SOS #149: May Day

Happy Tuesday! It's time for a new challenge. This week, since we get to turn the calendar to May, we're celebrating May Day. We'd like you to be inspired by the May Pole when you make your card or project. Here are some images of May Poles:

Some ideas would be ribbon, twisted, rainbow, rays ... you get the idea. There are so many different ways to look at these, there should be something for everyone. Please let us know what aspect of the May Poles inspired you!

Here are some samples from our gals:

Barbara

Chris

Jessi

Lauren

Leslie

Alica

Deena

Donna

Now it's YOUR turn. Go take another look at those May Poles, or feel find your own. Get an idea, make something, then come back here to SOS and link us up so we can stop by to see what you've made!

Mr Linky will be open until Monday, May 5th, at 11:55 pm. To be eligible for the Saturday Shout-out, please limit your total challenges to 13, including ours.

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Saturday Shout-out

Good Morning and lovely weekend to everyone!
Big Thank You to all who played with us last week and here are our Top 3 favorites for our Numbers Challenge:

 Vicki Dutcher

Hannelie

Lindsey

Now it's your turn! Our current challenge is called Earth Day - recycle or up-cycle something on your project, then come back and link us up below so we can see what you've made!

Mr Linky will be open until 11:55 pm on Monday, April 29. To be eligible for out Saturday Shout-Out, please link to no more than 13 challenges, including ours.

SOS #148: Happy Earth Day!

Hello, happy Tuesday, and happy Earth Day! Yep, today is Earth Day, and to do our tiny part to help reduce the landfill, we ask you to up-cycle or recycle something on your project. Do you save product packaging to maybe someday use the acetate, chipboard, or pretty paper? Did you get rid of your coffee maker, but still have a stack of coffee filters? Do you save the mesh from your vegetables because it's just too pretty to throw away? Now is your chance to make a dent in your stash!

I know we aren't the only challenge blog to have an Earth Day theme this week, so you may already be thinking about your collection of Must Keeps. We encourage you to dig in!

Here's what our gals have made this week to inspire you:

Alica 
I up-cycled a plain old composition notebook.

Deena 
I re-used the paper bag my scrapbook supplies came in.

Lauren
i upcycled some red marbled paper from a brochure, the packet from prima flowers and a flattened SODA CAN (!) from which i diecut the heart with wings!

 Donna
I upcycled a mini egg tube to make a piggy bank.

Leslie 
I used a piece of tissue paper that came wrapped around some stamps I ordered.

Jessi

I altered a frame that I had decorated YEARS ago and that hadn't held up well. 

Barbara
This was a single layer invitation, I took the flower off popped it up and added some ribbon, then layered it to make an A2 card.

Chris

I used coffee filters to make the flowers, and I recycled a cork coaster to die cut the oval frame.

Now it's YOUR turn to up-cycle or recycle! Go into your stash, grab something you just couldn't bear to throw away, use it, then come back and link up below so we can stop by and see what you've made!

Mr Linky will be open until Monday, April 28th, at 11:55 pm EDT. To be eligible for our Saturday Shout-out, please remember to limit your total number of challenges to 13, including ours.

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Saturday Shout-out

Good Morning and Happy Easter to everyone who celebrate it!
Big Thank You to all who played with us last week and here are our Top 3 favorites for our Paper Piecing Challenge:

Toni at FHC

Adina

Liz

Now it's your turn! Our current challenge is called Tax Man - use NUMBERS on your project, then come back and link us up below so we can see what you've made!

Mr Linky will be open until 11:55 pm on Monday, April 21. To be eligible for out Saturday Shout-Out, please link to no more than 13 challenges, including ours.

SOS #147: Tax Man

Happy Tuesday! It's time for a new challenge, and this week, in honor of today being tax day in the US, our theme is Tax Man. We'd like you to incorporate numbers into your projects.  Think of this as a great opportunity to dig through your stash and use up some long-forgotten number embellishments (got felt numbers? metal numbers?), number patterned papers, stamps ...you get the idea!

Here's what our gals have made to inspire you:

Barbara
 

Jessi

Lauren
 

Chris

Leslie

Deena

Donna

Now it's YOUR turn. Go dig out some number-related stuff from your stash, use it, then come back and link us up below so we can see what you've made!

Mr Linky will be open until Monday, April 21st, at 11:55 pm. To be eligible for our Saturday Shout-out, please limit your total number of challenges to 13, including ours.

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Saturday Shout-Out

Good Morning and lovely weekend to everyone!
Big Thank You to all who played with us last week and here are our Top 3 favorites for our Faux Technique Challenge:

Maya

Samantha K

Stationary Styles

Now it's your turn! Our current challenge is called Pieces Of April - use paper piecing on your project, then come back and link us up below so we can see what you've made!

Mr Linky will be open until 11:55 pm on Monday, April 14. To be eligible for out Saturday Shout-Out, please link to no more than 13 challenges, including ours.

SOS #146: Pieces of April

Happy Tuesday! Before we announce our new challenge, we'd like to thank you for playing along with our Faux Sure challenge. Some of you stepped out of your comfort zones and tried something new. We hope you also put at least a teeny tiny dent in your stash, too. :)

This week's challenge is Pieces of April, and we'd like you to use paper piecing on your card. For those not familiar with paper piecing, you stamp a main image (an outline stamp; not solid image), then stamp it again on two or more pieces of paper (patterned or not), then fussy-cut the individual papers and put the pieces onto the main image. I know that makes no sense, so for pictures and a real tutorial, you can go here.

Here's what the gals have made to inspire you:

Jessi
 

Donna

Leslie

Deena
 

Barbara
 

Chris

Lauren

Now it's YOUR turn. Go into your stash (maybe your scrap bin, even), make a paper-pieced project, then come back here to link us up so we can see what you've made!

Mr Linky will be open until Monday, April 14th, at 11:55 pm. To be eligible for the Saturday Shout-out, please limit your total number of entries to 13, including ours.

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Saturday Shout-out

Good Morning and lovely weekend to everyone!
Big Thank You to all who played with us last week and here are our Top 3 favorites for our Oldest Tree Stamp Challenge:

Carol L

 

Theresa P

Joanne Travis

Now it's your turn! Our current challenge is called Faux Sure - use a faux technique on your project, then come back and link us up below so we can see what you've made!

Mr Linky will be open until 11:55 pm on Monday, April 7. To be eligible for out Saturday Shout-Out, please link to no more than 13 challenges, including ours.

SOS #145: Faux Sure!

Happy Tuesday, and Happy April 1st! This week's challenge is Faux Sure, and in honor of April Fool's Day, we'd like you to use a faux technique. If you are not familiar with the world of "faux", they are techniques to make things look like something they are not. You'll get the look without having the actual product. You can check out the Tutorials page over at Splitcoast for some ideas. If you type faux in the search box, it will give you many, many options from which to choose.

One example is Faux Barn Board. It gives you step-by-step instructions how to create the look of barn wood paper. I might have to try that one myself one of these days!

I suspect some of you have lots of supplies in your stash that you never use, and by issuing this challenge, we hope you spread your wings a little and (if you don't already have a favorite faux technique up your sleeve), try something new!

Here's what the gals have made to inspire you:

Barbara - Faux Silk

Leslie - Faux Postage

Chris - Faux Northern Lights

Alica - Faux Patina

Lauren - Faux Embossed Leather

Michelle - Faux Patina

Deena - faux mosaic tiles

CHANA - FAUX SILK

Now it's YOUR turn! Go into your stash, dig out some supplies to do a faux technique, USE them, then come back here to link us up below so we can see what you've made!

Mr Linky will be open until Monday, April 7th, at 11:55 pm. To be eligible for the Saturday Shout-out, please remember to link to no more than 13 challenges, including ours.

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