It's Your Birthday

 

Today is the day I am posting my card for our Challenge Your Stash group on SCS.  This is our 80th month of de-stash, so we are in the middle of our 7th year of challenges.  I cannot believe my thought about using what we have is now 6+ years old!   I really like these challenges and know they will continue as I know I have many, many items in my stash that I can use and love the fun challenges!

The premise is to create a card or something else that uses only items that are in your own stamp room--nothing new is to be purchased.  The hostess each month posts their challenge to the group. Each person in the group creates their card with their own image, their own papers, their own embellishments with their own supplies--using up items from their own stash!  The card can be for any occasion and each person is encouraged to send the card on its way to someone so it can be admired.  It is a way for us to step out of the box a bit and create something that follows a challenge--isn't that what a challenge is supposed to be.  And--no money is spent as all items are to be already available in each of own stamping spaces.

Lorraine posted our August challenge--"Here's what's cooking!" Make a card that has a stamped image or cooking/kitchen-theme DP of anything you would find in a kitchen: food, pots and pans, oven mitts, blender, drinking glasses, etc.

I do not have many "cooking items in my stash--might be because I really do not cook.   I am blessed that Rebecca loves to cook and get to clean up!  But, I do have a few images and sentiments that work if I stretch the theme to beverages too!  I picked a fun Rubbernecker Stamps image and a sentiment from Honey Doo Crafts.  The wine bottle and glass is a two part stamp and it is supposed to look splashy (I hope!)  I die cut the panel with my Gina K Designs Master Layouts 2 and added the black backer. A few red enamel dots around the card is the final touch!

 

If you check some of the blogs on my sidebar, you may find others who have posted their cards in the next few days. There may be more posted in the thread on SCS, so you might want to check out the link here.  We also have a keyword for the SCS Gallery--it is CYSAUG.  You might see many cards there if you do a search.  They probably will be posted today or in the next few days.

I hope you enjoyed my card and I know I am excited to check out what my other hoarders, I mean stash reducers have made!  Thanks for stopping by today!  For September, Maggie is up for our challenge.  Be sure to check back to see what we create then!

Image/Sentiment:  Rubbernecker Stamps Watercolor Wine Bottle/Sentiment Honey Doo Crafts Wine and Grapes Stamp Set

Cardstock:  The Paper Cut Cougar Opaque 100# White; Stampin' Up Basic Black; Taylored Expressions Raspberry Sorbet

Ink:  Hero Arts Intense Black; Taylored Expressions Raspberry Sorbet

Accessories:  Gina K Designs Master Layouts 2 Dies; Red Enamel Dots;