Happy Monday and Happy September 1st! My goodness! It's been a while since I made one of these posts. I almost forgot how to do it! After a little break from the stash bash, Lisa and I are back with a new kit challenge.
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 a look at the September recipe:
To create your kit, pull 10 papers, 3-4 embellishments, 5-7 scrap papers, and for September, our focus item is tags.
As I said before, I had almost forgotten how to pull a kit together! I was a bit rusty! I've been reorganizing my paper, so everything I have is fresh in my mind, and that made it hard for me to know what I wanted to do. So many choices! So many great papers and collections that I had forgotten I even had. I was a bit overwhelmed. When I reorganized, I came across a couple of free layout kits from Scrapbook Generation from back in the day. These have been in my stash for years, so I thought maybe I would start with those.
Also, while organizing, I started a box of papers that were stragglers - those couple of papers that were left from a collection, or those few papers that were left from a kit from The ScrapRoom, etc. I came across a few that got me excited, and it finally clicked! My kit came together quickly, and I am so excited to start using it.
Here is my kit:
Here is a look at the papers in my kit:
The papers that got this kit started were the blue dot, black floral, and pinkish-red paper in the front row. They were from an old ScrapRoom kit, and the rest of the papers are from my stragglers box.
Here are my embellishments for the month:
12x12 sticker sheets with a variety of themes.
Alphabet sticker sheets.
And a few random embellishments and dies that I would like to use this month.
Here are the scraps I pulled:
And I went ahead and added the remnants from his kit:
The colors work well with my kit, and I would really like to get them used!
The one area I didn't do well in is the focus item - tags. I had my kit pulled before I remembered I needed to add tags. I was not about to redo it, so I decided I would pull out my neglected tag dies and make my own tags this month:
And I did not forget about my original idea. I went ahead and included the two-page kits from Scrapbook Generation - a summer-themed page kit and a birthday page kit:
All these kits really need are the photos.
That's it! Along with a couple of traditional 12x12 layouts, I would like to make a couple of layouts in my traveler's notebooks and my 6x8 albums. Here's to a productive month!
Be sure to head on over to Lisa's blog - My Creative Endeavors - to see the fabulous 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! I hope you have a wonderful day!
