Lisa & Lori's Great Stash Bash January 2025 Kit Challenge

Hello, everyone! Happy New Year to each and every one of you! I can't believe it is 2025. The years just keep going by faster and faster!

So, it's been a while since I have posted anything. Life just got so busy at the end of November and I just needed a break. We had Thanksgiving, and Ada's birthday, and then Scott has been on vacation since the middle of December, our heat went out and it took almost two months to get a new system installed (thank goodness we got it installed the week before Christmas), and there was just so much going on that I only made one layout in December. But, even though I have not scrapped much in the last month, I have been cleaning and working on the never-ending job of reorganizing my scrap room, and I am excited to get back to scrapping here in the new year.

Let's get to it! This is the 6th year of Lisa & Lori's Great Stash Bash challenge and it is one of my favorite challenges ever! If you don't know what this challenge is all about, here's 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 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 January:

To create your kit, pull 10 papers, 3-4 embellishments, 5-7 scrap papers, and for January, our focus item is cut-apart cards/Project Life style cards.

Here is my kit for January:

While cleaning my scrap room, I came across the remnants of one of my kits from over a year ago. I was going to break it down and put it back in my stash, but I only had 2 full sheets of paper left in the kit. I decided instead to add a few more pieces of paper and make it my kit for January. 

Here are the papers:

These papers are from Crate Paper's Wonder collection, Simple Stories - Oh Happy Day collection, Simple Stories - What's Cooking collection, Simple Stories - Dream Big collection, Dear Lizzy's - Lovely Day collection, Simple Stories - Color Vibe pink textured cardstock, and a few pieces of solid papers from Oh Happy Day.

Here are the embellishments:

Stickers from the Dream Big collection, a few random bits I found while picking up, the Simple Stories True Colors 6x8 paper pad, sticker book, foam stickers, and journaling bits pack.

Here are the scraps:

I had a lot of these scraps with the original kit I had made, and I pulled a few more that I came across while looking for more papers.

I have some pretty basic papers in my kit and I am hoping to use some of these scraps and get them used up!

Our focus item for January is cut-apart cards/Project Life style cards. I have a few cut-apart papers in my scraps, but I have pulled my latest kits from Elle's Studio and Ali Edwards for my focus this month:

I am hoping to get my title page done for this year's Project Life album this month and maybe another layout or two done, as well. 

I am so excited to get this new year of challenges started!

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 - #lisaandlorisgreatstashbash2025

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! Have a great day!

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