Use Your Stash Rubon Challenge Cards

The challenge this month at Use Your Stash was to use at least 3 rubons on a project. Can you find them? I used Heidi Grace red rubons as the border, KI Memories sentiment and circles (these were older KI, so nice to dig into the stash a bit), and also some Fancy Pants made the red circle line on the tag. Paper and tag are from Basic Grey and brad is Imaginesce.

I used 4 on this one....white lines are from My Mind's Eye (older stuff), Basic Grey barcode rubon, American Crafts hi flowers and Doodlebug glitter rubon swirl brackets. Also used some Basic Grey paper and Darice gems.

Use Your Stash Chipboard Challenge Cards

Here are the cards I made for September's challenge over at Use Your Stash. The challenge product was chipboard. Lets just say I have no shortage of chipboard (and leave it at that...lol). On this card I used a raw chipboard star from Scenic Route. Where you ask? It's under the orange and blue papers. It gave the card nice dimension and without making it too heavy. I used kraft cardstock, Around the Block papers and Darice gems. I've used this birthday paper alot. Love the bright colors and I love that you can cut the different sentiments right out of the paper.

Ok, it's not anywhere near St. Pat's day yet (but in the scrappy world it is). I used Bazzill cardstock, Die Cuts With A View paper and sentiment sticker, American Crafts chipboard swirls and also a DCWV chipboard Pot O' Gold.

Use Your Stash Patterned Paper Challenge and 2 Sketches 4 You - Laura Sketch #6

I decided to post these together since they both use the fun Retro Metro line by Tinkering Ink. In addition to paper I also used some fun fabric strips from the same line. I love the look and have about used them all up already! Other products include Heidi Swapp chipboard letters, Around the block tape/label maker and some Darice gems.

I made this for this week's sketch at 2 Sketches 4 You. Size 4x6.


I made this for the patterned paper layout challenge at Use Your Stash. Size 8 1/2 x 11. I kind of created them in reverse. I made the Merci card for my DT work, then the layout and then the Thanks card.

Be sure to sign up for my giveaway too.

ETA: I got a BOB mention over on Card of the Week :-)

Use Your Stash August Patterned Paper Challenge Cards

This card was made with some of my Tinkering Ink goodies that I won on their blog. This is the Retro Metro line. Very bright and I tend to use brighter colors...so totally fun stuff to work with! I used a sqaure punch and a One Heart One Mind sentiment. And I always have to have a little bling. This is from Darice. Size is 5x7.

The Becoming Green line from Tinkering Ink also included some of my current faves...butterflies! I was on a huge flower kick for awhile and now I seem to have moved onto butteflies. I used the Martha Stewart classic butterfly punch (it accidentally fell in my cart at WM the other day) to punch some of the butterflies from the paper. I added some Prima bling and Doodlebug ABC's. This card is actually more of a mini card at 3x3.

Last but not least I dug into more of my Reminisce papers. It is from the Girly Girl line. I used my EK Success photo corner punch along with some white Pioneer photo corners, once again Doodlebug ABC rubons and Darice bling and pop dotted behind the middle flower for dimension. Size is 4x4.

These were my patterned paper challenge items for August and you can check out what the rest of the design team made at Use Your Stash. Don't forget there is a very cool prize from Cosmo Cricket up for grabs so be sure to get out that paper and enter!

August Challenge at Use Your Stash

What scrapper doesn't have an ample supply of patterned paper? Check out the fun challenge going on at Use Your Stash! Entries need to be linked to their blog post by 8/20/08. You can win some Cosmo Cricket goodies!

August Challenge!
Alright - ya'll are ready to hear the challenge and to find out what you have to do to win that fantastic prize, right? Well okay then! this month's challenge is to use PATTERNED PAPER!!!!! the more the better!!!!!
okay the rules :)
*8.5x11 or 12x12 layouts only
*one entry per person
*you need to provide the link to your layout in this post
*the deadline for this challenge is 8-20-08
hang on to your scraps - the card challenge will be posted on the 12th!!!

Use Your Stash July Challenge - Use Your Stamps!

Using Clearsnap Chestnut Roan (my all-time fave ink) I stamped the turtle onto Scenic Route Asheland Avenue from the Ashville line, added some bling from The Paper Studio and then cut him out. I adhered him to a quote card I cut from Fancy Pants Sweet Spring line - I love those cards! I stamped the Bazzill card base and the Prima flower with a flower from KI Memories Blooms stamp set. I adhered the flower with a pop dot and added bling to center as well. Turtle stamp is from the Kim Hughes Collection of Cornish Heritage Farms. Size is 4x6.

I stamped Hot Off the Press Flight of Fancy butterfly stamps onto embossed swirl Doodlebug paper to add some texture. I then bent the wings slightly and added pop dots for more dimension. The other stamp I used was the sentiment and that is from the Kim Hughes Collection of Cornish Heritage Farms. Paper is Rusty Pickle Pop Star and bling is from The Paper Studio. Size is 5x7

I made these for the July Challenge over at Use Your Stash. The turtle and the sentiment stamp I got in a RAK (along with some other cool goodies) from Kim Hughes. Be sure to check out her blog. Her stamps are so adorable and I see that she is coming out with a cool paper line as well. I wish I had one teaspoon of her talent!

I've already got some other ideas for that turtle floating around in my head including a card that says - You're a Hero in a Half Shell!

Use Your Stash Card Design Team

I'm excited to have been asked to join the Use Your Stash card design team. I've been saying I want to make more cards and now I'll have too...lol. Each month they have different challenges for both layouts and cards and give away some prizes too, so be sure to check it out! When I'm smart enough to figure out how to add a blinkie, you'll see it on my blog.

School starts tomorrow for my two kidlets and so we had open house tonight and then getting the backpacks ready so no time to be creative tonight!

Thank You Card

On my 3rd afternoon off I accomplished nothing besides taking a nap..oops! OK I did work on getting some product info/instructions for some items I need to send out to a couple mags, but I did nothing that involved glue. We've also been gone every night this week with kids stuff, so I've had a small window of creating available and the nap snuck up on me!

On my last day before rejoining the working world (BIG YUCK!) I did make a few things. One was for a challenge at Use Your Stash to make cards with scraps and ABC stickers on them. Mine is made with Bazzill Cardstock, Die Cuts With a View and KI Memories papers and Doodlebug ABC stickers. I also used the asterisks as centers on some of the flowers.