit an old one.

Shopping Our Stash Challenge 64: Technique Time: Try something new or revisit an oldie!

Hello everyone!  This week we are giving you a bit of a harder assignment (at least for some of us!) but that's why it's called CHALLENGE, right?

Try out a new technique or revisit one you haven't used in a long time!  Think about distress inks, masking, resist, stamping with water or bleach, or color with a medium you don't normally use- the options are endless!

We also have two of our new Design Team Members sharing their project too!

Here's what the SOS Crew members havecreated for your viewing inspiration this week:

Alica

Carla

Deena

Lauren

Linda- New Design Team Member!

Lynn

Paige

Leslie

Michelle- New Design Team Member!

Thanks so much for joining us this week! Please be sure to tell us what your technique is and to limit your links to challenges to a total of 13 including ours. Thank you!

1. ♥ Susie Little ♥  2. Corrinne Quinn  3. Corrinne Quinn  4. Tammie E  5. Susie Little  6. Mari Harpham  7. Dorothy S  8. Crystal T.  9. Heather B  10. Cynthia T  11. Sylvia Blum  12. Diana Fernandez  13. Hussena  14. Maya  15. Jyoti  16. Flying Fresian  17. Suzie McFloozy  18. Deonna B  19. Dana  20. Rebecca (age 10)  21. Jewelry Box  22. Darlene Pavlick  23. Emma H  24. Jyoti  25. Papersniffer  26. alee81  27. NanaConnie  28. crystal r  29. SHARON  30. Heather's card  31. Olivia  32. Tammie E  33. Poornima  34. Pauline  35. Antonia  36. shikha m  37. Samantha :0)  38. Corrinne Quinn  39. Avril B  40. ~DEANNE~  41. Karen Nofziger  42. Adrienne C.  43. Tina Phillips  44. June Houck  45. Laura Jane  46. Heidi  47. Dee  48. Lori A

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Saturday Shoutout

Good morning! I hope everybody has a lovely and crafty weekend. I can already hear my craft room calling me :) But before I start crafting, here are our favorites from "What was I thinking" challenge:

Tess D

Carol L

EllieWee

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  Monochromatic challenge.

Shopping Our Stash Challenge 63: Monochromatic

Hello everyone!

First off, let me express our sincere thanks to each you who applied for our Design
Team Call.  SO many talented crafty people in blog land!  Seriously, I am just amazed at all the talent!  Unfortunately we had to limit the new members to four, and it was a really tough decision. In the end we tried to get a variety of styles and experience levels.  Not an easy task!

The new DT members who will be sharing their projects later this month are:

Jessi at  http://onecraftymama-onecraftymama.blogspot.ca/
Michelle at http://mypaperedcottage.blogspot.ca/
Sandie at http://sjlcardgarden.blogspot.ca/
Linda at http://papertracer.blogspot.ca/

Congrats ladies!  You will no doubt add spice to our team and challenges!

We also have a Twitter account now!  Check the sidebar for the link.  You can get reminders and info on current challenges and tweet when you post!  If you Tweet, please follow us!

Now for the Challenge:

This week we have a challenge designed to immerse you in a color! Okay, really it's more like you pick a color and go with it! Monochromatic!  You can use a favorite or detested color, or a color in-between!  Your choice. You can add small doses of neutrals and appropriate skin/hair/fur colors.

Here is what the Crew has created for you this week:

Paige

Deena

Lauren

Leslie

Lynn

Carla

Alica 

Thanks for joining us this week!  Please remember to link to a total of no more than 13 challenges including ours! Happy Creating!

1. Deonna B  2. Corrinne Quinn  3. Sandra  4. Maria  5. Laura Love  6. Pia  7. Diana Fernandez  8. Carol L  9. Sandie L  10. Donemark  11. Sue bearhouse  12. June Houck  13. Lisa M/Lisabee  14. Lindsay  15. Three Trees  16. Desire Fourie  17. Sonia R  18. Glenda Atkins  19. Jessi  20. Cara  21. CG  22. kathleen barrett  23. Indira  24. Wendy L  25. Lis-M  26. Hazel  27. Hazel  28. Debbie  29. Bexx  30. chris olsen  31. Leesa aka The Navy Wife  32. Monica  33. Lena Løken  34. Monica  35. Kate  36. ♥ Susie Little ♥  37. Lisa Watkins  38. Sharon  39. Cynthia T  40. NanaConnie  41. Danielle  42. sbartist  43. Maxine D  44. Diana  45. Kim B  46. Janet  47. Crystal T.  48. Karen Nofziger  49. Carol (Carol's Creations)  50. Janice  51. NikkiByrne  52. Ann Marie Governale  53. Cec  54. Audrey E.  55. Kelly Lloyd  56. Claire Day  57. lalkygirl  58. Helen  59. Elaine  60. Gale

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Saturday Shoutout

Good Morning and great long weekend for all Canadians!
We had over a 100 entries in Our "Something New" challenge and I have to tell you - I'm really glad you pulled out and used all those fabulous new goodies. Lots of great inspiration and now I'm tempted to buy some of them ;)
It was really hard to pick only 3 favorites this week, but here the are:

Tina Philips

Joan Ervin

Anita.k

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  called "What was I thinking?"!