Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Digging through "the stash"

There is a new challenge blog. Craft Hoarders Anonymous. Does this have my name all over it???? The blog is hosted by the very talented Gloria Stengel. There is an extremely talented design teams so there's lots of inspiration.  The first challenge is to do a project that showcases your style. Hmmmmmm... I tend to be all over the place so that was a tough question for me. I looked at past things I have done and then tried to pick out what were the similarities of the ones I like best. So I discovered that I really like texture on a layout. I love flowers! And the other constant is ribbon...... So now I started hitting the stash....
   I found this picture from January 2007.  Step one. This is my mom, Great Grandma Frances meeting Emme for the first time. Olivia is busy being the proud big sister. I had a bit of difficulty finding paper as everything made Moms jacket pop...lol. I settled on this Authentique lively. I was working on it when I remembered back when I first started crafting and had no idea what supplies I wanted and needed, I bought the brown, pink and green brads as one of my very first purchases.So I really could not have dug much further back. While I was looking through the container with the brads I found the charm.... I have quite a few that have been given me and this is the first time I have ever used one!! So happy. And the tulle was actually the newest addition to my stash as I bought it to make decorations for a baby shower a few weeks ago!

I used this sketch from Tammi Bennett
 
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And this is my take 

Thank you for taking time to visit with me. I hope you will dig through your stash and get inspired to join this challenge!

Hope your day is full of wonderful surprises! 
Brenda

13 comments:

  1. Love how you really dug through your stash to play. Thanks so much for sharing with us at Craft Hoarders Anon :)

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  2. I'm so glad you shared this great layout with us at Craft Hoarders anonymous. Love everything about it!

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  3. Oh my! I love how you used the jacket for inspiration in picking your papers! I love the colors you chose as they highlight the photo! My eye went right to the photo and then was able to take in all the lovely work you put into the page! I love the banners and flowers. Plus, you shopped your STASH! How great it that?!!! Thanks for playing along with our first challenge at Craft Hoarders Anonymous!

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  4. Fantastic layout. Love your color combo and you followed the sketch but made it your own! Great Job! Thanks for playing along with the Craft Hoarders!

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  5. Thanks for sharing this sweet layout. You did a great job working with stash items. I love the picture too! I'm so excited that you joined us for the launch of Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog. I hope you come to play often! Ginny from Polly's Paper : )

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  6. super sweet page Brenda and way to go using up some of your stash! Thanks so much for playing with us at Craft Hoarders!

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  7. Wonderful choice of papers and such a precious image on this beautiful layout!

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  8. Such a sweet image and beautiful paper! Thank you for joining us over at Craft Hoarders Anonymous for our first ever challenge.

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  9. What a way to use your stash and show your style! Love that weaving of the designer papers. . .and nice coordination with the photos. Great accents! Thanks for joining us at Craft Hoarders Anonymous and for helping us spread the word! Keep up the great work!

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  10. I love that playing along in this challenge caused you to stop and think about your style. Knowing who you are and what you love to do is such a huge part of enjoying and being successful when it comes to playing with paper. Having said that, I really like your style! The texture you added to this pretty layout makes it visually interesting. Nicely done! Thanks for playing along in the very first CHACB challenge! Hope you will come play again soon!

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  11. Beautiful layout, love memories of the generations being together....love that you shared with us at CHACB....Thanks for playing along with our first challenge at Craft Hoarders Anonymous!

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  12. Beautiful layout, love memories of the generations being together....love that you shared with us at CHACB....Thanks for playing along with our first challenge at Craft Hoarders Anonymous!

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