Friday, June 1, 2012

Use it or Lose it - challenge 8 - upcycle

hello. sorry that we have been absent for a bit. Life is crazy around this time. But we do have a challenge going this week. We want you to upcycle using your scraps. Upcycle means taking something that is not normally found in crafting, and create something. It is a form a recycling. So lets see what our design team has come up with
 Connie Willis www.inkspotsandstampblocks.blogspot.com

 Jennifer Scalabrini www.scrappin-geek.blogspot.com

 Jody Gustafson www.cre8nmemories.blogspot.com


Romaine Rancier bumblesnbees.blogspot.com


We ask that you have least one Close to my Heart product with your projects. We do understand that scraps come from everywhere.
Please link directly to your blog post, not the entire blog.
Please limit your challenges. Grouping challenges is fine, but just no more than 5 please.






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And above all, have fun. That is what crafting is all about.

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Thursday, May 3, 2012

Use it Or Lose it challenge 7 - weddings

It's that time of the year again. Wedding Season. So lets see the bride in white, the groom all dressed up and those scraps used to make a great wedding themed item.





Jennifer Scalabrini www.scrappin-geek.blogspot.com









Romaine Rancier bumblesnbees.blogspot.com



We ask that you have least one Close to my Heart product with your projects. We do understand that scraps come from everywhere.
Please link directly to your blog post, not the entire blog.
Please limit your challenges. Grouping challenges is fine, but just no more than 5 please.
Feel free to place our blinky on your blog, to show your love to Use it or Lose it.
Grab our blog button
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And above all, have fun. That is what crafting is all about.


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Thursday, April 19, 2012

Challenge 6 - Rainbows


Welcome to this weeks challenge. With all the rain going on, we are going with rainbows. Check out the design team and their versions of rainbows

Here is our guest designer Jody.




Jennifer Scalabrini www.scrappin-geek.blogspot.com



We ask that you have least one Close to my Heart product with your projects. We do understand that scraps come from everywhere.
Please link directly to your blog post, not the entire blog.
Please limit your challenges. Grouping challenges is fine, but just no more than 5 please.
Feel free to place our blinky on your blog, to show your love to Use it or Lose it.
Grab our blog button
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And above all, have fun. That is what crafting is all about.
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Thursday, April 5, 2012

welcome to this weeks Use it or Lose it. This week we are challenging you to alter paper. You know all those paper you don't use , cause maybe its not the right color, or doesn't have the right design, this is the paper we want you to use. Using stamps, inks, sanding paper, whatever you choose to alter the paper.

CHeck out what the design team has come with. Jody Gustafson is our Guest designer for April. Thanks so much for joining us




Jennifer Scalabrini www.scrappin-geek.blogspot.com



Kim and Mandi are unable to play.

We ask that you have least one Close to my Heart product with your projects. We do understand that scraps come from everywhere.
Please link directly to your blog post, not the entire blog.
Please limit your challenges. Grouping challenges is fine, but just no more than 5 please.
Feel free to place our blinky on your blog, to show your love to Use it or Lose it.
Grab our blog button
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And above all, have fun. That is what crafting is all about.
Please post in messages if you would like to play along . I'm still trying to get mr linky to work
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Thursday, March 22, 2012

Challenge 4 - Paper piecing

Welcome to challenge 4 of Use it or lose it. This time we challenge you to use your scraps and paper piece. Below is our design team and their great inspiration. Kim and I will not be able to participate in this challenge.


Romaine Rancier bumblesnbees.blogspot.com


Jennifer Scalabrini www.scrappin-geek.blogspot.com



Please join us in our challenges. I have been having problems with mr linky, so please post you blog in the comments.
We ask that you have least one Close to my Heart product with your projects. We do understand that scraps come from everywhere.
Please link directly to your blog post, not the entire blog.
Please limit your challenges. Grouping challenges is fine, but just no more than 5 please.
Feel free to place our blinky on your blog, to show your love to Use it or Lose it.
Grab our blog button
.
And above all, have fun. That is what crafting is all about.
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Check out a great idea from Aaron brown

Aaron brown, a fellow consultant, just posted a great tutorial for a flower on her blog. It uses 1/2 in and 1/4 in strip. Great for using you scraps. Check out the blog here
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Thursday, March 8, 2012

Challenge 3 - Inchies

welcome to the third challenge of Use It or Lose It. We challenge to use inchies. For those who do not know what inchies are, they are just 1 inch squares. But this small canvas can hold a lot of art.
And is a great use of your scraps.

Here are the design teams artwork using scraps and inchies.




Romaine Rancier bumblesnbees.blogspot.com



Mandi Davis faeidnam.blogspot.com



Jennifer Scalabrini www.scrappin-geek.blogspot.com



Now we would love to see what you got. Please link your projects below
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We ask that you have least one Close to my Heart product with your projects. We do understand that scraps come from everywhere.
Please link directly to your blog post, not the entire blog.
Please limit your challenges. Grouping challenges is fine, but just no more than 5 please.
Feel free to place our blinky on your blog, to show your love to Use it or Lose it.
Grab our blog button
.
And above all, have fun. That is what crafting is all about.
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