April Spring Fling - Stacy H-W

Design Team Member Stacy H-W submitted this layout for the April SPRING FLING Challenge. She said:



Hi everyone!!  Stacy here and I'm so happy that I am posting a second time this month!  I just love the open idea of a Spring Fling challenge.  I decided to work outside of my personal box this time by doing a layout with photos of only flowers.  I never do a layout without a photo of a person but I live in Las Vegas and spring arrived here a while ago. In fact, we are working our way into summer already.  Everything is blooming.  I know when you think of Vegas you don't think of blooming flowers but we do have them!! LOL

I can't seem to help myself from taking photos of blooming flowers even though I know I never do anything with them.  Well, this time I decided to dedicate a layout to flowers blooming in spring.
I started with some gorgeous patterned paper from My Mind's Eye - Miss Caroline collection.  YUMMY!!  It just screams spring doesn't it?!



The sketch is one of the sketches we are working with in the 28 Days of Sketches class I'm taking online at BigPictureClasses.  I love starting with a sketch because it just seems to get my creativity off and running.  How about you??  Do you use sketches for inspiration?


I finished up my layout with some flowers and bling from my stash.  I just love those pearls on a roll from Recollections I bought last week for 40% off at Michael's!!  Since they were so cheap I decided to be extravagant with them on here.  ha


I hope you enjoy my layout.  Thanks so much for stopping by and looking! 


Until next time...happy scrapping!


Now it's your turn to take the April SPRING FLING Challenge. The April Challenge is anything to do with SPRING FLING. The possibilities are endless. Anything goes! So think SPRING FLING and take the challenge. To participate in the April SPRING FLING Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

 All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on April 30th a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of June. This challenge ends at midnight central time on April 30th.

March GREEN Challege by Stacy

Hello everyone!!  Stacy here today and I want to show you a Purse gift bag I made for this months Green Challenge.



I started with an Anthony & Burt - My Heart Belongs To You stamp set from Crafter's Companion which I stamped out and colored with my new ridiculously reasonably priced Spectrum Noir alcohol ink markers.  See...Burt is green!!!!   lol



After coloring the image I fussy cut those little rascals out and set them aside.  Next I stamped out the sentiment and used my Cuttlebug and some dies to cut graduating ovals. 



I want to show you how I made the "purse".  First I started with a 12"x12" piece of pattern paper. I turned it over and marked my lines on the back of the paper.  Most of the measurements are 2" so it is easy to remember.  Start by marking a horizontal line halfway down the paper at 6".  And another two horizontal lines 1 inch to either side of this line you have made at the middle of the paper. (these will be fold lines)



Next you will measure two inches in from each side and make two vertical lines.





To make those slanted lines you should measure from the outer horizontal lines 2 inches and then draw the line up into the corner where the vertical line and the horizontal line meet.  Do this at all 4 corners around the page.  (see the photo)



Next you will need to score all of these fold lines.



Now fold and adhere the sides.  I added ribbon for the handles by punching a hole through the side of the bag and adding a brad through the bag and ribbon.  Decorate your bag however you like.   I edge punched card stock to finish off the top of the bag and then added the stamped image and the sentiment.



I really like how it turned out.  I hope you were a little inspired to go out and be creative today.  Now it is your turn to do our March Green Challenge.  We can't wait to see what you come up with for this challenge. 

Until next time...happy scrapping.



February Leap Challenge by Stacy H-W



Design Team Member Stacy submitted this layout for the February Leap Challenge.  She said:

Hi everyone!! 

Stacy here to share with you my February LEAP challenge project.  I actually struggled with this challenge.  I couldn't think what to do and then as I was looking through my stash for paper to use I had an epiphany!! lol  I would be very literal and do a layout featuring my daughter who is a cheerleader.  Cheerleaders leap right?!?  lol


These photos were taken on the day her school held a charity event.  They had a Fun Run and a pancake breakfast to raise money for their school.  Her squad was happy to show up and cheer.  They got everyone enthused about the event and the Run.  And not only did she cheer before but she did the Run too!!  I'm very proud of her.


I used paper and embellies from the I love cheer leading kit from The Paper Studio.  Pretty much everything on the layout was in the awesome kit.  Notice the "leaping" cheerleader!! lol


Now it's your turn to take the February LEAP Challenge. The February Challenge is anything to do with LEAP - it could be a Leap you've taken in buying or using a new tool, a new product, a new technique, or your project could have something to do with your taking a leap. Anything goes! Take a leap and take the challenge. To participate in the February LEAP Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on February 29th a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of April. This challenge ends at midnight central time February 29th.

January NEW Challenge by Stacy

Design Team Member Stacy submitted this layout for the January NEW Challenge.  She said:

Happy New Year!! Stacy here.

I'm so happy to finally have life slow down a bit and go back to normal. I have been dying to scrap but wasn't really able to find the time with all the holiday madness. I was lucky to get a few new scrappy things for Christmas and am happy to now have time to use them!! How about you?? Did you get some scrappy goodness. And are you ready to use it?? Well, I hope that our January NEW Challenge inspires you to scrap some of your "new" stuff and share them with us here!!

I decided to make a layout for this challenge project. It is a layout about my daughter's school field trip to the mountains. I thought documenting her new adventures would be perfect for this challenge! I also was happy to use the new edge punch I got in my stocking. ha

Almost everything on this layout is Basic Grey Origin goodies that I had in my stash! I think the only thing not from my stash was the photo and the sparkly yellow alphas that are from Pink Paislee's Sweetness collection. Look at me using up my stash!! Woo hoo!! lol

I had fun making this layout and the best thing is that my daughter loves it. I hope you enjoyed looking at it too.

Now it's your turn to take the January NEW Challenge. The January Challenge is anything doing with NEW - it could be a new tool, a new product, a new technique, or the project could have something to do with NEW - like New Years Eve - Our New Home, etc!. Anything goes! Have fun sharing something NEW with us.

To participate in the January NEW Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com 

All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on January 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of March. This challenge ends at midnight central time January 31st.

December Anything Goes Challenge by Stacy

Hello everyone!! It is Stacy here today to share with you a Christmas Tree home decor project I made.

I am an admitted Scrap Magazine addict. I should probably be in a 12 step program for it but I'm not. lol The other day I was in my local book store and picked up Paper Creations Magazine. Right on the cover was a gorgeous paper crafted Christmas Tree. It was just so gorgeous that I immediately went to my scrap desk and started cutting out strips of paper! (I am totally not exaggerating!! LOL)

I cut the paper strips 1/2 inch by 4 inches out of MME Signature Christmas paper. I cut WAY TO MANY strips because I had decided to make 3 trees in graduating sizes to sit on my fireplace mantel. I think a good number of strips would be about 140. I used 5 different papers of coordinating paper. (Unfortunately, you can't really tell how different the papers are in the photo.)


Next I got out a Styrofoam cone. After gently folding the paper strip in half without pinching the folded end, I started attaching them to the bottom of the cone with pins. I continued doing this all the way up the tree until I got almost to the top of the cone. Once I finished attaching the paper strips, I got out some ribbon and wound it around the top covering the last row of pins in the paper. Finally, the last step is to top off the tree with buttons. I actually pinned down the bottom button and then glued the others to that button. If you have long pearl pins you could just pin the stack of buttons to the top of the tree.


I already have them sitting on my mantel and LOVE them!! This was such a simple project. It took a bit of time to cut out the paper strips because as I mentioned I cut way too many of them but after that it just went together quickly. So that is my project for December.

Now it is time to see what you can come up with for your December SOS project!! Until next time.....happy scrapping

To participate in the challenge - just send a picture of your project to Scrappinpsycho@live.com along with a brief description.

November Recipe Challenge by Stacy

Hi everyone!! It is Stacy here today to share with you the layout I made for the November Recipe Challenge here at Scrap Our Stash. I decided to go with an actual food recipe because I recently found this super easy Pumpkin Muffin recipe on Pinterest. I have made it 10 different ways since I found it and all of the muffins have been extremely easy to make and yummy to eat.

I baked a batch not too long ago to go in some muffin boxes I made with matching cards. I gave them to my children's teachers. These muffins were just that perfect sweet touch to finish out the gift. All you have to do to make the muffins is to mix one box of yellow cake mix with one small can of pumpkin. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. That's it! How much easier could it get?? You can use different flavors of cake mix, you can ice them and you can add nuts. You are only limited by your imagination.


Now it's your turn to take the November Recipe Challenge. You have two choices.
Follow this recipe:
5 embellishments (flowers, buttons, etc)
4 words or letters in your title
3 pictures
2 pattern papers
1 solid paper
 or
You can do a layout containing a recipe - maybe one of your family's favorite Thanksgiving dish or a family recipe. To participate in the November Recipe Challenge - just complete a project using one of the challenges mentioned above and email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com  All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on November 30th a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of January. This challenge ends at midnight central time on November 30th.

I can't wait to see what you come up with for our challenge. Until next time....happy scrapping!

October Quote Challenge by Stacy

Welcome to Scrap Our Stash!! It is Stacy here today to show you my October Quote Project. I'm surprised I don't use quotes on more layouts because when I do use them I LOVE them. I took these photos of my ds when he was out riding his bike with his brothers and sisters the other day. He LOVES to ride his bike! And loves to get his picture taken. He asked me to take these! ha And I thought they were cute photos so I decided I would try to record this moment in time with a layout. But wait this is a quote challenge...so I needed a quote.

Well, hello....Google is your friend! LOL I just put in the search for bike riding quotes and up popped the PERFECT quote for my layout! It is a quote from John F. Kennedy that says, "Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride." See....perfect!

I typed it up and printed it out on vellum. I trimmed it and then used brads to attach it to my layout. I used paper from a kit in my stash and can't for the life of me remember who it is from. Sorry. I already threw away the packaging. I stamped out the banner pieces and then fussy cut them out to make the banner. Most of the things I used on this layout were from my stash. (hence the beauty of making it for Scrap our Stash! lol)


I really like how it turned out and I think it really does capture a moment in time. Now it is your turn to do our October Quote Challenge. I can't wait to see what you come up with. Happy Scrapping!

Stacy H-W's September Grid Project

Hi, it is Stacy here again with my take on this month's fun Grid Challenge. I must admit that I was pretty excited when I heard the challenge for September. I tend to be a symmetrical scrapper and grids are something I just love to scrap. I was debating between circles and squares until I saw this fab layout at Write. Click. Scrapbook by Christa Paustenbaugh that totally inspired me to get out my circle punch and go crazy!

My hubby and I went on a special vacation this year to celebrate his 50th birthday. We took along my BFF and her hubby. We had the most FABULOUS vacation EVER! And I have a ton of photos that I want to scrap. The inspiration layout by Christa just had the ideas flying.

I started by punching 25 circles out of scrap paper and laying them in a grid pattern on some cream card stock. I spritzed on some Glimmer Mist in Sun Sisters and Peach Delight. After I let that dry I threw away the scrap circles.

Next I got out some really fun Echo Park Paper - Splash by Bella Road and I punch out approximately 25 circles. At that point I wasn't sure how many photos I would be using.

I went through the photos from our trip and then printed out 2 sheets of them in 2x2 and 3x3 sizes. After going through them and punching them out also. I decided on the 10 (!!) photos I used. I pulled out some random embellies from my stash and went to town finishing it up. I had to add the quote because it was just the perfect fit to describe our vacation. After adding some journaling it was finished.

What do you think?? I love how it turned out and I love that I could use so many photos on my layout.

Now it is your turn to share your grid project with us!! If you haven't already done it you need to go get scrapping!!  See all the details HERE!

Be sure and scroll down because something new is posted every day. Thanks for stopping by!

August Re-Do Challenge by Stacy H-W

Hi! It's Stacy here with my take on the Scrap Our Stash August Re-Do Challenge. I decided to scraplift a layout I made of my wedding rehearsal dinner. I turned the "sketch" and used a photo of my dd.

I don't normally re-do my projects so this was actually a challenge for me. First I had to decide which layout I wanted to use for my inspiration. That took me forever! LOL But finally I settled on this one of my hubby and I.

Next, I had to decide which photo to use on the new layout. I am traveling and don't really have very many photos printed out here to use so I was happy to find this one of my dd.

I used paper from the Crate Paper Samantha kit. I used bling from Prima, alphas from My Mind's Eye, and buttons from Doodlebug Design Inc. The rest of the goodies were from my stash.

 I like how it turned out. Maybe I will do this again sometime. How about you?? Ready yet to do the challenge for this month?? Go get busy because we are dying to see what you can show us!! lol

See all the details on the August Re-Do Challenge and how you can become a future Guest Design Team Member HERE!

Be sure to scroll down, Scrap Our Stash posts something new everyday!

Red, White and Blue Challenge by Stacy H-W

Hello, it is Stacy here to share with you my July Red, White and Blue Challenge. I'm not sure there could be an easier challenge here in the U.S. for July since we celebrate our Independence Day and our colors are Red, White and Blue.


I have 5 kids and everyday they come home with some kind of artwork. I never know what to do with it all. I usually just pick my favorites and toss the excess when they aren't around. They usually forget about it after a while so don't notice. (or at least don't mention it)


The other day my 5 year old ds came home with the coolest piece of art. I decided it would be PERFECT for my Scrap Our Stash July Project! He painted this really cool "flag" at school and I just loved the look and texture of it. I asked him if I could have it and add it to my layout. Lucky for me he said yes. He was actually pretty thrilled. ha Now I will have this art preserved for all time and he will be able to look back and see what he made. Unfortunately the ironic thing is that he isn't on the layout at all! He was sick and didn't go to the parade. But at least his art made it on there! lol


So as I mentioned I ended up using some photos of 3 of my kids from the 4th of July parade in Edmond, Oklahoma last year. It was an overcast day and we were super lucky because it didn't start raining until right after we got in the car to leave!


Some other paper I used was We R Memory Keepers Yankee Doodles and The Paper Studio All Seasons pack. I fussy cut some stars out of a sheet from the Yankee Doodles and also used star Pillow Stickers from K & Co. -Americana.


It came together easy as pie. (is pie easy?!) lol

Now it is your turn to show us your July Red, White and Blue Challenge. See all the details HERE!

June Something Challenge by Stacy H-W

Design Team Member Stacy submitted this layout for the June Someting Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue Challenge.  She said:

I was excited when I heard what the new challenge was for the month of June. The challenge to use something old, something new, something borrowed or something blue really gave me a lot of different options and ideas.

I finally decided to go with "something blue". I made this layout of my grandparents and tried to make it monochromatic using a turquoise blue.

I just love this new paper line from Pink Paislee! I inked the white paper blue to make the resist design of the doilies show up. I used the same ranger ink pad to stamp the butterfly in the upper left hand corner and circles on the tickets.

I inked the white alphas I used for the title a turquoise blue and then sprayed the whole layout with some Aquamarine Glimmer Mist.


I thought the black and white photo worked really well with the monochromatic blue. I love how it turned out.


Now it is your turn to make a project for the June Challenge. See all the details HERE!  I can't wait to see what you come up with for this challenge!

Be sure to scroll down, Scrap Our Stash posts something new everyday.

May Flowers Challenge - Stacy H-W

Hello everyone,
Here is the card I made for the May Flower Challenge.
I recently received this adorably sweet S.W.A.L.K stamp set, Old Friend. And I thought it would be perfect for the flower challenge.
I just love the sentiment and how perfectly it works with the image.
I made the card with scraps and ribbon from my stash. I colored the image with my watercolor pencils.
Then, I finished it off with a couple of tiny Prima Sculpture Flowers.
So there you go, my May Flower Challenge creation. Now let's see yours!!Details HERE!

April Bring In The Sun Challenge by Stacy H-W

Design Team Member Stacy submitted this layout for the April Bring in the The Challenge. She said: Here is my take on the April's Bring in the Sunshine Challenge.

When I first found out about this challenge I was a little disappointed because I had just made a layout with the theme "sunshine". (I was disappointed not in what the challenge was but in that I had already made and posted that other layout)

But I saw this awesome sketch at Pagemaps (March 2009) and I loved the idea of using a large photo. The sketch had this half circle which was just calling out to become a sun.

The Sassafras Lass Sweetly Smitten paper was the perfect fit with what I had in mind. It had "fake" stitching but I wanted to turn that half circle into a sun so I got out my needle and embossing thread and got busy sewing.

I'm really into stapling on ribbon so I dragged out my ginormous stapler and stapled away at that piece of green ribbon I chose from my stash. I added the title from some Cosmo Cricket Delovely paper and those sweet flowers are Puffies from KI Memories. I had to ink and stickle it too. I just love how it came out. So happy and sunshiny!!

Here is my April Challenge. Where is yours?? See all the details on the April Challenge HERE! Be sure to scroll down - there is something new at Scrap Our Stash everyday.

March Dust It Off Challenge - Stacy H-W

Design Team Member Stacy said:

When I heard the theme of the March Dust it off Challenge I wasn't sure which of my scrappy things that were gathering dust I would be using, but then the other DT members were talking about their Fastenators. And how they never use them.


I asked what is a Fastenator? And got a quick reply that it was a stapler that uses special staples....well guess what....


I HAVE ONE OF THOSE! LOL


I just didn't know it was called a Fastenator. And guess what else??? It has been stuck away in a container just gathering dust FOREVER.

Soooooo, here is my March layout using the Fastenator!!! LOL


I used a Sassy Lil Sketches February Sketch as my starting off point and some sweet pictures of my dd trying on her Uncle's hat. She sure thought she was hot stuff!! ha


I used We R Memory Keepers paper - Be My Valentine - Love Letters, Affectionately Yours, Love Birds and Irresistible.


I also used some Making Memories heart shaped glitter clears, lime green Fastenator staples, a Colorbok layered title, a vinyl American Crafts thicker that I inked and layered on a KCK chipboard piece. I pulled some buttons and bakers twine from my stash too. And ended with my favorite thing....crystal stickles!


So there you go...my take on the March challenge. Now, where is yours??

See all the details of the March Challenge HERE!

Be sure to scroll down - Scrap Our Stash posts something new everyday.

Pagerize Joni by Stacy H-W

Stacy says:  I was so excited and inspired when I saw Joni's Pagerize This layout. I immediately printed out the picture, took it to my craft desk and immediately got to work.

I decided to switch the base paper to black and only used red, black and white on the layout. Instead of sewing I used my white pen to imitate the stitching.

My mother crocheted the white flower. I have been "saving" it. Not sure why I am saving it because I have a hundred of them and she makes more all the time! lol

I used flowers, ribbon tape, chipboard letters, bling and brads all from my stash.

I love how it turned out!

So here is my Pagerize This layout.....where is yours??  See all the details HERE!

Be sure to scroll down - there is something new at Scrap Out Stash everyday.

February Challenge-Stacy H-W

Design Team Member Stacy submitted this layout for the February Love Challenge.  She said:

When I first heard of the February Challenge I immediately knew what I would scrap. I decided to use the title of my favorite love song as inspiration for my layout.

That song is At Last by Etta James. I adore that song! And it went so well with my plans for this layout.

The subject of my layout is my dd. We waited almost 4 years to finally get to go to China and bring home our baby girl. This is a picture of her that was taken in China by her Foster Grandmother.

I used some gorgeous papers that I ordered online and have no idea where they are from!!!! (sorry) I pulled flowers from my stash and inked them up and layered them with other flowers from my stash. I took some white embellies and inked them in different colors to go with my layout better. A few brads, some fiber...and it came together so nicely.

So here is my February "LOVE" challenge....where is yours??!!  See all the details on how you can take the February Challenge HERE!

January "New" Project - Stacy H-W

This is my take on the January "New" challenge. I decided to try out my new Sizzix Vagabond that my mother got me for Christmas and share the process with you.


First, look at how cute it is! It looks like a little suitcase. It is about 14 lbs and is a motorized die cut/embossing machine. (just in case you didn't already know)


There is a little storage compartment on one side for the cord and you attach it to the machine on the other side. The open/shut switch is at the top under the handle. And when you push it, both sides slowly open and lower down.


It comes with a Solo Platform, a Shim and two clear cutting plates. It is a strong machine which will cut thicker things like grunge board, thin metal, cork etc.


I decided to try it for embossing. I am totally new to embossing (and die cutting) so was wondering how hard this was going to be. I used a Cuttlebug Embossing folder and some card stock. I cut the card stock to the approximate size I needed and then opened the folder and put it in. Easy enough.

Next I sandwiched it between the two clear cutting plates and then put these three things on the Solo Platform. I gently pushed these things slightly into the machine until I felt pressure.


On the top of the machine are two buttons. One is to adjust directions and the other is to turn on the machine. The machine will only run if you are pushing the on button in.


I made sure I was going the right direction and then pushed the on button and pushed the Solo Platform into the machine until it took over for me. Easy as pie.

You can see how it turned out. It made a really deep embossed pattern on the paper that looks super cool.

I liked this embossing folder so much that I decided to use it to make the mats for my pictures on my layout. I used different paper that matched my layout better but the process was the same.

I have since used a Sizzix flower die to cut out 4 flowers shapes that I stacked and turned into a great embellie for another layout. The process was similar. I put the die on one of the cutting plates, cutting side up. And then put paper on top and then added the other cutting plate to the top. I eased it into the machine and then turned it on. It cut like butter.

So far I am having fun with this machine. I'm not sure if I would have bought it myself since it is really pretty expensive but I'm glad to have it as a gift. And I think I will get a lot of use from it.

Now to the supplies...The sketch was a January sketch from Sassylilsketches. I used We R Memory Keepers White Out Paper- Nonsense-Splish Splash, Nonsense-Ding Dong and Nonsense Drip Drop. I also used Nonsense Chip board embellies and rub on's that coordinated. The ribbon and bling are from my stash. I made it sparkle with a little Crystal Stickles.


There you have it...my January "New" Project....now where is yours???  See all the details HERE.

December Challenge by Stacy H-W

Design Team Member Stacy submitted this layout for the December Birthday Challenge.  She said, "This was a special, fun challenge for me.

My layout is of my dd on her first birthday. It was extra special to us because we adopted her from Taiwan and this is the exact day we were able to go there and get her. It was her 1st birthday and her "Gotcha Day".

We were so lucky that another family was there and took these great pictures of our family and shared them with us.

The nannies at St. Lucy Center had gotten a cake for her and the other kids that had birthday's that month. They put out boiled eggs and tomatoes too.

It was a wonderful day for my husband and I and an overwhelming one for my daughter. She is now 8 and really happy with this layout!

Now it's your turn to submit your Birthday project for the December Birthday Challenge.  See all the details in the December Challenge (link).

November Challenge by Stacy H-W

Design Team Member Stacy submitted this layout for the November Sketch Challenge.  She said, "I took the opportunity to make this layout while I was in Bellevue, WA at CKC. I knew we would be going to the evening crops so I put together my own little "kit" of pp and embellies, I printed out the sketch and off we went.

I've been wanting to make a layout using some pictures I took of my kids bobbing for apples. A perfect fall activity (if you don't mind all the germs! lol).

Anyway, this sketch just seemed to work perfectly.

I decided to change out the flowers and use leaves instead. They just seemed to go so much better with the great Scenic Route paper I used. I used 3 of the Sonoma line, Oak Lane, Rosalie Street and Scrap Strip 3.

I found the fun chipboard leaves in my stash (not sure who they are from??) The chipboard alphas are from My Minds Eye, their Dear Santa collection. I just inked them with some brown ink to help make them stand out on the patterned leaf paper.

I added a few jewels from my stash. I put some Stickles on a few of the leaves and added that fun paper clip.

The die cut journaling paper is from a sweet notebook by Bo Bunny that my friend, Denise gave me.


So there you go, my take on the November sketch challenge. Where's yours?  See all the details on how you can take the challenge in the November Challenge post below.