Lisa & Lori's Great Stash Bash October Kit Challenge

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I am back with my second post of the day! October is kicking off with all of the scrappy goodness around here! This time, I am back with the kit I created for Lisa & Lori's Great Stash Bash 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 the October recipe:

To create your kit, pull 10 papers, 3-4 embellishments, 5-7 scrap papers, and for October, our focus item is ephemera.

I really expected to go full-on fall for my kit, but I am just not feeling the fall vibes right now. Probably because we are still in the mid-80s and it's looking to stay that way for the next couple of weeks. So, I decided to pull some papers that I found when I was reorganizing my papers a couple of months ago, which I have been hoarding for years! I think it's time these old papers got put to use!

Here is my kit:

All of these papers are from Cosmo Cricket - The Early Bird Collection, The Social Club Collection, and the Garden Variety Collection. I love the beautiful colors in all of these papers!

Here's a closer look at the papers:

That floral paper on the front row is my favorite of all of these papers! I may have to fussy cut some of those flowers out if I can bring myself to do that! It's just so pretty!

Here is a look at the embellishments:

If these collections had embellishments, I must not have bought any of them because the papers are all I have in my stash. I pulled a few ephemera pieces that matched the colors and were things I thought I'd be able to use easily, but I will have to grunge some of the pieces up because some of them are stark white!

I also added in a few wood pieces, enamel dots, brads, and a few flowers.

Here are a few stamp sets I pulled to help out in the embellishing department, if I need them:

I thought a few of the flower stamps would work well.

And, here are the scraps that I pulled:

That is my kit! I just hope I can bring myself to use those pretty papers!

Be sure to head 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 

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