Lisa & Lori's Great Stash Bash July Kit Challenge

Hello, hello! Happy July 1st to you! 2023 is halfway over! This summer is going by so quickly - and it has just started!

It is time for the July challenge for Lisa & Lori's Great Stash Bash and I have mixed things up a bit this time around! When I was pulling my kit, I was torn as to whether to pull all 12x12 papers or whether to pull 6x8 papers and work on my traveler's notebooks this month, so I did both! I get so much more scrapping done when I have pre-planned, and I did a lot of planning the last couple of weeks! So settle in, there are lots of pictures in this post!

Before I get to my July kit, I thought I would let you know how I did with my June kit. I made two layouts and a card. Not as much as I would have liked, but better than nothing, and to be honest, I did not scrap much last month. It has been so nice having my girls here with us and I have been enjoying spending time doing things with them - even if I did neglect my scrapping! We are all settled in now, and I'm pretty sure I'll get more done this month!

Now, if you don't know what Lisa & Lori's Great Stash Bash is all about - 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 kit as possible on different projects.  This year we have added a bashket challenge to our kit challenge. Every month we pick 10 items that we want to get used up this year in a basket. We try to use as many of those items as we can during the month. If we don't use them all then those items stay in the basket and at the beginning of the next month, 10 more items are added. The object of the challenge is to try to keep your basket from overflowing!

This will be a just-for-fun challenge so there is no monthly prize - but isn't the real prize using up our stash?  We hope you will join us in our quest to bash our stash! If you play along - link up on either my blog or Lisa's blog (or both if you choose) so that we can see who is joining us each month. 

Here is the "recipe" for July:

To create your kit, pull 10 papers, 3-4 embellishments, 5-7 scrap papers, and our focus item for July - which is washi tape. Don't forget to pick your 10 items for your bashket!

For July, I am going with two layout kits. Here is my first kit:

Since we are in full-on summer mode around here, I had to make a summer-themed kit! This kit is all Echo Park's Sunkissed collection, and it just makes me smile! I love the fun bright colors and patterns. I can tell already that I might "need" a couple more sheets of a few of these papers!

Here is a look at the papers:

I did add two papers from my stash - the navy paper and the reddish-pink paper. There aren't many generic, or basic, papers in this collection - and I'm okay with that! That just means that I can show some love to the papers in my stash.

I can't wait to cut into these papers! Don't you love it when just looking at papers makes you excited to scrap?! 

Here are the cut-apart papers and the 6x6 paper pad. I wish Echo Park would change to 6x8. It would make things so much easier for me!:

I do plan on making at least one pocket page layout with these papers this month.

Here are the embellishments from the collection:

I have both embellishment packs, the sticker book the enamel dots, and since our focus item is washi tape, I picked out a couple of rolls that matched the kit. 

Here are a few scraps that I pulled for this kit. Not many, but if I need any other colors, I can always pull them. 

Here is my second layout kit:

This kit isn't my usual kit - it is mostly cardstock and I had to search my stash for embellishments that would work for the layout that I have in mind. And it is the one that I am most looking forward to working on! It's always great - and easy - when you have a collection full of everything all coordinating and ready to go, but sometimes it's fun to just raid your stash and see what you can find!

Here are the papers:

I have black cardstock, white cardstock, purple cardstock, and a couple of black and white papers to mix in.

Here are the embellishments:

While I was looking for a particular star stamp set (which I forgot to find! Note to self - go find the stamp set!) I found my stash of puffy alpha stickers and some other stamps that had been put in a drawer and forgotten about. I will be using lots of stamps and die-cut stars for this layout and I plan on actually making a double-page layout! We'll see if I am able to put the stencil to use, too. 

For our focus item, I pulled an assortment of washi tapes that I hope will work with all of my kits, and I just hope I remember to use them:

Now for my bashket items. I always manage to use one or two items each month but I need to do better! I'm about to need to go up to a bigger bashket again! 

1 - puffy word stickers from Felicity Jane

2 - word stickers from Jillibean Soup

3 - two sheets of summer-themed stickers from Simple Stories

4 - rub-ons that I have no idea if they will even work

5 - a sheet of word stickers from Amy Tangerine

6 - two sticker sheets from - I think - an Amy Tangerine sticker book

7 - a phrase sticker sheet from Simple Stories

8 - and acetate piece with multi-colored hearts and a stamped 'love this' that I never used

9 - kraft frames

10 -  three random border stickers that need to be used!

Now for my 6x8 kits. I won't be going into too much detail on these, but hopefully, you'll be seeing traveler's notebook layouts with these goodies on them!

Simple Stories - Into the Wild - I have one, maybe two, layouts planned with these goodies, and one of them will not be a zoo layout!

This one is a mix of Simple Stories - My Story and Boho Sunshine. The colors in both of these collections work so well together.  To be honest, when I got the Boho Sunshine, I wasn't too crazy about it. Here's hoping I can put at least some of it to use! I have at least two layouts planned with these goodies. I also added in a few 6x6 papers for matting purposes.

Cocoa Vanilla - Happy Days collection. I added a few 6x6 papers to this one, as well, and I have two layouts planned with it. 

Simple Stories Homegrown. No embellishments with this one, so I might have to get a little creative, but I have two layouts planned with it, too.

Simple Stories Life Captured. No embellishments picked out for this one yet, either. I'm not sure if there will be anything from the collection that I will want to use, or if I'll get creative again! Nothing is planned for this one just yet, but if I have it out and ready to go, I'll be more apt to use it.

I also pulled a couple more stencils and another stamp set. I would love to show some of my older stamp sets some love this month! 

That is it! I will be happy if I get even half of what I hope to do done!

Head on over to Lisa's blog to see the beautiful kit that she has pulled together for this month. 

This is a just-for-fun challenge, but if you do play along and put together your own stash bash kit - add it to the linky below and we will be sure to check it out and cheer you on! Here are the rules:

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, and link it below.

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 - #lisaandlorisgreatstashbash2023

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