January 2026 Great Stash Bash Adventure Recap

Happy last day of January!!  Today I am sharing a quick recap of how I used my kit for our Lisa & Lori's Great Stash Bash Adventure this month!!  I was actually very focused this month in using up my kit and was very pleased with the results!!  As far as my 5 patterned papers and 3 cardstocks I was able to use each patterned paper this month!  I almost used up one full sheet!  I used 3/4 of 2 sheets and 1/2 of the other 2 sheets.  I really had hoped to use up a full 3 sheets but overall I am happy with what was used and will add these pieces to my scrap pile.  For the cardstock I used up a full sheet of black and a full sheet of white, but didn't use any of the green or pink....I need to work on using more than just black and white cardstock next month!!  

Here is my BEFORE picture:

My AFTER picture:

Now moving on to embellishments:  I did not include the alphas in my after picture as I used only a few letters.  I did however, almost use up the two smaller sticker sheets and I used over 15 pieces of ephemera this month!  I only used a few stickers from the 6 x 12 sheet but hope to use more in the next few months.  I will call this a win and keep these sticker sheets on my desk hoping to incorporate them into stuff I make next month!

My BEFORE embellishment picture:

My AFTER embellishment picture:

For my stash bash item: cut apart cards I did fair but realized last week I selected TOO many cut apart card sheets and I could never have used them all!  I will work on being more realistic moving forward!!  I was able to use up both of the half sheets of cut aparts except for one tag.  I did not even touch 4 of the sheets.  The 2 x 2 sheet I used up almost half of that sheet and for the one journal card sheet by Heidi Swapp I used up all but 2 of the cards so 3/4 of the sheet! 

My BEFORE stash bash item (cut apart card) picture:

My AFTER stash bash item (cut apart card) picture:

RECAP:  I am doing a 100 paper challenge this year trying to use up 100 full sheets of paper from my stash and so for this month I am counting 4 sheets as used.  I am adding the rest to a special scrap pile and if I end up using the scraps up it will add to my total.  So overall, it was not as productive as I would have liked but I feel like I did make a dent in my fun kit and am happy with my results!!  For the total I was able to create one layout, 2 cards, 3 journal dashboards and use some misc embellishments in my planner & journal!!  Be on the lookout for pictures of more of my projects as some are for upcoming DT projects and a I just haven't gotten around to photographing my journal dashboards yet!  I hope you will join myself and Lori next month on our Great Stash Bash Adventure!  Happy creating! 

 Lisa