A Loss for the SOS Crew

The design team of Shopping Our Stash are so very sad to have lost one of our own.

Jessi fought a very long and very courageous battle.

She stayed strong long after most of us would have given up. 

She kept smiling long after many of us would have cried.

Today while we are devastated for her family and heartbroken for the amazing soul this world has lost, we take some comfort in knowing that her suffering has ended and her journey continues on.

We send all the love and many hugs to Rob, Connor and Riley and to all of Jessi's family and friends for their loss.

If you knew Jessi at all, you knew that she had a beautiful and loving heart and a wicked sense of humour.

We will miss her laugh, her smile, her snarkiness.

Jessi had a way of bringing people together, and is in fact the reason that many of the members of the design team are here, because Jessi asked us and encouraged us.

Please spend a moment today remembering Jessi, sending loving thoughts, vibes and comfort to her family and friends.

In our hearts always and forever.

Saturday Shoutout

Happy Saturday crafty friends!

Thank you for playing in our last week's Tis The Season challenge

We had many wonderful entries, but here are our top 3 - in no particular order:
Imke

Ester

Christi C

Please proudly grab a badge from the sidebar and MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone! See you in 2019!

Saturday Shoutout

Happy Saturday crafty friends!

Thank you for playing in our last week's Happy Birthday Dude challenge

We had many wonderful entries, but here are our top 3 - in no particular order:
Karen

Cass

Faith A

Please proudly grab a badge from the sidebar, and hope you will join us for our current challenge called Tis The Season.

Have fun crafting!

Shopping Our Stash #384 - Tis The Season

Seasons greetings crafty friends!

Thanks for joining us for our final challenge of 2018.

After this challenge we will be taking a holiday break to spend time with friends and family and will be back to you with a sparkly new 2019 challenge on January 8.

In the meantime, we would like to see what you are celebrating this time of year...whether you celebrate Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Ōmisoka...we'd like to share in your celebration!

Here are the holiday crew creations:

DONNA

LAUREN

CHRIS

BARBARA

DEENA

MARIA

MIMI

As always, we would love for you to join our crew and play along.

You have until 11:55 pm (EST) on Monday December 17 to  upload your project using the inlinkz below.

Make sure your link is a direct link to your new project, not just a generic link to your blog.

And, please, no more than 13 combined challenges, including ours.

An InLinkz Link-up

Saturday Shoutout

Happy Saturday crafty friends!

Thank you for playing in our last week's Washi Tape challenge

We had many wonderful entries, but here are our top 3 - in no particular order:
~ginny

Theresa's Studio

Helen

Please proudly grab a badge from the sidebar, and hope you will join us for our current challenge called Happy Birthday Dude.

Have fun crafting!

Shopping Our Stash # 383 - Happy Birthday Dude

Greetings and salutations crafty pals!

Are you up to your eyeballs in holiday cards??

Well this week we are offering you a break!!

Our challenge this week is to make a masculine birthday card (who has enough of those in their stash right??)

Here are the crew dude creations:

DONNA

MARIA

LAUREN

BARBARA

DEENA

CHRIS

As always, we would love for you to join our crew and play along.

You have until 11:55 pm (EST) on Monday December 10 to  upload your project using the inlinkz below.

Make sure your link is a direct link to your new project, not just a generic link to your blog.

And, please, no more than 13 combined challenges, including ours.

An InLinkz Link-up

Saturday Shoutout

Happy Saturday crafty friends!

Thank you for playing in our last week's Inspired By A Food Label challenge

I think we confused some of you with this challenge, but here are the Shoutouts for today:
Elisabeth

SmilynStef

Please proudly grab a badge from the sidebar, and hope you will join us for our current Washi Tape challenge.

Have fun crafting!

Shopping Our Stash # 382 - Washi Washi Washi

Greetings & salutations crafty friends!

Thanks for stopping by to check out our latest challenge!!

If you are like most of our crew members, you have LOTS of washi tape in your stash.

Well, you're in luck! This challenge is designed to help you use up some of that washi you've been "collecting!"

Here are the crew washi creations: 

DONNA

CYNDI

CHRIS

MIMI

LAUREN

DEENA

BARBARA

MARIA

As always, we would LOVE for you to join our crew and play along!

You have until 11:55 PM EST on Monday December 3 to upload your project using the Inlinkz below.

Make sure your link is a direct link to your new project, not just a generic link to your blog.

And, please, no more than 13 combined challenges, including ours.

An InLinkz Link-up

Saturday Shoutout

Happy Saturday crafty friends!

Thank you for playing in our last week's Tic Tac Toe challenge

We had many wonderful entries, but here are our top 3 - in no particular order:
Nancy Brown

*Vicki*

Cat Luvs Paper

Please proudly grab a badge from the sidebar, and hope you will join us for our current Inspired By Food Label challenge.

Have fun crafting!

SOS #381 - Inspired by a Food or Beverage Label

Happy Tuesday and welcome back to Shopping Our Stash!

Chris here, and I'm hosting this week's challenge. Have you ever looked at a food or beverage
label and thought, hmm that would make a great project. Well now is your chance, and that's your challenge this week! If at all possible, please add a picture of the item that gave you your great idea, since we might not automatically recognize it on your project. Thanks!

Here's how the Crew was inspired:

CYNDI

 (Inspired by a Campbell's soup label)

DONNA

 (Inspired by the Tim Hortons cup)

LAUREN

 (Inspired by the Kona Longboard beer label)

MIMI

(Inspired by the Peach-Pear La Croix Sparkling Water label)

CHRIS

 (Inspired by the Harvester wine label)

BARBARA

 (Inspired by a package of blueberry candy canes)

DEENA

 (Inspired by pop cans)

MARIA

(Inspired by the Shock Top beer label)

We hope that we got your creative juices flowing, and that you'll join us this week!

You have until 11:55 PM EST on Monday November 26 to upload your project using the Inlinkz below.

Make sure your link is a direct link to your new project, not just a generic link to your blog.

 Please, no more than 13 combined challenges, including ours.

Most of all, have fun! We can't wait to see what you come up with!

An InLinkz Link-up

Saturday Shoutout

Happy Saturday crafty friends!

Thank you for playing in our last week's Raining Cats and Dogs challenge

We had many wonderful entries, but here are our top 3 - in no particular order:
Jane Willis

Ike's World

Sharon

Please proudly grab a badge from the sidebar, and hope you will join us for our current Tic Tac Toe challenge.

Have fun crafting!

SOS 380: Tic-Tac-Toe

Hello, and welcome to Shopping Our Stash!  

This week I, Mimi, am your hostess and I've come up with a tic-tac-toe game for you:

Here are the creations from our talented Design Team:

Cyndi

Chris

Using the middle column

Lauren
Using the diagonal starting at top left

Barbara

Using the diagonal starting with the bottom left

Mimi
Using top row and also right column

Deena
Mine either uses the bottom row or diagonal left bottom to right top

Donna
Using centre column

We hope we've inspired you, and we look forward to seeing which path you will take for this game!

Link up new projects below by Monday, November 19 at 11:59 pm, EST, combining with no more than 13 challenges including this one.

An InLinkz Link-up