Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Challenge #22: Yay Team!

Hello Users!
We hope everyone had a wonderful week of holiday festivities!

While there is a lot of celebrating, we are also sniffling as we bid a fond farewell to our first Design Team. Sami and I thank you all from the bottom of our hearts! What a fabulous team...we were so blessed to have you be a part of the Use It Tuesday Family!
Our new team will be introduced on the 6th when we post the winner from this challenge, so stay tuned!

Now, for our challenge: Please make a project that incorporates the colors of your favorite sports team!

***REMEMBER: All of our challenges call for you to use your hoarded supplies! A challenge requirement is to tell us in your post what you used!***

Please link your creation using Inlinkz by Friday Jan 6th. No blog? No problem! Just use keyword USE022 when uploading to an online gallery and leave us a direct link so we can find your creation. (Linking tips are at the bottom of the post!)

Please make sure to mention you are playing along with a Use It Tuesday challenge (a link is great too!) so we know you are participating.

As always, one lucky participant will be randomly chosen to be a featured guest designer in an upcoming challenge!

Here is a little inspiration to get you started:

Nancy loves her some hockey and this card is made in honor of the Calgary Flames. (Even though I think the red has to do with the old slogan, GIVE BLOOD, PLAY HOCKEY!) She used her hoarded Doodlebug brads and black paper for this 'hat trick' of a card!


Sonya's family are HUGE Colt's fans! She used her hoarded and retired SU blue paper for this darling page, plus her Cricut Opposites Attract cartridge that was collecting dust. I'd say this page is a touchdown!


Dinah made a card in honor of her husband's favorite NBA team, the Celtics! The paper and embellishments are all from 2009. This layout sure is a slam dunk!



France
made a tag using her son's favorite football team's colors (which I actually think in the US might be a soccer team? We always have to be different, don't we!) EVERYTHING on this beauty was hoarded and she pulled out her old sewing machine to dress it up! GOALLLLLL!



Haven
is getting ready for the Rose Bowl with this sporty layout in honor of her Oregon Ducks! Can you believe she STILL has hoarded paper left after her term with us? Say it isn't so! :) Good luck Ducks!


Heather is another hockey fan and she made this sweet card in honor of her hometown team! Ribbon, patterned paper and a flower all came from her stash. This card is a breakaway!


Jane, who lives in CA but seems to be a Jets fan (Traitor! Ha Ha), made this gorgeous wreath with her hoarded stamps! Ingenious use of the snowflake, don't you think? Even though she should have made a card with red and gold (tee hee), we will still give this a 'win'!


We can't wait to see what you create! Now go Use It!!

Tips for linking:
  • On your blog, once you publish your post, click on "View Blog". Then copy the URL and paste that into the Inlinkz address field.
  • No blog? Easy enough! Save your creation in your online gallery. Once it has been published, click on the exact project you want linked. Once it is up in your browser, copy the URL and paste that into the Inlinkz address field below. If you don't use any online galleries, you can use Sami's SP Gallery, registration is free and easy!



Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Challenge #21: Holiday!

Hello Users!

In honor of the upcoming holidays, we want to see your Holiday creations! Christmas, Kwaanza, Hanukkah, wrapping, baking...whatever says HOLIDAY to you!

***REMEMBER: All of our challenges call for you to use your hoarded supplies! A challenge requirement is to tell us in your post what you used!***

Please link your creation using Inlinkz by Friday 23 Dec. No blog? No problem! Just use keyword USE021 when uploading to an online gallery and leave us a direct link so we can find your creation. (Linking tips are at the bottom of the post!)

Please make sure to mention you are playing along with a Use It Tuesday challenge (a link is great too!) so we know you are participating.

As always, one lucky participant will be randomly chosen to be a featured guest designer in an upcoming challenge!

Here is a little inspiration to get you started:

Jane found this sweet frosty guy while cleaning out her computer files! Isn't he darling?! She used hoarded paper and stickles to give him life! Thumpety thump thump...Look at Jane go!


Nancy, like all good crafters, bought this blue shimmer paper as a souvenir on one of her trips a long while back! And those snowflake brads were also brought out of craft drawer retirement...we are so glad! Festive and fun all in one!

Siobhan used her hoarded SU paper from a few years back and used the LAST of the green tree paper (sniff, sniff) to make this one. That stamp is from TAC and is an oldie but a goodie. Although she was sad to use the last of her paper, the card brought her much JOY. ;)


Sonya dug up an old Stampin Up favorite for this darling card! 10 years of love for this baby...and I am talking the rubber! Her ribbon and paper are also out of the stash! Sonya gets 6 Stars! (Dd you get that...instead of 5? Look at the image...)


Dinah is making us all look bad by actually scrapbooking something that happened in the 2000's! ;) I mean really, Dinah! What a beautiful picture of her family last year...but her secret? The supplies are MUCH older than a year old! Ah, we thought so!



France
says "Merry Christmas" in Dutch to everyone while using her hoarded papers! And she made this while doing make and takes showing people that while using the same stash, you can make a totally different project just dressing up paper with embossing plates and dies! Wait! That would not encourage hoarding!


Haven is rockin' the holiday like it is 2009! All that paper...from a Creative Memories holiday pack made back then! By the way, her yard looks FABULOUS! 'Tis the season to be Clark Griswold!


Heather...we have all been good this year! Can we get an awesome gift box too?! The recipients of these are going to be over the moon (or tree depending on how much egg nog you have indulged in) and the best part? Heather used hoarded paper to make them!

Sheena, our winner from Challenge #20, made this darling creation using stash circa 2010...but she confessed that the papers were lost in her stash and we shudder to think of how long they could have gone unloved if it were not for this card! Sheena, you made the hoarders NICE list this year!

And last but certainly not least, is Sandra, our Challenge #19 winner! She was inspired by Tim Holtz's 12 tags of Christmas and made this stunning album to be part of her Christmas decor! And the genius part...she used clothing eyelets! Genius! I think the elves are jealous. :)

We can't wait to see what you create! Now go Use It!!

Tips for linking:
  • On your blog, once you publish your post, click on "View Blog". Then copy the URL and paste that into the Inlinkz address field.
  • No blog? Easy enough! Save your creation in your online gallery. Once it has been published, click on the exact project you want linked. Once it is up in your browser, copy the URL and paste that into the Inlinkz address field below. If you don't use any online galleries, you can use Sami's SP Gallery, registration is free and easy!



Saturday, December 3, 2011

Challenge #20: Winner!

Well hello there users!

What a fun challenge this past week! On behalf of the Design Team, we are so thankful all of you chose to take part in our 'thankful' challenge!

We are pleased to say the Inlinkz froggy chose SHEENA as our winner! She made this beauty (as well as a bunch more!) using her stash:


As always our winner will be asked to join us as a Guest Designer in an upcoming challenge! She also gets to put this awesome button on her blog!


Our next challenge goes live on the 13th! Are you ready to use it?