Tuesday, November 29, 2016

SOS #280 - Paper Strip Art

Hello and happy Tuesday to you all!
We hope that our American friends enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving celebration, and that our International friends took advantage of all the sales this weekend!

Before we get started, our Guest Designer for December is Myoriah!
Myoriah, please email me at cdring@comcast.net for details! Congrats!
If we didn't choose your name, we hope that you will try again for January. Simply
leave a "DT" after your name when you link up.

This week at Shopping Our Stash, we are challenging you to use up some of your
paper scraps, using the Bargello Technique! 
We all have scraps of paper in our stash, waiting to be put to use, now's the time!

Let's start off with our Guest Designer, Cornelia. 
This is Cornelia's last week designing with the SOS Crew. We want to give her a huge 
THANK YOU for joining us this month! Your talent is incredible and we so hope
to see more of your amazing creations in our gallery in the future!
Big Hugs to you!


And now some inspiration from the Design Team:

Chris

Maria

Barbara

Mimi

Lauren

Deena

Chana

The link will be open until 11:55 PM EST on Monday, December 5th. Please, no more
than 13 combined challenges, including ours.

Just a reminder: We are looking for Guest Designers! If you would like to be considered
for January, simply leave a "DT" after your name when you link up!

Thanks for playing along! Have fun!




Saturday, November 26, 2016

Saturday Shout-out

A big Thank You to everyone who  participated in our Front and Center Challenge last week. We had some fabulous entries and here are our 3 favorites:





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

There's still time to play our current challenge called Warm & Fuzzy where we want to see anything that makes you feel warm. The link-up will be open until November 28th, at 11:55 pm EST

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

SOS279 - Warm and Fuzzy

Hello and welcome crafty friends!
It got really cold outside (at least here in southern Ontario) so we have a very fitting challenge - this week's challenge is called Warm and Fuzzy, and we want you to use anything that can keep you warm.
So it can be anything from a fireplace, through warm hats and mitts to a cup of hot soup or chocolate.

Let's start off with our November Guest Designer, Cornelia:

And now for some inspiration by the Design Team:


Lauren

Stacey
Barbara

Mimi
Tea reminds you of warmth, doesn't it?
Chris

Deena

We hope that you find some time to play along this week at SHOPPING OUR STASH!
The link will be open until 11:55 PM EST, on Monday, November 28th. Please, no more 
than 13 combined challenges, including ours.

Just a reminder: We are looking for Guest Designers! If you'd like to be considered
for December, simply leave a "DT" after your name when you link up!

Thanks so much for playing along!


Saturday, November 19, 2016

Saturday Shout-out

A big Thank You to everyone who  participated in our Gobble Till You Wobble Challenge last week. We had some fabulous entries and here are our 3 favorites:



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

There's still time to play our current challenge called Front and Center where we want to see something that was already on your desk. The link-up will be open until November 21st, at 11:55 pm EST

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

SOS #278 - Front and Center

Hello and welcome crafty friends!
This week's challenge, Front and Center, is all about actually using those bits and pieces
on your desk that have been laying around, collecting dust. Did you die cut something then 
decided not to use it? Colored an image then set it aside? 
Now's the perfect challenge to use it! Just make sure to tell us what it was!

Let's start off with our November Guest Designer, Cornelia:

And now for some inspiration by the Design Team:

Lauren
had loads of leftover glossy white diecut leaves, so she stacked them to make a funky textural background

Maria
I had this note pad holder just laying around in a little box where I put stuff I need to finish, since October 13th. I had just cut the card stock and scored it but that's where it stopped. I saw this sticky note holder over at Stamp Smiles.

Barbara
The glitter washi tape  and the poinsettia parts were on my desk along with the sentiment stamps. there wasn't much room to work on it as there was too much stuff on my desk.

Stacey
I pulled out some die cuts from my unused die cut "bowl" for this card. The tag and hearts were pieces left over from a Project Life spread where I ended up going in a different direction.

Chris
I used a panel I made two years ago using Jessi's Faux Faux Patina Tutorial, some die cut frames and a die cut sentiment that I saved

Alica
I used washi tape from a failed project that somehow did not tidy itself up :)

Mimi
I will be sharing more through the week-- this challenge proved a very effective motivator!

Deena

Cyndi
This flower has been on my desk forever and it just needed a sentiment and a card base! Done!


We hope that you find some time to play along this week at SHOPPING OUR STASH!
The link will be open until 11:55 PM EST, on Monday, November 21st. Please, no more 
than 13 combined challenges, including ours.

Just a reminder: We are looking for Guest Designers! If you'd like to be considered
for December, simply leave a "DT" after your name when you link up!

Thanks so much for playing along!



Saturday, November 12, 2016

Saturday Shout-out

A big Thank You to everyone who  participated in our Home Sweet Home last week. We had a lot of fabulous entries and it was really hard to choose only 3 favorites, so here are our Top 4:







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

There's still time to play our current challenge called GOBBLE 'TIL YOU WOBBLE where we want to see Thanksgiving or Thank You projects. The link-up will be open until November 14th, at 11:55 pm EST

Tuesday, November 8, 2016

SOS#277 - Gobble 'til you Wobble

Happy Tuesday, crafty friends!
For our challenge this week, GOBBLE 'TIL YOU WOBBLE, we'd like for you to make
either a Thanksgiving Day or a Thank You card or project!

First up is our November Guest Designer, Cornelia:


Now let's see what the Design Team have created:

Maria

Cyndi

Mimi

Lauren

Deena

Stacey

Chris

We hope that you find some time to play along this week at SHOPPING OUR STASH!
The link will be open until 11:55 PM EST on Monday, November 14th. Please, no more
than 13 combined challenges, including ours.

JUST A REMINDER: We are looking for Guest Designers! If you'd like to be considered 
for December, simply add a "DT" after your name when you link up! 

Have fun crafting, and thanks for playing along!




Saturday, November 5, 2016

Saturday Shout-out

A big Thank You to everyone who  participated in our Three Trees Challenge last week. We had some fabulous entries and here are our 3 favorites:





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

There's still time to play our current challenge called Home, Sweet Home where we want to see houses or other buildings. The link-up will be open until November 7th, at 11:55 pm EST

Tuesday, November 1, 2016

SOS276 - Home Sweet Home

Hello and welcome back crafty friends!
This week's challenge is called Home, Sweet Home, and we want to see houses or any kind of buildings on your cards or projects! 

Let's start first with our October Guest Designer, Cornelia



                                Now for some inspiration from the Design Team:

Mimi
Lauren


Alica


Pull the tag and all the balloons appear!

Barbara


Deena

Chris

The link will be open until 11:55 PM EDT on Monday, November 7th. Please, no more 
than 13 combined challenges, including ours.

JUST A REMINDER: We are looking for Guest Designers! If you'd like to be
considered for December, simply leave a "DT" after your name 
when you link up! Super simple!!

Thank you for playing along! Have fun!