Shopping Our Stash #459 - Triple Threat and a DT call

Before we jump into the challenge, we want to announce that we are looking for a few new design team members. If you are interested in joining the crew, please play along with this challenge and add DT after your entry.

As part of the team you will create a project every other week that shops your stash.

You will also be responsible for commenting on entries and taking a turn hosting challenges and creating blog posts

Greetings and salutations crafty pals!!

Thanks for stopping by to check out the latest challenge from our creative crew.

Our theme is TRIPLE THREAT...that means we want to see three of something on your project (three of the same things - three buttons, three stickers, three images, three pieces of washi...you get the idea).

CHRIS

LAUREN

MARIA

DEENA

BARBARA

ALICA

DONNA

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

Here are a few things to keep in mind:

You have until 11:55 PM EST on Monday December 6th  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!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Challenge #290 - Heartless! Create A Romantic Project - No Hearts Allowed

Hello, Crafty Peeps!

Create a Romantic Project without using hearts!

(It is okay to use the words "heart" or "hearts.")

By now, I imagine most of you know that the Shopping Our Stash Design Team Members are just a little bit special!  That being said, it should come as no surprise that we don't want you to create cute little valentine cards loaded down with cute little hearts!  Besides, it too late, today is THE DAY!

Here is some inspiration from our Crazy Crew! 

Ina

Donna

Lauren

Stacey

Mimi

Barbara

Maria 

Alica

Chris

Deena

Chana

The link will close at 11:55 PM EST on Monday, February 20th.

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

A Little Reminder:  SOS WANTS YOU!

 We are looking for Guest Designers! To be considered for March,

add a 'DT' after your name when you link up!

An InLinkz Link-up

SOS #271 - Apple For Teacher

Hello and welcome crafty friends!

This week at SHOPPING OUR STASH our theme is

Apple For Teacher

We want to see fruits or vegetables on your card or project, or you can

make a Teacher Appreciation card!

Pretty simple, right? Lot's of choices for you, because that's how we roll here!

Let's start off with our September Guest Designer, Jennifer. 

This is Jennifer's last post with the SOS Crew, and we just wanted to give her

a huge THANK YOU for joining us this month! Your talent is amazing and

we hope to see your fabulous projects in our gallery in the future!

Big cyber hugs!!

Jennifer

And now some inspiration from the Design Team:

Chris

Cyndi

Mimi

Maria

Stacey

Barbara

Lauren

Deena

The link will be open until 11:55 PM EST on Monday, October 3rd. 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 October,

simply leave a "DT" after your name when you link up! Easy Peasy!!

Thanks for playing along, and have fun!

An InLinkz Link-up

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.

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.

SOS #131 - Week 2, And Our New DT Members Announced

Happy Tuesday! Just a reminder that we're in Week 2 of our One Color challenge. You'll have until Monday, Dec. 30th, to link up.

Here's another card I made for the challenge, if only to use up the green version of the background I made for last week:

Leslie

And another one from Jessi:

Jessi

Looks like we are in a green mode this week. :)

I'd also like thank everyone who applied for our Mini DT Call. Please give a warm welcome to our new members Donna, Chris and Barb! They're getting their feet wet now, and will join us officially with the first challenge of 2014.

Enjoy your holiday (for those who celebrate), and we'll see you back here next week for the last challenge of 2013!

Challenge Reminder and Mini DT Call!

Just a reminder that we are in the midst of a two-week Holiday/Winter challenge. We wanted to give our USofA players time to spend with their families for Thanksgiving, so you'll have until Dec 9th to play. Our sweet DT gal Jessi has over-achieved and made a few more cards to inspire you:

Jessi

Jessi

Last week's challenge post is here, in case you haven't played, or maybe want to play again. :)

THIS post is about a DT call. Yep, we've had some turnover here in the SOS family and we're looking for 3 (or so) 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 shoppingourstash1@gmail.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 Wed, Dec 18th, to be considered for the DT. I'll announce the new DT members before the end of the year, and you'll join us with our first challenge in January.

That's IT!

If you still have questions, please email me at shoppingourstash1@gmail.com with DT QUESTION in the subject line so I'll know to respond ASAP.

Thanks!
Leslie