Hello, hello! Happy Friday and Happy November 1st! Is it really already November?! October just flew right on by and it will be Thanksgiving before we know it!
It's time for a new Lisa & Lori's Great Stash Bash kit challenge! If you don't know what this challenge is all about, here is how this challenge works - on the 1st of each month, we will post a challenge prompt and the stash kit we have created using that prompt. Then, we will use as much of our stash kit as possible on different projects throughout the month.
This will be a just-for-fun challenge so there is no monthly prize - but the real prize is 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.
Now on to our November kit challenge! Here is the recipe for this month:
To create your kit, pull 10 papers, 3-4 embellishments, 5-7 scrap papers, and stamps are our focus items for November.
When November rolls around I feel like it is, "Tis the season to not know what I want to scrap!" Am I still in the mood to scrap fall photos? Am I ready to try to finish up last year's December Daily? It is always so hard for me to decide! So, I am going with 3 mini-kits this month - an everyday sort of kit, a fall-themed kit, and a Christmas kit.
Here's a look at the everyday kit:
This kit is full of Jen Hadfield's Reaching Out collection and then quite a few random embellishments. I always like to have plenty of options in the embellishment department!
Here's a closer look at the papers:
My plan is to go mostly monochromatic for the layout I have planned, but the little smiley faces do have some color in the sunglasses, so I pulled a piece of red paper, and I do have a scrap piece of blue and a scrap piece of gold that did not photograph well, just in case I want to add a pop of color.
Here are the embellishments:
I have a couple of ideas for the layout I have planned - which is why I have so many embellishments. It will be a game-time decision, and maybe I'll make a layout one way and a traveler's notebook layout the other way!
Here is kit #2 - my fall-themed kit:
I found these older papers from Imaginisce (2015) and thought I really needed to use them! They've been hanging out in my space for almost 10 years now! I have used some of the papers because I have scraps, but there are plenty there for a couple of layouts!
Here is a closer look at the papers:
And here is the other side of those cute papers:
Here are the embellishments:
I could not find any embellishments for this collection in my stash, so I will be fussy cutting images from the papers and then I'll see what of these random embellishments will go with my layouts. Not everything matches, but there are bits in pieces in the sticker books and in the die cuts that do match. I also have a couple of stamps that I might use, too.
Here are the scraps that I found with the papers:
Here is my Christmas-themed kit:
I found these remnants from a kit from The ScrapRoom when I was on the design team. Now is the perfect time of year to see what I can get used up in my December Daily!
Here are the papers:
Here are the embellishments:
Lots of die-cuts, sticker sheets, and some wood pieces from another Pink Fresh Christmas collection.
I have pulled a variety of everyday-type stamp sets, a few fall stamp sets, and a few Christmas stamp sets:
I should have everything I need when I sit down to scrap!
Be sure to head on over to Lisa's blog - My Creative Endeavors - to see the beautiful kit she has put together.
Remember - 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 - #lisaandlorisgreatstashbash2024
Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! Have a great day!
