SOS254 - The 4 Elements

Happy Tuesday and welcome back, crafty friends!

Today we have another fun challenge for you - it's called The 4 Elements and we want you to pick one of the elements (water, earth, fire, wind) and use it as inspiration for your creations - please tell us which one did you choose. So for example for water you could use anything from ocean to fishbowl, for fire candle, fireplace or camp fire. etc... Makes sense now?

Take a look how our DT members interpreted the challenge:

Stacey

(Water)

Jessi

Alica (water)

Lauren

(water color flowers... which grow in earth)

Chris

(Fire)

Barbara

Earth & Water

Deena

wind and water"colour"

CHANA
Wind and Earth

Cyndi

water

The link will be open until 11:55 PM EST on Monday, June 6th. Just a reminder, please no more than 13 combined challenges, including ours.

We look forward to seeing what you create in our gallery!

Thanks, and have fun!

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Saturday Shout-out and new DT announcement

Thank you to everyone who participated in our DT call. We had a lot of applications and after lot of thought we asked these 4 ladies to join our team:

Stacey

Maria

Mimi

Cyndi

Big welcome to them and can't wait to see whar will they create.

Now to the Top 3 from Sounds of the Sea challenge. Here are our favorites:

Rutscht

Maura

Monica Soto

Congratulations, ladies! Feel free to grab our Top 3 badge from the side bar.

There's still time to play our current Anything But a Card challenge. The link-up will be open until May 30th, at 11:55 pm EST.

Shopping Our Stash #253

Hello, Happy Crafter!

If it's Tuesday then it must be Stash Reduction Day! This week's challenge is 

"Anything But A Card."  

Originally I called it Square Roots: Create Anything But A Card, however, that seemed to confuse everyone and eventually it began to confuse me.  I didn't want to confuse you. I just got rid of  the Square Roots (which sounds too much like math for a crafting challenge, anyway!)

BIG SMILE!

HUGZ, Chana Malkah

I was blown away by the Team's Designs!   We look forward to seeing yours!

Lauren
 mini book to hold this year's index card a day project!

Alica

CHANA
Altered Soft Drink Bottle and The Hubster's Spice Rub

Barbara

Jessi

Chris

The link will be open until 11:55 PM EST on Monday, May 30, 2016

. Just a reminder, please no more than 13 combined challenges, including ours.

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DT Call

We've had some turnover here in the SOS family and we're looking for 2-3 new people to join our design team. If you've always wanted to be on a DT, but didn't want to be limited to one stamp company, this is the place for you! :) We have no loyalties short of using up our stashes!

Here's what we'll expect of you:

1. Submit one project per week (due by the Sunday evening preceding the Tuesday challenge).
2. Post your project on your own blog on the day the challenge appears on the SOS blog.
3. Comment on a portion of challenge entries each week.  
4. Be a team player! We do a lot of chattering behind the scenes, and it's fun when we all participate and help each other.  
5. Have a basic knowledge of Blogger/blogging language, protocol, and how-to. This would be helpful, but is not required. We use Blogger for our DT blog, so you'll need to be able to add and edit posts for your projects. We're happy to help if you have questions!

You do not have to be a card-maker to apply. Scrapbookers, mini-album makers, alternate crafts, etc., are welcome. We are all about using our stash!
  
So how do you apply? Here you go:

Send an email to Alica  (alicaziakova@hotmail.com), with DESIGN TEAM APPLICATION in the subject line, and include the following:

-- Either 3-5 photos of your crafting projects that you feel best describe your style, or links to photos in flickr/blog posts in which the photos appear.
-- Your blog URL (if it's not already included above).
-- A little bit about you: your crafting history, your style, how you started, any DT history (if you have one),  etc., so we can learn a bit about you with your application.
-- Tell us why you think you'd be a good fit for our team and why you'd like to join.
-- Any other information you think is pertinent! 

All emails must be received by midnight EST on Sun, May 22nd, to be considered for the DT. I'll announce the new DT members within a week, and you'll join us with our first challenge in June.

That's IT!

If you still have questions, please email me at alicaziakova@hotmail.com with DT QUESTION in the subject line so I'll know to respond ASAP.

Saturday Shout-out

A big Thank You to everyone who participated in our April Showers Bring May Flowers challenge. Lots of very creative entries and here are our favorites:

Tanja

Lis-M

Jenn

Congratulations, ladies! Feel free to grab our Top 3 badge from the side bar.

There's still time to play our current challenge called Sounds of the Sea. The link-up will be open until May 23rd, at 11:55 pm EST.

Shopping Our Stash #252 - Sounds of the Sea

Hello and welcome back, crafty friends! It's Tuesday and that means a new challenge starts today! This week our theme is Sounds of the Sea. Your challenge is to create a project with a beach/ocean/fishy/seashore theme to it! Super easy and fun! 

Let's see how the Design Team interpreted this challenge:

Alica

Chris

Deena

Lauren

Barbara

The link will be open until 11:55 PM EST on Monday, May 23rd. Just a reminder, please no more than 13 combined challenges, including ours.

We look forward to seeing what you create in our gallery!

Thanks, and have fun!

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Saturday Shout-out

A big Thank You to everyone who participated in our Pink UFOs challenge. Lots of very creative entries and here are our favorites:

Cricutjunkie

Cornelia

Maria Rodriguez

Congratulations, ladies! Feel free to grab our Top 3 badge from the side bar.

There's still time to play our current challenge called April Showers Bring May Flowers. The link-up will be open until May 16th, at 11:55 pm EST.

Shopping Our Stash #251 - April Showers Bring May Flowers

Good morning and welcome crafty friends! Chris here, and I bring you a fun challenge that's full of options - cuz that's how we roll around here! LOL! This week, as the challenge title suggests, we challenge you to use umbrellas, rain, or flowers, OR make a wedding/baby shower card or project. See? Lots of options!!

Let's check out what the Design Team created to inspire you:

Lauren

Chris

Barbara

Alica

Jessi

CHANA

Deena

The link will be open until Monday, May 16th at 11:55 PM EST. Please, no more than 13 combined challenges, including ours.

We look forward to seeing your creations in our gallery! 

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Saturday Shout-out

A big Thank You to everyone who participated in our Think Ink challenge. Lots of very creative entries and here are our favorites:

Maura

CHRILVIAN

JoanW

Congratulations, ladies! Feel free to grab our Top 3 badge from the side bar.

There's still time to play our current challenge called Pink (gah!) UFOs, where we want you to  finish some of your unfinished objects and use pink. The link-up will be open until May 9th, at 11:55 pm EST.

Shopping our Stash #250 - Pink (gah!) UFOs

Good morning crafty folks! It's our 250th challenge at Shopping our Stash - holy moly! We wanted to do something a little special, and decided to host another tribute to Leslie. We're combining something she loved - using up UFOs, those unfinished objects we've all got scattered around our desks - and something she loved to hate, PINK (gah!) 

Here's what the team has created to get your creative mind thinking:

Jessi

Lauren

Alica

Barbara

Deena

The link up will be open until Monday, May 9th at 11:55 PM EST. Please, no more than 13 combined challenges, including ours. 

We can't wait to see what you come up with!

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