Hello, welcome to our challenge blog. One night while commiserating about our affliction, Lea and I thought up a great idea on how to make a dent in our long lost and forgotten stash of scrapbooking items. You know how it goes, new products come out and some where along the way what was new 6 months ago, gets shoved to the side as all the new goodies keep coming and you keep buying...We thought what better way to branch out creatively than to have a few challenges to help us out. You all know you have those items way back in your drawer or the bottom of your bag. Maybe you just aren't sure how to best use a particular item that you just had to have. Well, that is where we come in. This blog started out for our enjoyment, but we figured what the heck, let's post our challenges for everyone. We may just get you inspired to pull out those long lost eyelets, or that never used scrappy tool. So, we hope you come along for the ride... get ready to start using your SCRAPBOOK stash. =) =)

Sunday, May 1, 2011

May's Challenge and Blog Changes

Hi everyone!  Well we've made May's challenge pretty easy for our new DT members.  May's challenge is the same as what the DT challenge was.  We want you to dig into your stash of stamps and use those stamps to make at least one piece of patterned paper for your layout and 3 stamped embellishments.  As always we encourage you to play along with another challenge on the same layout.  Our list of challenge blogs over on the right side is quite long but if you know of a blog that we don't have on there please let us know and we'll add it!  Now take a look at what our DT did!  Hey but wait, make sure to scroll all the way down to this post and note the changes we're making to the next 6 months!

Karen

Lynnda

Deb

Yara

Lena

Sue

Julie TW

Lydia

Frank

Anne Pennington

Julie AJ

Eli

Lea

Theresa

The DT layouts amaze me. Can you tell what papers are stamped???? 

Okay and as far as changes.  Well this is a challenge blog to help us use what's in our stash right?  Well why not give all of you another chance to win each month if you make a card with the scraps from the layout you made.  If you post your card and layout on the same blog post, just link up twice and you'll be counted twice.  Of course you are not expected to meet all the challenge requirements on the card but we do ask that you use the item we're challenging you to use on the card.  So once you're done with your stampy layout, make a card with the scraps and make sure there's a stamp on there!  Easy as that!  Another change we're making is that we're going to picking and posting our favorite cards or layouts for the month and if you're picked you'll have the prestige of being a Scrapbookers Anonymous Choice Junkie!  We reserve the right to change the name of that before the end of the month, actually if you have any ideas let us know, but we want it to be along the same lines as Scrapbookers Anonymous and Addicts!  Our entire DT will be voting for the Choice Junkies so it should be fun!

May's prize is some wonderful Tim Holtz distress papers  (1 sheet of each pattern). Have you seen them? They are super awesome. Resist Kraft paper. Who knew. lol.. =) and of course you'll get some other fun embellies in your prize pack as well.

To submit for the May challenge, you must have your layout submitted by 9pm EST on May 31st
Please come play with us.  =)


12 comments:

Julie Tucker-Wolek said...

Loveeeeeeeeeee what everyone created and loving the changes too! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

Lea said...

Fantastic layout everyone!!!

Lena said...

All these layouts look amazing!! Lots of inspiration there!!
LOVE the changes too!!

Frank Garcia said...

Great Layouts everyone! Good Luck to everyone playing along!

Sue, a.k.a. midwestgirl said...

I did have to look carefully to see what was stamped! Great job, everyone! Love the new excitement coming to the blog!

Lynnda Hosni said...

Woohoo....Fantastic layout everyone!!!..hugs...xoxo

debbiebakk said...

Love all the inspiration in the stamped layouts and like the new changes to the blog- I sometimes already make a card from the scraps and keep them for future use- what a challenge to have here at this blog.

isay said...

amazing inspirations from the DT's and love the changes. i already linked mine i did both LO & card but it didn't let me link twice. thanks for the inspiration :D

Karen L said...

I love using stamps to make my own patterned paper...will have to give this a try!

Dorothy said...

i had so much fun creating my LO using your stamp challenge. it made me use my stamps, inks and stickles. i am sooo happy. this is also my first time to join, yet please expect more from me in the near future! :D

Diana Joy said...

Wow...the DT layouts are fabulous. On some of them I had to really study to see what was stamped. Great job everyone.

Leslie - lilkoala3 said...

Wow... I haven't used a stamp in a lonnnng time! But lord knows I have a ton! I liked how it turned out! Thanks!