Lisa & Lori's Great Stash Bash 2020 ~ September edition!

Happy September!!  Today starts a new month which means we are launching a new edition of Lisa & Lori's Great Stash Bash 2020!  Fall is almost here, and pumpkin spice has hit most stores!! So let's get this party started with our September edition of Lisa & Lori's Great Stash Bash 2020 challenge!!   

For those who are new to the challenge here is how it works:

On the 1st of each month we will post a challenge prompt and the stash kit we have created using that prompt. During the month we will try to use as much of our stash kits as possible on different projects. Then, on the last day of the month, we will do a recap post showing what stash we were able to bash!

This will be a just-for-fun challenge so no monthly prize - but isn't the real prize using up our stash? You never know - if we still have a few unused stash items after a few months, then those items may just go into a giveaway. We hope you will join us in our quest to bash some stash in 2020. If you accept the challenge to play along - link up on either my blog or Lori's Blog (or both if you choose) so that we can see who is joining us each month!

Now for our September challenge:

Here are the rules:

This month we will create a kit with 10 papers (seven papers 3 years or older & three newer papers), 5-7 scrap papers, 4 embellishments (three that are 3 years or older & one newer one), and some round embellishments!!!

1. Follow the challenge prompt to create a kit to work with throughout the month. You may use other items, but please concentrate on using your kit. 

2. Create new, not previously posted projects using your stash kit.

3. If you have a blog - please include the challenge graphic and a link to our challenge in your posts. 

4. You may link to social media if you don't have a blog. If you share on Instagram, please make sure to use - #lisaandlorisgreatstashbash2020

Since this is a just for fun challenge the rules are not set in stone BUT we have them to help you focus on what really matters using your stash!  We also hope you will help spread the word of our fun challenge so others may join in!!  You know you have at least one friend who needs to use her stash!! 

Here is my kit using the September prompts:

I am so excited about this kit!! My plan for this kit is to make a lot of cards to beef up my card stash of which I need a lot of thank you and birthday cards!! I am also going to be documenting with this kit in my TN and making a fun encouragement journal using these fun goodies!!

Some close ups:

My older papers:

 These are my older papers which are all from CTMH.  There are 3 from the Every Little Thing line (floral, green, blue stripe) and the rest are from the CTMH Mix in Line (grid, black plaid, black hearts and lavender dot) I really love these papers and colors and have been hoarding since I got them, time to use them up!!!

My newer papers:

 These papers are from the Pink Paislee Horizon line (yellow floral and blue speckle), Heidi Swapp Art Walk (light green grid) and PinkFresh Studios Noteworthy line (cut apart cards).  I think these will mesh well with the older papers I picked.

Here are my scraps:

 These papers are from American Crafts Shimelle's Never Grow Up line (yellow words), CTMH Every Little Thing (green and navy floral), Echo Park (yellow dot) and navy scroll/medallion is from the Photo Play Paper line We are family.  The other lines I don't remember as the branding strips are gone!! As you can see I picked a lot of larger scraps this go round!!

My embellishments:

 For my older embellishments I chose an ephemera pack by PinkFresh Studios the Indigo Hills line, tags from Pink Paislee Horizon line, acetate letters from the Hip Kit Club and a 12 x 12 sticker sheet from CTMH Every Little Thing.  For my newer embellishment I picked stickers from the Pebbles Jen Hadfield HomeMade line.

My circle embellishments:

I chose 3 sets of enamel dots one from Pink Fresh Studios, one from Elle's Studio and one from My Mind's Eye!  I was also digging in my stash and found these amazing epoxy stickers from Pink Fresh Studios from their Simple & Sweet line!! The wood buttons are from My Mind's Eye.  The flair buttons are from A Flair for buttons and last but not least there is a mixed embellishment pack from PinkFresh Studios that has some circle wood buttons, enamel dots and epoxy circle stickers!!

I am super excited to dig into my fun kit this month!! I hope you will join myself and Lori as we endeavor to bash some stash this month!  Remember if you play along make sure and use the #lisaandlorisgreatstashbash2020.  I can't wait to see your kit!  Happy creating!!  

Game Show Challenge fun at Cookin' Up Creations!!

Good morning friends!  Happy Monday!  Today it's my turn to host the last challenge for August at Cookin' Up Creations!  August is Game Show Month at Cookin' Up Creations and all the challenges are based on classic game shows! Today's challenge based on the game show Family Feud!  Family Feud is such an iconic game show and has run for a total of 2,311 episodes so far!  WOW!  Today my challenge is to create a layout about a family tradition using this fun Becky Fleck sketch:

Here is my layout based on the sketch and the Family Feud Challenge:

Supplies Used: Patterned Paper: Hip Kit Club & Pink Fresh Studios; cardstock: Bo Bunny Swiss Dot White; punch: Stampin' Up notebook edger; frame & doily: Unknown source; chipboard: Made with Love- Scenic Route; stars: Pink Paislee; stickers: gingerbread lady- Doodlebug Designs & Mouse- Hip Kit Club; ephemera: holly swag- Hip Kit Club

My niece and I love to have host a fun dinner on Christmas Eve after our church service.  Every year she plans a fun snack to "create".  This picture is from 2017 and that year she created a fun Christmas tree using grapes, strawberries, a celery stick and a star cut out with a star cookie cutter from a piece of cheese!!  Each year we have so much fun planning what she will do.  Last year it was a hot cocoa bar and she made snowmen out of marshmallows and candy canes for us to dunk in our hot cocoa!!  We have so much fun planning and looking on Pinterest for ideas!  This is a fun tradition we started back in 2015 and I hope we will carry through for years to come!!  Make sure and head on over to the forum at Cookin' Up Creations to join in the fun, we would love to see your favorite family traditions! 

Sketch N Scrap #207

Happy Hump Day!  Today I am sharing my layout I created with the amazing August 15th sketch at Sketch N Scrap created by the great Stacy Daubenberger!! 

 Here is her amazing sketch:

Here is my layout created with this amazing sketch:

Supplies Used: Cardstock: Kraft; Patterned Paper: Vicki Boutin Kaleidoscope and Wildflowers & Honey; stickers: Vicki Boutine Kaleidoscope; ephemera: Vicki Boutin Wildflowers & Honey; tag: unknow source; butterfly punch- Martha Stewart; butterfly Die: Stampin' Up; gems: Queen & Co; Letter Stickers: American Craft Thickers

I had so much fun with this sketch! I adapted the sketch to fit the one picture I had of my friend's granddaughter at the zoo!  I thought these papers were perfect for this picture and I love how the ephemera and stickers add to the layout to make the picture pop off the page!  There is still plenty of time to play along with us at Sketch N Scrap!  You have until August 31st at 9:55 pm CST to link up  your projects!!  Happy creating!

Cookin' Up Creations ~ Name That Tune!

I'm back with another fun challenge for you today!  Today I am hosting the Game Show Challenge of the Day at Cookin' Up Creations!! For the month of August we are basing all the challenges on various game shows!! Today I have selected the game show: "Name That Tune".  Did you know Name That Tune started way back in 1952?  It was a long running show that last aired in 1985 Wow!!  I used to love watching this show when I was younger, but I must admit I rarely could "Name That Tune"!!!  For my challenge you must create a layout that uses a song title as your layout title!! Easy peasy!! The hardest part was selecting which song I wanted to use!!   Here is my layout I created for this challenge:

Supplies Used: Patterned Paper: CTMH Craft On (background); Bella Blvd Island Escape (Pink raindrops); PhotoPlay Paper Let's Stay Home (Yellow stripe); Echo Park I Love Spring (pink flower & yellow/white stripe- banner); CTMH I Heart Us (purple & pink striped strip at top), Echo Park It's Your Birthday (Pink banner strip); Cardstock: Bo Bunny Swiss Dot; stickers: Echo Park Teen Spirit Girl; clouds: Bella Blvd- fussy cut from paper

When I was going through my stickers on one of my stash reorganization gigs I noticed that the quote was "Girls Can Change the World" which was funny since it is a song my niece loves!!  When we get crafty together we always play music and she loves to share her favorite songs with me, many of them I'm not to excited to listen to as I don't care for them, but this one has a catchy tune and the lyrics I found were positive and uplifting!  Here is my favorite verse from the song:

"I think it's time that
We turn some things around
We gotta stop trying
To tear each other down
If we shine
If we share the love we found
Girls can change the world"

Girls Can Change the World by PureNG

When deciding on my layout for this challenge I had a two fold goal in mind: to use up a kit I had made from scraps of older The ScrapRoom kits and to make a fun layout for my Name That Tune challenge using this sticker "Girls Can Change the World" which was the song I selected!  I decided I wanted to use a lot of fun girl stickers on my layout so I chose a grid style layout so I could do so!  I love how it turned out, the fun word strips and the unicorn are so fun and girly and then I also included a treble clef by my title to represent the song title!!  I hope you will find time to play along with us at Cookin' Up Creations this month.  Make sure and hop on over to the forum to see what songs people are using for their titles!  I can't wait to see what you come up with!!  Happy creating!

Sketch N Scrap card sketch #176

TGIF!!  Today I am sharing a card I made with the August 20th card sketch by sketch artist Stacy at Sketch N Scrap!  This is such a fun sketch!  Here is the sketch:

Here is my card using this amazing sketch:

Supplies Used: Patterned Paper: Jen Hadfield Heart of Home; cardstock: Stampin' Up Whisper White & Basic black; stickers: Photo Play Vintage Girl (banner) & Carta Bella Flower Market (floral); ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; stamps: CTMH

I love the simplicity of this card and the best part...I used all scraps left lying on my desk to make it!  YAY!  Super fast and so easy when using this amazing sketch!  Make sure and hop on over to the Sketch N Scrap blog to see what the other DT members did with this fun sketch!  Happy creating! 

Kill a kit ~ August edition!!!

Happy Friday!!  Today I am sharing my newest challenge I am hosting over at The ScrapRoom Facebook Group!  I have been on the DT at The ScrapRoom since 2017 and have as a result accumulated a lot of kits!  I have enjoyed each and every one of them! They are filled with the latest and greatest scrappy supplies!  Each month I end up with a few left overs and usually I just put them in a drawer and move on to the next kit...BUT....now my drawer is FULL!!! Yikes!  So I decided to host a challenge each month at The ScrapRoom to encourage other ladies in the same position as myself to "kill" a kit each month!!  So here is my kit I am going to "kill" in August:

 Kits included in this kit: July 2020 PhotoPlay Just Stay Home; August 2019 Echo Park Teen Spirit Girl; February 2002 Echo Park It's Your Birthday; March 2020 Echo Park I Love Spring; October 2019 Amy Tangerine Slice of Life; and May 2019 American Crafts Sparkle City!!

Here are the projects I have created so far using this kit:

 Layout created using the August Kill a Kit- from details see my post HERE

 Cards using the August Kill A Kit

This card was created using the August 5th sketch at Sketch N Scrap:

 Supplies Used: Cardstock: Whisper White- Stampin' Up; Patterned Paper: Echo Park It's Your Birthday; journal card: American Crafts She's Magic; sticker: Echo Park Teen Spirit Girl; stamps: CTMH Birthday Time; Ink: Stampin' Up Strawberry Slush

 Supplies Used: Cardstock: Stampin' Up Whisper White; Patterned Paper: PhotoPlay Just Stay Home & Echo Park I love Spring (flowers); sticker (bike): Echo Park Teen Spirit Girl; stamp: CTMH Life is a A Journey; ink: Stampin' Up Tempting Turquoise

 Supplies Used: Carstock: Stampin' Up Whisper White; Patterned Paper: Echo Park Teen Spirit Girl & PhotoPlay Let's Stay Home; Ink: Stampin' Up Tempting Turquoise; stamp: CTMH BIrthday Greetings; sticker (cupcake): Echo Park Teen Spirit Girl

Supplies Used: cardstock: Stampin' Up Whisper White; Patterned Paper: PhotoPlay Let's Stay Home (yellow stripe), My Mind's Eye (blue circle) & Echo Park I love Spring (flowers); sticker (telephone): Echo Park Teen Spirit Girl, ink: Stampin' Up Tempting Turquoise; stamp: CTMH Random Acts of Cardness; die: Stampin' Up stitched circle

I have not even used up all the kit yet, it is really yielding a lot of projects! I think I can get another layout and a few more cards out of what I have left so stay tuned to see the end of the kit by the end of this month!!  This just goes to show how well all The ScrapRoom kits combine together even those that are a year or more apart!!  I love the bright color palette of these cards/layout and I was also able to ink up a few stamps I had never used!  I think this is going to be a great challenge to keep the scrap pile under control!  I am already thinking of what kits I can use for next month!  Make sure and join us in The ScrapRoom Facebook Group to play along and to see what the other gals did with their kits!  Happy creating!

August Freaky Fast Friday Challenge!

Happy Friday!  Today I am sharing an adorable layout I created using the August Freaky Fast Friday Formula and the Doodlebug Designs collection called Bar-B- Cute!  I always love Doodlebug Collections but this one is just super fun and adorable!  Here is a reminder of the full  August Flavors of the Month kit:

Here is the Doodlebug Designs Bar-B-Cute collection I used for today's layout:

 Here is August's Freaky Fast Friday Formula my layout is based on:

Here is my layout using the Doodlebug Designs Bar-B-Cute mini kit & Friday's Freaky Fast Forumla:

 Supplies Used: cardstock: White-from the kit; Patterned Paper: Doodlebug Designs Bar-B-Cute- from the kit; ephemera: Doodlebug Designs Bar-B-Cute- from the kit: Doodle Pops (ketchup bottle)- Doodlebug Designs Bar-B-Cute - from the embellishment kit; doily: Doodlebug Designs- from the kit; letter stickers: American Crafts Thickers- from my stash; die: Stampin' Up Stitched Circle- from my stash.

This formula was so fun!  At first I was intimidated because of the large number of pieces!! But once I cut them all and started moving them around on my cardstock it went together very quickly!  I added the doily which I thought gave my embellishment cluster a nice touch. To draw in another circle I and get a hamburger for an embellishment, since the pictures are about fries and hamburgers I fussy cut the hamburger from one of the cut apart cards on the B side of one of the papers and added it to a die cut cardstock circle!  I think this kit is just so fun and perfect for those pictures we all have of our kids as messy eaters!!  My niece was so adorable with her ketchup/fries and hamburgers don't you think?  She is older now and does not even like hamburgers so that makes these photos even more precious!  Make sure and head on over to The ScrapRoom blog to see what other layouts the DT came up with using the fun mini kit and this fun Freaky Fast Formula for August!  Happy creating!